Funeral held for man in ex-Patriot's murder case

By RODRIQUE NGOWI

Associated Press

Associated Press Sports

updated 3:14 p.m. ET June 29, 2013

BOSTON (AP) - Hundreds of relatives, friends and teammates wept together and hugged Saturday at the funeral of a semi-pro football player whose killing led to murder and weapons charges against former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez.

The body of Odin Lloyd was found June 17 near Hernandez's home. Police arrested Hernandez on Wednesday and charged him with orchestrating the execution-style shooting.

Lloyd played for the Boston Bandits and was dating the sister of Hernandez's fiancee. Members of Lloyd's team showed up for the funeral in their uniforms and chanted his name as pallbearers placed his casket in a hearse outside Church of the Holy Spirit in Boston's Mattapan neighborhood. The crowd of mourners was so large that some could not find room inside the church for the two-hour service.

Hernandez has pleaded not guilty and is being held without bail. Two other men are also in custody. Prosecutors say the three were in a car with Lloyd shortly before his death.

Authorities have said trouble that led to Lloyd's killing happened June 14, when Lloyd went with Hernandez to a Boston nightclub. Hernandez became upset when Lloyd began talking with people Hernandez apparently didn't like, prosecutors said.

On June 16, the night before the slaying, a prosecutor said, Hernandez texted two unidentified friends and asked them to hurry to Massachusetts from Connecticut.

A few minutes later, he texted Lloyd to tell him he wanted to get together, prosecutors said. Authorities say Hernandez, Carlos Ortiz and Ernest Wallace picked up Lloyd at around 2:30 a.m. June 17, drove him to an industrial park near Hernandez's home and shot him five times. They have not said who fired the shots.

Prosecutors said an ammunition clip found in Hernandez's Hummer matched the caliber of casings found at the scene of Lloyd's killing.

Hernandez's lawyer argued in court that the case is circumstantial. He said Hernandez, who was cut by the Patriots the day he was arrested, wanted to clear his name.

Ortiz's attorney, John Connors, said he will seek bail for his client at the July 9 hearing. He described Ortiz as a "gentle person" and said he will advise Ortiz to plead not guilty to the gun charge he is facing.

Wallace surrendered in Miramar, Fla., on Friday, police said. Authorities had been seeking Wallace on a charge of acting as an accessory after Lloyd's murder. Details of that allegation weren't released.

Hernandez was drafted by the Patriots in 2010 and signed a five-year contract worth $40 million last summer. He could face life in prison if convicted.

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Funeral held for man in ex-Patriot's murder case

BOSTON (AP) - Hundreds of relatives, friends and teammates wept together and hugged Saturday at the funeral of a semi-pro football player whose killing led to murder and weapons charges against former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez.

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Egypt tense before rallies, American among dead

By Maggie Fick and Abdelrahman Youssef

CAIRO/ALEXANDRIA (Reuters) - After violence in Egypt that killed three people including an American student, cities were quiet as protesters prepared for rallies on Sunday they hope can unseat the Islamist president.

The army was on alert across the country and warned it would step in if deadlocked politicians lost control of the streets.

Several offices of President Mohamed Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood were attacked on Friday, including one in Alexandria where two men died, including a 21-year-old American man. In Port Said on the Suez Canal, an explosion during an anti-Mursi protest killed another man, police said.

The United States, which has called for compromise, is evacuating non-essential diplomatic staff and warning citizens to avoid Egypt. A source at Cairo airport said dozens of U.S. personnel and their families left for Germany on Saturday.

In Cairo, a few hundred activists from rival factions were camping out in separate places. Islamist supporters were still outside a suburban mosque where they had gathered in the many thousands on Friday to vent anger and fear over a return of army-backed rule. Some speakers also urged reconciliation.

On Tahrir Square, seat of the uprising of early 2011, flags and tents formed a base camp for protesters. They hoped for millions on the streets under slogans accusing Mursi and the Brotherhood of hijacking the revolution against Hosni Mubarak to entrench their own rule. A rally was also planned outside the presidential palace, where some had already taken up position.

With short supplies of fuel adding to long-standing economic woes, many said they would turn out on Sunday, when Mursi marks his first year in office as Egypt's first ever freely elected leader, to demand a new president who can bring them prosperity.

Liberal opposition leaders dismissed a offer of cooperation from Mursi this week as too little too late. The Brotherhood, which says at least five of its supporters have been killed in days of street fighting, accuses liberals of allying with those loyal to Mubarak to mount a coup against the electoral process.

The opposition says the Brotherhood are trying to monopolize power, Islamise a diverse society and throttle dissent. They cite as evidence Mursi's broadsides against critical media and legal proceedings launched against journalists and satirists.

"CIVIL WAR"

Egypt's leading religious authority warned of the risk of "civil war" after violence in the past week that left several dead and hundreds injured. The clerics backed Mursi's offer to talk to opposition groups before Sunday's protests.

The United Nations, European Union and United States have appealed for restraint and urged Egypt's deadlocked political leaders to step back from a confrontation threatening the new democracy that emerged from the Arab Spring.

Medical and security officials in Alexandria, Egypt's second city, said the young American was fatally stabbed as he filmed events at the Brotherhood office in the Mediterranean port during an attack by anti-Mursi protesters, who eventually ransacked the building and set a fire, causing extensive damage.

Kenyon College in Ohio named him as one of its students, Andrew Pochter, from Chevy Chase, Maryland. He was working as a intern in the city at AMIDEAST, a U.S. organization which provides teaching and other services in the Middle East.

A Facebook post apparently from his family said Pochter was teaching English to 7- and 8-year-olds and improving his Arabic:

"He went to Egypt because he cared profoundly about the Middle East, and he planned to live and work there in the pursuit of peace and understanding," the post read.

"As we understand it, he was witnessing the protest as a bystander and was stabbed by a protester."

An Egyptian man was shot dead in the same area and officials said dozens of people were wounded, many by shotgun pellets.

It is hard to gauge how many may turn out on Sunday, but even those sympathetic to Islamic ideas are frustrated by the economic slump and many blame the government.

Previous protest movements since the fall of Mubarak have failed to gather momentum, however, among a population anxious for stability and fearful of further economic hardship.

Generals, who heeded mass protests in early 2011 to push Mubarak aside, have warned they will intervene again if there is bloodshed, and to defend the "will of the people". Both sides believe that means the military may support their positions.

The United States, which funds Egypt's army as it did under Mubarak, has counseled compromise and respect for election results. Egypt's 84 million people, control of Suez and its 1979 peace treaty with Israel all contribute to its global strategic importance.

(Additional reporting by Yasmine Saleh, Alexander Dziadosz, Omar Fahmy, Tom Perry, Patrick Werr, Shaimaa Fayed and Alastair Macdonald in Cairo and Yusri Mohamed in Ismailia; Writing by Alastair Macdonald; Editing by Mark Heinrich)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/egypt-violence-builds-american-among-dead-054530510.html

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Obama uncertain about visit with Nelson Mandela

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) ? President Barack Obama, in the midst of a historic tour of Africa, says he isn't certain about whether he'll be able to visit gravely ill Nelson Mandela when he arrives in South Africa.

Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One en route from Dakar, Senegal to Johannesburg, Obama said, "We'll see what the situation is when we land."

Obama adds, quote, "I don't need a photo op and the last thing I want to do is to be in any way obtrusive at a time when the family is concerned with Nelson Mandela's condition."

He noted that his wife, Michelle, and daughters Malia and Sasha had previously met Mandela, who is 94. Mandela led the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa.

He was admitted to a hospital in Pretoria on June 8 with what authorities said at the time was a lingering lung infection.

