No gimmick New York Giants arrive at Super Bowl (AP)

INDIANAPOLIS ? Unlike four years ago when they dressed in black suits as a symbol of unity before facing the undefeated Patriots, the Giants returned to the Super Bowl this time with no sartorial gimmicks.

Touching down in Indianapolis for their rematch with New England on Sunday, the Giants are simply a confident team. They believe in themselves as much as they did in 2008 when they ruined the Patriots' perfect season with a stunning 17-14 victory in Arizona.

"We had no doubt," guard Chris Snee said Monday, referring to the Giants' feelings four years ago. "You have to be a confident team when you get on the plane. You reach this game for a reason. It's not by chance. You have to be confident coming out here."

The Giants tried to demonstrate that four years ago with their all-black attire.

This year, Justin Tuck left his black suit in the cleaners. Attire was a personal choice.

If there is a difference this time it's not the way the Giants feel. It's the feeling about them.

If they win, no one will be surprised. They beat the Patriots in the regular season and they come to Indianapolis with almost as much momentum as New England, which won 10 in a row.

The streak for Eli Manning and company is only five, but the Giants seem to be getting better each week.

Tuck insisted that teams don't get to this point in the season without believing in themselves.

"It can be misunderstood for cockiness, and whatever else," Tuck said. "But at the end of the day, when we step on that football field, we believe we are going to win that football game. If you ask any athlete and he tells you anything different, then there is something wrong."

Safety Antrel Rolle was his usual self when asked about being confident.

"I mean, we wouldn't have boarded the plane if we didn't expect to win," said Rolle, who lost a Super Bowl in February, 2009 while playing for Arizona against the Steelers. "I think that is the bottom line. We have come here for one thing and one thing only which is to win. We are expecting to win this game come Sunday."

The Patriots (15-3) certainly understand how the Giants feel. They feel the same way.

"Listen, this is the last game of the season. I'm pretty sure that the Giants want to win and we want to win, point blank," defensive tackle Vince WIlfork said. "You have two good football teams who don't want to walk away with an `L'. Both sides are going to have to play really good football and not give up anything cheap. Trust me, we're not the only ones that feel that we want to win this ballgame. They're sitting over there saying the same thing. This is the last game, and the biggest game of your career. This is what you play for."

The Giants (12-7) had a much different send off than the Patriots, who arrived Sunday after attending a rally in Foxborough, Mass., that drew 25,000 people.

Coach Tom Coughlin's Giants left from team headquarters in the Meadowlands around 11:30 a.m. There was no rally and only a few extra fans showed up to wave goodbye.

Before leaving, the team held what is a normal Saturday walkthrough and left at the same time they would normally leave for a road game.

The short flight was uneventful. It was quiet and the players either watched a movie or slept, Snee said.

"You get off and you know you are at the Super Bowl," Snee said. "The media is there and there is a small red carpet. It's exciting."

Manning said the rest of the week is a time to focus.

"When you feel you have a good team or players and an opportunity to go win a championship, you don't want to let those slip away," said Manning, the Super Bowl MVP of the Giant's win over the Patriots four years ago.

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Snedeker wins a shocker at Torrey Pines

Brandt Snedeker acknowledges the gallery after his birdie on the 18th hole during the final round of the Farmers Insurance Open golf tournament Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012 in San Diego. Snedeker eventually won on the second hole of a playoff against Kyle stanley. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi )

Brandt Snedeker acknowledges the gallery after his birdie on the 18th hole during the final round of the Farmers Insurance Open golf tournament Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012 in San Diego. Snedeker eventually won on the second hole of a playoff against Kyle stanley. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi )

Kyle Stanley looks at his wedge after hitting into the water on the 18th hole during final round of the Farmers Insurance Open Golf tournament in San Diego, Sunday, Jan., 29, 2012. Stanley lost to Brandt Snedeker in a playoff. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Kyle Stanley reacts after losing a playoff round to Brandt Snedeker during the Farmers Insurance Open golf tournament on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Kyle Stanley, left, and his caddie Brett Waldman walk off the 16th green where Stanley lost a playoff against Brandt Snedeker at the Farmers Insurance Open golf tournament on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Kyle Stanley moves to shake hands with fellow competitors after making a triple bogey on the 18th hole during the final round of the Farmers Insurance Open golf tournament Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012 in San Diego. Stanley blew a six shot lead and lost a playoff to Brandt Snedeker. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi )

SAN DIEGO (AP) ? Brandt Snedeker sat in the media center, resigned to the fact that his 67 in the final round Sunday at Torrey Pines would not be good enough to catch Kyle Stanley in the Farmers Insurance Open.

"I just was too far back. Kyle had too big a lead," Snedeker said, glancing at the television next to him as Stanley, with a three-shot lead, played a simple sand wedge from 77 yards for his third shot to the par-5 18th.

"Uh-oh," Snedeker said.

The ball landed behind the pin and zipped off the front of the green, tumbling slowly down the bank and into the water.

A sure thing suddenly became surreal.

In a meltdown that ranks among the most shocking in golf, Stanley three-putted from 45 feet for a triple bogey on his final hole, then lost on the second playoff hole when his 5-foot par putt caught the right edge of the cup.

"It's just crazy," Snedeker said. "To get my mind around what happened the last 30 minutes is pretty hard to do right now. My heart is out to Kyle. I feel bad for him to have to go through this."

Minutes away from a celebration, Stanley was in tears. His lip quivered as he tried to explain what went wrong, a sad ending to an otherwise spectacular week along the Pacific bluffs.

"It's not a hard golf hole," Stanley said. "I could probably play it a thousand times and never make an 8."

Stanley led by seven shots early in the final round, and he still had a four-shot lead as he stood on the tee at the par-5 18th, the easiest hole at Torrey Pines on Sunday. Just like that, the 24-year-old went from being anointed a rising star to being listed with Jean Van de Velde, Robert Garrigus and so many others who learned the hard way how cruel this game can be.

"I'm kind of in shock right now," Stanley said.

Snedeker, playing in the group ahead of Stanley, bogeyed the 17th to fall four shots behind. He hit wedge to a foot on the 18th hole for one last birdie to finish on 16-under 272.

Both made birdie on the 18th in the playoff, and it ended on the par-3 16th with another good break for Snedeker. His 5-iron bounced hard over the green and was headed into the canyon when it bounced off a television tower. He chipped to 5 feet and made par. Stanley left his 45-foot birdie putt about 5 feet short, and missed it for a bogey.

