Burke leads UM rally over Kansas, 87-85 in OT

Michigan's Trey Burke, second from left, is lifted by Corey Person after beating Kansas 87-85 in overtime of a regional semifinal game in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Arlington, Texas.(AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Michigan's Trey Burke, second from left, is lifted by Corey Person after beating Kansas 87-85 in overtime of a regional semifinal game in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Arlington, Texas.(AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Michigan's Trey Burke (3) makes a three-point basket in the final seconds of the second half of a regional semifinal game against Kansas in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Kansas' Naadir Tharpe, left, and Ben McLemore right react in the lockeroom after losing 87-85 to Michigan in overtime of a regional semifinal game in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Kansas' Elijah Johnson is consoled after losing 87-85 to Michigan in overtime of a regional semifinal game in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Kansas' Travis Releford is fouled by Michigan's Mitch McGary (4) during the second half of a regional semifinal game in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 29, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) ? Trey Burke kept alive Michigan's deepest NCAA tournament run since the Fab Five era nearly 20 years ago with a shot the Wolverines won't soon forget.

Call it the Fab 3.

The sophomore standout scored all 23 of his points in the second half and overtime, including a long, tying 3-pointer in the final moments of regulation as Michigan rallied to beat Kansas 87-85 in the South Regional semifinals Friday night.

"Great shot," said Glenn Robinson III, who made it possible with a key bucket during a 14-4 run over the final 2:52 of regulation. "It was deep, too. He always makes that in practice."

Ben McLemore had 20 points to lead the Jayhawks (31-6), who looked to be on their way to a third straight regional final before Michigan's improbable rally. Instead, they became the third No. 1 seed to fall in this tournament, joining Gonzaga and Indiana.

"Well, this will certainly go down as one of the toughest games that obviously we've been a part of and I've been a part of," Kansas coach Bill Self said. "But props to Michigan for making all the plays late."

That's for sure.

The fourth-seeded Wolverines (29-7) were down five when Tim Hardaway Jr. missed a 3-pointer with 35 seconds left, but Robinson won a scramble for the ball and hit a reverse layup to force Kansas to win the game at the free-throw line.

The Jayhawks couldn't do it. Burke's tying shot ? he pulled up from well beyond the arc just left of the key ? came with 4.2 seconds left after Elijah Johnson missed a free throw and Michigan got the rebound.

Moments earlier, with 21 seconds remaining, Johnson had hit two from the line to keep the Kansas lead at five. Burke had scored on a layup to get Michigan back to within three.

"We never had the mindset that we were going to lose the game," Burke said. "When we were down 14, we knew anything could still happen. It's March, anything can happen."

Michigan went to back-to-back championship games a generation ago with the Fab Five, led by Chris Webber, Juwan Howard and Jalen Rose. But the folks in Ann Arbor will be talking for years about the shot by Burke under the huge video board in Cowboys Stadium, just down the road from where Howard and Rose played their last game together with Ray Jackson and Jimmy King in a regional final loss to Arkansas in 1994.

The Wolverines will play Florida in the regional final Sunday. The third-seeded Gators beat 15th-seeded Florida Gulf Coast 62-50.

"Just to be able to get this program back to the Elite Eight, it feels good," Burke said. "But we want to go further."

The lead changed hands five times in overtime ? the first OT game of the tournament ? the last when Mitch McGary, who led Michigan with 25 points and 14 rebounds, hit a short jumper with Johnson in his face to put Michigan ahead 83-82.

The Jayhawks got a stop and had about 9 seconds to tie or win, but a jumbled possession ended with Naadir Tharpe missing a running jumper at the buzzer.

"We played like we were trying to hold onto something instead of just continuing to play," Johnson said.

Burke had eight points in the closing 14-4 run that tied the game, then gave Michigan its first lead since early with another long 3-pointer to make it 79-78 early in overtime. He hit a jumper on the next possession as well. After failing to score in the first 20 minutes, Burke ended his drought by scoring eight straight points early in the second half to momentarily cut the deficit to two.

"In the second half, Coach told me to be more aggressive, so I looked for my shot more," he said.

But Kansas restored a 10-point lead built on controlling the paint, this time with a 3-pointer and a tomahawk dunk on a breakaway by McLemore and a three-point play from Johnson.

Johnson, who picked up three fouls in just three minutes of playing time in the first half, gave Kansas its biggest lead at 68-54 with a 3-pointer from the corner with just under 7 minutes left.

Travis Releford had 16 points for the Jayhawks, while Jeff Withey had 12 points and eight rebounds.

McLemore didn't score again after going to the bench with his fourth foul with 8 minutes remaining.

"We had chance to seal the game, but we made some bonehead plays late," Releford said.

Kansas pushed out to a 10-point lead early by dominating around the basket. McLemore's first basket was the first outside the paint as the Jayhawks scored 34 of their 40 first-half points from inside while shooting 69 percent.

Withey put Kansas ahead 29-19 with a turnaround shot that had McGary shrugging at a teammate and saying, "I'm trying."

McGary wasn't having nearly as much trouble on the offensive end, leading the Wolverines with 11 points and five rebounds in the first half. He picked up where he left off in the third round against Virginia Commonwealth, when he had season highs of 21 points and 14 rebounds.

Michigan pulled within 40-34 at the half when Nik Stauskas hit a 3-pointer and had chance for a four-point play when McLemore bumped him on the shot. But he missed the free throw.

No matter. In the end, Burke was Fab-u-lous and the Wolverines are one win away from the Final Four.

Associated Press

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Quartette, New Birth Control Pill Is Approved

There?s good news, ladies: A new type of birth control pill has been approved by the FDA! Quartette has a combination of?levonorgestrel/ethinyl estradiol and ethinyl estradiol and can help prevent breakthrough bleeding.

According to?Dr.?James A.?Simon, clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the?George Washington?University School of Medicine:

?Breakthrough bleeding can be experienced with any birth control pill, especially during the first few months, and is one of the reasons a large number of women discontinue extended regimens. The estrogen in Quartette increases at specific points and provides four short light periods a year. Breakthrough bleeding decreases over time, which might help encourage patient adherence.?

Approval for the new drug came after a clinical trial in which Quartette was found to be 97% effective at preventing pregnancy. It works differently than most 30-day birth control pills:?Quartette features a 91-day oral regimen, in which the dose of estrogen increases at three set point points over the first 84 days, while the amount of progestin remains the same. This is then is followed by seven days of 10 micrograms of ethinyl estradiol.