"I think the main message we'll want to deliver, if not directly to him, but to his family, is simply profound gratitude for his leadership all these years," said Obama, "and that the thoughts and prayers of the American people are with him his family and his country."

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EU strikes 2 major deals, stumbles on unemployment

BRUSSELS (AP) ? The past week has seen a rare flurry of activity in the European Union. Two major deals ? a ?960 billion ($1.3 trillion) budget for the 27-country bloc and a system for rescuing banks without making taxpayers foot the bill ? have been brokered. But the leaders from the 27 nations achieved little progress on fighting youth unemployment and speeding up plans for a so-called banking union.

Here is a look at what progress has been made this week to overcome the bloc's economic crisis and what still needs to be done:

PROGRESS: A ?960 BILLION BUDGET TO FUND EU PROJECTS.

The blueprint for the 2014-2020 budget includes the bloc's first-ever spending cuts, as many of its countries are in recession and struggling to reduce their national debt.

Separate from national finances, the EU budget funds everything from joint infrastructure projects and farming subsidies to development aid, research and employment measures.

The seven-year plan was brokered early Thursday after months of infighting between the European Parliament and governments. An EU summit of leaders in Brussels then endorsed the compromise, sending it to Parliament for a formal vote next Wednesday.

DEADLOCK: NO NEW INITIATIVES TO TACKLE RECORD UNEMPLOYMENT

Unemployment is at an all-time high of 11 percent for the EU, which forms the world's largest economy, and stands at 12.2 percent for the group of 17 EU countries that use the euro.

The plight is worse for the young, with almost one in four people aged under 25 without a job. In crisis-hit Greece and Spain, that rate is more than 50 percent.

EU leaders agreed to speed up spending up to 6 billion euros ? about 0.05 percent of the bloc's annual output of 13 trillion euros ? to fight youth unemployment starting next year. However, they had announced that step since last year, and half of the money is only repackaged from other budget positions.

Analysts have warned that the step will make little to no difference, and European Parliament President Martin Schulz called it a "drop in the ocean."

Leaders also called on the bloc's European Investment Bank to kick-start investment and job creation by boosting lending to small and medium-sized firms by up to 150 billion euros through until 2015. The increase in lending is made possible by a capital increase decided last year.

PROGRESS: NEW EU RULES MAKE SURE TAXPAYERS WON'T FOOT THE BILL FOR BANK FAILURES

In the small hours of Thursday morning, European finance ministers reached a compromise on rules enshrining that bank rescues will be primarily funded by the banks' shareholders and creditors, with taxpayer money only a last resort. The new rules create certainty for investors and strengthen Europe's banking system.

The decision draws on the lesson of the 2008-2009 financial crisis when several European governments had to pump dozens of billions of taxpayers' money into their banks to stop the financial system from collapsing.

If a bank fails, losses will be forced on its shareholders, creditors and holders of uninsured deposits worth more than 100,000 euros to cover 8 percent of a bank's total liabilities. Then the government can chip in, as much as another 5 percent of liabilities ? but no more.

DEADLOCK: LONG WAY STILL TO GO ON THE BANKING UNION

Analysts say restoring confidence in Europe's highly fragmented banking sector is one of the key policies to turn the tide on the 17-nation eurozone's debt crisis.

The plan was first endorsed by EU leaders a year ago when markets were worried that Spain ? like Greece, Ireland and Portugal before ? might be forced to seek a full-blown bailout to stay afloat after pumping billions into its ailing banks.

The plan consists of three main pillars: Centralized oversight of big banks anchored at the European Central Bank, a central authority able to prop up or wind down ailing banks, and a jointly guaranteed deposit insurance.

The ECB's oversight is due to be operational late next year, but progress on other fronts has been slow since some countries have started back-pedaling on last year's pledges. Investors no longer feared an imminent breakup of the currency zone following an ECB pledge to do whatever it takes to preserve the euro.

Thursday's agreement on rules for bank failures was a step toward establishing a joint bank resolution authority, but Germany and others seek to delay further progress on that issue and on a joint deposit insurance scheme. The EU summit showed complacency on the matter, making no progress, while pledging to discuss further steps in the fall.

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/eu-strikes-2-major-deals-stumbles-unemployment-130557260.html

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Phoenix, Las Vegas bake in scorching heat

PHOENIX (AP) ? A blazing heat wave expected to send the mercury soaring to nearly 120 degrees in Phoenix and Las Vegas settled over the West on Friday, threatening to ground airliners and raising fears that people and pets will get burned on the scalding pavement.

The heat was so punishing that rangers took up positions at trailheads at Lake Mead in Nevada to persuade people not to hike. Zookeepers in Phoenix hosed down the elephants and fed tigers frozen fish snacks. And tourists at California's Death Valley took photos of the harsh landscape and a thermometer that read 121.

The mercury there was expected to reach nearly 130 on Friday ? just short of the 134-degree reading from a century ago that stands as the highest temperature ever recorded on Earth.

"You have to take a picture of something like this. Otherwise no one will believe you," said Laura McAlpine, visiting Death Valley from Scotland.

The heat is not expected to break until Monday or Tuesday.

The scorching weather presented problems for airlines because high temperatures can make it more difficult for planes to take off. Hot air reduces lift and also hurts engine performance. Planes taking off in the heat may need longer runways or may have to shed weight by carrying less fuel.

Smaller jets and propeller planes are more likely to be affected than big airliners, officials said.

The National Weather Service said Phoenix could reach 118 on Friday, while Las Vegas could see the same temperature over the weekend in what would be a record for Sin City. The record in Phoenix is 122.

Temperatures are also expected to soar across Utah and into Wyoming and Idaho, with triple-digit heat forecast for the Boise area. Cities in Washington state that are better known for cool, rainy weather should break the 90s next week.

"This is the hottest time of the year, but the temperatures that we'll be looking at for Friday through Sunday, they'll be toward the top," said National Weather Service meteorologist Mark O'Malley. "It's going to be baking hot across much of the entire West."

The heat is the result of a high-pressure system brought on by a shift in the jet stream, the high-altitude air current that dictates weather patterns. The jet stream has been more erratic in the past few years.

Health officials warned people to be extremely careful when venturing outdoors. The risks include not only dehydration and heat stroke but burns from the concrete and asphalt.

"You will see people who go out walking with their dog at noon or in the middle of the day and don't bring enough water and it gets tragic pretty quickly," said Bretta Nelson, spokeswoman for the Arizona Humane Society. "You just don't want to find out the hard way."

Cooling stations were set up to shelter the homeless as well as elderly people who can't afford to run their air conditioners. In Phoenix, Joe Arpaio, the famously hard-nosed sheriff who runs a tent jail, planned to distribute ice cream and cold towels to inmates this weekend.

Officials said personnel were added to the Border Patrol search-and-rescue unit because of the danger to people trying to slip across the Mexican border. At least seven people have been found dead in the last week in Arizona after falling victim to the brutal desert heat.

In June 1990, when Phoenix hit 122 degrees, airlines were forced to cease flights for several hours because of a lack of data from the manufacturers on how the aircraft would operate in such extreme heat.

US Airways spokesman Todd Lehmacher said the airline now knows that its Boeings can fly at up to 126 degrees, and its Airbus fleet can operate at up to 127.

While the heat in Las Vegas is expected to peak on Sunday, it's unlikely to sideline the first round of the four-week Bikini Invitational tournament.

"I feel sorry for those poor girls having to strut themselves in 115 degrees, but there's $100,000 up for grabs," said Hard Rock casino spokeswoman Abigail Miller. "I think the girls are willing to make the sacrifice."

