Sunday, January 27, 2013

Your Three Investing Opponents | The Big Picture

?Tough Year!?

We hear that around the office nearly every day ? from professional traders to money managers to even the ?most-hedged? of the hedge fund community. This year?s markets have perplexed the best of them. Each week brings another event that sets up some confusing crosscurrent: call them reversals or head fakes or bear traps or (my personal favorite) the ?fake-out break-out? ? this is a volatile, trendless market has been unkind to Wall Street pros and Main Street investors alike.

Indeed, buy & hold investors have had more ups and downs this year than your average rollercoaster. The third and fourth quarters alone had more than a dozen market swings, ranging from 5 percent to more than 20 percent. Despite all of that action, the S&P 500 is essentially unchanged year-to-date. It doesn?t take much to push portfolios into the red these days.

Three Opponents in Investing

With markets more challenging than ever, individual investors need to understand exactly whom they are going up against when they step onto the field of battle. You have three opponents to consider whenever you invest.

The first is Mr. Market himself. He is, as Benjamin Graham described him, your eternal partner in investing. He is a patient if somewhat bipolar fellow. Subject to wild mood swings, he is always willing to offer you a bid or an ask. If you are a buyer, he is a seller ? and vice versa. But do not mistake this for generosity: he is your opponent. He likes to make you look a fool. Sell him shares at a nice profit, and he happily takes their prices so much higher you are embarrassed to even mention them again. Buy something from him on the cheap, and he will show you exactly what cheap is. And perhaps most frustrating of all, Mr. Market has no ego ? he does not care about being right or wrong; he only exists to separate the rubes from their money.

Institutional Competitors

Yes, Mr. Market is a difficult opponent. But your next rivals are nearly as tough: They are everyone else buying or selling stocks.

Recall what Charles Ellis said when he was overseeing the $15-billion endowment fund at Yale University:

?Watch a pro football game, and it?s obvious the guys on the field are far faster, stronger and more willing to bear and inflict pain than you are. Surely you would say, ?I don?t want to play against those guys!?

Well, 90% of stock market volume is done by institutions, and half of that is done by the world?s 50 largest investment firms, deeply committed, vastly well prepared ? the smartest sons of bitches in the world working their tails off all day long. You know what? I don?t want to play against those guys either.?

Ellis lays out the brutal truth: investing is a rough and tumble business. It doesn?t matter where these traders work ? they may be on prop desks, mutual funds, hedge funds, or HFT shops ? they employ an array of professional staff and technological tools to give themselves a significant edge. With billions at risk, they deploy anything that gives them even a slight advantage.

These are who individuals are doing battle with. Armed only with a PC, an internet connection, and CNBC muted in the background, investors face daunting odds. They are at a tactical disadvantage, outmanned and outgunned.

We Have Met the Enemy and They Is Us

That is even before we meet your third opponent, perhaps the most difficult one to conquer of all:

You.

You are your own third opponent. And, you may be the opponent you understand the least of all three. It is more than time constraints, lack of discipline, and asymmetrical information that challenges you. The biggest disadvantage you have is that melon perched atop your 3rd opponent?s neck. It is your big ole brain, and unless you do something about it, it is going to lose all of your money for you.

See it? There. Sitting right behind your eyes and between your ears. That ?thing? you hardly pay any attention to. You just assume it knows what it?s doing, works properly, doesn?t make too many mistakes. I hate to disabuse you of those lovely notions; but no, sorry, it does not work nearly as well as you assume. At least, not when it comes to investing. The wiring is an historical remnant, hardly functional for modern living. It is overrun with desires, emotions, and blind spots. Its capacity for cognitive error is nearly endless. It was originally developed for entirely other purposes than risk assessment in capital markets. Indeed, when it comes to money, the way most investors use those 100 billion neurons or so of grey matter, they might as well not even bother using their brains at all.

Let me give you an example. Think of any year from 1990-2005. Off of the top of your head, take a guess how well your portfolio did that year. Write it down ? this is important (that big dumb brain of yours cannot be trusted to be honest with itself). Now, pull your statement from that year and calculate your gains or losses.

How?d you do? Was the reality as good as you remembered? This is a phenomenon called selective retention. When it comes to details like this, you actually remember what you want to, not what factually occurred. Try it again. Only this time, do it for this year ? 2011. Write it down.

Go pull up your YTD performance online. We?ll wait.

Well, how did you do? Not nearly as well as you imagined, right? Welcome to the human race.
This sort of error is much more commonplace than you might imagine. If we ask any group of automobile owners how good their driving skills are, about 80% will say ?Above average.? The same applies to how well we evaluate our own investing skills. Most of us think we are above average, and nearly all of us believe we are better than we actually are.

(Despite having taken numerous high-performance driving courses and spending a lot of time on various race tracks, I am only an average driver. I know this because my wife reminds me constantly.)

As it turns out, there is a simple reason for this. The worse we are at any specific skill set, the harder it is for us to evaluate our own competency at it. This is called the Dunning?Kruger effect. This precise sort of cognitive deficit means that areas we are least skilled at ? let?s use investing decisions as an example ? also means we lack the ability to identify any investing shortcomings. As it turns out, the same skill set needed to be an outstanding investor is also necessary to have ?metacognition? ? the ability to objectively evaluate one?s own abilities. (This is also true in all other professions.)

Unlike Garrison Keillor?s Lake Wobegon, where all of the children are above average, the bell curve in investing is quite damning. By definition, all investors cannot be above average. Indeed, the odds are high that, like most investors, you will underperform the broad market this year. But it is more than just this year ? ?underperformance? is not merely a 2011 phenomenon. The statistics suggest that 4 out of 5 of you underperformed last year, and the same number will underperform next year, too.

Underperformance is not a disease suffered only by retail investors ? the pros succumb as well. In fact, about 4 out of 5 mutual fund managers underperform their benchmarks every year. These managers engage in many of the same errors that Main Street investors make. They overtrade, they engage in ?groupthink,? they freeze up, some have been even known to sell in a panic. (Do any of these sound familiar to you?)

