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Sunday, June 30, 2013
In Sanford, Fla., Zimmerman trial keeps a shaken community on edge
The Trayvon Martin shooting rocked Sanford, Fla., to its core. And with the murder trial of George Zimmerman now underway, the city is unnerved by the attention and fearful about the outcome.
Trayvon Martin's parents, Sybrina Fulton, left, and Tracy Martin, center, attend George Zimmerman's trial in Seminole circuit court in Sanford, Fla. on Thursday.
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EnlargeOutwardly, Sanford, Fla., is ?just an old Southern middle-class town,? where races may be segregated socially and culturally, but where most folks feel part of the same community, says resident Susan Mooty.
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That recent sense of community, shared by blacks as well as whites, was nevertheless hard-won, following, as it did, a racist history that famously included running Jackie Robinson out of town lest he play a spring training game with white players.
But the bullet that took the life of a black youth named Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26, 2012, shattered that recent comity. In its stead, a palpable racial tension arose that lingers on these brick-laid streets more than a year after civil rights groups and the New Black Panthers crowded the riverwalk to protest the Sanford Police Department?s original decision not to arrest Trayvon?s killer, a local neighborhood watch captain named George Zimmerman.
After nationwide protests, Mr. Zimmerman ultimately was charged with second-degree murder, and today his face is on every TV screen in town as TV stations run live feeds from his trial.
?Look at this street: Usually everybody is out and about, walking around,? says Jimmy Franklin, an African-American former Marine, who lives in Sanford?s predominantly black Goldsboro neighborhood. ?But everybody is inside, watching the trial on TV.?
Scrutiny of the case, meanwhile, is serving to air Americans? attitudes toward racial stereotyping and discrimination ? the trial has already featured testimony that Trayvon told a friend on the phone that a ?creepy-ass cracker? was following him ? as well as notions about self-defense and gun-carry regulations.
The real legacy of the Zimmerman trial, however, some historians go so far as to suggest, is its capacity to deliver a verdict that could either relieve some of America?s pent up tension around race or serve as the fuse of a racial powder keg, the last straw in decades of poverty, frustration and a sense of injustice in America?s poorer black communities, including the small peeling bungalows of Goldsboro, where faded ?Justice for Trayvon? posters still hang in windows.
?The George Zimmerman trial is powerful because it?s defining the moment we?re in,? particularly with respect to racism and bigotry in the age of Obama, says George Ciccariello-Maher, a professor of history and politics at Drexel University, in Philadelphia. ?We see the same old dynamics emerging in a different guise, which is we have questions of hoodies, clothing, all these aesthetic issues that are ultimately about race. In that, the George Zimmerman trial can both explain what?s changed in [Sanford and around the country] but can also run the risk of obscuring ? what?s really going on.?
More immediately, it?s hard not to say that the trial is challenging Sanford?s painful and circuitous road away from its Jim Crow history. The Trayvon Martin case and ensuing Zimmerman trial have deeply upset this city of 53,000 people. ?This is a nightmare of community in terms of trying to come to terms with what?s happening,? says Gary Mormino, author of ?Land of Sunshine, State of Dreams: A social history of modern Florida.?
To be sure, there?s a sense here that this case could be playing out in any town, anywhere in America, not just in Sanford. ?Everyone is trying to blow [the race question] up bigger than it is,? says Ms. Mooty, who is white.
In that way, painting the entire community of Sanford with a racist broad brush, as many feel that civil rights activists and the media have done, may be unfair.
?One way people are looking at this trial is as a reminder of deep-seated cultural fears that go back hundreds of years, where we can have laws and Supreme Court decisions, but it?s hard to change people?s hearts, especially people who have been separated culturally and legally for so long,? says Rebecca Watts, a professor at Stetson University in DeLand, Fla., and author of ?Contemporary Southern Identity: Community through Controversy.? ?And even though legal separation technically isn?t there, people still live largely separated lives racially in a lot of the country, and the South is included in that.?
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Saturday, June 29, 2013
PlayStation through the years: Mark Cerny on the PS4's roots and the brand's evolution (video)
The genesis story: the long-lead up to every console's launch usually leaves one in its wake. Typically, we get some sanitized version, appropriately molded by corporate PR and fed to the public with the crust cut off. But when you're Mark Cerny, lead PlayStation 4 architect, and you've literally grown up with the games industry and the PlayStation brand itself, the tale you get to tell tends to be more truthful, mesmerizing, and chock full of the hard knocks that make success stories so great. And that's just what Cerny delivered at Gamelab in Barcelona this week, recounting the whirlwind career that led him to have the heaviest hand in shaping Sony's next-gen platform.
Not familiar with the man's esteemed background? Then sample this bit of historical trivia: Cerny was the youngest Atari employee at age 17 (!). How's that for inspiring? Oh, and what's more, Cerny even fesses up to the egotistical attitude that flattened Sony's PlayStation 3 launch (spoiler alert: it has to do with crushing third-party devs). There's much, much more insider-y goodness packed into the 45 minute-plus video after the break. Go on, now. Watch it. You'll be better for it, we promise.
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Eminem Gets 'Open And Forthcoming' About Addiction In 'How To Make Money Selling Drugs'
Director tells MTV News about Eminem's "arresting" interview in "Drugs" doc.
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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, Tamerlan 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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Publisher cancels multibook Paula Deen contract
Paula Deen's publisher has canceled a deal with her for multiple books, including an upcoming cookbook that was the No. 1 seller on Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com, following her admission she used a racial slur.
Ballantine Books announced Friday it would not release "Paula Deen's New Testament: 250 Favorite Recipes, All Lightened Up," which was scheduled for October and was the first of a five-book deal announced early last year. Interest in it had surged as Deen, who grew up in Albany, Ga., and specializes in Southern comfort food, came under increasing attack for acknowledging she had used the N-word.
