Strategies On How To Effectively Fight Cancer | Cancer Health

Cancer is quite possibly, one of the scariest medical conditions a person can have. If you want to stop cancer, or if you already have cancer, you should arm yourself with some knowledge to help you live a happier life. You will learn some tips here for handling cancer with less turmoil and stress.

Being physically active can help your appearance and weight, along with also reducing your chances of getting cancer. Your heart rate rises during physical activities and your body starts to sweat. This will allow your body to cleanse itself and lowers the chance of you contracting cancer.

Most fresh fruits and veggies bought from the store may have contamination. Often times, they are sprayed with poisons to prevent bacteria, fungus and bug from destroying them. Prior to consumptions, wash them with a mild soap to remove these pesticides or buy foods that have had minimal exposure to pesticides.

Try full disclosure when it comes time to telling your loved ones about your prognosis. Deciding to go it alone will only lead to a sense of isolation; during this time, these feelings should be avoided at all costs. Keeping the lines of communication open is essential to taking full advantage of your social support system.

When going outdoors in the sunshine, it?s advised to cover your skin with sunscreen or clothing to lessen the risk of acquiring skin cancer. Skin cancer can quickly contaminate other organs within the body, and this cancer is caused by the UV rays of the sun. If your skin is fair, use waterproof sunscreen with a high index of at least SPF 30.

Hearing the word, cancer, can cause a veil of fear to fall over anyone. Remember everything you learned from this article and you?ll be far better equipped to deal with your cancer or somebody else?s, instead of panicking or feeling depressed about it.

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Hangtime Looks To Be The Watercooler For Events At SXSW And Beyond

OK, so maybe we said it would be hard for an app to break out at SXSW this year. But that isn’t stopping several startups from trying. One startup called Hangtime, from serial entrepreneur Karl Jacob, is looking to be the comprehensive rolodex of events at SXSW and beyond. It pulls in events from Facebook that you have permission to see, ranks them by overall popularity, popularity among your friends and distance among other factors. When you open up the app, you can use Facebook to find friends and pull in literally hundreds of events. You can say you’re “interested” in going to them by clicking a button in the app. The idea is to get people to interact without necessarily committing to going to something. “People don’t necessarily know what they are going to. Nobody likes to commit,” he said. “So we had to make it lightweight and make it super easy for people to share things with each other, but not commit.” In Hangtime, there’s a way to say you’re publicly interested in an event, and then there’s a way to privately share an event with a friend. “That creates this bifurcation,” he said. “It’s a lightweight way of saying that you’re interested in something — but behind the scenes.” Hangtime follows a long line of events-related startups like the now defunct Plancast and another startup Sosh that try to help people figure out what to do on nights and weekends. Jacob says that other events startups might have just been too early on the market. “The biggest mistake in the past in the core event discovery space was that we had a data problem,” he said. But he said now that social platforms like Facebook have solidified, it’s become a nicely centralized source of data. In fact, the issue now is that there’s too much data and that there needs to be better personalization and recommendations, he argues. “A hallmark of these mobile applications is that they shouldn’t require work,” Jacob said. “They shouldn’t require you to enter in things. You have to give people a good experience out of the box.” To get that, Jacob used a pretty ingenious seeding and testing strategy. The company bought ads on Facebook targeted at colleges in the Midwest like University of Missouri-Columbia and others in Arizona, Nebraska and Alabama. They want to see if they could remotely seed an

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No. 2 Indiana beats No. 7 Michigan 72-71 for title

Michigan guard Tim Hardaway Jr. (10) walks off the court as Indiana celebrates a 72-71 win over Michigan in an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, March 10, 2013, in Ann Arbor, Mich. The win gave the Hoosiers their first outright Big Ten title in two decades.(AP Photo/Duane Burleson)

Michigan guard Tim Hardaway Jr. (10) walks off the court as Indiana celebrates a 72-71 win over Michigan in an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, March 10, 2013, in Ann Arbor, Mich. The win gave the Hoosiers their first outright Big Ten title in two decades.(AP Photo/Duane Burleson)

Indiana forward Derek Elston, right, hugs guard Kevin Ferrell after Indiana's 72-71 win over Michigan to capture the Big 10 title during an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, March 10, 2013, in Ann Arbor, Mich. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)

Michigan guard Tim Hardaway Jr. (10) takes a shot against Indiana forward Cody Zeller (40) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, March 10, 2013, in Ann Arbor, Mich. Indiana defeated Michigan 72-71 to win the Big Ten title. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)

Indiana coach Tom Crean, right, hugs guard Jordan Hulls (1) after a come-from-behind, 72-71 win over Michigan in an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, March 10, 2013, in Ann Arbor, Mich. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)

Indiana forward Cody Zeller (40) defends against the last shot of the game by Michigan guard Trey Burke (3) in an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, March 10, 2013, in Ann Arbor, Mich. Burke missed the shot to give Indiana a 72-71 win. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) ? Cody Zeller squeezed the basketball as the final seconds ticked off the clock, sealing Indiana's first outright Big Ten title in two decades.

It was a fitting finish, for sure. Because without some huge plays by their 7-foot center, the second-ranked Hoosiers would've had to share the conference championship.

Zeller made a go-ahead layup with 13 seconds left and altered Trey Burke's shot at the other end, lifting Indiana to a 72-71 victory over No. 7 Michigan on Sunday.

After falling out of bounds on the final sequence, Zeller got up quickly and gave teammate Christian Watford someone to save the ball to at the end.

"We've been working on that all year ? closing out games," said Zeller, who had 25 points and 10 rebounds.