These kinds of errors seem to be hardwired in us. Humans have evolved to survive in competitive conditions. We developed instincts and survival skills, and passed those on to our descendants. The genetic makeup of our species contains all sorts of elements that were honed over millions of years to give us an edge in surviving long enough to procreate and pass our genes along to our progeny. Our automatic reactions in times of panic are a result of that development arc.

This leads to a variety of problems when it comes to investing in equities: our instincts often betray us. To do well in the capital markets requires developing skills that very often are the opposite of what our survival instincts are telling us. Our emotions compound the problem, often compelling us to make changes at the worst possible times. The panic selling at market lows and greedy chasing as we head into tops are a reflection of these factors.

The sort of grinding market we had in 2011 only exacerbates investor aggravation, and therefore increases poor decision making. Facts and logic go out the window, and thinking gets replaced with naked emotions. We get annoyed, angry, frightened, frustrated ? and that does not help returns. Indeed, our evolutionary ?flight or fight? response developed for a reason ? it helped keep us alive out on the savannah. But the adrenaline necessary to fight a Cro-Magnon or flee from a sabre-toothed tiger does not help us in the capital markets. Indeed, study after study suggests our own wetware works against us; the emotions that helped keep us alive on the plains now hinder our investment performance.

The problem, as it turns out, lies primarily in those large mammalian brains of ours. Our wiring evolved for a specific set of survival challenges, most of which no longer exist. We have cognitive deficits that are by-products of that. Much of our decision making comes with cognitive errors ?secretly? built in. We are often unaware we even have these (for lack of a better word) defects. These cognitive foibles are one of the main reasons that, when it comes to investing, we humans just ain?t built for it.

We Are Tool Makers

But we are not helpless. These large mammalian brains of ours can do a whole lot more than merely overreact to stimulus. We think up new ideas, ponder new tools, and create new technologies. Indeed, our ability to innovate is one of the factors that separates us from the rest of the animal kingdom.

As investors, we can use our big brains to compensate for our known limitations. This means creating tools to help us make better decisions. When battling Mr. Market ? as tough as any Cro-Magnon or sabre-toothed tiger ? it helps to be able to make informed decisions coolly and objectively. If we can manage our emotions and prevent them from causing us to make decisions out of panic or greed, then our investing results will improve dramatically.

So stop being your own third opponent. Jiu jitsu yourself, and learn how to outwit your evolutionary legacy. Use that big ole melon for a change. You just might see some improvement in your portfolio performance.

Individual Investors Have Certain Advantages Over Institutions

One final thought. Smaller investors do not realize that they possess quite a few strategic advantages ? if only they would take advantage of them. Consider these small-investor pluses:

? No benchmark to meet quarterly (or monthly), so you can have longer-term time horizons and different goals;
? You can enter or exit a position without impacting markets;
? There is no public scrutiny of your holdings and no disclosures required, so you don?t have to worry about someone taking your ideas;
? You don?t have to limit yourself to just the largest stocks or worry about position size (this is huge);
? Cost structure, fees, and taxes are within your control;
? You can reverse errors without professional consequences ? you don?t get fired for admitting a mistake;
? You can have longer-term time horizons and different goals;

And with those thoughts, good luck and good trading in 2012!

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This was originally published as part of a longer piece in?Thoughts from the Frontline exactly one year ago, on January 25, 2012.

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Source: http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2013/01/your-three-investing-opponents-2/

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Saturday, January 26, 2013

outdoorscribe: Sports shows offer outdoor folks reprieve from winter ...

?? ? ? ?Winter has already been colder, snowier and nastier than all of last year, yet there probably is nearly two months of disagreeable weather ahead.

Sure you can work on organizing your tackle boxes (doesn?t everyone have more than one?}, or read a good book while the snow and wind blow outdoors. Football season is over, so what?s to do? Outdoor sports shows can provide and escape for a few of those days, and be a nice winter break.

Shows also are a good place to plan trips, learn about the latest equipment whether fishing tackle, a boat or a recreational vehicle. Information these days is readily available on the web for computer users, but there is nothing like talking to folks face-to-face about their resort, area, RVs, boats, or other outdoor gear. You can see it and touch up, and probably try it up close and personal.

The 2013 Louisville Boat, RV and Sports Show starts Wednesday of this week and runs through the weekend. More than 100,000 square feet have been added for this year?s show at the state fairgrounds in Louisville in the South Wing and East Hall.

According to a new release from the Louisville Show, now sponsored by Progressive insurance,??When not shopping, visitors to the show can experience the benefits of the outdoors through a variety of new education and entertainment, including the new Paddle Sports Demo & Try-It Pool, a chance to meet the famous R.J and Jay Paul Molinere of ?Swamp People,? and Ron and Amy Shirley of ?Lizard Lick Towing.? Visitors also can? take a moment to sit and watch performances on the all-new Trampoline Wall, sharpen hunting and fishing skills at daily seminars, and much more.?

The show opens Wednesday at 5 p.m., and will operate Thursday and Friday from noon to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, it will open at 10 a.m.?

The cost of the show is $10 for adults and youngsters 15 and under are free.

Next month, the big Indianapolis Boat, Sport & Travel Show is slated for the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis. It will be the 59th year for the show that covers more than 650,000 square feet in six buildings at the facility. It?s a long trek to Indianapolis, but if you love the outdoors, the show is worth the time and effort.

? Acres of boats, RV?s, fishing tackle and hunting gear, outdoor destinations, paddle sports equipment, educational seminars, outdoor celebrities and unique and entertaining attractions combine to form a veritable outdoor supernova, which is difficult to be fully experienced in a single visit. ?

When I lived closer, I usually tried to schedule several days. Mid-week visiting is good when possible as crowds are smaller.

The Indy show is scheduled Feb. 15-24. It opens at 10 a.m. on weekends, and at 1 p.m. on Monday. Other weekdays, the doors open at 3 p.m.

Scout Day is slated for Feb. 18. All Scouts in uniform? can climb the rock wall for free as well as fish in the trout pond at no cost.

The fourth annual Quiet Sports Expo also will be part of the sports show. According to information provided by Josh Lantz, ?Human-powered adventure activities like, hiking, paddling, mountain biking, rock-?

climbing and fly fishing may leave a small ecological footprint, but are as hard-core as the ever- growing number of enthusiasts who practice them. ?