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Carlson contributed in Death Valley, Calif. Also contributing were Robert Jablon in Los Angeles, Julie Jacobson and Michelle Rindels in Las Vegas, Michelle Price in Salt Lake City, Cristina Silva and Bob Christie in Phoenix and Susan Montoya Bryan in Albuquerque, N.M.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/phoenix-las-vegas-bake-scorching-heat-202602575.html

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Apple Is Finally Going to Ditch Samsung's Chips

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple has finally signed a deal with something called Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co to make its guts for future iPhones and iPads. Specifically, TSMC will start mass-producing 20 nanometer chips for Apple in 2014, paving way for longer battery life in Samsung-less iPhones and iPads.

The Apple pact with TSMC has long been rumored. From Cupertino's point of view, it makes sense because Apple has been wanting to ditch anything and everything Samsung for a long time. It's always been hilarious that though Apple had a serious court war with Samsung, Samsung was making a bunch of chips (and screens and flash memory) that Apple needs. From TSMC's point of view, the chip maker is landing a whale of an order which means an ocean of money.

Supposedly, Samsung will continue to make guts for the next iPhones and iPads until at least 2014. Samsung supplies many of the internals of Apple's products, something that Apple has been looking to reduce in recent years (as their relationship has gone toxic). Apple has been looking to dance with TSMC since 2010 when it was looking to invest in the company and/or have TSMC dedicate a factory for Apple chips. It looks like Apple is finally closing. [WSJ]

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Advising Underprepared Students - The Mentor

Advising Underprepared Students

Craig M. McGill, Florida International University

The building blocks of most professions are theory and practice. Continual practice over the course of time can certainly help a professional become more adept in his or her work, but it almost certainly can be strengthened with a practice rooted in theory. Because academic advisers must accommodate students from all walks of life, one theory or even one set of theories cannot suffice.?In fact, attempting to use one theory is not only inadequate but could be hazardous and irresponsible. Hagen and Jordan (2008) stated, ?Advisers have license to draw upon a wide array of theoretical perspectives, because they have come to advising not from one field, but from many; they have the obligation to resist adopting only one theoretical perspective because the phenomenon of academic advising is so very complex? (p. 32).

This article presents a scenario focusing on potential issues when working with an underprepared student. Though the article will reference many theories, it will not include an overview of the theories themselves. Rather, the adviser is encouraged to use the information below as a starting point and explore the literature.

Scenario

Joe is a 19-year-old, first-generation, underprepared, undecided student. He is from a small town in the western part of his state where the population is sparse. No one in his family has gone to college before, and they do not feel a college education is necessary. Joe?s parents were hoping he would marry a nice girl from the area and take over the family farm someday. Joe does not know what interests him, but he knows that he does not want to farm for the rest of his life. His folks let him go to college, and they try to be supportive; but because they feel they have been successful without a college degree, they do not really value a formal college education. Additionally, Joe realizes he has not been exposed to many different types of people or ideas in his small hometown of three hundred residents.

Joe is in his first semester of college. By all appearances, he seems kind, responsible, and intelligent, but he does not have the same strong, educational background that many of his peers do and, thus, he is entering college with many academic deficiencies. Consequently, he is insecure, nervous, and doubtful about his chances of succeeding. Joe?s adviser knows that he is an at-risk student who will need extra attention and therefore asks a lot of questions to get a good sense of Joe and, in the process, establishes a positive rapport with him. The adviser knows that this bond is important if Joe is to succeed in a world far different than anything he has ever known. After a few appointments with Joe and several rounds of questions, Joe?s adviser is trying understand out what brought him to a large college, so far away from home when he is underprepared (and only conditionally accepted into the college) with no developed educational or career goals. After Joe?s adviser asks the question very tactfully, Joe admits that the only reasons he chose to go to college were to get out of the town in which he grew up and to do something other than farming.

Theoretical Application

From a student development standpoint, most of Joe?s challenges come from his underpreparedness. Underprepared students generally display one or more of the following characteristics: ?low academic self-concept, unrealistic grade and career expectations, unfocused career objectives, extrinsic motivation, external locus of control, low self efficacy, inadequate study skills for college success, a belief that learning is memorizing, and a history of passive learning? (Ender & Wilkie, 2000, pp. 134?135). Joe definitely has a low academic self-concept, and it is probable that his personal self-concept in general is fairly undeveloped. The only thing Joe knows at this point is that he is using college as an escape from the farm and farm life. Going to college to escape life is a typical trait of first-generation students (Sickles, 2004).

Joe?s underpreparedness likely contributes to his?considering what he might do for a living has never really occurred to him, as the family expectation was for him to take over the farm. Being a first-generation student also complicates Joe?s situation. According to Riehl (1994), ?first-generation college students do not have the benefit of parental experience to guide them, either in preparing for college or in helping them understand what will be expected of them after they enroll? (p. 16). Because nobody in his family has been to college, they are unable to help Joe navigate the college system or even comprehend the struggles and challenges that he faces.

Thus, the adviser?s role becomes even more pivotal in the education of an underprepared student. Joe does not know how to ?do? college, so even the little things that seem trivial for most students should be discussed with him. Joe?s adviser should emphasize ?regular class attendance, ways to be an active learner, how expectations and requirements differ in high school and college, and ways in which the student may participate in class more actively? (Ender & Wilkie, 2000, p. 137). Joe?s adviser must take a developmental approach and teach him skills to succeed. As Miller and Murray (2005) pointed out, ?academically underprepared students often have no idea how to go about earning a degree: They do not know what steps they must take or the particulars of what institutions expect of them. It is imperative that advisers outline both the institution?s expectations of students and what students can expect from advisers throughout their academic careers? (p. 2).

Even basic life skills likely fall within an academic adviser?s scope of teaching when working with underprepared students. An adviser must help students to ?develop cognitive maturity, integrated identity, and mature relationships to become effective citizens? (Hunter & Kendall, 2008, pg. 143). If this is accomplished, students are more apt to become involved in the advising process and, thus, take control of and responsibility for their educational destinies. Hunter and Kendall (2008) stated, ?The quality of education a student receives is directly related to the student?s involvement with his or her academic experience? (p. 143).

Establishing a rapport with academically underprepared students is critical to their success; therefore, Joe?s adviser should learn as much as possible about him during their introductory meetings. Because Joe does not have a clear sense of what he wants to do, what interests him, or, ultimately, what is even possible, Joe?s adviser must know what questions to ask. Getting to know the student and allowing him or her to gain a sense of you will help to establish this rapport. While the adviser-advisee relationship is important in ensuring that every student succeeds, it is especially true for the underprepared student. Steele and McDonald (2008) noted, ?Spending time getting to know our students not only in terms of their academic and career interests but also in terms of their backgrounds and personal experiences is a key component to working with students as they move through the college experience? (p. 157). As unsure as these students are likely to be of themselves, they must acquire this important boost of self-esteem and the confidence of their academic advisers.

When working with Joe, it is very important to help him discover what he loves and what he might be interested in doing and cater to his talents and strengths. Miller and Murray (2005) suggested that a strengths-based approach can be very helpful in retaining underprepared students. In working with underprepared students Steele (1999) argued that the phrase ?you need remedial work? should be replaced with ?you may be somewhat behind at this time but you are a talented person. We can help you advance at an accelerated rate? (p. 23). Focusing on what Joe has to offer as opposed to what is missing can be crucial to his success.

