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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

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Based on my own realizing, cosmetic surgeons is the professional in restoring and correcting of function and form of humans body part. And if you are trying to find a good result of any surgery, it will be best to select the best physician to do business with. Many of them may be good but some of them might not. Therefore, be smart to ensure great results.

Cosmetic or plastic surgeons are like fairy godmother. Their aim is to grant their client?s wish. To improve the way they look and feel is the primary aim of people consulting a surgeon. It might not happen quickly but it will right after the surgery. Simply follow the plastic surgeon?s request and also everything will likely be looked after.

The very first procedure the plastic surgeons require is always to have a consultation. They need to talk to the patient so that they will be comfortable with each other that the client can easily open up about the things he want to do in his body. Clients should say something about the problems that they are having. After these methods, the surgeon can now pick the best remedy and operation to the client?s concerns. For instance, you?ve a trouble with your own breast. It could not be the size of breast that you would like and it may sag. Your doctor can help you in your problem and give you solution.

Another thing that plastic surgeons want is their clients to be genuine. They must be open regarding their concerns. Client may be worried about the outcome of the surgical treatment. Obviously, the client is also curious about the outcome of the procedure. However, cosmetic surgery is also similar to any other surgical treatment. Anything you do to your body, you have to let it recover. You should take time to rest and begin seeing the outcomes. Be also aware of the negative effects that the surgical treatment could produce. If there?s any, ask your own surgeon if there?s a future procedure for this. The main point is, will that operation eradicate your trouble? The more realistic you are, the more things you know and the more prepared you are.

A genuine surgeon may also help in having an authentic patient. One thing they look after is the fact that cosmetic or plastic surgeons needs to be board licensed. They must have a medical permit to practice the surgical procedure. Having experience and also adequate training makes a doctor more reliable. For sure, clients will be comfortable working with them since they are professionals.

For the field of surgery, modern apparatus are also used to display advancement within it. Clients are aware about the latest technology plus they want to make the most of it. But are you aware that? It is still less risky to work with the conventional methods. It has been established and also tested by cosmetic or plastic surgeons. The simple truth is, this most advanced technology could be simpler to perform and can even be cheaper. But the important thing here is that when client is looking into plastic surgeons, they need to check what is available to use. By doing that, you could compare and choose what you want.

The customer is always right in any situation. Nonetheless, it?s still better to study the history of the cosmetic surgeon that you are dealing with. You could do an investigation about them. Web is added on now to our everyday life so use it. Before selecting a surgeon you can check out the surgery web site for more information. Compare the results being presented. You may select the one that will meet your requirements and you will feel safe.

Plastic cosmetic surgery is not a thing to be ashamed of. You can gain self esteem after you have one. Apart from this, you?ll feel beautiful and you can be happy with what you have. You only have one life. Don?t waste it speculating on how you should look if you just tried the plastic surgery. Finally, do yourself a favor. It is not only one?s body that?s sculpted in cosmetic surgery yet your perspective in life also and It starts with your decision of having one.

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Monday, May 13, 2013

At I/O, Google Will Be Tracking Things Like Noise Level And Air Quality With Hundreds Of Arduino-Based Sensors

If you're attending Google I/O this week, you will be a part of an experiment from the Google Cloud Platform Developer Relations team. On its blog today, the team outlined its plan to gather a bunch of environmental information happening around you as you meander around the Moscone Center.

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Gene associated with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis identified

May 12, 2013 ? Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences in Japan have identified the first gene to be associated with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (also called AIS) across Asian and Caucasian populations. The gene is involved in the growth and development of the spine during childhood.

Their study is published today in the journal Nature Genetics.

AIS is the most common pediatric skeletal disease, affecting approximately 2% of school-age children. The causes of scoliosis remain largely unknown and brace treatment and surgery are the only treatment options. However, many clinical and genetic studies suggest a contribution of genetic factors.

To understand the causes and development of scoliosis, Dr Ikuyo Kou, Dr Shiro Ikegawa and their team have tried to identify genes that are associated with a susceptibility to develop the condition.

By studying the genome of 1,819 Japanese individuals suffering from scoliosis and comparing it to 25,939 Japanese individuals, the team identified a gene associated with a susceptibility to develop scoliosis on chromosome 6. The association was replicated in Han Chinese and Caucasian populations.

The researchers show that the susceptibility gene, GPR126, is highly expressed in cartilage and that suppression of this gene leads to delayed growth and bone tissue formation in the developing spine. GPR126 is also known to play a role in human height and trunk length.

"Our finding suggest the interesting possibility that GPR126 may affect both AIS susceptibility and height through abnormal spinal development and growth," explain the authors.

"Further functional studies are necessary to elucidate how alterations in GPR126 increase the risk of AIS in humans," they conclude.

Source: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/most_popular/~3/M5VGft2quH0/130512140943.htm

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Groupon POS builds upon Breadcrumb with simplified point-of-sale interface for iPad

Last year, Groupon acquired Breadcrumb, a New York City-based startup known for its affordable iPad-based point-of-sale system. Now, a new Groupon-branded version of the tool, called POS, arrived in the iTunes store this morning, giving merchants a venue to process and track customer tabs, with a much simpler interface. The app, which appears to be a significantly dumbed-down version of Breadcrumb, is compatible with an optional cash drawer and printer, according to the iTunes listing, but doesn't appear to offer advanced management functionality, such as time sheets and advanced reports (though basic stats are tracked). Groupon POS is available for download now at the source link below -- subscription info is lacking, but based on the limited functionality here, we wouldn't be surprised to hear that it's free.

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Gwyneth Paltrow Cookbook: Win a Copy!

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Sunday, May 12, 2013

Invasion of the slugs; Halted by worms

May 12, 2013 ? The gardener's best friend, the earthworm, is great at protecting leaves from being chomped by slugs, suggests research in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Ecology. Although they lurk in the soil, they seem to protect the plants above ground. Increasing plant diversity also decreases the amount of damage slugs do to individual plants.

