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#SciAmBlogs Tuesday - PTSD, ideal of objectivity, energy sequester, synaesthesia, Mars sample, Your Brain on Cookies, and more.

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Wary of crises, Americans tune out budget cut talk

WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Barack Obama is pulling out all the stops to warn just what could happen if automatic budget cuts kick in. Americans are reacting with a collective yawn.

They know the shtick: Obama raises the alarm, Democrats and Republicans accuse each other of holding a deal hostage, there's a lot of yelling on cable news, and then finally, when everyone has made their points, a deal is struck and the day is saved.

Maybe not this time. Two days before $85 billion in cuts are set to hit federal programs with all the precision of a wrecking ball, there are no signs that the White House and Republicans in Congress are even negotiating. Both sides appear quietly resigned to the prospect that this is one bullet we just may not dodge.

Still, for all the grim predictions, Americans seem to be flipping the channel to something a little less, well, boring. They wonder, haven't we been here before?

It's like deja vu, says Patrick Naylon, who runs an audiovisual firm in San Francisco: "The same stuff, over and over again."

Texas native Corby Biddle, 53, isn't losing sleep over the cuts. No way the government will let vital services collapse, he said as he visited tourist attractions this week in downtown Atlanta.

"It will get resolved. They will kick the can down the road," Biddle said.

Usually, that's exactly what happens. Even the cuts behind the current panic were originally supposed to kick in on Jan. 1 ? part of the fiscal-cliff combo of spending cuts and tax hikes that economists warned could nudge the nation back into recession. For all the high drama, lawmakers finally acted on New Year's Day, compromising on taxes and punting the spending cuts to March 1.

And the blunt instrument known as the "sequester" that's set to deliver the cuts? That too was the progeny of another moment of government-by-brinksmanship, a concession that in 2011 made possible the grand bargain that saved the U.S. from a first-ever default on its debt.

Even if the current cuts go through, the impact won't be immediate. Federal workers would be notified next week that they will have to take up to a day every week off without pay, but the furloughs won't start for a month due to notification requirements. That will give negotiators some breathing room to keep working on a deal.

But you can only cry wolf so many times before people just stop paying attention.

"I know you guys must get tired of it," Obama told a crowd in Virginia on Tuesday. "Didn't we just solve this thing? Now we've got another thing coming up?"

Three out of 4 Americans say they aren't following the spending cuts issue very closely, according to a Pew Research Center poll released this week. It's a significant drop from the nearly 4 in 10 who in December said they were closely following the fiscal-cliff debate.

Public data from Google's search engine shows that at its peak in December, the search term "fiscal cliff" was about 10 times as popular as "sequestration" has been in recent days. Even "debt ceiling," not a huge thriller for the web-surfing crowd, maxed out in July 2011 at about three times the searches the sequester is now getting.

"We're now approaching the next alleged deadline of doom. And voters, having been told previously that the world might end, found it did not in the past and are becoming more skeptical that it will in the future," said Peter Brown of the nonpartisan Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.

And let's face it: When it comes to policy issues that can really put an audience to sleep, "sequestration" is right up there with filibuster reform, chained CPI and carried interest.

For all the angst about layoffs, furloughs and slashes to government contracts, the markets don't seem to be rattled, either. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, after falling below 13,000 at the height of the fiscal cliff debacle, has been buoyant ever since, spending the last month hovering just below 14,000.

"I shrug my shoulders because I don't believe any of those severe cuts will go through," said Karen Jensen, a retired hospital administrator who stopped to talk in New York's Times Square. "Life goes on as it has before."

But if the Obama administration hasn't managed to convince Americans these spending cuts could be the real deal, it's not for lack of trying.

Each day the cuts grow nearer sees a new dire warning from the White House about another government function that will take a hit if they go into effect ? what White House chief of staff Denis McDonough has called a "devastating list of horribles." Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano warned Monday that her agency will be forced to furlough 5,000 border patrol agents. Education Secretary Arne Duncan has said 70,000 preschool kids could be removed from Head Start. Fewer air traffic controllers could mean 90-minute delays or longer in major cities, and visiting hours at all 398 national parks are likely to be cut, the administration has said.

