Amazon MP3 adds Ford SYNC support for Android, makes you vocalize your bad taste

If we're being honest, many of you probably won't care too much about the latest update to Amazon MP3 for Android. Why? Well, the big new feature is Ford SYNC support, and we're pretty sure that a majority of cars on the road aren't packing the in-dash infotainment system yet. But, it is still quite a popular feature in new Ford vehicles and there's definitely a healthy number of drivers out there eager to put their Amazon music collection just a voice command away while they toil away in rush hour traffic. Version 2.8 of the app also includes the requisite bug fixes and a tweaked store that displays more search results. But we know all you really care about is the ability to tell your car to "play Usher" without feeling judged. Time to celebrate.

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Bringing the troops home, but not soon enough

President Obama announced in his State of the Union on Tuesday that over the next year, half of the U.S. combat force in Afghanistan will leave the country: by February 2014, 34,000 out of roughly 68,000 troops will have returned home. It is good news that additional American troops will come home after years of debilitating combat.? And it was gratifying to see the President dedicate time during a key speech to a conflict that has become known as America?s ?forgotten war.?
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However, the speech is also a reminder that the war is not ending as quickly or as completely as Americans hoped. A year from now, 34,000 troops will remain in combat ? more than when President Obama took office.

Furthermore, the White House has not announced how many soldiers will remain in Afghanistan after the war?s ?official end? in 2014. The president has also been vague about the nature of the post-2014 military mission.
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All of this means the glass is still half-empty for those eager to see an end to a conflict that has gone sadly adrift.
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Rather than an accelerated withdrawal, Obama?s maneuver may actually permit the military to keep the bulk of U.S. forces in Afghanistan for most of 2013. The plan allows commanders to determine the pace of the reductions, which means it is likely that most forces will remain in Afghanistan through the end of the 2013 ?fighting season.?
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Obama?s benchmark allows commanders to continue dragging their feet on troop withdrawals, rather than making the tough, but necessary, decision to move troops out at the ?steady pace? Obama promised in May.

The reluctance to speed up withdrawal is understandable ? with Afghanistan far from stable, and the insurgency resilient, it may seem that we have much work left to do. But the uncomfortable truth is that U.S. efforts to stabilize Afghanistan have failed. There is no indication that those efforts will fare any better in 2013 than they did over the past decade.
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The Pentagon recently reported that only one of 23 Afghan army brigades can operate without NATO support. And that?s after NATO lowered its readiness requirements for Afghan brigades, because meeting the original standards was too difficult.
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The Pentagon was also pessimistic about efforts to curb the insurgency, reporting: ?Despite the tactical progress of ANSF-ISAF joint operations, the insurgency remains adaptable with a regenerative capacity.?
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Our mission has not succeeded. There is no reason to keep thousands of American troops in harm?s way for months or years to come when there is no evidence that this time will make a difference.
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Indeed, this fruitless effort will continue for years: training the Afghan army and counter-terrorism are the long-term missions that the president outlined for U.S. troops after the war officially ends in 2014. It is questionable whether tens of thousands of troops are needed for these tasks.
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There is another major question that the president?s speech left unanswered: How many U.S. troops will remain after December 2014, and what will their role be? The public deserves to hear a reasoned explanation of why more American lives should remain at risk, and for how long.
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In 2010, John McCain criticized Obama?s Afghanistan policy, arguing that the President needed to evaluate ?facts on the ground? when making decisions about troop withdrawals. Here are facts from the ground: the buildup of the Afghan forces is nowhere near on track and the insurgency is strong. Meanwhile, large numbers of American veterans suffer from PTSD, and our military is facing a suicide epidemic.
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Those are the real facts. We are paying a painfully high cost to keep more troops in Afghanistan for longer ? with few, if any, benefits. The president?s announcement is a step in the right direction, but he needs to do much more to fulfill his promise to end a war that?s gone on for far too long.
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Isaacs is the executive director of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation and Council for a Livable World; he has represented the Council on Capitol Hill since 1978.

Sahay is the Herbert Scoville Peace Fellow at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation.

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Source: http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/283239-bringing-the-troops-home-but-not-soon-enough

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Clues to why most survived China melamine scandal

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Scientists wondering why some children and not others survived one of China's worst food safety scandals have uncovered a suspect: germs that live in the gut.

In 2008, at least six babies died and 300,000 became sick after being fed infant formula that had been deliberately and illegally tainted with the industrial chemical melamine. There were some lingering puzzles: How did it cause kidney failure, and why wasn't everyone equally at risk?

