Torch - for iPhone 4 ($0.99->Free)

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***FOR IPHONE 4 ONLY***

This app lets you turn on and off your LED flash on the back of your iPhone 4 with the tap of a button, for use as a very cool flashlight!

Similar to other apps but this one is currently free and has no ads!

Beautiful high-resolution graphics really makes this a joy to use on the retina display as well as to simply show-off to friends!

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- SOS mode
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Wunderman increases worker productivity by two fold with the Windows Phone

Wunderman is a network of digital agencies specializing in social, mobile, and relationship marketing services. The project-oriented nature of Wunderman?s work means teams, sales, and resources must be pulled in to quickly respond to RFP?s and deliver on projects. Windows Phone has helped Wunderman employees be more productive on the go with the Microsoft Office tools such as Outlook Mobile and Office Mobile already built in. The Windows Phone also delivers a great user experience that lets employees easily transition their work or conversations between the PC and the smartphone. Employees rave about the advantages of the Windows Phone over the competition on the ease of use and the seamless integration with other Microsoft products and services.

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Iranian Troops Track, Record Video of US Aircraft Carrier

Fars News Agency
December 29, 2011

TEHRAN (FNA)- An Iranian vessel and a surveillance plane tracked, photographed and recorded video of a US aircraft carrier during Iran?s ongoing navy drill near the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf.

It is not clear what information the Iranian military could gleam from the footage, but it displays Iran?s naval power in water.

Iran?s Navy Commander Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said the action shows that Iran has ?control over the moves by foreign forces? in the area where Tehran is holding a 10-day military exercises.

?An Iranian vessel and surveillance plane have tracked, filmed and photographed a US aircraft carrier as it was entering the Sea of Oman from the Persian Gulf,? Sayyari said.

He added that the ?foreign fleet will be warned by Iranian forces if it enters the area of the drill.?

The Iranian TV showed what appeared to be the reported video.

The Iranian exercise is taking place in international waters near the Strait of Hormuz ? the passageway for 40% of the world?s oil supply.

Beyond it lie vast bodies of water, including the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Aden. The US Navy?s Bahrain-based 5th Fleet is also active in the area, as are warships of several other countries that patrol for pirates there.

Lt. Rebecca Rebarich, a spokeswoman for the U.S. 5th Fleet, said the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis and guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay headed out from the Persian Gulf and through the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, after a visit to Dubai?s Jebel Ali port.

Thursday?s report follows US warnings over Iranian threats to choke off traffic through the Strait of Hormuz if Washington imposes sanctions targeting Iran?s crude exports.

In response, Lieutenant Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Brigadier General Hossein Salami rejected the warning.

?The US is not in a position? to affect Iran?s decisions, Salami told FNA on Thursday. ?Iran does not ask permission to implement its own defensive strategies.?

Also, Iranian warships shooed away the military chopper of a western country which was approaching the Iranian Navy?s wargame zone on Sunday.

?Yesterday, a chopper which belonged to the trans-regional countries tried to approach the region of Velayat 90 exercises, but it left the area when it received a serious warning after it ignored two other warning signals of our units,? Lieutenant Commander of the Iranian Navy Admiral Seyed Mahmoud Moussavi said on Monday.

Admiral Moussavi declined to mention any further details about the development, but the United States, Britain and France are the only trans-regional powers who have deployed troops in the region.

Iran?s naval forces started massive wargames in international waters in the Sea of Oman and the Indian Ocean on Saturday.

The naval maneuvers dubbed Velayat 90 are due to cover an area stretching from the East of the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Aden for 10 days.

Moussavi reminded that according to the international rules, the military units of the trans-regional states are not allowed to enter the exercise zone.

During the wargames, the Iranian naval forces will display their latest equipment, achievement and tactics.

In May 2010, Iran?s air-defense units shooed away a US military reconnaissance plane which was seeking to approach the Iranian Army?s wargame zone in the Strait of Hormuz and Northern Indian Ocean.

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Milk intake in teens tied to later prostate cancer (Reuters)

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) ? Older Icelandic men who remember chugging a lot of milk in their teens are three times as likely to be diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer as more-moderate milk drinkers, researchers have found.

That makes them wonder whether the years around puberty, during which the prostate matures, could be a time of heightened vulnerability for the gland.

"We believe that our data are indeed solid and provide important evidence for the role of adolescence as a 'sensitive period' for prostate cancer development," Johanna Torfadottir, a nutrition scientist and a graduate student at the University of Iceland, told Reuters Health by email.

"However, we remain cautious in our interpretation," she added. "Causal inferences are not made on one study alone, thus more studies are needed to confirm our findings and also to explore possible mechanism behind this association."

