2011 Bowl Predictions: Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman

Every year, there are bowl games that have a reputation of being offensive showcases.? Even though this is only going to be the fourth Military Bowl, the game in the nation?s capital is becoming one of those games that is just fun to watch.? The first three contests have had at least 48 points combined between the two teams and last year?s game had 71 points scored.? This year?s edition of the Military Bowl features two very potent offenses and there is the potential for a lot of yards and points at RFK Stadium.

Air Force, as usual, has one of the best rushing attacks in the nation.? While the offense is very productive, that did not translate into wins in the first half of this season.? They started the year 3-4 with the wins coming against FCS teams South Dakota and Tennessee State and they just got by Navy by a point in overtime after blowing an 18-point fourth-quarter lead.? But things came together in the latter part of the year.? Air Force won four of its last five games with the only loss to bowl-bound Wyoming.? That got them to seven wins and playing in their fifth consecutive bowl game.

Toledo has a very potent offense as well.? But they got off to a worse start than Air Force did this season.? The Rockets lost three of their first four games with the only win against FCS New Hampshire.? They were much better in Mid-American Conference play, winning seven of their eight games.? Unfortunately, the one conference loss was a wild 63-60 loss to eventual MAC champion Northern Illinois that prevented them from winning their division.? Regardless, Toledo racked up eight wins this season and is playing in their second consecutive bowl game.

So, will this be the highest-scoring bowl game of the 2011-2012 season?? Read on for the preview of the 2011 Military Bowl.

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Air Force Offense vs. Toledo Defense

As mentioned above, the Falcons had another great year running the ball.? They finished second in the nation in rushing averaging with just over 320 yards per game and they have a great senior leader running the attack.? Tim Jefferson has been the focus of this offense since he took over as the starter.? Asher Clark and Mike DeWitt are the other major contributors in the rushing attack.? When they throw the ball, Jonathan Warzeka and Zack Kauth are the main pass catchers this season.? It will be an interesting battle because the Toledo defense is much better at stopping the run than the pass.? The Rockets finished 28^th in rushing defense, but 109^th in passing defense this season.? They?ll have had time to look at the Air Force attack, so we?ll have to see how much the Falcons could throw early to try and loosen up the defense.

Edge: Air Force

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Toledo Offense vs. Air Force Defense

As potent as Air Force?s offense was this season, Toledo?s was even better and they did it with balance.? They averaged over 220 yards rushing and 270 yards passing per game this season which led them to have the eighth-best total and scoring offense in the nation.? The Rockets are led by the QB tandem of Terrance Owens and Austin Dantin.? Both of them averaged more than 150 yards of total offense and have kept defenses guessing all year.? The skill positions around them are loaded as well.? RB Adonis Thomas averaged 107 yards per game on the ground and WR Eric Page averaged more than nine catches and 93 yards receiving per game.? This offense is loaded and will be a big problem for the Air Force defense.? The Falcons were mediocre at best all season and will have a tough challenge trying to keep these Rockets grounded.

Edge: Toledo

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Special Teams

Neither special team unit has been stellar as a whole, but one player could prove to make a big difference in the game.? In addition to being Toledo?s leading receiver, Page finished in the top 20 in punt returns and averaged more than 23 yards per kickoff return.? He can turn the momentum in a game in a hurry and could make a big impact in this contest.

Edge: Toledo

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Coaching

This will be a heck of a debut game for Matt Campbell.? The interim head coach for Toledo after Tim Beckham left for Illinois, he had the interim tag lifted on December 9^th and is now the youngest head coach in FBS at 32.? This is his offense that is on display this year and he?ll get a chance to continue to build from a solid season this year.? Troy Calhoun has done a fine job in his five seasons, winning at least eight games in each of the first four.? This is also the fifth straight bowl under Calhoun and they have won two in a row.? He will be in line for a job in a BCS conference if he ever decides if he wants to make that type of move.

Who will win the 2011 Military Bowl?

Who will win the 2011 Military Bowl?

