NVIDIA CEO suggests $199 Tegra 3 tablets in the summer

Always talkative NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang is in the news yet again, this time telling the New York Times that his company's Tegra 3 hardware is incorporating enough cost saving that it could be in $199 Android tablets by this summer. Beyond the tantalizing thought of value-priced tablets with the horsepower of the Transformer Prime (perfect for that rumored price subsidized, ASUS-built and Google-branded slate, right?) there's also a shout out Tegra-powered Windows 8 slates and Sony's unannounced VAIO Cromebook that popped through the FCC. The NYT suggests its T25 chip could stand for Tegra 2.5 with a debut planned for Google I/O in June -- we'll find out then if this is misguided line drawing or a very educated guess.

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Q: I recently found a house on the internet that I was interested in buying. I called a local Realtor asking if she could show me the property. I do not have a buyer listing agreement with anyone. If I decide to purchase the home without the Realtor that ?unlocked? the door, does the seller or myself owe that Realtor a commission, even though they did not find the property for me?
?Help, Denver, CO

A: Depending on local custom and rules an issue may be created, in our area owing a commission would involve more than opening a door. But your scenario does lead to other discussions. If you are inclined not to be represented by your own agent, I would encourage you to call the listing agent to open the homes for you so as to avoid any misunderstandings or conflicts. Also please consider the agent you called may have blocked out time for you and not been available for another buyer that wanted to use their services. There is more to what an agent does than finding a home & unlocking the door. A good agent will also have local and market knowledge to help a buyer make a decision & make an offer and will be performing a lot of services during the escrow process. If you were upfront with the agent that showed you the home and told them you didn?t want to use a buyer?s agent then that was their decision to show you the home anyway.
Teri Andrews Murch is a Realtor? with Lyon Real Estate in Auburn, CA.

A: Finding the property is beginning of what could be a long, sometimes frustrating process. Having an experienced Realtor represent you can be the difference between a successful transaction and a real estate nightmare. And commissions are typically stipulated on the listing agreement, so the fact that you do not want representation does not necessarily mean that total commissions paid will be less. Best of luck in your endeavors.
Alex Cortez is a Realtor? with Wailea Village Properties LLC dba/Island Sotheby?s in Kihei, HI.

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'Survivor: One World' Contestant Accused Of 'Poop Pants'

Sushi chef Jonas takes a hike, while elder statesman Tarzan continues to go off the deep end on this week's episode.
By Josh Wigler

"Survivor: One World" contestant Tarzan
Photo: CBS

Tarzan is not only king of the jungle — he's also king of the "poop pants." He certainly wouldn't own that title, but his companions on newly merged tribe Tikiano know better, having seen the 64-year-old plastic surgeon's dirty underwear up close, personal and in their precious pot of boiling water. Nasty.

But the eccentric Tarzan's filthy habits weren't filthy enough to buy him a one-way ticket out of "Survivor: One World" this week. Instead, it was sushi chef Jonas who became the latest contestant voted out of the game, not because of any personal flaws — indeed, it was widely agreed upon that his skills as a cook were a great asset to the tribe — but because he was the biggest threat to win the game outside of the dominant alliance. Ultimately, Jonas' strengths became his fatal weakness.

Once again, we speak with two-time "Survivor" contestant Rob Cesternino about this week's episode, covering Tarzan's so-called "poop pants," Jonas' untimely demise and life after Colton Cumbie.

MTV: I really liked Jonas from the very beginning of the season; I thought he had potential to go deep into the game. I'm not sure now if Jonas was a good player with bad luck, or maybe he just wasn't a good player to begin with.

Rob Cesternino: Can't it be both? I mean, through most of the season, Jonas was just playing second fiddle to Colton. He said it himself: "I don't mind being Colton's bitch." Unfortunately, when Colton was out of the picture, it looked like Jonas was going to emerge and make a run of this thing. But there's not much he could have done. He was down in the numbers. He couldn't mount an effective strategy here with that being the case.

MTV: At this point in the merge, there are 12 people on the tribe. It's as good a time as any to get a big threat like Jonas off the field. But it also strikes me as a time where you can cut some of the dead weight, like Tarzan, from the tribe. Do you think the right choice was made: getting rid of the likable guy — who's an excellent chef to boot — over the annoying crazy person?

Cesternino: Absolutely. You want to get rid of the capable person because Jonas can win the game. Ideally, you want to grab Tarzan and do whatever you can to get him to the end of the game with you, just like a few seasons ago [on "Survivor: Redemption Island"] when Boston Rob took Phillip to the end with him. Jonas had a good chance to win, of everybody currently playing the game. I know it stinks for Jonas that he gets voted out, because now it looks like he's not as good at the game as some of the people who are still there, but that's not the case. You get rid of the people who are the threats to win, whenever you can, and you keep around the dead weight.

MTV: Tarzan really is one of those perfect final three candidates: He has zero chance of winning, at least in my eyes. But the alliance he's in is so thin at this point — if you can even call it an alliance — and the majority group in this tribe doesn't seem to have much interest in pulling him along for the ride. Of all the people playing the game, who do you think is the likeliest person to wake up and smell the coffee and decide to bring Tarzan to the end?

Cesternino: That person for me is Troyzan. He's with these women, and at some point, the lightbulb should go off: "I'm voting with these Salani women right now, but at some point, it's going to come down to them trying to get rid of me and Jay." I think Troyzan might be the guy who says, "Oh my god, Tarzan is getting on everybody's nerves, he's putting dirty underwear in everybody's water. This is the guy I need to go to the finals with."

