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As the protests in Ferguson, Missouri over police fatally shooting 19-year-old Mike Brown have raged through the past several nights, more than a few people have noticed how relatively quiet Facebook news feeds have been on the matter. While #Ferguson is a trending hashtag, Zeynep Tufekci pointed out at Medium that news about the violence was, as best, slow to percolate through her own feed, despite people posting liberally about it.
While I've been seeing the same political trending tags, my feed is mundane as usual: a couple is expecting a baby. A recreational softball team won a league championship. A few broader feel-good posts about actor Chris Pratt's ice-bucket challenge to raise awareness and money for ALS, another friend's ice-bucket challenge, another friend's ice-bucket challenge… in fact, way more about ice bucket challenges than Ferguson or any other news-making event. In my news feed organized by top stories over the last day, I get one post about Ferguson. If I set it to organize by "most recent," there are five posts in the last five hours.
Zach Seward of Quartz noted, also anecdotally, that Facebook seems more likely to show videos of of people dumping cold water on their heads in high summer than police officers shooting tear gas at protesters and members of the media. And rightfully so in Facebook's warped version of reality: people on Facebook may not be so interested in seeing the latter. At least, not if Facebook can't show them the right angle. But Facebook's algorithmic approach and the involvement of content sources is starting to come together such that it may soon be able to do exactly that.
Facebook's controversial news feed manipulation study revealed, on a very small scale, that showing users more positive content encourages them to create positive content, resulting in a happier, reassuring Facebook experience. Showing them negative content leads to them creating more negative content, resulting in a negative feedback loop.
A second, earlier study from independent researchers in January looked at how political content and debate affects users' perception of Facebook, their friends, and their use of Facebook. The study found that, because Facebook friend networks are often composed of "weak ties" where the threshold for friending someone is low, users were often negatively surprised to see their acquaintances express political opinions different from their own. This felt alienating and, overall, made everyone less likely to speak up on political matters (and therefore, create content for Facebook).
It's also well-understood outside of Facebook that people enjoy, and even actively seek, consuming information they agree with. Controversial topics are, right now, poor at providing that experience on Facebook.
One of the things Facebook thrives on is users posting and discussing viral content from other third-party sites, especially from sources like BuzzFeed, Elite Daily, Upworthy, and their ilk. There is a reason that the content users see tends to be agreeable to a general audience: sites like those above are constantly honing their ability to surface stuff with universal appeal. Content that causes dissension and tension can provide short-term rewards to Facebook in the form of heated debates, but content that creates accord and harmony is what keeps people coming back.
Divisive content can be intensely sticky too if shown to the right audience (witness Fox News). But in order for it to stick for Facebook, it has to be shown to the right audience without creating a closed and incestuous circle that prevents viewers or readers from seeing less and less stuff overall.
Recently, BuzzFeed announced an initiative to start posting content directly to sites like Facebook instead of hosting it themselves. Once there, it can be dealt with by Facebook's algorithm exclusively, potentially serving each article or video directly to its particular audience, however niche or polarized. What shakes out of the BuzzFeed-Distributed approach and a future version of Facebook's algorithm is the eventual next-level ability to serve viral content, in that it may soon be able to do so using material that suits each user's particular biases. The tentative approach to Ferguson news shows it's not there yet, but the pieces are starting to fall into place.
Right now, a lack of information about Ferguson on Facebook, if it's not just a subjective observation, would reflect the wisdom that makes Facebook's news feeds a good experience: keep it happy, keep it nonpartisan. History shows that political events on Facebook can play well, so long as the majority of population is going to fall on the same side: the story of the Boston Marathon bombers played big on Facebook because it was unifying, but arguments about their race and religion, not so much.
If Facebook can take partisan content and use its news feed algorithm to share it with only users who will be reassured by it, it will achieve the significant goal of being all things to all people, the proverbial elephant to society's various types of blind men. Facebook will know exactly who wants Rush Limbaugh and who wants Rachel Maddow, and what to feed each type of person so that they feel reassured and unchallenged, each existing in their own secure information bubbles. This has potential to relieve some of the universal-appeal pressure on content sources and increase Facebook user engagement. It won't do much for advancing the level discourse, but that's never much been what Facebook and viral content was for anyway.


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After a LONG summer hiatus (and really, I probably should have held off given that the weather has still been in the 90s here) I am finally receiving wines from WineQ again! I am very very excited to be trying new wines that I have seen advertised all summer on WineQ and excited simply to have something different to drink!
I put this bottle of 2006 Croze Sauvignon Blanc at top billing in my Q pretty much as soon as it was announced on the site. I had tried the Croze Rose back in July from my last WineQ shipment and really enjoyed it. I'm actually considering it as a Thanksgiving wine! So it was a no-brainer to add the Sauvignon Blanc.
The wine cost $17.99 (free shipping!), was 13.0% alcohol by volume, and had a real cork closure. It hails from the Monte Lago Vineyards in Lake County.
On the nose I found grapefruit, a sweet tropical fruit note, and pineapple. A very enticing aroma and it made me want to jump right in…especially given our weather….seriously, 90+ in October?? In the mouth the wine was light and crisp. The fruits were tropical, with pineapple, citrus, and peach showing through.
We drank this on its own but I would definitely pair it with my crab legs when I get another bottle. I'm glad to be back on my Q with such a success in my first bottle of the shipping season!
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Today's News: Our Take - Southland's Back on the Beat — And This Time It's Personal
Despite the gritty realism of its on-the-street look at the Los Angeles Police Department, Southland has always been more about the cops than the cases they work. In Season 5, which premieres Wednesday at 10/9c on TNT, the show takes its character-driven focus even further.
"This season is going to deal a lot more with all of our personal demons and putting them to bed or the inability to put them to bed," Michael Cudlitz tells TVGuide.com. "There are issues that have always been there, but now they're getting magnified. ... You're going to see a lot of what makes these people tick and what makes them explode."
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The new season finds Officer John Cooper (Cudlitz) returning to his role as a training officer only to be disgusted by his rookie's jaded view of the world. But it's the complications between John and the other man in his life - a long-term lover viewers are just now meeting - that will threaten John's hard-fought sobriety. Elsewhere, Detective Lydia Adams (Regina King) struggles with balancing her work with her new baby, and Officers Ben Sherman (Ben McKenzie) and Sammy Bryant (Shawn Hatosy) carry on a tense partnership that's been broken since Ben shot a pimp (possibly for reasons that go beyond heroic bravery). Read on for more of what you can expect for all the characters this season:
John Cooper
After proving to himself that he could come back to the force after a painkiller addiction and a back surgery, John's ready to resume his role as a teacher to the LAPD's "boots" (aka new recruits). But the results aren't what John expects: His new trainee, an Afghan War veteran, takes the job for pay and benefits - not to make the world a better place. "It actually makes him look at what is changing in the world around him," Cudlitz says. "When people join the force the common thing you hear from these men and women is they really want to make a difference. The truth is that maybe he's not making a difference. This next generation that's coming up is jaded and maybe there is no hope."
Cooper shares these feelings with fellow seasoned officer Dewey Dudek (C. Thomas Howell, who's been upgraded to a series regular). Much like John, Dewey struggles to find his place in the changing department. "He's an old-school guy, and [they] are a dying breed in most police departments across America," Howell says. "I spend a lot of time with Cooper discussing being a veteran on the force and the good and bad that goes with that. The change that is required for the veterans in this digital age is difficult. It's a challenge to be more politically correct and responsible."