"You never want to see anybody go through that," Snedeker said. "I don't care who it is ? not even your worst enemy on the planet. Golf is such a funny game, and to have that kind of lead coming into the last hole and not to win is tough. It will be a tough night for him. But he's an unbelievably talented player, and the sky's the limit for him.

"And I hope he does not beat himself up too much over this."

Snedeker is making a habit of these comebacks. In all three of his PGA Tour wins, he trailed by at least five shots going into the last round. At Hilton Head last year, he came from six shots back and wound up beating Luke Donald in a playoff.

This one was handed to him.

"This one I kind of backed into," Snedeker said. "You never like winning a tournament that way. But you do like winning."

Stanley birdied his first two holes ? Snedeker was nine behind at that point ? and led by six shots at the turn until he started dropping shots from the sand. Even so, he made three straight par putts, starting with a 12-footer on the 14th, to seemingly regain control.

The kid knows heartache. Last summer, he was two shots ahead at the John Deere Classic until he bogeyed the final hole from a bunker, and Steve Stricker closed with two straight birdies to win.

This loss, however, put him in the wrong kind of company.

It was reminiscent of Van de Velde at Carnoustie, who made triple bogey on the last hole of the 1999 British Open and lost in a playoff; of Garrigus, who made triple bogey on the last hole of the St. Jude Classic in 2010 and lost in a playoff; and even of Frank Lickliter at Torrey Pines, who three-putted from 12 feet on the 17th hole in 2001 to make triple bogey in the third playoff hole in losing to Phil Mickelson.

"I know I'll be back," Stanley said, pausing to allow the words to come out of his mouth. "It's tough to swallow right now."

Stanley stood over a 25-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole with a four-shot lead, and it was matter of staying upright for the next 20 minutes to collect his first PGA Tour win.

If only it were that simple.

Snedeker made his tap-in birdie to finish. Stanley hit a 300-yard drive and kept it simple by laying up.

Then, he fell apart.

His sand wedge had too much spin and did not get high enough on the green, spinning quickly down the slope.

"We tried to lay it up close enough so that we wouldn't put that much spin on it," Stanley said. "Thought I had a pretty good shot, but just had too much spin."

Stanley showed little emotion, as he had done all week, and took his drop in the first cut to eliminate some of the spin. His fifth shot was safely on the back of the green, some 45 feet away.

With a putt down into the bowl of the green, he came up about 3 1/2 feet short, then missed it well to the left for a triple-bogey 8. He had to sign for a 74, without breaking the pencil, then head back to the 18th for a playoff.

Snedeker caught a minor break on the first extra hole when his second shot stopped directly in front of a loose divot. He managed to remove it without moving the ball, then hit sand wedge to 3 feet for birdie. Stanley went for the green in two this time, just over the green, and chipped down to the same spot as Snedeker and matched his birdie.

John Rollins had 235 yards to the green on the 18th hole, two shots behind Snedeker, two shots clear of fourth place. He elected to lay up and wound up with a par. It gave him a 71, and he finished alone in third at 14-under 274.

John Huh, the 21-year-old rookie out of Q-school, had a buried lie in a bunker, a duffed chip, a chip-in for birdie and an approached that nearly went over the cliff, all in the first four holes. He birdied the last for a 74, and while he was never a factor in the final group, he at least tied for sixth and earned a spot next week in the Phoenix Open.

But this was a two-man show at the end.

And for the longest time on a day filled with sunshine and hang gliders, it was a one-man show.

Staked to a five-shot lead, Stanley didn't let anyone close to him until early on the back nine and he was still six clear at the turn. Only when Snedeker began to creep up the board did the lead finally get under six shots, and then Stanley made it hard on himself.

Starting with the par-3 eighth hole, he was in five bunkers on the next seven holes, and three of them led to bogeys. But he made three straight par putts from 12 feet, 5 feet and 8 feet on the 16th hole, and it looked like a done deal.

Associated Press

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The Black Keys Blast Berlin

Band shakes up Germany's capital on Saturday night with blistering sold-out show.
By James Montgomery

The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach performs in Berlin on Saturday
Photo: Jakubaszek/ Getty Images

BERLIN — The Black Keys are not a particularly verbose band; they are, however, an incredibly voluminous one.

That lesson was learned during their blistering sold-out show Saturday in Germany's capital city, which was short on between-song banter — frontman Dan Auerbach offered just a few "All right, thank you so much"s and drummer Patrick Carney was basically mute (though he is pretty funny on Twitter) — and long on the kind of smash-n-bash blues/garage/soul that has become the Keys' near-patented racket.

Drawing heavily from their breakout Brothers album and the equally successful El Camino, the duo, aided by backing band for extra oomph, tore through 90-plus minutes of sweaty, snarling stuff, a full-bore workout for their triumphant run of U.S. arena shows, which kicks off in March.

(MTV News was in Berlin to catch up with the Black Keys for a special event we can't quite talk about just yet ...)

But on this night, they also seemed to take additional inspiration from the venue they were playing: the crumbling, cavernous Treptow Arena, whose brick-and-mortar shell doesn't disguise the fact that it once was a bus depot, an industrial bent that suited the Keys' Akron, Ohio, roots just fine (check their 2004 Rubber Factory album for proof). Auerbach's drawl on "Howlin' For You" seemed just a little more raw, the guitars on "Next Girl" and "Your Touch" roared with diesel-powered authority, and Carney's pounding on "Girl is on My Mind" recalled a chortling 8-cylinder engine.

In other words, the Black Keys seemed perfectly at home, even though they were anything but. New songs like "Gold on the Ceiling" and "Little Black Submarines" crackled with energy and attitude (Auerbach's solos in the latter did both), and older tunes like "Hold Me in Your Arms" — which made an appearance during their extended, mid-set session as just a two-piece — was streaked with soul (and some serious riffs, too). "Lonely Boy" careened along on a surf-tinged backbeat and fuzzy, gut-box guitars; "Tighten Up" was the rare moment of pure-pop sheen; and "Ten Cent Pistol" simmered with a smoky, sexy tension.

All of those moments were positively devoured by the German crowd, 9,000 hearty souls who queued up around the block hours before doors opened, and fended off some seriously frigid temperatures — and snow — with beery cheer. (Germany has some rather lax open-container laws, to say the very least.) But they took that frenzy to an even higher level during the Keys' encore, helping Auerbach hit the high notes on the swoony "Everlasting Light" (which was powered not only by the band, but a truly epic disco ball dangling overhead) and leaping for joy during "I Got Mine," which extended into a ringing, reverbed jam before winding to a close.