Another approach that may help Joe explore what interests him is applying Appreciative Advising, the ?intentional collaborative practice of asking positive, open-ended questions that help students optimize their educational experiences and achieve their dreams, goals, and potentials? (Amundsen, Bloom, & Hutson, 2006). Rooted in positive psychology, the advising model approaches life as a series of opportunities rather than a series of problems (Bloom, Hutson, & He, 2008). By working through the six stages of Appreciative Advising?disarm, discover, dream, design, deliver, and don?t settle?the adviser can help Joe choose courses that interest him and encourage him to journal about what excites him.

In the beginning, Joe might even turn to advisers for simple day-to-day matters. An effective adviser might encourage Joe to contact him or her much of what he may need in the beginning. But as time goes on, Joe should gain more self-reliance, and the advising relationship ?? as it develops, encourages student independence as they achieve educational, career, and personal goals through the use of the full range of institutional and community resources? (Miller & Murray, 2005).

Joe is a person with sound, positive values and who simply needs a chance. Many of his professors will tend to view him the same way they view other students and not make themselves available for the extra support that he will need to succeed. The academic adviser can play a pivotal role in his success by establishing and maintaining a relationship that is ?ongoing and purposeful, challenging for the student but also supportive, goal oriented, and intentional? (Ender & Wilkie, 2000, p. 141). Underprepared students can certainly succeed; they just need more guidance along the way.

Conclusion

In the practice of academic advising, it is important to remember that an adviser may be the most important campus contact for a student. Bultman, Vowell, Harney, Smarrelli, and Ames (2008) noted that advisers can help students make??sense out of the curriculum ? to see its interconnections and the potential development of important skill sets that will serve students for an entire lifetime? (p. 418).?The opportunities advising presents include?engagement, developing critical thinking and reflection skills, forging connections so that coursework does not seem like an endless stream of unrelated classes, and discussion of vocation ? and ultimately, helping students to figure out how they want to live their lives. Considering the spectrum of students that advisers see, it is important that they are equipped with theory to aid in the challenging but important work that they do. Theory should continue to be developed and incorporated into both academic advising literature and practice. In terms of discovering new ways of integrating theories from other disciplines into advising practice and devising others unique to the field, some of the most interesting work is yet to come.

References

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Bloom, J. L., Hutson, B. L., & He, D. Y. (2008).?The appreciative advising revolution. Champaign, IL: Stipes.

Bultman, J. E., Vowell, F. N., Harney, J. Y., Smarrelli, J., & Ames, S. (2008). Campus administrator perspectives on advising. In V. N. Gordon, W. R. Habley, and T. J. Grites (Eds.) Academic advising: A comprehensive handbook (2nd ed.), (pp. 415?437). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Ender, S. C. & Wilkie, C. J. (2000). Advising students with special needs. In V. N. Gordon & W. R. Habley (Eds.), Academic advising: A comprehensive handbook (pp. 118?143). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Hagen, P. L., & Jordan, P. (2008). Theoretical foundations of academic advising. In V. N. Gordon, W. R. Habley, & T. J. Grites (Eds.), Academic advising: A comprehensive handbook (2nd ed.), (pp. 17?35). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Hunter, M. S., & Kendall, L. (2008). Moving into college. In V. N. Gordon, W. R. Habley, T. J. Grites, & Associates (Eds.), Academic advising: A comprehensive handbook (pp. 142?156). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Miller, M. A., & Murray, C. (2005). Advising academically underprepared students. NACADA Clearinghouse of Academic Advising Resources. Retrieved from http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Resources/Clearinghouse/View-Articles/Academically-underprepared-students.aspx

Riehl, R. J. (1994). The academic preparation, aspirations, and first-year performance of first-generation students. College and University, 70, pp.14?19.

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Steele, G. E., & McDonald, M. L. (2008). Moving through college. In V. N. Gordon, W. R. Habley, & T. J. Grites, (Eds.), Academic advising: A comprehensive handbook (2nd ed.) (pp. 157?177). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

About the Author(s)

Craig M. McGill, Florida International University

Craig M. McGill, M.M., M.S., is an academic adviser in the Department of English at Florida International University in Miami, Florida. He can be reached at cmmcgill@fiu.edu.

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Paul Ross, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery deputy public affairs officer, performs the push-up portion of the Navy Physical Readiness Test. Ross took the test as part of a Men?s Health Month social media campaign. (Photo by Valerie Kremer)

(Editor?s note: Throughout the month of June, Navy Medicine is celebrating Men?s Health Month by urging our male Sailors, Marines, civilians and family members to ?Get Healthy Like a Man.? Paul Ross, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery deputy public affairs officer, will be blogging about living healthy during the month.)

By Paul Ross, deputy public affairs officer, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery

Satisfactory.

The word has never sounded so sweet. ?

There are a lot of things I do that are considered unsatisfactory. The way I shoot a basketball is a good example ? hitting the backboard 10% of the time would be a historic victory. In sixth grade I averaged four points ? not a game ? for the entire season. The way I dance is unsatisfactory. I have one move and it?s the Robot, which my wife hates loves for me to bust out at weddings in front of family and friends. Smiling for photos is also listed under unsatisfactory ? which is evident from the goofy grin on my face in my first school picture, where I?m donning thick plastic glasses that were taped together ? nerd-style before it was cool to be a nerd. I display the same awkward smile decades later in our most recent family portrait. ?

Then there are things I do in life that are satisfactory, which means I do them acceptably ? though not outstanding or perfect. My grilled cheese sandwich skills are satisfactory ? or so says my seven-year-old. Growing a beard, playing guitar, and answering Jeopardy questions after I hit pause on my DVR right away, all fall in this category. Singing Justin Timberlake ? acapella ? in the shower/car/waiting room of a Jiffy Lube also should be considered something I do acceptably (okay, maybe that one belongs on the first list).

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Lt. Cmdr. Darla Dietrich holds the feet of Paul Ross, BUMED deputy public affairs officer, during the sit-up portion of the Navy Physical Readiness Test. (Photo by Valerie Kremer)

Today I found something else that I do satisfactorily.

It?s been 25 days since I first took ? and failed ? the Navy Physical Readiness Test (PRT), which is broken into the categories of ?maximum,? ?outstanding,? ?excellent,? ?good,? ?satisfactory,? or ?failure.? Sure, I missed the lowest possible passing category by a mere two sit-ups last time, but I failed none-the-less. I took the test again this morning after nearly a month of eating healthy and working out regularly and like the pint-sized Rudy Ruettiger getting a sack for the golden-domed Irish in a meaningless game, I found redemption, sort of.

The initial numbers were promising. As I stepped on the scale I was proud to see I had lost nine pounds from the original 205 I had ballooned up to. My waist and neck each lost an inch to 36 and 16, respectively.

?Next up was my arch-nemesis ? the dreaded sit-up. This is what caused me to fail my first test when I was two short of what I needed to pass. Well, well, well ? not today exercise that I hate more than getting dental work done without Novocain! Today I did 44. While this number may not seem spectacular to most readers, and it?s short of my goal of 50, it was a hard-earned satisfactory.

While I haven?t been doing a ton of sit-ups, because I wasn?t training specifically for the PRT, I have been doing a lot of push-ups. So I was disappointed with the 45 I knocked out. It?s better than the 40 I did last time, but I wish I could?ve squeezed out at least five more. This however, fell into the ?good? category.

Paul Ross, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery deputy public affairs officer, performs the run portion of the Navy Physical Readiness Test. (Photo by Valerie Kremer)

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The run was one of my prouder moments. My target was to run a sub-12-minute mile and a half. I originally ran the distance in 13:42. I was able to cut more than a minute off the run, turning in a time of 12:23, while still using a treadmill because of the weather. But the run was not without its dramatic moments. While Bonnie Raitt hip-hop was blaring in my ears, my spastic running style caused me to knock my phone off the treadmill not once, but twice. I didn?t stop running as someone handed the musical motivation back to me. But after the second drop I let the phone stay on the ground as I worked my way through the last half mile. Would I have run it in 11 minutes with the music ? probably (not a chance). But my time was good enough to put my run in the ?good? category.

