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Wednesday, April 3, 2013
tit for tat | Patent Office Puts Another Nail In An Apple Patent?s Coffin
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has told Apple that it cannot enforce its famous “rubber banding” patent because the feature, as cool as it might be, is not a novel idea. The decision hands Samsung a small victory in ...
Michelle Obama praises Jackie Robinson movie
WASHINGTON (AP) ? Michelle Obama said Tuesday that a new movie chronicling Jackie Robinson's rise through Major League Baseball, including the racial discrimination he endured while breaking the sport's color barrier in the 1940s, left her and the president "visibly, physically moved" after they saw it over the weekend.
The film, "42," also left the couple wondering "how on Earth did (the Robinsons) live through that. How did they do it? How did they endure the taunts and the bigotry for all of that time?" she said.
Mrs. Obama commented at a workshop for a group of high school and college students who saw the movie in the White House theater. Some of the students attend a Los Angeles charter school named for Robinson and others are undergraduate scholars in a program that bears the baseball great's name.
The students also participated in a question-and-answer session with Robinson's widow, Rachel, and members of the cast and crew, including Chadwick Boseman, who plays Robinson, Harrison Ford, who stars as former Brooklyn Dodgers General Manager Branch Rickey, and director-screenwriter Brian Helgeland.
President Barack Obama held a separate screening of "42" for the cast and crew Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Obama said everyone should see the movie, which opens nationwide April 12.
"I can say with all sincerity that it was truly powerful for us," she said. "We walked away from that just visibly, physically moved by the experience of the movie, of the story," and the "raw emotion" they felt afterward.
The first lady added that she was also "struck by how far removed that way of life seems today," noting how times have changed despite progress still to be made toward eliminating racial discrimination.
"You can't imagine the baseball league not being integrated. There are no more "Whites Only" signs posted anywhere in this country. Although it still happens, it is far less acceptable for someone to yell out a racial slur while you're walking down the street," she told the students. "That kind of prejudice is simply just not something that can happen in the light of day today."
After playing for the Negro Baseball League and the International League, Robinson became Major League Baseball's first black player on April 15, 1947, batting for the Brooklyn Dodgers. His number was 42.
Barack Obama broke a similar barrier in politics by winning election in 2008 as the first black U.S. president.
Mrs. Obama said the Robinsons' story is a reminder of the hard work it takes to move a country forward.
"It reminds you how much struggle is required to make real progress and change," she said, echoing her husband.
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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/michelle-obama-praises-jackie-robinson-movie-170836635--politics.html
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Tuesday, April 2, 2013
John Mayer Confirms Split From Katy Perry On ?Ellen? (VIDEO)
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Rewarding groups for losing weight more effective than rewarding individuals
Apr. 1, 2013 ? A multi-institution study led by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Michigan and Carnegie Mellon University, has found that tying financial incentives to group weight loss led to significantly greater weight loss than cash awards based on an individual's success in losing weight on his or her own.
The study, which appears in the April 2 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine, enrolled employees of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia who had a body mass index (BMI) of 30 to 40 kg/m2. It compared two weight-loss incentive strategies. The first strategy paid individual employees $100 per month for each month that they met their weight-loss goals. The second strategy offered groups of five people $500 per month for each month they met their goals. In the second group, employees who met their goals received the balance of money unearned by employees who did not meet their goals. At the end of the six-month study, the group cash incentive led to a weight loss that was approximately seven pounds greater than the individual cash incentive.
An estimated 86 percent of large employers are using some kind of financial incentive to encourage their employees to lose weight. "To our knowledge, our study is the only randomized trial to compare the effects of group competition-based and individual incentives for weight loss," said the study's senior author, Kevin Volpp, MD, PhD, professor of Medicine and director, Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at Penn. "These new findings open up the possibility of more effective interventions for getting people to lose weight and could apply to other areas of serious health concern, such as smoking, as well."
The greater effectiveness of the group incentive was likely tied to the opportunity to earn a reward larger than $100 for achieving a weight-loss goal, and also the competition involved in such designs. The fact that most group members did not meet their weight-loss goals in most months likely provided additional inspiration by leaving a larger reward for those who did meet their goals.
"Under the Affordable Care Act, employers will be able to offer even larger financial incentives than they do now to encourage healthy behaviors among their employees," said co-author David Asch, MD, MBA, professor of Medicine and executive director of the Penn Medicine Center for Innovation. "Our study demonstrates that how one offers the incentive is critically important. A lot of employers, insurers, and health care institutions are rolling out incentive programs now, and with a little design help they can make those programs much more effective."
The study's first author is Jeffrey Kullgren MD, MS, MPH, a former Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania who is now an assistant professor at the University of Michigan. Additional Penn co-authors were Andrea B. Troxel, ScD; Laurie A. Norton, MA; Lisa Wesby, MS; Yuanyuan Tao, MS; and Jingsan Zhu, MS, MBA.