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But Cudlitz says this season will see more of John outside his patrol car as he struggles with committing to his lover of more than three years who is looking for something more serious. "He's a middle-aged gay man who's getting closer to retirement than he is to his first day on the job and he's really starting to look back and assess his life," Cudlitz says. "He doesn't have kids. He doesn't have a lasting relationship. ... There is a long series of self-evaluations and awakenings that happen for John. In so many ways, emotionally, he's a child, a damaged child."
Ben Sherman and Sammy Bryant
McKenzie says Season 5 will continue to track the downward spiral of his character, a cop motivated by the ambition to be the best at any cost. Although we may never get a definitive answer about whether the pimp Ben shot and killed drew a weapon first, the department decides to reward and publicize Ben's bravery. "At this point, he feels that he's invincible," McKenzie says. "If a person who's ambitious receives the wrong kind of feedback and is rewarded for something that ought not be rewarded, he might double down and keep going in that direction."
Naturally, Sammy's attempts to rein in his partner will be fruitless. "A lot of what Sammy is trying to tell him, which is completely benevolent and well-intentioned, Ben takes as weakness and fear and a lack of machismo and gut," McKenzie says. "So we're seeing this guy become increasingly egotistical, arrogant and bold in how he chooses to conduct his police work." But Ben won't be an outright monster. "He's still human. Every once in a while, his invincibility shield gets pierced, and he is a broken, lonely young man who is charging up the ranks of the police force, but ... his personal life is completely in shambles. But he can't admit that to himself."
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Although Sammy is clearly worried about his partner, is there also some envy that Ben has become the department's golden boy? "Absolutely there's jealousy," Hatosy says. "It's difficult to see somebody being rewarded for bad behavior and then climb up the ladder. Sammy is skeptical of what kind of cop Ben is and who he may become." Sammy is also plagued by the return of his ex-wife Tammi (Emily Bergl), who drags him into a custody battle. "The kid is with Tammy, who we know is a little bit erratic and a little bit unstable," he says. "I think there is a ton of guilt for Sammy. [He wants] to be a part of young Nate's life. The threat of that being taken away from him really rattles him, and there are aspects that potentially jeopardize his job."
Lydia Adams
Several months have passed in the lives of the characters between seasons, and Lydia is now a mother to a newborn. "It changes her," King says of motherhood for Lydia. "It's affected her judgment. She's more emotional." But even with a baby at home, Lydia would rather be at work. "She's good at everything else, but not so good at this thing she chose to do," King says.
Fortunately, Lydia's revolving door of partners seems to have stopped spinning; she will lean heavily on Dorian Missick's Ruben this season. "Up until Ruben came on, you didn't really have any partnerships that were healthy," King says. "They're a team and we need to see that. Ruben allows the audience to see more of a human side of Lydia as opposed to the heroine and the cop who is good at her job." So, will Lydia ultimately have to choose between doing the work she loves and being a responsible parent? "I think she can do both," she says. "But she has to make calculated steps in order to do both."
Southland premieres Wednesday at 10/9c on TNT.
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Researchers at a Cambridge lab have found that our bodies can fight viruses not only outside cells but inside them, too, a discovery that will rewrite textbooks and one that could save millions of lives and vanquish the common cold.
Viruses are responsible for roughly twice as many deaths as cancer, hiding away inside cells where up until now they've had refuge from antiviral drugs. Our fundamental understanding of cellular biology was that once a virus had infected a cell, the body had no way to fight it except to kill that cell off.
But a team of researchers at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge have found that we can actually send antibodies into cells on the backs of those viruses. Once inside, a naturally occuring protein, TRIM21, recognizes that the virus attached to the antibody is foreign and begins eliminating it, a process that can be as speedy as two hours. Leo James, the leader of the Cambridge team, explained to the Independent:
This is the last opportunity a cell gets because after that it gets infected and there is nothing else the body can do but kill the cell...The antibody is attached to the virus and when the virus gets sucked inside the cell, the antibody stays attached, there is nothing in that process to make the antibody to fall off. The great thing about it is that there shouldn't be anything attached to antibodies in the cell, so that anything that is attached to the antibody is recognised as foreign and destroyed.
The beauty of it is that for every infection event, for every time a virus enters a cell, it is also an opportunity for the antibody in the cells to take the virus out. That is the key concept that is different from how we think about immunity. At the moment we think of professional immune cells such as T-cells [white blood cells] that patrol the body and if they find anything they kill it. This system is more like an ambush because the virus has to go into the cell at some point and every time they do this, this immune mechanism has a chance of taking it out.
The researchers had been working with human cells cultured in a lab, and animal testing on the findings will begin soon. Researchers hope that testing for new drugs based on the findings could arrive as quickly as two years. And as someone who's suffering from a particularly miserable cold at the moment, they can't come soon enough. [BBC; video images and captions via Independent]


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The Secret Beyond Matter
When We let people taste mercy after hardship has afflicted them, immediately they plot against Our signs. Say: "Allah is swifter at plotting." Your plotting is recorded by Our Messengers. (Surah Yunus, 21)When unbelievers, who see and appreciate the might of Allah in times of difficulty, attain well-being they imagine that the mercy bestowed on them from His own Grace by Allah is actually theirs, and they then stupidly direct all their energies to striving against Muslims in the belief that their power and well-being belong to them. Allah creates these people specially in order to test Muslims. Their Creation in this way is one of the greatest proofs of the existence of Allah.
