Wednesday, October 31, 2012

The Hot Wheels Camaro: no longer just a toy

By Paul A. Eisenstein, TheDetroitBureau.com

Chevrolet and Mattel have had a long and prosperous relationship. The toy company has been producing matchbox-sized replicas of the Camaro since 1968, a year after the real Chevy pony car first landed in showrooms.

At the upcoming SEMA auto show in Las Vegas, the automaker plans to return the favor, introducing the first production version of the?Chevrolet Camaro to bear a Hot Wheels badge.

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Chevy has used the Hot?Wheels theme for several years at its SEMA stand. Last year, it positioned a bright yellow version of the Camaro at the base of a life-size track.? But now the automaker plans to actually add a Hot Wheels edition to its lineup.? It will come as a $6,995 upgrade on both the 2013 Chevrolet Camaro and Camaro convertible. Sales are scheduled to begin early next year.

For the money, the special edition will get a bright metallic paint scheme, special graphics, red-lined 21-inch wheels and Hot Wheels flame badges on the fenders and trunk lid.

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The Hot Wheels Camaro will feature matte-black touches around the hood and taillight surrounds. And the upgrade will also borrow some trim pieces from the high-performance Camaro ZL1 package, including the rear spoiler, front grille and front splitter.

The black leather-trimmed interior will boast Hot Wheels logos embroidered on the front seats, which are finished in red and black stitching.? The Hot Wheels flame will adorn the door interiors with special Hot Wheels Edition sill plates completing the package.

Chevrolet?s MyLink infotainment package will come standard.

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The Hot Wheels Camaro can be ordered with either the Chevy 2LT package with its 3.6-liter V-6, rated at its stock 323 horsepower, or the 400-hp 2SS package featuring the 6.2-liter L99 V-8.? The 2SS will be delivered with a dual-mode exhaust system, as will the 2LT equipped with a manual gearbox.

Chevy can only hope to match the success of the 1:64 edition Camaros that Mattel has sold by the millions over the last 44 years. The pony car was one of 16 original Hot Wheels models ? a favor being returned as the Chevrolet Hot Wheels Camaro becomes the first production car to carry the toy series? name.

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The project was launched in 2010 and initially was focused on the concept model unveiled at the SEMA show last year. The final production design for the 2013 street car was taken from one of five sketches worked up by Hot Wheels chief designer Felix Holst.

?It?s been nearly 20 years since I started designing?cars for Hot Wheels and I have yet to drive one home,? said Holst, the vice president of creative for the Mattel Wheels Division. ?Personally, I can?t wait to open the doors and see the Hot Wheels Camaro sitting in the garage.?

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Source: http://bottomline.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/30/14781558-the-hot-wheels-camaro-no-longer-just-a-toy?lite

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Monday, October 29, 2012

Gigantic Hurricane Sandy bears down East Coast

NEW YORK CITY (Reuters) - Tens of millions of people along the U.S. East Coast girded themselves on Sunday for Hurricane Sandy, a gigantic storm forecast to assault the densely populated region with battering winds, dangerous flooding and even heavy snowfall.

Sandy, expected to come ashore late on Monday, could deliver a harsh blow to major cities in its target zone including New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Baltimore and Boston. Its center was forecast to strike New York-New Jersey area and then move inland toward Philadelphia and the rest of Pennsylvania.

The sheer size of the storm meant its effects would be felt from the mid-Atlantic states to New England. Officials warned of widespread power outages that could last for days.

In New York City, subway, bus and train service will be suspended on Sunday evening and up to 375,000 people were ordered to evacuate from low-lying areas.

President Barack Obama, speaking after a briefing at the federal government's storm response center in Washington, called Sandy a "serious and big storm" and asked residents to heed the orders of state and local authorities to protect themselves from its onslaught.

"It's a very, very large system," National Hurricane Center Director Rick Knabb said. "The storm is going to carve a pretty large swath of bad weather, both water and wind."

The storm could bring the country's financial nerve center to a standstill, although the major Wall Street exchanges said they planned to open as usual on Monday because they have alternative facilities they can use.

Worried residents in the hurricane's path packed stores, searching for generators, flashlights, batteries, food and other supplies in anticipation of power outages.

New York City schools will be shut on Monday. Other local governments also announced school closures.

Gale-force winds were already starting to buffet Virginia and could reach other parts of the mid-Atlantic coast on Sunday night. Tens of millions of people will feel its bluster for as long as two days, Knabb said.