Of course, at the end, Auerbach simply thanked the crowd, Carney chucked his drumsticks into the audience, and the band exited stage right. The Black Keys may not be big on making speeches, but they don't have to be. On most nights — this one included, far from home but still swaggering — they get by on raw power alone.

Are you planning on seeing the Black Keys live? Let us know in the comments!

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How to tame the super PACs (CNN)

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If Round 1 is the war of words, Phil Davis leads 10-8 over Rashad Evans

CHICAGO -- In most interviews Phil Davis comes off as a reserved young man. He's not out to ruffle any feathers, but those of us who've had a chance to speak to him repeatedly always knew there was a potential media darling behind that conservative facade.

In the lead-up to Saturday's UFC on Fox 2 card, Rashad Evans has brought out the beast in Davis and the former UFC light heavyweight hasn't reacted too well.

It started last week when Evans flipped out on Davis calling him a "boy." Yesterday during the UFC on Fox 2 prefight press conference, Evans shook his head, appeared annoyed and even looked flustered on several occasions.

As the banter began, Evans tried to play it cool.

"For the most part, I've got nothing against Phil, but you we've got a fight so I've got a lot against him right now. It's personal, but not really PERSONAL personal," said Evans, who had heated prefight words with previous opponents like Tito Ortiz and Quinton Jackson.

Evans got irked when the issue of college wrestling came up. Phil Davis, a more accomplished NCAA star at Penn State than Evans was at Michigan State, laughed when someone asked if his opponent could beat him in a straight wrestling match. Evans kept saying "your technique is trash."

Then Davis was asked about missing the opportunity to face Evans back in August in Philadelphia. Davis quickly pointed out that he didn't get to fight in front of his friends and family from nearby Harrisburg, Pa. Evans took issue with the fact that Davis didn't say he was sad to lose out on the opportunity to fight him. Davis fired back, "Nobody heard me say that!"

Evans snapped again when Davis explained his understanding of what the result of a win could be, a possible title shot against Jon Jones.

"The winner of this fight will fight for the title, but in the event that I hit him too hard and break my hand ... it might lead to somebody else getting the title shot first," said Davis.

"You don't punch nobody hard. Phil can't hit. Phil punches with his hands open and everything," Evans said. "He couldn't bust a grape. You look like Arsenio Hall."

Davis laughed.

"Give him a hand y'all. Give him a hand," said Davis.

That opened the door for a female fan to ask Davis whether he looked more like Hall or NBA star Dwight Howard? Davis handled it gracefully as he done throughout the lead-up to Saturday's tilt. We'll see if his poise remains intact in the fight. Either way, this week showed he'll be a valuable asset on main cards for years to come in the UFC.

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Infinity Pharmaceuticals Inc Halts Phase II Cancer

1/27/2012 6:32:56 AM

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: INFI) today announced interim data from its double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled Phase 2 study comparing saridegib (also known as IPI-926) in combination with gemcitabine to placebo plus gemcitabine in 122 patients with previously untreated, metastatic pancreatic cancer. The primary endpoint of the Phase 2 study is overall survival.

While the final analysis is not complete, a preliminary analysis of data from the study that was completed yesterday showed a difference in survival favoring the placebo plus gemcitabine arm due to a higher rate of progressive disease in the saridegib plus gemcitabine arm. The median survival for patients receiving saridegib plus gemcitabine was less than the historical median survival for single-agent gemcitabine of approximately six months1,2, as compared to a median survival for the placebo plus gemcitabine arm of greater than six months. The adverse events observed in both arms were consistent with the known safety profile of each agent, with no unexpected toxicities. Based on this interim analysis, Infinity is voluntarily stopping the trial. The company expects to present the final data after the analyses are complete.

?While the outcome of this study is disappointing, we continue to believe in the therapeutic potential of Hedgehog pathway inhibition. As the Hedgehog pathway plays distinctly different biological roles in myelofibrosis and chondrosarcoma, our Phase 2 trials in these disease settings are ongoing,? stated Julian Adams, Ph.D., president of research and development at Infinity. ?We would like to especially acknowledge the patients and caregivers who have participated in this trial and thank them for their support.?

Infinity is conducting Phase 2 trials of saridegib as a single agent in myelofibrosis, an incurable malignancy of the bone marrow, and in chondrosarcoma, a rare and life-threatening cancer of the cartilage. Infinity expects to report data from its single-arm, exploratory Phase 2 trial of saridegib in up to 45 patients with myelofibrosis in the second half of 2012. The company expects to complete enrollment in its double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of saridegib in approximately 140 patients with metastatic or locally advanced, unresectable chondrosarcoma in the second half of 2012 and to report data from this trial in the first half of 2013.

Infinity has underway six clinical trials across three development programs, including saridegib, retaspimycin HCl (also known as IPI-504), a novel heat shock protein 90 inhibitor, and IPI-145, a potent, oral inhibitor of phosphoinositide-3-kinase delta and gamma. Infinity expects to report data from each of its three development programs in the second half of 2012.

?Despite the disappointment that this news represents, our financial foundation combined with the strength of our pipeline and team enable us to continue to invest in our pipeline of innovative product candidates,? stated Adelene Q. Perkins, president and chief executive officer at Infinity. ?We remain committed to our vision of building a sustainable company that discovers, develops and delivers important new therapies to patients.?

Infinity expects to provide updated financial guidance during its fourth quarter earnings call to be scheduled for later this quarter.

Saridegib Update on January 31, 2012, Cancelled

Infinity?s planned review of the saridegib program on January 31, 2012, at the Hotel Sofitel in New York City has been cancelled.

Conference Call Information

Infinity will host a conference call on Friday, January 27, 2012, at 8:30 a.m. ET to discuss these results and provide an update on the company. A live webcast of the conference call can be accessed in the Investors/Media section of Infinity's website at www.infi.com. To participate in the conference call, please dial 1-877-316-5293 (domestic) and 1-631-291-4526 (international) five minutes prior to start time. An archived version of the webcast will be available on Infinity's website for 30 days.

About Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Infinity is an innovative drug discovery and development company seeking to discover, develop and deliver to patients best-in-class medicines for difficult-to-treat diseases. Infinity combines proven scientific expertise with a passion for developing novel small molecule drugs that target emerging disease pathways. Infinity?s programs focused on the inhibition of the Hedgehog pathway, heat shock protein 90 and phosphoinositide-3-kinase are evidence of its innovative approach to drug discovery and development. For more information on Infinity, please refer to the company?s website at www.infi.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to be materially different from historical results or from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements include the expectation that Infinity will report final data from the Phase 2 trial of saridegib; will report data from each of its development programs in the second half of 2012, including the ongoing Phase 2 trial of saridegib in patients with myelofibrosis; will complete enrollment in the ongoing Phase 2 trial of saridegib in patients with chondrosarcoma in the second half of 2012 and report data from this trial in the first half of 2013; and will provide updated financial guidance during its fourth quarter earnings call later this quarter. Such statements are subject to numerous factors, risks and uncertainties that may cause actual events or results to differ materially from the company?s current expectations. For example, there can be no guarantee that Infinity?s strategic alliance with Mundipharma will continue for its expected term or that it will fund Infinity?s programs as agreed, that any product candidate Infinity is developing will successfully complete necessary preclinical and clinical development phases, or that development of any of Infinity?s product candidates will continue. Further, there can be no guarantee that any positive developments in Infinity?s product portfolio will result in stock price appreciation. Management?s expectations could also be affected by risks and uncertainties relating to: Infinity?s results of clinical trials and preclinical studies, including subsequent analysis of existing data and new data received from ongoing and future studies; the content and timing of decisions made by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and other regulatory authorities, investigational review boards at clinical trial sites and publication review bodies; Infinity?s ability to enroll patients in its clinical trials; unplanned cash requirements and expenditures, including in connection with business development activities; development of agents by Infinity?s competitors for diseases in which Infinity is currently developing its product candidates; and Infinity?s ability to obtain, maintain and enforce patent and other intellectual property protection for any product candidates it is developing. These and other risks which may impact management?s expectations are described in greater detail under the caption ?Risk Factors? included in Infinity?s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2011, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 8, 2011. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date hereof, and Infinity expressly disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

1 Moore MJ, Goldstein D, Hamm J, Figer A, Hecht JR, Gallinger S, et al. Erlotinib plus gemcitabine compared with gemcitabine alone in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer: a phase III trial of the National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group. J Clin Oncol 2007; 25:1960-6.

2 Seitz JF, Dahan L, Ries P. Pemetrexed in pancreatic cancer. Oncology 2004; 18(13 Suppl 8):43-7.

Contacts

Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Jaren Irene Madden, 617-453-1336

Jaren.Madden@infi.com

http://www.infi.com

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Issue for the week of February 11th, 2012

Teeming masses of organisms thrive beneath the seafloor (p. 18)

Brain signatures lead scientists to the seat of consciousness (p. 22)

The loopy nature of consciousness trips up scientists studying themselves (p. 28)

South America?s massive rain forest may soon release more carbon into the atmosphere than it absorbs. (p. 5)

Astronomers pinpoint what feeds a type of stellar explosion. (p. 8)

Probing galactic distortions reveals web of invisible matter. (p. 8)

Hot hands exist in professional volleyball and influence game strategy. (p. 9)

Tots acquire the gift of gab by matching adults? mouth movements to spoken words. (p. 9)

Outrageous-looking head spikes on the male of the species may not cost much in evolutionary terms. (p. 10)

A deep-sea fish's eyes apparently use fluorescence to pick up hard-to-detect hues, researchers conclude. (p. 10)

Octopuses adapt to water temperature with tweaks to how genes are copied, not DNA itself. (p. 11)

Simple measures could slow global warming and reduce premature deaths. (p. 12)

Two new studies help explain fate of pollutants released in the biggest offshore spill in U.S. history. (p. 12)

Infrequent marijuana users show a slight improvement in breathing capacity and middling smokers had no change, a 20-year study shows. (p. 14)

Rodents that consume alcohol along with a compound derived from an ancient herbal remedy get less drunk, recover faster and appear less prone to addiction. (p. 14)

Many people in nine countries don't know how to recognize or react to heart attacks and strokes. (p. 15)

Patients who have high levels of compounds called TNF receptors in their blood have a heightened risk of developing renal failure, two studies suggest. (p. 15)

More than 1,800 high school students entered the 2012 competition. (p. 16)

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Cabbage Chemistry--Finding Acids and Bases

Colorful Cabbages: Use this veggie to test for acids and bases around the house--with colorful results! Image: iStockphoto/PacoRomero

Key concepts
Chemistry
Acids
Bases
Light

Introduction
You might have done experiments with well-labeled acids and bases in school, but have you ever wondered whether a certain food or chemical around the house is an acid or a base? You can find out using a red cabbage to make an indicator solution.

When two or more ingredients are entirely dissolved in one another, you have a solution. For example, mixing salt with water creates a clear solution, even though the salt is there and the solution tastes salty. When mixed with water, whether a chemical "donates" a charged particle (called an ion) to the solution?in this case, a hydrogen ion?or "accepts" one from it determines whether it's an acidic or basic solution. An indicator changes color when exposed to such a mixture, depending on whether the solution is acidic or basic.

Background
Acids are solutions that lose hydrogen ions and usually taste sour. Some very common household solutions are acids, such as citrus fruit juices and household vinegar. Bases are solutions that pull hydrogen ions out of solution and onto themselves, "accepting" them, and usually feel slippery. Bases have many practical uses. For example, "antacids" like TUMS are used to reduce the acidity in your stomach. Other bases make useful household cleaning products.

To tell if something is an acid or a base, you can use a chemical called an indicator. An indicator changes color when it encounters an acid or base. There are many different types of indicators, some that are liquids and others that are concentrated on little strips of "litmus" paper. Indicators can be extracted from many different sources, including the pigment of many plants. For example, red cabbages contain an indicator pigment molecule called flavin, which is a type of molecule called an anthocyanin. Very acidic solutions will turn an anthocyanin red whereas neutral solutions will make it purplish and basic solutions will turn it greenish-yellow. Consequently, the color an anthocyanin solution turns can be used to determine a solution's pH?a measure of how basic or acidic a solution is.

Materials
??? ?A small red cabbage
??? ?Pot of boiling water
??? ?Strainer
??? ?Two large bowls or pots
??? ?Grater
??? ?Tablespoon measurer
??? ?Large spoon (optional)
??? ?Three or more small, white paper cups (small, white paper drinking glasses or dishes will also work)
??? ?Goggles or other protective eyewear
??? ?Lemon or lime juice
??? ?Vinegar
??? ?Bleach-based cleaning product
??? ?Other foods to test, such as clear soda pop, baking soda solution, egg whites, tomatoes, cottage cheese (optional)

Preparation
??? ?Grate a small red cabbage. If you do not want to grate the entire cabbage, grating half of a cabbage should be enough. Put the fine, pulpy grated cabbage into a large bowl or pot.
??? ?Boil a pot of water. Use caution when handling the boiling water. Pour the boiling water into the bowl with the cabbage pulp until the water just covers the cabbage.
??? ?Leave the cabbage mixture steeping, stirring occasionally, until the liquid is room temperature. This should take at least half an hour. The liquid will become red or purplish-red in color.
??? ?Place a strainer over another large bowl or pot and pour the cabbage mixture through the strainer to remove the cabbage pulp. Press down on the pulp in the strainer, such as by using a large spoon, to squeeze more liquid out of the pulp.
??? ?In the bowl, you should now have only liquid that will either be purple or blue in color. This will be your indicator solution, which you will use to test the pH of different liquids.
??? ?Children should wear goggles or other protective eyewear and adults should supervise and use caution when handling bleach and vinegar, because they can irritate eyes and skin.