The Hoosiers (26-5, 14-4) trailed by five in the final minute but took advantage when the Wolverines (25-6, 12-6) were unable to close it out at the foul line, costing themselves a piece of the Big Ten title.

Jordan Morgan had a fairly easy tip-in attempt of Burke's miss that could have won it for Michigan, but the ball rolled tantalizingly around the rim and off.

"It just hung there," Burke said.

Watford got to the rebound ? Indiana had 23 more boards than Michigan ? with 4 seconds left and threw it back in bounds to Zeller.

"Christian made a great play at the end that people might not realize, saving the ball to Cody," Hoosiers guard Jordan Hulls said.

A couple of Michigan's rivals surely wish the Wolverines had won.

Ohio State, which beat Illinois on Sunday, needed an Indiana loss to earn a share of the conference championship. Michigan State was in the same position before defeating Northwestern later in the day.

The Hoosiers had already clinched a share of the title, for the first time since 2002, but needed another victory to finish alone atop the conference for the first time since 1993.

"In retrospect, that'll be good and that'll sink in," Indiana coach Tom Crean said.

Indiana's 26th victory, and the fact that it withstood test after test in the highly competitive Big Ten, might have earned the Hoosiers a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament. They will be the top-seeded team at this week's Big Ten tournament in Chicago.

"We're not done yet," Hulls said.

When the Hoosiers finished off Michigan and the teams shook hands along the sideline, Crean and Michigan assistant Jeff Meyer, a former Hoosiers assistant, had a heated exchange.

"I'm not talking about any of that," Crean said. "Ask him."

A message seeking comment from Meyer was left with a Michigan spokesman.

The Wolverines blew a chance to win a share of the Big Ten title for a second straight year for the first time since the 1985 and 1986 seasons.

"This really hurts," Burke acknowledged. "This was for a championship."

Morgan made a tiebreaking putback with 1:35 left, teammate Tim Hardaway followed with a layup on the Wolverines' next possession and Glen Robinson III made the first of two free throws with 52 seconds to go to give the Wolverines a 71-66 lead.

After Zeller made a shot on the ensuing possession, Hardaway missed the front end of a 1-and-1. Zeller then connected on two free throws and Burke couldn't convert at the line, missing the front end of another haunting 1-and-1.

"This game wasn't blown on the free throw line," Michigan coach John Beilein insisted. "Those two are our leaders, and they've won a lot of games for us. We're never going to put this on them."

Zeller hit another big shot down low, a double-pump layup, for the 14th lead change in the game.

Burke and Indiana's Victor Oladipo, both of whom are Big Ten and national player of the year candidates, struggled to make shots all game at Crisler Center.

Zeller, meanwhile, made sure no one forgot about him.

"I've been saying all year long, he should be the player of the year," Oladipo said. "If you don't give it to him, something's wrong with y'all."

Oladipo had 14 points on 7-of-18 shooting and a career-high 13 rebounds, including seven on the offensive end.

"We gave up 24 offensive rebounds," Hardaway said. "That's a disgrace."

Will Sheehey scored 10 points, six of which came on key 3-pointers, for the Hoosiers.

Burke scored 20 points on 7-of-20 shooting. Robinson added 13 points, Nik Stauskas had 10 of his 12 points in the first half and Hardaway scored 11. The Wolverines were 7 of 13 at the foul line.

Indiana, looking as though it didn't want to give any other team a piece of the Big Ten championship, got off to a strong start and led 10-3 when Yogi Ferrell's field goal followed a pair of 3-pointers from Hulls.

The Wolverines took control in the first half with a 12-0 run, but faded toward halftime and led 33-30 after 20 minutes.

Michigan led by as many as 11 points ? matching the biggest lead any team has had against the Hoosiers ? and looked as though it was going to be on the winning end of a closely contested game until it simply could not make key free throws or stop Zeller.

"There was a strong belief (in a comeback), but obviously they had to miss some shots with the free throws to make that happen and they did," Crean said.

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Greg G. Rodriguez, 43, a well-known Texas hunting expert that starred on The Sportman’s Channel’s “Rifleman’s Journey” show, was shot dead in what appears to be a crime of passion. Rodriguez was killed while visiting a married woman named Lindsey Bengtson in Montana, when her husband Wayne Bengtson walked in and shot him before attacking ...

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Pro-gun voters put heat on Democratic senators

FILE - This Jan. 10, 2013 file photo shows U.S. Sen. Max Baucus addressing the Montana Legislature in Helena, Mont. Democrats who long ago embraced pro-gun politics to gain a foothold in Western and other gun-friendly states are facing constituents angry with Washington's renewed call for a ban on assault weapons _ and they are doing so very cautiously. In Montana, the Clinton-era assault weapon ban vote nearly sank U.S. Sen. Baucus in 1996 _ and with Baucus up for re-election in 2014, gun advocates want to make sure he remembers his vote for the ban. (AP Photo/The Independent Record, Dylan Brown, file)

FILE - This Jan. 10, 2013 file photo shows U.S. Sen. Max Baucus addressing the Montana Legislature in Helena, Mont. Democrats who long ago embraced pro-gun politics to gain a foothold in Western and other gun-friendly states are facing constituents angry with Washington's renewed call for a ban on assault weapons _ and they are doing so very cautiously. In Montana, the Clinton-era assault weapon ban vote nearly sank U.S. Sen. Baucus in 1996 _ and with Baucus up for re-election in 2014, gun advocates want to make sure he remembers his vote for the ban. (AP Photo/The Independent Record, Dylan Brown, file)

HELENA, Mont. (AP) ? U.S. Sen. Max Baucus has been here before.

Back during the Clinton era, the Democrat faced a choice: support an assault weapons ban urged by a president from his own party and risk angering constituents who cherish their gun rights, or buck his party. He chose the ban, and nearly lost his Senate seat.