Forecasters said Sandy was a rare, hybrid "super storm" created by an Arctic jet stream wrapping itself around a tropical storm, possibly causing up to 12 inches of rain in some areas, as well as up to 2 feet of snowfall in the Appalachian Mountains from West Virginia to Kentucky.

It could be the largest storm to hit the United States, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) website.

Sandy was already disrupting transportation systems. More than 700 flights, including international ones, were canceled on Sunday and nearly 2,500 more were canceled for Monday, FlightAware.com said.

CASINOS CLOSE

New Jersey casinos were ordered to close and state officials decided to shut bus and rail systems by early on Monday.

Governors in other states put National Guard troops on alert. "We're just asking people to be patient and be ready for a long haul. But we have a very aggressive power restoration program in place and I think we're ready," Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell told the CNN program "State of the Union."

In Washington, Obama said officials had assured him that they had all the resources they needed in place, and he stressed that "it is important for us to respond big and to respond fast" to the hurricane's onslaught.

"We're going to cut through red tape and we're not going to get bogged down in a lot of rules," said Obama, who was having to juggle both is re-election bid and his efforts to stay on top of the storm's impact just nine days before Election Day.

Sandy blew the presidential race off course, forcing Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney to cancel scheduled campaign stops. It fueled fears that the storm could disrupt early voting ahead of the November 6 election.

INSURERS PREPARE FOR STORM

U.S. stock exchanges and Wall Street banks were sending employees into Manhattan on Sunday to stay in hotels and co-workers' homes, as markets prepared to open for business on Monday even as Sandy brought public transportation to a halt.

Insurers also prepared for the storm's arrival, activating claims teams, staging adjusters near the locations most likely to be affected and generally getting ready to pay for a potentially huge volume of losses.

While Sandy's 75 mph winds were not overwhelming for a hurricane, its exceptional width means the winds will last as long as two days, wearing down trees, roofs and buildings and piling up rainfall and storm surge.

Hurricane-force winds extended 175 miles from the center of the asymmetrical storm, while its lesser tropical storm-force winds spanned 850 miles in diameter.

"That's gigantic," said Chris Landsea, the hurricane center's science and operations officer.

At high tide, it could bring a surge of seawater up to 11 feet above ground level to Long Island Sound and New York Harbor, forecasters said.

"Given the large wind field associated with Sandy, elevated water levels could span multiple tide cycles, resulting in repeated and extended periods of coastal and bayside flooding," the forecasters said.

Sandy was centered about 250 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, or 575 miles south of New York City at midday on Sunday, the hurricane center said. It pushed seawater up over the barrier islands off North Carolina known as the Outer Banks.

"It's flooded all over the village," longtime Ocracoke Island resident Kathleen O'Neal told Reuters. "I would say between a foot and two feet of water."

Sandy was moving over the Atlantic parallel to the U.S. coast at 10 mph, but was forecast to make a tight westward turn toward the U.S. coast on Sunday night.

Sandy killed at least 66 people as it made its way through the Caribbean islands, including 51 in Haiti, mostly from flash flooding and mudslides, according to authorities.

(Additional reporting by Gene Cherry in North Carolina, Dave Warner in Philadelphia, Paul Thomasch in New York, Mary Ellen Clark and Ebong Udoma in Connecticut and Will Dunham in Washington; Writing by Jane Sutton and David Adams; Editing by Will Dunham)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/threat-hurricane-sandy-grows-targets-east-coast-020222965.html

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Friday, October 26, 2012

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Sandy bringing floods, winds, snow -- but where?

The entire Northeast coast was told Friday to be prepared for potential flooding, high winds and even snow early next week as Hurricane Sandy made its way north after killing 41 people in the Caribbean.

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036697/vp/49574264#49574264

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TELUS offers up estimated release times for Jelly Bean updates

Jelly Bean

With Android 4.1 Jelly Bean updates around the globe, Samsung reminded U.S. Galaxy S3 owners their update was still coming but neglected to say when exactly. Couple that information with the estimated times TELUS has now posted for the Canadian Jelly Bean schedule and it's not a far stretch to think the U.S. variants will arrive around the same time or sooner for some carriers:

  • Samsung Galaxy S II x  - 4.1 - OEM not yet submitted - Late December
  • Samsung Galaxy Note - 4.1 - OEM not yet submitted - Late December
  • Samsung Galaxy S III - 4.1- OEM not yet submitted - Late November

Even though they are just estimates, it's nice to see them laid out and not really that far off. In that past, TELUS has done fairly well with letting everyone know when their updates are coming, so we'll see how close they are this time around.