I?m in favor of any and all options that give a woman greater choice to prevent pregnancy. Many woman have problems with hormonal birth control, so perhaps Quartette might be a good option for women that have tried other pill regimens that didn?t work for their body or lifestyle. Breakthrough bleeding is a really common complaint, so if Quartette can prevent that for some pill-users, it really sounds like a great development for women.

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State asks Sandy Hook charities how money is spent

Connecticut?s top law enforcement official is asking charitable groups raising money around the Newtown school shooting to disclose more information, an unprecedented step suggesting the state has questions about how contributors' money is being spent.

At least 69 groups are raising money around the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School last year, where 20 small children and six teachers were killed. Together, they've raised at least $15 million dollars from all over the world to help the victims' families and to assist the Newtown community.

But state Attorney General George Jepsen and Consumer Protection Commissioner William M. Rubenstein say the charities have not disclosed enough information about what they are doing with the money. The two officials want the charities to disclose how they?ve spent the funds they've raised so far and what they plan to do with the remaining money.

?This is a voluntary request for information, but we strongly urge you to participate so this important information can be provided, through our websites or other means, to the giving public,? Jepsen and Rubenstein wrote in a letter to the groups.

Ken Berger, CEO of charitynavigator.org, which helps contributors figure out which charities to trust, applauded Rubenstein's efforts.

?It?s an unusual step, absolutely,? Berger said. ?It?s great what the AG office is doing. We should see more of this to make sure the money gets to victims sooner -- and more of it goes the victims."

Berger said Caryn Kaufman, a representative for a group of Sandy Hook victims said on a recent TV show that only about $800,000 to under a $1 million have been given directly to families.

?It?s been 3 ? months, and so far less than a million (dollars) has been dispensed" Berger said, "So this is really bad and upsetting people a great deal."

After the December 14 shooting, several websites and Facebook pages were quickly created offering things like bracelets, bumper stickers or direct donation pages with Newtown and Sandy Hook remembrances and tributes. It's often unclear where those funds end up.

Weeks after the massacre, New York City resident Nouel Alba was arrested for raising money on Facebook for a "funeral fund" for Noah Pozner, one of the first graders killed in the shooting. The fraud was discovered by his family members.

Newtown itself has established two charitable funds, both accessible through the town's website. One provides direct aid to the families -- each family recently received $3,000 from the fund -- and another is for a public memorial.

Berger said those who wish to contribute to a charity can specify how they want a donation to be spent -- whether on school repair, aiding the victims' families, or in some other way.

Donors should also ask charities where the money goes and how long it will take to reach recipients, Berger said.

?If you don?t get a straight answer from a charity, go to the next one,? he said.

Connecticut officials have asked the charities to respond to the questionnaire by April 12. While the information will be made public, it's not meant to be an endorsement of a specific charity, officials said.

News Editor Grant Burningham contributed to this article.

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Alaska congressman apologizes for using ethnic slur

By Michael O'Brien, Political Reporter, NBC News

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Alaska Rep. Don Young, R, issued a new statement late Friday formally apologizing for his use of a slur to describe immigrant laborers.

Young, who had endured demands by Democrats and other fellow Republicans -- including House Speaker John Boehner -- to apologize for the use of the term "wetbacks" in a radio interview on Thursday, issued a statement doing just that.

Young said in a statement:

"I apologize for the insensitive term I used during an interview in Ketchikan, Alaska.? There was no malice in my heart or intent to offend; it was a poor choice of words. That word, and the negative attitudes that come with it, should be left in the 20th century,? and I?m sorry that this has shifted our focus away from comprehensive immigration reform."

Young had appeared on KRBD radio on Thursday, where he made his initial remark.

"My father had a ranch; we used to have 50-60 wetbacks to pick tomatoes," Young said. "It takes two people to pick the same tomatoes now. It?s all done by machine."

The 21-term congressman issued a statement that evening explaining that he meant no offense by using the ethnic slur, which he said he had learned during a childhood on farms in California.

But Republican leaders, who must repair the party's dismal image among the increasingly influential Latino voting bloc, were quick to distance themselves from Young, and demand a fuller apology.

"I don?t care why he said it ? there?s no excuse and it warrants an immediate apology," Boehner said.

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Loopits Add Simple, Versatile Storage to Your Wall

We often neglect our walls when looking for storage, but whether you have a small space or not they make for incredibly handy places to keep frequently used tools and other items. Loopits make it easy to store such items on your wall with hardly any setup.

Loopits come with two primary pieces: bands and discs. Discs mount to your walls with a screw and then you stretch a band around them. The bands, stretched tight, can hold all sorts of stuff from pens to scissors to DIY tools. You could even use one to hold a sponge in the sink or items in the shower. We'd like to see a version that requires no screws and works with suction or adhesive, but for now they still serve as a simple way to add wall storage with minimal effort.

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Robert Zildjian, Sabian cymbal manufacturer, dies

BOSTON (AP) -- Robert "RZ" Zildjian, founder of the Sabian Inc. musical cymbal manufacturing company, has died. He was 89.

Sabian announced Zildjian's death on its website Thursday. The firm was closed until Monday and the company announcement had no details about his death.

Zildjian founded Sabian in 1981 after a legal battle with his brother, Armand, over their inheritance of the family business, Avedis Zildjian Co., a major cymbal maker. The companies remain competitors.

The family's U.S. business was founded in the Boston area in 1928 by their father, Armenian immigrant Avedis Zildjian, and a great-uncle. The rock 'n' roll era brought an expanding demand for its percussion products.

RZ Zildjian began working for his father as a teenager and set up a subsidiary, AZCO, in Meductic, New Brunswick, Canada, in 1968.

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Hands-on with the Android-based Ouya Gaming Console - Bonnie ...

Nine months ago, Julie Uhrman had an idea for a gaming console. The goal behind it was twofold: To give consumers an affordable video game system, and to give developers an open platform for building games for the television.

Without any notion of whether people actually wanted such a device, she took her idea to the crowdfunding site Kickstarter and within a month she had more than 63,000 backers and $8.5 million in pledges.

Today, the first set of consoles started shipping.

Uhrman is the founder and CEO of Ouya, a $100 game system built on the Android operating system. It consists of a pint-size console that connects to your TV via HDMI. Unlike traditional consoles like the Xbox 360 and Sony PlayStation, there is no optical drive. Instead, all games and apps are made available through Ouya?s built-in store. A wireless Bluetooth game controller is also included in the package, while additional controllers are available for $50.

Though today?s shipment is limited to the backers of the Kickstarter campaign, Ouya will be available to consumers in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. starting June 4. It will be sold through various retailers, including Amazon, Target and Best Buy.