The primary funding source for the study was the National Institute on Aging (Grant RC2103282621). Support was also provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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Saturday, March 30, 2013
4th-Week-of-the-Month Blog Break! | Identity Renewed
March passed waaaay too quickly. I was sick for half of it, which made for just a weird month in general. So? now it?s time to do the 4th-Week-of-the-Month Blog Break! For those of you don?t know what that is?it?s a time where I share blogs posts/articles from others that have inspired me or challenged me this month.
I also post a random picture of a tired animal (symbolic of me, I guess?). Yeah, not sure where that idea came from?
So in no particular order, here are some great pieces that inspired, challenged, and encouraged me in the month of March?
1. Infatuation Makes Us Very Vulnerable ? This is a really good article on love and infatuation. I?ve been thinking about that a lot over the last few years. Infatuation is something our culture views as the epitome of love?when it?s not love at all, really. And it?s actually pretty harmful (I know because I?ve been infatuated/obssessed/controlled in the past by men, and let me tell you?it?s NEVER good). These things can read to serious issues and abuse. I?m also just concerned with the romantic stories of our day and age (Twilight, Shades of Grey) that teach infatuation/control as love and are sending really mixed messages to our girls.
2. New Buzz Word: The Hybrid ? I love publishing, and this is an interesting article about how many authors are becoming ?hybrid authors.? This means they publish traditionally and self publish. The publishing world has already changed immensely over the last few years. I?m excited to see what will happen. Writers have a lot more control over their books now, and there?s just a lot of cool things you can do with social media, etc.
3. An Intro to Social Media for the?Self-Publisher ? Speaking of social media, here?s a great article on social media and how writers can use these tools effectively. I have firsthand experience with Twitter?it has given me connections, guest blog opportunites, and all sorts of cool stuff. Social media is worth investing time into! One thing I haven?t really touched yet in Goodreads. Any authors/writers that have tips for this outlet?
4. Why Must I Forgive My Horrible?Parents??!! - This is a highly moving, emotional piece on a woman?s journey to forgiving her abusive parents. This piece spoke volumes to me. Family can sometimes hurt so much, and yet it?s so worth it to forgive. People in general can hurt like hell.? I?ll tell you, I struggle with forgiveness and bitterness a lot in my life. It?s something I?ve been working on for several years. If you are wounded and struggling to forgive, please read this article. Robin is a wise woman. She also has another moving follow-up piece here.
5. The Introvert Leader?s Survival Guide ? Okay, so I?ll confess. I?m an introvert! This is becoming a hot topic for some reason (has anyone read Quiet ? the NYT Best-Seller?). Laugh as you want, but America truly is an extroverted society. It?s hard to survive. No, I don?t hate people?I enjoy their company immensely. But for me, my alone time is the most essential part of my life because it?s when I write, draw, and carry on in creativity. I focus during this time. God made me this way for a reason?so leave us introverts alone! (Can you tell I?m just a tad bitter?). This is a great piece on introversion.
6. A Few Articles About Introverts (For Teryn) ? My friend and fellow writer, Boze, is also an introvert. He compiled a list of compelling and challenging articles on the topic for me. And he put my name in the title of the post, so when I was looking through my Reader feed, I saw my name?and it was a lovely surprise! These are all great articles (there?s also one on C.S.Lewis that is quite fascinating).
7. Lesbian and Gay Relationships ? a repost from the?archives - This is a very heated debate right now. As a Christian, I want to show love to all people ? even ones I might not agree with.? I appreciated this article. Enough said.
8. Is There Such a Thing as ?Girl?Books??? ? This article talks about boys and reading, which is alwasy an interesting topic. Some say it?s harder to get boys to read. Many boys are ashamed of reading (especially ?girl books?). It?s so sad to me that boys aren?t encouraged to be themselves, but a straightjacket version of masculinity that demands never showing feelings and beating people up all the time. Let?s encourage our boys to read ?and to be themselves!
9. Teenage Activist Who Was Shot by Taliban Signs $3 Million Book Deal ? This story just brings tears to my eyes. This young woman is facing all the oppression of a society (and religion) that is truly sexist and harsh toward women. This is why I stand up for women, this is why it is so important to me that they have a voice. This is why I support anti-human trafficking causes and mentor girls younger than me. So many girls feel like they have no true voice. So many are brutally treated. This 14-year-old girl is my hero for standing up for equality. I will read your book, Malala.
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(You tell me what the 10th should be!)
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Source: http://identityrenewed.wordpress.com/2013/03/28/4th-week-of-the-month-blog-break-5/
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Friday, March 29, 2013
John Green contributes to book about cancer victim
NEW YORK (AP) ? Young adult author John Green has written an introduction for a book about the teen cancer victim to whom he dedicated his best-selling novel "The Fault in Our Stars."
Penguin Young Readers Group announced Thursday that it will publish "This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl" in early 2014. Along with Green's introduction, the book will compile writings and sketches by the girl from Quincy, Mass., known for the YouTube video journal about her terminal illness.
Esther died in 2010 at age 16.
Green and J.K. Rowling were among her admirers.
The book is named for the foundation started in Esther's memory, "This Star Won't Go Out." Penguin will donate to the foundation, which aids families with children who have cancer.
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Foundation: www.tswgo.org
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/john-green-contributes-book-cancer-victim-100051972.html
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