Now, as he begins his campaign for a seventh term, Baucus faces the question again. For weeks, gun foes have sought assurances he would oppose the assault weapons ban. But it was only this past week he said he would oppose it.

That decision alone doesn't settle the issue for his re-election campaign. His opponents are watching closely, eager to pounce as he navigates a series of other gun control proposals, including an expected call for universal background checks.

Baucus' predicament is one that a group of Democrats like him in the West and South are facing. They hail from predominantly rural regions of the country where the Second Amendment is cherished and where Republicans routinely win in presidential elections.

From Montana to Louisiana, these anxious voters have made at least six Democratic senators a little uneasy heading into next year's election season. Both sides are aware that gun-owners' rights are taking shape as a campaign issue that could shift the balance of power in the U.S. Senate.

"Make no mistake ? it is a very delicate dance for rural state Democrats," said Barrett Kaiser, a Democratic political consultant.

"I would be stunned if the Montana congressional delegation said anything but 'hell no' to gun control measures," he added.

Part of the concern comes from a proposal by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., that would ban assault weapons and high-capacity clips. The plan is a response to calls for new gun restrictions from President Barack Obama in the aftermath of the shooting rampage at a Connecticut elementary school.

Gun control is a top-agenda item for many Democrats, and they'll need all the votes they can to push changes.

Baucus knows, though, that a gun control vote "opens the door for whoever challenges him, because Montanans do not want the federal government restricting guns. That is clear as day," said Republican state Rep. Scott Reichner, who was Mitt Romney's campaign chairman in Montana.

"It would be a monumental mistake on his part" to support federal gun control legislation, Reichner said.

Gun rights carry sway in Montana. The state Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks says Montana "boasts more hunters per capita than any other state in the nation." State lawmakers have been discussing measures to expand gun rights. And a pro-gun group, the Montana Shooting Sports Association, has set up a website that is updated with Baucus' public statements on gun policy.

Other Democratic senators that Republicans are watching closely include Mark Begich of Alaska, Kay Hagan of North Carolina, Tim Johnson of South Dakota, Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and Mark Pryor of Arkansas.

Democrats control the Senate, but if Republicans pick off these seats they could take the chamber.

Pryor already has said he won't support an assault weapons ban, and the measure is unlikely to clear the Senate. Gun activists still worry that other restrictions they oppose are in the works.

"I don't think the assault rifle ban, the semi-auto ban, has been the real objective," said Gary Marbut of the Montana Shooting Sports Association. "I think that is where the rubber meets the road, federal gun registration."

The gun rights crowd considers mandatory registration as an unconstitutional overreach of federal authority and the close attention paid to all discussions on the topic show how carefully Baucus and others must tread.

Baucus would appear to be a shoo-in for re-election. He's the third most senior U.S. senator and the chairman of the Finance Committee, which lets him prioritize many Montana projects.

He's also a consummate dealmaker who routinely collects endorsements from Republican-allied groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. And he's worked hard over the years to become the only Senate Democrat with an A-plus rating from the National Rifle Association.

But one wrong gun vote could energize his opposition.

Though Baucus specifically rejected the assault rifle ban, he stopped short of mentioning expanded background checks by name. Baucus indicated he prefers the focus was elsewhere.

"Instead of focusing on new laws, Max believes the first step should be effectively enforcing the laws already on the books," Baucus spokeswoman Jennifer Donohue said Thursday.

The entire debate represents a potential replay of the most difficult fight of his career, when Baucus voted for the 1993 Brady Bill that established background checks and the original 1994 ban on assault rifles and high-capacity clips.

Those votes led to the closest election in four decades of politics for Baucus, a narrow victory in a bitter campaign against Republican Denny Rehberg.

The other Democratic senators in rural states could find themselves in similar fights and have been cagey over the issue. Most have taken a wait-and-see approach.

The NRA last month launched an advertising campaign aimed squarely at this group, sending a strong message. The organization did not return a call seeking comment.

Democratic political operatives say the NRA could be overplaying its hand this time, arguing some sportsmen may be willing to listen to moderate proposals.

Still, Baucus and his colleagues aren't likely to take risks and by next year's election, he and others could seek to turn the issue to their advantage by using a pro-gun stance to appeal to conservative and libertarian-minded voters.

"Why wouldn't he want to talk about guns?" said Montana State University political scientist David Parker. "Sen. Baucus is as about as middle of the road as they get in the United States Senate. What he doesn't want to do is have himself painted as a national Democrat or as an Obama Democrat."

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China's Internet Architecture Gives the Rest of Us a Run for Our Money

In a lot of ways, China's Internet isn't the sort of Internet you want to be using. It's ridiculously censored, for example. But in other ways, it's way better than the stuff we have over here. According to a recent report from the New England Complex Systems Institute, China's 'net infrastructure is head and shoulders above what we've got here in the west. More »

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Science of sinkholes: 20 percent of U.S. lies in susceptible areas

Mar. 5, 2013 ? A devastating sinkhole occurred in Florida on Feb. 28, 2013, raising questions and concerns about this incredible phenomenon. Around 20% of the U.S. lies in areas susceptible to sinkhole events, highlighting the need for research and to be informed about this hazard.

What is a Sinkhole?

A sinkhole is an area of ground that has no natural external surface drainage. Basically this means that when it rains, all of the water stays inside the sinkhole and typically drains into the subsurface.

Sinkholes are most common in what geologists call, "karst terrain." What's that? These are regions where the type of rock below the land surface can naturally be dissolved by groundwater circulating through them. Soluble rocks include salt beds and domes, gypsum, and limestone and other carbonate rock. Florida, for instance, is an area largely underlain by limestone and is highly susceptible to sinkholes.