The White House has circulated 51 reports ? one for each state, plus the District of Columbia ? localizing the effects of the cuts. On Tuesday, Obama took his cautionary tale to a shipbuilding site in Newport News, Va., calling attention to how the cuts could impede the military. The White House says in Virginia alone, about 90,000 civilians working for the Defense Department would be furloughed, for a nearly $650 million reduction in gross pay.

"The president needs to stop campaigning, stop trying to scare the American people, stop trying to scare the states," Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana said Monday after governors from both parties met with Obama behind closed doors. "Now's the time to cut spending. It can be done without jeopardizing the economy. It can be done without jeopardizing critical services."

The age-old Republican desire for a scaled-back federal government makes it clear why, on the one hand, the GOP isn't scrambling to avert the cuts ? especially when Obama insists on more tax revenues in any deal to turn them off. On the other hand, Obama is banking on polls that show if the cuts go through, Republicans are likely to bear most of the blame.

Both parties agree that if you're going to cut spending, an indiscriminate mechanism like the sequester is the wrong way to do it. After all, the whole point of the endeavor was to set in motion ramifications so unbearable that lawmakers would be forced to come together and hash out a better plan before the deadline.

Count James Ford of Louisville, Ky., among those still holding out hope.

"They'll come up with something to keep the thing going," he said. "They always do."

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Associated Press writers Jeff Martin in Atlanta, Jake Pearson in New York and Dylan Lovan in Louisville, Ky., contributed to this report.

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/wary-crises-americans-tune-budget-cut-talk-080137738--finance.html

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Today in APIs: Facebook iOS SDK, RightScale Supports Google ...

Facebook boosts iOS SDK With better analytics. RightScale to offer first level support for Google Compute Engine. Plus: Google launches Sign In with Google Plus, Dribbble API gets a jQuery plugin?and 11 new APIs.

Facebook Updates iOS SDK with Better Analytics

The latest update include additional usage metrics, ad optimization, enhanced error handling and integrating web dialogs,?Feed Dialog and?Requests Dialog, without invoking deprecated headers.?The latest SDK can log additional usage metrics like iOS 6 native share sheet and built-in native UI controls usage. The team is also working on Conversion measurement to help measure and optimize the return on investment of?Facebook Ads by reporting on the actions people take after viewing those ads.?The iOS Dev Center is also revamped to enable quick access to resources to build out apps.

RightScale to support

Google Compute Engine, which was released in June last year is widely seen by many as having the infrastructure to challenge Amazon Web Services. To help companies transition to their infrastructure, Google has appointed RightScale as the first partner to provide first level support. RightScale, which provides a monitoring solution for public and private clouds is well positioned to service this need. ?People can come to us for onboarding and for full 24 /7 support to add to [support options] that Google just offered,? said RightScale CEO?Michael Crandell. RightScale can also help companies design and architect their solutions.

API News Your Shouldn?t Miss

11 New APIs

we had 11 new APIs added to our API directory including a bookkeeping software for entrepreneurs, telephone call tracking service, community music service, promotional chat service, event search service, taxi fare estimate service, text analysis service, site metrics service, online payment system, free text translation service, yandex-specific search engine optimization tools, . Below is more details on each of these new APIs.

Billy?s Billing API: Billy?s Billing creates bookkeeping software for small businesses and startups. The Billy?s Billing API provides a RESTful interface for developers to automate the manipulation of bookkeeping resources. Resources include invoices, contacts, payments, products, schedules, transactions, accounts, and more. Requests and responses are JSON formatted.

Call Tracking Metrics API: The service provides telephone call tracking for marketing and promotional campaigns. It associates a phone number with each campaign and routes any call properly while linking the caller to the campaign distribution list so a representative receives full information about that person while handling the call. Call logs also help with campaign performance analysis and measurement of ROI for marketing expenditures.

API methods support linking incoming phone calls to marketing campaigns that initiated them and individual callers. Methods return customer information and other data related to the call and the campaign to guide representatives in interacting with the caller. Reporting functions support retrieval of call logs and related data for measuring campaign effectiveness.

ccmixter Sample Pool API: ccmixter is a community music remixing site that contains remixes and samples licensed under Creative Commons licenses. The Sample Pool API allows two media hosting servers to keep track of when one uses samples from another. The services uses REST calls and returns XML. The returning XML is in the form of a feed (RSS or Atom) with enclosures for downloading media.