MTV: It was a big week for Troyzan. He found an immunity idol, he won an immunity idol ...

Cesternino: Not only did he win individual immunity and find an idol, he also went on a reward! This is his island! He didn't get any of his underwear in the same pot of water with Tarzan, either. It was all on the up and up for Troyzan this week. [Laughs] I've liked him for a while on this show. I think he's starting to emerge as a guy who could go the distance. But it's really important for him to not just go to the finals with the status quo. He needs to make a move and switch things up. I did some math on this last night, and long story short, I think there are five women who are going to vote together until the end — the younger girls with the alliance from the beginning — and there are six people left who are not in that alliance, the five men plus Christina. With 11 people left in the game, I think this upcoming episode is the one where Troyzan needs to make a move.

MTV: It's interesting. The Salani alliance seemed solid for a while, but already in this episode, you see cracks beginning to form. Do you think these new alliances are going to stick, or do you think we'll be back to men versus women before too long?

Cesternino: You know, I kind of feel they're going to stay tight for a while. I still kind of think Salani is going to go after Tarzan, and go after Leif, and then start to turn and take out a Michael. I think that's going to be what happens. But I'm hoping that's not what happens.

MTV: Yeah, that becomes the Kim and Chelsea show pretty quickly.

Cesternino: Yeah, it does. I'm hoping for whatever can happen to keep my man Tarzan in the game. I mean, what a night for Tarzan! Really, the whole last 20 minutes was the Tarzan show. I don't want to hear that this is strategy that he's doing, because he's just so perfect. What a great job by casting, finding this guy. I'm loving Tarzan. I'm thinking of plastic-surgery operations to get so that I can meet Tarzan in person.

MTV: Oh, man. [Laughs] I don't know that you want to trust yourself in that guy's hands, no matter how many degrees and licenses he has ...

Cesternino: Well, he's apparently an expert in microbes. [Laughs] I'm not concerned. I'll get on the operating table and let Tarzan open me up anytime. He has entertained me so much this season.

MTV: This was week one post-Colton. How do you feel about "Survivor: One World" without Colton?

Cesternino: I wasn't really missing Colton too much last night. There was so much going on with Jonas and Tarzan fighting, with Tarzan's "poop-gate," so it wasn't too bad of a first show without Colton. I think if we start getting rid of the big personalities like Tarzan, that's when you'll miss Colton as a viewer.

Get more of Rob's thoughts on "Survivor" at his website.

Sound off on this week's "Survivor" in the comments or hit me up on Twitter !

Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1682045/survivor-one-world-recap-tarzan-poop-pants.jhtml

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CIENCIASMEDICASNEWS: Skin Cancer Rates by Race and Ethnicity

The rate of people getting melanoma of the skin or dying from melanoma of the skin varies by race and ethnicity.

Incidence Rates by Race/Ethnicity and Sex

"Incidence rate" means how many people out of a given number get the disease each year. The graph below shows how many people out of 100,000 got melanoma of the skin each year during the years 1999?2007. The year 2007 is the most recent year for which numbers have been reported. The melanoma of the skin incidence rate is grouped by race and ethnicity.

For example, you can see that white people had the highest incidence rate for melanoma of the skin. Hispanic and American Indian/Alaska Native people had the second highest rate of getting melanoma of the skin, followed by Asian/Pacific Islander and black people.

Melanoma of the Skin
Incidence Rates* by Race/Ethnicity and Sex, U.S., 1999?2007

Incidence source:?Combined data from the National Program of Cancer Registries as submitted to CDC and from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results program as submitted to the National Cancer Institute in November 2009.
*Rates are per 100,000 persons and are age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population (19 age groups ? Census P25-1130). Incidence rates cover approximately 89% of the U.S. population.
^?Hispanic origin is not mutually exclusive from race categories (white, black, Asian/Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native).

Death Rates by Race/Ethnicity and Sex

From 1999?2007, the rate of people dying from melanoma of the skin has varied, depending on their race and ethnicity. The graph below shows that in 2007, white people were more likely to die of melanoma of the skin than any other group. Hispanic people had the second highest rate of deaths from melanoma of the skin, followed by black people.

Melanoma of the Skin
Death Rates* by Race/Ethnicity and Sex, U.S., 1999?2007

Mortality source:?U.S. Mortality Files, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC.
*Rates are per 100,000 persons and are age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population (19 age groups ? Census P25-1130). Death rates cover 100% of the U.S. population.
^?Hispanic origin is not mutually exclusive from race categories (white, black, Asian/Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native).

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Calif. Democratic treasurer perpetrated $7M fraud

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ? Federal prosecutors say in a court filing that Democratic campaign treasurer Kinde Durkee defrauded at least 50 candidates, officeholders and political organizations out of $7 million in a scheme that dates back more than a decade.

The U.S. attorney's office in Sacramento filed the new charges in federal court late Tuesday, providing the most detailed account to date in a case that has left some Democratic candidates scrambling for campaign cash in an election year.

Such filings typically are a prelude to a plea deal, but prosecutors would not confirm such a development or offer any further details.

Durkee, who heads Durkee & Associates in Burbank, was arrested in September and charged with suspicion of mail fraud after millions of dollars disappeared from the campaign accounts of U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, other Democratic members of Congress and several state lawmakers.