When water from rainfall moves down through the soil, these types of rock begin to dissolve and spaces and caverns develop underground. Sinkholes are dramatic because the land usually stays intact for a period of time until the underground spaces just get too big. If there is not enough support for the land above the spaces, then a sudden collapse of the land surface can occur.

Keep in mind though that while collapses are more frequent after intense rainstorms, there is some evidence that droughts play a role as well. Areas where water levels have lowered suddenly are more prone to collapse formation.

Areas Most Susceptible

About 20% of our country is underlain by "karst terrain" and is susceptible to a sinkhole event. The most damage from sinkholes tends to occur in Florida, Texas, Alabama, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Pennsylvania.

Different Types and Various Severities

Sinkholes can be characterized into two types. First, there are cover-collapse sinkholes, which can develop abruptly (over a period of hours) and cause catastrophic damages. Secondly, there are cover-subsidence sinkholes, which form slowly over time with the ground gradually subsiding or deflating. These types of events can be less noticeable and go undetected for long periods.

Sinkhole collapses can range in size and severity. Sinkholes can vary from a few feet to hundreds of acres and from less than one to more than 100 feet deep. Sinkholes can have dramatic effects, especially in urban settings. They can contaminate water resources and have been seen to swallow up swimming pools, parts of roadways, and even buildings.

Is There a Sinkhole on Your Property?

This is a difficult question, and unfortunately there isn't a very efficient system to determine this quite yet. It is recommended that people constantly observe their property for things such as small holes in the ground or cracks formed in a structure's foundation. People can also check to see if they live in areas underlain by soluble rock, and they can do so by checking with county offices, local or state geological surveys, or the USGS.

Even Humans Cause Sinkholes

While sinkhole collapses are frequent in karst areas, there are a variety of other circumstances that can lead to such events. Many sinkholes form from human activity. Collapses can occur above old mines, from leaky faucets, when sewers give way, or due to groundwater pumping and construction.

Think about all the changes that occur when water-drainage patterns are altered and new systems are developed. And when industrial and runoff-storage ponds are created, the resulting substantial weight of the new material can trigger an underground collapse of supporting material.

Aquifer systems are another example. The sediment above the system is delicately balanced by ground-water fluid pressure, meaning that the water below ground is actually helping to keep the surface soil in place. Groundwater pumping for urban water supply and for irrigation can produce new sinkholes. If pumping results in a lowering of groundwater levels, then underground structures could fail and thus sinkholes can occur.

Start with USGS Science

Starting with science is important to understanding where sinkholes are likely to occur and making the best decisions to protect life and property. Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) play a key role by developing geologic maps of the nation.

By mapping the nation, the USGS contributes important geologic and topographic information needed to understand karst regions and local areas. Detailed geologic mapping helps to define areas of soluble at the surface and in the subsurface, thus educating the land planners, policy makers, and the public about sinkhole risk.

These USGS maps and data are essential to many other purposes, including assessing ground-water quality and contamination risks; predicting earthquake, volcano, and landslide hazards; characterizing energy and mineral resources and their extraction costs; waste repository siting; land management and land-use planning; and general education.

Learn More

Learn more about sinkholes by reading an online overview story (http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/sinkholes.html) or a USGS fact sheet (http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2007/3060/pdf/FS2007-3060.pdf).

To see a catalog of all geologic maps for the country, visit the USGS National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program website (http://ncgmp.usgs.gov/). On that site, you can browse through the National Geologic Map database, which includes maps published by the USGS and state geological surveys.

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For $700 a month, Nicaragua may be retiree paradise

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You can test drive a car, so why not retirement?

InternationalLiving.com, a magazine and website with a self-explanatory name, is holding a contest to "test drive" retirement in Nicaragua for a month ? all expenses paid. That includes airfare and rent for the winner and a spouse or friend, plus $1,500 for extra spending money.

Why Nicaragua?

Nicaragua routinely makes "best places to retire overseas" lists, with its tropical climate, picturesque landscape with beaches, rainforest and volcanoes, Spanish colonial architecture and the piece de resistance ? its low cost of living.

Actually, International Living describes it as a "super-low cost of living," where you can live well on $700 a month, and real estate is "a fraction of what you'd pay in the U.S. for similar locations."

"I have a bit of an embarrassing problem every time I go to Nicaragua," Jason Holland wrote on InternationalLiving.com. "For at least half the first day, I'm constantly asking waiters to repeat the price for a beer, cocktail or meal, thinking I misheard. Could it really be that low?" He reported that a steak dinner for three in Granada, complete with wine, cost $45 ? and that was the most expensive meal he had there. Mojitos and other drinks are about $1.50 around town, he reports, and Tona beer costs 75 cents.

75 cents ? what year is this? Does Marty McFly know about this?

Now that your interest is piqued (at the very least, your wallet's interest) you're probably wondering what the "requirements" are for a retirement contest.

I mean, if this were a basketball contest, you'd win by being good at sinking baskets. What exactly is the skill set you need to get an edge in a retirement contest?!

First, applicants "must be willing to relax," the ad on InternationalLiving.com says.

Relax? Hey, this is my kind of contest! I could be the best relaxer you've ever seen. (Not really but I'm a quick study.)

The full description from International Living:

"Must be willing to relax... explore a new place... shop the local farmers and craft markets... take walks... attend festivals... maybe try a Spanish class... enjoy local restaurants... make new friends. Ideal candidate is of (or close to) retirement age, hails from the U.S. or Canada, and believes that ? in the right places overseas ? it's possible to live better, for less," the ad says.