So far, she added, the two studies on prostate cancer and milk intake in adolescents have come to mixed conclusions -- one found milk lovers seemed to be somewhat protected against the disease, while the other found no link at all.

But both studies were small and couldn't distinguish between advanced and early-stage tumors, Torfadottir said.

By contrast, Iceland offers the perfect "natural experiment," she and her colleagues write in the American Journal of Epidemiology.

The country had little infrastructure in the early part of the 20th century, so people in rural areas tended to live off the land. That included lots of milk from farm animals in central regions of the island, whereas the drink was scarce in seaside villages.

For their study, the researchers used data from more than 2,200 men born between 1907 and 1937. These men had been part of a medical study started in the 1960s and, in the early 2000s, had answered questions about their diet in early and mid-life as part of another study.

Among 463 men who recalled drinking milk less than once a day in their teens, one percent developed advanced prostate cancer or died of the disease over a quarter century of follow-up.

That figure was three percent among the more than 1,800 men who said they drank milk at least daily in adolescence.

The gap couldn't be explained by how often people had gone to the doctor for check-ups, their education or other foods they ate, such as fish or meat.

How much milk men drank had no connection to their risk of early-stage tumors, however. And intake in midlife -- the age group most other studies have focused on -- didn't seem to matter either.

Torfadottir said there are several physiological mechanisms that might, in principle, explain the link between she found. But at this point, all of them remain speculative.

"From these data alone we cannot recommend that teenage boys should chance their dietary habits," she said. "We are only looking at the risk of one disease, prostate cancer, and obviously risks of other conditions, e.g. bone health, need to be considered."

PREMATURE TO SAY 'CAUSES'

Dr. Matthew Cooperberg, a urologist at the University of California, San Francisco, agreed.

"It would be premature to say that drinking milk causes prostate cancer," he told Reuters Health. "You can talk about association, but it is hard to prove causality."

He added that people shouldn't be wary of drinking milk.

"There are plenty of health benefits from drinking milk in adolescence," Cooperberg said.

Torfadottir also ventured a bit of nutritional advice, noting that it's "important to have a balanced diet and moderate milk consumption is a part of that."

SOURCE: http://bit.ly/tfmA1N American Journal of Epidemiology, online December 20, 2011.

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Microbial communities on skin affect humans' attractiveness to mosquitoes

Thursday, December 29, 2011

The microbes on your skin determine how attractive you are to mosquitoes, which may have important implications for malaria transmission and prevention, according to a study published Dec. 28 in the online journal PLoS ONE.

Without bacteria, human sweat is odorless to the human nose, so the microbial communities on the skin play a key role in producing each individual's specific body odor. The researchers, led by Niels Verhulst of Wageningen University in the Netherlands, conducted their experiments with the Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto mosquito, which plays an important role in malaria transmission. They found that individuals with a higher abundance but lower diversity of bacteria on their skin were more attractive to this particular mosquito. They speculate individuals with more diverse skin microbiota may host a selective group of bacteria that emits compounds to interfere with the normal attraction of mosquitoes to their human hosts, making these individuals less attractive, and therefore lower risk to contracting malaria. This finding may lead to the development of personalized methods for malaria prevention.

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Verhulst NO, Qiu YT, Beijleveld H, Maliepaard C, Knights D, et al. (2011) Composition of Human Skin Microbiota Affects Attractiveness to Malaria Mosquitoes. PLoS ONE 6(12): e28991. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0028991

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Cal football: Tedford sees brighter days ahead

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Cal Bears' Keenan Allen, #21, scrambles against Texas Longhorns' Kenny Vaccaro, #4, and Blake Gideon, #21, during the second half of the 34th Holiday Bowl football game at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011. The Bears loss 21-10. (Ray Chavez/Staff)

Cal coach Jeff Tedford acknowledged that the Holiday Bowl was a treat for his team after a year away from postseason football, but he added that it was not the ultimate prize.

"Even though this is a great bowl game, you're always striving to be the best," he said. "Texas is probably a little different than us because they've been in the national championship, and that's where we hope to be someday. Got to keep working toward that."

Obviously, there still is much work to be done. Everything that clicked so well while the Bears won three of their final four regular-season games -- a more potent running game, a more efficient pass attack -- came apart during a mistake-filled 21-10 loss to the Longhorns on Wednesday.

But Tedford is convinced that the Bears, who finished the 2011 season at 7-6, will be improved next fall.

"I love our team," Tedford said. "I wouldn't trade our guys for anybody."

Texas exposed some weaknesses that weren't evident in late-season wins over Washington State, Oregon State and Arizona State, three teams with a combined 13-24 record.