A team of researchers from the U.S. and China re-examined those questions in a series of studies in rats. In findings released Wednesday, they reported that certain intestinal bacteria play a crucial role in how the body handles melamine.

The intestines of all mammals teem with different species of bacteria that perform different jobs. To see if one of those activities involves processing melamine, researchers from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Shanghai Jiao Tong University gave lab rats antibiotics to kill off some of the germs ? and then fed them melamine.

The antibiotic-treated rats excreted twice as much of the melamine as rats that didn't get antibiotics, and they experienced fewer kidney stones and other damage.

A closer look identified why: A particular intestinal germ ? named Klebsiella terrigena ? was metabolizing melamine to create a more toxic byproduct, the team reported in the journal Science Translational Medicine.

Previous studies have estimated that fewer than 1 percent of healthy people harbor that bacteria species. A similar fraction of melamine-exposed children in China got sick, the researchers wrote. But proving that link would require studying stool samples preserved from affected children, they cautioned.

Still, the research is pretty strong, said microbiologist Jack Gilbert of the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory, who wasn't involved in the new study.

More importantly, "this paper adds to a growing body of evidence which suggests that microbes in the body play a significant role in our response to toxicity and in our health in general," Gilbert said.

Source: http://www.seattlepi.com/news/medical/article/Clues-to-why-most-survived-China-melamine-scandal-4275803.php

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White House releases college cost website

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House is releasing a website designed to help college-bound students have a better sense of how much their education will cost and how much they can expect to pay in student loans.

President Barack Obama promised the tool during Tuesday's State of the Union speech and Education Department officials published the data early Wednesday. On the website, potential students and their parents can see a typical student's out-of-pocket costs, as well as what percentage of students graduate.

The searchable database also lets students compare the rates at which graduates default on their student loans against the national average of 13 percent, and how much the typical student pays each month in student loans.

In coming years, the site promises data on how much graduates earn.

Source: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_COLLEGE_SCORECARDS?SITE=NCJAC&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

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LeBron sets mark, Heat top Blazers 117-104

MIAMI (AP) ? It's not the type of streak that LeBron James ever thought about, this run of putting together at least 30 points and 60 percent shooting in six straight games.

Still, it's something he'll savor. He's rolling right now, and so are the Miami Heat.

James scored 30 points on 11 for 15 shooting to get into the NBA record books, Chris Bosh scored 32 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, and the Heat wound up beating the Portland Trail Blazers 117-104 in a wild, momentum-swinging game on Tuesday night.

It was the 1,000th regular-season win in Heat history. But on this night, the only history anyone will remember was what James accomplished.

"I'm at a loss for words," James said in a televised postgame interview. "Like I say over and over, I know the history of the game. I know how many unbelievable players who came through the ranks, who paved the way for me and my teammates. And for me to be in the record books by myself with such a stat ? any stat ? it's big-time."

Dwyane Wade added 24 points for Miami, which wasted a pair of 14-point leads ? then put the game away with a 14-0 run in the final minutes. Ray Allen added 14 for Miami.

Damian Lillard had a game-high 33 points for Portland, which got 29 from LaMarcus Aldridge and 20 from Wesley Matthews.

Just like the Heat, the Blazers also saw a 14-point lead slip away in the game, and then simply got shut down late by a stretch of airtight Miami defense.

"That was typical Miami Heat stuff," Lillard said. "Transition, finishing strong around the rim, and LeBron picking defenses apart."

James has made 66 of his past 92 shots, over the past six games ? and is an absurd 60 for 80, or 75 percent, in his last 188 minutes of court time. According to the Heat, only Adrian Dantley and Moses Malone had done the 30-point, 60-percent streak in five straight outings before James joined their club.

Now he stands alone.

"That's why he is who he is," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "The best player in the game."

Added Wade: "Obviously he is doing something that is amazing and special."

And on a night where the teams took turns putting together big runs, it was the Heat who had the last rally ? ultimately, the last laugh as well.

With the game tied at 99-all, James drove baseline on former Cleveland teammate Sasha Pavlovic for a two-handed slam that he punctuated with a long scream.

The Heat immediately responded. Matthews made a 3-pointer on the next Portland possession to give the Trail Blazers their last lead. Miami scored the next 14 points, and when James got loose for a dunk with 2:38 remaining, history was his ? the first stretch of six straight 30-point games on 60 percent or better shooting in each outing.