Applicants were asked to submit a three-minute video on YouTube on why they should get the free test drive.

"I am 63-years old and am living on a fixed income. I collect Social Security and I also have a military retirement," said Roger Wollschlager, playing it straight in his YouTube video. "If I can live in Nicaragua and the cost of living is a lot cheaper, then I can stretch my retirement dollars a lot further."

Sue and Keith Farndale from Toronto, Canada were a quaint comedic duo in their YouTube video, with Keith playing reporter and interviewing Sue on why they should win.

"We'd like to win a dream test-drive retirement overseas with International Living and we're going to tell you why!" Keith says in the intro. "First, welcome to the beach neighborhood of Toronto, Canada! It's gray. It's snowy. It's below freezing. Hey, maybe that's the reason!" He says, elbowing Sue.

Sue giggles.

"Sue, what do you look for in a retirement destination?" Keith asks.

"Nice weather and cheaper. And friendly people," Sue said. "I like the idea of learning another language. That's good for our brains as we age."

Right on cue, Keith replies: Hablo espa?ol. Si, senora!"

More giggling.

No reporting or writing experience is necessary but the winner must be willing to share reports of their experience. If International Living uses any of the material in their magazine, website or daily postcard e-letter, they'll offer additional compensation at the current writer's rate.

Say, do you get paid extra if you "hablo espa?ol"?!

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How to Customize the Windows 8 Task Manager

Windows 8 brought a brand new task manager with tons of new features, but it can be a little bit confusing if you were accustomed to the old way of doing things. Here are a few ways to customize the interface.

The task manager was redesigned to be easier to use, but if you're more of a power user, you probably miss the more detailed interface of the old days. Weblog Tweaking with Vishal shares a few tips on how to tweak the new Task Manager to your liking:

Disable Process Grouping: First, you'll notice that on the "Process" tab, the Task Manager groups processes into different categories: Apps, Background Processes, and Windows Processes. If you'd rather ungroup these processes, just head to the View menu and uncheck Group by Type. Now you can list them alphabetically, by CPU usage, memory usage, and so on.

Show Process Names: By default, the Process tab shows the name of the application (like "Adobe Photoshop CS") rather than the process name (like "photoshop.exe"). You can head to the Details tab to view process names, but you can also create a column for them in the regular Task Manager. Just right-click on one of the column headers at the top and check the "Process Name" item. You can also add columns for the process ID, the app publisher, and more.

Bring Back the Old Task Manager Altogether: If you still prefer the Windows 7 Task Manager?even after tweaking the above?you can bring back the original Windows 7 Task Manager with a simple registry tweak. Download the registry file here and enable it to get it back. You lose a little Windows 8 functionality, but the whole thing should be a bit more familiar and comfortable.

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Later today, Facebook will wage its war against your phone's "phone" application on a new front with an update to Messenger For Android that adds VoIP calling to US iOS users and Canadian iOS and Androiders. It's also improving group messaging. By combining voice-over-data calling with unified instant, asynchronous, and email messaging, Facebook could dominate communication in the developing world

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Re: Sub not acting right (I think) - Techtalk Speaker Building, Audio ...

1. Sub not acting right (I think)

   I built a sub a couple of years ago and while it sounds great for HT stuff, it's practically not even there for music. The box is roughly 1.6 cu-ft (2 cu-ft minus speaker, amp, and bracing) and is stuffed with poly-fill. My driver is a Dayton RSS315HF-4 and my amp is the Dayton 250 W plate amp. My stereo is a relatively new Yamaha 5.1 HD receiver. I have a choice of using either LFE inputs or speaker-level inputs for the sub.
   First I tried the speaker-level inputs, wiring the sub in series with my mains. Again, sounded great for HT, not much going for music. I tried fiddling with the crossover frequency and the gain and I could get some very low frequency boom (~30-40Hz), but nothing like I was expecting at usual low-end musical frequencies (45-70Hz). Since my mains are Dynacos which play well down into the mid-50s, having weak, muddled bass was a step down from what I was used to.
   Next I tried hooking it up to my stereo's LFE output and setting it to decode 2-channel stereo as 5.1. Sounded about the same. I tried setting my mains to "small" thinking maybe the stereo was only sending the lowest of the lows - virtually no difference.
   I don't mean to complain because for movies, the sub will knock pictures off the wall. It's just that I thought adding a sub, especially a big 400Wmax 12" sub, would really make the low end of my music come alive and it just doesn't. On most songs that are boomy on my dinky car stereo, I can barely tell it's there.
   So after the very long winded introduction, what could I be doing wrong or am I just expecting my sub to do something it won't?

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3. Re: Sub not acting right (I think)

   To determine if anything's wrong you need to measure the in-room response. You could spend big bucks on an Omnimic, or get a USB mic and freeware, or just use an SPL meter and hand plot response using a test CD or downloaded sine wave generator as a source. Once you've determined if something's broken you can proceed on fixing it.

   I was planning on doing that this weekend, but I haven't gotten around to it yet. Something about a sick wife and a sick car keep getting in the way of tinkering with my speakers. However, would you agree that I should be getting some serious, noticeable "boom" when listening to music? In other words, regardless of how my sub is performing, am I at least expecting something that it SHOULD be capable of doing?

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4. Re: Sub not acting right (I think)

   Does that plate amp have an adjustable crossover by any chance? Maybe it's set to lowpass at 40 or 50hz or something? Similarly, is there a lowpass xover point in the receiver settings?

   Maybe i'm misunderstanding, but it sounds kinda like a settings issue?