I got a chance to check out Ouya this week during the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, and the hardware is impressive.

Designed by Yves Behar, who was also the mastermind behind the Jawbone Jambox, the console is about the size of a Rubik?s cube and is wrapped in brushed aluminum. The controller features matching aluminum accents, and has two standard analog sticks, eight action buttons, a d-pad and a built-in touchpad.

Uhrman, who has worked in the video game industry for more than 10 years, said the company wanted to build something beautiful that people wouldn?t necessarily want to hide away in a media cabinet, and I?d say they were successful in that.

I was relieved to see that the cheap price didn?t equate to a cheap design. It?s a solid device, and the controllers were comfortable to hold and use. Ouya is also attractive in its simplicity.

Inside the Ouya is a Tegra3 quad-core processor, one gigabyte of RAM and 8GB of flash storage. The back of the device houses all the various ports, including the HDMI connector, USB 2.0 port and Ethernet jack. Bluetooth and Wi-Fi are also onboard.

Like the console itself, the Ouya user interface and storefront is pretty simple. From the main menu, you have four options: Play, Discover, Make and Manage. Play is where you can find all the games that you?ve downloaded, while the Discover section takes you to the games store. Manage is basically the settings menu.

The Make channel is where things get interesting, and is also what sets it apart from the competition. Ouya was built to be a console for developers just as as much it was built for gamers.

?We want to be seen as the most developer-friendly platform there is,? Uhrman said in an interview with AllThingsD.

As such, publishers can go to the Make channel and use the built-in software development kit to build and test games for Ouya. Eventually, the company wants to evolve the section so that developers can have a direct relationship with gamers, where they can, for example, post different demos of games they are working on and have people vote on which is best.

Anyone can create a game, and there?s no cost to do so. Ouya?s only requirement is that there be some free element to the game, such as a free demo. Other than that, the developers can monetize their apps in any way they want, whether it?s through in-app purchases, donations or upgrades.

The open nature of Ouya?s platform should make it an attractive option for independent developers looking to bring their games into people?s living rooms. In turn, it?s a great gateway for discovering indie games.

But the big challenge for Ouya will be attracting customers outside of the indie gamer community. Sure, the $99 price tag is appealing, but is it going to have the titles that people want?

There are about 500 games already confirmed for Ouya, but Uhrman said it?s hard to say how many they?ll actually launch with. She said on Monday there were about 40 titles in the store, and then by Wednesday, it had jumped up to 67.

During my brief time with the system and storefront, I found that most games were of the retro-style arcade type or those you?d find on smartphones or tablets. Uhrman said they are working to bring AAA title games from big studios to Ouya, but she also believes that its unique content will be a major draw.

?There?s going to be innovative, creative, exclusive content on Ouya that you won?t be able to find anywhere else, and that alone is going to be the reason to buy Ouya,? she said.

I?m not fully convinced of that just yet, but we?ll see in a couple of months if I?m wrong.

Source: http://allthingsd.com/20130328/hands-on-with-ouya-the-tiny-gaming-console-with-big-aspirations/

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Ouya in action at GDC 2013

What's a backer launch without a party?

Ouya had their big backer launch bash at GDC 2013, giving everybody a shot to try out the $99 Android-powered gaming console. There has been a lot of excitement leading up to this launch, not only because it stands to be yet another Kickstarter success story, but also because it's paving the way for a whole new product category of Android devices. 

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Irish Left Review | An Anarchist Noel Coward? The World Turned ...

Music Review: The World Turned Upside Down ? Rosselsongs 1960-2010

And then the ?political songwriter? label can mislead into the belief that I?m writing songs in order to change the world? I have to point out that after fifty years of writing songs, the world?s in a worse state now than when I started, although I don?t blame myself entirely for that.?- Leon Rosselson

Why is the English singer-songwriter Leon Rosselson, now almost eighty years old, not a ?household name??

In the entertaining, informative and argumentative liner notes accompanying this 2011 set of four CDs he repeatedly muses on how, in his own words, he ?failed to become rich and famous?. Concerning the celebrated title song, World Turned Upside Down, he writes: ?Some people think it?s a folk song. Or that it was written by Billy Bragg. Which is, I suppose, fame of a sort.?

Success, he tells us, ?should have happened in the 1960s? There was the folk boom, the singer-songwriter boom.? At the same time, however, ?my songwriting style didn?t fit comfortably into the folk bag. Or any other bag, if it comes to that.? And anyway, ?the alternative culture was big business, the musicians were bought into superstardom by lucrative record contracts, ?the message ?liberate your minds? turned out to be both politically safe and eminently saleable? The guerrillas had simply, without their even realising it, been incorporated into the regular army of the enemy.? His songs The Ugly Ones (?the fetishizing of the beautiful people?) and Flower Power = Bread (from the fateful year 1968) savaged ?60s values, thus ensuring that Rosselson would not be thus incorporated but also, perhaps, that stardom on 1960s terms would elude him.

Another factor that may have militated against Rosselson?s popular success is the self-confessed absence of love-songs from his output (?love, a word that has rarely passed my songwriting pen?). Instead, he has specialised in what he calls ?relationship songs? entailing ?a sideways look at love, sex, marriage, relationships and angst??, here represented by Do You Remember?, Invisible Married Breakfast Blues (inspired by Brel and Pr?vert), Let Your Hair Hang Down, and the wonderful Not Quite, But Nearly. Jacques Brel?s example taught Rosselson that ?[y]ou could write songs by pretending to be someone else, by adopting a persona.? Here the feminist principle that ?the personal is political, the political personal? provided the rationale, but perhaps in an age when ?letting it all hang out? was the order of the day this approach was too oblique.

Nonetheless, in at least one vital way the 1960s marked Rosselson indelibly. The 1967 Six-Day War completed the Jewish singer?s alienation from Zionism and the state of Israel: ?After that, it became increasingly clear that the trajectory Israel was taking? was not an aberration from Zionism: it was Zionism?? In the 1995 Song of Martin Fontash (based on an anecdote from Primo Levi) he ?continues the argument between the Jewish values I identify with and Israel?s values as a colonising state?, concluding that ?Though they [Zionist Israelis] are Jews, they do not live within my heart.? Seven years later, in My Father?s Jewish World, we hear that ?[Israel] brings shame by torturing and killing in our name? (Rosselson?s parents were refugees from Czarist Russia, his father a lifelong communist).