Ballantine, an imprint of Random House Inc., said it had decided to cancel the book's publication after "careful consideration." It had no comment beyond what was in its brief statement, spokesman Stuart Applebaum said.
Later Friday, Deen's literary agent, Janis Donnaud, said that the entire deal had been called off.
"I am confident that these books will be published and that we will have a new publisher," said Donnaud, who declined to comment on whether she had heard from other publishers.
The trouble for Deen started when comments she made in a court deposition became public. During the deposition in a discrimination lawsuit filed by an ex-employee, Deen admitted using the N-word in the past but denied using it to describe waiters.
Deen said she's not a racist during a tearful "Today" show interview but has lost many of her business relationships. Sears Holdings Corp. and J.C. Penney Co. said Friday that they were cutting ties with Deen following similar announcements from Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Target Corp. and Home Depot.
Last week, the Food Network said that it would not renew her contract. She also was dropped by Smithfield Foods, Caesars Entertainment stripped her name from restaurants and drug company Novo Nordisk said it was suspending its work with her.
Publishers have pulled a wide range of books over the years, usually because of plagiarism, fabrications or other issues with the books themselves. Ballantine's decision highlights a problem for Deen even when the product itself has not been challenged and is in high demand.
Some outlets that might have sold her books, such as Target and Wal-Mart, have cut ties with her. Other stores likely would have been reluctant to promote her new book or to invite her for personal appearances.
Because "Paula Deen's New Testament" was months away from release, no copies had been printed. All purchases had been pre-orders, so refunds aren't necessary.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/publisher-cancels-multibook-paula-deen-contract-214916844.html
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Thursday, June 27, 2013
Simple two-drug combination proves effective in reducing risk of stroke
June 26, 2013 ? Results of a Phase III clinical trial showed that a simple drug regimen of two anti-clotting drugs -- clopidogrel and aspirin -- lowered the risk of stroke by almost one-third, compared to the standard therapy of aspirin alone, when given to patients who had minor or transient stroke symptoms to prevent subsequent attacks.
Described this week in the New England Journal of Medicine (July 4, 2013 print issue), the clinical trial was conducted at multiple sites in China and designed in partnership with a physician at UC San Francisco.
The trial involved 5,170 people who were hospitalized after suffering minor ischemic strokes or stroke-like events known as transient ischemic attacks, or TIAs, in which blood flow to the brain is briefly blocked. All patients were randomized into two groups and treated for three months with either aspirin alone or aspirin plus clopidogrel, which is marketed as Plavix. The three-month period following stroke is considered the most critical for medical intervention.
Overall, 8.2 percent of patients taking both drugs suffered subsequent strokes in the three months of follow-up compared to 11.7 percent of patients taking aspirin alone.
"The results were striking," said S. Claiborne Johnston, MD, PhD, a professor of neurology and associate vice chancellor of research at UCSF who was a senior author on the study.
The Chinese trial, called CHANCE (Clopidogrel in High-risk Patients with Acute Non-disabling Cerebrovascular Events), is nearly identical to a National Institutes of Health-sponsored trial that is already enrolling patients in the United States, including at UCSF, called POINT (Platelet-Oriented Inhibition in New TIA and Minor Ischemic Stroke).
"If POINT confirms CHANCE, then we're done -- the two-drug combination becomes the standard of care," said Johnston. "Anybody with a transient ischemic attack or minor stroke will get clopidogrel plus aspirin."
The POINT trial is important, said Johnston, because genetics, risk factors, and medical practice differences could all lead to differences in trial results in China compared to other countries. Johnston is the principal investigator of the POINT trial.
Stroke in China and the United States
Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide and is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States.
More than 795,000 people in the United States have strokes every year, and, in 2008 alone, some 133,000 cases were fatal, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Another 300,000 people in the United States have TIAs each year.
Many strokes are minor -- shorter in duration than a full-blown stroke and usually have no lingering health impacts. In China, for instance, about 3 million new strokes occur every year, and about 30 percent of them are minor.
The protocol for the CHANCE trial was developed by Johnston and colleagues at Tiantan Hospital in China. The lead author of the study was Yongjun Wang, MD, of Beijing Tiantan Hospital.
China has many times more people who have strokes every year than the United States because of the size of the population and higher stroke rates, which allowed investigators to screen 41,561 patients in just three years at the 114 clinical sites, and enroll 5,170 patients in the trial.
Increased Risk of Subsequent Stroke
The reason for minor attacks is much the same as a full-blown stroke: a blood clot causes a blockage in the blood vessels that feed oxygen-rich blood to the brain. But in patients with TIAs and many minor strokes, the clot quickly goes away, usually in a few minutes, due to the natural mechanisms in the human body that are designed to deal with such clots.
However, in the weeks following a TIA or minor stroke, there is great risk that another clot will form, causing additional strokes -- potentially major ones. About 10 to 20 percent of people who have a TIA or minor stroke go on to have a subsequent stroke within three months.
Because of this risk, the first 90 days after a stroke or TIA is the most critical window for medical intervention. Currently, people who have minor strokes or TIAs are initially treated with aspirin alone. The purpose of the CHANCE trial was to determine whether clopidogrel with aspirin was more effective than aspirin alone in this intervention.
The drugs basically work the same way. They are "antiplatelet" agents, which target clotting agents found in the bloodstream know as platelets, preventing their aggregation. The combination is used commonly in patients who have heart attacks, but there has been no adequate clinical data to suggest it would work in stroke.
Source: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/top_news/~3/df9E4AC9RSc/130626184021.htm
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NSF and Mozilla announce breakthrough applications on a faster, smarter internet of the future
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Imagine connecting sophisticated weather radars and other sensor data to ultra-high-speed networks so that weather forecasters can more accurately predict natural disasters. Imagine the nation's finest brain surgeon seamlessly operating on a patient in a remote area while sitting in her office thousands of miles away. Imagine an entrepreneur, without the capital for even the most basic start-up expenses, borrowing key business tools from an online software lending library to turn an idea for a new venture into reality.