• Air Force

• Toledo

Total votes: 0

Edge: Air Force

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This and That

I?ll be curious to see how full RFK Stadium is for this game.? Neither school is close to the bowl site, so that will probably hold down attendance.? The magic number for Toledo in this game is 30.? They were 1-2 when they scored less than 30 points this season and 7-2 when they scored over 30.? Amazingly, Air Force is 10-10-1 in its bowl history after winning the last two bowl games.

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So, What Will Happen in the 2011 Military Bowl

This has got an offensive explosion written all over it.? It?s two of the best offenses in the country against a couple of mediocre defenses.? This could be a classic case of who has the ball last wins.? Toledo has the balance on offense and the versatility of Eric Page to pull out the victory.

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Line: Toledo by 3

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The Sports Mac Prediction: Toledo 52, Air Force 48

Source: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/998758-2011-military-bowl-presented-by-northrop-grumman-preview-from-the-sports-mac

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CUPP's PunkThis graduates to tablets, earns a degree in security (hands-on video)

Remember CUPP Computing's PunkThis board we played with at Computex 2011? It's now left the confines of its 2.5-inch hard drive form-factor and jumped ship from a standard Asus netbook to a Core i5-equipped Eee Slate EP121, taking residence alongside the tablet's battery. As a refresher, PunkThis puts a complete ARM-based system into an x86 computer by replacing the SATA HDD with a single core 1GHz Texas Instruments OMAP 3730 processor, 512MB RAM and WiFi, along with a mini-PCIe socket for SSD storage, plus connectors for the hosts video, audio and USB interfaces. While CUPP computing is still working hard to make PunkThis commercially available for tech-savvy individuals, it acquired Israeli security company Yoggie last July and built this demo machine to attract another kind of customer.

The tablet we tested was running Windows 7 Home Premium and Android 2.3.4 simultaneously, and was equipped with an additional button for switching between x86 and ARM modes. Since the Asus EP121 already uses a mini-PCIe SSD instead of 2.5-inch SATA storage, a prototype PunkThis board was designed to fit alongside a modified battery. Gingerbread didn't break a sweat supporting both the 1280x800-pixel capacitive touchscreen and pen-based Wacom digitizer thanks to some additional hardware and software tweaks. Beyond the ability to switch between Windows for heavy lifting and Android for improved battery life, it's possible to use both x86 and ARM side-by-side. Imagine antivirus and firewall software running on the PunkThis board in mission-critical security applications for enterprise, and it's easy to see where CUPP Computing is going with this. Check out the gallery below and our hands-on video after the break.

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NCAA F. ? Matt Barkley resta ancora con i Trojans

Una notizia inaspettata ha colto molti esperti del football: il quarterback di Usc Matt Barkley rester? ancora un anno al college.

?Voglio finire questo magico viaggio iniziato con i Trojans e regolare qualche conto in sospeso con altri college? ?ha spiegato Matt ai microfoni dei giornalisti californiani. La sua decisione ? stata ben accolta anche dall? head coach dei Seattle Seahawks Pete Carroll, suo reclutatore nel college, che l?ha considerata appropriata.

Barkley era considerato il terzo miglior prospetto per il prossimo draft: quest?anno ha guidato la sua squadra ad un record di 10-2 e stabilendo il nuovo record di td pass nella Conference (39) ottenendo anche 3528 yards.

Ora con Andrew Luck dato alla prima chiamata il miglior quarterback del college ? Robert Griffin III di Baylor, giocatore talentuoso con una precisione del passaggio molto rara data la sua grande abilit? di scramble ma con una propensione molto alta agli infortuni che lo hanno limitato in molte occasioni.

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Figueroa Mountain Farmhouse wedding: Jose + Joel

23 Dec

Guess what?s on the stands on Monday, y?all? It?s the winter MS Weddings, and for an extra awesome treat it features the beautiful, heartfelt wedding of Jose Villa and partner Joel Serrato. They are truly two of the nicest guys (as anyone who knows them can attest!) and we?re so super happy to be part of the crew that?s sharing a few shots, by the beautiful Elizabeth Messina, from their wedding this morning.