Rosselson is not merely concerned with the contradiction between Zionism and ?Jewish values?, but courageously takes an uncompromising stance on behalf of Palestinian rights. The 2005 Song of the Olive Tree, perhaps his most beautiful composition, celebrates the abiding symbol of Palestinian sumud (steadfastness) while lamenting the fact that ?[h]undreds of thousands of olive trees have been uprooted [by Israel] since the beginning of the second intifada?.

On the double CD Celebrating Subversion by the recently formed collective of singers and songwriters The Anti-Capitalist Roadshow, of which Rosselson is a guiding light, the Song of the Olive Tree is magnificently sung by the English-born Palestinian singer Reem Kelani. On The World Upside Down it is entrusted to the Scottish folk singer Janet Russell, also a member of the Roadshow. Another of Rosselson?s most famous and controversial songs, Stand up for Judas, is sung here by Roy Bailey and is best known in a version by Dick Gaughan. The song World Turned Upside Down itself, Rosselson?s homage to the 17^th century Digger pamphleteer Gerrard Winstanley is (as we have seen) indelibly associated with Billy Bragg.

The version of the latter by Rosselson himself (backed by his daughter Ruth) in this collection suggests another reason why he has ?failed to become rich and famous?: the lack of range and variety in his singing voice. With its vaguely Monty Pythonish quality (Eric Idle comes to mind!) it?s an instrument particularly suited to those ?topical/satirical? songs most typical of his early material, but also to polemical rants like his slashing attack on Tony Blair, Talking Democracy Blues (with its wicked paraphrase of Auden: ?Blair?s an amiable guy/Look, he wouldn?t harm a fly/But when he smiles children die??).

When passion or emotional intensity are required, as in the powerful The Wall That Stands Between (about ?the shameful campaign against asylum seekers waged by the gutter press? and ?the inhuman policies enacted by the New Labour government?), the result can sound understated. Rosselson objects to an early reviewer?s description of him as ?an anarchist Noel Coward?, but Coward was similarly deficient in vocal charisma. Coward nonetheless consolidated his reputation by piggy-backing on the atmosphere of patriotism (bordering on jingoism) understandably prevalent during World War II, an option entirely alien to Rosselson whose aim ?to depict a society based on an ideology of control, order, obedience, repression, domination of nature, deterrence, leading ultimately to the death of the planet? is hardly calculated to entice the average radio DJ.

It might seem that over four CDs and 72 songs (about a quarter of Rosselson?s total output), most of them sung by Rosselson himself, such a deficiency might prove fatal. Strangely enough, however, for me at any rate the effect is the opposite. One becomes used to the voice and knows what to expect and not to expect from it. When Roy Bailey or Liz Mansfield or Dick Gaughan sings a Rosselson song, the result can be a show-stopper. When Rosselson sings, the vocal idiosyncrasies are inseparable from his intractable and endearing integrity.

This, of course, is premised on the assumption that one is well-disposed towards Rosselson?s radical perspectives. Here is a comment from a You Tube viewer who clearly is not:

?However I later met and talked with Leon Rosselson himself, and it was kind of dismaying. He came across as a parody: a naive, stereotypical, unreconstructed socialist who understood nothing about economics, and truly believed that ?from each according to his ability, to each according to his need? was a workable system of government.?

Undoubtedly there are many who would consider this a recommendation. Not alone has Leon Rosselson been writing and singing for more than half a century, but he has remained faithful to a certain concept of political, social and economic justice. For those who share that faith, he will always be a household name.

(To buy The World Turned Upside Down for stg ?30 plus postage [outside the UK] see http://www.leonrosselson.co.uk/records.html)

Janet Russell?s version of Song of the Olive Tree

The World Turned Upside Down ? The DIggers ? Leon Rosselson

Dick Gaughan ? World Turned Upside Down (BBC 1982)

Source: http://www.irishleftreview.org/2013/03/29/anarchist-noel-coward-world-turned-upside-rosselsongs-19602010/

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SEO from a Newb's Perspective - YouMoz | SEOmoz

Author?s note: I?m new to the SEOmoz community and super excited to be contributing ? but frankly, I?m a little intimidated by all the expertise on this blog. Gulp. Read and critique with love and understanding for my beginner status, please. Here we go!

For all of you search engine optimization gurus out there, I hope my perspective is a fresh one for you. Sometimes it?s fun to temporarily place yourself back in the mindset of an ignorant beginner. You probably can?t remember the day before you understood SEO backwards and forwards, can you?

Well, I?m still there. (Yes, thank you for the supportive smiles and knowing looks.) I still don?t understand it all ? BUT I?m on my way, and I?m making progress.

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In college, my understanding of ?search engine optimization? was that it was for ?techie? people, a hybrid hobby of computer science and math. Where I gained this impression, I don?t remember, but I truly thought SEO could only be done by the guys who knew JavaScript and wrote code. That person wasn?t me. As an English creative writing major, I spent my time writing sonnets, short stories, and articles for the school newspaper.

I loved the blogosphere, but beyond blogging and typical Internet usage, I never considered learning more about the inner workings of the web. To me, SEO seemed like a highly complex field easily comprehended only if you?d successfully hacked into something in your lifetime ? which, as you can probably guess, I hadn?t.?

When I graduated in 2012, I realized:

1. The journalism market was shutting like a Venus flytrap,
2. I would suffer daily psychotic breakdowns if I had to teach English to adolescents, and
3. I didn?t want to dish out money for grad school.

So I started applying for every kind of job that involved words ? techie or otherwise.

I still thought careers in SEO were for people who solve Rubik?s cubes for fun, take computers apart and put them back together, and keep their scientific calculators in their back pockets ? people who live in a programmed, digital world of computer gibberish, glowing screens, and Internet forums.?

Then, as luck would have it, I got hired to do SEO.

At first, I was bewildered. Why would anybody want me to do SEO?

However, my boss told me that my present skill set as a writer would actually be a good fit for the role. Besides, he made SEO sound really exciting. As I started to research and gain a more accurate impression of SEO, I was pleasantly surprised to learn I could actually like this.?

Yes, I was unaware of how fascinating the field of SEO is today. This new era of content creation and ethical linking has my head spinning. Now that I?m doing SEO, I?m so excited about all the possibilities SEO has to offer anyone who goes about it!

Conversion from skeptic to supporter

The first thing I did after I interviewed for my online marketing job at Happy Dog Web Productions was to download the SEOMoz Pro?s ?Free Beginner?s Guide to SEO? (THANK YOU, GUYS). I took copious notes. I looked things up. I read it slow. Then I went hunting around the Internet for more information about this strange new acronym.