Source: TELUS via: Mobile Syrup



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New genomics study shows ancestry could help solve disease riddles

ScienceDaily (Oct. 25, 2012) ? Explosive advancement in human genome sequencing opens new possibilities for identifying the genetic roots of certain diseases and finding cures. However, so many variations among individual genomes exist that identifying mutations responsible for a specific disease has in many cases proven an insurmountable challenge. But now a new study by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), Scripps Health, and Scripps Translational Science Institute (STSI) reveals that by comparing the genomes of diseased patients with the genomes of people with sufficiently similar ancestries could dramatically simplify searches for harmful mutations, opening new treatment possibilities.

The work, reported recently in the journal Frontiers in Genetics: Applied Genetic Epidemiology, should speed the search for the causes of many diseases and provide critical guidance to the genomics field for maximizing the potential benefits of growing genome databases.

Much work is already under way to sequence the DNA of people suffering from diseases with unknown causes, called idiopathic conditions, to find the roots of their problems. Unlike more complex conditions such as diabetes, in some cases a limited number of genetic defects, or even a single mutation, can cause an idiopathic disease. Identifying those critical mutations can lead to effective treatments for previously mysterious problems.

Complicated Searches

While there have been some successes, in many other instances the genetic basis of an idiopathic disease remains elusive. Among other groups, The National Human Genome Research Institute runs searches for idiopathic disease sufferers and is able to find offending gene sequences only about 30 percent of the time. "One explanation for that other 70 percent might be that the diseases are enormously complex," said the new study's senior author Nicholas Schork, a professor at TSRI, director of research for Scripps Health's genomic medicine program, and director of biostatistics and bioinformatics at STSI, "but it could be that they're still searching in the noise."

The new work offers a likely filter for much of that noise. The results show that comparing a person's DNA sequence against existing genomes for those whose ancestry is not sufficiently similar, as is typically the case, can cause serious problems. Countless differences that seem unique to a patient might instead be DNA variants carried by everyone with the same ancestry. A researcher might, for instance, identify hundreds of variants and not be able to zero in on the one responsible for a disease.

But the new results show that comparing closer ancestry matches will dramatically reduce the number of variants identified as potentially responsible for a disease, reducing a search to a workable number.

For the work, the team developed a tool called the Scripps Genome Adviser. This processing framework uses a supercomputer to incorporate a variety of databases and algorithms to identify DNA variants in a particular genome relative to reference genomes. It then uses algorithms to analyze these variants and predict whether they have any physiological effects, and if so what those might be.

The team began with nearly 60 whole human genome databases and ran three key types of computing experiments. First the researchers identified the number of variants in the reference human genomes and found that on average each has millions of variants, about 12,000 of which have functional effects. Then the scientists looked at the rates at which variants appeared in various ancestry lines.

Honoring Ancestry

Importantly, the scientists didn't stop there. They deliberately inserted a mutation known to cause disease into a genome, then ran this genome through the Adviser to see how effectively it could identify that known variant as unique.

When the team ran the searches comparing that altered genome against a reference panel of genomes that included different ancestries, the known variant remained effectively lost in a sea of other variants. But comparison against genomes of similar ancestry dramatically reduced the number of variants identified, allowing identification of the inserted disease-causing gene.

A study published simultaneously with the Scripps team's paper by Professor Carlos Bustamante and colleagues from Stanford University also pointed to ancestry's importance, but this is the first time a team has been able to look at the problem on the whole-genome scale. "Others have indeed recognized ancestry as important," said Schork, "but no one had shown how much it could haunt a particular study, especially on a whole genome basis."

As importantly, prior to this study it wasn't clear how to address the ancestry issue. But the new study provides clear direction. The team calculated that identification of the vast majority of ancestral variants can be performed successfully with a reference panel of less than 20 genomes -- though it could well take more to identify a particular ancestry group's rarest deviations. Of course, most people have more than one ancestry line, meaning that in practice a patient's reference panel would need to include multiple reference groups.

This result should act as a guide for continuing genomics work. Many ancestries are already well represented, meaning that assembling an effective reference panel is possible in some cases. But the number of whole genomes from a particular ancestral group isn't the only consideration. Ideally, reference genomes need to be from relatively disease-free people, meaning subjects who lived to an old age without major complications from genetic conditions.

Recognizing the importance of ancestral comparisons, researchers and companies can now deliberately work to fill any holes. "Building those sorts of resources could only benefit the community," said Schork. In fact, Schork, Ali Torkamani and others at Scripps are collaborating with Complete Genomics, Inc., a whole genome sequencing company in Mountain View, CA, to develop appropriate reference panels for clinicians and researchers.