Procedure
??? ?Fill a small, white paper cup, drinking glass or white dish with one tablespoon of your cabbage-indicator solution. What is the color of your indicator solution?
??? ?Add drops of lemon or lime juice to the indicator solution until you see the solution change in color. Gently swirl the solution and make sure the color stays the same. What color did the solution become?
??? ?The color of the solution will change depending on its pH: Red color indicates the pH is 2; Purple indicates pH 4; Violet indicates pH 6; Blue indicates pH 8; Blue-green indicates pH 10; Greenish-yellow indicates pH 12.
??? ?Based on its color, what is the pH of the lemon or lime juice solution?
??? ?In another small, white paper cup, add one tablespoon of your original cabbage-indicator solution. Add drops of vinegar until you see the solution change color. What color did the vinegar solution become? What is the pH of the solution?
??? ?In a third small, white paper cup, add one tablespoon of your original cabbage-indicator solution. Handling it with caution, add drops of the bleach cleaning product until you see the solution change color. What color did the bleach solution become, and what does this indicate about its pH?
??? ?If you want to test the pH of other foods, again add one tablespoon of your original cabbage-indicator solution to a small, white paper cup and add drops of the food until you see the solution change color. If the food is not in liquid form, crush it or dissolve it in a small amount of water before adding it to the indicator solution. What color did the solution become, and what does this indicate about its pH?
??? ?Extra: There are other vegetables and fruits that can be used to make pH indicators as well: red onion, apple skins, blueberries, grape skins and plums. Which different sources of pigment produce the best indicators?
??? ?Extra: You can use an indicator solution to write secret messages. Just use full-strength lemon juice to write an invisible message on paper and let the message dry. To reveal the message, paint cabbage-indicator over the paper with a paintbrush.

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FM hockey players honor cancer victims with special game

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FAYETTEVILLE -- The Fayetteville-Manlius?community has a big reason to?be proud tonight.? The Boys Varsity Hockey Team raised $8,000 in a charity game for the Carol Baldwin Breast Cancer Foundation.?

Hundreds came out to the "Pink in the Rink" at the Onondaga Nation Arena Wednesday.?The idea for the event started after Hockey Mom, Nancy Chase,?lost her battle with the disease.?

"A?lot of people remember her for her smile and her laugh especially. It just made her that much more of an inviting person, it meant a lot to us how welcoming she was and how she was a mother like figure for all of us whenever we were over there," said Derek Andrake.

Nancy was a teacher at Enders Road Elementary School and was involved in the F-M food pantry and a faithful communicant of St. Anne's parish.

"When Nancy?passed away?it?affected these kids a lot, and they wanted to give back.??It's really neat to see them say we want to do something in honor of not only Nancy, but in honor of this cause," said parent Matt Napierala.

The F-M community also continues to mourn the loss of 19-year-old Matt Murphy to leukemia and Father Kevin Hanon, St. Anne's beloved priest, to stomach cancer. The year before, another friend lost her father to brain cancer.

"They need to be proud of themselves.?We hope?that we?teach our kids this kind of stuff. But they get it. They're?very good?kids," said parent Deborah Bell.

Organizers also sold more than 900 "Pink in the Rink" t-shirts for the game. All proceeds are being donated to the Baldwin Foundation.? The team also dedicated a bench to the Chase family marked with "Chase Your Dreams."

Click?here?to see the interview with F-M hockey players which aired Wednesday morning on Today in CNY.

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User-friendly health plan summaries at risk (AP)

WASHINGTON ? Consumer groups are scrambling to salvage a popular provision of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul that suddenly seems to be in question.

This time it's not Republican opposition they're worried about, but the White House itself.

At issue is a requirement that health plans provide simple, standard summaries of coverage and costs to help consumers pick benefits that are right for them ? a sort of "CliffsNotes" version of cryptic insurance company jargon.

Consumer advocates say they fear the administration may heed industry complaints that the regulation as proposed last summer is too costly, burdensome and intrusive. The rule is due to take effect this year and is undergoing final review by the White House. It would apply to all private and employer health plans, covering an estimated 180 million Americans.

"There is concern that the consumer protections we were hoping to see may not be in the final rule," said Dr. LaShawn McIver, policy director for the American Diabetes Association. "Ultimately, we are looking for a consumer-friendly product that gives people the information they need about what levels of coverage they can expect."

Her organization and four others ? the American Cancer Society, the American Heart Association, AARP and Consumers Union ? wrote Obama this week urging him not to water down the requirements.

"The information available to Americans today is wholly inadequate for consumers to choose and understand the insurance coverage options available to them," their letter said.

Simple-to-understand health plan summaries are the most popular provision of the health care law, which otherwise continues to divide the public. That's according to a poll last November by the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation, which found the summaries garnered support from 84 percent of Americans compared with 37 percent who viewed the overall law favorably.

Administration officials said they can't comment on the specifics of regulations under review, but they sought to reassure the consumer groups, which were among the major backers of the health care law as it was being debated in Congress.

"Giving consumers the information they need and making the health care system more transparent is a top priority," said Erin Shields, a spokeswoman for the Health and Human Services Department. "We're confident the final rules ... will meet that goal."

A proposed template released by the department last summer included such basic details as information on premiums, deductibles and copays for doctor visits and hospitalization. Such information is now generally the norm in health plan summaries that most companies voluntarily provide their employees during annual open enrollment.

But the federal template also included so-called coverage examples of the cost of care for a typical individual for three common health conditions: normal childbirth, treating breast cancer and managing diabetes. Because all health plans would have to follow the same rules in compiling the information, it would allow consumers to directly compare insurance in ways they can't now.

America's Health Insurance Plans, a trade group representing the industry, complained that the timeline for introducing the comparisons this year is unrealistic, and the cost would be more than double what the government estimated, or $382 million for the first two years alone. That would drive up costs for employers and health plans, the industry said, at a time when many companies are struggling in a difficult economy.