?Sometimes referred to as the quiet sports, these activities are some of the fastest-growing outdoor recreational pursuits.? And in this case, quiet certainly doesn't mean dull or mundane. ?

?Let's face it.? Indiana may not be the extreme, eco-adventure capitol of the world, but the Quiet Sports Expo is geared up to alter that perception.? How?? By offering existing and would- be quiet sports devotees an unequaled opportunity to see the latest, cutting edge quiet sports gear and learn from some of the best and most experienced adventure paddlers, backpackers,?

mountaineers and other quiet sports moguls in the world.? ?

Both the Louisville and Indy shows offer visitors a chance to escape the blahs of winter and look to a year of outdoor fun.


Source: http://outdoorscribe.blogspot.com/2013/01/sports-shows-offer-outdoor-folks.html

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Friday, January 25, 2013

Google's Private Cell Phone Network - Technology Review

Filings made with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission reveal that Google wants to start operating its own, very small cell phone network on its Mountain View campus. It?s the latest in a series of hints in recent years that Google is unsatisfied with the way that mobile networks control the mobile Internet.

Google tells the FCC?it wants to install up to 50 mobile base stations in buildings on the Western edge of Google?s Mountain View campus, just a block or so away from its main Android building. Up to 200 mobile devices will be used on that ?experimental? network and the area covered will be small, with indoor base stations reaching only up to 200 meters, and any outdoors ones reaching no further than a kilometer. The WSJ reports that the frequencies used belong to ClearWire, and aren?t compatible with any U.S. mobile device. They are in use in China, Brazil, and India, though.

Google might just be experimenting with devices for those parts of the world. Or it might be trying something more radical. The search and ad giant has been rumored to be exploring the idea of working with TV provider Dish to launch a wireless Internet service, has already got into the business of providing broadband (see ?Google?s Internet Service Might Bring the U.S. Up to Speed?), and has a history of showing interest in ideas that would loosen the grip of cellular providers on mobile devices and what people can do with them.

Google lobbied U.S. regulators to encourage them to open up unused TV spectrum into so-called ?white spaces,? as they did in 2009, allowing that portion of the airwaves to be used by any company or device rather than being? licensed exclusively to one company (see ?Super Wi-Fi?). In 2008, the company filed a patent for an idea that would appall mobile networks?having mobile devices automatically hop to the cheapest cell network in an area rather than being locked to just one provider at all times.

Google?s biggest strike against the way wireless networks work today came in 2010 and was something of a flop. The company tried to break the U.S. convention of new mobile phones being tied to carrier contracts, only offering the flagship Nexus One smartphone online and unlocked. That experiment lasted only about six months, after Google struggled to cope with customer service requests and learned that U.S. consumers are apparently happier paying a significant markup for a device over two years than a smaller sum upfront.

Google has since played more nicely with cellular networks. Yet the relationships are still fraught, with fallings out over Google?s contactless payments system (blocked on Verizon handsets) and Android?s tethering function (also blocked by some carriers). It?s too early to know whether Google?s private cell phone network in Mountain View will add to that drama, but mobile networks are surely watching closely.

Source: http://www.technologyreview.com/view/510341/googles-private-cell-phone-network/

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Thursday, January 24, 2013

Eric Reiman of Banner Alzheimer's Institute awarded Potamkin Prize for Alzheimer's research

Eric Reiman of Banner Alzheimer's Institute awarded Potamkin Prize for Alzheimer's research [ Back to EurekAlert! ] Public release date: 24-Jan-2013
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SAN DIEGO The American Academy of Neurology and the American Brain Foundation recently awarded the 2013 Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick's, Alzheimer's and Related Diseases to Eric M. Reiman, MD, executive director of Banner Alzheimer's Institute and chief executive officer of Banner Research.

The Potamkin Prize honors researchers for their work in helping to advance the understanding of Pick's disease, Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. The $100,000 prize is an internationally recognized tribute for advancing dementia research. Reiman will receive the award during the Academy's 65th Annual Meeting, March 16-23, 2013, in San Diego.

The Potamkin Prize is being awarded to Reiman for his efforts to characterize some of the earliest brain changes associated with the predisposition to Alzheimer's disease, accelerate the evaluation of promising prevention therapies and help establish the Alzheimer's Prevention Initiative.

"I am grateful for the opportunity to help launch a new era in Alzheimer's prevention research and seek treatments to end this devastating disease without losing another generation," Reiman said. "It has been a privilege to work with my research colleagues, collaborators and other outstanding individuals in the pursuit of our shared goals."

The Potamkin Prize is made possible by the philanthropic contributions of the Potamkin family of Colorado, Philadelphia and Miami. The goal of the prize is to help attract the best medical minds and most dedicated scientists in the world to the field of dementia research. The Potamkin family has been the Academy's single largest individual donor since 1988, providing more than $2.5 million to fund the Potamkin Prize.

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Learn more about Pick's, Alzheimer's disease and related diseases at www.aan.com/patients.

Media Contacts: Rachel Seroka, rseroka@aan.com, (612) 928-6129 or Angela Babb, APR, ababb@aan.com, (612) 928-6102

The American Academy of Neurology, an association of more than 25,000 neurologists and neuroscience professionals, is dedicated to promoting the highest quality patient-centered neurologic care. A neurologist is a doctor with specialized training in diagnosing, treating and managing disorders of the brain and nervous system such as Alzheimer's disease, stroke, migraine, multiple sclerosis, brain injury, Parkinson's disease and epilepsy. For more information about the American Academy of Neurology, visit http://www.aan.com or find us on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and YouTube.

The American Brain Foundation, the foundation of the American Academy of Neurology, supports vital research and education to discover causes, improved treatments, and cures for brain and other nervous system diseases. Learn more at http://www.CureBrainDisease.org.


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SAN DIEGO The American Academy of Neurology and the American Brain Foundation recently awarded the 2013 Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick's, Alzheimer's and Related Diseases to Eric M. Reiman, MD, executive director of Banner Alzheimer's Institute and chief executive officer of Banner Research.

The Potamkin Prize honors researchers for their work in helping to advance the understanding of Pick's disease, Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. The $100,000 prize is an internationally recognized tribute for advancing dementia research. Reiman will receive the award during the Academy's 65th Annual Meeting, March 16-23, 2013, in San Diego.