Deciphering Diseases

Schork and his colleagues are already working toward broader application of their results using an increasingly advanced version of the tool. While processing a single person's genome to identify and analyze variants took about four days when the project began, today the Adviser can accomplish the task in about 30 minutes.

Along with the paper's lead author Torkamani, Schork is a founder of a company called Cypher Genomics that has licensed the Scripps Genome Adviser for disease-focused research. The teams in both industry and academia hope not only to continue idiopathic disease research, but also to apply similar principles to search for the causes of more complex congenital conditions. "The broader message of our work is that you have to take ancestry into account no matter what disease you're studying," said Schork.

This research was supported by the National Institutes of Health (grant numbers 5 UL1 RR025774, 5 U01 DA024417, 5 R01 HL089655, 5 R01 DA030976, 5 R01 AG035020, 1 R01 MH093500, 2 U19 AI063603, 2 U19 AG023122, 5 P01 AG027734, 1 U01 HG006476-01), the Stand Up to Cancer Foundation, the Price Foundation and Scripps Genomic Medicine.

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Journal Reference:

  1. Ali Torkamani, Phillip Pham, Ondrej Libiger, Vikas Bansal, Guangfa Zhang, Ashley A. Scott-Van Zeeland, Ryan Tewhey, Eric J. Topol and Nicholas Schork. Clinical Implications of Human Population Differences in Genome-wide Rates of Functional Genotypes. Front. Gene., 2012 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2012.00211

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Thursday, October 25, 2012

stock market news: Sure Fire Badminton Drills, Sports & Recreation

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U.S. death toll rises to 24 in meningitis outbreak

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Justin Timberlake & Jessica Biel's Wedding Photo Revealed

People Exclusive

10/24/2012 at 07:50 AM EDT

Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel

Judging by their wedding photo, Justin Timberlake was more than ready to jump into his new life with Jessica Biel, springing airborne with joy.

When the couple of five years exchanged personal vows in a romantic Italian ceremony Oct. 19, "it was a really special evening," Timberlake, 31, tells PEOPLE in this week's cover story, in which the newlyweds open up for the first time about their special day and share exclusive photos.

"It was a total fantasy experience," adds Biel, 30.

One cause for emotion? The singer-actor played the guitar and serenaded his beautiful bride-to-be as she walked down the aisle in a custom, petal pink Giambattista Valli Haute Couture gown.

"It was an original piece I wrote specifically for the evening and for her," says Timberlake, who wore a Tom Ford tux he helped design.

The pair welcomed 100 guests, including close friends Jimmy Fallon, Andy Samberg, Timbaland and Biel's 7th Heaven costar Beverley Mitchell, to the Borgo Egnazia resort in southern Italy for a week-long wedding celebration.

"It was a lot to ask of them to travel, so we figured we'd give our guests a good party!" says Timberlake.

For Justin and Jessica's exclusive wedding album ? from the bride's special "something borrowed" to the couple's dance moves ? pick up this week's issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday

Source: http://feeds.people.com/~r/people/headlines/~3/fconFS3rHYw/0,,20641685,00.html

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Jamie Dupree's Washington Insider: New Obama and Romney ads out

By Jamie Dupree

Both the Obama and Romney campaigns rolled out new television ads in the immediate aftermath of the final Presidential debate in Boca Raton, Florida, with just two weeks until Election Day.

The new Obama ad is targeted at key swing states like Florida and Ohio, and is basically a summary of very familiar arguments by the President on why he should be re-elected.

"We've made real progress," the President says into the camera, "and the last thing we should do is turn back now," arguing that voting in the Republicans will take the country back to the Bush years.

As for the Romney ad, this one comes from last night's debate, and focuses on the "Apology Tour" as Romney derisively labeled the President's trip to the Middle East, where Mr. Obama visited a series of Arab nations, but not Israel.

Expect a lot of ads over the next two weeks as the pace gets a bit more frantic in the race for the White House.

Jamie Dupree

About Jamie Dupree

Jamie Dupree is the Radio News Director of the Washington Bureau of the Cox Media Group and writes the Washington Insider blog.

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Plymouth County Football Playoffs Week 1

Class 3A

No. 7 LEWIS CENTRAL at LE MARS COMMUNITY

When: Wednesday, Oct. 24, 7 p.m.