Imagine the possibilities of a gigabit-capable network at national scale.
Software designers did...and today their visions are closer to reality.
That is the message at US Ignite's "Next-Generation Application Summit" convening in Chicago, Ill. this week, a year after the administration announced US Ignite, an initiative comprising public and private partners seeking to jumpstart gigabit application development that can take advantage of advanced networks and lead to societal benefit in ways people are just starting to imagine.
Today at the Summit, the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Mozilla announced 22 winning applications, or "apps," for an open innovation challenge called "Mozilla Ignite."
Funded by NSF and hosted by Mozilla as part of the US Ignite Initiative, the competition called for cutting-edge app ideas that would leverage ultra-fast, programmable networks to advance national priorities such as healthcare, energy, transportation and education in creative and innovative ways.
"These winning apps offer a glimpse into how we might catalyze the innovation ecosystem to develop next-generation applications and services with enormous public benefit," said Farnam Jahanian, who heads NSF's Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering. "They are the result of exciting partnerships spanning application designers and developers, university researchers and students, federal, state and local officials, entrepreneurs and visionaries all across the country."
Gigabit fiber, a developing form of Internet infrastructure that is able to transfer data at speeds of one gigabit per second--three to 10 times faster than current infrastructures allow--enables these partnerships to push current limits of app design.
"Gigabit fiber is now able to move data at about 70 percent of the speed of light," said Mozilla's project lead for the Mozilla Ignite Challenge, Will Barkis. "The winning applications showcase what's possible when we make networks not only faster, but also smarter and deeply programmable."
The Mozilla Ignite challenge
How did the competition work? First, Mozilla hosted a brainstorming round, during which the public was invited to imagine applications that make use of ultra-fast and deeply programmable networks, such as the NSF-funded Global Environment for Network Innovations (GENI) project, which is some 250 times faster than networks available today. Mozilla's brainstorming round received more than 300 submissions examined by 38 expert judges. NSF and Mozilla announced 8 winning ideas in September, with prizes ranging from $1,000 to $5,000.
Next, with a funding pool of more than $500,000, Mozilla Ignite engaged in three development rounds, inviting developers everywhere to realize these winning and other app ideas. They hosted "hackathons" in multiple cities throughout the country and encouraged collaboration on existing ideas and entirely new ones. When teams provided working code, they received funding and access to expert mentorship, special resources and NSF's GENI test bed to test their applications.
Top winning apps
One of this week's top winners, Real Time Emergency Response, also won the Mozilla Ignite brainstorm competition in September. Working with U.S. emergency responders and starting pilot programs in Minnesota and Quebec, Jeremy Cooperstock of the Shared Reality Lab at McGill University and his team developed the Real-Time Emergency Response Observation and Supervision system. The system allows emergency operators and responders to filter and sort multiple streams of data--in real time--from mobile phones, Twitter and other social media into manageable forms that the responders could process. The team is focused on targeting their app toward agencies like the National Guard. The team is looking at integrating street-level and highway cameras into the system so that cities can better monitor problems in crime-prone areas.
Another innovative application spotlighted in Chicago this week is called Cizzle, which stands for Collaborative Science Learning Environment. Cizzle creates a fun, interactive, fast-paced video game environment in which kids, with notoriously short attention spans, may engage and learn. The Cizzle team is composed of collaborators from MX, a San Francisco-based technology and design firm specializing in next-generation educational and entertainment experiences, a group of graduate students from Amherst, Mass., and Ontario, Canada, Hollywood filmmakers and science educators.
"CIZZLE stands to transform the way students all across the country learn," said Suzi Iacono, deputy assistant director for computer and information science and engineering at NSF. "Together with the 21 other exciting new tools spotlighted here today, it demonstrates how next-generation gigabit apps offer the potential for significant positive impact across all sectors of society."
List of Mozilla Ignite awardees
What follows is a list of the 22 winning Mozilla Ignite teams, including a brief description of their apps. Further details may be obtained by clicking on the hotlinks below.
Real-Time Emergency Response--Detect, observe and assess situations for emergency responders using live video and social media data.
Remote Process Control using a Reliable Communication Protocol--Observe and control remote processes reliably and in real time with smart, redundant network paths
The Software Lending Library--Check-out software from the library using ultra fast low latency networks.
Cizzle (Collaborative Science Learning Environment)--Collaborate and earn in immersive 3-D environments that users can update simultaneously.
Simulation-as-a-Service for Advanced Manufacturing--Remotely access software and compute resources using a virtual desktop-as-a-service system for advanced manufacturing processes.
Easy 3D--Post to and access a "Flickr," or an online repository, for 3-D images and videos.
engage3D--Create engaging learning experiences using real-time 3-D telepresence, streaming Kinect sensor data.
PlanIT Impact--Understand and participate in decisions in the community with data visualization and 3-D tools.
High Quality Open Source Web Conferencing--Access high-quality, interactive education from classrooms throughout the country, regardless of location or resources (all one needs is a browser).
OpenPath--Engage in mobile, place-based, collaborative learning in real-time.
Hyperaudio Pad--Learn, edit and remix media through simple text interface to audio/video (rely less on the "experts").
PeerCDN--Experience a better web with peer-based content delivery networks.
Luminosity--Collaborate on large data through web-based tools-advantageous for scientists, researchers and citizens.
Brief+Case Health--Coordinate medical diagnoses and treatment among students, parents and medical specialists at a school with multi-party telemedicine.
Optimizing Public Transit--Optimize public transit planning through real-time data analysis of variables such as weather and traffic patterns.