Associated Press

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President Barack Obama salutes upon arrival at Osan Air Base to attend the Nuclear Security Summit, in Osan, south of Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, March 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

President Barack Obama salutes upon arrival at Osan Air Base to attend the Nuclear Security Summit, in Osan, south of Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, March 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

U.S. President Barack Obama arrives to attend the Nuclear Security Summit at Osan Air Base in Osan, south of Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, March 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

US President Barack Obama, right, is greeted by Col. Patrick McKenzie, Commander, 51st Fighter and Gen. James D. Thurman, Commander, during his arrival at Osan Air Base, in South Korea, Sunday, March, 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

CAMP BONIFAS, South Korea (AP) ? President Barack Obama is making his first visit to the world's most militarized border, touring a military outpost just outside the surreal Demilitarized Zone separating North and South Korea.

Later he will enter the DMZ, to greet U.S. troops stationed just 100 yards from the demarcation line.

Obama arrived in South Korea on Sunday morning, local time, and made the DMZ his first order of business. He's invoking Cold War symbolism in an unmistakable show of force to North Korea and its new leader during a diplomatic standoff with the nuclear-armed North.

The U.S. is threatening to cancel planned food aid to the North over its announcement that it will launch a long-range rocket next month.

Associated Press

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22 March 2012

Today, to mark World Water Day, food and drink companies across the UK will be taking action as part of the Food and Drink Federation?s (FDF) ?Every Last Drop? campaign.

To date, over 100 food and drink companies have been engaged with the campaign and today, several of these will be launching new activities across the country. For example:

• Nestl? UK will be engaging in a nationwide employee engagement programme to raise awareness internally of why water matters ? not just at work, but also at home.
• Coca-Cola Great Britain and Coca-Cola Enterprises will be announcing a new three year partnership with WWF-UK to conserve and protect English rivers.
• Foodservice wholesaler distributor 3663m, Nestl? Professional and contract catering company Elior announced on World Water Day 2012 that they are coming together to collaborate and share best practice on how companies can reduce the impact of water use across the food supply chain.

Further detail on these activities are available on the campaign?s dedicated web page, alongside a new video interview with Conor Linstead, WWF?s senior water policy advisor on why food and drink companies should take action on water.

The ?Every Last Drop? campaign aims to raise awareness amongst food and drink companies of the impact water stress could have on the longer term sustainability of the food and drink industry, and to provide practical, easily-accessible guidance on how businesses can be more water efficient. This includes the Every Last Drop leaflet, produced by FDF?s Water Working Group, which provides simple tips to help food and drink manufacturers of all sizes save water along the supply chain.

Inder Poonaji, chair of FDF?s water group and head of safety, health and environmental sustainability at Nestl? UK said:

?The Every Last Drop campaign is a simple, yet incredibly powerful tool to help food and drink businesses actively engage with water efficiency. It is great to see so many companies showing leadership and getting active on effective water management. It is vital that we all remember that all of us, whether at home or in the work place, share a responsibility to use water efficiently and with consideration for the needs of others with whom we share this planet.?

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Michael Lohan to Lindsay: God is the Real Judge!

Lindsay Lohan might have a judge convinced she's got her life back on track, but her loser father says she's got to work on things with the man upstairs.

Michael Lohan, who just completed a court-ordered rehab stint himself, told Radar Online that he sees his daughter with bigger problems than probation.

"People can make things right with a judge but that doesn't mean they've made it right with God," MiLo hilariously said about his 25-year-old daughter.

"Judges don't always pass the right judgment themselves,” says Michael Lohan, who has been put in jail by more than a few judges over the years.

“God is the ultimate judge, and he judges us based upon what he sees and knows - not man!" adds MiLo. "I think we all know that all too well."

"For those who don't, well, I feel sorry for them."

Profound words from a man who lives his life for the Lord and demonstrates his faith with his selfless actions every single day ... or something.

His sermon to the celebrity news site goes on:

"I've been there myself and Lindsay is there now. We all sit in God's cross hairs, while standing at each crossroad of our life. We have a choice to make."

"God will be - and is - the ultimate judge," he said.

"I'm not worried about Lindsay drinking or doing drugs. I'm still concerned about her because of any prescription medication doctors might have her on."

"She never needed them before, especially when she was at her best, so why does she need them now?" he asked. "It appears that she is on the right path, and if she gets on the right path with God, he will hold the final gavel for her.”

No word on whether Lindsay, who's on self-imposed lockdown until her probation ends, plans to transform her entire life based on these profound musings.

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Five Things You Should Consider When Looking For A New Bathroom