Gaglers API: The service provides chat functionality specifically intended for sales interactions and product promotion. It emphasizes quick, responsive contacts during the purchase decision process to increase the effectiveness of e-commerce and online marketing. The service also includes email capabilities.

API methods support initiating a chat session and managing message exchanges via Javascript that embeds the service with e-commerce system displays. Methods also support managing email exchanges between buyers and seller representatives. The API supports the GTalk and XMPP/Jabber protocols and emphasizes integration with mobile device platforms.

LairOut API: LairOut is a web based event directory. It is a simple and only requires two search criteria ? location and date. The use of homepage maps instantly allows the user to view all events of interest in an area. The LairOut API allows the user to call LairOut for event information. The service uses REST calls and will return XML, JSON, or JSONP. An account is required with service.

TaxiMe API: TaxiMe is a cost estimate service that uses Google Maps to calculate cab fare. The site is based in Canada but provides cost and trip information for major U.S. cities. The TaxiMe API allows users to get cab contacts and rates for different cities. The services uses REST calls and returns JSON.

TextRazor API: The service provides analysis of selected text passages to identify named entities and statements of fact with disambiguation to distinguish similar text strings. It applies machine learning algorithms and natural language processing to connect a text sample with a knowledge base and identify known elements and their relationships.

API methods support submission of a text sample to be parsed. Methods identify text strings associated with known named entities and detail the relationships and dependencies between them by type. Methods also identify synonyms for identified terms and topics or themes referenced in the text sample.

Yandex Metrica API: Yandex is a major Russia-based internet company and search engine with the stated mission of answering any question internet users may have. In 2012 Yandex handled the majority of all search traffic in Russia.

Yandex.Metrica is a free website metrics service. Metrica enables site owners to analyze user behavior, evaluate advertising efficiency, and monitor effectiveness indicators. The Yandex.Metrica API provides developers with an interface to automate Metrica services such as acquiring visitation statistics, creating counters, and setting goals.

Yandex Money API: Yandex is a major Russia-based internet company and search engine with the stated mission of answering any question internet users may have. In 2012 Yandex handled the majority of all search traffic in Russia.
Yandex.Money is an online payment system allowing merchants and customers to sell and purchase goods and services. The Yandex.Money API provides a developer interface for automating manipulation of Yandex.Money accounts. Exposed resources include payment, payment history analysis, and transaction history synchronization.

Yandex Translate API: Yandex is a major Russia-based internet company and search engine with the stated mission of answering any question internet users may have. In 2012 Yandex handled the majority of all search traffic in Russia.

Yandex.Translate is a free online text translation service. The Yandex.Translate API provides developer access to text translation services including language detection. Six language pairs are currently supported, including English-Russian. Responses may be JSON, JSONP, or XML formatted.

Yandex Webmaster API: Yandex is a major Russia-based internet company and search engine with the stated mission of answering any question internet users may have. In 2012 Yandex handled the majority of all search traffic in Russia.

Yandex.Webmaster is a service allowing website owners to notify Yandex of new or deleted pages, improve the site?s search results representation, and configure site indexing. The Yandex.Webmaster API provides a RESTful interface for developers to automate Yandex.Webmaster user data manipulation.

Source: http://blog.programmableweb.com/2013/02/26/today-in-apis-facebook-ios-sdk-rightscale-supports-google-compute-engine-and-11-new-apis/

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Zoo's bald eagle captured after 3 days on the lam

PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) ? A radio transmitter and then a feast of quail and mouse led to the capture of a California zoo's bald eagle after three days on the lam.

The Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo's tame 24-year-old bald eagle Sequoia was enjoying her daily exercise Saturday at a park when strong winds spooked her.

Instead of returning to handlers, she flew north and roosted in Menlo Park.

The San Jose Mercury News (http://bit.ly/YUEwSH ) reports Sequoia was tracked Monday to a Redwood City tree.

The famished bird finally dropped from her perch to the arm of trainer John Flynn, who rewarded her with a quail and mouse feast.

Sequoia ventured out on her own eight times while at the San Francisco Zoo. She joined the Palo Alto zoo last year.