KinectHealth--Achieve fitness goals with peers and trainers from anywhere.
euMetrica--Monitor and alert patients and doctors with real-time, cloud-based analysis of health sensors.
Rashomon: Multi-perspective Chronology--Tell the story of an event from audio and video simultaneously captured from many users.
FloodCube: National Flood Information Platform--Predict floods more precisely with real-time analysis of flood sensors and tailor alerts for individuals in harm's way.
WeCounsel--Access and conduct counsel and therapy at a distance using high quality videoconferencing.
Banyan--Facilitate collaboration and version control for scientists and researchers.
Cyber Physical Collaboration for Advanced Manufacturing--Use haptic feedback-that is, technology which takes advantage of the sense of touch by applying forces, vibrations or motions or "doing for the sense of touch what computer graphics does for vision"--and virtual manufacturing environments to learn and collaborate, especially valuable for engineers and students.
All the ideas in the competition are available on the Mozilla Ignite website.
"At its very beginning, the web revolutionized what we thought was possible," said Mozilla's Executive Director, Mark Surman. "And now with this new technology, we can see how it's happening again. These Mozilla Ignite teams show how the collaboration, wealth and creativity we see on today's internet could grow beyond our wildest imaginations--and in many cases how it's already doing so."
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NSF investments in the development of innovative applications to address societal challenges yielding a brighter future
Imagine connecting sophisticated weather radars and other sensor data to ultra-high-speed networks so that weather forecasters can more accurately predict natural disasters. Imagine the nation's finest brain surgeon seamlessly operating on a patient in a remote area while sitting in her office thousands of miles away. Imagine an entrepreneur, without the capital for even the most basic start-up expenses, borrowing key business tools from an online software lending library to turn an idea for a new venture into reality.
Imagine the possibilities of a gigabit-capable network at national scale.
Software designers did...and today their visions are closer to reality.
That is the message at US Ignite's "Next-Generation Application Summit" convening in Chicago, Ill. this week, a year after the administration announced US Ignite, an initiative comprising public and private partners seeking to jumpstart gigabit application development that can take advantage of advanced networks and lead to societal benefit in ways people are just starting to imagine.
Today at the Summit, the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Mozilla announced 22 winning applications, or "apps," for an open innovation challenge called "Mozilla Ignite."
Funded by NSF and hosted by Mozilla as part of the US Ignite Initiative, the competition called for cutting-edge app ideas that would leverage ultra-fast, programmable networks to advance national priorities such as healthcare, energy, transportation and education in creative and innovative ways.
"These winning apps offer a glimpse into how we might catalyze the innovation ecosystem to develop next-generation applications and services with enormous public benefit," said Farnam Jahanian, who heads NSF's Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering. "They are the result of exciting partnerships spanning application designers and developers, university researchers and students, federal, state and local officials, entrepreneurs and visionaries all across the country."
Gigabit fiber, a developing form of Internet infrastructure that is able to transfer data at speeds of one gigabit per second--three to 10 times faster than current infrastructures allow--enables these partnerships to push current limits of app design.
"Gigabit fiber is now able to move data at about 70 percent of the speed of light," said Mozilla's project lead for the Mozilla Ignite Challenge, Will Barkis. "The winning applications showcase what's possible when we make networks not only faster, but also smarter and deeply programmable."
The Mozilla Ignite challenge
How did the competition work? First, Mozilla hosted a brainstorming round, during which the public was invited to imagine applications that make use of ultra-fast and deeply programmable networks, such as the NSF-funded Global Environment for Network Innovations (GENI) project, which is some 250 times faster than networks available today. Mozilla's brainstorming round received more than 300 submissions examined by 38 expert judges. NSF and Mozilla announced 8 winning ideas in September, with prizes ranging from $1,000 to $5,000.
Next, with a funding pool of more than $500,000, Mozilla Ignite engaged in three development rounds, inviting developers everywhere to realize these winning and other app ideas. They hosted "hackathons" in multiple cities throughout the country and encouraged collaboration on existing ideas and entirely new ones. When teams provided working code, they received funding and access to expert mentorship, special resources and NSF's GENI test bed to test their applications.
Top winning apps
One of this week's top winners, Real Time Emergency Response, also won the Mozilla Ignite brainstorm competition in September. Working with U.S. emergency responders and starting pilot programs in Minnesota and Quebec, Jeremy Cooperstock of the Shared Reality Lab at McGill University and his team developed the Real-Time Emergency Response Observation and Supervision system. The system allows emergency operators and responders to filter and sort multiple streams of data--in real time--from mobile phones, Twitter and other social media into manageable forms that the responders could process. The team is focused on targeting their app toward agencies like the National Guard. The team is looking at integrating street-level and highway cameras into the system so that cities can better monitor problems in crime-prone areas.
Another innovative application spotlighted in Chicago this week is called Cizzle, which stands for Collaborative Science Learning Environment. Cizzle creates a fun, interactive, fast-paced video game environment in which kids, with notoriously short attention spans, may engage and learn. The Cizzle team is composed of collaborators from MX, a San Francisco-based technology and design firm specializing in next-generation educational and entertainment experiences, a group of graduate students from Amherst, Mass., and Ontario, Canada, Hollywood filmmakers and science educators.
"CIZZLE stands to transform the way students all across the country learn," said Suzi Iacono, deputy assistant director for computer and information science and engineering at NSF. "Together with the 21 other exciting new tools spotlighted here today, it demonstrates how next-generation gigabit apps offer the potential for significant positive impact across all sectors of society."
List of Mozilla Ignite awardees
What follows is a list of the 22 winning Mozilla Ignite teams, including a brief description of their apps. Further details may be obtained by clicking on the hotlinks below.
Real-Time Emergency Response--Detect, observe and assess situations for emergency responders using live video and social media data.