Spanish slugs (Arion vulgaris) are among the top 100 worst alien species in Europe and are considered a pest almost everywhere. A team of scientists from the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna investigated what effect the presence of earthworms and plant diversity would have on the amount of damage these slugs caused.

Using large incubators to simulate grassland environments the researchers could regulate the diversity of plant species and time the introduction of earthworms and slugs. They found that the presence of worms increased nitrogen content of plants and reduced the number of leaves damaged due to slugs by 60%. Yet when they compared leaf area damaged the researchers found slugs also ate 40% less at high plant diversity than at low.

Explaining their results Dr Johann Zaller, who led the study, said, "Our results suggest that two processes might be going on. Firstly, earthworms improved the plant's ability to protect itself against slugs perhaps through the build-up of nitrogen-containing toxic compounds. Secondly, even though these slugs are generalists they prefer widely available food and in high diverse ecosystems slugs eat less in total because they have to switch their diets more often since plants of the same species are less available. Therefore gardeners are to help protect earthworms by increasing plant diversity in the garden in order to keep slug damage low. In order to elucidate the mechanisms behind these complex interactions, all parts of an ecosystem need to be investigated."

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Publisher iDreamSky Grosses $5-7M Per Month By Bringing Western Indie Mobile Games To China

China now has more active iOS and Android devices than the U.S., up from about 40-50 million in circulation the last time I visited in late 2011. What that means is local entrepreneurs can finally build scalable mobile software businesses. iDreamSky is one of the companies riding this wave.

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Colon Cancer Among 'Least Prevented'

Karen Witkus took the prescription, folded it up and tucked it in her wallet. She didn't want to think about the colonoscopy it would procure.

"I heard horror stories about it," said Witkus, 55, imagining the probing test and the gut-cleansing preparation it required. "I kept delaying and before you know it, it had been in my wallet for three years."

A colonoscopy is a procedure in which doctors view the inside of the colon with a small camera to spot and remove pre-cancerous growths called polyps before they turn into deadly tumors. It's the most sensitive of three colon cancer screening tests recommended for men and women over 50, but nearly half of all eligible adults skip the tests altogether, according to a 2009 study.

As a result, colorectal cancer remains the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States, killing more than 50,000 Americans annually, according to the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Up to 60 percent of those deaths are preventable through screening, the agency says.

Dr. David Johnson, chief of gastroenterology at Eastern Virginia Medical School and past president of the American College of Gastroenterology says reasons for the low screening rates vary.

"One reason is that the test may not be covered by the patient's insurance," he said, alluding to insurance plans that are unaffected by the Affordable Care Act, which mandates coverage of colorectal cancer screening. Only 29 states and the District of Columbia have mandated that insurance plans cover colorectal cancer screening tests. "Another reason is that patients simply never have the conversation with their doctor."

Then there are people like Witkus, who despite having a referral and insurance coverage forgo the test out of fear. A colonoscopy requires that patients drink a gallon of bad-tasting laxative to cleanse the bowel, making polyps more visible. Patients miss up to two days of work ? one for the pre-procedure doctor's visit and bowel prep and another for the procedure itself.

Although the benefits of a colonoscopy far outweigh the inconvenience and discomfort, doctors and researchers have nonetheless been searching for easier and more acceptable alternatives. One such test is currently under review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Developed by Exact Sciences, the stool-based screen detects changes in DNA as well as traces of blood that signal the presence of pre-cancerous polyps or cancers of the colon.

"I believe we have a significant opportunity to play a role in winning the battle against colon cancer," said Exact Sciences president and Chief Executive Officer Kevin Conroy, citing results from a recent clinical trial that suggest the stool-based test can detect 65 percent of polyps measuring 2 centimeters or more. "Colon cancer is the most preventable yet least prevented cancer. ... There is a significant need for something different."

Johnson, who was involved in the trial, agrees.

"Anything that brings more people into the screening pool, I'm all for," he said. He hopes the new test will play a "sizable role in increasing the options for screening," but cautions, "the best screening test is still the colonoscopy."

Source: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellness/dreaded-colonoscopy-search-substitute/story?id=19152926

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Turkey: 9 detained in connection with car bombings

REYHANLI, Turkey (AP) ? Turkey's interior minister says authorities have detained nine people in connection with the car bomb attacks that killed 46 people in a Turkish town near the Syrian border.

Muammer Guler says the attacks were carried out by a group linked to Syria's intelligence service, but did not name the group.

Syria on Sunday rejected Turkey's allegations that it was behind the bombs.

Guler said authorities had so far identified 35 people who died in the attack and three of them were Syrians.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/turkey-9-detained-connection-car-bombings-094358666.html

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'Gatsby' Aims For Great Box-Office Debut Behind 'Iron Man 3'

Tony Stark is expected to hold onto the #1 spot, but Jay Gatsby is aiming for a debut of close to $40 million.
By Ryan J. Downey

Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1707137/great-gatsby-iron-man-3-box-office-prediction.jhtml

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Saturday, May 11, 2013

OpenTable Is Secretly the Best Thing on the Internet

No one hates OpenTable. No one finds it small or inconsequential or twee, as so many modern startups or services can be. No one thinks it does a bad job, or that it treats its users as property or hostages. On an internet that takes no greater joy than in being the first (or millionth) person to say something sucks, there?s maybe no better compliment.

This all makes sense if you?ve used OpenTable?and obviously you?ve used OpenTable?because OpenTable is great. You call up the site or app, plug in your party size, when you want to eat, and either enter the restaurant name or search for one, and that?s it. Your reservation?s made. It?s one of the first online services that got that the convenience of ?online shopping? wasn?t even so much not having to leave your home (although in some cases, like Netflix, it certainly helped). We kind of like driving places and pretending to know what a ripe melon sounds like. Instead, OpenTable's gift was the sheer joy of not dealing with other human beings. Because we really hate other human beings.