The Potamkin Prize is being awarded to Reiman for his efforts to characterize some of the earliest brain changes associated with the predisposition to Alzheimer's disease, accelerate the evaluation of promising prevention therapies and help establish the Alzheimer's Prevention Initiative.

"I am grateful for the opportunity to help launch a new era in Alzheimer's prevention research and seek treatments to end this devastating disease without losing another generation," Reiman said. "It has been a privilege to work with my research colleagues, collaborators and other outstanding individuals in the pursuit of our shared goals."

The Potamkin Prize is made possible by the philanthropic contributions of the Potamkin family of Colorado, Philadelphia and Miami. The goal of the prize is to help attract the best medical minds and most dedicated scientists in the world to the field of dementia research. The Potamkin family has been the Academy's single largest individual donor since 1988, providing more than $2.5 million to fund the Potamkin Prize.

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Learn more about Pick's, Alzheimer's disease and related diseases at www.aan.com/patients.

Media Contacts: Rachel Seroka, rseroka@aan.com, (612) 928-6129 or Angela Babb, APR, ababb@aan.com, (612) 928-6102

The American Academy of Neurology, an association of more than 25,000 neurologists and neuroscience professionals, is dedicated to promoting the highest quality patient-centered neurologic care. A neurologist is a doctor with specialized training in diagnosing, treating and managing disorders of the brain and nervous system such as Alzheimer's disease, stroke, migraine, multiple sclerosis, brain injury, Parkinson's disease and epilepsy. For more information about the American Academy of Neurology, visit http://www.aan.com or find us on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and YouTube.

The American Brain Foundation, the foundation of the American Academy of Neurology, supports vital research and education to discover causes, improved treatments, and cures for brain and other nervous system diseases. Learn more at http://www.CureBrainDisease.org.


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RAmos W42 tablet boasts quad-core Exynos chip, sells for around $200

RAmos W42 tablet boasts quadcore Exynos chip, sells for around $200

It's been a long, long while since we last heard about RAmos 'round here, but that doesn't mean the Chinese company isn't trying to remain relevant in the electronics game. As such, we're more than happy to tell you about the outfit's newest Android slate, the 9.4-inch RAmos W42, which is powered by a wallop of Ice Cream Sandwich, Mali-400 GPU and a Samsung-made quad-core processor -- more specifically, it's the Exynos 4412. Other tablet specs include a not-too-shabby 1,280 x 800 IPS display, 1GB RAM, 16GB of built-in storage (expandable by way of microSD) and the now-accustomed front and rear cameras. The W42 appears to be up for grabs at e-tailers like the one linked below for about 200 bucks -- now, with some great options around that same price, only time will tell whether or not folks are tempted by this very one.

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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

STUDY: Black Youth More Likely to Cosume Calories from Sugary ...

According to a recent study, black youth are almost twice as likely as their white peers to consume high calorie, sugary drinks like Pepsi and Coca-Cola.

In general, low income children of all races are consuming these drinks at a troubling rate.

Experts say these results highlight the racial disparities present within America?s obesity epidemic.

From Think Progress:

?Some groups may be more at risk for soda, others may be more at risk for fruit drinks, all of which ? have the same sugar base that contributes to obesity and disease,? one of the study?s co-authors, health policy researcher Lisa Powell, explained.

This particular study didn?t try to figure out why that?s the case, although Powell did suggest to Reuters that ?cultural norms? and cost could both be factors. But other studies have examined the links between race, class, and nutrition ? and research has confirmed that access to healthy food is divided along racial and socioeconomic lines. Even aside from cost barriers, lower-income Americans tend to live in neighborhoods that lack healthy, high-quality food in nearby grocery stores, and they often struggle to access the transportation they need to go grocery shopping. The fast food industry also contributes to nutrition disparities by targeting its marketing to low-income communities.

Read more at ThinkProgress.org

Thoughts on the results of this study?

What steps can we take to combat this unhealthy trend?

Sound off below!

Source: http://www.blackyouthproject.com/2013/01/study-black-youth-more-likely-to-cosume-calories-from-sugary-drinks/

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Powerful prose stored in error-free DNA

Douglas Heaven, reporter

It is one of the most iconic speeches of all time, and now it has been immortalised in a very unusual way. A snippet of Martin Luther King's 1963 "I have a dream" speech has been stored in the alphabet of DNA.

Nick Goldman at the European Bioinformatics Institute in Hinxton, UK, and colleagues synthesised DNA to encode an eclectic mix of information in its adenine, thymine, cytosine and guanine components. They used these "letters" to record an audio file of 26 seconds of King's speech, all 154 of Shakespeare's sonnets, a digital photo of their laboratory and the famous paper in which James Watson and Francis Crick?first described the double-helical structure of DNA.

The team built on previous DNA-encoding techniques by adding error correction, allowing content to be retrieved with 100 per cent accuracy.

DNA-based memory is sought after because DNA can last for thousands of years without special storage, other than being somewhere cold, dark and dry. In theory, DNA can encode roughly the capacity of 100 billion DVDs per gram of single-stranded DNA, making it potentially useful for storing the vast amounts of archived data produced by places such as CERN.

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Encyclopedia of NMR

Encyclopedia of NMR [ Back to EurekAlert! ] Public release date: 23-Jan-2013
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Published by Wiley, this new 10-volume set captures every aspect of the interdisciplinary nature of magnetic resonance and provides the most complete and up-to-date source in the field. It includes many articles from the print editions of Encyclopedia of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and recent EMR Books, as well as new and updated articles published online in the Encyclopedia of Magnetic Resonance.

The Encyclopedia of NMR covers all relevant areas for NMR technologies and applications in physics, chemistry and biology. In developing the successor to the Encyclopedia of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (1996) the Editors concentrated on new articles in developing areas, such as protein structures, dynamics of molecular processes, characterization of materials, polymers and nanomaterials, NMR crystallography, solid biological samples such as membranes where NMR techniques are expanding at a rapid rate and enhancing knowledge especially in interdisciplinary areas.

All articles published in Encyclopedia of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (1996) were replaced by new articles, updated if necessary or deleted. Overall, more than half of the articles have been newly commissioned or updated.