   "Filled with Polyfill" leads me to believe it's a sealed sub? If it was ported i might also think maybe you just have a giant hump in your box's response at lower home-theatre-special-effects region, then a flatter response in the musical range. I think that can happen with ported designs, but i don't remember if that is possible with sealed. Bill's advice about measuring equipment would sort this out.

   Good luck.

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9. Re: Sub not acting right (I think)

   You should be using the LFE output of your AVR and then the first thing I would do is check your Yamaha 5.1 HD receiver manual for a setting in the SUB/LFE output section that is a "PLUS" setting - ie that setting will allow the sub output to work with any input settings not just when using your BD player.

   Most modern AVRs have a "PLUS" or similar setting to allow the sub(s) to be used with the mains for music/gaming,etc but if not enabled in your settings you won't here anything much from the sub from your music/gaming inputs if this function isn't enabled in the AVR.

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10. Re: Sub not acting right (I think)

    Try running test tones? That will make it blatantly obvious what's going on. Maybe the variable crossover on the amplifier is messed up, try setting it in the middle, it may be wired in reverse or something silly like that, causing the highest crossover to be the lowest, etc.

    I'll be po'ed if that's it, but you could be right based on what I'm seeing. You should be using the LFE output of your AVR and then the first thing I would do is check your Yamaha 5.1 HD receiver manual for a setting in the SUB/LFE output section that is a "PLUS" setting - ie that setting will allow the sub output to work with any input settings not just when using your BD player. I'll check this when I get home.

    Thanks for the suggestions, guys.

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11. Re: Sub not acting right (I think)

    Try turning off the main speakers using a Speaker A/B/Off button, for e.g., or just pulling the wires. See if your sub is doing anything at all.

    Are your inputs different depending on music and movies? In other words, are you using a "CD" input and "BD/DVD" input or something? My receiver remembers decoder configuration per input, so I can have the audio input on 2-channel while the TV/Sat input is on auto format decode (5.1) with Pro Logic II upmix from 2.0. My receiver also has a display with "SW", "L", "C", "R", "SL", "SR" etc... They light up when they're active for whatever decoding mode is enabled. (Just L and R for stereo; L, R, and SW for 2.1, etc..)

    This is all really basic stuff and you might be well beyond this by now, but it doesn't hurt to check. :-)

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More than the written word | Masters of Media

As a former literature student, one might expect me to be on top of all the new, digital developments in the book business that are happening as we speak. Unfortunately I am not. My technical knowledge is quite limited; however I do know something about the literary world, among others that publishers have to catch up with the new technologies in order to stay in the game.

We know the book business is in the midst of a revolution, and it has been for years.? Readers seem to want more flexibility, or should I say that it is the market of e-readers and tablets that push for a digital playfield in which the users, the writers and responders are in control.? Web 2.0 as Jonathan Zittran calls it, where companies who produce software are in control over our behaviour on the internet. Social media, self-publishing or even browsing the web is always within the limits of the software we use.

When companies are in control of the product (or in some cases appliances) they create, their developments might work against the creation of new innovations and opportunities for readers and publishers, as they are closed to adaptations. That said, some authors and web developers see this as a challenge in what the new media forms and discoveries can do for the author and ?reader, and so applications are developed that give readers the illusion that they have a certain amount of freedom.

In the article Is Google Making us Stupid the author Nicholas Carr states that digital texts create distraction, people who read nowadays read in a different way than they used to. And this (at least for the author) gives him a feeling of being powerless and having no control over his own brain and the process of reading. Geert Lovink and Ned Rossiter discuss in Seriality for All. The Role of Protocols and Standards in Critical Theory who is in charge: form or content when we think about the internet? When reading a book we think about the content and perhaps about the author but not so much about the publisher or the developers of the medium behind the words. For some reason we do not notice underlying structures. An example of a clever invention that aligns with these concepts of freedom, control and content is Beside Myself, an interactive novel for the iPad.

Beside Myself breaks up the traditional linear narrative and places the focus on interactivity, the reader controls the way in which the story is presented. In short, the interactive part of the book starts before the book commences. As a reader you can flip through the pre-selected photos and titles offered to combine what you consider a suitable cover. After deciding on the cover you can select the order of the narrative. The story is told from three different perspectives, and you can decide which you want to read first, or all at the same time. After this you select the order of the chapters that you want to read, creating your own reading experience. You could say that your reading behaviour is still limited to the three offered storylines but within the narrative ?a certain flexibility is possible. More hybrid features are the atmospheric pictures and suggested reading music that the novel offers.

It seems to be a new reading format, which on the one hand by creating your own storyline commits you to reading the entire story, but there are always more options to choose from which keeps the story dynamic. The reader becomes part-creator and the book becomes unbound. The company who powered this application is ScrollMotion. A company who has seen the changes tablets have made for consumers and tries to be a part of the digital revolution. In their own words they provide ?powerful apps that engage readers like PC?s and paper never could.? ScrollMotion is a mobile SaaS platform: software as a service. This, billion dollar business, means that software is hosted on the cloud and users can access it via their browser and companies outsource their soft and hardware maintenance systems. A company like ScrollMotion transforms content with the use of software, deciding on the possible ways of reading a story by moulding the form of the novel.

Many publishers may not have the skills, the mindset or financial space to create this type of innovations themselves, resulting in them falling behind in the technical developments, which might result in authors publishing more of their own work themselves. Beyond Myself could therefore, in my opinion, be a preview of the way in which the user, or reader, will be more involved in helping to construct a narrative in the future, with the use of software, but without the publisher. In order to stay in the game publishers have to merge literature with technology.