When those who are unbelievers were plotting against you to imprison you or kill you or expel you: they were plotting and Allah was plotting, but Allah is the Best of Plotters. (Surat al-Anfal, 30)
Allah desires to turn towards you, but those who pursue their lower appetites desire to make you deviate completely. (Surat an-Nisa', 27)
Those who prefer the life of this world to the Hereafter, and bar access to the way of Allah, wanting to make it crooked; they are greatly misguided. (Surah Ibrahim, 3)
There was a group of nine men in the city causing corruption in the land and not putting things right. They said, 'Let us make an oath to one another by Allah that we will fall on him and his family in the night and then say to his protector, "We did not witness the destruction of his family and we are telling the truth."' They hatched a plot and We hatched a plot while they were not aware. (Surat an-Naml, 48-50)
They swore by Allah with their most earnest oaths that if a warner came to them they would be better guided than any other community. But then when a warner did come to them, it only increased their aversion, shown by their arrogance in the land and evil plotting. But evil plotting envelops only those who do it. Do they expect anything but the pattern of previous peoples? You will not find any changing in the pattern of Allah. You will not find any alteration in the pattern of Allah. (Surah Fatir, 42-43)
You who believe! do not take any outside yourselves as intimates. They will do anything to harm you. They love what causes you distress. Hatred has appeared out of their mouths, but what their breasts hide is far worse. We have made the signs clear to you if you use your intellect. There you are, loving them when they do not love you, even though you believe in all the Books. When they meet you, they say, 'We believe.' But when they leave they bite their fingers out of rage against you. Say, 'Die in your rage.' Allah knows what your hearts contain. If something good happens to you, it galls them. If something bad strikes you, they rejoice at it. But if you are steadfast and have taqwa, their scheming will not harm you in any way. Allah encompasses what they do. (Surah Al 'Imr'an, 118-120)
Among people there is one who argues about Allah without knowledge or guidance or any light-giving Book, turning away arrogantly, to misguide people from the Way of Allah. He will be disgraced in this world and on the Day of Resurection We will make him taste the punishment of the Burning. (Surat al-Hajj, 8-9)
Do you not see that Allah has subjected to you everything in the heavens and earth and has showered His blessings upon you, both outwardly and inwardly? Yet there are people who argue about Allah without knowledge or guidance or any illuminating Book. (Surat al-Luqman, 20)
... The demons inspire their friends to dispute with you. If you obeyed them you would then be associaters. (Surat al-An'am, 121)
The people of Noah denied the truth before them, and the Confederates after them. Every nation planned to seize its Messenger and used false arguments to rebut the truth. So I seized them, and how was My retribution! (Surat al-Ghafir, 5)
Those who argue about the signs of Allah without any authority coming to them do something hateful in the sight of Allah and in the sight of the people who believe.That is how Allah seals up the heart of every arrogant oppressor. (Surat al-Ghafir, 35)
When Allah desires to guide someone, He expands his breast to Islam. When He desires to misguide someone, He makes his breast narrow and constricted as if he were climbing up into the sky. That is how Allah defiles those who have no faith. (Surat al-An'am, 125)
They say, 'When will this promise be fulfilled if you are telling the truth?' Say: 'It may well be that some of what you are anxious to hasten is right on your heels.' (Surat an-Naml, 71-72)
... However, the plotting of those who are unbelievers seems good to them and they bar the way. Anyone misguided by Allah has no guide. (Surat ar-Ra'd, 33)
They concocted their plots, but their plots were with Allah, even if they were such as to make the mountains vanish. (Surah Ibrahim, 46)
Do those who plot evil actions feel secure that Allah will not cause the earth to swallow them up or that a punishment will not come upon them from where they least expect? Or that He will not seize them on their travels, something they are powerless to prevent? Or that He will not seize them little by little? For your Lord is All-Compassionate, Most Merciful. (Surat an-Nahl, 45-47)
Or do those who perpetrate evil deeds suppose that We will make them like those who have iman and do right actions, so that their lives and deaths will be the same? How bad their judgment is! (Surat al-Jathiyya, 21)
Be patient. But your patience is only by Allah. Do not be grieved by them and do not be constricted by the plots they hatch. Allah is with those who fear [and respect] Him and with those who are good-doers. (Surat an-Nahl, 127-128)


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About IDEO and their Approach to Design Thinking
IDEO (pronounced "eye-dee-oh") is an award-winning global design firm that takes a human-centered, design-based approach to helping organizations in the public and private sectors innovate and grow.
We identify new ways to serve and support people by uncovering latent needs, behaviors, and desires. We envision new companies and brands, and we design the products, services, spaces, and interactive experiences that bring them to life. We help organizations build creative culture and the internal systems required to sustain innovation and launch new ventures.
"Design thinking is a human-centered approach to innovation that draws from the designer's toolkit to integrate the needs of people, the possibilities of technology, and the requirements for business success." —Tim Brown, president and CEO
Thinking like a designer can transform the way organizations develop products, services, processes, and strategy. This approach, which IDEO calls design thinking, brings together what is desirable from a human point of view with what is technologically feasible and economically viable. It also allows people who aren't trained as designers to use creative tools to address a vast range of challenges.
Design thinking is a deeply human process that taps into abilities we all have but get overlooked by more conventional problem-solving practices. It relies on our ability to be intuitive, to recognize patterns, to construct ideas that are emotionally meaningful as well as functional, and to express ourselves through means beyond words or symbols. Nobody wants to run an organization on feeling, intuition, and inspiration, but an over-reliance on the rational and the analytical can be just as risky. Design thinking provides an integrated third way.
The design thinking process is best thought of as a system of overlapping spaces rather than a sequence of orderly steps. There are three spaces to keep in mind: inspiration, ideation, and implementation. Inspiration is the problem or opportunity that motivates the search for solutions. Ideation is the process of generating, developing, and testing ideas. Implementation is the path that leads from the project stage into people's lives.
Under this system, IDEO uses both analytical tools and generative techniques to help clients see how their new or existing operations could look in the future — and build road maps for getting there. Our methods include business model prototyping, data visualization, innovation strategy, organizational design, qualitative and quantitative research, and IP liberation.
All of IDEO's work is done in consideration of the capabilities of our clients and the needs of their customers. As we iterate toward a final solution, we assess and reassess our designs. Our goal is to deliver appropriate, actionable, and tangible strategies. The result: new, innovative avenues for growth that are grounded in business viability and market desirability.
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To gauge the cigar friendliness of Angelo and Maxie's Steakhouse, you need look no farther than inside the front door. There, you'll find an outlet of Hampton's Tobacco, a New York chain, offering a revolving selection of 10 or so brands, everything from $9 Don Tomas No. 100s to $30 Partagas 150s.
The cigar motif continues as you pass the handsome (and always crowded) bar to the stunning main room. Designed by the firm of Morris Nathanson Design, the restaurant is a celebration of warm woods and glowing bronzes in an Art Deco style. Words spelled out in foot-tall letters run high along the walls, chanting the true steakhouse mantra--ROBUSTO, BURGUNDY, PORTERHOUSE. They lead through the spacious and noisy main room to the rear of the restaurant, where a separate, enclosed dining room for cigar smokers called Havana Rick's beckons. (New York City law bans smoking in the rest of the restaurant.) With its own bar, dining for approximately 30 people, private lockers at $600 a year--though you have to supply your own humidification device--and a good ventilation system, the room is a cigar smoker's haven.
As is the restaurant itself for meat eaters with an eye for value. The menu (split into two entrée categories--Meat and Not Meat) offers a broad spectrum of oversized steaks, such as a 28-ounce rib eye and a 16-ounce New York strip, each for about $20. The entire menu is a salute to excess: a one-pound lobster cocktail for an appetizer, salads served in what might as well be mixing bowls for $7.50, a three-pound whole roasted chicken for $16.50, a 20-ounce grilled veal chop for $24 and an incredibly dense warm chocolate soufflé for $8, which was big and rich enough to satisfy a small village. Even the drinks are oversized: to some, $7 may seem steep for a martini (though not by Manhattan standards), but it's a 10-ounce martini.
A small (about 130 selections) but well-chosen wine list is an equal value. An elegant 1993 Caymus Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon was a perfect complement to our steaks, and fairly priced at $48. The list also features a well-priced Bordeaux selection, including a 1989 Château Gruaud-Larose for $68, and if you're feeling expansive, a 1988 Ducru Beaucaillou for $105, as well as some less pricey vintages.
In part, the lower prices at Angelo and Maxie's reflect the restaurant's location in the casual Union Square section of Manhattan, an increasingly popular dining area several dozen blocks and a mindset away from its Midtown expense-account counterparts. They also reflect what managing partner Rich Wolf calls the owners' philosophy of lots of good food at two-thirds the price of other New York steakhouses.