Find out more about the online edition here: www.wileyonlinelibrary.com/ref/emr

To speak to the editors or for sample chapters, online access or a review copy of Encyclopedia of NMR please contact: Michelle Martella at Wiley Tel: +1 201-748-6145/email: mmartella@wiley.com

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Encyclopedia of NMR [ Back to EurekAlert! ] Public release date: 23-Jan-2013
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Contact: Michelle Martella
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Published by Wiley, this new 10-volume set captures every aspect of the interdisciplinary nature of magnetic resonance and provides the most complete and up-to-date source in the field. It includes many articles from the print editions of Encyclopedia of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and recent EMR Books, as well as new and updated articles published online in the Encyclopedia of Magnetic Resonance.

The Encyclopedia of NMR covers all relevant areas for NMR technologies and applications in physics, chemistry and biology. In developing the successor to the Encyclopedia of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (1996) the Editors concentrated on new articles in developing areas, such as protein structures, dynamics of molecular processes, characterization of materials, polymers and nanomaterials, NMR crystallography, solid biological samples such as membranes where NMR techniques are expanding at a rapid rate and enhancing knowledge especially in interdisciplinary areas.

All articles published in Encyclopedia of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (1996) were replaced by new articles, updated if necessary or deleted. Overall, more than half of the articles have been newly commissioned or updated.

Find out more about the online edition here: www.wileyonlinelibrary.com/ref/emr

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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Cutting the Cord: Replacing Cable/Satellite with Streaming ... - Blogs

Last year, as I was teaching a class, I was discussing the idea of communication as requiring some way to send and receive messages (the medium). To illustrate my point, I mentioned the term, ?TV antenna?. One of my students (in her early 20?s) raised her hand and and asked, innocently, ?what?s a TV antenna?? Other members of the class (most of them in their 30?s and 40?s), nearly fell out of their chairs laughing. But, yes, boys and girls, back in the dark ages of growing up in the 70?s, our choices were limited to whatever you could pull off the air with your rooftop antenna or ?rabbit ears?.? For us in the Jackson area, that meant Channels 3, 12, 16 and 29. One day, in the distant science-fiction future, we dreamed, we could have as many channels as we wanted.

Fast forward to 2013. Now, there are so many channels that we don?t know what to do with them all. In fact, there are so many channels that most people can?t ? wouldn?t care to ? possibly watch all of them.

However, as the rates for programming through cable and satellite keep growing, many people are saying ?enough?. For the first time in history, last year saw major indications that people are leaving cable and satellite for ?streaming?, which is receiving TV programming through a service like Netflix or Hulu, using your existing broadband Internet connection. And, as options get better and technology catches up, millions are finding that ?cutting the cord? is the way to slash their entertainment costs while satisfying their hunger for programming. Apple?s iTunes is also offering content through their own AppleTV service.

One increasingly-popular option is Roku, featuring a small box smaller than a sandwich, which allows users to stream movies, sports, TV programs and special content using services like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime. In addition, owners of the Nintendo Wii, Microsoft?s X-Box 360 and Sony?s PS3 are finding that their devices come complete with the ability to stream content. Roku has no fees other than purchasing the device, and it provides an easy interface with the subscription channels. There is a lot of free content, but it consists largely of B-movies and video clips.

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Recently, we decided to give it a try. We cancelled our DirecTV subscription and signed up for basic Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime trial subscriptions, turned on the Wii (It requires a wireless connection, which we already had), and found that I could log in from the Wii.

For the next several weeks, our family became movie junkies, watching dozens of movies and old TV programs like MacGyver , Miami Vice and Top Gear. Later, I added the Roku (about $80) and invested in a $20 antenna to pull in local channels.

For now, our family is satisfied with the content, but it is changing our viewing habits. I have found that recent episodes of many of the shows we like to watch (including virtually all of CBS? lineup such as NCIS and The Mentalist) are not available for free, although you can watch it free on the computer directly from the CBS website. Some of these shows are available from Amazon Prime for a per-episode charge, but that would perhaps defeat the purpose. (Amazon Prime, by the way, has a $79 annual fee that must be paid up front, and you still won?t get everything for no additional cost afterwards.)

The signal quality is excellent, but that depends on your broadband connection. We found that we can watch two programs simultaneously on the wired computer, and in HD on the Roku in the other room, with excellent picture quality and few interruptions. Some shows make you watch commercials, but the breaks are blissfully short.

The verdict? While we have watched lots and lots of programs, the convenience factor for cable/satellite can?t be overlooked. We are continuing the Netflix and Hulu subscriptions, and watching shows on the computer. And come the next football season, we may have to do something else. At some point, we may switch back totally; however, for now, we are going to stay ?off the cord?. I?d appreciate your opinions on whether you have tried cutting the cord for your own household. Happy streaming!

For more information on ?cutting the cord?, a good article is at http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/personal/2012/12/07/cutting-the-cord/1754509/.

Source: http://blogs.clarionledger.com/consumerwatch/2013/01/20/cutting-the-cord-replacing-cablesatellite-with-streaming/

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Monday, January 21, 2013

Justin Bieber Wins Legal Battle - Starpulse.com

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Justin Bieber has won a multi-million dollar legal battle with a woman who?claimed to have suffered permanent hearing damage at one of his concerts.

Stacey Betts filed a lawsuit against the Baby star last summer alleging?she was left suffering from tinnitus because of the loud screams of Bieber's?fans when she attended his show in Portland, Oregon in July.

She demanded $9 million.

However, last week, Betts filed legal papers asking for the?lawsuit to be dismissed and the case was dropped the same day, according to?TMZ.com.

Betts reportedly decided against moving forward with the case because she?didn't have her own legal representation.

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When hearing goes, mental capacity often follows

Cause of declines difficult to pinpoint

By Laura Sanders

Web edition: January 21, 2013

Older people with hearing loss may suffer faster rates of mental decline. People who have hearing trouble suffered meaningful impairments in memory, attention and learning about three years earlier than people with normal hearing, a study published online January 21 in JAMA Internal Medicine reveals.?

The finding bolsters the idea that hearing loss can have serious consequences for the brain, says Patricia Tun of Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass., who studies aging. ?I?m hoping it will be a real wake-up call in terms of realizing the importance of hearing.?