And it?s not just any people you?re avoiding talking to. It?s miserable people. Miserable because they don't want to talk to you just as much as you don't want to talk to them. Hosts and Maitre D?s who are taking reservations are the worst. I've been one, so trust me here: They hate you. So much. They despise you for calling, like some stray asshole TPS report landing on their desk at 4:45 in the afternoon, and making them pore over their date books, making sure that no, they can?t squeeze your idiotic party of six in for 8PM. But are you sure? YES. Can you double check? NO. CHOKE. Every one of them is thinking this, and you can feel them thinking it, and you?re both just miserable. And don?t even get started on the tragedy for all involved that is calling and leaving a message while the restaurant is closed. Take all that away and let the internet magic sort it all out, and everyone wins. But for years, there we were, tyrannical hosts and clueless guests pissing into our phones at each other.

It helps that OpenTable is on absolutely everything. Web client, check. iOS and Android, check and check. But then look: it's also got native apps on Windows Phone, Kindle Fire, BlackBerry, webOS... even Symbian. Yes, you can use OpenTable on a damn Nokia N-Gage.

It doesn?t brandish your information, though, in the ways we?ve come to expect from internet entities. It?s more like how your grandmother might crack open her calendar and ring you up to say, Now, Valentine?s Day is coming up; you haven?t forgotten to make dinner plans with Alice again, have you? Instead of blasting you with idiotic perma-sales?no "10 percent off purchases of $100 or more! NOW SPEND $100, ASSHOLE." spam?OpenTable sends reminders a few weeks out for events like Valentine's Day or Mother's Day, which could be annoying from just about anyone but the service keeping you from being the imbecile making "reservations" at the Sizzler on February 12th. It helps that OpenTable is such a surprisingly good resource for actual, thoughtful reviews, since these are mostly users who thought ahead to make reservations at a place, instead of Yelpers dropping in on a place and popping out their phones to bitch about the bread.

OpenTable has a rewards system in place?you get 100 points per table, 1000 for special, usually less popular tablets, and 2000 points gets you a $20 gift card?but its perks don?t really match up with what some other loyalty cards offer. (The $1 to $10 point value per table is, on net, probably a lot less than the 10 percent a Starbucks or Chipotle card offers you.) But that doesn't even matter. It's found money here, as opposed to the retention plan for weakbrains it can be elsewhere. OpenTable treats you, more or less, like a human, not like a customer. Because you?re not a customer. You?re leverage.

See, OpenTable?s also different from so many web-based services we see now in that it?s got an actual way to make money that isn?t just crossed fingers or ?Step 3. ??? Step 4. PROFIT? or near-literal vows of poverty, with eyes on being acquired. OpenTable does a thing, and it gets paid for that thing?not for some other thing it'll come up with at a date to be named later. It?s not selling stuff to you, and it?s not (exactly) taking your personal data and monetizing it in ways that have disconcerted Facebook and Google users. It?s just your booking agent. Restaurants pay $200 per month per OpenTable terminal, and then $1 per table booked through OpenTable?s site or apps, and another 25 cents for anyone who goes through a restaurant?s own site, using the OpenTable plugin. Restaurants pony up because it removes a massive overhead in time, attention, and manpower, and again, because everyone uses OpenTable.

Even then, though, it?s not like some other industry-wide tools or platforms, in that it?s not some thug in a cheap suit shaking restaurants down for ?protection money?. You can get by fine, basically, with traditional reservations. Even a small restaurant might save, say, $15,000 a year by not using the service. That?s a huge deal for small business owners, right there with the tens of thousands it costs to accept credit cards. But monolithic as it seems at times, OpenTable is also not Amazon, the reaper of small business souls. It?s an affordable luxury, accessible enough for smaller local openings, dignified enough for Per Se.

So yeah, OpenTable, keep doing your thing. We love you. Everyone else, this is how you do it.

Source: http://gizmodo.com/opentable-is-secretly-the-best-thing-on-the-internet-496388225

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Google Earth Engine unveils how Earth has altered

For the first time, the public can track back the environmental changes occurring on our planet's surface over time via Google Earth Engine.?

By Mai Ng?c Ch?u,?Contributor / May 10, 2013

Google has launched Google Earth Engine, a global, zoomable timelapse map that allows you to witness how humans have altered the surface of the Earth since 1984.?

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The interactive map?lets you track year-by-year changes to every spot on Earth, such as the drying up of Aral Sea in Central Asia, the destruction of the Amazon rainforest in South America, or the urban expansion in the Nevada desert.

Google started this project in 2009 through a partnership with NASA and the US Geological Survey (USGS), who provided the search giant with more than two millions of satellite images on Earth's surface to build the map.

The pictures were collected by the Landsat satellite program, a joint mission USGS and NASA started in 1972 to observe the Earth from its orbit.

Google also worked with?the CREATE Lab at Carnegie Mellon University to finalize the website, which animated the images and made them interactive.

By making satellite imagery available online, Google said its Google Earth Engine enables scientists, independent researchers, and nations to explore this massive database to detect deforestation, classify land cover, estimate forest biomass and carbon, and map the world?s roadless areas.

"Much like the?iconic image of Earth from the Apollo 17 mission?which had a profound effect on many of us?this time-lapse map is not only fascinating to explore, but we also hope it can inform the global community?s thinking about how we live on our planet and the policies that will guide us in the future," said Moore.

For USGS, the launch of Google Earth Engine is?the latest example of how its policy of unrestricted access and free distribution of Landsat satellite imagery to the public brings up innovation and mutual awareness of environmental conditions around Earth.

"The 40-year archive of Landsat images of every spot on earth is a treasure trove of scientific information that can form the basis for a myriad of useful applications by commercial enterprises, government scientists and managers, the academic community, and the public at large," said Anne Castle, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Water and Science in a USGS press release.

Google Earth Engine is also part of Time?magazine's Timelapse?project, a website that gathers and compiles the imagery via an interactive presentation.

In an in-depth story on Google Earth Engine, Time said the Google's project benefits not only scientists and governments, but also the public.