Angelo and Maxie's was opened last fall by a dozen partners who, between them, own more than 10 other New York City restaurants. The name of the newest venue comes from "Lullaby of Broadway," the hit tune from the musical 42nd Street, and the restaurant was a huge success from day one; even with a capacity of 220, reservations are strongly suggested any night of the week. But the success has not been without growing pains. Head chef/partner Matthew Lavey's kitchen, facing the dining room through a massive arch, has been inconsistent.
When we first visited Angelo and Maxie's in December, the negimaki appetizer--rolled beef with scallions in a teriyaki sauce--was an exciting start. But the New York strip was overdone and the garlic mashed potatoes were dry. Yet my companion's 10-ounce grilled salmon filet was moist and flavorful, as was her salad, even if they did serve it with the wrong dressing. The waiters in their black slacks, aprons and blue oxford shirts were friendly, though a bit distracted by the huge crowds. When we returned a month later, there was much improvement. A 14-ounce filet mignon came out pink and tender, and the garlic mashed potatoes were far superior to the earlier rendition.
Rich Wolf says the owners' intention was to create a restaurant that focused on value with huge portions, a "fun, unintimidating restaurant." On one visit, Neil Diamond's 1969 hit "Sweet Caroline" came over the speakers, and the packed restaurant's Baby Boomer crowd sang along in unison, tapping out the beat of the chorus on their plates. It seems that Wolf and his partners have succeeded.
--Terrence Fagan
Angelo and Maxie's Steakhouse
233 Park Avenue South(212) 220-9200; fax: (212) 220-9209
Dinner: about $50 per person, without wine


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Tuesday, 04 February 2014 11:09 AM EST
JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday dismissed warnings by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that Israel could be targeted by a growing boycott campaign if peace talks with the Palestinians fail.
Netanyahu tried to reassure Israelis, saying any boycott attempts are immoral, unjust and "will not achieve their goal," while two government ministers accused Kerry of unfair pressure tactics and not standing by Israel.
Kerry's comments and the aggrieved Israeli response led the main TV news shows Sunday, signaling a growing concern here that the world will use economic pressure to extract concessions.
A Palestinian-led campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions, launched in 2005, was long considered by Israel as a minor nuisance. However, recent warnings by Europe and by Israel's own finance minister about potential damage from a widening boycott have raised the level of concern.
At the same time, a small but growing number of European businesses and pension funds cut ties with Israeli firms linked to settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, war-won lands the Palestinians want for a state. Over the weekend, Denmark's largest bank, Danske Bank, blacklisted Israel's Bank Hapoalim because of links to settlement activity.
Kerry is expected to present a framework for a peace deal in coming weeks. Anticipating resistance from Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, he has spelled out the risks if they say no to his plan.
Israel won't be able to preserve its future as a democratic, majority-Jewish state and will endanger its prosperity, while the Palestinians will inadvertently embolden hardliners, Kerry warned last month in an apparent attempt to appeal directly to public opinion on both sides.
On Saturday, at a security conference in Germany, he sent a tougher message to the Israelis.
"You see for Israel there's an increasing de-legitimization campaign that has been building up. People are very sensitive to it. There are talk of boycotts and other kinds of things," Kerry said. "Today's status quo absolutely, to a certainty, I promise you 100 percent, cannot be maintained. It's not sustainable. It's illusionary."
Israeli public opinion toward a peace deal has changed in paradoxical ways over the years, with polls suggesting more Israelis now support the establishment of a Palestinian state, but are also increasingly suspicious of Palestinian intentions and skeptical that an agreement can be struck and implemented. With the economy robust and the security situation stable, the government hasn't faced widespread public pressure to compromise.
This could change, said analyst Nadav Eyal.
"Israel has performed an economic miracle in the past 30 years," Eyal wrote Sunday in the Maariv daily. "In a reality of globalization, however, this miracle is completely linked to the reciprocal relations between Israel and the Western world. But success, any success, has a permanent weakness: what's given can also be taken back."
"The hammer John Kerry is swinging may sound weak at first, but its pounding will only get louder," he added.
The fallout from Kerry's latest comments led the main TV news broadcasts Sunday evening. "Advice from a worried friend or a veiled threat?" asked the anchor on Channel Two.
For hard-liners in Netanyahu's center-right coalition, the answer was clear.
Intelligence Minister Yuval Steinitz of Netanyahu's Likud party said Israel can't be expected "to conduct negotiations with a gun pointed to its head," calling Kerry's comments offensive.
Economics Minister Naftali Bennett, from the religious, pro-settler Jewish Home party, suggested Kerry was siding with Israel's foes. "We expect our friends around the world to stand beside us, against anti-Semitic boycott efforts targeting Israel, and not for them to be their amplifier," said Bennett, a fierce critic of the Kerry-led talks.
However, Avishai Braverman, a senior Israeli economist and member of the opposition Labor Party, said Israeli leaders should take Kerry's warnings to heart.
"If Israel doesn't move forward in the peace process, it would be very severe for the long-term economic future of the country," said Braverman, a former World Bank economist.
The State Department said Kerry was describing actions taken by others that he always opposed.
But tensions between the U.S. and Israel, traditionally close allies, have mounted ahead of Kerry's anticipated framework proposal which is to buy time for extending the talks beyond an end-of-April target date for a deal.
Kerry is to present the proposals in coming weeks and has hinted at some of his ideas — likely tough to swallow for both Netanyahu and Abbas — in recent speeches.
Israel's 1967 frontier, before it captured the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem, would likely be a reference point for drawing the border of a future Palestine, though land swaps would allow Israel to keep some of the dozens of settlements it has built on occupied lands. The Palestinians, in turn, would have to recognize Israel as the homeland of the Jewish people.
Netanyahu has rejected the 1967 lines as a starting point in the past, while Abbas has said he won't recognize Israel as a Jewish state. It's not clear how they will respond when Kerry presents his plan. U.S. officials have said the two sides could express reservations, but not to an extent that would make the framework devoid of meaning.
Israel will likely suffer harsher international repercussions than the Palestinians if the talks collapse, said Israeli analyst Yossi Alpher. "The Palestinians are the underdog, they can get away with a lot more by refusing Kerry than we can get away with," he said. "Politically, it will isolate Israel."
Associated Press writer Ian Deitch in Jerusalem contributed reporting.
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We have been previewing a new CBeebies programme this week and we are very excited. Not only because the wonderful David Tennant is voicing one of the main characters but also because it is well researched and encourages children to actively participate in the story.
Former Doctor Who stars David Tennant and Sophie Aldred voice the lead characters Tom (Aldred) and Twigs (Tennant) in the new multi-platform fantasy action adventure series, Tree Fu Tom coming to CBeebies in March. Twigs is a wonderful character, beautifully animated, incredibly cute and full of vibrant energy.
Aimed at four to six year olds, Tree Fu Tom is set in an enchanted world where movement creates magic. Tom appears to be a normal eight-year-old boy but putting on his magic belt and performing a special sequence of magic action-movements (known as Tree Fu) transforms him into a tiny but mighty magical super-hero.
All of the Tree Fu magic moves that children are encouraged to copy are developed from therapeutic techniques that are used to help children with movement disorders like dyspraxia, but are designed to assist and enhance the development of all participating children at a crucial time in their growth.