Where: Le Mars

Record: Lewis Central, 7-2; Le Mars, 7-2

Conference finish: Lewis Central, 3rd place (4-2); Le Mars, 2nd place (5-1)

Last week: Lewis Central 16, Creston 7; Le Mars 10, Carroll 7

Points per game: Lewis Central 27, Le Mars 25.8

Pts against/gm: Lewis Central 13.2, Le Mars 17

Passing yards per game: Le Mars 149.6, Lewis Central 127.9

Rushing yds/gm: Lewis Central 188.4, Le Mars 150,

Stat leaders

Lewis Central

Austin Simmons, So. -- 57-for-103 passing, 900 yards, 9 touchdowns, 4 interceptions; 69 rushes, 279 yards, 7 TD

Alex Martin, Sr. -- 140 rushes, 692 yards, 4 TD

Luke Harrison, Sr. -- 29 receptions, 404 yards, 6 TD

Mark Savage, Sr. -- 25 receptions, 393 yards, 3 TD; 4 Int

Derek Jenkins, Sr. -- 102 total tackles, 74 solo tackles, 2 sacks

Ethan Ruby, Jr. -- 69 total tackles, 53 solo tackles

Le Mars

Levi Te Brink, Jr. -- 73-for-141 passing, 1,272 yards, 14 TD, 9 Int; 98 rushes, 361 yards, 5 TD

Kendall Candor, Sr. -- 80 rushes, 437 yards, 1 TD

Travis Kinney, Sr. -- 98 rushes, 356 yards, 6 TD; 76 total tackles, 55 total tackles

Gabe Rahn, Sr. -- 24 receptions, 511, 6 TD; kickoff return TD, punt return TD

Chris Hiserote, Sr. -- 74 total tackles, 48 solo tackles

Andy Heffner, Sr. -- 73 total tackles, 47 solo tackles, 4 sacks

Up next: Carroll (3-6) or No. 4 Harlan (8-1); Monday, Oct. 29



Class A

HINTON at NEWMAN CATHOLIC

When: Wednesday, Oct. 24, 7 p.m.

Where: Mason City

Record: Hinton, 6-3; Newman, 6-3

Conf. finish: Hinton, 3rd place (5-2); Newman, 2nd place (6-1)

Last week: Lawton-Bronson 27, Hinton 21; No. 3 West Hancock 24, Newman 7

Pts/gm: Hinton 33.7, Newman 27.8

Pts against/gm: Hinton 18.8, Newman 19

Pass yds/gm: Hinton 153.1, Newman 66.1

Rush yds/gm: Newman 257.4, Hinton 164

Stat leaders

Hinton

Dalton Becker, Sr. -- 81 rushes, 480 yards, 10 TD; 6 Int

Jason Vander Kooi, Sr. -- 35 receptions, 748 yards, 10 TD; 51 total tackles, 36 solo tackles, 2 Int; 2 kickoff return TD

Colin Poss, Sr. -- 64 total tackles, 37 solo tackles, 1 sack

Marcus Turman, Sr. -- 47 total tackles, 30 solo tackles, 1 sack

Newman

Jack Fitzgerald, Jr. -- 40-for-73 passing, 456 yards, 1 TD, 4 Int

Joseph Burgmeier, Jr. -- 214 rushes, 1396 yards, 17 TD; punt return TD

Kane Louscher, Sr. -- 98 total tackles, 75 solo tackles

John Waters, Sr. -- 77 total tackles, 54 solo tackles, 2 sacks

Up next: Bishop Garrigan (4-5) or No. 4 West Lyon (8-1); Monday, Oct. 29


PRAIRIE VALLEY at No. 7 AKRON-WESTFIELD

When: Wednesday, Oct. 24, 7 p.m.

Where: Akron

Record: Prairie Valley, 6-3; A-W, 8-1

Conf. finish: Prairie Valley, 3rd place (5-2); A-W, 2nd place (6-1)

Last week: Prairie Valley 25, AGWSR, 13; No. 4 West Lyon 35, A-W 0

Pts/gm: A-W 34.4, Prairie Valley 24

Pts against/gm: Prairie Valley 12.1, A-W 22.9

Pass yds/gm: A-W 132.6, Prairie Valley, 65.2

Rush yds/gm: A-W 253.9, Prairie Valley 230

Stat leaders:

Prairie Valley

Ryan True, So. -- 21-for-63 passing, 509 yards, 4 TD, 7 Int

Mason Gordon, Sr. -- 221 rushes, 1157 yards, 15 TD

Austin Promes, Jr. -- 99 rushes, 612 yards, 6 TD

Clayton Taylor, Jr. -- 101 total tackles, 42 solo tackles, 3 sacks

Matt Streit, Sr. -- 64 total tackles, 33 solo tackles, 7 sacks

Akron-Westfield

Cory Eskra, Sr. -- 91-for-159 passing, 1,127 yards, 11 TD, 11 Int; 112 rushes, 476 yards, 4 TD; punt return TD