Lynn Quincy, a senior policy analyst for Consumers Union, said the advocacy groups have learned that the requirement for employer plans to provide the comparisons may be delayed or weakened. Additionally, two of the coverage examples may be omitted at least initially, leaving only a comparison of maternity costs.

"We are very concerned that compared to the proposed rule that was released in August, the final rule we are expecting shortly will be weakened," she said. "That would be very bad for consumers."

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Ex-BP worker files whistleblower suit over cleanup (AP)

NEW ORLEANS ? A former BP employee has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the company, claiming he was fired for airing concerns about the cleanup of Mississippi's shoreline after the Gulf oil spill.

In a federal suit filed last Friday in New Orleans, August Walter claims one of his BP bosses manipulated data on shoreline cleanup and didn't give the Coast Guard "the true status" of what substances needed to be cleaned.

Walter, a Covington, La., resident who helped develop BP's cleanup plans in Mississippi after the 2010 spill began, claims in the suit that he was fired last month in retaliation for complaining that BP wasn't following environmental regulations and was "picking and choosing what oil to pick up."

Walter also claims he refused to misrepresent data so that the Coast Guard would believe cleanup activities in Mississippi were closer to completion.

"This was all based on money and had nothing to do with actually cleaning up the oil or meeting the (Shoreline Treatment Recommendations) or environmental requirements," the suit alleges.

BP spokesman Tom Mueller said the company doesn't believe Walter's allegations have merit but will investigate "consistent with our personnel policies and code of conduct. "

"We believe we have demonstrated good faith in meeting our obligations in the Gulf and are committed to treating our employees fairly," Mueller said in a statement.

BP said in November that it had spent $13.6 billion on the response, including its efforts to clean up 635 miles of Gulf Coast shoreline affected by the spill. By then, more than 90 percent of the affected area had "met the agreed upon standards" for transitioning from the cleanup phase to coastal restoration, BP said.

Walter's lawsuit claims BP took "short cuts," with one BP official allegedly saying BP only would clean up tar balls and not smaller oil debris.

The allegations in Walter's suit are limited to BP's cleanup in Mississippi. The company implemented similar plans in Louisiana, Alabama and Florida after an April 20, 2010, blowout in BP's Macondo well triggered a deadly explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig and led to the worst offshore oil spill in the nation's history.

Walter started working for BP in May 2011 as a "state planning lead" on Mississippi cleanup. The suit, which alleges violations of the Louisiana Environmental Whistleblower Statute, seeks unspecified monetary damages, including three years of lost wages.

"He wasn't the lead man on the project, but he had three people working under him," said Walter's attorney, James Arruebarrena.

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Explosive volcano may lurk beneath Death Valley

California's Death Valley, already one of the hottest places on Earth, may have the potential to get a whole lot hotter ? and live up to its name in a surprising (and possibly scary) new way, according to new research.

Scientists have long known that the craters that pepper this dry landscape were formed by long-ago volcanic eruptions, triggered when hot magma ascending from inside the planet hit pockets of water.

Some researchers now think the area erupted far more recently than thought, meaning the parched swath of central California, home to desolate salt flats and scalding temperatures, could be primed for a follow-up.

Dates for the geological catastrophe are fuzzy, but researchers used to think that Death Valley's largest crater, a half-mile (0.8 kilometer) wide gash in the Earth nearly 800 feet (240 meters) deep, formed in 4000 BC.

Yet new evidence uncovered by a team of scientists at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory suggests the dramatic crater, called Ubehebe, last erupted only 800 hundred years ago.

Although that may sound like ancient history, in geological time 800 years is a mere blip. And because the crater formed relatively recently, it might still be restive, and plenty of liquid hot magma may still be lurking beneath it.

The cataclysmic explosion that formed the crater was likely a terrifying spectacle, according to the study's authors, whose work is published in the current issue of the journal Geophysical Research Letters.

When the hot magma hit groundwater, the interaction likely produced a powerful explosion that smashed a hole through the overlying rocks, sending out a scalding-hot mushroom cloud of deadly gases that raced across the ground at 200 mph (320 kph).

"It would be fun to witness ? but I?d want to be 10 miles away," said study co-author Brent Goehring, in a statement from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.

The evidence comes from chemical signatures trapped in small fragments of rocks the team gathered near Ubehebe. Dating techniques and analysis revealed that the rocks were birthed by eruptions that happen once every 1,000 years or so, and that the most recent large eruption occurred around the year 1300.

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That could put the present day within the geological cross hairs, according to Nicholas Christie-Blick, a Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory professor.

"There is no basis for thinking that Ubehebe is done," Christie-Blick ?said in a statement.

However, there's a good chance the crater would provide plenty of warning ahead of any deadly fireworks. The awakening volcano could set off small earthquakes and open steam vents as early as a year before an eruption, the scientists noted.

Follow OurAmazingPlanet for the latest in Earth science and exploration news on Twitter@OAPlanetand onFacebook.

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Adobe Photoshop Express 2.0 (for iPhone)

Photoshop Express is imaging software giant Adobe's toehold in the free app space. The Express family includes not only apps for iPhone (reviewed here), iPad, and Android, but also a Web-based image editor. Express also takes advantage of Adobe-hosted online galleries that make sharing well-presented images easy and an integrated piece of the Express offerings. Though there is a shooting mode, the app is more about perfecting and enhancing images after the fact than adding extra shooting options the way Camera+ ($2.99, 3 stars) and Camera Genius ($1.99, 3.5 stars) do. The one big downer with Photoshop Express is that a few of its most compelling features require an in-app upgrade purchase. Still, you get some nice editing tools for free.

Shooting
In its Camera mode, clearly accessible as the top choice on the app's home screen, Photoshop Express adds little over what you get with the iPhone's built-in camera. And unfortunately, the biggest shooting plusses, auto-review mode and shutter timer, are only available as part of the extra-cost Camera Pack ($4.99); when you press their icons, a buy ad pops up. And those two features are actually not that big a deal, compared with the impressive capabilities in competitors, like Camera Genius's shooting when you make a sound or Camera+'s stabilization, burst modes, and ability to control focus and exposure points separately. You do get a slider for the digital zoom, which is easier than the built in app's pinch to zoom.

Review mode lets display photos after you've snapped the shutter for up to 5 seconds, which saves you from having to switch to the Photos gallery view, the way you do with the built-in iPhone apps, and makes shooting with the phone more like shooting with a point-and-shoot digital camera.