Magic is an essential part of Tree Fu Tom and children are encouraged to participate in the movement-based Tree Fu spells to affect the outcome of each episode. Dyspraxia Foundation movement specialists Sally Payne and Dr Lynda Foulder-Hughes worked closely with the series choreographer Nick Kellington to develop unique spell movement sequences that reflect the narrative of each story-line and which have a "cool" martial-arts type feel (which is particularly engaging for boys). However the programme is equally appealing to girls with its beautiful animation, captivating any girl who is interested in fairies and elves.
My girls loved it (it even drew my 7 year old away from CBBC for a moment). I asked my 3 year old what she liked about it
I likeded the bit where he did magic – he crouchded down and jumpded like frogs and it went magic.
Participation in the magic spells was clearly a hit with her. The nature of the programme also lends itself perfectly to becoming a Kinect game, imagine how magical it would be to copy Tree Fu Tom's movements, creating your own spells and going on a personal, fantastical journey.
Tree Fu Tom has his own online section which includes 6 action packed games developed in consultation with a Senior Educational Psychologist. There will also be further support in the CBeebies Grown Ups Section.
Tree Fu Tom and Dyspraxia
Dyspraxia and coordination difficulties are common, life-long conditions that affect up to 10 per cent of school-aged children (two per cent severely). It is an impairment of the organisation of movement and is the result of an immaturity in the development of the nervous system. This means that nerve signals are not transmitted effectively from the brain to muscles, affecting a person's ability to perform movements in a smooth, coordinated way.
Understanding of the underlying causes of dyspraxia (also known as Developmental Coordination Disorder) is limited but children who are born early, who have a low birth weight or who have a family history of dyspraxia are more likely to have the condition.
Sally adds: "Awareness of dyspraxia remains low in comparison to other common developmental disorders. Tree Fu Tom offers a unique opportunity to raise the profile of this much missed and misunderstood condition."
Children with dyspraxia have difficulty developing the movement skills that come naturally to their peers. They often have poor balance and postural stability; find it difficult to move their arms and legs in a coordinated manner; and struggle to use both sides of their body together. Without these foundation skills it is hard for them to carry out everyday activities such as walking up stairs without tripping, bending down to pull on socks, making marks with a crayon and using a knife and fork.
Their difficulties with movement skills can often lead to children with dyspraxia falling behind at school (despite, often, having above average IQs) and having additional social challenges at school – this is especially apparent for boys whose early social interactions tend to involve physical skill-based activities such as sports.
Having worked with children with Dyspraxia in the past, I see this as a wonderful opportunity to raise awareness and support children with the condition.
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We need to "measure what matters" as the saying goes. As we move to new payment models, we'll need to develop platforms that are designed to measure and learn from a wide array of data points about what works in keeping people healthy. Of course, we'll need health care architectures that can support big data across a wide variety of platforms to enable better algorithms and more learning. There's certainly big opportunity for connecting all these systems.
But it's not just the connection of data in and of itself that will lead to improvements in the triple aim of care, health and costs...Health IT architecture itself can improve the likelihood of cost savings. We need to look deeper at the IT platform as a risk-reducer that can significantly reduce health care costs. Could we one day have an actuarial field of study in the network science in health care?
What do I mean by this? How do architectures reduce risk? Well, mostly by connecting problems with solutions, but in other ways as well. Let's explore this a bit.
When I say an architecture can reduce risk, I'm largely referring to a web 2.0 approach. http://radar.oreilly.com/2005/10/web-20-compact-definition.html
O'Reilly's short Web 2.0 Definition.
"Web 2.0 is the network as platform, spanning all connected devices; Web 2.0 applications are those that make the most of the intrinsic advantages of that platform: delivering software as a continually-updated service that gets better the more people use it, consuming and remixing data from multiple sources, including individual users, while providing their own data and services in a form that allows remixing by others, creating network effects through an "architecture of participation," and going beyond the page metaphor of Web 1.0 to deliver rich user experiences."
That's all great, but what's missing is how, beyond the data that can be collected, these architectures reduce risk by their very nature of sharing and connecting. This is an area that I expect will be explored deeply and continually quantiifed as we move to new payment mechanisms in health care. I believe 2.0 architecture and platforms will be required for accountable care to succeed. Here's why.
How do these platform architectures reduce risk?
They create a kind of planned serendipity where problems and solutions come together. We'll need to find a way to measure this effect.
To understand this a little better, let's tak a look at the Birthday Paradox.(This is something I learned back in my Probability and Statistics 101 and Clay Shirky also writes about this concept in Here Comes Everybody, The Power of Organizing without Organizations) The Birthday Paradox goes a long way to explaining why social media, markets, open source and more open platform architectures work. Ironically, Accountable Care Organizations will be dependent on this type of organizing without organizations. Here it is.
What are the chances that you and another person chosen at random have the same birthday?
OK, pretty easy one. It's more or less 1 in 365 (not including off chance of a leap year birthday).
Now, take 36 people and put them in a room. What are the chances that there are 2 people in the room with the same birthday?
If you're like most people, you'd take a back o' the napkin guess of about 10-30%, but once again, our statistical intuitions betray us. We tend to think of individuals rather than matching pairs. Yes, it's about a 10% chance that YOU will find someone else in the system with your birthday, but it's an 80% chance that there will be one pair with the same birthday in the group, an increase in a likelihood of 1 in 365, or 0.27%, to a likelihood of 80% by connecting (by putting them in the same group) 36 few people. That's a 300-fold increase in probability of at least one match in the group.
The likelihood of finding a pair rises with the square of the number in the group, it's a principle of markets, of social networks and collaborative systems design.
Let's say that instead of trying to match up people with the same birthdays, we're looking to match up a piece of a code where it could be reused, or perhaps match up a specialist with someone with a rare medical condition, or matching an investor with a great investment or a patient with a clinical trial. It works for any kind of matching in a population, all it takes is getting the parties on the same platform and enabling communication.
A 300-fold or a million-fold increase in probability means the Birthday Paradox has a real quantifiable value, and that's just the value of the first step of finding each other.
Note: Of course, in most real-world examples, we don't have precisely known probabilities (what are the chances of finding a match), so we don't know exactly where the "tipping point" is. Still, the principle applies, and that connections enable us to solve problems by the square of the transaction costs to participate in the platform. The paradoxical part is that we underestimate the numerator, the potential solutions that are presented and look solely at the denominator, the low probabilities. Our minds are naturally loss-averse, and we tend to maximize loss potential.
Beyond Connection: High-Probability Platforms
These new high probability platforms architectures will allow a general structure where:
- people and services to find each other,
- where opportunities connect with solutions, take actions,
- participants can share information and
- collaborate on new solutions and try new approaches,
- connect what works and what doesn't (big data analytics) and
- buildi a common body of knowledge, or praxis, that can be constantly refined (eventually I suspect, we'll have a topo map of human health that defines how multipel health measures are connected)
Collaborative platforms are driven by the same statistics as the birthday paradox for connecting on the ability to solve problems, but they then add the ability to modularize large problems into workable, connectable chunks, thereby further reducing risk, and allow for aggregation of data across a wide array of sources, reducing risk even further. It's a triple threat to improving Triple Aim. By matching people, problems and solutions on a platform that enables them to find each other and get work done effectively, amazing things happen with very little top-down control.
Tim O'Reilly puts it aptly in talking about the iPhone in the context of Obama buying into the idea of platforms:
"Before the iPhone, smart phones worked a lot like government procurement. The manufacturers and the carriers got together in a back room and figured out what they thought people needed. Phones came with 20 or 30 apps. But when Apple figured out how to turn the phone into a platform, there were hundreds of thousands of apps delivering ideas that no one at Apple had imagined."