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Opera WebKit-based browser hands-on

Think Opera is content at 300 million? That would be a rather silly notion for any company, of course, and naturally the browser is bumping up its efforts by making the jump to WebKit. This move will make Opera even more tempting for Android (phone and tablet) users who would never have given the browser even a sideways glance previously. The newer, fancier Opera throws in a few extra features. First, there's a launch page called speed dial that looks an awful lot like what we've seen in older versions; you can customize a bunch of shortcuts and links based on your overall usage and personal preferences, and toss all of them in folders. There's also an off-road mode, which essentially gives you the option to switch over to Opera Mini for extra data compression for those times you need it -- this obviously comes in handy when you're reaching your data threshold or just in a low-reception area. Lastly, HTML5 support is built in, as we would come to expect with a new browser these days.

Though we were originally told in January that we could expect Android and iOS versions of the browser sometime this month, representatives at the company's booth at MWC noted that what we're seeing is actually a pre-beta version and the final product is "coming soon" with no specific timetable given. This doesn't surprise us, as the demonstration had its fair share of bugs, but we will reserve judgment until we see it in its final form. As we patiently wait for the browser to make its public appearance, you can pine for it by drooling over the images in our gallery below.

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Bowie is back to best on new album, critics say

LONDON (Reuters) - David Bowie's first album of new music in a decade sees the influential musician back to his best, critics said in reviews rushed out on Tuesday, two weeks before its release.

"The Next Day", which hits stores in Britain on March 11 and a day later in the United States, could even be the "greatest comeback in rock'n'roll history", according to The Independent's Andy Gill.

As well as a series of glowing reviews, this week also saw the launch of the second single from the 14-track album called "The Stars (Are out Tonight)", accompanied by a surreal video starring the Starman himself and Tilda Swinton as his wife.

In it the middle-aged couple's daily routine is upset by the arrival of a group of mysterious, androgynous celebrities next door who enter their dreams and reawaken old desires and fears.

"They burn you with their radiant smiles/Trap you with their beautiful eyes" read the lyrics on Bowie's official website.

As befits an "event" album with so much hype surrounding it, several newspapers gave The Next Day a track-by-track analysis.

"David Bowie's The Next Day may be the greatest comeback album ever," said Gill in his five-star assessment.

"It's certainly rare to hear a comeback effort that not only reflects an artist's own best work, but stands alongside it in terms of quality," he added.

Neil McCormick of the Telegraph also gave the record top marks, calling it "an ... emotionally charged, musically jagged, electric bolt through his own mythos and the mixed-up, celebrity-obsessed, war-torn world of the 21st century."

BOWIE MANIA

Even in an age when veteran musical comebacks are a daily occurrence, the fascination with Bowie appears to be huge.

Music magazine NME is dedicating a six-page cover feature to the singer, while the Victoria and Albert Museum in London is staging a major exhibition looking at his music, art and groundbreaking fashion.

More than 26,000 tickets have already been sold to the show, which opens on March 23.

Alexis Petridis, writing in the Guardian, argued that, while containing references to Bowie's past work, it largely avoided becoming a sonic memoir of a stellar musical career.

And he said that the secrecy surrounding the making of the album, and genuine media surprise when it was announced on Bowie's 66th birthday last month, risked overshadowing the quality of the music itself.

"That doesn't seem a fair fate for an album that's thought-provoking, strange and filled with great songs," he said. "Listening to it makes you hope it's not a one-off, that his return continues apace."

Songs singled out by critics included "Valentine's Day", couched, according to Gill, "in one of the album's most engaging pop arrangements", and "Dancing Out In Space", described by Will Hodgkinson of The Times as a "nightclub smash".

"You Feel So Lonely You Could Die", the penultimate track, provides the climax which McCormick calls "fantastic, a lush companion piece to Ziggy's Rock'n'roll Suicide that drips vitriol in place of compassion."

Now that the album is complete, the question on many fans' lips is whether Bowie will return to the stage to perform live.

The singer himself has dodged the limelight altogether since the comeback, but guitarist Gerry Leonard told Rolling Stone magazine that he thought it was "50-50" that Bowie would tour.

The glam-rock star, born David Jones in south London in 1947, shot to fame with "Space Oddity" in 1969, and later with his alter ego Ziggy Stardust, before establishing himself as a chart-topping force in the early 1980s.