Bathrooms Dewsbury ? Considering a completely new bathroom?
Whilst we provide a complete planning service as a part of our bathroom installation services, it is always useful to have thought about the issue in advance so that you will be ready to make the necessary choices once we present your options to you.
Proper planning of a brand new bathroom is a vital part of the process, as a slip-up in this particular phase can be costly to rectify further in the future. To help you with this process, allow me to share our top 5 tricks for planning a bathroom.
Pick a price range, and adhere to it
Whilst we accommodate for just about all budgets, it is essential to make a firm decision in early stages about how precisely much you are prepared to invest in your project. This doesn?t always signify you need to compromise on your plans, as we may be able to source comparable accessories a more affordable prices to achieve the look you require.
It?s also useful to keep a portion of the budget to one side, in the event there are unpredicted problems in the installation that require to be fixed before the bathroom is completed. All of our bathroom fitters will keep you informed throughout the process of any potential issues so you?re able to plan appropriately.
Plan your bathrooms lighting
A bathroom is a vital place for peace, and nothing results in a more stress-free environment than the appropriate illumination. We are able to install many different diverse lighting effects in your bathroom, including coloured lights, concealed fittings and dimmable lighting.
It is important that the lighting system is decided on before tiling commences because it might not be possible to run additional cabling once the wall surfaces are tiled.
Domestic hot water supply
A crucial factor is whether or not your present hot water system will be able to cope with the requirements of the brand new bathroom after it?s finished. Pumped showers consume a large amount of water, and corner baths require more water to fill when compared with conventional ones.
In case it is determined that your present hot water system isn?t up to scratch, you?ll need to allocate some of your budget for an upgrade, or think about having an electric shower put in as an alternative. Electric showers, however, only operate at their full capacity with acceptable mains water pressure and may be costly to run.
Pre-existing pipework
The placement of pre-existing pipework can impact exactly how your bathroom will be laid out. While it?s possible to box in pipework to relocate the positions of the loo, sink and bathtub, this isn?t always possible to completely rearrange the room.
We will be pleased to offer recommendations on where everything is able to be positioned, and if there?ll be any additional price involved in re-routing of pipework.
Bath, shower or both?
If you have sufficient room, it might be worth considering a separate bath and shower as opposed to a shower over the top of the bathtub. An independent shower cubicle gives you additional space in which to stand and reduces the risk of falling ? a vital factor if one of the people using the bathroom are older or infirm.
Should the floor type allows, we?re able to put in level access showers which do not have any sort of threshold to step across when getting into or leaving the shower. We are able to also put in much larger cubicles along with multi-level spray heads to have an stimulating shower experience.

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Baylor has made remarkable rise of redemption

WACO, Texas (AP) ? Buddy Jones wakes up almost every morning singing "Amazing Grace." He can't help himself.

Jones, the board chairman of the Baylor University regents, is in constant awe of all the great things his school is experiencing these days.

Only a few months after quarterback Robert Griffin III became Baylor's first Heisman Trophy winner, the men's basketball team is in the NCAA round of 16 for the second time in three years. So are coach Kim Mulkey's top-ranked Lady Bears, undefeated and four wins from a national championship that would make them the first 40-win team in the history of NCAA Division I basketball.

"Baptists talk a lot about redemption and Baylor University was redeemed two summers in a row, from what looked to me to be a surefire, at least near-death experience, maybe death completely," Jones said. "Because of hard work, and good fortune and the way things worked out, we were given a stay of execution and we hopefully have begun making the most of it."

If that sounds like overstating things, consider the facts.

Jones and other Baylor officials spent much of their last two summers lobbying just to make sure the Big 12's smallest and only private university didn't find itself without a spot in a major athletic conference ? a situation that would have been devastating not just to prestige but to the bottom line. The league was teetering on the brink of collapse amid speculation of potential super conferences and the departure of four schools.

Yet, the story goes much deeper for the world's largest Baptist university, making the culmination of all this success even more remarkable.

"It's almost of epic proportion," said Bob Beaudine, whose executive search firm brought men's basketball coach Scott Drew and athletic director Ian McCaw to Baylor nearly nine years ago in the aftermath of a tragic scandal that shook college sports like nothing before.

In the summer of 2003, basketball player Patrick Dennehy was found shot to death after he had been missing for six weeks. Teammate Carlton Dotson pleaded guilty to murder. The ensuing investigation uncovered NCAA violations, illegal tuition payments and unreported failed drug tests that led to the resignation of coach Dave Bliss, who was secretly recorded by an assistant coach of trying to persuade others to cover up misdeeds by portraying Dennehy as a drug dealer.

Drew inherited a roster decimated by the departure of the three top scorers, who left under relaxed transfer rules. There were school-imposed sanctions reducing scholarships and recruiting visits, and the NCAA limited the Bears to playing only conference games in his third season.

With three NCAA tournament appearances the past five years, an NIT championship game in that span and already a school-record 29 wins this season, many of those bad memories are quickly fading away. The Bears play Xavier on Friday night in Atlanta.

"You don't hear Baylor and think of that whole episode anymore. You think of RG3, Brittney Griner and this guy right here (potential NBA lottery pick Perry Jones III)," senior forward Quincy Acy said. "It's going to take time to completely erase it and for us to become a complete powerhouse, but I think we're headed in the right direction."

Ah, yes. Griffin and Griner, the 6-foot-8 junior phenom.

Griner, the only women's college player who is a U.S. Olympic team finalist, helped lead the Lady Bears to the NCAA Final Four as a freshman and a regional final last year before losing to Texas A&M, the eventual national champion they had already beaten three times.

"It's just a great time to be a Bear right now," said Griner, who became only the second woman to dunk in an NCAA game during Tuesday night's win over Florida. "On campus, everybody is really excited. The community, fellow classmates, everybody's behind us."

All of Baylor's sports teams, men and women, have qualified for the postseason so far this academic year, and the 400-plus athletes on campus had a combined 3.16 GPA last fall.

Griffin, who got his political science degree in three years, set or tied 54 school records in 41 games and then went out and charmed everyone at the NFL scouting combine without throwing a pass. The dual-threat quarterback led the Bears to only the second 10-win season in their 112 years of football. They had never even had a winning record in the Big 12 before RG3 arrived with coach Art Briles.