As a frequent ?Googler? myself, it was not news to me that people flock to the Internet like children to the candy aisle. The idea that Google is a diamond mine for marketing departments is completely logical. I already understood that traditional advertising and marketing efforts are no longer ?how we do things? after reading books like Paul Arden?s It?s Not How Good You Are, It?s How Good You Want To Be, and Seth Godin?s Purple Cow, among others. The way we reach audiences has changed. Everybody is on the Internet, looking for answers, information, reviews, e-commerce, you name it. With the short patience of the average search engine user, companies have to be easy to find and rank for the right search queries ? otherwise, well, tough luck!

I began to understand the necessity of SEO in giving companies online credibility. Visibility and respect is a hard thing to achieve when the Internet is overstuffed with information, and even if you have an amazing, relevant website, Google or Bing or Yahoo! may not see it that way, making it impossible for people to find you. But optimizing your online presence for the search engines and the user alike, both off-site and on-site, will eventually, over time, convince the search engines to reward your quality website with a higher ranking.

(Whew! See how much I?ve learned?!)

The part of SEO I?m still coming to terms with is how Google figures out rankings ? with its rules and algorithms and valuing certain practices over others. Thankfully, I?m not the only one trying to understand ?even the most seasoned professionals are constantly hopping trying to keep up with rapid-fire change in the way search engines compile rankings.

News alert: You, too, can join the fun

Overall, I understand now that good, ethical SEO concepts are not too complicated to grasp - and good, ethical SEO concepts are vital in helping companies get noticed, marketing their brand, and encouraging conversions. If your website content is online but nobody can find it, why even have it?

You don?t have to be a brilliant computer hacker to grasp SEO and how to go about it ? one of my most valuable takeaways to date. Yes, you have to be able to follow Google?s algorithmic updates and understand statistics, and having a solid research and analysis process is crucial, but there's more to SEO than the numbers.?

SEO professionals should be fairly

• Techie,
• Internet savvy, and
• Marketing-minded.

But the surprising job qualifications for the SEO person?

• Have outstanding social skills. All this guest blogging and link earning requires respect, a polite demeanor, and the ability to connect with people.
• Be strategic. Strategy goes a long way with SEO ? like setting attainable goals for keyword optimization, creating pages for SEO purposes, and brainstorming what users will want to read and find.
• Think creatively. SEO is about attracting people with great content. I never realized before how user-geared current SEO practices are, which means the SEO expert juggles marketing, public relations, and advertising hats, too!
• Write well. You don?t have to be at a Pulitzer level, but you do have to express ideas logically and write effectively for your intended audience.

When I learned that today?s great SEO has a lot to do with creating awesome content for the user, I immediately realized that this field was a good fit for me because I like words, and I?m a writer. Yay! I know I have a ways to go with the analytics and research, but I really enjoy my current role on the SEO team.

It?ll be a slow trek to reach the level of some of you Mozzers! But I?m excited about SEO and hope you enjoyed hearing from my perspective as a newb.

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Optimism in UN over 1st global arms trade treaty

UNITED NATIONS (AP) ? The first global treaty on regulating the multimillion-dollar international arms trade appeared to be nearing consensus, supporters said, though worries remained that Iran, India or other countries would back off an agreement that requires approval from all 193 U.N. member states.

Thursday is the deadline for reaching a deal and ahead of the vote optimism was growing that the long-debated treaty would become a reality.

"Signals are that the treaty stands a good chance of being adopted today," said Anna Macdonald, head of arms control at Oxfam, one of about 100 organizations worldwide in the Control Arms coalition, which has been campaigning for a strong treaty. "There have been concerns that Iran might block" consensus but an Iranian television station has reported "that Iran is going to support it."

Ahead of the vote, Macdonald said, a number of delegates met with Australian Ambassador Peter Woolcott, who is chairing the negotiations and presented the final draft of the treaty on Wednesday.

The draft treaty does not control the domestic use of weapons in any country, but it would require all countries to establish national regulations to control the transfer of conventional arms, parts and components and to regulate arms brokers. It would prohibit states that ratify the treaty from transferring conventional weapons if they violate arms embargoes or if they promote acts of genocide, crimes against humanity or war crimes.

The final draft makes this human rights provision even stronger, adding that the export of conventional arms should be prohibited if they could be used in attacks on civilians or civilian buildings such as schools and hospitals.

Hopes of reaching agreement on what would be a landmark treaty were dashed last July when the U.S. said it needed more time to consider the proposed accord ? a move quickly backed by Russia and China. In December, the U.N. General Assembly decided to hold a final conference and set Thursday as the deadline.

U.N. diplomats, speaking on condition of anonymity because negotiations have been private, said Wednesday the United States was virtually certain to go along with the latest text.

"We understand that a handful of skeptical states have not been happy with the final treaty," Whitney Brown, senior director of international law policy at Amnesty International said Thursday.

But she said that with the majority of states very supportive ? including the U.S., Russia, China, Britain and France which are all major arms exporters ? "and even former skeptics like Iran we think it will be very difficult for the skeptics to gain much traction this afternoon."

"We need a treaty," China's U.N. Ambassador Li Baodong told The Associated Press on Wednesday. "We hope for consensus."

There has never been an international treaty regulating the estimated $60 billion global arms trade. For more than a decade, activists and some governments have been pushing for international rules to try to keep illicit weapons out of the hands of terrorists, insurgent fighters and organized crime.

"It's important for each and every country in the world that we have a regulation of the international arms trade," Germany's U.N. Ambassador Peter Wittig told the AP. "There are still some divergences of views, but I trust we can overcome them."

In considering whether to authorize the export of arms, the draft says a country must evaluate whether the weapon would be used to violate international human rights or humanitarian laws or be used by terrorists or organized crime. The final draft would allow countries to determine whether the weapons transfer would contribute to or undermine peace and security.

The draft would also require parties to the treaty to take measures to prevent the diversion of conventional weapons to the illicit market.

Senator Lyndira Oudit of Trinidad and Tobago, a member of Parliamentarians for Global Action for a robust treaty, complained that the initial text was weak and had too many loopholes, but she said the final draft was stronger, had "some teeth," and "would be supported."

Oxfam's Macdonald said the scope of the weapons covered in the latest draft is still too narrow.

It covers battle tanks, armored combat vehicles, large-caliber artillery systems, combat aircraft, attack helicopters, warships, missiles and missile launchers, and small arms and light weapons. The phrase stating that this list was "at a minimum" was dropped, according to diplomats at the insistence of the United States.

"We need a treaty that covers all conventional weapons, not just some of them," Macdonald said. "We need a treaty that will make a difference to the lives of the people living in Congo, Mali, Syria and elsewhere who suffer each day from the impacts of armed violence."