Taylor James, Sr. -- 204 rushes, 1,489 yards, 20 TD; 28 receptions, 267 yards, 4 TD; 58 total tackles, 34 solo tackles; 2 kickoff return TD

Chance Hoffman, Jr. -- 40 receptions, 701 yards, 8 TD

Daniel Beitelspacher, Sr. -- 90 total tackles, 52 solo tackles

Cody Bosse, Jr. -- 69 total tackles, 37 solo tackles

Up next: Woodbury Central (6-3) or No. 3 West Hancock (8-1); Monday, Oct. 29



Class 8-Man

REMSEN- UNION at LAURENS-MARATHON

When: Wednesday, Oct. 24, 7 p.m.

Where: Laurens

Record: R-U, 6-3; L-M, 7-2

Conf. finish: R-U, 3rd place (5-2); L-M, 2nd place (5-2)

Last week: R-U 49, Whiting 6; L-M 20, North Iowa 12

Pts/gm: R-U 42.2, L-M 37.6

Pts against/gm: L-M 17.7, R-U 19.4

Pass yds/gm: R-U 116.6, R-U 104.3

Rush yds/gm: R-U 205.3, L-M 197.6

Stat leaders

Remsen-Union

Cam Kuchel, Sr. -- 77-for-143 passing, 1,028 yards, 17 TD, 7 Int; 81 rushes, 280 yards, 6 TD

Nick Braun, Jr. -- 90 rushes, 652 yards, 8 TD; 2 kickoff return TD

Jeremy Sanchez, Sr. -- 88 rushes, 599 yards, 5 TD; 76 total tackles, 52 solo tackles; 2 kickoff return TD, 3 punt return TD

Austin Felts, Jr. -- 112 total tackles, 76 solo tackles

Andrew Hagert, Sr. -- 91 total tackles, 59 solo tackles, 12 sacks

Ethan Van Dam, Sr. -- 88 total tackles, 56 solo tackles, 8 sacks

Laurens-Marathon

Matt Cleveland, Sr. -- 49-for-100 passing, 866 yards, 14 TD, 7 Int; 165 rushes, 842 yards, 11 TD; 3 def. Int

Collin Lind, Sr. -- 126 rushes, 552 yards, 15 TD; 85 total tackles, 3 Int

Will Cleveland, Sr. -- 20 receptions, 388 yards, 7 TD; 49 total tackles

Ben Fuchs, Sr. -- 19 receptions, 339 yards, 4 TD

Jake Simpson, Sr. -- 55 total tackles

Up next: West Bend-Mallard (6-4) or No. 7 Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn (9-0); Monday, Oct. 29



Final Iowa AP High School Football Polls

Class 4A

RkSchoolRecordPtsPrv
1. Ankeny (12)9-01291
2. Iowa City West (1)9-01132
t-3. Cedar Rapids Xavier9-01003
t-3.Pleasant Valley9-01004
5. Dowling Catholic7-2715
6. Southeast Polk7-2597
7. Cedar Falls8-1518
8. West Des Moines Valley7-2489
t-9. Sioux City East7-2146
t-9. Urbandale7-21410

Class 3A

RkSchoolRecordPtsPrv
1. Decorah (13)9-01301
2. Grinnell9-01173
3. Williamsburg8-1946
4. Harlan8-1935
5. Bishop Heelan8-1782
6. West Delaware7-240NR
7.Lewis Central7-237NR
8. Creston-Orient-Macksburg7-2314
9. South Tama7-220T7
t-10. Marion7-217T7
t-10.Norwalk7-21710

Class 2A

RkSchoolRecordPtsPrv
t-1. Mediapolis (4)9-01152
t-1.Boyden-Hull-RV (6)9-01151
3.West Marshall (2)9-01013
4.Kuemper Catholic9-0944
5. Spirit Lake8-1765
6. Union (1)8-1736
7.Beckman Catholic8-1518
t-8. Center Point-Urbana8-12910
t-8. New Hampton8-129NR
10. Waukon7-287

Class 1A

RkSchoolRecordPtsPrv
1. Iowa City Regina (13)9-01301
2. Dike-New Hartford9-01092
3. Emmetsburg8-1963
4. IKM-Manning9-0884
5.St. Edmond8-1676
6. Aplington-Parkersburg7-2585
7. Mount Ayr9-053T8
8.St. Albert8-1527
9.South Winneshiek8-139T8
10. Maquoketa Valley8-11410