The Washington Redskins traded three first-round picks and a second-rounder to St. Louis for the No. 2 overall pick in next month's NFL draft. That's presumably to select Griffin since the Indianapolis Colts, now without Peyton Manning, are expected to take Heisman runner-up Andrew Luck from Stanford first overall.

Baylor President Ken Starr ? yes, the former independent prosecutor best known for his investigation into the Clinton White House and the Monica Lewinsky scandal ? believes athletics provide a voice through which the university speaks to the entire world.

"I'm so proud of the way our athletes use their God-given gifts coupled with their very hard work to bring great joy and pride to all of Baylor nation," Starr said. "The voice of Baylor athletics is quite eloquent right now."

While hard to determine the true impact of athletic success on freshman applications, the numbers have drastically increased.

There are more than 40,000 applications for the upcoming fall semester for only about 3,000 freshman spots. That's up from 15,458 applicants for the Fall 2005 class, right after the Lady Bears won their first national title. Average SAT and ACT scores for incoming freshmen also have significantly increased during that time.

"I think our national championship erased a lot of negative publicity from what had happened with men's basketball," Mulkey said. "I think timing in all of our lives is so important ? the timing of me leaving Louisiana Tech to go to Baylor, the timing of when we won the national championship, the timing of the Heisman Trophy and men's basketball doing well and women's basketball."

More than $250 million in new athletic and academic facilities have been added in the past decade to the campus that's home to about 15,000 students in Central Texas. Another $120 million in capital improvements are under way. The Bear Foundation, the primary fundraising arm supporting the school's 19 athletic programs, contributed nearly $7.7 million for scholarship support during the 2010-11 academic year. It was the seventh consecutive year with a record total.

There are also plans for a new campus football stadium, just off Interstate 35 along the banks of the Brazos River in the city of about 120,000 people. The family of former Houston Astros owner Drayton McLane Jr., a 1958 Baylor grad and former regents chairman, recently gave the school the largest capital gift ever ? more than $20 million ? for the stadium the school hopes to have for the 2014 season.

"(The stadium) has been the talk of the town. Robert Griffin had a great year, and that got things rolling, and the basketball is continuing. You need good news, and this is good economic news for Waco," said Sammy Citrano, owner of the two George's restaurants known for their big chicken fried steaks. "I've been here 26 years and this is a great feeling."

Bliss has since shared his testimony and counseled young coaches, telling them he allowed the competitive world of college athletics to compromise his beliefs. He still gets calls with questions about what happened, usually when the Bears are having the kind of success that puts that dreadful time even further behind them.

"I try to make it as positive for Baylor as I can, because I put them through enough," said Bliss, now coach, athletic director and dean of students at Allen Academy, which serves nearly 300 students in kindergarten through 12th grade near Texas A&M.

"I chose to go to Baylor because I wanted to help be part of the solution, and the aspect of what they have accomplished doesn't surprise me because I think I saw a lot of the great things that were possible there," Bliss said. "I'm obviously thrilled for what they're accomplishing, and the way they're accomplishing it."

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Marriage Relationships | The Magic Of Making Up | meiyan.info ...

He?s still not ready for marriage. Sean ?Diddy? Combs, mega mogul of music and business, and his longtime girlfriend Lisa Porter became parents for the second (or actually third) time last fall to twins Jessie James and D?Lila. Diddy says he loves being a father and is ?having the time of his life.? They have another child, 10 year old Christian. But even though Diddy claims he would ?love to get married,? he says he is not ready. Reason? He doesn?t want to ?get married and fail.? Obviously he?s caught up in the same trap that most of us fall into, that there is one way and one way only to be ?married.? So I decided to ?call him up? and have a conversation with him. My (imaginary) conversation with Diddy Dr. Max: ?Mr. Combs, please do not worry about failure, that comes out of a vision of marriage that is not big enough for who you really are.? Diddy: ?But I am afraid we might get divorced like so many other celebrity couples and others, and that would feel like such a failure!? Dr. Max: ?You haven?t let a fear of failure stop you in any other area of life. You?ve been bold and strong and pioneering, even in the face of some serious criticism. What?s this sudden fear about? Be bold like you have been in so many other areas of life.? Diddy: ?Actually, that?s right, I didn?t let it stop me that others tried to put me down at all! But this seems different.? Dr. Max: ?How does it seem different?? Diddy: ?Well, this seems even more serious and all-or-nothing than other things I?ve done?? Dr. Max ?What if I told you that with your good heart, creativity, serious intention and love, it is not possible for you to fail at marriage?? Diddy: ?I would say you are losing it, Dr. Max!? Dr. Max ?Well, maybe, but not in this case. Look, you and Ms. Porter weathered a relationship storm years ago. You are back again, stronger and with a deeper love. Obviously you have some serious inner resources and both are strong! I believe that if you can bring an open heart and open mind you will be able to be married and really be happy, and never fail!? Diddy: ?I wish I could believe you. I?d really love to get married.? Dr. Max: ?I?m not saying you should or ought to get married, that?s up to you. But you have the seeds of a Great Marriage going here. Time?s ticking. You say you would love to get married. Maybe it?s time to trust the genuine personal strength of you and Ms. Porter, your passionate commitment to whatever you take on, your intention and your heart to guide you.? Diddy: ?Well, I don?t think it would resemble most of the marriages out there, but maybe that?s a good thing, since apparently most people break up.? Dr. Max: ?I don?t think you two would. It?s just a guess, of course. But I think if you get the concept that a Great Marriage can be created on YOUR terms, in YOUR way, and that there is no single, simple formula for Great Marriage.? Diddy: ?Just like there is no single formula for great music, I see what you are saying.? Dr. Max: ?Exactly! It is exactly like music. There are certain basic things, like scales in music, that need to be in place and observed, but beyond that you create your own vision of marriage, and do it in your own way.? Diddy: ?That is a much different way of seeing marriage than I?ve ever heard of before. I always have seen it as this perfect ideal thing that everyone tries to live up to and then eventually fails and it all falls apart.? Dr. Max: ?Yes, that?s the problem in most marriage, and why so many fail! They don?t recognize that there is no basic rulebook to having a Great, totally wonderful Marriage. Actually in each marriage people make up their own rules, although they don?t know they are doing that, and don?t discuss it. The do it in their heads and don?t talk about it.? Diddy: ?I think a lot of us have expectations we don?t express and when they don?t come true, we get disappointed.? Dr. Max: ?That?s a good way to put it. You see that if you are evolving the rules and expectations, you and Ms. Porter just need to keep talking about it and you?ll be surprised how well it?s going to work our for you if you do get married. Well, I know you have to catch a plane now, so I?ll talk with you later. Please give me a call anytime and I?ll be happy to talk with you about this, OK?? Diddy: ?Sure, sounds great, talk with you later, Dr. Max.?About the author ?The Renegade Marriage Counselor,? gives you the straight stuff on marriage, relationships and personal freedom at http://www.ImproviseLife.com and is the originator of the famous Marriage Blueprint(TM), a free confidential Great Relationship Evaluation, available at http://www.MarriageBlueprint.comSource: http://www.articlesalley.com/article.detail.php/49318/172/Marriage/Relationships/34/Rapper_Diddy%27s_Fear_of_Failure_in_Marriage