Healthcare today is still in the days of "pre-smartphone" EHRs. When I hear "The manufacturers and the carriers got together in a back room and figured out what they thought people needed. Phones came with 20 or 30 apps." I think of an EHR.
With all the numerous leaks of time and resources in health care, we need an architecture that can support thousands of apps that we can pick or choose, connected over a high-probability architecture. When we provide a platform to provide them at a time and place that's convenient (in mobile that's anytime and almost anyplace), apps find their niche. Because these niches are uncovered through more, better information, increased specialization occurs as developers are fixing smaller and smaller leaks.
Michael Nielsen, in Reinventing Discovery, calls this concept "planned serendipity". Deloitte's John Hagel calls it the "Power of Pull". When this happens, we all benefit from the 80% probability instead of the 10%, all with very little cost of entering the market. Luck is something we make.
So what does this mean for health care IT?
Lower costs on the order of billions of dollars, better care and a better patient experience (what patient doesn't want to connect with the right solution?). It's the Triple Aim of Care, Health and Cost. With the right incentives in place, new architectures can patch the massive number of leaks of time, administration and resources.
One example, ZocDoc, works by putting patients and appointments into a network so that they can find each other. A simple model of leak-fixing with platforms now valued at $700 million.
Then there's everyheartbeat.org, which seeks to track and monitor every heartbeat in the world. What could we find out about our connections when we have this kind of connection? We don't know, but I do know that the birthday paradox will have a role in connecting people's hearts (which may in fact, be inefficient, if not leaking) to find the right heart specialists, and will add up to 1000's of lives saved and millions of dollars working off of the simple math of the birthday paradox.
Simple model: share, connect, collaborate, make better decisions. It's bankable.
What are some of the ways networked health and social media can improve health and make accountable care models successful? Here's just a few, but the possiblities are impossible to predict:
- Finding the right knowledge in the right specialist or expert.
- Collaborating specialists on complex cases.
- Motivation through feedback and social circles for measuring and improving health.
- Finding right disease, right info, right decision and right intervention at the right time. Collective wisdom can match any one wisdom.
- Flexible EHRs and patient-centered platforms allow following the patient and being alerted to interventions beyond the clinic, while allowing for interoperability within it.
- Population health studies that can connect efforts like every heartbeat.org to all sorts of other factors. We could have a real-time picture of how our population health is changing, minute-by-minute.
What don't people get about platforms and social media: connections, information and refinement, combined the right way, mean that problems almost have to find solutions. That often comes across as touchy-feely when people talk excitedly about the opportunities with open source, open data, and social media, but it's really just math. The more you share, the more likely you are to find a match.
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This "credit life insurance" will increase the monthly note by only a few extra dollars and guarantees that the debt will be repaid even if the policyowner dies. It is a method of protecting both the debtor and the lender, and the policyowner's family does not have to worry about repaying the loan from their savings.
The problem with credit life is that it is decreasing term insurance. Each year, the death benefit reduces to match the loan or mortgage. The premium, however, is fixed. The insured is paying for insurance that is losing value each and every year. Many critics of credit life insurance consider this method of insurance to be a bad idea for the following reasons:
? The insurance premium is fixed for the life of the loan, but the value of the insurance (the death benefit) reduces down to nothing.
? The premiums required for credit life are more expensive than any other type of term insurance. It could even be double what a conventional term policy would charge.
In many instances, high-pressure tactics are used to convince the borrower that a credit life policy is necessary when, in fact, it is a voluntary option.
All of this being said, there are times when credit life is a valuable type of insurance. Credit life can be a good idea if the borrower is unable to obtain insurance due to health conditions. Perhaps the borrower is in a circumstance where he or she is obtaining traditional insurance and he or she needs the credit life insurance as a stop-gap method while traditional insurance is being purchased and underwritten.
Buying credit life should not be a spur-of-the-moment decision. If the borrower already has sufficient insurance in place or an untimely death would not create a financial hardship on the family, it would be best to pass on the credit life insurance offer.
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- Always ask for identification. After you contact the locksmith, be sure to ask for identification when they show up. Also, pay attention to the vehicle that they are driving. Ideally, they will be in a company truck or van that has the company name clearly printed on the side. This helps further prove that the business is legitimate.
- Make sure the locksmith is willing to provide you with a written invoice. That way, you will have proof of how much money you paid. Make sure that the invoice contains the name and contact information of the company. Additionally, it should itemise the cost of the parts and service so that you know exactly how much you paid for each.
These tips should help you find a local locksmith you can trust. The time that you put into finding a good locksmith is definitely worthwhile. Your best option is to be proactive about researching locksmiths in your area before you need one. That way, you will already have the contact information of a trustworthy locksmith that you can reach out to right away should the need arise. Just in case you're searching for one right now because you locked yourself out, don't be embarrassed it happens all the time!!!!


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Someone recently suggested that at the end of each month I post my top three to five recipes each month because it would make it easier for them to plan out some meals and treats for the following month. I thought that was a brilliant idea so here is my first posting for My Top Recipes of the Month!
It seems I wasn't the only person craving sweets and comfort food this month. Four of my top five recipes were sweets and fried food. The fifth was Spinach, Peach, and Feta Salad. Still yummy!
The New York Style Coffee Cake with LOTS of Crumb Topping (click for link to original post) was my number one recipe this month. This buttery cake with 1/2″ to 1″ of crumb topping is delicious. It makes a super weekend breakfast treat or a nice after dinner snack.
The second most popular post this month was for Simple Comfort Food – Easy Poutine (click for link to recipe). This dish with melting cheese, gravy and french fries screams comfort food. I made this simple, easy, version for busy days when we are looking for quick, simple, comforting dishes.
Lastly these DoubleTree Hotel Like Chocolate Chip Cookies (click for link to recipe) were very popular this month. They have a super buttery flavor with milk chocolate chips. The addition of a bit of oatmeal adds another dimension to the cookies.
Hope you liked the wrap up for September. I have lots of great ideas for October such as Taco Meatloaf, Butter Chicken, and maybe a few football game appetizers. Hope you'll be following along!


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ONTARIO >> Adorned in gym clothes and headphones over his ears, Kobe Bryant stepped off the team bus and headed toward Citizens Business Bank Arena with the same movement he would on any other day.
This wasn't a typical day, though.
Bryant rejoined the Lakers on the bench in warmups during their 90-88 preseason win Tuesday against the Denver Nuggets after staying in Germany the past week to have a procedure on his right knee. Midway through the second and third quarters, the half-empty arena chanted "We want Kobe," though those unrealistic hopes never materialized. The Lakers haven't offered a timetable on when Bryant will return after spending the past six months rehabbing his surgically repaired left Achilles tendon. But he moved both without crutches and at a quick pace.
Will there entail any recovery period for Bryant?
"I'm sure there is anytime you do something (medically)," coach Mike D'Antoni said. "But he said it went great and it feels good."
Nuggets coach Brian Shaw, a former Lakers teammate and assistant coach, visited Bryant in the Lakers' training room. At other moments, Bryant hung outside the team's locker room chatting on his phone.