Class A

RkSchoolRecordPtsPrv
1. Woodward-Granger (6)9-01221
2. Wapsie Valley (5)9-01192
3.West Hancock8-199T3
4.West Lyon (2)8-1916
5.North Tama8-1775
6. Logan-Magnolia8-1567
t-7. Lisbon8-1498
t-7.Akron-Westfield8-149T3
t-9. B-G-M7-216NR
t-9.Lynnville-Sully7-216NR

Class 8-Man

RkSchoolRecordPtsPrv
1. Newell-Fonda (9)9-01241
2. Murray (4)9-01142
3. Don Bosco8-0984
4. EHK-Exira9-0933
5. Sidney9-0755
6. H-L-V9-0526
7. Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn9-0497
8. Fremont Mills8-1378
9. Adair-Casey8-1349
10. Clarksville8-12010

Source: http://www.lemarssentinel.com/story/1906797.html

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Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Tablet Review

Introduction

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Samsung's Galaxy range of products grows by the day it seems, they have the market wrapped up nicely with its Galaxy S II, S III, Note and Note II smartphones among countless other variants. The tablet market is a little bit different, where they don't really have a market-leading tablet apart from a few nice tries with the Galaxy Tab in various sizes.

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I reviewed the Galaxy Tab 8.9 a little while ago, and while I was happy with it, it didn't blow me away. I never personally used a Galaxy Tab 10.1, but now I have the pleasure of reviewing Samsung's Galaxy Note 10.1.

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Samsung married the smartphone, tablet and threw in some of the PC's kitchen sink when it comes to the Note 10.1. The Note 10.1 gives us split-screen abilities as well as floating applications on the software side of things, and on the hardware side of things we have a quad-core processor, 10.1-inch screen and the S-Pen.

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Samsung showed the Galaxy Note 10.1 off earlier in the year at Mobile World Congress in an unfinished state. They used the event to see how the public would react to it, and then went back and tweaked a bunch of the tablet to help it blast onto the market.

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At MWC, the Note 10.1 didn't sport an S-Pen - why they did this and called it a Note 10.1, I truly have no idea. At the time it didn't have much of the software we see on it today, the quad-core processor, or extra storage options. One would look at this and think there's no way Samsung can fail - the Note is a great phone, the Galaxy range of products is doing well, but there are issues with the Note 10.1.

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Samsung really concentrated on wanting to impress on paper, but do they impress when this device is in your hands? You'll want to read on to find out.

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Specifications are something that Samsung really took care of with the Galaxy Note 10.1. Samsung opted for its Exynos quad-core processor clocking in at 1.4GHz - somewhat of the gem in the Note 10.1 tablet. Filling it out we find 2GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage (with 32GB and 64GB options) as well as expandable storage through a microSD card slot.

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The display itself being a 10.1-inch screen with a resolution of 1280x800, 7000mAh non-removable battery, an 8-megapixel rear-camera, and 1.9-megapixel front-shooting camera, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n and Bluetooth 4.0, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich with Samsung's TouchWiz UI on top, a pressure sensitive pen (S-Pen) and Wacom Digitizer.

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All of this comes in a tablet that weighs just 597 grams (Wi-Fi) model, and the 3G model adds just 3 grams more to fill it out at 600 grams. Included with the Note 10.1 is an IR blaster, USB 2.0 host support and some great front-facing stereo speakers.

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Price-wise, it is priced quite competitively given its internal strength, with Newegg selling the Galaxy Note 10.1 Wi-Fi-only model for just $499.99, the 3G model ramps the price up quite a bit to $719.99. At that price, it's simply ridiculous and I don't recommend it. If you are the type of person looking to buy the Note 10.1, you've most likely got a capable smartphone that you could tether to the Note 10.1 as a modem - do this instead of paying too much for the 3G model.

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Sunday, October 21, 2012

Banks responding slowly to mortgage demand

By Dan Wilchins and Rick Rothacker, Reuters

Big U.S. banks are hiring mortgage bankers to meet a surge in demand for home loans and refinancings, but they are still struggling to process applications, which could undermine the Federal Reserve's attempts to stimulate the economy.?

Jonathan Ernst / Reuters

Banks are hiring to meet increased demand in the home loan business.

Since the Fed announced its plan in September to buy up to $40 billion of mortgages a month, consumer mortgage rates have fallen more slowly and by less than they would have done in more normal times.?