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Mo. taxidermist preserves man's best friend

In this photo made Feb. 12, 2013, a freeze-dried dog and squirrel sit next to each other at Anthony Eddy's Wildlife Studio in Slater, Mo. Animal lovers from across the country call on Eddy to faithfully preserve their beloved departed pets for posterity through a freeze-drying process that can take up to a year before they are painstakingly preserved and returned to their owners. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

In this photo made Feb. 12, 2013, a freeze-dried dog and squirrel sit next to each other at Anthony Eddy's Wildlife Studio in Slater, Mo. Animal lovers from across the country call on Eddy to faithfully preserve their beloved departed pets for posterity through a freeze-drying process that can take up to a year before they are painstakingly preserved and returned to their owners. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

In this photo made Feb. 12, 2013, Anthony Eddy talks about the freeze-drying process in his studio in Slater, Mo. Animal lovers from across the country call on Eddy and his team to faithfully preserve their beloved departed pets for posterity through a freeze-drying process that can take up to a year before they are painstakingly preserved and returned to their owners. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

In this photo made Feb. 12, 2013, Anthony Eddy looks into a conventional freezer while a dog is preserved inside a freeze dryer in Slater, Mo. Animal lovers from across the country call on Eddy to faithfully preserve their beloved departed pets for posterity through a freeze-drying process that can take up to a year before they are painstakingly preserved and returned to their owners. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

In this photo made Feb. 12, 2013, receptionist Lessie Calvert sits behind her desk surrounded by freeze-dried animals at Anthony Eddy's Wildlife Studio in Slater, Mo. Animal lovers from across the country call on Anthony Eddy and his team to faithfully preserve their beloved departed pets for posterity through a freeze-drying process that can take up to a year before they are painstakingly preserved and returned to their owners. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

In this photo made Feb. 12, 2013, Joe Pycke, right, pulls a cat out of a freeze dryer while handing it to Shane Eddy at Anthony Eddy's Wildlife Studio in Slater, Mo. Animal lovers from across the country call on Anthony Eddy and his team to faithfully preserve their beloved departed pets for posterity through a freeze-drying process that can take up to a year before they are painstakingly preserved and returned to their owners. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

SLATER, Mo. (AP) ? Growing up on the family farm, Anthony Eddy learned early on not to get too attached to animals, including household pets.

His devoted customers are a different story. Pet lovers across the country count on the Saline County taxidermist to faithfully preserve Brutus, Fluffy and other beloved companions for posterity. Even if it means shelling out thousands of dollars and waiting more than a year for the pets' return.

"They're very distraught, because their child has died. For most people, this animal is their life," said Lessie "Les" Thurman Calvert, Eddy's office manager. "Some are kind of eccentric. But most of them are just like you and me. They don't want to bury or cremate them. They can't stand the thought. ... It helps them feel better about the loss."

The front showroom of Eddy's Wildlife Studio in downtown Slater is a testament to pet owners' perseverance. Lifelike dogs and cats of all sizes are scattered along the floor, from a perky-looking Brittany spaniel to a regal Persian cat, a lone iguana and the stray cockatiel or two. Departed pets of all persuasions spend up to one year in hulking, freeze-dry metal drums before they are painstakingly preserved and returned to their owners.

Eddy said his business is one of the few in the country to specialize in pet taxidermy and has a two-month waiting list.

A former high school chemistry and biology teacher, hog farmer and Air Force veteran, Eddy started out in traditional taxidermy, stuffing great horned owls and pheasants with the help of a local veterinarian. He originally used the freeze-dry technique to preserve mounted turkey heads for hunters before realizing in the mid-1990s it could also work with pets.

Eddy, 64, compares his line of work to the mortician's trade. He'll share broad details about the process with customers but likes to keep some mystery to the process and steer clear of the gross-out factor. He's quick to embrace the artistry of his craft, especially when it comes to the primping and prepping required once the internal organs and body fat are removed and the carcass is fully dry. Depending on the customer's preference, pets can be posed with a skyward gaze, an extended paw or with eyes closed, seemingly asleep.

"You just have a knack for it," he said. "It's like an artist painting a picture."

The degree of difficulty ? and the scrutiny of demanding pet owners who can immediately detect flaws or imperfections in their loved ones ? keep many traditional taxidermists from the domestic animal sector, said Steve Wolk, president of the National Taxidermists Association.

"No matter how perfect your pet comes out, there can still be something wrong," said Wolk, who owns Little Creek Taxidermy in Festus, Mo. "When you go deer hunting, you don't know what that deer looks like. Everybody knows exactly what their pets look like."

Debbie Rosa, a 59-year-old teacher who splits her time between southern Maine and Port Charlotte, Fla., had her 17-year-old fox terrier, Lexi, preserved by Eddy when the dog died just before Christmas 2005. She said the choice was an easy one.

"I could stare at an urn, or I could stare at the ground in the cemetery, or I could hold and pet her," Rosa said. "Her spirit is in heaven, but her body is here on Earth."

Eddy and Calvert estimate they receive two to three pets each week, every week. The studio charges $850 for pets under 10 pounds and $40 for each additional pound.

Allen McConnell, a psychology professor at Miami University in Ohio who studies pet owners' behavior, said those who opt for animal preservation can be motivated by grief, a need for belonging and anthropomorphism ? the act of ascribing human attributes to animals or even inanimate objects.

"It's very common for people to memorialize important members of their family," he said. "We often visit relatives in family gravesites on birthdays. ... It's part of an extended connection that people have."

Eddy said he is no longer surprised by unusual requests from customers. It seems that as long as humans embrace animals as four-legged friends, those bonds will continue past the pet's expiration date.

"It runs the whole gamut," he said, mentioning turtles, guinea pigs, snakes and more. "If you've got a pet of some kind, somebody's going to want you to preserve it."