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Rescue creditors: Greece may miss debt target

Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos speaks during the hand over-ceremony of the PASOK party in Athens, Monday, March 19, 2012. Venizelos will submit his official resignation on Monday after being elected to head the majority Socialist party as Greece heads into early general elections. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos speaks during the hand over-ceremony of the PASOK party in Athens, Monday, March 19, 2012. Venizelos will submit his official resignation on Monday after being elected to head the majority Socialist party as Greece heads into early general elections. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

BERLIN (AP) ? Greece's international creditors see "significant risks" that the country might fail to bring down its debt burden within targets, meaning it would require more rescue loans.

In a document seen by The Associated Press on Tuesday, they say Greece's program of austerity measures and structural reforms "could be accident prone."

"Authorities may not be able to implement reforms at the pace envisioned," said the report by the International Monetary Fund, the European Commission and the European Central Bank.

The Greek program could lower debt to 116.5 percent of GDP by 2020, but the minimum target set by the bailout creditors is 120.5 percent by 2020.

On top of concerns that reforms are too slow, the Greek economy faces a grim outlook. It is in its fifth year of recession and would need to recover before debt reduction plans can have much effect.

The Bank of Greece predicts the economy will contract another 4.5 percent in 2012 and remain in recession next year, while unemployment will surpass 19 percent on average this year.

Overall, the bailout creditors' report sees a risk that the program would bring debt down to only 145.5 percent of GDP by 2020, even after taking into account losses accepted by private creditors.

"Stress tests point to a number of sensitivities, with the balance of risks mostly tilted to the downside," said the report dated March, 11.

"Greater wage flexibility may in practice be resisted by economic agents; product and service market liberalization may continue to be plagued by strong opposition from vested interests; and business environment reforms may also remain bogged down in bureaucratic delays," it reads.

Moreover, Greece is heading toward a general election in late April or early May, likely causing further delays to reforms. A new government might take also seek to change the terms of the bailout program.

"It may take Greece much more time than assumed to identify and implement the necessary structural fiscal reforms," the document says. Revenue from selling state assets my also fall behind expectations "due to market-related constraints, encumbrances on assets, or political hurdles," it notes.

"The debt trajectory is extremely sensitive to program delays, suggesting that the program could be accident prone," it said.

A debt level of more than 120 percent of economic output is often seen as unsustainable in the long term. As concerns rise over the country's ability to bring debt back down, investors drive its borrowing rates on bond markets higher. That eventually makes it too costly for the country to tap bond markets to finance its existing debt, requiring it to be bailed out ? as happened to Greece, Ireland and Portugal.

Athens received a second bailout this year. Combined with its first rescue package, the country stands to receive a total of more than ?172 billion in rescue loans from other eurozone countries and the International Monetary Fund over the next few years.

Greece must continue with its austerity measures in order to ensure the funds are disbursed in regular installments, and will be under tight supervision from its creditors.

Harsh austerity reforms, however, have led to frequent strikes and often violent demonstrations.

Even if the program is successfully implemented, Greece's prospects of returning to the markets to refinance its debt remain uncertain given the likelihood that investors will demand high interest rates, the report noted. The fact that most of Greece's debt is in the hands of eurozone governments and the IMF, which would get repaid first in case of another default, means investors will be wary of buying Greek bonds again.

The report did not provide an estimate of how many billions more Greece might have to borrow from its creditors or Europe's new permanent bailout fund, the ESM, but the finding echoed a similar conclusion in a recent creditors' report on Greece's progress in implementing the reforms.