"For governments and environmental scientists, there is a lot of arcane data to extract from the maps and movies. For everyone else, there is something subtler but just as important: perspective. We tend our own tiny plots on Earth, our houses and yards often taking up less room than that infield-size pixel. It?s only when we get above ourselves ? say, 438 miles above ? that we can see how we?re changing our planet and begin to consider how we can be better stewards of it."

Other key visualizations included on Google Earth Engine are?the retreat of the Columbia Glacier in Alaska, the creation of the artificial Palm islands off Dubai's coast, and the drying of lake Urmia in Iran. ?

Source: http://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/feeds/csm/~3/ue6WpGAlZiw/Google-Earth-Engine-unveils-how-Earth-has-altered

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D-Wave's Quantum Computing Claim Gets Boost in Testing - IEEE ...

D-Wave's supposed quantum computers have attracted plenty of skepticism alongside some serious interest from huge corporations such as Google and Lockheed Martin. Now recent testing has shown that D-Wave's machine can indeed beat standard computers head-to-head in solving certain problems.

The D-Wave computer performed up to 3600 times faster than a high-performance machine running IBM software while solving an optimization problem, according to the?New York Times. D-Wave's machine only proved slightly faster than the standard computing on two other optimization problem tests, but the results still seem encouraging for the company's future prospects.

?Ours is the first paper to my knowledge that compares the quantum approach to conventional methods using the same set of problems,? Catherine McGeoch, the Beitzel professor in technology and society at Amherst College in Massachusetts, says in a press release.

McGeoch, a founder of "experimental algorithmics" in computer science, was enlisted by D-Wave as an outside consultant to devise tests for comparing the company's machines with conventional computers. She plans to present a co-authored?paper on the test results?at the?2013 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) International Conference on Computing Frontiers in Ischia, Italy on May 15.

The latest success of D-Wave's computer does not mean that it or quantum computers in general will replace consumer laptops anytime soon. Instead, D-Wave's machine has proven good at tackling specific optimization problems with one best solution?puzzles similar to the "traveling salesperson" problem that asks for the shortest possible route to visit a list of cities exactly once before returning to the original city.

That means D-Wave's machine and quantum computers could prove particularly helpful in tackling problems involving shipping logistics for packages or goods, flight scheduling for airlines, or DNA analysis, McGeoch says.

There are degrees of what it can do. If you want it to solve the exact problem it?s built to solve, at the problem sizes I tested, it?s thousands of times faster than anything I?m aware of. If you want it to solve more general problems of that size, I would say it competes?it does as well as some of the best things I?ve looked at. At this point it?s merely above average but shows a promising scaling trajectory.

McGeoch still held off on definitively saying whether D-Wave's machine is truly a quantum computer or not. But D-Wave recently received additional validation for its quantum computing claim from a group of independent researchers. Nature News reports that the group compared a D-Wave machine's performance with simulations of quantum versus classical computing, and found that the D-Wave device matched up well with the quantum computing simulation.

Further testing may eventually vindicate D-Wave's approach despite the early torrent of skepticism (IEEE Spectrum labeled the company a technology "loser" in 2010). D-Wave has already sold commercial versions of its computers to companies such as U.S. defense manufacturer Lockheed Martin.

Geordie Rose, CTO for D-Wave, has suggested that the company's patent portfolio in this area of quantum computing should ensure that it won't see serious competitors for at least another 15 years. But as the field of quantum computing continues to look more and more promising, D-Wave surely won?t have the field all to itself forever.

Photo: D-Wave Systems

Correction: Amherst College is in Massachusetts, not Maryland as stated originally

Source: http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/computing/hardware/dwave-quantum-computer-shows-promise-in-tests

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Friday, May 10, 2013

Notre Dame's Reilly Center Reports available online

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The University of Notre Dame's Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values has reestablished Reilly Center Reports, an online collection of essays addressing the ethical, social, legal and policy implications of science and technology.

The short essays are intended for anyone interested in urgent and emerging issues in the ethics and policy of science, engineering and medicine. The Reilly Centers Reports is an open access resource geared to concerned citizens, policy makers, policy advisors, journalists, educators and religious leaders.

The current issue features five essays:
Maj. Gen. (Ret) Robert H. Latiff calls attention to the need for greater discussion about the ethical implications of war technologies. He also describes steps taken at Notre Dame to encourage this conversation among students of ROTC, peace studies and engineering, as well as between governmental, industrial and academic sectors. Latiff is an adjunct professor in the Reilly Center and at George Mason University.
Mark A. Largent provides an historical explanation for parents' anxieties about vaccinating their children and suggests ways to constructively broach the topic of vaccine policy compliance. Largent is an assistant professor in James Madison College and associate dean in Lyman Briggs College at Michigan State University.
Jessica J. Hellmann considers the need for human interactions to counteract the problems that climate change is causing for ecosystems as well as to act on the advantages that climate change brings. Hellman is an associate professor in Notre Dane's Department of Biological Sciences.
Agustin Fuentes explains misconceptions about race, aggression and sex and presents eight take-home messages that help to bust these myths of human nature. Fuentes is an associate professor in Notre Dame's Department of Anthropology.
NASA historian Erik M. Conway describes and deconstructs the current state of NASA in political discussions and policy decisions. Conway works at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology.
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The Reilly Center explores conceptual, ethical and policy issues where science and technology intersect with society from different disciplinary perspectives. Its goal is to promote the advancement of science and technology for the common good.

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The University of Notre Dame's Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values has reestablished Reilly Center Reports, an online collection of essays addressing the ethical, social, legal and policy implications of science and technology.

The short essays are intended for anyone interested in urgent and emerging issues in the ethics and policy of science, engineering and medicine. The Reilly Centers Reports is an open access resource geared to concerned citizens, policy makers, policy advisors, journalists, educators and religious leaders.