Bryant didn't speak to reporters. But he said in a courtside interview with Time Warner Cable SportsNet that he had the knee procedure to ensure he could run at full strength and suggested he's ahead of the Lakers' initial estimate in mid-April that he'd sit miss at least six to nine months.
Bryant's teammates didn't receive much insight from him. Consider Bryant's response when Lakers forward Pau Gasol asked him about his trip to Germany.
"He said it was cold," Gasol said.
Bryant shed some insight on his Orthokine treatment by posting a picture of it Monday night on his Instagram account. That procedure entails Bryant's blood being drawn, spun in a centrifuge and then reinjected into the knee in hopes to reduce the inflammation.
Chemistry test
The word bothers D'Antoni so much that it makes him cringe.
"I want my touches. I hate that," D'Antoni said. "We play basketball. If they're open, they're open. If we have a mismatch, we'll go to it."
D'Antoni brought up his pet peeve because both Gasol and Dwight Howard griped last season about their inconsistent touches. Although he conceded the drop-off in talent from Howard's departure to Houston, D'Antoni believes Chris Kaman and Gasol will have better chemistry because of their complementary skill sets. After both traded sitting out the first two preseason games to rest, Gasol and Kaman teamed up against Denver and combined for 20 points on 11-of-22 shooting and 15 rebounds in 24 minutes.
"It just makes it easier — both can play outside and both can play inside," D'Antoni said. "That way we don't have to keep Pau on the perimeter all the time and he can post up and be effective. Chris can do the same thing."
Injury update
Jordan Farmar (strained calf) and Wesley Johnson (strained left foot) missed Tuesday's game, but it's possible they will play in the Lakers' game Thursday against Sacramento in Las Vegas.


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A few days ago, I received an email with details about my upcoming graduate school orientation, and it hit me: this grad school thing is really happening (soon!!), and my time in Boston is running out.
I'm not quite done with Boston yet. In some ways, I feel like I am still just getting started. So, it's time for a bucket list. I need help putting together a list of things to do, places to see (museums? landmarks? parks?), and food to eat (restaurant suggestions? outdoor eats?). What does Boston have to offer in the Spring? Who wants to get outside and explore with me? As winter slowly takes off its chilly armor, I look forward to seeing what's been hidden underneath.
But back to that orientation… My graduate school program is small. In a couple of weeks I am going to meet the 30 other people that I'll be spending the next three years with, studying like I've never studied before and becoming a Doctor of something (whoa)… together. It's going to be the very beginning of another adventure, one that will take me into a new decade of life. Sure, I wonder if I'm going to make new friends and who those friends are going to be, what we'll go through together, how much this program is going to challenge me… But when you're almost 30 and it's your first day of school, you're kind of past worrying about that stuff. At this point, I really just want to show up, kick the door down, walk in, and get this grad school party started. I spent nearly a decade waiting to get to this door — I sure as heck am not going to hesitate to walk in now!
Ahh. As you can see, my mind is stuck between Boston and what I imagine will definitely be a hard place… But let's keep the focus back on savoring the last few months in Beantown. Please tell me what I need to do/see before I leave. Winter made me a little less adventurous than I'd like to admit, so let's get this show on the road before I once again hit the road myself.


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This must be one of the most leaked phones in the history of tech blogs. Found in a newspaper yesterday, this Verizon advert shows the Droid 2, keyboard splayed and all, with the words "coming soon." Yes, but when?
Just like the Droid X, and the Droid before it, it's said that the Droid 2 will cost $200 on contract, or $600 without, and with the original Droid model now out of stock, I'm presuming the Droid 2 is just weeks away now. [AndroidCentral]


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Kansas is receiving nearly $350,000 in federal grants to help schools serve healthier meals and snacks.
The Kansas Department of Education says it will use the money from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide training. The state also will take steps to increase participation in the school breakfast program and use gardening as a way to entice students to eat different fruits and vegetables.
Schools also will be able to apply for money to offer staff wellness programs and cooking/tasting activities in the classroom.


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PHOENIXVILLE – A few weeks ago, Phoenixville appeared on the verge of being bounced right out of Pioneer Athletic Conference boys basketball playoff contention.
But how quickly matters can change, and they certainly have in a big way for coach Randy Reber's Phantoms. Phoenixville is now in the running for a league crown after guaranteeing its hold on a Final Four playoff berth following a 72-46 thumping of shorthanded Pottsgrove Saturday afternoon.
The Phantoms, who have now won five consecutive games, currently stand at 8-4 in the PAC-10 (11-9 overall) and in a tie with Pope John Paul II, which eliminated Pottstown from the chase with a 59-40 victory also Saturday.
That setup an interesting matchup for Monday evening in Phoenixville, when PJP and the Phantoms played a makeup game. The way the season has unfolded, that contest had a division title on the line and seeding berths for both schools in the Final Four against schools from the Liberty Division.
Led by Greg Hughes' 19 points and three more players contributing double figures, too, the Phantoms broke out to a 20-13 first-quarter lead against the Falcons (5-8, 6-15) and stretched the differential to 17 points by halftrime at 38-21.
Marcus Howell, DeAndre Gadsden and Victor Bozzelli each finished with 11 points for the Phantoms, who made six 3-point field goals on the day and shot 30-for-60 (50 percent) from the field and 6-for-6 at the free throw line.
Nazhir Goldston led the Falcons with 12 markers, including three treys, while Mike Fowler finished with 10.
'We are taking care of business,' said Reber. 'We did what we had to today. Pottsgrove was a little undermanned. We came out and did what we hoped to do. We took control of the game early. We had a little lapse in the second quarter a little bit. But we finished the first half strong. We played a strong three quarters to take control of the game.'
Hughes and Howell each scored six points in the first period while Gadsden had four and Ian Harrigan and C.J. Lindsay two each as Phoenixville shared the basketball well on Senior Day for seven 12th graders plus the cheerleaders.
Hughes had 13 and Gadsden 11 by intermission.
'When we got beat at Perkiomen Valley, every league game became a playoff game for us,' said Reber. 'We had the good win against Spring-Ford and then we beat Boyertown. Now we have beaten three teams in our division in winning the last five games. If we would have stumbled, we would have put ourselves out. We knew the task at hand for us, and we really worked hard to win these games, and we have played decent basketball.'
Hughes is one of those veteran senior leaders for the Phantoms.
'We play together on defense,' said Hughes, a 6-1 forward. 'That's what it is. When we play defense, then it leads into our offense. We share the ball really well. We all do it together. We don't have a 20-point scorer, but we all chip in a lot. We want to win. That is all we care about. We have our eyes on the PAC-10 championship.'
'Coach Reber really kept us focused when we could have gotten down. We support each other. We are a team this year, not individuals. It has been smooth.'
Gadsden grabbed 10 rebounds for the Phantoms and he also had one blocked shot and a steal. Howell (three assists) and Bozzelli each made two steals. Bozzelli scored six points in the third period and drained his triple during the fourth quarter.
With the big lead, Reber was able to substitute freely. He used 13 different players in the game.
Pottsgrove shot 17-for-49 from the floor and 8-for-12 at the foul line. Deyon Doctor and Fowler each pulled six rebounds for the Falcons. Mark Dukes had six points while Doctor and Mike Graves (one trey) had five apiece.
Dukes shot 4-for-6 at the foul line.