Cal was guilty of five turnovers -- three by quarterback Zach Maynard-- but he was under relentless pressure during the entire game, as the Bears appeared to have no answer for it.

Eleven starters -- six on offense, five on defense -- return next season, with three key offensive positions intact, starting with junior-to-be Keenan Allen, who will be an All-America

candidate at wideout after catching 98 passes for 1,343 yards this year.

Maynard, who played well late in the season before his Holiday Bowl troubles with Texas, and tailback Isi Sofele return for their senior seasons.

"We were inexperienced (this season) in certain areas on offense," Tedford said prior to the Texas game. "I think our quarterback situation has been answered a little bit. I think our running back situation (also has been), and I think we're going to have some depth at running back, too."

Maynard finished his first season in the Pac-12 with 2,990 passing yards, third-most in school history, and Sofele rushed for 1,322 yards.

The next hurdle for Maynard, Sofele and the offense is to deliver against the better teams: Cal scored a combined 34 points in losses to USC, Oregon and Texas.

Maynard is as upbeat as Tedford about next season.

"I see a bright future for us. A lot of young guys played this year," he said after the Texas game. "We have to work hard in the off-season, and we'll see the potential we have for next season."

The defense, which allowed the Longhorns just 16 yards on their first five possessions, will be the younger unit a year from now.

Gone are inside linebackers Mychal Kendricks, who was the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year, and D.J. Holt. The Bears also lose safeties D.J. Campbell and Sean Cattouse, and all-conference punter Bryan Anger.

But freshmen linebackers Chris McCain and David Wilkerson are expected to blossom, and the Bears have two other promising young linebackers in freshman Cecil Whiteside and sophomore Dan Camporeale. All of the top cornerbacks return.

"Some of the lessons that the young guys learned this year are going to help us and give us momentum going into next season," Tedford said. "So there is a lot of learn from."

Cal opens the 2012 season on Sept. 1 against Nevada at Memorial Stadium, whose $321 million renovation will be complete. Two weeks later, the Bears visit Ohio State and new coach Urban Meyer. They will have home games against Stanford, Oregon and UCLA, and will play on the road against USC. Dates for Pac-12 games have not been announced.

Source: http://www.contracostatimes.com/cal-bears/ci_19641014?source=rss

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'WTF?! I Wanted an iPhone!' Entitled Christmas Tweets Put to Music [VIDEO] (Mashable)

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Twitter was quieter than usual on Sunday, Christmas day. So comedy writer Jon Hendren (iPhone," "iPad" and "car," and retweeted the spoiled messages he found.

Boy, was there a lot of ingratitude.

Hendren's tweet collection got a lot of interest. Now Jonathan Mann, the Berkeley-based musician and "Song a Day Man", has turned them into a tune: "WTF?! I wanted an iPhone!" (the title is inspired by a tweet, of course). Mann's catchy lyrics include such gems such as "F- you mom, F- you dad, the economy sucks, but I should get what I want" and "Was I the only person who didn't get an iPad? I mean I got a car but that's a different story altogether."

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Twitter proved to be a hotbed of petulance this Christmas; hopefully Hendren's retweets and Mann's song will put some of these disgruntled tweeters in their places.

Are you surprised by this public display of ingratitude? Which tweet do you think is the worst? Let us know in the comments.

This story originally published on Mashable here.

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Police deaths rise sharply again

Tim O'Briant / The Standard via AP

Aiken, S.C., police investigated Dec. 20 after two officers were shot during a traffic stop. Master Officer Scotty Richardson, 33, died later.

By M. Alex Johnson, msnbc.com

For the second straight year, the number of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty rose sharply in 2011, according to statistics released Wednesday.

Preliminary data compiled by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund showed that 173 federal, state and local officers have been killed on the job so far this year, 13 percent more than the 153 who died in 2010 ? and 42 percent more than the 122 officers who were killed in 2009.

The memorial fund, a nonprofit group that runs the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, attributed the steep rise to "drastic budget cuts" that "have put our officers at grave risk."


Police "are facing a more cold-blooded criminal element and fighting a war on terror," but "we are cutting vital resources necessary to ensure their safety," said Craig Floyd, the fund's chairman.

The leading cause of death was gunfire, which has killed 68 officers this year, just one short of the decade-long high of 69 in 2007.

One of them was Scotty Richardson, 33, a master officer with the Aiken, S.C., police, who was buried Tuesday in a flag-draped coffin. Richardson died after he was shot in the head Dec. 20 during a nighttime traffic stop. His partner was also shot and survived, NBC station WAGT of Augusta, Ga., reported.