Compared with other senses, hearing is often overlooked, Tun says. ?We are made to interact with language and to listen to each other, and it can have damaging effects if we don?t.?

Frank Lin of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and colleagues tested the hearing of 1,984 older adults. Most of the participants, who averaged 77 years old, showed some hearing loss ? 1,162 volunteers had trouble hearing noises of less than 25 decibels, comparable to a whisper or rustling leaves. The volunteers? deficits reflect the hearing loss in the general population: Over half of people older than 70 have trouble hearing.

Over the next six years, these participants underwent mental evaluations that measured factors such as short-term memory, attention and the ability to quickly match numbers to symbols. Everybody got worse at the tasks as time wore on, but people with hearing loss had an especially sharp decline, the team found. On average, a substantial drop in performance would come about three years earlier to people with hearing loss.

Lin cautions that the study has found an association between hearing loss and mental abilities; the researchers can?t conclude that hearing loss directly causes the decline. Yet more and more studies are turning up ways that diminished hearing could damage the brain. A person who can?t hear well might avoid social situations, and isolation is known to be bad for the brain. ?You gradually become more socially withdrawn,? Lin says. ?Social isolation is a major, major factor for dementia and cognitive decline.?

Other studies suggest that when people struggle to interpret and decode words, their brains divert energy away from other tasks, such as memory. Audiologist and psychologist Kathy Pichora-Fuller says that this brain drain happens to everyone, even people without hearing loss. Studies have shown that people are worse at remembering things when they?re in a noisy room, for instance. People with hearing loss may be constantly diverting a large swath of their brainpower, leaving less for other mental tasks, says Pichora-Fuller, of the University of Toronto Mississauga.

More studies are needed to explore exactly how hearing loss is related to mental decline. Lin and his colleagues hope to study whether improvements in hearing brought about by hearing aids or other treatments translate to improvements in mental functioning. ?The ultimate question is, can we do anything about it?? he says. ?And we honestly just don?t know at this point.?

Source: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/347664/title/When_hearing_goes_mental_capacity_often_follows

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Desert siege toll passes 80; bomb squads search

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) -- Algerian bomb squads searched a gas refinery laced with mines on Monday, looking for more explosive traps a day after the discovery of more bodies throughout the site raised the toll from the terrorist siege well past 80.

Special forces from the Algerian military stormed the plant on Saturday to end the four-day siege, then the government began the painstaking work of finding and defusing the explosives planted in what government officials said was a plot by the Islamic extremists to blow up the complex and kill all their captives.

In a statement, the Masked Brigade, the group that claimed to have masterminded the takeover, warned of more such attacks against any country backing France's military intervention in neighboring Mali, where the French are trying to stop an advance by Islamic extremists.

"We stress to our Muslim brothers the necessity to stay away from all the Western companies and complexes for their own safety, and especially the French ones," the statement said.

Algeria said after Saturday's assault by government forces that at least 32 extremists and 23 hostages were killed. On Sunday, the Algerian bomb squads found 25 more bodies, said a security official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation.

"These bodies are difficult to identify. They could be the bodies of foreign hostages or Algerians or terrorists," the official said.

In addition, a wounded Romanian who had been evacuated died, raising the overall death toll to at least 81.

Two private Algerian TV stations and an online news site said security forces scouring the plant found five militants hiding out on Sunday and learned that three others had fled. That information could not be immediately confirmed by security officials.

"Now, of course, people will ask questions about the Algerian response to these events, but I would just say that the responsibility for these deaths lies squarely with the terrorists who launched a vicious and cowardly attack," British Prime Minister David Cameron said. Three Britons were killed and another three were feared dead.

On Monday, Philippine Foreign Affairs officials said six Filipinos were among the hostages killed. Spokesman Raul Hernandez told reporters that 16 Filipinos have been accounted for and four others are still missing.

The dead hostages were also known to include at least one American and a French worker. Nearly two dozen foreigners by some estimates were unaccounted for.

It was unclear whether anyone was rescued in the final assault on the complex, which is run by the Algerian state oil company along with BP and Norway's Statoil.

Authorities said the bloody takeover was carried out Wednesday by 32 men from six countries, under the command from afar of the one-eyed Algerian bandit Moktar Belmoktar, founder of the Masked Brigade, based in Mali. The attacking force called itself "Those Who Sign in Blood" and has claimed to have Canadians in the cell as well.

The Masked Brigade said Sunday the attack was payback against Algeria for allowing over-flights of French aircraft headed to Mali and for closing its long border with Mali. In an earlier communication, the Brigade claimed to have carried out the attack in the name of al-Qaida.

Armed with heavy machine guns, rocket launchers, missiles and grenades, the militants singled out foreign workers at the plant, killing some of them on the spot and attaching explosive belts to others.

Algeria's tough and uncompromising response to the crisis was typical of its take-no-prisoners approach in confronting terrorists, favoring military action over negotiation. Algerian military forces, backed by attack helicopters, launched two assaults on the plant, the first one on Thursday.

The militants had "decided to succeed in the operation as planned, to blow up the gas complex and kill all the hostages," Algerian Communications Minister Mohamed Said told state radio.

Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said the terrorists had tried to blow up the plant on Saturday but managed only to start a small fire. "That's when they started to execute hostages, and the special forces intervened," Eide said. Norway's Statoil said five Norwegians were still missing.

An audio recording of Algerian security forces speaking with the head of the kidnappers, Abdel Rahman al-Nigiri, on the second day of the drama indicated the hostage-takers were trying to organize a prisoner swap.

"You see our demands are so easy, so easy if you want to negotiate with us," al-Nigiri said in the recording broadcast by Algerian television. "We want the prisoners you have, the comrades who were arrested and imprisoned 15 years ago. We want 100 of them."

The Algerians' use of forced raised an international outcry from some countries worried about their citizens.

But French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Sunday on French television: "The terrorists ... they're the ones to blame."

David Plouffe, a senior adviser to President Barack Obama, said that al-Qaida and al-Qaida-affiliated groups remain a threat in North Africa and other parts of the world, and that the U.S. is determined to help other countries destroy those networks.