The current issue features five essays:
Maj. Gen. (Ret) Robert H. Latiff calls attention to the need for greater discussion about the ethical implications of war technologies. He also describes steps taken at Notre Dame to encourage this conversation among students of ROTC, peace studies and engineering, as well as between governmental, industrial and academic sectors. Latiff is an adjunct professor in the Reilly Center and at George Mason University.
Mark A. Largent provides an historical explanation for parents' anxieties about vaccinating their children and suggests ways to constructively broach the topic of vaccine policy compliance. Largent is an assistant professor in James Madison College and associate dean in Lyman Briggs College at Michigan State University.
Jessica J. Hellmann considers the need for human interactions to counteract the problems that climate change is causing for ecosystems as well as to act on the advantages that climate change brings. Hellman is an associate professor in Notre Dane's Department of Biological Sciences.
Agustin Fuentes explains misconceptions about race, aggression and sex and presents eight take-home messages that help to bust these myths of human nature. Fuentes is an associate professor in Notre Dame's Department of Anthropology.
NASA historian Erik M. Conway describes and deconstructs the current state of NASA in political discussions and policy decisions. Conway works at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology.
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The Reilly Center explores conceptual, ethical and policy issues where science and technology intersect with society from different disciplinary perspectives. Its goal is to promote the advancement of science and technology for the common good.

The Reilly Center coordinates various events on campus that encourage interaction and dialogue including the Reilly Center Forum and Ethics Caf and recently a conference on Climate Change and the Common Good.

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New Android apps worth downloading: flayvr, Spot a Stroke F.A.S.T., Emilly in Darkness

First up today is flayvr, an app that automatically groups photos and videos shot together at the same place and time into albums that can be easily shared. Up next is Spot a Stroke F.A.S.T., an app that can help you identify a stroke victim in the crucial moments after a stroke takes place and get them help. Finally, Emilly in Darkness is a dark action-adventure game that feels a bit like The Legend of Zelda and takes place in a spooky black and white world.

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What?s it about? Instantly create video and photo albums without doing any work, as you shoot them, with the help of flayvr.

What?s cool? Smartphones and other mobile devices have done a great job of making taking photos and videos extra convenient, but you still have to deal with all the organization after the fact. Grouping shots together, tagging them, naming them, pointing out where they happen ? it can all be a big pain, especially when you want to share them with others. Flayvr takes the work out of grouping your images together by skipping that process, automatically grouping together shots and videos that were taken at the same time and in the same place into albums that are easily named and shared with others across social networks.

Who?s it for? If you spend a lot of time using your smartphone for video and photos, try flayvr to help keep organized.

What?s it like? Do more photo organizing with Naver Photo Album and Photo Album Organizer.

What?s it about? The most important thing in dealing with someone who's having a stroke is identifying the problem and getting them help quickly, and Spot a Stroke F.A.S.T. Provides helpful information to make that happen.

What?s cool? F.A.S.T. is a mnemonic device that helps you identify when someone is having a stroke, referring to different symptoms you can recognize. The most important part about getting someone treatment for a stroke when it happens is to do so quickly, so Spot a Stroke F.A.S.T. is designed to provide you with the information you need to help a stroke victim as quickly as possible. The app includes information about strokes and about the F.A.S.T. Symptoms, and even provides video so you can see what the symptoms look like to help you. There are also other resources for helping a stroke victim in the crucial few minutes after a stroke occurs.

Who?s it for? Knowing what to look for in a stroke victim can be the difference between life and death, so it's not hard to recommend the free Spot a Stroke F.A.S.T. to everyone.

What?s it like? Try AFS-Stroke for more information about stroke, and First Aid ? American Red Cross for useful first-aid resources.

What?s it about? Explore a dark labyrinth in the strange world between life and death in Emilly in Darkness.

What?s cool? Emilly in Darkness is a top-down action-adventure title not unlike games such as The Legend of Zelda. As Emilly, a girl who seems caught between life and death, it's your job to fight off strange monsters as you search for keys to find your way out of a darkened labyrinth. As you progress through the game, Emilly will gain stronger abilities and meet other characters who can help her discover what has happened to her.

Who?s it for? If you like action-adventure games and dark stories, Emilly in Darkness will appeal to you.

What?s it like? Dead Space and Eyes ? the horror game are two spooky titles that are also worth your consideration.

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Source: http://www.androidapps.com/tech/articles/13463-new-android-apps-worth-downloading-flayvr-spot-a-stroke-f-a-s-t-emilly-in-darkness

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Thursday, May 9, 2013

Social news reader Flipboard just updated its Android app with custom magazines you can build around

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Source: http://lifehacker.com/social-news-reader-flipboard-just-updated-its-android-a-498655582

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Arias says in interview that she wants death

Jodi Arias reacts after she was found of guilty of first-degree murder in the gruesome killing of her one-time boyfriend, Travis Alexander, in their suburban Phoenix home, Wednesday, May 8, 2013, at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, Pool)

From left, Kathy Brown, of Paradise Valley, Virginia Aguiar, of Scottsdale, Jane Crook, of Scottsdale, react to a guilty verdict for Jodi Arias, Wednesday, May 8, 2013, outside of Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix. Arias was convicted of first-degree murder in the gruesome killing of her one-time boyfriend in Arizona after a four-month trial that captured headlines with lurid tales of sex, lies, religion and a salacious relationship that ended in a blood bath. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, David Wallace) MARICOPA COUNTY OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALES

Spectators react to a guilty verdict in the murder trial of Jodi Arias, Wednesday, May 8, 2013 in Phoenix. Arias was convicted of first-degree murder Wednesday in the 2009 killing of her one-time boyfriend Travis Alexander after a four-month trial. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Virginia Aguiar reacts in Phoenix, Wednesday, May 8, 2013 to a guilty verdict in the trial of Jodi Arias, a waitress and aspiring photographer charged with killing her boyfriend, Travis Alexander, in Arizona in 2008. The four month trial included graphic details of their sexual escapades and photos of Alexander just after his death. (AP Photo/Matt York)

PHOENIX (AP) ? The jury has rendered its verdict ? Jodi Arias is guilty of first-degree murder ? but the trial is far from finished.

The same jury now returns to the courtroom Thursday to decide whether she deserves to die for killing her one-time boyfriend on June 4, 2008 at his suburban Phoenix home.