Ammunition has been a key issue, with some countries pressing for the same controls on ammunition sales as arms, but the U.S. and others opposed such tough restrictions. The draft calls for each country that ratifies the treaty to establish regulations for the export of ammunition "fired, launched or delivered" by the weapons covered by the convention.

The Control Arms coalition and diplomats from countries that support them, said this wouldn't cover hand grenades and mines.

India and other countries had insisted that the treaty have an opt-out for government arms transfers under defense cooperation agreements. The new text appears to keep that loophole, stating that implementation of the treaty "shall not prejudice obligations" under defense cooperation agreements by countries that ratify the treaty.

"Making this treaty was like making a sausage: Everyone has added an ingredient," said Ted Bromund, a senior research fellow at The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank.

"Unfortunately, that has produced a document that leans much too far towards satisfying the concerns of the Arab Group and Mexico. The former view it as a rebellion prevention plan, while the latter wants a text that edges towards its view that the domestic firearms market in the U.S. should be subject to treaty regulation," he said.

But Daryl Kimball, executive director of the independent Washington-based Arms Control Association, said, "The emerging treaty represents an important first step in dealing with the unregulated and illicit global trade in conventional weapons and ammunition, which fuels wars and human rights abuses worldwide."

He said the text could have been stronger and more comprehensive, but it can still make an important difference.

"The new treaty says to every United Nations member that you cannot simply 'export and forget,'" Kimball said.

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Part-time Businesses add up to Full-Time Fun for ... - Franchising.com

March 28, 2013 // Franchising.com // Janet Irven is a single mother and former oil and gas executive who was looking for a way to strike a balance between work and being there for her 10-year-old son when she discovered the magic of being a part-time entrepreneur.

Last year she started a DVDNow Kiosks (www.DVDNowKiosks.com) business ? a self-serve movie rental business that allows her to earn passive income as people rent or buy movies and games from her kiosks.

This year, she launched her TapSnap (www.tapsnap.net) business ? a special event phototainment system that has revolutionized the photo booth for the social media era.

?I think work should be fun. I spent years working all hours as an oil and gas executive. Now I want to do work that makes people happy, provides entertainment and adds joy to their lives,? says Irven, who lives in Peterborough, Canada.

Both businesses are part-time, flexible and require limited hours, so Irven can concentrate on what matters most ? being there for her son.

A Chartered Accountant by trade, and former VP of Finance for an oil and gas marketing firm, Irven?s movie rental company Express Cinema (www.expresscinema.ca) operates three movie rental kiosks in Peterborough ? one at Charlotte?s Pantry bakery/grocery store in downtown Peterborough, another at MacEwen convenience and gas bar, and a third at Daisy Mart. She also has a fourth kiosk in Ottawa at a new MacEwen location.

?Peterborough had almost nothing for a year when Blockbuster and Rogers shut down,? she says. ?So now we?re giving people a chance to rent discs again ? for a fraction of the cost.? Her main competition is the corporate giant Redbox, which has said they would add as many as 2,500 kiosks in Canada during 2013. So far there is only one in Peterborough at the Walmart Supercentre.

Her main advantage over the Coinstar(CSTR)-owned Redbox and over video-streaming services like Netflix(NFLX) is that she is able to offer new releases up to 28 days sooner than the competition because she isn?t bound by studio distribution contracts.

When she heard DVDNow Kiosks was launching TapSnap, she was among the first to get on board with the new franchise.

?As a former event planner, I could immediately see the potential TapSnap has to add a huge boost of excitement to any party or event ? from graduations to milestone birthdays to bar and bat mitzvahs to weddings and more,? says Irven.

TapSnap will be at the Peterborough Flavours Festival at the Morrow Building downtown from April 28, 2013, from 12 pm to 6pm.
The TapSnap phototainment system is a giant 42-inch screen instantly connected to social media so it actively encourages event guests to create a social media profile for an event by sharing their pictures ? a tool Irven says is useful for event planners who want to give their event a social media profile.

With a touch of a fingertip on the screen, guests can compose and take their photos like magic, draw and write personal messages on them, and add digital props like googly eyes and funny hats.

Each TapSnap kiosk comes with a minimum of one staff person to manage the machine, and is priced in packages from two to six hours or more.

Irven?s TapSnap franchise is serving the Peterborough market, as well as Pickering, Oshawa and Whitby and the Toronto area.
?TapSnap brings instantaneous fun to any event, especially corporate events where sometimes people are a little nervous or they don?t know everyone,? says Irven. ?It removes people?s inhibitions and helps them loosen up. Unlike a photo booth, it?s out in the open and spontaneous. And the real-time social media aspect is huge.?

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DVDNow launched in June of 2006 and quickly became the leading provider of independently operated DVD rental kiosks. Today, with operations in over 16 countries, DVDNow has the largest independently operated DVD rental kiosk network in the world.

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Good Reads: US-China relations, 'Lean In,' ballet's whodunit, Ireland's Downton

This week's round-up of Good Reads includes a look at the complex Chinese-US relationship, a response to Sheryl Sandberg's 'Lean In,' an acid attack linked to the Bolshoi Ballet, and a memoir about an ancestral home in Ireland.

By Gregory M. Lamb,?Staff writer / March 21, 2013

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The United States has two clear choices in dealing with China: Engage or isolate the world?s most populous nation. ?You cannot have it both ways,? argues Lee Kuan Yew, prime minister of Singapore for more than three decades, who led his tiny Asian nation to Western-style prosperity despite being in the shadow of its giant communist neighbor. ?You cannot say you will engage China on some issues and isolate her over others. You cannot mix your signals.?

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Competition between the US and China is inevitable, but conflict is not, Mr. Lee argues in an excerpt from his new book in The Atlantic.

?This is not the Cold War. The Soviet Union was contesting with the United States for global supremacy. China is acting purely in its own national interests. It is not interested in changing the world.?

The complex Chinese-US relationship is underpinned by an essential truth: Each side needs the other.

?Chinese leaders know that U.S. military superiority is overwhelming and will remain so for the next few decades,? he writes. ?[T]he Chinese do not want to clash with anyone ? at least not for the next 15 to 20 years.?

The best outcome, he writes, would be for China and the US to arrive at ?a new understanding that when they cannot cooperate, they will coexist and allow all countries in the Pacific to grow and thrive.?