Another setting, Auto-time, lets you choose between 3 and 10 seconds to wait to snap the pic after you press the shutter button. It's a basic feature that's standard in many Camera-replacement apps for the iPhone (which surprisingly lacks it), but again it's only available if you buy the $5 Camera Pack upgrade.

Fixing and Enhancing Photos
As you'd expect from Adobe, the image-editing basics are very well handled. The Crop tool not only lets you crop either freehand or in square, 3:4, or 4:3 locked aspect ratios (other apps offer more presets), but also handles straightening, rotation, and image flipping. One benefit of Photoshop Express over some options like Camera+ and Hipstamatic is that it lets you edit any photo on your iPhone, rather than just those taken through the app.

Express offers good control over lighting and color, too, with choices for Exposure, Saturation, Tint, Black & White, and Contrast. In each of these (except B&W), you just swipe your finger right or left to increase or decrease the adjustment. Clear undo and redo icons are always available, and an X takes you back to the album entry.

The next group of adjustments lets you be more creative, with Sketch, Soft Focus, Sharpen, and Reduce Noise options--this last one, probably the app's most powerful feature, is another part of the extra-cost ($4.99) Adobe Camera Pack. The tool did indeed reduced noise in my test photos, but at the cost of making them blurrier. Luckily, you can increase and decrease the effect, but I wish the tool let me zoom in, since noise is a detail factor, requiring close inspection.

The Sketch tool is a feature you'd expect in desktop photo software, and Express does a good job getting pictures to look like cartoons. Soft focus rejuvenated faces ? la 1940s Hollywood, and sharpen does the opposite, in another desktop-app-like capability.

Of the final set of enhancements?Effects and Borders?the first was limited compared with what you get in Snapseed, Camera+, and Instagram, with only seven choices that were nevertheless snazzy. The Warhol Marilyn Monroe photo effect called Pop is a fun tool to make your friends look glamorous. Vignette blur focuses a viewer's attention on the middle of the image, while Rainbow applies the colors of the spectrum diagonally. There are no slider adjustments for these effects: They're either on or off.

Finally, the eight border choices, though not configurable, are slick and professional looking?at least equal to what you get in other apps. Rough Edge, Halftone, and Emulsion are particularly effective.

Sharing
Though it doesn't offer the robust, photo-based social network you get with Instagram, Adobe Photoshop Express does offer online galleries for any pictures you take with the app. Once you're done editing an image, you can hit the down-arrow box icon to save it to your iPhone, and then tap the up-arrow box icon to upload it to Photoshop.com, Facebook, or TwitPic. Notable exceptions here are Flickr, which pretty much every other app includes, and Picasa. There's also no email or SMS choice.

Photoshop.com lets you store and present images in galleries under your own URL, and even offers group galleries. You can create multiple albums, and you get a profile page and the ability to add Friends. Once a photo is up there in Adobe's cloud, you have access to more sharing options, with Flickr and email becoming available, as well as printing. The site is beautifully designed, but some actions (even adding a photo to a gallery) aren't as straightforward as in Flickr, and you don't get that site's huge community to interact with or explore.

Getting Expressive with your iPhone Photos
Adobe Photoshop Express for iPhone brings photo shooting and editing basics, like cropping and exposure adjustment to your Apple handset, while also letting you get creative with photos, with a lot of impressive effects. Added to its editing prowess are its online galleries. Unfortunately, a couple of the app's most tantalizing features require a five-dollar update?I'd almost prefer Adobe charged for the app in the first place. Even after the upgrade, though, you'll get more powerful image editing with our Editors' Choice, Snapseed.

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Cooley leads Irish to upset over No. 1 Syracuse

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) ? Mike Brey's viewing selection for his players the night before meeting top-ranked Syracuse was an easy choice. The Notre Dame coach showed a video of former Irish teams upsetting No. 1 teams over the years.

Brey and the current group of Irish now have their own spot in that collection.

Jack Cooley had 17 points and 10 rebounds against a Syracuse team missing its shot-blocking, rebounding center Fab Melo and the Irish surprised the top-ranked and previously unbeaten Orange 67-58 on Saturday night.

Fans stormed the court after the Irish's rousing victory, hoisting players on their shoulders in a wild scene at the Purcell Pavilion. It was the eighth time Notre Dame has beaten a No. 1 team ? that ties for fourth-most all-time, with North Carolina having the most with 12.

"Notre Dame has an unbelievable history against No. 1 teams," Irish forward Scott Martin said. "We saw a little video to just kind of pump us up a little bit."

Cooley was certainly inspired.

Without Melo in the middle, Notre Dame's 6-foot-9, 248-pound center was a major force as the Irish won the rebound battle 38-25.

"I can't even describe this right now. They were 20-0. I can't put it to words how amazing this is," Cooley said. "We came out with energy. This was a great opportunity and we didn't want to squander it."

Melo had started all 20 of the Orange's first games, was their leading rebounder with 5.7 a game, averaged 7.2 points and three blocks. School officials gave no explanation why the talented center did not make the trip. He will also miss Monday's game against Cincinnati.

"We had all week to prepare for Melo (not playing). We didn't know for sure (he would not play), but we were prepared for it," Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said, without elaborating on the reasons.

"I don't know how he affected the game because he wasn't here."

Syracuse guard Scoop Jardine said Melo was definitely missed but his absence was no excuse for such a weak offensive performance in their lowest scoring game of the season.

"Fab is the key to our defense. He's an anchor. It wasn't that, though. Our offense wasn't going today," Jardine said. "Fab only averaged six points for us. That's not too much points."

James Southerland scored 15 points for Syracuse, which shot just 34 percent and was 7-for-23 on 3-pointers. Martin added 13 for Notre Dame, which hit 50 percent of its field-goal attempts.

Southerland's 3-pointer with 53.9 seconds left brought the Orange to within 62-56 before the Irish held on as Jerian Grant sank four free throws in the final 32 seconds.

It was the first time the Irish have beaten a top-ranked team since 1987 when they defeated North Carolina, also in South Bend. One of the Irish's most dramatic victories over a No. 1 came in 1974, when they stopped UCLA's 88-game winning streak by 71-70, also on the Irish's homecourt.

Hence the video selection from Brey.

"I just wanted them to see the history of our place against No. 1s," Brey said. "I mean, we were channeling all week as much as possible. In the midst of the videos, I had our guys doing good things and making big plays. It was only about five minutes, but it was really well done and we watched it last night in the team meeting.

"It is awesome that the players have said that they wanted to see me in some of them. ... This is a great memory for them. This is the kind of thing that will be talked about at the reunions when they come back in 10 years."