The sheer brutality of the attack and previous testimony from the Maricopa County Medical Examiner that Travis Alexander did not die a quick death will be at the heart of the prosecution's argument that Jodi should receive the ultimate punishment for her crime.

Alexander was stabbed and slashed nearly 30 times, shot in the forehead and had slit his throat from ear to ear, leaving the motivational speaker and businessman nearly decapitated. His decomposing body was found in his shower about five days later by friends.

Arias spoke out about the verdict minutes after her conviction Wednesday, telling a TV station that she would "prefer to die sooner than later."

"Longevity runs in my family, and I don't want to spend the rest of my natural life in one place," a tearful Arias told Fox affiliate KSAZ. "I believe death is the ultimate freedom and I'd rather have my freedom as soon as I can get it."

Arias, 32, fought back tears as a court clerk read aloud the highly anticipated verdict after a four-month trial in which the jury heard 18 days of testimony from the defendant, saw a series of gruesome crime scene photos and heard a raunchy phone sex chat between Arias recorded with Alexander just weeks before he died.

The next portion of the trial is called the "aggravation phase," and it will focus on whether the jury believes the crime was committed in an especially cruel, heinous and depraved manner. If jurors find the aggravators exist, the next step will be the penalty phase during which the panel will recommend either life in prison or death. The process could take several more weeks to wrap up.

The trial quickly became an Internet sensation and transformed Arias from a little-known waitress to a morbid curiosity and a star of a real-life true-crime drama that the public followed incessantly. The presence of cameras in the courtroom, the advance of Internet streaming video and social media, the salacious details of the case, and the attention it got on cable networks like HLN gave the trial the feel of a celebrity proceeding.

The jury heard all about the stormy relationship between Alexander and Arias after they met at a conference in Las Vegas in 2006 and he persuaded her to convert to Mormonism. They began dating but broke up five months later, at which point prosecutors said she began stalking him and became increasingly obsessed with Alexander.

The 30-year-old victim was a rising star at a legal services company called Prepaid Legal, where he gave rousing motivational speeches to colleagues and was a beloved co-worker to people across the organization.

Arias sought to portray him as an abusive sexual deviant in her trial, hoping that the jury would buy her claims that she killed him in self-defense after being unable to take the abuse anymore. She claimed he attacked her and forced her to fight for her life. Prosecutors said she killed out of jealous rage after Alexander wanted to end their affair and planned to take a trip to Mexico with another woman.

Alexander's family members wept and hugged each other after the verdict. They thanked prosecutor Juan Martinez and the lead detective on the case, but declined comment until after sentencing.

Alexander's friend Chris Hughes said he was happy with the verdict, pointing out a bold proclamation Arias made in one of her jailhouse interviews that she wouldn't be found guilty.

"She said, 'No jury would convict me. Mark my words.' This jury convicted her," Hughes said. "Luckily we had 12 smart jurors. They nailed it."

When asked about Alexander's family, Arias told the station, "I just hope that now that a verdict has been rendered, that they'll be able to find peace."

Arias seemed to cry silently when asked about her mother. With tears falling, she said her mom "has been a saint and I haven't treated her very well."

The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said no more media interviews with Arias would be granted. She has been placed on suicide watch.

Outside court, more than 200 spectators and reporters watched for the verdict on their smart phones. A ripple of relief spread as people learned the result. The crowd cheered, with some people jumping, waving, high-fiving and dancing in approval.

Hughes said it was frustrating to hear the defense besmirch his friend's reputation during the trial, but praised the jurors for the verdict. He said he and the Alexander family were shocked by the international attention the case had received.

"Travis was grandiose, so it's interesting how this played out ... it is a bit of a circus. We were all surprised that it's like this," he said.

Testimony began in early January. The trial quickly snowballed into a made-for-the-tabloids drama, garnering daily coverage from cable news networks and spawning a virtual cottage industry for talk shows, legal experts and even Arias, who used her notoriety to sell artwork she made in jail. She also sent out tweets via an intermediary, attracting tens of thousands of followers.

Arias said she recalled Alexander attacking her in a fury after a day of sex. She said Alexander came at her "like a linebacker," body-slamming her to the tile floor. She managed to wriggle free and ran into his closet to retrieve a gun he kept on a shelf. She said she fired in self-defense but had no memory of stabbing him.

She acknowledged trying to clean the scene of the killing, dumping the gun in the desert and working on an alibi to avoid suspicion. She said she was too scared and ashamed to tell the truth. However, none of Arias' allegations that Alexander had physically abused her in the months before his death, that he owned a gun and had sexual desires for young boys, were corroborated by witnesses or evidence during the trial. She acknowledged lying repeatedly before and after her arrest but insisted she was telling the truth in court.

Arias spent 18 days on the witness stand describing an abusive childhood, cheating boyfriends, dead-end jobs, a shocking sexual relationship with Alexander, and her contention that he had grown physically violent in hopes of gaining sympathy from jurors.

But aside from her admitted lies, Arias had yet another formidable obstacle to overcome.

Her grandparents had reported a .25-caliber handgun stolen from their Northern California home about a week before Alexander's death ? the same caliber used to shoot him ? but Arias insisted she didn't take it. Authorities believe she brought it with her to kill him. The coincidence of the same caliber gun stolen from the home also being used to shoot Alexander was never resolved.

Meanwhile, the entire case devolved into a circus-like spectacle attracting dozens of enthusiast each day to the courthouse as they lined up for a chance to score just a few open public seats in the gallery. One trial regular sold her spot in line to another person for $200. Both got reprimands from the court, and the money was returned.

Many people also gathered outside after trial for a chance to see Martinez, who had gained celebrity-like status for his firebrand tactics and unapologetically intimidating style of cross-examining defense witnesses.

The case grew into a worldwide sensation as thousands followed the trial via a live, unedited Web feed. Twitter filled with comments as spectators expressed their opinions on everything from Arias' wardrobe to Martinez's angry demeanor. For its fans, the Arias trial became a live daytime soap opera.