?After compiling all the scores in the PRT calculator I still received an overall score that was satisfactory, despite scoring ?good? in a few of the categories.

I did not meet my goals for any of these categories, but I made improvements in each. While striving for satisfactory should not be my goal, or anyone else?s, making improvements is still notable progress. I feel much better and have gotten used to eating a diet that doesn?t consist of Little Debbies and the left over frosting from our electric mixer after my wife bakes a cake.

As far as my 16 Mostly Attainable ?Get Healthy Like A Man? Goals For Myself From Myself, I won?t be the dad wearing a shirt at the pool this summer, I didn?t eat a bite of fast food, I believe I inspired some others to get healthy, and I had as much fun as a man not being allowed to lick the beaters after his wife bakes a cake can have.

Living healthy throughout the month has taught me that it doesn?t have to stop on July 1. I will continue my diet and working out regularly, while making some exceptions because you have to have balance in your life. As far as my fitness test scores go, there?s always next year.

But for now, I am proud to call myself satisfactory.

Blog #4: Get Healthy Like A Man: Overcoming Obstacles
Blog #3: Get Healthy Like A Man: Goals
Blog #2: Get Healthy Like A Man: Fitness test Failure
Blog #1: Get Healthy Like A Man?????????

Source: http://navymedicine.navylive.dodlive.mil/archives/5238

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Sterilizing Mars spacecraft is largely a waste of money, two experts argue

June 27, 2013 ? Two university researchers say environmental restrictions have become unnecessarily restrictive and expensive -- on Mars.

Writing in the journal Nature Geoscience, astrobiologists Alberto Fair?n of Cornell University and Dirk Schulze-Makuch of Washington State University say the NASA Office of Planetary Protection's "detailed and expensive" efforts to keep Earth microorganisms off Mars are making missions to search for life on the red planet "unviable."

The researchers claim "the protocols and policies of planetary protection are unnecessarily restricting Mars exploration and need to be revised."

The Office of Planetary Protection is like an interplanetary Environmental Protection Agency, with a mission "to minimize the biological contamination that may result from exploring the solar system."

As far as Mars is concerned, say Fair?n and Schulze-Makuch, such efforts are probably in vain since "Earth life has most likely already been transferred to Mars." Meteorite impacts have had 3.8 billion years to spread Earth life forms to Mars. Several Earth spacecraft have visited Mars without undergoing the sterilization procedures now in place.

If organisms transferred to Mars over the eons failed to survive, modern organisms would likely face the same fate. If they did survive, say Fair?n and Schulze-Makuch, "it is too late to protect Mars from terrestrial life, and we can safely relax the planetary protection policies."

The researchers say spacecraft looking for life on Mars should still be cleaned to some extent to avoid confusing possible Martian organisms with organisms brought from Earth. But sterilization for other missions, like orbiters and geology-oriented explorers, could be scaled back.

"As planetary exploration faces drastic budget cuts globally," they say, "it is critical to avoid unnecessary expenses and reroute the limited taxpayers' money to missions that can have the greatest impact on planetary exploration."

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Plaintiffs in gay marriage case wed in SF, LA

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? The four plaintiffs in the U.S. Supreme Court case that overturned California's same-sex marriage ban tied the knot Friday, just hours after a federal appeals court freed gay couples to obtain marriage licenses in the state for the first time in 4 1/2 years.

Attorney General Kamala Harris presided at the San Francisco City Hall wedding of Kris Perry and Sandy Stier as hundreds of supporters looked on and cheered. The couple sued to overturn the state's voter-approved gay marriage ban along with Jeff Katami and Paul Zarrillo, who married at Los Angeles City Hall 90 minutes later with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa presiding.

"By joining the case against Proposition 8, they represented thousands of couples like themselves in their fight for marriage equality," Harris said during Stier and Perry's brief ceremony. "Through the ups and downs, the struggles and the triumphs, they came out victorious."

Harris declared Perry, 48, and Stier, 50, "spouses for life," but during their vows, the Berkeley couple took each other as "lawfully wedded wife." One of their twin sons served as ring-bearer.

Although the couples fought for the right to wed for years, their nuptials came together in a flurry when a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a brief order Friday afternoon dissolving a stay it had imposed on gay marriages while the lawsuit challenging the ban advanced through the courts.

Sponsors of California's same-sex marriage ban, known as Proposition 8, also were caught off-guard and complained that the San Francisco-based 9th Circuit's swift action made it more difficult for them to ask the Supreme Court to reconsider its decision.

Under Supreme Court rules, the losing side has 25 days to ask the high court to rehear the case, and Proposition 8's backers had not yet announced whether they would do so.

"The resumption of same-sex marriage this day has been obtained by illegitimate means. If our opponents rejoice in achieving their goal in a dishonorable fashion, they should be ashamed," said Andy Pugno, general counsel for a coalition of religious conservative groups that sponsored the 2008 ballot measure.

"It remains to be seen whether the fight can go on, but either way, it is a disgraceful day for California," he said.

The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Wednesday that Proposition 8's sponsors lacked standing in the case after Harris and Gov. Jerry Brown, both Democrats, refused to defend the ban in court.

The decision lets stand a trial judge's declaration that the ban violates the civil rights of gay Californians and cannot be enforced.

The Supreme Court said earlier this week that it would not finalize its ruling in the Proposition 8 case "at least" until after the 25-day period, which ends July 21.

The appeals court was widely expected to wait until the Supreme Court's judgment was official. Ninth Circuit spokesman David Madden said Friday that the panel's decision to act sooner was "unusual, but not unprecedented," although he could not recall another time the appeals court acted before receiving an official judgment from the high court.

The panel ? Judge Stephen Reinhardt, who was named to the 9th Circuit by President Jimmy Carter and has a reputation as the court's liberal lion; Judge Michael Daly Hawkins, an early appointee of President Bill Clinton; and Judge Randy Smith, the last 9th Circuit judge nominated by President George W. Bush ? decided on its own to lift the stay, Madden said.

Its order read simply, "The stay in the above matter is dissolved effective immediately."

Vikram Amar, a constitutional law professor at the University of California, Davis, said the Supreme Court's 25-day waiting period to make its decisions final isn't binding on lower courts.

"Some people may think it was in poor form, But it's not illegal," Amar said. "The appeals court may have felt that this case has dragged on long enough."

The same panel of judges ruled 2-1 last year that Proposition 8 was unconstitutional, but it kept same-sex marriages on hold while the case was appealed. But when the Supreme Court decided Proposition 8's backers couldn't defend the ban, it also wiped out the 9th Circuit's opinion.

Proposition 8 passed with 52 percent of the vote in November 2008, 4 1/2 months after same-sex marriages commenced in California the first time. The Williams Institute, a think tank at the University of California, Los Angeles, estimates 18,000 couples from around the country got married in the state during that window.

Shortly after the appeals court issued its order Friday, the governor directed California counties to resume performing same-sex marriages. A memo from the Department of Public Health said "same-sex marriage is again legal in California" and ordered county clerks to comply by making marriage licenses available to gay couples.

Given that word did not come down from the appeals court until mid-afternoon, most counties were not prepared to stay open late to accommodate potential crowds. The clerks in a few counties announced that they would stay open a few hours late Friday before reopening Monday.

A jubilant San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee announced that same-sex couples would be able to marry all weekend in his city, which is hosting its annual gay pride celebration.