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Tax form changes put store owners on alert | World Finance

IRS Form 1099-K is used to report income from merchant card and third party network payments. Generally, this income is reported by storefront owners who have to notify the IRS of their credit card sales each year. However, recent changes to the tax code may cause more common taxpayers to be affected by the reporting requirement. How can taxpayers recognise and avoid potential traps that could cause them to pay higher taxes this year due to Form 1099-K?

Form 1099-K changes
The main change involves the IRS requirement that merchant card and third party network payments be reported on Form 1099-K rather than Form 1099-MISC. However, making the simple form change will not affect taxpayers? bottom line. What will affect them, though, is the inclusion of online sales by individual taxpayers in the reporting requirement for Form 1099-K. Under this rule, individuals who sell personal goods online, through auction websites such as eBay or those who sell their personal items through third-party payment networks like PayPal, could possibly be required to report their income and pay income tax on it.

Fortunately for taxpayers, the IRS only requires that those who receive $20,000 in credit card or third-party sales report them on 1099-K forms. However, even if individual taxpayers do not earn enough to use Form 1099-K, they may still have to report their income, depending on the type of sale performed and whether they were continually engaging in this work during the year.

Potential snares for taxpayers
As mentioned previously, many taxpayers who are involved in making casual sales will not have to use Form 1099-K, since it only applies to those who accrue at least 200 payment transactions, totalling $20,000 or more, per year. However, those that regularly make a habit of selling on eBay, Amazon.com, or PayPal, for example, may fall under the scope of these new regulations and be forced to report their income as taxable. This could particularly affect those that have Amazon.com or eBay ?stores?, or vendor pages. In the case of these habitual sellers, the third-party firm or the credit card company will issue 1099-K forms to both the taxpayer and to the IRS, reporting the total amount of sales that year.

Essentially, these rules were designed to catch taxpayers who had not been reporting income from these sources correctly. Even without the new form, this type of income has long been considered taxable and should have been reported in previous years. By introducing these new regulations, the IRS is basically closing a loophole that some have been able to use successfully in the past.

To avoid being caught in the Form 1099-K trap, taxpayers who do not intend to perform regular online sales should scale back their involvement in selling goods or services.

However, those who plan to make their online reselling into a regular business should begin setting aside funds for estimated payments to cover any outstanding tax they may have to pay at the end of the year. If taxpayers perform sales under several different online accounts, they should keep a running total of their sales across all the accounts. This will help them avoid being surprised if they exceed the $20,000 limit and receive a 1099-K at the end of the financial year.

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PST: Wynne was tops, but what else stood out?

Man of the Match: Marvel Wynne used those speedy feet to get himself into all the right positions during an afternoon of critical blocks, clearances and interceptions. It wasn?t exactly handsome or smooth, but Wynne had just what it takes to help the 10-man Rapids close out a scruffy road ?W.?

Packaged for take away:

• Everyone along Colorado?s veteran back line had blue ribbon days, including Drew Moor ? after his late sliding challenge nearly turned disastrous straight away, that is. Rapids right back Kosuke Kimura and left back Luis Zapata were solid, defending with authority on a day when their club?s defending in higher areas looked disheveled.
• PPL Park is a bugger of a place to play. For everyone else, that is. The Rapids are 2-0-1 there.
• The Rapids clearly are still adjusting to Oscar Pareja?s 4-3-3. They struggle to find their defensive shape quickly enough upon losing the ball, and it occasionally leaves Pareja?s men vulnerable.
• Personally, I?d prefer to see Omar Cummings wide in the Rapids? new way. He?s just not a target man, although his speed can stretch defenses.
• The game could have looked very different; Moor tripped speedy Danny Mwanga just outside the Colorado penalty area, just seconds into the match. Referee Mark Geiger could easily have judged Moor guilty of denying a clear goal scoring opportunity, which would have put the home team on a man-advantage for 89 minutes.
• Geiger is a young referee, perhaps with a bright future. He even did the FIFA Under-20 World Cup final last summer. But he needs to call a few more obvious fouls. When those go uncalled, players get frustrated and matches begin spinning out of control.
• There?s no excuse for Jeff Larentowicz?s mad moment, as he crashed dangerously into Union midfielder Keon Daniel to earn a second yellow. Veteran players must absolutely keep their emotions in check (especially when sitting on a caution).
• Union boss Peter Nowak left his captain, Danny Califf, on the bench for this one.
• While all the goalkeeper talk will circle Philly?s young Zac MacMath (he allowed another stinker), this should be noted: Rapids veteran Matt Pickens needed to be better on Philadelphia?s goal; if Pickens gets his hands behind the ball (rather than beneath), he makes that save.
• Clearly, Nowak and the Union have some ?thinking? to do where their shaky young goalkeeper is concerned. More on that later ?

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War effort hits new low; Karzai at 'end of rope'

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he's at "the end of the rope," and a majority of Americans feel the same way.

Of all the past decade's setbacks in the endeavor to form a solid alliance with Afghanistan and defeat the Taliban, the war effort has been driven to a new low by the slaughter of nine Afghan children and seven adults allegedly by a U.S. soldier whose identity had been kept secret until late Friday.

He is Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, 38, of Lake Tapps, Wash., his attorney confirmed.

The soldier was flown Friday from a U.S. military detention facility in Kuwait to the maximum security prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kan., though Karzai demanded anew that he be tried under the Afghan justice system.

Karzai also is now insisting that U.S. forces retreat from rural areas immediately and let Afghans take the lead in security next year. But the White House and the Pentagon said Friday that nothing would collapse the war plan, even after the massacre, the inadvertent Quran burnings by U.S. soldiers and the deaths of seven American servicemen at the hands of their allies.