His long absence from the music scene led to speculation he had retired, with British newspapers reporting as recently as October that he had disappeared from the limelight for good.

Bowie's last album of new material was "Reality", released a decade ago, and he underwent emergency heart surgery while on tour in 2004. His last stage performance was as a guest at a charity concert in New York in 2006.

(Reporting by Mike Collett-White, editing by Paul Casciato)

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The YouGov and McGill Consulting Group GCC Business ... - AME Info

Just over half of those exploring M&A as a strategic option are leaning toward acquisition rather than mergers.

Nader Sabry, Managing Partner at McGill Consulting Group states, "As firms in the GCC move towards external debt financing over the past two quarters, several family businesses are activity eyeing key assets," as indicated by the BCI during Q4 of 2012.

Nader Sabry adds, "Several family businesses we are advising are strategically seeking acquisitions that enhance their existing value-chain boosting their core capabilities."

The top sectors for target acquisitions include energy, manufacturing, real estate, technology and the education sector. About half of the decision-makers surveyed in the BCI have a moderate to significant role in driving future acquisitions.

Most of the intended M&A activity is by local or regional firms seeking assets within the region.

Due to restrictive regulations, foreign firms remain largely on the sidelines. However, new forms of partnerships and mechanisms are being formed to fuel both private and unique acquisitions.

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PFT: Draft prospect Lotulelei has heart condition

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It?s late February.? The Combine is unfolding.? And that means it?s time for scouts to rip or praise players under the cloak of anonymity.

Plenty of writers who publish assessments made by unnamed scouts are now ridiculed when doing so.? The pedigree and accomplishments of Bob McGinn of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel tend to insulate him from scrutiny, even when his unnamed scouts swing and miss on players like Robert Griffin III.? (Heck, McGinn can even publish Wonderlic numbers without being vilified.)

McGinn assesses the players who could be available when the Packers use their first-round pick, and he shares the insights of a pair of unnamed scouts regarding Florida State defensive end Bjoern Werner, a German-born-and-bred prospect who is now poised to fulfill the very unlikely dream of being a first-round draft pick in the NFL.

?He?s good, but I don?t see the special in him,? one unnamed scout said. ?Kind of a try-hard, good football player but nothing special.?

Said another:? ?He?s not a dynamic pass rusher but he seems to get sacks.? He comes off the ball hard but he?s not special.?

Without knowing anything about the team(s) for which these scouts work, there?s no way of knowing whether they?re badmouthing Werner in the hopes that he?ll be available when their team(s) pick.? That?s how it works.? Teams that love a player say bad things about him, wishing for a free fall.? Teams that hate a guy say great things about him, hopeful he?ll be taken early ? pushing down the board players in which the team is actually interested.

With more and more media swarming around the pre-draft process, there?s always someone ready to publish these anonymous assessments.

But citing an ?unnamed scout? tells the audience nothing about the skills or credentials of the scout.? As the late George Carlin used to say (as Carlin himself would say, he?s saying nothing now), there?s a worst doctor in the world ? and someone has an appointment with him tomorrow.? Similarly, there are plenty of scouts who aren?t as skilled as others.? Any time an unnamed scout is being quoted, there?s a chance that he?s the worst of them all.

You know, like the ones who told McGinn last year that, as to RG3, ?[e]verybody is just assuming because of the Heisman and the socks and all that bs. . . . they are ignoring a lot of bad tape that he?s had,? that ?I don?t think he has vision or pocket feel, which to me are the two most important components of quarterbacking,? that ?[h]e?s just running around winging it,? that ?[h]e?s [Michael] Vick, but not as good a thrower,? that ?he?s not as good as Cam Newton,? that ?[a]s much as is written about his athleticism, his athleticism under duress in the pocket isn?t even close to Cam Newton?s,? that ?the only way he gets big plays with his feet is if he?s got a wide-open field and the sea opens for him,? that ?[h]e?s got a little bit of a selfish streak, too,? and that ?[h]e doesn?t treat anybody good.?

Or maybe these unnamed scouts are just good enough to know how to push lies in the hopes of advancing agendas.

Source: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/24/combine-medical-test-reveals-star-lotulelei-has-heart-condition/related/

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Taking the gamble out of DNA sequencing: How much can be learned in a large-scale experiment

Feb. 24, 2013 ? Two USC scientists have developed an algorithm that could help make DNA sequencing affordable enough for clinics -- and could be useful to researchers of all stripes.