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Associated Press writers Jason Dearen, Paul Elias and Mihir Zaveri contributed to this story.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/plaintiffs-gay-marriage-case-wed-sf-la-015212241.html

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Rio Tinto wins end to human rights abuse lawsuit in U.S.

By Jonathan Stempel

(Reuters) - Benefiting from a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, Rio Tinto Plc has won the dismissal of a nearly 13-year-old U.S. lawsuit accusing the Anglo-Australian mining company of complicity in human rights abuses on the South Pacific island of Bougainville.

Friday's ruling by a majority of an 11-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ends litigation begun in 2000.

Roughly 10,000 current and former Bougainville residents had sought to hold Rio Tinto responsible for human rights violations and thousands of deaths linked to polluting a copper and gold mine it once ran.

The ruling follows the Supreme Court's April 17 decision in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co, where the justices limited the sweep of a 1789 U.S. law that lawyers had used for roughly three decades to fight human rights abuses worldwide.

Five justices said the Alien Tort Statute was meant to cover international law violations occurring in the United States, and that violations elsewhere must "touch and concern" U.S. territory "with sufficient force" to displace that presumption.

The Bougainville residents alleged that after workers in 1988 began to sabotage the Rio Tinto mine, the company goaded Papua New Guinea's government to exact retribution and conspired to impose a blockade, leading to thousands of civilian deaths.

On April 22, the Supreme Court threw out an earlier 9th Circuit ruling that let the lawsuit proceed, and asked it to revisit the matter in light of Kiobel.

Steve Berman, a lawyer for the Bougainville plaintiffs, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

He had asked the 9th Circuit to send the case back to the Los Angeles district court so that his clients could try to proceed with other claims, "sans invocation of the ATS."

Kiobel was also cited this week by a Virginia federal judge who dismissed a lawsuit accusing defense contractor CACI International Inc of conspiring to torture detainees a decade ago at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.

The judge in that case said that because the alleged abuse occurred outside the United States, he lacked jurisdiction to consider claims by four former detainees. They plan to appeal.

The case is Sarei et al v. Rio Tinto Plc et al, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, No. 02-56256.

(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Bernard Orr)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/rio-tinto-wins-end-human-rights-abuse-lawsuit-185146987.html

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Phoenix, Las Vegas bake in scorching heat

Elvis impersonator Cristian Morales wipes sweat from his brow while standing out on The Strip posing for photos with tourists, Thursday, June 27, 2013 in Las Vegas. Morales preferred to stand out in the 112 degree heat of the day instead of working the cooler evening hours saying "We'd much rather fight with the sun than fight with the drunk people." A high pressure system parking over the West is expected to bring temperatures this weekend and into next week that are extreme even for a region used to baking during the summer. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Elvis impersonator Cristian Morales wipes sweat from his brow while standing out on The Strip posing for photos with tourists, Thursday, June 27, 2013 in Las Vegas. Morales preferred to stand out in the 112 degree heat of the day instead of working the cooler evening hours saying "We'd much rather fight with the sun than fight with the drunk people." A high pressure system parking over the West is expected to bring temperatures this weekend and into next week that are extreme even for a region used to baking during the summer. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Eric Varone, right, takes a picture as Floriane Golay, of Switzerland watches, in Death Vally National Park Friday, June 28, 2013 in Badwater, Calif. Excessive heat warnings will continue for much of the Desert Southwest as building high pressure triggers major warming in eastern California, Nevada, and Arizona. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Graphic shows forecast heat wave temperatures for June 29 and compares to previous record highs.;

Maria Wieser, of Italy, takes a drink of water while sightseeing in Death Vally National Park, Friday, June 28, 2013 in Badwater, Calif. Excessive heat warnings will continue for much of the Desert Southwest as building high pressure triggers major warming in eastern California, Nevada, and Arizona. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

A jet takes off from Sky Harbor International Airport, Friday, June 28, 2013 in Phoenix. Airlines are monitoring the soaring temperatures to make sure it's safe to fly as excessive heat engulfs much of the Desert Southwest. The heat presented problems for airlines because extreme temperatures make it difficult for smaller planes to lift off. When the air gets so hot, it becomes less dense, almost replicating thin mountain air, requiring longer runways and less fuel in the tanks to assist with takeoff. Officials said big jetliners function fine in the heat, but smaller regional carriers may have delays because of the weather. (AP Photo/Matt York)

PHOENIX (AP) ? A blazing heat wave expected to send the mercury soaring to nearly 120 degrees in Phoenix and Las Vegas settled over the West on Friday, threatening to ground airliners and raising fears that people and pets will get burned on the scalding pavement.

The heat was so punishing that rangers took up positions at trailheads at Lake Mead in Nevada to persuade people not to hike. Zookeepers in Phoenix doused elephants with water and fed tigers frozen fish snacks. And tourists at California's Death Valley took photos of the harsh landscape and a thermometer that read 121.

The mercury there was expected to reach nearly 130 on Friday ? just short of the 134-degree reading from a century ago that stands as the highest temperature ever recorded on Earth.

"You have to take a picture of something like this, otherwise no one will believe you," said Laura McAlpine, visiting Death Valley from Scotland.

The heat presented problems for airlines because extreme temperatures make it difficult for smaller planes to lift off. When the air gets so hot, it becomes less dense, requiring longer runways and less fuel in the tanks to reduce weight.

Officials said big jetliners function fine in the heat, but smaller regional airlines may have delays.

The National Weather Service said Phoenix could reach 118 on Friday, while Las Vegas could see the same temperature over the weekend in what would be a record for Sin City. The record in Phoenix is 122.

Temperatures are also expected to soar across Utah and into Wyoming and Idaho, with triple-digit heat forecast for the Boise area.

Cities in Washington state that are better known for cool, rainy weather should break the 90s next week, while northern Utah ? marketed as having "the greatest snow on Earth" ? is expected to hit triple digits.

The heat wave is not expected to break until Monday or Tuesday.

"This is the hottest time of the year, but the temperatures that we'll be looking at for Friday through Sunday, they'll be toward the top," said National Weather Service meteorologist Mark O'Malley. "It's going to be baking hot across much of the entire West."

The heat is the result of a high-pressure system brought on by a shift in the jet stream. The jet stream, the high-altitude air current that dictates weather patterns, has been more erratic in the past few years. Scientists disagree on whether global warming is the cause.

Health officials warned people to be extremely careful when venturing outdoors. The risks include not only dehydration and heat stroke but burns from the concrete and asphalt.

"You will see people who go out walking with their dog at noon or in the middle of the day and don't bring enough water and it gets tragic pretty quickly," said Bretta Nelson, spokeswoman for the Arizona Humane Society. "You just don't want to find out the hard way."

Cooling stations were set up to shelter the homeless as well as elderly people who can't afford to run their air conditioners.

Officials said personnel were added to the U.S. Border Patrol search and rescue unit because of the danger to people trying to slip across the Mexican border. At least seven people have been found dead in the last week in Arizona after falling victim to the brutal desert heat.

In June 1990, when Phoenix hit 122 degrees, airlines were forced to cease flights for several hours because the planes didn't have the data needed to know how they would fly in temperatures above 120.

US Airways spokesman Todd Lehmacher said the airline's Boeings can now fly at up to 126 degrees, and its Airbus fleet can operate at up to 127.

While the heat in Las Vegas is expected to peak on Sunday, it's not expected to sideline the first round of the four-week Bikini Invitational tournament.

"I feel sorry for those poor girls having to strut themselves in 115 degrees, but there's $100,000 up for grabs," said Hard Rock casino spokeswoman Abigail Miller. "I think the girls are willing to make the sacrifice."