On average, 30-year home loan rates are down just 0.18 of a percentage point this week from Sept. 13, when the Fed announced its latest stimulus program. Some analysts estimate that in more normal markets, rates would have fallen by roughly 0.31 of a percentage point or more. That could save a home buyer thousands of dollars over the lifetime of a mortgage.

The dysfunction in the mortgage market, which has yet to fully recover after its battering in the U.S. housing bust and subsequent financial crisis, means most benefits from the Fed's new stimulus plan may be accruing to banks instead of consumers.

Banks still committed to the home loan business are hiring to meet increased demand, but fewer banks are committed to the business after the 2007-2009 mortgage crisis pulverized some of the biggest lenders in the United States and wounded many others.

Capacity constraints work in the banks' favor. Profit margins for home lending are more than double their usual level, JPMorgan Chief Executive Jamie Dimon told investors last Friday. The major U.S. banks, including JPMorgan Chase & Co, Wells Fargo & Co and Citigroup Inc, all said mortgage operations boosted third-quarter profits.

Lenders making mortgages say they do not want to hire too many staffers only to lay them off when volume declines. The Mortgage Bankers Association estimates that banks will make $1.47 trillion of home loans this year for home purchases and refinancings, but then just $1.04 trillion in 2013, a decline of nearly a third.

"We are trying to ... not over hire," Andy Cecere, chief financial officer at U.S. Bancorp, said in an interview on Wednesday.

Top U.S. mortgage lender Wells Fargo added about 2,000 people in the third quarter as volume surged. Chief Financial Officer Tim Sloan said in an interview the bank is responding to the impact of the Fed's plan. Chase has increased its number of loan officers by 23 percent over the last year, and expects to keep hiring aggressively, said Kevin Watters, head of mortgage originations at JP Morgan Chase.

But mortgage applications are also jumping, rising nearly 17 percent in the week ended Sept. 28. With demand that strong and no staffers to handle extra business, banks have little reason to cut rates much. In a speech on Monday, New York Federal Reserve President William Dudley acknowledged that difficulty, noting the Fed's efforts to stimulate the economy in recent years would have had a bigger economic impact if consumer mortgage rates were falling more.

Bank staffing issues are a headache for mortgage applicants already struggling with tough appraisals and wary lenders. Many borrowers tell Kafka-esque stories of bureaucracy, where what used to be a 30- to 60-day process has stretched to 90 days or more.

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The mortgage business has grown much more concentrated. The top two mortgage lenders made 14 percent of mortgage loans in 2000, 29 percent of mortgages in 2006, and 44 percent in the first half of 2012, according to Inside Mortgage Finance data.?

Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase are the top two lenders now, and their predecessor companies were the top in 2000.

In 2006, Countrywide Financial Corp ? now owned by Bank of America Corp ??and Wells were the top. Bank of America last year stopped buying loans from other banks after suffering billions of dollars of losses from its exposure to home loans, which has cut its volume in half and limited smaller banks' capacity to lend.

Bankers are unsure how long the refinancing bonanza will last.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Dimon told investors the mortgage boom will continue "next quarter, maybe for a couple of quarters after that but it won't last for that much longer."

Citigroup Chief Financial Officer John Gerspach told investors on Monday that figuring out how long the refinancing boom will last is "one of the big questions facing a lot of institutions at this point in time."

Smaller banks are struggling with the same questions.

Matt Williams, president of Gothenburg State Bank in Gothenburg, Neb., and incoming chairman of the American Bankers Association, said his bank was not adding staff even though its 28 employees were "stressed to the max right now."

Williams said his bank, with $125 million in assets, expects rates eventually will go up, cutting demand for refinancing.

Mortgage demand was rising even before the Fed announced its latest plan to buy home loans, but that announcement immediately lowered bank funding costs. The effect on bank revenues will take longer to show up, because it takes months to process and close mortgage applications.

For consumers, capacity constraints among mortgage lenders mean rates are not falling as much as they theoretically could.

The average 30-year consumer mortgage rate was 3.37 percent, Freddie Mac said on Thursday ? about 1.13 percentage points higher than rates investors in mortgage bonds would accept, as measured by the "secondary rate" for mortgages guaranteed by Fannie Mae.

In the second half of 2011, the gap between consumer mortgage rates and the secondary rate averaged closer to about 0.9 percentage point, suggesting lenders could cut rates another 0.23 point. However, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae boosted fees for guarantees by 0.1 of a percentage point in August, meaning the difference may be only about 0.13 of a percentage point.

Additional reporting by David Henry and Michelle Conlin in New York and Emily Stephenson in San Diego.

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