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Brian Skoloff can be followed at https://twitter.com/bskoloff

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Microsoft: Google Doesn't Get Business Productivity Tools

When it comes to productivity apps, Office is still clearly the market leader, and Microsoft is now also quickly iterating on its online apps for Office. When it comes to its competition with Google's online productivity apps, though, it's hard to figure out if Microsoft is feeling superior or threatened (or a bit of both). Earlier today, I talked to Michael Atalla, the director of product marketing for Office 365 at Microsoft. In his view, Google doesn't really get how businesses use productivity apps.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/b7I40vwTk6Y/

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Runner's, Maximize Performance with Running Drills ? Health and ...

Thanks to Alpine?s running specialist, Kristi Moore, MSPT, for this informative article. Runner?s take note! Drills can take your running to new levels.

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If you want to improve as a runner and prevent injury, you need to do more than just run.? Running drills can be a great way to help you do both.? Running drills provide dynamic flexibility, strength training specific to running, and will help to improve your running form.? What does this mean?? You become a more efficient runner with less risk of injury.? As a Physical Therapist I use drills as a way to assess how a runner moves, to see imbalances within movement, and as a way to rehabilitate runners from injury.

Dynamic flexibility is moving joints and muscles to gain active mobility, which helps you to loosen up effectively before running.? Drills often take you through a larger range of the motions you would normally do in running.? Using bigger range of motion for repetitions warms up your muscles to get ready for running.

Drills work specific muscle groups utilized in running by exaggerating motions used in running.? This leads to improved recruitment of these muscles when we need them during running.? Drills are often quick and/or powerful movements, which will train muscles to respond quickly when running and may even help to push you quicker to a finish line.

Many of the drills highlight one or more aspect of proper running form and are accentuated? through repetitive motions, thus helping you to insert it into your typical running mechanics.? A runner needs to have proper form as well as the appropriate strength and flexibility to allow their body to run without risking injury. Each individual has specific areas to work on with strengthening? and stretching exercises, but drills take it to the next level.

One example of how a drill can address these three areas is high knee skipping.? This drill is a dynamic stretch for hip extensors, a strengthening exercise for calf muscles and quadriceps, and it improves your form by having you push off your foot closer to the mid/fore foot instead of striking with your heel.? There are similar benefits to the majority of running drills.

To learn more about drills come to Alpine Physical Therapy?s?Free Drills session on Saturday May 18^th at 8:30 am at the dirt track off the Kim Williams trail.? We will demonstrate correct form with drills, explain their purpose and have you go through some beneficial drills that will improve your running. ? The first 25 people to arrive will also get a free stainless steel water bottle.? If you have any questions please call our north clinic at (406) 541-2606.

Source: http://healthandfitness101.com/?p=3761&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=runners-maximize-performance-with-running-drills

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Monday, May 6, 2013

China city quashes protest against petro plant

BEIJING (AP) ? After word spread about an environmental protest that was planned for Saturday in the central Chinese city of Chengdu, drugstores and printing shops were ordered to report anyone making certain purchases. Microbloggers say government fliers urged people not to demonstrate, and schools were told to stay open to keep students on campus.

And when Saturday came, thousands of police officers and security staff were on Chengdu's streets, some of them making a tight ring around a major public square. A weekend-long earthquake drill, officials said, but many residents didn't believe it. They said city officials pre-emptively quashed the protest over a petrochemical plant that a powerful state-owned enterprise is building about 40 kilometers (25 miles) northwest of Chengdu.

"What do they fear?" asked local resident Tina Zhong, contacted via China's social media. "If the government can share more information, the public would be less distrusting."

While China punishes political dissent aggressively, it has been somewhat more tolerant of environmental complaints. The public, especially members of China's rising middle class, have become more outspoken against environmentally risky plants, and several mass protests against such projects turned violent last year before local governments agreed to scrap the plans.

In the city of Qidong in eastern China, protesters against a wastewater discharge project last year even briefly occupied the local government compound and stripped a high-ranking official half-naked.

The reaction to the protest plans in Chengdu, provincial capital of Sichuan province, raises questions about whether China is getting tougher on dissent over environmental issues, though a protest Saturday in southern China saw less heavy-handed government tactics.

Hundreds of people ? many wearing face masks ? gathered in Kunming to protest a planned refinery project in the area. The demonstrators demanded information transparency and that public health be safeguarded.

That project and the plant near Chengdu are owned by PetroChina, the country's largest oil and gas producer. The plant being built northwest of Chengdu in Pengzhou is expected to produce 10 million tons of refined oil and 800,000 tons of ethylene per year.

Residents say they are worried the plant would pollute the air and water, and question why the plant is being built in a region prone to earthquakes. Pengzhou is in the same fault zone as the 2008 Wenchuan quake that left 90,000 people dead or missing, and for an earthquake last month that killed at least 196 people.

In Chengdu, local authorities have been taking pre-emptive measures to stop local residents from taking to the street.

At least one neighborhood police station has asked drugstores to report anyone buying large quantities of face masks, and for printing services to inform police immediately of those printing or photocopying materials with phrases such as "Petro Project," ''Environmental Protection," ''Personal Health," and "Pengzhou." The police demand that personal identity numbers and phone numbers of the customers be collected and reported.

A woman who answered the phone at the police station said the notice was issued in accordance with an order from the municipal government and its public security bureau. Officials contacted in the city government said they were unclear about the issue.

Eight Chinese microbloggers contacted by The Associated Press through private message also said the city government has been disseminating fliers urging its residents not to take part in any protest to preserve the city's stability ? sometimes forcing signatures ? and that several junior and high schools as well as colleges were asked to hold classes to keep the students on campus on Saturday. Most of the microbloggers refused to give their names, saying they feared how government officials would respond.

Yam, a local woman who declined to give her family name because of fear of retaliation, said her employer on Thursday asked its employees not to take part in protests and threatened them with punishment should they err, after her company's general manager was invited to a tea session with the city's propaganda officials. She said her friends at state-owned companies were threatened with expulsion if they should protest.