Remote Process Control using a Reliable Communication Protocol--Observe and control remote processes reliably and in real time with smart, redundant network paths
The Software Lending Library--Check-out software from the library using ultra fast low latency networks.
Cizzle (Collaborative Science Learning Environment)--Collaborate and earn in immersive 3-D environments that users can update simultaneously.
Simulation-as-a-Service for Advanced Manufacturing--Remotely access software and compute resources using a virtual desktop-as-a-service system for advanced manufacturing processes.
Easy 3D--Post to and access a "Flickr," or an online repository, for 3-D images and videos.
engage3D--Create engaging learning experiences using real-time 3-D telepresence, streaming Kinect sensor data.
PlanIT Impact--Understand and participate in decisions in the community with data visualization and 3-D tools.
High Quality Open Source Web Conferencing--Access high-quality, interactive education from classrooms throughout the country, regardless of location or resources (all one needs is a browser).
OpenPath--Engage in mobile, place-based, collaborative learning in real-time.
Hyperaudio Pad--Learn, edit and remix media through simple text interface to audio/video (rely less on the "experts").
PeerCDN--Experience a better web with peer-based content delivery networks.
Luminosity--Collaborate on large data through web-based tools-advantageous for scientists, researchers and citizens.
Brief+Case Health--Coordinate medical diagnoses and treatment among students, parents and medical specialists at a school with multi-party telemedicine.
Optimizing Public Transit--Optimize public transit planning through real-time data analysis of variables such as weather and traffic patterns.
KinectHealth--Achieve fitness goals with peers and trainers from anywhere.
euMetrica--Monitor and alert patients and doctors with real-time, cloud-based analysis of health sensors.
Rashomon: Multi-perspective Chronology--Tell the story of an event from audio and video simultaneously captured from many users.
FloodCube: National Flood Information Platform--Predict floods more precisely with real-time analysis of flood sensors and tailor alerts for individuals in harm's way.
WeCounsel--Access and conduct counsel and therapy at a distance using high quality videoconferencing.
Banyan--Facilitate collaboration and version control for scientists and researchers.
Cyber Physical Collaboration for Advanced Manufacturing--Use haptic feedback-that is, technology which takes advantage of the sense of touch by applying forces, vibrations or motions or "doing for the sense of touch what computer graphics does for vision"--and virtual manufacturing environments to learn and collaborate, especially valuable for engineers and students.
All the ideas in the competition are available on the Mozilla Ignite website.
"At its very beginning, the web revolutionized what we thought was possible," said Mozilla's Executive Director, Mark Surman. "And now with this new technology, we can see how it's happening again. These Mozilla Ignite teams show how the collaboration, wealth and creativity we see on today's internet could grow beyond our wildest imaginations--and in many cases how it's already doing so."
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Double-amputee vet's bike found one day after it was reported stolen
Tiffini Skuce
Matt DeWitt's custom-made mountain bike was stolen in Alaska on Tuesday and found on Wednesday. It was specially made for him so that he can steer with his prosthetics and shift gears with his knees.
By Elisha Fieldstadt
A custom-made bike for a double amputee veteran was found Wednesday morning, after it had been stolen two days earlier along with four other vets? bikes in Alaska, police said.
The bike was built by an organization called Ride 2 Recovery for Matt DeWitt, an Army veteran who served six years in Afghanistan before losing his forearms. ?
DeWitt said the first time he rode it was Monday, the first day of an R2R-sponsored trip to Alaska. After the group locked it up in a U-haul truck outside of?their hotel that night, the bike was stolen, preventing DeWitt from participating in the remaining two rides during the trip.
John Wordin, founder of Ride 2 Recovery,?said that everywhere they went in Alaska, people knew about the bike from local media coverage. ?We had to make sure whoever had that bike knew exactly what it was and knew it was worthless to that person.?
Dani Myren, a spokeswoman for the Anchorage Police Department who had assisted the Ride 2 Recovery staff on Tuesday, said that Wednesday ?around 8:20 a.m., we received a call from a citizen who saw an unattended bicycle in Kincaid Park.?
She said the thief must have dropped it off after realizing he or she couldn't "really resell this without drawing attention to it.??
When?DeWitt got news that his bike had been turned in, Wordin said the vet was ?very, very excited and happy.?
On Tuesday, DeWitt had expressed his disappointment that, if the bike wasn't returned,?he wouldn't be able to train for an upcoming 100-mile race that he had been invited to enter in August.
Alison Valenziano, R2R?s director of administrative operations, was not sure they would even?be able to rebuild a bike for DeWitt before the race.
Scott?Moro, the technician who built the bike?said that designing and modifying it took about three months. When he heard the police had found?the bike, "I screamed out 'woohoo,'? Moro said.
Wordin said he and Moro actually?may have been more happy than DeWitt when they heard the news.?The two men had struggled to figure out how to help DeWitt steer with his prosthetics and shift gears with his knees.
?It was super, super-cool ? it took a long time to perfect,? Wordin said.
Valenziano said the bike was worth more than $10,000, not including Moro and Wordin's time and labor.
?The cool thing is that this is the special bike,? Myren said, adding: ?I don?t want to minimize that the other bikes are missing.?
Myren said the officer who recovered the bike confirmed it was, in fact, DeWitt?s -- and then took fingerprints from the bike, in hope that it would lead him to the remaining four missing bikes.
Police were trying to track down the group in order to get the bike back to DeWitt, Myren said. The group had gone on a daytrip ?right after they heard? the bike had been turned in, said Valenziano.
Myren said the bike wasn't terribly damaged, but police were working?to make?sure they could??present it to the gentleman in full operational order,? so DeWitt could resume riding as soon as he gets it back.
Ride 2 Recovery gives mountain bikes to veterans to help them overcome their physical and mental wounds, said Valenziano. She said they have modified bikes for vets without arms, vets without legs and even a tandem bike for a man who lost his sight at war.