"He played a very good basketball game," Spoelstra deadpanned afterward. "That's all you're going to get out of me right now. He competes. He loves to compete. He loves close games. ... And he's leading us, not just with his talent."

Bosh made a jumper with 1:55 left to end the run and seal the win, Miami's sixth straight overall.

Miami next plays Thursday night in Oklahoma City, an NBA Finals rematch before heading into the All-Star break. The Heat topped the Thunder in the first meeting of the clubs this season, winning in Miami on Christmas Day.

"It's a game we'll look forward to," Wade said.

A glance at the halftime boxscore ? Portland 59, Miami 58 ? would have suggested the opening two quarters were closely contested, back-and-forth basketball.

Not exactly.

There were deep and dramatic shifts in momentum, with James and Aldridge simply taking over play for long stretches in the early going.

Miami started with a flurry, hitting its first seven shots and doing so with James collecting five assists in the game's first 3:52. The Heat led 14-5 after that burst, and were still shooting 75 percent with a minute to go in the opening quarter.

They also were trailing at that point. The Blazers were doing anything they wanted on the offensive end.

"I thought it was a good effort by our team," Blazers coach Terry Stotts said. "Miami's one of the best if not the best team in the league right now and they are playing at a high level. We matched it for about 44 minutes."

More than matched it for a while, too.

Aldridge went on a personal 13-0 run over a stretch of nearly four minutes midway through the half, single-handedly seeming to turn what was a 29-24 Portland deficit into a 37-29 Portland lead. And another quick burst, this time a 10-1 run by the Blazers, gave the visitors what was their biggest lead, 57-43 with 4:48 left in the half.

Take away Miami's sizzling start, and the Blazers outscored the Heat 52-29 over a huge swath of the first half. Of course, by the break, everything looked just about even. James scored 10 points in a 15-2 Miami run to end the half, and the Blazers' lead was down to a single point at intermission.

It wound up as a 34-12 run by the Heat in all, as Miami rebuilt what became a 14-point lead midway through third.

Predictably, the Blazers came back. Lillard scored nine points in the final 4:36 of the third, and the Miami lead was down to 86-82 entering the fourth after James waited too long to shoot a beat-the-clock 30-footer that went in anyway.

But down the stretch, it was all Miami.

"I thought one of the biggest differences were the 50-50 balls," Lillard said. "A few went their way. And they made us pay."

NOTES: It was the 25th time Lillard scored more than 20 points this season, adding to his rookie-of-the-year credentials. ... Aldridge has at least 11 field goals in each of his past five games. ... The Heat were without Mike Miller, the latest victim of the flu bug that has ripped through the locker room, and lost starting forward Udonis Haslem to a lower-leg contusion in the opening quarter. X-rays on Haslem's shin were negative.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/lebron-sets-mark-heat-top-blazers-117-104-031452006--spt.html

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Postmates Launches Its ?Get It Now? On-Demand Delivery Service In Seattle

After operating for about 18 months in San Francisco, urban delivery startup Postmates is finally ready to expand into its second market. The company recently opened up deliveries in Seattle, allowing residents there to get food, groceries, and other products delivered from restaurants and other shops throughout the city in less than an hour.

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Following an attack on a village in a war zone, the natives and volunteers must escape with their lives...

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Jay, as many of you have guessed, is going to suffer from a bout of heatstroke a day or two in. I don't know how familiar you all are with it, so I'm going to include the symptoms that will be most obvious to the other characters.

Heat Exhaustion- Warning Signs

• Headaches
• Cramps/Aches
• Slightly raised temperature- won't be immediately obvious.
• Fast, weak pulse.

Heatstroke- This is when it gets serious.

• Headache worsens, accompanied by dizziness
• Fast, strong pulse
• Temperature rises to around 40C/104F
• Unconsciousness

Treatment

• If they spot the heat exhaustion, get him to somewhere cool and get him to lie down. He carries slightly salted water with him- get him to drink some. If there's a doctor/medic around, get them to check him over.
  
• If it gets to the point of heatstroke, take off as much of his clothes as possible and fan him- using a fan like the one in his pack or using hands. Lay him somewhere cool. Urgent medical assistance is needed.

Chris, as is stated in his first post, is out of meds. His hyperactivity is going to gradually increase, and he's going to become violent at some point. Both are going to worsen unless he gets a drug like Focalin used to treat hyperactivity. He has limited self-control over his violence but none over his hyperactivity.

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And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,
Which, as they kiss, consume.
-Romeo and Juliet

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