"I think the government has failed to give the public an open and just explanation but tried to avoid the issue and suppress it, making us to think even worse," she said.

On Saturday, police officers were seen being transported into key locations, such as Sichuan University and the Nine-Eye Bridge, in coach buses marked with the words "Public Security." They lined up along streets and ringed a major public square, spaced a few feet apart from each other, according to online photos and witness reports.

Some witnesses said security guards, traffic coordinators and neighborhood matrons were recruited to help keep order and that data services for mobile phones were briefly cut off around 2 p.m.

Calls to PetroChina rang unanswered Saturday. In a company statement carried in state media Saturday, it said the project has been approved by China's environmental protection agency and the National Development and Reform Commission, and that it has been evaluated for earthquake safety. It also promised to halt production should any environmental issue arise.

"Our employees live here with their parents spending their retirement years and their children growing up," the statement reads. "Like everyone else, we want the sky to be bluer, the water clearer, and the air fresher."

Ma Jun of the nongovernmental Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs said solving environmental disputes through public demonstrations carries both social and economic costs.

"The best place to solve the conflicts should be inside a town hall rather than in the street," said Ma. He added that any public demonstration against the petrochemical plant could be futile because more than 38 billion yuan ($6 billion) has already been spent on the project. "It's a done deal," Ma said.

He said the public needs to be able to learn the details about such projects and to participate in the decision-making process, which has been monopolized by governments and businesses seeking to maximize their profits. Environmental evaluations are also designed to support the projects, he said.

"With the rising public awareness on environment and the worsening condition, this must change," Ma said. "You have to respect each other's rights."

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/china-city-quashes-protest-against-petro-plant-102654099.html

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Friday, May 3, 2013

CSN: RGIII doesn't regret playing with injury

Robert Griffin III doesn?t think it was a mistake to continue playing against the Seahawks in the Redskins? first-round playoff game last January.

But if the same circumstances present themselves again in the future he would take himself out of the game.

That odd a somewhat contradictory viewpoint came from an excerpt from an ESPN The Magazine article that is coming out this week. Griffin is on the cover and author J.R. Moehringer wrote the 5,000-word cover story. Dan Steinberg at the Bog got the story and posted an excerpt pertaining to the decision to keep playing in that playoff game despite being visibly hampered after the tweaked his right knee during the first quarter.

The call to let him keep playing has led to heavy criticism of coach Mike Shanahan and the Redskins medical staff. He left the field with a knee that would need reconstructive surgery a few days later and the injury has his ability to play the entire season in question.

Moehringer asks him about the decision.

What about the Seahawks game? ?I don?t feel like playing against the Seahawks was a mistake. But I see the mistake IN IT.?

Come again?

?With what happened and how everything was running ? you take me out. If that happened again next year, I?d come out of the game and sit until I was 100% healthy.?

So it appears that while Griffin is reluctant to say that he made a mistake, he would not do the same thing if the same scenario presented itself. And that, ultimately, is what matters.

Griffin also talked about the injury that was the nexus of the problems in the Seattle game, a hit downfield by Ravens nose tackle Haloti Ngata late in a Week 14 game at FedEx Field. Griffin tried to continue in the game but yielded to Kirk Cousins after a few plays. That forced him to miss the next game and put him in a heavy knee brace for the rest of the season. Griffin said that the warrior instinct in him came out, making him want to continue.

He acknowledges that he needs to work on moderating that instinct. ?If I had another incident like the Ngata hit, I?m out of the game. You pull yourself out at that point. You learn from your mistakes.?

That last line is key. Whether or not he wants to call something a mistake is irrelevant as long as he does the smart thing in the future. We will have to take him at his word that he will be more cautious in the future.

Source: http://www.csnwashington.com/football-washington-redskins/talk/rg3-says-hell-sit-if-injured-again

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Woodson wants Knicks focused on court, not closets

GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) ? Call it bad fashion sense or poor playoff etiquette.

New York Knicks coach Mike Woodson sure didn't like his players' decision to wear black to Game 5 of their playoff series against Boston on Wednesday night, which they expected to be the Celtics' "funeral."

Only the Celtics are still alive after winning 92-86, and Woodson said Thursday he told the Knicks to focus only on the court, not their closets.

"I made reference to our guys, we need to stay out of the paper and just concentrate on playing," Woodson said after practice, "because that's not important. What you wear doesn't have anything to do with how you play on the basketball floor."

The Knicks won the first three games of the series and perhaps got overconfident along the way. Guard J.R. Smith threw an elbow into Boston counterpart Jason Terry's chin late in Game 3, earning a one-game suspension, then said he would have been playing golf Tuesday instead of practicing if he'd played in Game 4.

New York then broke out the black for Wednesday's game, showing a lack of humility for a franchise that hasn't won a series since 2000.

"This game has shown the immaturity of the Knicks team . the inexperience, maybe, in this situation. The playoffs are always a process and you have to learn as you go. They have learned something here," TNT analyst Steve Kerr said, according to a transcript of the broadcast.

"You have to approach things in the playoffs in a very professional manner. You had the elbow from J.R. Smith that led to the suspension; a lot of trash talking the last couple of days; the shenanigans with wearing black. This is about executing and playing as a team and playing hard, and this is part of the process."

Center Tyson Chandler said the Knicks understood Woodson's message but didn't regret wearing black, saying his Dallas Mavericks 2011 championship team that included current teammate Jason Kidd and Terry did the same.

"We did that every single time we had a closeout game in Dallas. There was nothing to look back on. It just reminds you of what you're trying to accomplish," Chandler said. "It's nothing against the Celtics, it's something we were doing as a team. It wasn't meant to offend anybody or anything like that, it was meant to motivate the guys in the locker room."

It may have motivated the Celtics, so Woodson, who said he wasn't aware of the players' dress code until Thursday morning, wants his team bringing the right mentality to Boston.

"I've addressed that with our players and that's enough," he said. "Again, the game is played on the floor and that's where it should be played."

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/woodson-wants-knicks-focused-court-not-closets-205114163.html

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