Boeheim was denied his 877th career victory, which would have put him in sole possession of fourth place among Division I men's coaches.

Notre Dame led in the first half by as many as 18 and was up 35-23 at the half, shooting 54.4 percent and holding the Orange to 2.6 (8-for-18). Syracuse was only 4-of-13 from the 3-point line and was beaten on the boards 20-13 as Notre Dame seemed to be half-step quicker.

"We knew that. It's been like that all year for us. We're the No. 1 team in the country and we're going to get everybody's best shots," Jardine said. "We knew Notre Dame was going to come out and make some shots. ... We didn't bounce back fast enough, and that's why we lost."

Syracuse got off to a better second-half start and whittled the lead to eight less than three minutes in. But Martin hit another 3-pointer for the Irish as the shot clock was winding down and Cooley ? benefiting from Melo's absence ? bulled his way in for a layup to restore the lead to 12. Cooley then dropped in two free throws and Martin again sank a 3-pointer and the Irish were rolling with a 17-point lead.

The Orange then went on a 9-2 run and Kris Joseph's 3-pointer made it a 10-point game with 7:43 to go. Syracuse again cut it to eight before Cooley roared down the court for a dunk with just over five minutes left.

Triche's three-point play with 2:24 left cut it to seven as the Orange made a final run.

Pat Connaughton, inserted into the Irish starting lineup, had a pair of 3s in the early going and Notre Dame bolted to an 11-2 lead.

Notre Dame kept up the long-range accuracy, making four of its first six attempts. And when Eric Atkins grabbed a rebound and went the length of the floor for a layup, the Irish were up 21-10 as the fans at Purcell Pavilion went wild.

And without Melo in the middle, the Irish were all over the boards with an early 13-4 advantage.

Atkins picked up his third foul with 9:04 left, but Jerian Grant's 3-pointer gave the Irish a two-touchdown lead at 28-14.

The Orange missed 14 of their first 19 field-goal attempts and nothing was falling. Tom Knight's left-handed shot in the lane doubled the score, putting the Irish up 32-16.

Alex Dragicevich's 3-pointer as the shot clock was running down put the Irish up 35-18 with 1:12 left in the half. Dion Waiters then responded with a pair of quick 3-pointers to get the Orange to within 12 at the end of a frustrating first half.

The 23 points represented the Orange's lowest-scoring half of the season.

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South Carolina Primary Results: Newt Gingrich Upsets Mitt Romney, Shakes Up GOP Race

Mitt Romney was likely never as much of a lock as the mainstream media seems to believe, but Saturday's South Carolina primary results still came as a surprise.

Newt Gingrich rose from the political ashes for the second time with two strong debate performances this week and pulled off an unlikely win in the Palmetto State.

With 40 percent of the vote to Mitt's 27, with nearly 90 percent of precincts reporting, Newt won big and turned the fluid Republican presidential race on its head once again.

Only a week ago, Romney seemed likely to win all three of the initial contests, a scenario that would have put him on a relatively clear path to the nomination.

But with Thursday’s announcement that Rick Santorum actually won Iowa, followed by today's results, Romney is now a front-runner who has lost two of three.

The result marked a swift, extraordinary turnaround in Gingrich’s fortunes, after he finished well out of the top three in both Iowa and New Hampshire.

So maligned was his candidacy that Newt Gingrich himself had conceded his campaign might be over by tonight if he failed to turn in a strong performance.

This marks the first time that three different Republican candidates have won the first trio of contests in what has been an unpredictable race from the start.

Since 1980, every South Carolina GOP primary winner has gone on to win the nomination, but whether Gingrich can continue that streak is far from certain.

Romney has by far the most formidable financial resources and organization, giving him a big edge Florida, which holds its primary January 31, and beyond.

Santorum finished third and Ron Paul fourth in South Carolina. The candidates square off in a debate once again Monday night in Tampa. Stay tuned ...

Source: http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2012/01/south-carolina-primary-results-newt-gingrich-upsets-mitt-romney/

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Newly Fallen Meteorites Offer Fresh Look At Mars

Scientists have confirmed that rocks collected recently in the Moroccan desert came from the Red Planet. University of Alberta meteorite expert Chris Herd, who has acquired one of the chunks, talks about how scientists analyze space rocks, and whether organic compounds might be found inside.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2012/01/20/145525004/newly-fallen-meteorites-offer-fresh-look-at-mars?ft=1&f=1007

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Who Can Write eBooks with Apple's New 'iBooks Author' App? (ContributorNetwork)

iBooks Author was part of Apple's big education announcement today, at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City. It's new software, available for free in the Mac App Store, that can be used to create interactive electronic textbooks. These books can then be read on the iPad.

Compared to traditional textbooks, iBooks take advantage of being in electronic format. They can include "text, shapes, charts, tablets, and Multi-Touch widgets", like 3d objects and animations. An entire photo gallery can be put on a single page, and the reader can swipe between pictures. HTML widgets let an iBook pull in things from the web, and iBooks can be edited at any time once they're already published, keeping them up to date. Finally, textbook authors can build quizzes into the end of each chapter.

Here's a look at who will be able to use this new software from Apple:

People with a compatible Mac

The only place you can download iBooks Author is from the Mac App Store. It is available as a free update, but only for Macs running OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard or later (this includes 10.7 Lion).

If your Mac is running OS X 10.5 Leopard or earlier, you can upgrade to Snow Leopard for $29, by purchasing a disc from the Apple Store. Snow Leopard requires an Intel Mac, though, so if your Mac uses a PowerPC processor (meaning it was build before the switch to Intel in 2006) it won't be able to run Snow Leopard, or the App Store.

Windows and Linux PC users are out of luck.

Parents and Educators

You don't need to be a certified textbook author to write an iBook. Even if you're just creating something for your high school class to use -- or creating a bedtime story for your child -- you can just create the book and share it or publish on iTunes.

Students and Authors

If your school has a Mac lab that's equipped with Intel Macs running Snow Leopard, students there can also create and share their own books. And again, you don't have to be connected to education to use iBooks Author. Aspiring storytellers can create their own iBooks and sell them (only in the iBooks store).

iPad owners

You can't create books on an iPad; the iBooks Author app only runs on a Mac. iBooks itself runs on the iPad, though, as well as the iPhone and iPod Touch. So if you have one of those devices, you can preview your books as you're writing them.

Jared Spurbeck is an open-source software enthusiast, who uses an Android phone and an Ubuntu laptop PC. He has been writing about technology and electronics since 2008.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/applecomputer/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120120/tc_ac/10857723_who_can_write_ebooks_with_apples_new_ibooks_author_app

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