Andrew Smith, a computational biologist at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, developed the algorithm along with USC graduate student Timothy Daley to help predict the value of sequencing more DNA, to be published in Nature Methods on February 24.

Extracting information from the DNA means deciding how much to sequence: sequencing too little and you may not get the answers you are looking for, but sequence too much and you will waste both time and money. That expensive gamble is a big part of what keeps DNA sequencing out of the hands of clinicians. But not for long, according to Smith.

"It seems likely that some clinical applications of DNA sequencing will become routine in the next five to 10 years," Smith said. "For example, diagnostic sequencing to understand the properties of a tumor will be much more effective if the right mathematical methods are in place."

The beauty of Smith and Daley's algorithm, which predicts the size and composition of an unseen population based on a small sample, lies in its broad applicability.

"This is one of those great instances where a specific challenge in our research led us to uncover a powerful algorithm that has surprisingly broad applications," Smith said.

Think of it: how often do scientists need to predict what they haven't seen based on what they have? Public health officials could use the algorithm to estimate the population of HIV positive individuals; astronomers could use it to determine how many exoplanets exist in our galaxy based on the ones they have already discovered; and biologists could use it to estimate the diversity of antibodies in an individual.

The mathematical underpinnings of the algorithm rely on a model of sampling from ecology known as capture-recapture. In this model, individuals are captured and tagged so that a recapture of the same individual will be known -- and the number of times each individual was captured can be used to make inferences about the population as a whole.

In this way scientists can estimate, for example, the number of gorillas remaining in the wild. In DNA sequencing, the individuals are the various different genomic molecules in a sample. However, the mathematical models used for counting gorillas don't work on the scale of DNA sequencing.

"The basic model has been known for decades, but the way it has been used makes it highly unstable in most applications. We took a different approach that depends on lots of computing power and seems to work best in large-scale applications like modern DNA sequencing," Daley said.

Scientists faced a similar problem in the early days of the human genome sequencing project. A mathematical solution was provided by Michael Waterman of USC, in 1988, which found widespread use. Recent advances in sequencing technology, however, require thinking differently about the mathematical properties of DNA sequencing data.

"Huge data sets required a novel approach. I'm very please it was developed here at USC," said Waterman.

This research was funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health National Human Genome Research Institute (R01 HG005238 and P50 HG002790).

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Texas Tornado slump continues in 4-3 loss to Topeka on Friday; Two teams meet again Saturday in Frisco on Youth Jersey Night

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Max Shuart scored twice in the third period, but couldn?t lead his team to a win, as the Texas Tornado lost to the Topeka Roadrunners on Friday, 4-3. The loss is the seventh in a row for the Tornado, who fall to three points behind Topeka for second place in the South division. Shuart?s two goals came after Brandon Hawkins netted his league-leading 32^nd goal of the season. Hunter Leisner saw 33 shots and made 29 saves, though Spencer Viele got the win in net for the Roadrunners.

Hawkins?s goal was the only one of the first period and was not scored without protest. Scott Conway fed him with a pass and the Macomb, Mi. native ripped a wrist shot past Viele. The puck looked to ricochet off the cross bar and back out front, but referee Jake Brenk emphatically signaled a good goal, giving the Tornado a 1-0 lead. The Roadrunners were unhappy but their protests fell on deaf ears as the Tornado took a 1-0 lead into the first intermission. Before the period ended, though, Shuart got his name in the penalty sheet, dropping the gloves and serving a fighting major with Kyle Sharkey.

The Roadrunners drew even, however, with exactly a minute gone by in the second period. Juraj Kurcirko and Tyler Groat skated into the Tornado zone on a 2-on-1, with Kurcirko taking the puck along the right wing. Kurcirko hit Groat with the pass, which he corralled before sending it past Leisner for a goal. Groat?s fourth of the season was the only marker of the second period, and the two teams started the third period tied at one.