Speaking on "Fox News Sunday," Plouffe said the tragedy in Algeria shows once again "that all across the globe countries are threatened by terrorists who will use civilians to try and advance their twisted and sick agenda."

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Ganley reported from Paris. Associated Press writers Paul Schemm in Rabat, Morocco, and Lori Hinnant in Paris also contributed to this report.

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Sunday, January 20, 2013

Sky TV to offer local downloads of TV content through Sky Go

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I'm not a Sky TV subscriber, but this morning's news really make me wish that I was. According to a report from British broadsheet, The Telegraph, BSkyB is set to turn on local downloads of their content to mobile devices via the Sky Go app starting this week. It's been a somewhat turbulent relationship between Sky and Android users, with their apps not only late to the party, but notoriously incompatible with many popular devices at launch. Those sort of issues have been vastly improved upon in recent months, but now it seems that Sky is ready to take their service to the next level. 

As you might expect, this kind of service doesn't come for free. The ability to download content to your mobile devices will require a "Sky Go Extra" subscription, which costs £5 per month. For many this will be £5 well spent, as the majority of British carriers impose pretty tight data caps, including the new LTE network from EE, so local downloads is an extremely enticing prospect. Downloads will be active for a month, but there is said to be no limit to how much customers can download -- that limitation lies with your device, not with Sky. Up to 4 users can download content per subscription, and it seems to cover Sky's entire collection, including their Sky Movies 007 channel which offers every one of the James Bond movies. 

This move by Sky is sure to be a welcome one, and really takes the fight on the mobile front to the likes of Netflix, Google Play Movies, and Amazon's LOVEFiLM available on the Kindle Fire. Google may offer local storage of movies, but each incurs a rental price, whereas Sky Go will allow access to Sky Movies vast catalog plus the option to save it to your device. Netflix and LOVEFiLM while offering a pretty hefty selection of content, both still require a constant data connection to use. Competitors should take note, this is a huge move forwards from Sky TV. 

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Dozens of Reason WHY to Use a Sea Coast Exclusive Realtor | Sea ...

All real estate licensees are not the same. Only real estate licensees who are members of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS? are properly called REALTORS?. They proudly display the REALTOR ??? logo on the business card or other marketing and sales literature. REALTORS? are committed to treat all parties to a transaction honestly. REALTORS? subscribe to a strict code of ethics and are expected to maintain a higher level of knowledge of the process of buying and selling real estate. An independent survey reports that 84% of home buyers would use the same REALTOR? again.

Real estate transactions involve one of the biggest financial investments most people experience in their lifetime. Transactions today usually exceed $100,000. If you had a $100,000 income tax problem, would you attempt to deal with it without the help of a CPA? If you had a $100,000 legal question, would you deal with it without the help of an attorney? Considering the small upside cost and the large downside risk, it would be foolish to consider a deal in real estate without the professional assistance of a REALTOR?.

But if you?re still not convinced of the value of a REALTOR?, here are a dozen more reasons to use one:

1. Your REALTOR? can help you determine your buying power ? that is, your financial reserves plus your borrowing capacity. If you give a REALTOR? some basic information about your available savings, income and current debt, he or she can refer you to lenders best qualified to help you. Most lenders ? banks and mortgage companies ? offer limited choices.

2. Your REALTOR? has many resources to assist you in your home search. Sometimes the property you are seeking is available but not actively advertised in the market, and it will take some investigation by your agent to find all available properties.

3. Your REALTOR? can assist you in the selection process by providing objective information about each property. Agents who are REALTORS? have access to a variety of informational resources. REALTORS? can provide local community information on utilities, zoning. schools, etc. There are two things you?ll want to know. First, will the property provide the environment I want for a home or investment? Second, will the property have resale value when I am ready to sell?

4. Your REALTOR? can help you negotiate. There are myriad negotiating factors, including but not limited to price, financing, terms, date of possession and often the inclusion or exclusion of repairs and furnishings or equipment. The purchase agreement should provide a period of time for you to complete appropriate inspections and investigations of the property before you are bound to complete the purchase. Your agent can advise you as to which investigations and inspections are recommended or required.

5. Your REALTOR? provides due diligence during the evaluation of the property. Depending on the area and property, this could include inspections for termites, dry rot, asbestos, faulty structure, roof condition, septic tank and well tests, just to name a few. Your REALTOR? can assist you in finding qualified responsible professionals to do most of these investigations and provide you with written reports. You will also want to see a preliminary report on the title of the property. Title indicates ownership of property and can be mired in confusing status of past owners or rights of access. The title to most properties will have some limitations; for example, easements (access rights) for utilities. Your REALTOR?, title company or attorney can help you resolve issues that might cause problems at a later date.

6. Your REALTOR? can help you in understanding different financing options and in identifying qualified lenders.

7. Your REALTOR? can guide you through the closing process and make sure everything flows together smoothly.

8. When selling your home, your REALTOR? can give you up-to-date information on what is happening in the marketplace and the price, financing, terms and condition of competing properties. These are key factors in getting your property sold at the best price, quickly and with minimum hassle.

9. Your REALTOR? markets your property to other real estate agents and the public. Often, your REALTOR? can recommend repairs or cosmetic work that will significantly enhance the salability of your property. Your REALTOR? markets your property to other real estate agents and the public. In many markets across the country, over 50% of real estate sales are cooperative sales; that is, a real estate agent other than yours brings in the buyer. Your REALTOR? acts as the marketing coordinator, disbursing information about your property to other real estate agents through a Multiple Listing Service or other cooperative marketing networks, open houses for agents, etc. The REALTOR? Code of Ethics requires REALTORS? to utilize these cooperative relationships when they benefit their clients.

10. Your REALTOR? will know when, where and how to advertise your property. There is a misconception that advertising sells real estate. The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS? studies show that 82% of real estate sales are the result of agent contacts through previous clients, referrals, friends, family and personal contacts. When a property is marketed with the help of your REALTOR?, you do not have to allow strangers into your home. Your REALTOR? will generally prescreen and accompany qualified prospects through your property.

11. Your REALTOR? can help you objectively evaluate every buyer?s proposal without compromising your marketing position. This initial agreement is only the beginning of a process of appraisals, inspections and financing ? a lot of possible pitfalls. Your REALTOR? can help you write a legally binding, win-win agreement that will be more likely to make it through the process.