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Aiken Department of Public Safety

Aiken, S.C., Master Public Safety Officer Scotty Richardson

Police charged Stephon Carter, 19, with murder and attempted murder.

Aiken Public Safety Director Pete Frommer said Richardson held the title "master officer" because of his diligence and sheer hard work.

"He had an additional 1,460 hours of advanced training," Frommer said. "Everybody can't do that."

Aiken Mayor Fred Cavanaugh said the ceremony was first time in a long while that a tragedy of such magnitude had hit his community.

"We're going to move forward, and it's sad that this happened, and we never want it to happen again," Cavanaugh said.

This is the first time in 13 years that shootings outpaced traffic incidents as the leading cause of officers' deaths, the police fund reported, which Linda Moon Gregory, president of Concerns of Police Survivors, a nonprofit interest group, blamed on inadequate training and equipment.

"At a time when criminals have the latest technology and weapons, we must ensure that our peace officers are adequately equipped and protected," Gregory said in a statement.

The most officers were killed in large states,?such as?Texas and California, and states in the South, seven of which were in the top 13:

  • Florida 14
  • Texas 13
  • New York 11
  • California 10
  • Georgia 10
  • Tennessee 7
  • North Carolina 7
  • Missouri 6
  • Ohio 6
  • Arizona 5
  • Louisiana 5
  • New Jersey 5
  • Michigan 5
  • Virginia 5

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A new theory emerges for where some fish became four-limbed creatures

ScienceDaily (Dec. 27, 2011) ? A small fish crawling on stumpy limbs from a shrinking desert pond is an icon of can-do spirit, emblematic of a leading theory for the evolutionary transition between fish and amphibians. This theorized image of such a drastic adaptation to changing environmental conditions, however, may, itself, be evolving into a new picture.

University of Oregon scientist Gregory J. Retallack, professor of geological sciences, says that his discoveries at numerous sites in Maryland, New York and Pennsylvania suggests that "such a plucky hypothetical ancestor of ours probably could not have survived the overwhelming odds of perishing in a trek to another shrinking pond."

This scenario comes from the late Devonian, about 390 million years ago to roughly 360 million years ago. Paleontologist Alfred Romer, who died in 1973 after serving on the faculties at the University of Chicago and Harvard University, saw this time as a period of struggle and escape -- and important in fish-tetrapod transition -- to ensure survival.

Reporting in the May 2011 issue of the Journal of Geology, Retallack, who also is co-director of paleontological collections at the UO's Museum of Natural and Cultural History, argues for a very different explanation. He examined numerous buried soils in rocks yielding footprints and bones of early transitional fossils between fish and amphibians of Devonian and Carboniferous geological age. What he found raises a major challenge to Romer's theory.

"These transitional fossils were not associated with drying ponds or deserts, but consistently were found with humid woodland soils," he said. "Remains of drying ponds and desert soils also are known and are littered with fossil fish, but none of our distant ancestors. Judging from where their fossils were found, transitional forms between fish and amphibians lived in wooded floodplains. Our distant ancestors were not so much foolhardy, as opportunistic, taking advantage of floodplains and lakes choked with roots and logs for the first time in geological history."

Limbs proved handy for negotiating woody obstacles, and flexible necks allowed for feeding in shallow water, Retallack said. By this new woodland hypothesis, the limbs and necks, which distinguish salamanders from fish, did not arise from reckless adventure in deserts, but rather were nurtured by a newly evolved habitat of humid, wooded floodplains.

The findings, he said, dampen both the desert hypothesis of Romer and a newer inter-tidal theory put forth by Grzegorz Niedbwiedzki and colleagues at the University of Warsaw. In 2010, they published their discovery of eight-foot-long, 395-million-year-old tetrapods in ancient lagoonal mud in southeastern Poland, where Retallack also has been studying fossil soils with Polish colleague Marek Narkeiwicz.

"Ancient soils and sediments at sites for transitional fossils around the world are critical for understanding when and under what conditions fish first walked," Retallack said. "The Darwin fish of chrome adorning many car trunks represents a particular time and place in the long evolutionary history of life on earth."? UO Academic Support Funds supported Retallack's research.

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Picky Eaters Are Thwarting The L.A. School District's Attempts To Improve School Lunches

www.slate.com:

Getting kids to eat right may take more than simply replacing junk food with healthier options. That's what the Los Angeles Unified School District has learned this year, according to this article in the L.A. Times. Swept up in a Michelle Obama-led tide of enthusiasm for healthy eating, the school district kicked off this year by banning nachos and chicken nuggets from the cafeterias, and feeding the kids healthy and often vegetarian food. Many kids seem to be responding by skipping lunch entirely, and eating bags of chips brought from home instead.

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