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Matt DeWitt's custom-made mountain bike took three months to plan and build. It was stolen in Alaska on Tuesday but turned into police on Wednesday morning after someone spotted it in a park.
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Supreme Court rule against biological father over American Indian girl
By Jonathan Stempel
(Reuters) - In a child custody case that one justice called heartbreaking, the U.S. Supreme Court said on Tuesday an American Indian girl now being raised by her biological father should not have been taken from a couple who had cared for her since just after birth under a law aimed at keeping Native American families together.
In a 5-4 ruling that prompted stirring dissents, the court said South Carolina's highest court misinterpreted the law last July in letting the girl, who is now 3-1/2 years old, remain in the custody of Dusten Brown, a member of the Cherokee Nation.
The girl, named Veronica, had earlier been in the care of Matt and Melanie Capobianco, a white couple from Charleston, South Carolina, after Brown renounced his parental rights by text message without taking custody and the birth mother gave her up for adoption.
But a family court ordered the girl be given to Brown under the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 after he changed his mind. That law was intended to curb abusive practices that caused many Native American children to be removed from their families.
Brown took custody in December 2011, when the girl was 27 months old, and moved to Oklahoma. Last July, South Carolina's highest court upheld the family court order regarding the girl, who according to court papers is 1.2 percent Cherokee.
Writing for the Supreme Court majority, Justice Samuel Alito said the South Carolina court erred in finding that the law protected Brown from losing his parental rights, or gave him a preference in caring for the girl.
"Under the State Supreme Court's reading," Alito wrote, "a biological Indian father could abandon his child in utero and refuse any support for the birth mother ... and then could play his ICWA trump card at the eleventh hour to override the mother's decision and the child's best interests."
Allowing such an outcome automatically would "unnecessarily place vulnerable Indian children at a unique disadvantage in finding a permanent and loving home," Alito added.
Matt Capobianco has worked as a Boeing technician. Melanie Capobianco has a doctorate in developmental psychology. They are known in court papers as Adoptive Couple, and the girl as Baby Girl.
ADOPTION EFFORT TO PROCEED
"We're thrilled," Mark Fiddler, a lawyer for the couple, said in an interview. "Adoption professionals have been perplexed for years over how the ICWA applies to voluntary adoption proceedings where the unwed father is Indian and the mother is not. The decision today clears up that confusion. It means my clients may proceed with efforts to adopt Veronica."
Charles Rothfeld, a lawyer for Brown, said the decision was "disappointing" but narrow. He said Veronica still lives with her biological father and stepmother, and is "thriving and happy. We are confident that ultimately the father will retain custody."
Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Bill John Baker also expressed disappointment, saying at a news conference: "Veronica Brown's best interests are served by her continuing to live in a loving home with her biological father."
The Capobiancos said in a statement they hope the decision will prevent "the tragic disruption of other adoptions."
Veronica was conceived while Brown had been engaged to the birth mother, who is of predominantly Hispanic background.
After renouncing his parental rights, Brown changed his mind after learning that his former fianc?e had put the girl up for adoption and that the girl was under the Capobiancos' care.
"It's a pretty devastating opinion," said Dorothy Alther, executive director for California Indian Legal Services, which submitted a brief on Brown's behalf. "(It) impacts not only biological parents but also tribes, because it means they would have no right to intervene."
Alito was joined in his majority opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts, who has two adopted children, and Justices Anthony Kennedy, Clarence Thomas and Stephen Breyer.
Justice Antonin Scalia, who has nine children, dissented, saying the majority "needlessly demeans the rights of parenthood. (P)arents have their rights, no less than children do."
Justice Sonia Sotomayor also dissented, joined by Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan and mostly by Scalia, saying the majority ignored Congress's intent "to rectify a perceived wrong that, while heartbreaking at the time," cannot be undone.
"However difficult it must have been for (Baby Girl) to leave Adoptive Couple's home when she was just over 2 years old, it will be equally devastating now if, at the age of 3 1/2, she is again removed from her home and sent to live halfway across the country," she wrote. "Such a fate is not foreordained, of course. But it can be said with certainty that the anguish this case has caused will only be compounded by today's decision."
The case is Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl et al, U.S. Supreme Court, No. 12-399.
(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Additional reporting by Harriet McLeod in Charleston, South Carolina; Editing by Howard Goller and Will Dunham)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/supreme-court-rule-against-biological-father-over-american-192725648.html
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Poppy turns iPhone into View-Master-like 3D display and camera (video)
Remember the View-Master? We've already seen goggles from Hasbro and Sanwa that transform the iPhone into a 3D viewer, but Poppy plans to spice things up by adding 3D photo and video capture to the mix. The device, which contains no electronics, is about the size of medium pair of binoculars and features a slot which accepts an iPhone 5. It's launching on Kickstarter today for less than $50, along with a matching app. We got the chance to take a prototype for a spin and it worked like a charm. Check out the gallery and campaign link below, then read on after the break.
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Discovery Communications working on a HBO Go-esque streaming ...
Discovery Channel, DMAX, 3NET (with Sony and IMAX) and Revision 3 owner Discovery Communications is pondering an HBO Go-style streaming service. In an interview with Reuters, company boss John Hendricks said that shows that are between three and 18 months old can still make money before they're launched on Netflix. His plan is to let subscribers access that programming online for a small additional monthly fee, which, according to Hendricks' autobiography, is between $6 and $8 a month. The boss also said that the company is developing the infrastructure for the platform, but that we won't see such a service arrive for anything up to five years.
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/26/discovery-online-streaming-service/
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Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Don?s Breakthrough
Jon Hamm as Don Draper in Mad Men
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Slate?s Mad Men ?TV Club? writers Hanna Rosin and Seth Stevenson were on Facebook on Monday to chat with readers about the Season 6 finale. The following transcript has been edited for length and clarity.