Get back to feminism?s roots

Women have risen to prominence in business and academia, but don?t look for private enterprise to finish the job of ensuring equal rights between the sexes.
In a new book called ?Lean In,? Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg says women are responsible for their own lack of progress in the workplace, notes Judith Shulevitz, writing in the New Republic. But the recent directive from Yahoo chief executive officer Marissa Mayer that bans telecommuting shows that women executives hold business success above feminist goals. ?Yahoo employees now understand that, when unregulated market forces go head-to-head with policies that facilitate gender equality, the policies stand down,? Ms. Shulevitz writes. ?It doesn?t matter who runs the company.... Competent female executives run better companies than incompetent male executives, but they?re no more likely to make universal day care the law of the land.?

Where lies progress in gender equality, which seemed to halt three decades ago with the defeat of the Equal Rights Amendment? It?s time to get back to changing laws, she says. ?What we are not talking about in nearly enough detail, or agitating for with enough passion, are the government policies, such as mandatory paid maternity leave, that would truly equalize opportunity. We are still thinking individually, not collectively.?

The Bolshoi?s dark side

The bizarre acid-tossing attack on Sergei Yurevich Filin, the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, would seem to have come only from the fetid mind of a writer for a fictitious ?CSI: Moscow.? Mr. Filin was severely injured when an assailant confronted him at the door of his Moscow apartment building late one evening and splashed sulfuric acid in his face.

Who did it? As David Remnick unravels the tale in The New Yorker, the suspect list grows and grows into a confusion worthy of Agatha Christie. Did an angry ballerina or danseur or, more likely, one of their wealthy oligarch patrons, order it? Or maybe a bitter rival eager to replace him?

Mr. Remnick takes his time to reveal the not altogether conclusive answer, first weaving his way through the history of the celebrated ballet company from its charter in 1776 under Catherine the Great. (Stalin loved the Bolshoi, but President Vladimir Putin is indifferent.)

Perhaps no result would satisfy a jaundiced Russian public. ?Russians, in the contemporary version of their fatalism, see their country as a landscape of endless bespredel, lawlessness, a world devoid of order or justice or restraint...,? he says. ?After witnessing so many phony trials ? most recently of [the feminist rock band] Pussy Riot ? the Russian public has developed a general distrust of the country?s legal system.?

Saving the Irish manor

?Downton Abbey? has nothing on the autobiographical tale of Selina Guinness and her sometime desperate efforts to hang on to her ancestral home in Ireland.

?Houses for the middle classes are just places to live in, but for the gentry they are evolving organisms, repositories of cherished memories, full of treasured knick-knacks and wrinkled old retainers, as much living subjects as physical sites,? writes Terry Eagleton in the Dublin Review of Books. ?Individuals come and go, but the grange or manor house lives on, more like a transnational corporation than a bungalow.?

He continues: ?Like a slightly dotty but much-loved relative, the house has its own quirky ways, its distinctive aura and personality. One almost expects to encounter it settled on one of its own sofas, granny glasses perched on its nose, knitting and crooning.... Such houses are more sacred texts than bricks and mortar.?

The home Ms. Guinness is trying to keep in the family is known as ?The Crocodile? for the stuffed animal that greets visitors at the front door. Like Lady Mary Crawley in ?Downton Abbey,? she confronts the problem of how to save her beloved estate without ruining its essence and character. All she can do is muddle on and hope for the best.

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Samsung Galaxy S 4 mini will reportedly go on sale shortly after GS 4

Not too long after the Samsung Galaxy S 4 was announced, we started hearing whispers of a "miniature" version of the device -- which makes sense, given the Galaxy S III had a smaller sidekick of its own. Today, however, Bloomberg reported the unannounced device is indeed coming soon after the flagship makes its appearance at the end of April. If it follows a similar pattern to its bite-sized predecessor, it likely will be offered in Europe as a lower-cost alternative to the Galaxy S 4. The device is rumored to offer a dual-core 1.6GHz processor, a 4.3-inch display and 8MP camera. Sadly, no official details were given, but we've reached out to Samsung officials for comment and will update when we receive word.

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Researchers Struggle to Develop New Treatments for Sepsis

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During sepsis, the body attacks itself. Researchers are working on new ways to fight back

By Maryn McKenna

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Sepsis is a serious and often deadly illness, yet it remains an unfamiliar threat to most of the general public, as well as one of the most difficult diseases for doctors to diagnose and treat. The condition, which begins with an aggressive immune system reaction to an infection, kills 18 million people around the world every year, including around 260,000 in the U.S. By many estimates, sepsis?and its most severe form, septic shock?is the leading cause of death for intensive care patients in the U.S. and the 10th most common cause of death for everyone else in the country. Yet only one in five Americans recognizes the term, according to a 2011 study commissioned by the nonprofit group Sepsis Alliance, and of those survey participants who had heard of sepsis, most could not define it.

Even physicians, who learn about sepsis in medical school, often miss its early signs because they mimic other disorders and because the illness progresses so rapidly from what looks like a mild infection to a life-threatening situation. As a result of these difficulties, doctors are often late to launch the necessary interventions, such as antibiotics to obliterate the infection, drugs to counteract a perilous drop in blood pressure, and a mechanical ventilator to raise dangerously low oxygen levels.

?The timing of antibiotics is a critical determinant for whether someone lives or dies,? says James O'Brien, who is medical director of quality and patient safety at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, and serves as an adviser to Sepsis Alliance. But some of the most compelling data out there, he says, shows that only 50 percent of patients with septic shock get appropriate antibiotics within six hours of first being seen by a health professional. ?If we had a similar record with getting heart attack patients to the catheterization lab, there would be an uproar,? he adds.

To further complicate the picture, better treatments have been slow in coming. Some are on the horizon?such as an experimental blood test and filtration therapy?but failure of four potential antisepsis drugs in the past two years has discouraged researchers and advocates alike. Carl Flatley, a retired dentist, founded Sepsis Alliance after his daughter died of the syndrome in 2002. ?In the 10 years since, we have lost 2.5 million people to this [in the U.S.], and it could take another 10 years before we have something that works,? he says. ?We need to move faster.?

Chemical Cascade

Sepsis begins innocuously enough when the immune system performs its usual task of recognizing invading bacteria, viruses or fungi. Immune cells release signaling proteins called cytokines to stimulate one another and overcome the invaders?but for poorly understood reasons, the immune cells release far more cytokines and other inflammatory molecules than is typical. All the extra immune molecules surging through the bloodstream have the inadvertent effect of making blood vessels slack and permeable, reducing blood pressure and allowing the fluid component of the blood to seep into surrounding tissues. The blood components left behind clot in the smallest vessels, preventing oxygen from reaching major organs. At this point, someone with sepsis has transitioned from the earliest stage of the disease, known as systemic inflammatory response syndrome, to the later stages of severe sepsis and septic shock. Confusion sets in, the heart's electrical activity becomes erratic, the kidneys and other organs fail, and blood pressure cannot be raised even with large amounts of intravenous fluids and drugs.