The third period saw all five goals scored within 2:30 of each other, but the Tornado were never able to regain the lead. First, at 7:25, Roadrunners rushed into the zone on the attack. Leisner made the save on an initial shot, but their captain, Drew Kariofiles, crashed the net hard and got the goal to make it a 2-1 Topeka lead. Less than 30 seconds later, Topeka took a penalty and gave the Tornado a power-play.? They took advantage as a scramble in front early in the power-play led to eight players around the crease, but a loose puck right by Shuart. With everyone scrambling to try to find it, Shuart calmly wristed it into the open net and tied the score.

The tie was short-lived, as just 25 seconds later, Tomas Nechala ripped a slap-shot from the top of the circles past a screen and Leisner ?and allowed Topeka to regain the lead. Less than 30 seconds following that, Jerad Tefoya scored a puck right out front and Topeka had a 4-2 lead. Shuart?s second of the night came 54 seconds after Tafoya?s goal, and the Tornado still had 10 minutes left to attempt to tie the score. It was not to be, however, as neither team scored in the final half of the third period and Topeka skated away with a 4-3 victory.

Both teams return to the ice on Saturday for a game at 7:30 p.m. The Tornado are celebrating Youth Jersey Night on Saturday; the first 1500 fans 12 years old and under will receive a free youth jersey courtesy of the Texas Tornado.

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Packers to visit Texas A&M to study read-option

By John Breech | CBSSports.com

09:00 PM ET February 22, 2013

Packers coach Mike McCarthy will be sending his defensive staff to College Station, Texas this offseason and he has 579 reasons why. The San Francisco 49ers burned the Green Bay defense for 579 yards in the Packers' divisional playoff loss, so McCarthy is sending his defensive staff to Texas A&M to get some tips on stopping the read-option offense.

"Five hundred seventy-nine. That's a number that will stick in our focus as a defense throughout the offseason," McCarthy said at the NFL Combine on Friday, via the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. "We're studying the read-option."

Since it's doubtful other NFL coaches will be sharing any read-option secrets with McCarthy any time soon, the Packers coach decided to he's going to send his staff to Texas A&M. With Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel running the show, the Aggies finished third overall in the nation in total offense in 2012.

"Our defensive staff is going to take a trip to Texas A&M," McCarthy said. "[Aggies coach] Kevin Sumlin is someone I have great respect for and with his ability to share from both the offensive side and defensive side his experience in the read-option, it's something from an education, preparation standpoint that we will grow as a staff and be better prepared for in the future."

In the Green Bay's divisional round playoff loss to the 49ers, the Packer defense surrendered an NFL quarterback rushing-record 181 yards to Colin Kaepernick.

"It's about getting better, it's about improvement and we need to do a better job stopping the read-option. That's definitely something we're focused on," McCarthy said.

Learning how to stop the read-option is obviously high on McCarty's offseason to-do list. McCarthy said that this is the first time he's sent his staff to study with college coaches.

As for the connection between McCarthy and Sumlin: Sumlin coached with Shawn Slocum for two seasons at Texas A&M over a decade ago (2001-02). Slocum is now the special teams coach for the Packers and has been with the team since McCarthy was hired in 2006.

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Prospects for Japan Joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership

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Prospects for Japan Joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership

February 22, 2013

Today President Obama and Japan's Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, meet to discuss security and a potential free trade pact, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Prime Minister Abe indicated that today's conversations will affect whether he supports Japan participating in the free trade negotiations. His concern is whether the TPP is in Japan's economic interest. Will President Obama persuade Prime Minister Abe that it is in Japan's interest to join the TPP?

Experts participating in a recent Peterson Institute conference explained why the TPP could play a crucial role in Japan's efforts to revamp its economy. The transcript from the panel [pdf] is available online, as well as video of the discussion.

Conference panelist Jeffrey Schott's new book, Understanding the Trans-Pacific Partnership, is a thorough appraisal of the main unresolved issues and the prospects for completing the negotiations.

A second book written by Peter Petri, The Trans-Pacific Partnership and Asia-Pacific Integration: A Quantitative Assessment, is the most extensive analysis to date of the likely economic benefits of the TPP itself and the numerous Asia-only agreements that are already in place or under simultaneous consideration.

Following today's summit meeting with President Obama, Prime Minister Abe will deliver a press conference at 5:05 p.m. EST. If you would like to speak with Jeffrey Schott or Peter Petri before or after the press conference, please contact Brian Reil at media@piie.com or 202-553-9018.

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