NOTES Phoenixville's seniors include Bozzelli, Lindsay, Harrigan, Howell, Darford Saunders, Richard Martin and Hughes. … Bozzelli, Howell, Martin, Gadsden, Hughes and Mike Anthony canned triples for the Phantoms.


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Kuznetsova, Schiavone advance in Miami
Key Biscayne, FL – Former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova was an easy opening-round winner Wednesday at the $4.196 million Sony Open.
The former top-five star and two-time Grand Slam champion doused Spaniard Lourdes Dominguez Lino 6-3, 6-3 on the hardcourts at Crandon Park, where the Russian titled back in 2006.
Italian Francesca Schiavone, the 2010 French Open champion, had a much tougher time with her first-round opponent, but survived Jana Cepelova of Slovakia with a 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 victory.
Meanwhile, Slovakian veteran Daniela Hantuchova drubbed Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova 6-2, 6-4, and Romanian Simona Halep outlasted German slugger Sabine Lisicki 6-2, 3-6, 7-5, on Day 2.
Americans Jamie Hampton, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Victoria Duval, Christina McHale and Madison Keys all advanced, with Keys bageling countrymate Allie Kiick in 46 minutes. The only other American in action, Mallory Burdette, lost to Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia, 6-2, 6-4.
Britain's Laura Robson won her first match since the Australian Open with a 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 victory over Camila Giorgi of Italy.
Others heading to the second round are Swiss Romina Oprandi and Stefanie Voegele, Czech Karolina Pliskova, Spaniards Anabel Medina Garrigues, Silvia Soler-Espinosa and Garbine Muguruza, China's Zheng Jie, Canada's Eugenie Bouchard, Belarus' Olga Govortsova, Croatia's Donna Vekic and Pole Urszula Radwanska, the younger sister of the reigning Miami champion.
The top seeds here are a trio of current and/or former world No. 1s -- Serena Williams, Victoria Azarenka and last week's Indian Wells champion Maria Sharapova.
The reigning Wimbledon and U.S. Open titlist Williams is a five-time Miami champ, while the Aussie Open champion Azarenka titled here in 2009 and 2011 and the French Open queen Sharapova was last year's Miami runner-up to Agnieszka Radwanska. Sharapova has lost in the last two finals at this Premier Mandatory WTA event.
All 32 seeds received opening-round byes.
The winner of this 13-day tournament will earn $724,000.


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How 'hanbok' is influencing biggest fashion names
Compared with the Japanese kimono and Chinese cheongsam, Korea's traditional dress -- known as hanbok, and worn by women and men -- has remained under the international fashion radar.
So much so that when Lee Young Hee, among South Korea's most renowned hanbok designers, showed her collection in Paris for the first time in 1993, most of the fashion press alluded to her silhouettes as "kimonos" -- to the horror of both the designer herself and everyone back in Seoul.
It's only relatively recently that hanbok has been gaining widespread attention, with top foreign designers looking to hanbok for inspiration in the past few years.
Dior and Carolina Herrera both had heavily hanbok-influenced designs in their 2011 spring collections.
Giorgio Armani and Miuccia Prada are also fans, with the latter often stopping by Lee Young Hee's hanbok atelier in Seoul for fabric and design inspiration when she's in town.
Made to wear
For hanbok, the concept of off-the-rack doesn't really exist. Every hanbok is customized to fit the wearer's body.
Women's hanbok consists of only two primary pieces. The chima is a full, high skirt, made even fuller with a mujigi (petticoat). The jeogori is a long-sleeved top with two goreum (long ties).
Nevertheless, hanbok is a complicated garment.
There's also the binyeo (traditional headpiece) and embroidered footwear.
Men's hanbok is simpler.
Variation tends to be limited to the overcoat, while the jeogori and pants stay fairly uniform.
Men also have a headpiece -- the gat is a traditional hat.
Men can also add a jjoki (vest).
From the first visit for an initial fitting, the total production time usually ranges from one to three weeks, with more intricate hanbok taking longer.
Color as design
Rather than embroidery, which was reserved for royal wear, color is the most important element.
"Hanbok is all about color," says Lee Young Hee. "The color is the design. It's not about what's stuck on it.
"And we need to know where they're going, and for what occasion they're wearing it. Our clothes are more difficult to wear than Western clothing."
Lee uses natural dyes for her hanbok to create beautiful, traditional colors, even though, as a pioneer of modern hanbok design, her hanbok can also be unconventional, as her "wind dresses" in the gallery above.
Other designers tend to stick closer to the original design.
"I am a fan of the traditional silhouette, which is what I stick to," says designer Lee Il Soon, whose celebrated store Kumdanje celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.
Lee Il Soon, who showed a small fashion show of hanbok in New York this August, is passionate about bringing the Korean silhouette to overseas audiences.
Her wedding line of white hanbok (unusual in modern times) is a nod to the 1870s, when Western influences came to Korean clothing for the first time and brides modified their hanbok in the Western bridal style, wearing them with veils and lace.
Significance of color
These days, Koreans themselves tend to break out the hanbok only for special occasions such as weddings, funerals, first birthdays and major family gatherings.
While in the past, hanbok colors carried important implications, such as class, these days the choice of color is more about what suits the wearer and the wearer's situation the best, rather than reflecting status.
Still, some rules apply.
Although both Britney Spears and Paris Hilton brought international attention to hanbok during their trips to Korea by wearing pink hanbok, they actually committed fashion faux pas in doing so -- pink is rarely worn beyond childhood, with the exception of perhaps engagement ceremonies.
"Natural dyes are the most beautiful," says Lee. "The colors come out more subdued and the natural dyes can also be used to go darker to make a point.
"Our ancestors truly made hanbok as works of art. The colors are most beautiful when natural."
According to the design team at Kumdanje, lighter, pastel colors are best suited for warmer months, while deeper colors are more popular during colder months.
Special dress
"The designer has to propose the design to the customer, so it's best to talk to the designer a lot," says Kim Young Jin, director of Tchai Kim Young Jin boutique, who designs contemporary (gaeryang) rather than traditional (jeontong) hanbok.
"What I hear from my [Korean] customers is that there's nowhere to wear hanbok," says Kim.
"But I don't think there's a need for us to think of hanbok as everyday wear, because we already have everyday clothes that we're used to, and instead Koreans should think of them as outfits for special occasions."
In recent years, there's been more of a foreign demand for the Korean traditional dress.
According to the staff at Maison de Lee Young Hee, more than 30% of their customers are foreign, ranging from foreign brides of Korean grooms to fashion designers and artists to tourists looking for interesting souvenirs of their trip to Korea.
Where to buy
The finest custom-made hanbok can be found at the following shops.
Prices start around ₩1,200,000 ($1,100).
Kumdanje, 665-1 Sinsa-dong Gangnam-gu, Seoul; +82 2 517 7243
Maison de Lee Young Hee, 665-5 Sinsa-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul; +82 2 545 0689
Tchai Kim Young Jin, 272-8 Hannam-dong Yongsan-gu, Seoul; +82 2 333 6692
For inexpensive versions ranging from ₩150,000-₩800,000 ($140-$750), a good choice is Dongdaemun Shopping Complex, 2/F 289-3 1A-dong, Jongno 6-ga, Jongno-gu, Seoul; +82 2 2262 0114