Because the immune system's reaction is responsible for the destructive progression of sepsis, researchers have tried using various drugs to interrupt the chemical cascade that triggers inflammation and clotting. Recent attempts have been disappointing.

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CA-BUSINESS Summary

TSX weaker; dip in golds offsets BlackBerry jump

TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index was lower on Thursday, led by declines in gold shares that followed the bullion price lower, but a jump in BlackBerry after the smartphone maker reported a surprise quarterly profit offset some of the losses. The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index <.gsptse> was down 25.55 points, or 0.20 percent, at 12,676.10 shortly after the open.

Canada economy rebounds in January after weak spell

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's economy bounced back in January with 0.2 percent growth following the weakest two quarters since the 2008-09 recession thanks to solid manufacturing, mining and an end to a work stoppage in professional ice hockey, Statistics Canada said on Thursday. Analysts surveyed by Reuters had expected a 0.1 percent increase in monthly gross domestic product following a 0.2 percent decline in December.

BlackBerry posts surprise profit, but subscriber base down

TORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry reported a surprise quarterly profit on Thursday and said it shipped 1 million of its all-new Z10 smartphones in the period, but the company has yet to convince some investors that its turnaround plan is succeeding. The Canadian smartphone maker's shares were up nearly 2 percent in early trading, but had jumped of more than 10 percent immediately after the results came out. Some investors focused on a decline in the company's subscriber base, a possible threat to its long-term growth prospects.

Patient Cypriots line up as banks reopen

NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cypriots lined up calmly at banks as they reopened on Thursday under tight controls imposed on transactions to prevent a run on deposits after the government was forced to accept a stringent EU rescue package to avert bankruptcy. Banks were shut almost two weeks ago as the government negotiated a 10 billion euro ($13 billion) international bailout, the first in Europe's single currency zone to impose losses on bank depositors.

Boeing CEO confident that 787 battery fix will work

(Reuters) - Boeing Co has high confidence that the proposed fix for the lithium-ion batteries on its grounded 787 passenger jet will work, Chief Executive Officer Jim McNerney said on Thursday. The grounding has been a "frustrating experience," McNerney told a U.S. Chamber of Commerce aviation summit. (For event video, click: http://link.reuters.com/juf96t )

Total to book $1.65 billion first-quarter loss on Canada project exit

PARIS (Reuters) - Total will book a $1.65 billion first-quarter loss on its withdrawal from a long-delayed oil sands project in Canada, it said on Thursday, a day after partner Suncor pulled the plug on the plant citing lower potential returns. French oil major Total said it has sold its 49 percent stake in the Voyageur Upgrader project in northern Alberta to Canada's largest oil company Suncor Energy , which holds the remaining 51 percent, for $500 million.

Bank of Canada searches far and wide for Carney's successor

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The search for a new Bank of Canada chief to replace Mark Carney has pitted internal front-runner Tiff Macklem against a range of external candidates as officials look outside the bank for people who may have more hands-on business experience. Most central bank watchers believe Macklem, currently second-in-command at the bank, has outstanding credentials and deserves to take over when his boss leaves.

Euro, shares recover as Cyprus banks reopen

LONDON (Reuters) - European shares rebounded and the euro edged off a four-month low on Thursday after banks in Cyprus reopened to relative calm following the island's hard-won bailout. There was no sign of the mass panic that Cypriots and investors had feared might be triggered when banks reopened after a forced closure of almost two weeks, albeit with tight controls to prevent depositors from cleaning out their accounts.

Exclusive: Wal-Mart may get customers to deliver packages to online buyers

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc is considering a radical plan to have store customers deliver packages to online buyers, a new twist on speedier delivery services that the company hopes will enable it to better compete with Amazon.com Inc . Tapping customers to deliver goods would put the world's largest retailer squarely in middle of a new phenomenon sometimes known as "crowd-sourcing," or the "sharing economy."

Analysis: Austerity threatens EU's competitive edge in infrastructure

BERLIN (Reuters) - Europe's carefully maintained autobahns, high-speed TGV trains and vast network of modern airports have long been the envy of the world. But thanks to austerity budgets that are slashing infrastructure spending just as other parts of the world are ramping it up, that may not be true for much longer.

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'Journey' sweeps Game Developers Choice Awards

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? "Journey" arrived on top at the Game Developers Choice Awards.

The artsy video game developed by thatgamecompany swept the 13th annual ceremony Wednesday with six wins, including game of the year and the innovation award. "Journey" was also honored for best audio, game design, visual arts and as best downloadable game.

"I really think the success of 'Journey' is because we're standing on the shoulder of the giants," said "Journey" designer and thatgamecompany co-founder Jenova Chen.

The wordless but emotional downloadable PlayStation 3 game casts players as a mysterious scarfed figure that must trek across a desert, through temples and toward a towering mountain. Other players appear online in the game, but they aren't able to communicate with words or sound.

"If you've played the game, you can imagine how difficult it was for the team to go through it," said Chen. "Particularly at the mountain, right before the end. It was very, very stressful. I actually had to go see a psychiatrist."

Selected by a jury of game creators, the Game Developers Choice Awards honor the best games of the past year.

Other winners at the Moscone Convention Center ceremony included Ubisoft's island shoot-'em-up "Far Cry 3" for best technology, Telltale Games' interactive zombie drama "The Walking Dead" for best narrative, Fireproof Studios' puzzler "The Room" for best handheld/mobile game. Arkane Studios' stealthy revenge tale "Dishonored" won the inaugural audience award, which was chosen by online votes.

Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk, masterminds of such seminal role-playing games as "Baldur's Gate," ''Knights of the Old Republic" and "Mass Effect," were honored with the lifetime achievement award.

"Spacewar!" developer Steve "Slug" Russell received the pioneer award for his contribution to video games. Russell's "Spacewar!" was created in 1962 and is considered to be among the first digital computer games.

Chris Melissinos, creator of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's "The Art of Video Games" exhibit, was presented with the ambassador award, which recognizes individuals who have helped advanced the gaming industry.

"Thank you to all the game creators who have provided me with a lifetime of inspiration," Melissinos said while accepting his trophy. "You've had a much larger impact on the world than you may believe."

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/journey-sweeps-game-developers-choice-awards-034152039.html

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