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Associated Press writers Chris Carlson in Death Valley, Calif., Robert Jablon in Los Angeles, Julie Jacobson and Michelle Rindels in Las Vegas, Michelle Price in Salt Lake City, Cristina Silva in Phoenix and Susan Montoya Bryan in Albuquerque, N.M., contributed to this report.

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Gandolfini funeral draws family, fans, stars in NY

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Family, friends and fans of James Gandolfini gathered in New York Thursday for a final remembrance of the actor known for his role as the tough-guy mob boss on "The Sopranos." Co-stars from that series -- usually recognized for their stoicism -- embraced one another with trembling lips and sorrowful faces as they entered the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine.

Gandolfini, 51, died of a heart attack in Rome on June 19. His 90-minute funeral was led by The Very Reverend Dr. James A Kowalski. Gandolfini?s wife, Deborah Lin Gandolfini, provided the first of four remembrances. In brief but emotional remarks, she spoke tearfully of her late husband as a great father to his children, 13-year-old Michael and 9-month-old Liliana. She called him an ?honest, kind and loving man? who ?ironically, was extremely private.?

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The casket carrying James Gandolfini is carried out after his funeral at The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine in New York on Thursday.

Two close friends of Gandolfini?s spoke next: Thomas Richardson and Susan Aston. Richardson talked of being in Rome with Gandolfini, lighting a candle in a cathedral and praying at the statue of St. Francis. ?Jim grew each and every day because he was open,? said Richardson, who added that with Gandolfini, ?every day was an adventure.?

Aston was not just a friend; she had worked with Gandolfini for decades. On ?The Sopranos? she served as his dialogue coach. She remembered the two of them working together in the 1980s and recalled how Gandolfini once shored up her courage before going onstage by saying, ?What?s the worst that can happen? We suck??

At one point, she dropped yet another nickname for the actor, referring to him as ?Buck.?

David Chase, creator and executive producer of ?The Sopranos,? wrapped up the remembrances with his own, which took the form of a letter. ?Dear Jimmy,? he began, then addressed the eulogy directly to the late actor. He said he wanted to get some laughs, that?s what all the advice he heard said he should do, but ?I?m too sad and full of despair.?

Nonetheless, Chase?s remembrance did elicit some laughs, particularly when he said he was ?scared? to speak at the service, and considered running away for four days, a reference to the time Gandolfini vanished from production on ?Sopranos? early in the show?s run.

He spoke of working with Gandolfini, who took his role to heart. One scene they filmed involved the actor slamming a refrigerator door in irritation repeatedly, even though the script didn?t specifically call for him to do that -- he ultimately broke the refrigerator. ?This role, this role, the places it takes me to,? Chase said the actor muttered about that event.

Later, Chase noted, ?Sometimes you tried too hard. The refrigerator is one example."

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David Chase, center, creator of "The Sopranos," attends Thursday's funeral.

But Chase revealed much about how he saw Gandolfini and the character of Tony Soprano with an anecdote that also came from the show. It was a hot day of filming, and he caught Gandolfini sitting in a lawn chair in black socks and shoes, pants rolled up, a wet handkerchief on his head to help him stay cool. Chase said he saw that and ?was filled with love, because I knew I was in the right place.? He said that was precisely what his own relatives used to do on a hot day, working in construction (?What is it about Italians and concrete,? quipped Chase) in New Jersey. ?I was so proud of our heritage,? he said, choking up.

Chase also recalled a time when Gandolfini told him, "I just want to be a man."

"The paradox with you I always felt was I was seeing a young boy, because you are boyish. ... That is why you were an amazing actor, that child inside,? Chase said.

He ended his ?letter? by relating a scene they never shot, but one he had mapped out: Tony Soprano is stranded in the Meadowlands with nothing in his pockets except some change, no crew around him, and has to board a bus to get home like everyone else. The idea was the episode would end with Tony?s face on the bus as Joan Osborne?s ?What if God Was One of Us? played (and its lines ?what if God was one of us/just a slob like one of us/just a stranger on the bus/trying to make His way home?), as the credits rolled.

Chase then ended his speech with the same letter format: ?Love, David.?

Among others who attended the service were Gandolfini's ?Sopranos? co-stars Edie Falco, Dominic Chianese, Joe Pantoliano, Aida Turturro and Julianna Margulies. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was also in attendance.

Gandolfini was also remembered Wednesday at a private, invitation-only wake held in Park Ridge, N.J. Gandolfini?s wife and daughter were among the first to arrive, according to the New York Daily News.

"It's a nightmare for the whole family," Bob Price, whose wife is a Gandolfini cousin, told the paper. "It's a horrible, horrible thing. Everybody is just devastated."

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Actress Edie Falco, right, best known as Carmela Soprano in "The Sopranos," arrives at the church.

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Actor Dominic Chianese, left, who played Uncle Junior in "The Sopranos."

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Actor Joe Pantoliano, who starred as Ralph Cifaretto on "The Sopranos."

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Actor Steve Schirripa, who played Bobby Baccalieri on "The Sopranos."

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Actress Jamie Lynn Sigler, who starred as Tony Soprano's daughter, Meadow.

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Michael Gandolfini, left, the 13-year-old son of James Gandolfini, who was vacationing with his father when he died.

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Actors Steve Buscemi, left, star of HBO's "Boardwalk Empire," embraces actor Michael Imperioli, who played Christopher Moltisanti on "The Sopranos."

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Actress Lorraine Bracco, right, best known for her role as Dr. Jennifer Melfi on "The Sopranos."

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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie paid his respects to a Jersey icon.

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Actress Julianna Margulies and actor Chris Noth attended the services. Margulies played Julianna Skiff on "The Sopranos."

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Actor Vincent Pastore, left, who played Salvatore Bonpensiero, and actress Aida Turturro, who played Janice Soprano.

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Feds: Internet influenced Boston bombing suspect

BOSTON (AP) ? What Dzhokhar Tsarnaev needed to learn to make explosives with a pressure cooker was at his fingertips in jihadist files on the Internet, according to a federal indictment accusing him of carrying out the bombings at the Boston Marathon that killed three people and injured dozens more.

Investigators have been trying to determine whether Tsarnaev's older brother, Tameran who was killed while the two were on the run after the bombing, was influenced or trained by Islamic militants during a trip overseas. But the indictment released Thursday against 19-year-old Dzhokhar makes no mention of any overseas influence.

Before the attack, according to the indictment, he downloaded the summer 2010 issue of Inspire, an online English-language magazine published by al-Qaida. The issue detailed how to make bombs from pressure cookers, explosive powder extracted from fireworks, and lethal shrapnel.

He also downloaded extremist Muslim literature, including "Defense of the Muslim Lands, the First Obligation After Imam," which advocates "violence designed to terrorize the perceived enemies of Islam," the indictment said. The article was written by the late Abdullah Azzam, whose legacy has inspired terrorist attacks in the Middle East.

Another tract downloaded ? titled "The Slicing Sword, Against the One Who Forms Allegiances With the Disbelievers and Takes Them as Supporters Instead of Allah, His Messenger and the Believers" ? included a foreword by Anwar al-Awlaki, an American propagandist for al-Qaida who was killed in a U.S. drone strike in 2011.

The 30-count indictment provides one of the most detailed public explanations to date of the brothers' alleged motive ? Islamic extremism ? and the role the Internet may have played in influencing them.

"Tamerlan Tsarnaev's justice will be in the next world, but for his brother, accountability will begin right here in the district of Massachusetts," Suffolk District Attorney Daniel Conley, whose jurisdiction includes Boston, said at a news conference with federal prosecutors on Thursday.