12. Your REALTOR? can help close the sale of your home. Between the initial sales agreement and closing (or settlement), questions may arise. For example, unexpected repairs are required to obtain financing or a cloud in the title is discovered. The required paperwork alone is overwhelming for most sellers. Your REALTOR? is the best person to objectively help you resolve these issues and move the transaction to closing (or settlement).

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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

NFL Roundup: NFLPA seeks strict protocols; Griffin honored as top rookie - Yahoo! Sports

Robert Griffin III, and his knee, keep making news. The Washington Redskins quarterback on Monday was named the NFL Rookie of the Year by Pro Football Weekly, which selects the winner in conjunction with the Pro Football Writers of America. Meanwhile, the NFL Players Association's medical adviser, Thom Mayer, pointed to Griffin's knee injury as an example why stricter protocol is needed when determining when a player can return to the game, USA Today reported. Griffin, 22, completed 65.6 percent of his passes for 3,200 passing yards, 20 touchdowns, only five interceptions and a passer rating of 102.4. Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck and Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson were runners-up in voting for the rookie honor. Griffin was also named offensive rookie of the year by the Pro Football Writers Association, while Green Bay Packers linebacker Luke Kuechly was named the PFWA's defensive rookie of the year. The players' union absolved the Washington Redskins' medical personnel of any wrongdoing in the case of Griffin's injury, which led to extension knee surgery last week, but Mayer said the guidelines may need to be more precise. "On concussions, we have a very clear process in place that dictates when a player can return," Mayer told USA Today. "On orthopedic injuries, the line isn't as fine yet. We need to have further discussion on this." Mayer was satisfied with orthopedist James Andrews' involvement in the events that led to Griffin being put back into the Redskins' wild-card game against the Seahawks. But he thinks tighter regulations regarding a player's return to a game might have prevented Griffin from getting back on the field, reinjuring his knee and suffering significant ligament damage. --New England tight end Rob Gronkowski underwent surgery Monday on the broken right forearm that he re-fractured Sunday in the Patriots' AFC playoff win over Houston, according to multiple media reports. The injury occurred as Gronkowski braced himself on an out-of-bounds catch. He immediately left the game and then went to the locker room for X-rays. It's expected that he will be out for the remainder of the postseason. Gronkowski missed five games after breaking the arm in November before returning for the regular-season finale against Miami. In other Patriots news, injured running back Danny Woodhead should be able to play Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens despite suffering a thumb injury in Sunday's win over Houston, according to several reports. Meanwhile, Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo apologized for inflammatory comments about the Patriots on his Twitter account on Sunday. Ayanbadejo said the Patriots' hurry-up offense was a "gimmick." He also referred to the SpyGate incident and jabbed the Patriots for cutting a player a day before last year's Super Bowl. "I made selfish comments on twitter last night that reflected poorly upon myself, my teammates, and the organization. For that I apologize," Ayanbadejo said. --Although he aggravated his sprained ankle in Sunday's win over Seattle, Atlanta Falcons defensive end John Abraham said he would play in the NFC championship game Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers. "You know me, you can't keep me out of that game," Abraham told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "We're going to treat the (heck) out of (the injury)." --There was plenty of offseason news on the NFL head coaching and front office front Monday: --Former Arizona Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt interviewed for the Philadelphia Eagles' head coaching job. Cincinnati Bengals offensive coordinator Jay Gruden was also scheduled to meet with the team later Monday. Philadelphia has now interviewed at least 11 candidates for the position, including Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly, Oregon coach Chip Kelly, Penn State coach Bill O'Brien, former Baltimore Ravens coach Brian Billick and former Chicago Bears coach Lovie Smith. Still to be interviewed is Indianapolis Colts offensive coordinator Bruce Arians. --The Colts hired Jimmy Raye as vice president of football operations. Raye, who had spent the last 17 years with the San Diego Chargers, most recently as the team's director of player personnel, will oversee the Colts' pro and college scouting and also will be involved in player personnel operations. In an ironic twist, Raye was passed over for the Chargers' general manager job that subsequently went to former Colts vice president of football operations, Tom Telesco, who was hired late last week. Now, Raye takes Telesco's old job. --Former Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator Cam Cameron was scheduled to interview for the New York Jets' offensive coordinator position, according to the New York Daily News. Cameron was dismissed as the Ravens' offensive coordinator on Dec. 10 and was replaced by quarterbacks coach Jim Caldwell. Jets head coach Rex Ryan and Cameron both were coordinators for Ravens in 2008. The Jets are also still looking for a new general manager, with a number of prospects having already turning them down. --Minnesota Vikings assistant general manager George Paton is no longer a candidate for the Cleveland Browns' general manager vacancy, according to ProFootballTalk.com. Paton reportedly never interviewed with the Browns. It's unclear if he took himself out of the running or the Vikings refused to grant permission to the Browns to interview him. --The autopsy report released by the Jackson County (Mo.) Medical Examiner showed Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Belcher was legally drunk when he died on Dec. 1 after committing suicide in front of Chiefs coach Romeo Crennel and general manager Scott Pioli. Belcher's blood-alcohol level was .17, more than twice the legal limit, when he killed girlfriend Kasandra Perkins at their apartment before driving to the Kansas City Chiefs' training facility and committing suicide by shooting himself. Officials also said no trace of illegal drugs was found in either of their bodies. According to the report, Belcher fired nine shots that hit Perkins in the neck, chest, abdomen, hip, back, leg and hand after a Saturday morning argument when he returned after being out all night. He then left in his car and drove to the Chiefs' facility, where he shot himself when he saw a police officer approaching. Belcher and Perkins had an infant daughter. --The Miami Dolphins plan to make improvements to Sun Life Stadium with an eye on attracting major events including future Super Bowls and college football's national championship game. Team owner Stephen Ross announced his intentions to pay for the majority of the proposed enhancements and upgrades to the stadium with private funds. He emphasized that there would be no tax increases for local residents. The planned modernization would return the stadium to the original configurations before it was adapted for baseball, as well as include new seating closer to the field, new video screens and an open-air canopy to protect fans from the weather. The playing surface will remain grass.

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