Seth Stevenson: How did everyone feel about the final episode?
Johanna Humphrey: I don't know if it was just the music at the end (Matthew Weiner uses the closing music in very interesting ways) or that I was expecting all season for someone to die, but I feel like next season will be redemptive. The closing shot of Don coming to grips with his past might be signaling a reversal of this season, where we saw him sliding deeper and deeper into the abyss. It might not be a happy ending, but I imagine we'll see a different Don next year. (I've said this before?and was wrong.)
Hanna Rosin: I'm with you, Johanna. Anyway, how much lower can he go? The trick will be to make a clean, open Don still feel like Don. Maybe the harder trick will be to make him still interesting.
Seth Stevenson: Me three. I think viewers couldn't have taken watching Don take another spin on the wheel of suffering. It was time for some evolution. I'm OK with a sobered-up Don in Season 7. Let's have Peggy spiral out of control!
Cathy Pike Maynard: I had to watch it twice to absorb it. I thought it was one of the best-written to date. I think it's Jon Hamm's time to win an Emmy.
Hanna Rosin: What was your favorite scene?
Cathy Pike Maynard: My favorite scene was the last shot of him showing the kids where he grew up.
Hanna Rosin: I loved that scene, too. The house was over-the-top, but it was also beautiful. I really bought that scene.
Andrea Serna: I also watched it twice. I loved the closing scene. It gave me hope for Sally.
Seth Stevenson: Yes, I found myself surprisingly moved by the look that Sally and Don exchanged. You could sense their relationship becoming stronger as it overcomes Don's mistakes. And Sally might have realized some of the privileges she takes for granted.
Monica Chiaramonte: I think with this final scene all the flashbacks during the season (hated by so many, not by me though) made sense and made this last scene even more powerful.
Sam Perez: SPOILER ALERT! The scene right after Don receives his forced hiatus, we see Peggy in an office. She sits with her back to the camera but facing the windows. Was I the only one who thought we were about to get a flash of Don falling to his doom?
Hanna Rosin: Brilliant! Morbid! It didn't cross my mind, but maybe that's what was being hinted at.
Scott Brannon: Yeah, I was waiting for that to happen as well. Scary.
Seth Stevenson: Now that would have spurred some water-cooler talk! I did feel Peggy's commandeering Don's desk chair?suddenly wearing pants, no less?was a bit heavy handed. I half expected her to find Don's wingtips under the desk and slip them on.
Hanna Rosin: You are all leading me to believe that Peggy will carry next season?Peggy as Don, icy cool, brilliant, hiding secrets of her own. Very ?end of men.?
Seth Stevenson: Yes! I vote for a Season 7 with a reformed, optimistic Don and a Peggy who is at the top of her game careerwise but loses control of her personal life. I want Peggy commanding the conference room, then clocking out to do some boozing and to break some hearts.
Cathy Pike Maynard: I loved it when he shook hands with the Hershey?s reps and told them that he may never have a chance to meet them again. He wanted to come clean, even to them. I thought it was so poignant.
Seth Stevenson: He couldn't lie to representatives of the product that was the only thing that could make him feel "like a normal kid"?the "only sweet thing in his life." He couldn't spoil it. He doesn't even want them to grubby it up with advertising.
Hanna Rosin: Agree that's what was so moving about that scene, how a Hershey's chocolate bar was genuinely critical to his well being, his sense of childhood and normalcy.
Jeremy Stahl: Watching that boardroom scene, I felt like it was kind of too melodramatic, too over-the-top, and too cringeworthy. But maybe that was the point, though?
Hanna Rosin: I liked it because it took me so much by surprise. It was the way he never changed his posture or expression that moved me. It was also that we have been waiting for this release all season, as he's nearly lost it at board meetings in nearly every episode. And in some ways we've been waiting for this public reveal for the whole of the series. The one problem is: I think the show's writers are more enchanted with Don's rise and fall than the audience is. Am I right?
Laine Doss: I like Don when he's at his oily best. A humble, sober Don? Meh.
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Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Your Personal Finance Checklist: 8 Items Worth Thousands in ...
When it comes to personal finance, many people just ignore it entirely, putting their futures at great risk. Others tend to some personal finance issues?and feel pleased with themselves, but it?s probably not enough. Don?t be someone who ends up having a rude awakening come retirement. Or someone who?s simply leaving a lot of money on the table needlessly.
Here?s a quick checklist of eight critical personal finance categories, offering links to resources or more information for each.
Insurance
You probably have auto insurance and home insurance. But are you doing without life insurance? Not everyone needs it, but if anyone is depending on your income, such as children, a spouse, or even your parents, you probably do want to carry some. You won?t necessarily need it for all of your life ? just for the period when your financial support is needed by others. There are lots of useful forms of insurance to consider, such as disability insurance, long-term-care insurance, and renter?s insurance if you don?t own your home but have valuables to protect.
You might also take some time to read up on car and home insurance, to be sure you?re sufficiently covered by a good policy. (For example, some people don?t realize that their home insurance policy won?t pay them enough to fully rebuild their home in the event of a catastrophe.) Those without health insurance or with unsatisfactory policies can keep an eye out for upcoming insurance options via Obamacare.
Debt
Another critical personal finance topic is debt. If you?re deep in it, know that all is not lost, and even massive obligations can be paid off. You can also sometimes improve your situation by refinancing a loan, and seeking out the best terms before choosing a mortgage, credit card, or any loan.
Credit
These days it?s smart to keep a handle on your credit record and credit rating, as they can strongly influence whether you get an important loan (and what kind of terms you get). Some employers, insurance companies, phone companies, and others may also check out your credit health. One good thing to do is to take advantage of the free copy of your credit report that you?re entitled to each year, from each of the three main reporting agencies. Know that if you spot errors, they can be fixed. And poor credit scores can be improved over time, too.