The indictment contains the bombing charges, punishable by the death penalty, that were brought in April against Tsarnaev, including use of a weapon of mass destruction to kill. It also contains many new charges covering the slaying of an MIT police officer and the carjacking of a motorist during the getaway attempt that left Tamerlan Tsarnaev dead.

U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz of Massachusetts said Attorney General Eric Holder will decide whether to pursue the death penalty against Tsarnaev, who will be arraigned on July 10.

Three people were killed and more than 260 wounded by the two pressure-cooker bombs that went off near the finish line of the marathon on April 15.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was captured four days later, hiding in a boat parked in a backyard in Watertown, Mass.

According to the indictment, he scrawled messages on the inside of the vessel that said, among other things, "The U.S. Government is killing our innocent civilians," ''I can't stand to see such evil go unpunished," and "We Muslims are one body, you hurt one you hurt us all."

The Tsarnaev brothers had roots in the turbulent Russian regions of Dagestan and Chechnya, which have become recruiting grounds for Muslim extremists. They had been living in the U.S. about a decade.

There was no mention in the indictment of any larger conspiracy beyond the brothers, and no reference to any direct overseas contacts with extremists. Instead, the indictment suggests the Internet played an important role in the suspects' radicalization.

Tamerlan Tsarnaev spent six months in Dagestan last year, and investigators traveled to the Russian province to talk to the men's parents and try to determine whether he was influenced or trained by local Islamic militants.

Christina DiIorio-Sterling, a spokeswoman for Ortiz, declined to comment on why the indictment did not mention whether authorities believe the elder Tsarnaev received any training during his stay in Russia.

The indictment assembled and confirmed details of the case that have been widely reported over the past two months, and added new pieces of information.

For example, it corroborated reports that Tamerlan Tsarnaev bought 48 mortar shells from a Seabrook, N.H., fireworks store. It also disclosed that he used the Internet to order electronic components that could be used in making bombs.

The papers detail how the brothers then allegedly placed knapsacks containing shrapnel-packed bombs near the finish line of the 26.2-mile race.

The court papers also corroborated reports by authorities that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev contributed to his brother's death by accidentally running him over with a stolen vehicle during a shootout and police chase.

The charges cover the slaying of Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer Sean Collier, who authorities said was shot in the head at close range in his cruiser by the Tsarnaevs, who tried to take his gun.

In addition, prosecutors said that during the carjacking, the Tsarnaevs forced the motorist to turn over his ATM card and his password, and Dzhokhar withdrew $800 from the man's account.

At the same time the federal indictment was announced, Massachusetts authorities brought a 15-count state indictment against Dzhokhar over the MIT officer's slaying and the police shootout.

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Tom Hays reported from New York.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/feds-internet-influenced-boston-bombing-suspect-063522205.html

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Texas Senate GOP passes restrictive abortion bill

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ? Texas Republicans have passed new abortion restrictions expected to close almost every abortion clinic in the nation's second most populous state.

The Republican-controlled Senate voted for the bill while hundreds of protesters screamed from the gallery. Reporters and Democrats saw the voting begin after midnight, but Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst said it began just before.

Texas' special legislative session ended at midnight, and Democrats spent most of the day filibustering the bill. Republicans cited rules to eventually force a vote to end the filibuster.

The bill bans abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy and requires that all procedures take place in a surgical center.

Doctors who perform abortions would also need admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles. The surgical center requirement would shut down 37 of Texas' 42 abortion clinics.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/texas-senate-gop-passes-restrictive-abortion-bill-052720537.html

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Sony's new RX100MII and RX1R high-end point-and-shoots leaked in press images

Sony's rumored to be unveiling two new point-and-shoots later this month, but a pair of leaked press shots at least spoil how both cameras are going to look. First up, the RX100MII, rumored to pack an updated 20-megapixel sensor and Zeiss lens as well as tilt-screen and WiFi connectivity, has a relatively simple face dominated by that aforementioned Carl Zeiss glass. Meanwhile, the RX1R, a refresh of Sony's full-frame RX1, arrives with a new focus settings dial and hot-shoe fitting all visible in its initial press shot reveal. We're sure Sony will fill us in on all the remaining details soon.

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Getting the carbon out of emissions

June 26, 2013 ? Proposed method could be more efficient than previous systems and easier to retrofit in existing power plants.

Many researchers around the world are seeking ways to "scrub" carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the emissions of fossil-fuel power plants as a way of curbing the gas that is considered most responsible for global climate change. But most such systems rely on complex plumbing to divert the steam used to drive the turbines that generate power in these plants, and such systems are not practical as retrofits to existing plants.

Now, researchers at MIT have come up with a scrubbing system that requires no steam connection, can operate at lower temperatures, and would essentially be a "plug-and-play" solution that could be added relatively easily to any existing power plant.

The new electrochemical system is described in a paper just published online in the journal Energy and Environmental Science, and written by doctoral student Michael Stern, chemical engineering professor T. Alan Hatton and two others.

The system is a variation on a well-studied technology that uses chemical compounds called amines, which bind with CO₂ in the plant's emission stream and can then release the gas when heated in a separate chamber. But the conventional process requires that almost half of the power plant's low-pressure steam be diverted to provide the heat needed to force the amines to release the gas. That massive diversion would require such extensive changes to existing power plants that it is not considered economically feasible as a retrofit.

In the new system, an electrochemical process replaces the steam-based separation of amines and CO₂. This system only requires electricity, so it can easily be added to an existing plant.

The system uses a solution of amines, injected at the top of an absorption column in which the effluent gases are rising from below. The amines bind with CO₂ in the emissions stream and are collected in liquid form at the bottom of the column. Then, they are processed electrochemically, using a metal electrode to force the release of the CO₂; the original amine molecules are then regenerated and reused.

As with the conventional thermal-amine scrubber systems, this technology should be capable of removing 90 percent of CO₂ from a plant's emissions, the researchers say. But while the conventional CO₂-capture process uses about 40 percent of a plant's power output, the new system would consume only about 25 percent of the power, making it more attractive.

In addition, while steam-based systems must operate continuously, the all-electric system can be dialed back during peak demand, providing greater operational flexibility, Stern says. "Our system is something you just plug in, so you can quickly turn it down when you have a high cost or high need for electricity," he says.

Another advantage is that this process produces CO₂ under pressure, which is required to inject the gas into underground reservoirs for long-term disposal. Other systems require a separate compressor to pressurize the gas, creating further complexity and inefficiency.

The chemicals themselves -- mostly small polyamines -- are widely used and easily available industrial materials, says Hatton, the Ralph Landau Professor of Chemical Engineering Practice. Further research will examine which of several such compounds works best in the proposed system.

So far, the research team, which also includes former MIT research scientist Fritz Simeon and Howard Herzog, a senior research engineer at the MIT Energy Initiative, has done mathematical modeling and a small-scale laboratory test of the system. Next, they hope to move on to larger-scale tests to prove the system's performance. They say it could take five to 10 years for the system to be developed to the point of widespread commercialization.

Because it does not rely on steam from a boiler, this system could also be used for other applications that do not involve steam -- such as cement factories, which are among the leading producers of CO₂ emissions, Stern says. It could also be used to curb emissions from steel or aluminum plants.

It could also be useful in other CO₂ removal, Hatton says, such as in submarines or spacecraft, where carbon dioxide can accumulate to levels that could endanger human health, and must be continually removed.

The work was supported by Siemens AG and by the U.S. Department of Energy through the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Energy.

Source: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/matter_energy/electricity/~3/8uT9pW8An2g/130626143110.htm

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