Polls have shown that up to 60 percent of Americans say it's time to end the war in Afghanistan. And that's not lost on the administration.

"The Afghan people are tired of war," Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, just back from Afghanistan, acknowledged on Friday. "The American people share some of that tiredness after 10 years of war, as well. All of that's understandable."

But he also said he is confident that Americans realize the U.S. needs to finish its work of stabilizing Afghanistan to ensure that al-Qaida cannot against use that country as a launch pad to attack the United States. His theme ? patience ? is likely to dominate the discourse in Washington and in allied capitals in the lead-up to a NATO summit meeting in Chicago in May.

President Barack Obama called Karzai on Friday seeking clarification on the demand concerning U.S. troops in rural areas, and White House press secretary Jay Carney said the leaders agreed to keep discussing the matter, which is at the heart of the military strategy.

"I think that the two men were very much on the same page" about gradually handing over security responsibility to Afghan forces, with U.S. and other international troops switching to a support role throughout Afghanistan sometime in 2013, Carney said. A final transition to Afghan control is supposed to happen by the end of 2014.

Another pillar of the war strategy is creating meaningful peace talks with the Taliban insurgents, but that, too, suffered cracks in the aftermath of the village massacre. The Taliban said it was no longer talking on terms set by the Americans.

A senior U.S. official familiar with the discussions said American officials presume that the timing of the Taliban announcement following Sunday's killings was an attempt to gain greater leverage. Officials have long calculated that the Taliban would not engage seriously in peace talks unless it had lost more ground militarily.

Despite calls for the Army suspect to be tried in Afghanistan, Bales was flown Wednesday to a military detention facility in Kuwait, where that country's officials expressed unhappiness that they were not first consulted.

It remained unclear when the Army would formally charge the soldier, who was said by his lawyer to be reluctantly serving his fourth tour of duty, his first in Afghanistan after three tours in Iraq in his 11-year military career. Much of what is publicly known about the staff sergeant has been disclosed by the lawyer, John Henry Browne, a veteran defense attorney from Seattle who came forward Thursday.

According to statistics provided by the Army on Friday, 107,075 soldiers, or about 20 percent of all active-duty Army members, have had three or more deployments to Iraq or Afghanistan over the past decade.

Browne said that one day before the rampage, the soldier saw a comrade's leg blown off. A senior defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss possible evidence in the case, said investigators have determined that the suspect had been drinking alcohol before the killings. The official said the role of alcohol in the case is still being studied. Browne has said the suspect's wife reported her husband did not have a drinking problem.

Karzai has often been critical of the American effort, and on Friday he toughened his talk even more in addressing a group of villagers visiting Kabul from the Panjwai district in Kandahar province where the slaughter of the 16 civilians took place.

"The fight is not in the villages, not in the houses of Afghanistan," he said, repeating a familiar theme. "It is not safe for you (U.S. troops) in the villages and it is creating a bad name for you." He added: "Continuously, I have told the Americans to leave our villages. You are not needed in our villages. There is no terrorism ... so what are you doing in the villages?"

Karzai has often said the insurgent problem in his country springs from support across the border in Pakistan, not from unrest in villages. Critics of the U.S. and NATO military plan also have said that a large military presence, especially in conservative rural districts, encourages violence and bolsters the Taliban argument that it is fighting a foreign occupier.

But a central tenet of the war strategy is that the presence of U.S. and international troops in certain towns and villages is necessary to separate the population from the insurgents, creating space for local, provincial and national government to take firmer root.

The apparently unprovoked killing spree Sunday in two villages in southern Afghanistan, allegedly by a 38-year-old Army staff sergeant trained as a sniper, is only the latest in a string of missteps by American forces. Their mistaken burning of Muslim holy books at an air base in Bagram last month triggered a wave of violent protests across the country and an apology by Obama.

"As tragic as incidents like these are ? and there have been a string of tragic incidents in recent weeks ? it would be just as tragic, if not more, if we let it affect the overall mission, which is having success," said a Pentagon spokesman, Navy Capt. John Kirby. "And it's just as wrong to extrapolate from those incidents some sort of overarching belief or notion that it (the U.S.-Afghan partnership) is failing."

The cascading events stole attention from what Kirby and other U.S. officials believe is important battlefield progress, at least in the south and southwestern sectors of Afghanistan. Defense Secretary Panetta visited the country this week and wound up fielding questions about whether the recent episodes have set back the war effort and whether the timetable to withdraw troops -- pieced together so carefully more than a year ago -- should be accelerated.

U.S. analysts, meanwhile, see a lack of clarity and commitment in the Obama administration strategy for winding down the war.

Stephen Biddle, a military expert at the Council on Foreign Relations, said Thursday the administration's approach is "confused and uncertain."

The administration has essentially tried to use "real but limited means to secure real but limited ends" in Afghanistan, a strategy that carries the risk of ending up a "more expensive version of doing nothing," he told reporters.

"That's unfortunately where limited efforts so far are in danger of taking us," Biddle said.

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Associated Press writers Deb Riechmann in Kabul, Lolita C. Baldor in Abu Dhabi, Gene Johnson in Seattle, Adam Geller and researcher Monika Mathur in New York, and Anne Gearan in Washington contributed to this report.

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Robert Burns can be followed on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/robertburnsAP

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/war-effort-hits-low-karzai-end-rope-211435090.html

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