Banking
All banks are not the same, so be sure you?re shopping around for competitive interest rates on savings accounts, CDs, and the like. Check out credit unions, too, as they often offer good deals. Bankrate.com is a great resource for finding low rates.
Saving for college
If you?ve got young ones who will be heading off to an institution of higher learning, then being comprehensive in your personal finance management means making the most of 529 plans and other college-savings tools, such as Coverdell accounts. Know that 529 plans differ in their terms and available investments, and that you aren?t stuck with your state?s plan. Your local plan may offer a valuable tax advantage, but you might still find a better deal in another state?s plan. Don?t be haphazard in your approach to saving for college.
Investing for retirement
It?s great to be investing, but you also want to be investing well, by not taking on too much risk (such as via penny stocks, overvalued stocks, or companies you know little about) and focusing your money on your best ideas. You should also make good use of any tax-advantaged opportunities available to you, such as 401(k) plans, 403(b) plans, and IRAs, both traditional and Roth. Annuities are also worth considering in your retirement planning, as they offer guaranteed income for a set period (which can be the rest of your life), as long as the offering company remains in business. In this period of dying pensions, annuities give you a chance to essentially build your own pension. That can improve your personal finance picture in a major way.
Taxes
There are lots of ways to reduce the sum you fork over to Uncle Sam every year. Spend a little time reading up on tax issues and strategies and you can save quite a bundle, improving your personal finances quite a bit. For example, there are tax breaks related to children (and adopting children), tax scams to avoid, and things to consider if you?re getting divorced. Consider consulting a tax pro on occasion, too, as she may save you much more than she charges you.
Estate planning
Finally, include estate planning in your personal finance management, even if you?re still young. It doesn?t take too long to make sure you have a will, a living will, and a durable power of attorney, among other vital documents. Even young people occasionally encounter unexpected crises, and you don?t want to leave yourself or your loved ones unprepared and at a disadvantage.
I?ve covered the main personal finance categories above, but I?ve only touched on some of the many issues within each. Give some thought to each of them and see where you can improve your financial condition. A few hours spent might save you thousands or tens of thousands of dollars. After all, why not have the best and most comfortable financial life you can?
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Sunday, June 23, 2013
'Monsters University': The Reviews Are In!
While some critics appreciate the prequel's lighthearted fun, most don't rank it among Pixar's best efforts.
By Todd Gilchrist
Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1709427/monsters-university-reviews.jhtml
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Emmy Rossum: Celebrate Pets at Work Day Today! | Comet, Emmy ...
Emmy Rossum enjoys a lollipop while hanging out on the set of Comet with her co-star Justin Long on Thursday (June 20) in Los Angeles.
The 26-year-old actress was seen walking and talking with a pal as she made her way to her location.
?Miss my little Cinnie-man when I?m on set! Just heard that tomorrow is #petsatwork day?! Who?s in?? she tweeted that day. ?Yo! Tmrw is not only Friday, but it?s officially #PetsAtWork day! Send me pix tmrw of your pups at the office! #cantwait #petpeople #tgif?
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Judge says no to Trayvon Martin 'shriek' analysis in Zimmerman case (+video)
In a major win for George Zimmerman?s defense, Judge Debra Nelson found on Saturday that disputed audio analysis of Trayvon Martin?s last moments is too tentative to allow into court.
A Florida jury won?t hear expert suggestions that Trayvon Martin gave a desperate shriek for help in the background of a 911 call before being killed by neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman, a judge ruled Saturday.
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The ruling by Circuit Court Judge Debra Nelson is a clear win for Mr. Zimmerman, whose guilt or non-guilt will be decided by a six-woman jury, with opening arguments scheduled for Monday. Zimmerman is the lone survivor of a Feb. 26, 2012 conflict inside a gated Florida neighborhood that pitted him against an unarmed 17-year-old returning to where he was staying with a bag of Skittles in his pocket.
The lack of an immediate arrest and the appearance of racial underpinnings to the tragedy brought Martin?s death to the nation, where President Obama commented at one point that, ?If I had a son, he would?ve looked like Trayvon.? The case has since become a mirror in which America?s views on guns and race are reflected, and sometimes distorted.
The evidence, however, in the case is scant, which is one reason why both sides hyper-analyzed a rash of 911 calls to the Sanford Police Department. Using techniques dating back to World War II, two expert analysts ? Alan Reich and Tom Owen ? had ruled out Zimmerman as owning the voice that screams out ?help? (or ?stop,? as Reich interpreted it) before a gunshot rings.
?Was it George or not George, Trayvon or not Trayvon ? we had very simple elimination decisions ?,? Reich told the court last Friday. ?The scream levels were almost entirely those of Trayvon Martin
If admissible in court, the conclusion that Martin emitted the panicked shriek would have heavily contradicted Zimmerman?s contention that he was in a defensive, not offensive, position when he fired. Self-defense protections only apply if jurors decide that a reasonable person would have acted similarly to the defendant.
"The evidence should be heard by the jury, and let them decide," Assistant State Attorney Richard Mantei pleaded with Judge Nelson.
But ultimately Nelson ruled the testimony too subjective, likely taking into consideration how heavily a potentially flawed analysis could weight a verdict.
?Defense experts argued that the methods used by Messrs. Reich and Owen deviated from standard procedures. One of those experts, FBI analyst Hirotaka Nakasone, said using screams to peg a screamer is not possible, adding that he was ?disturbed? by the state?s reports suggesting Martin was the one who cried out.
To make his point, defense attorney Donald West singled out Mr. Reich?s analysis that Zimmerman sounded like a ?carnival barker? before Martin screamed ?stop,? notions and words he said nobody else has concluded.
?His report should begin, ?It was a dark and stormy night,?? West said.
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