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Online:

Anthony Eddy's Wildlife Studio, www.pet-animalpreservation.com

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Alan Scher Zagier can be reached at http://twitter.com/azagier .

Associated Press

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Edwards ends long drought at Phoenix

Carl Edwards performs a flip in front of his crew as he celebrates winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race, Sunday, March 3, 2013, in Avondale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Carl Edwards performs a flip in front of his crew as he celebrates winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race, Sunday, March 3, 2013, in Avondale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Carl Edwards high-fives fans during driver introductions before the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race, Sunday, March 3, 2013, in Avondale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Carl Edwards celebrates winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race, Sunday, March 3, 2013, in Avondale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Carl Edwards takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race, Sunday, March 3, 2013, in Avondale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Danica Patrick heads to the infield medical center after crashing during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race, Sunday, March 3, 2013, in Avondale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York)

AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) ? Carl Edwards climbed from his car, stood on the door and landed a backflip near the finish line. He then hopped up on the wall in front of the grandstand, grabbed the checkered flag and waded into the crowd, trading high-fives with fans.

After a miserable week at Daytona, Edwards had plenty to celebrate.

That it came at Phoenix International Raceway only seemed fitting.

Coming through on his promise to dominate after his Daytona disaster, Edwards pulled away on a late restart and snapped a 70-race winless streak on Sunday, the second long drought he's ended at Phoenix.

"This win feels as good or better as any win I've ever had," Edwards said.

Edwards had a rough 2012 season, missing the Chase for the championship. His downward spiral continued at Daytona, where he wrecked five cars. On his way out of Florida, Edwards said he was ready to dominate and win at Phoenix.

He did just that, leading the final 78 laps on the 312-lap race around PIR's odd-shaped oval in the first non-restrictor-plate race with NASCAR's new Gen-6 car.

Edwards got a good push from defending Sprint Cup champion Brad Keselowski on the restart with two laps left and pulled away from there, winning for the first time since Las Vegas in 2011.

After parking his car at the finish line, Edwards landed his first backflip in nearly two years and celebrated with the fans ? just like he did at PIR after ending another 70-race winless streak in 2010.

"I'm sure it's a relief for someone like Carl," said Denny Hamlin, who finished third and had a long winless streak end at Phoenix last year. "He's now relevant again, he really is and it's a good sign for their race team for things to come."

The big duel came behind Edwards.

Despite struggling with his car most of the day, Hamlin made a bold move on the last lap with a pass on the apron below the dogleg. He popped up alongside Daytona 500 winner Jimmie Johnson and the two drag-raced to the finish, where Johnson edged him by a few inches.

Keselowski, who was outside Johnson during Hamlin's move, finished fourth and Dale Earnhardt Jr. ended up fifth.

"As far down as I was, I was committed, there was nothing that I was going to do where I would back out," Hamlin said. "I just hoped I would have just slid in front of the 48, then you risk getting punted and spun, and your whole day you've worked everything for is taken away in a corner. I held my line and thought I really did the right thing and gave those guys room to pass me back ? and one of them did."

The last Phoenix race, in November, set up Keselowski for his first Sprint Cup title after Johnson blew a tire. It also featured quite a sideshow.

A running feud between Clint Bowyer and Jeff Gordon boiled over late in the race, setting off a brawl in the pits and Bowyer on a WWE-style dash to Gordon's hauler.

The drivers tried to downplay the confrontation after arriving in the desert this week, but it's been hard to avoid, with video of the scrap-and-dash being shown all over in promos for the race and replays.

Ryan Newman had the only dash this time around, running across the track and away from his car after it blew a right-front tire for the second time in 140 laps.

Inside his car, Mark Martin failed in his bid to become the oldest Sprint Cup winner.

The 54-year-old became the second-oldest driver to start on the pole in a Sprint Cup car, a few months short of Harry Gant's mark. Martin led the first 49 laps and 26 more later on, but couldn't sustain it in his bid to become the oldest Sprint Cup winner, finishing 21st.

"Obviously, it's a disappointing result for a great effort on the weekend," Martin said. "The car was pretty fast, but we had multiple problems today."

So did Danica Patrick, who had a rough follow-up to her breakthrough week at the Daytona 500.

Patrick became the first woman to win a pole and lead green-flag laps during NASCAR's season opener, sending her popularity to a new level.

But she couldn't stay with the leaders at Phoenix, ending her day with one of the hardest hits of her career. It happened with about 100 laps left, when the right-front tire on Patrick's No. 10 Chevrolet went down and slammed her into the wall.

Patrick's car careened back into David Ragan, flipping her hood over the windshield and shredding the left front fender as protective foam from the driver's side door flew onto the track.

She came to a stop along the inside wall with a trail of debris covering about half the home straightaway behind her. She climbed from the car and was quickly cleared by the medical center.

"Whenever those right-fronts go, they always hit hard because you don't broadside, you hit more straight on," said Patrick, who finished 39th. "It took a hard hit both sides and I'm fine, so NASCAR is doing a good job at safety. But no real good warning. The car wasn't all that tight and most of the (problems) were in the rear, so there was no real vibration that told me that was going to happen."

Edwards set himself up for this victory with a late-night call to new crew chief Jimmy Fennig, knocking on his door around midnight Saturday to go over some last-minute details. For race morning, Edwards went for a hike to clear his mind and focused.

It paid off, ending two years of frustration and self-doubt that grew as the streak grew.

"Last year we didn't even make the Chase," Edwards said. "For me to sit home while everybody was at the Chase stuff and in Vegas, that was a little bit of a shock to me and I did not like that at all. To get a victory puts us in better position to be in the Chase, it just feels good to win and I'm just very glad to be here."

Associated Press

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