?It was such an honor to capture Jose & Joel?s?wedding?.they are both such talented & kind?men?i felt an incredible responsibility to?document one of undoubtably the most special?days in their lives with care?i wish them many?happy years together.? ?- Elizabeth Messina

You can see the rest of this gorgeous wedding on Martha Stewart and more photos on Style Me Pretty and Green Wedding Shoes today.

photography by: Elizabeth Messina /?event production: Lisa Vorce, Oh, how charming /?floral design: Mindy Rice / cake by: Sweet Saucy Shop /?invites by : Papel Press?/ venue:?Figueroa Mountain Farmhouse

Photo credits courtesy of Martha Stewart Weddings / Story credit: Photographs by Elizabeth Messina/Martha Stewart Weddings, Winter 2012. Copyright ? 2012 / Cover credit: Photograph by Sang An/Martha Stewart Weddings, Winter 2012. Copyright ? 2012

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Gloss Find: Photo Cube iPhone Photo Printer

Are you finished with your holiday shopping yet?

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California educators look to better English learning

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Roberto Bautista was lost when he entered kindergarten speaking only Spanish.

"I said, 'What are they saying?' I just pretend I understand," said the 9-year-old Los Angeles fifth grader. "My best friend knew how to speak English. He helped me."

Roberto's experience is typical for Spanish-speakers entering California schools. They usually get assigned to a program where the teacher must speak English almost exclusively even though kids don't understand.

Roberto has since moved on to a special bilingual program that teaches him in both Spanish and English, but the vast majority of pupils stay in an English-only program, often falling behind in academics as they learn the language then struggle to catch up. Many don't.

California has the largest Hispanic student population in the nation but ranks at the bottom for Hispanic reading and math achievement. Only 11 percent of the state's 1.6 million English learners ? the vast majority of them Spanish speakers ? reached proficiency levels in English in the last school year. About a third drop out of school.

Experts say the numbers point to the need for a statewide overhaul of how schools teach kids English.

"Miseducate this group and the whole state is in trouble," said Leo Gomez, professor of bilingual education at the University of Texas-Pan American.

Educators are now closely observing the Los Angeles Unified School District after the U.S. Department of Education recently criticized its 200,000-pupil English learning program, saying it violated students' civil rights by failing to provide an equal education to non-native speakers.

Under federal monitoring, LAUSD is overhauling its English learner program, the largest in the country. The revamped program, which is scheduled to be presented to the school board in March and begin next school year, could provide a model for other lagging districts.

Studies have long pointed out numerous deficiencies in the state system, which starts with a survey sent to parents asking what languages are spoken at home. Children from multilingual homes are then tested for English proficiency.

Low scorers are placed into English language classes until they're proficient and moved into regular classes.

California's teaching method, however, differs from that used in all but two other states. It uses "structured English immersion," where nearly all classroom instruction is in English, and learning English is prioritized over other academics.

The method, which holds that students master English faster, was adopted after 1998's Proposition 227 restricted the use of bilingual education. Immersion is also used in Arizona and Massachusetts.

All other states, however, use bilingual classroom models. Teachers give academic lessons in the students' native language while students receive separate English instruction until they reach fluency to switch into a regular classroom.

The idea is that continuing their academics in their native language allows them to be current when they're put into regular classes.

Opponents of immersion say children fall behind in their academic subjects while they learn English and never fully catch up.

"By the time, they're in middle school, they're English proficient but academically deprived," Gomez said.

Others say kids learn English either way. It's the quality of the program that matters most, said a 2009 study by the Tomas Rivera Policy Institute, a Latino affairs think tank that is now part of the University of Southern California.

The study found that once children master English and move into regular classrooms they perform at or above the same level as native English speakers, but too many children simply languish in English learner limbo.

In the study of LAUSD middle schoolers, researchers found 30 percent of students learning English had not gained language proficiency by 8th grade, although most had been in the English learning program since kindergarten. Of those who remained in English classes in high school, almost half dropped out and only 6 percent passed the state high school exit exam.

The state auditor found in a 2005 report that districts have a financial incentive not to move students out of English learning program? an average $448 annually per English learner in extra state and federal funding.

Deborah Sigman, state deputy superintendent of education, disputed that contention, saying districts are simply being cautious about not pushing through students prematurely.

Some experts note that although 80 percent of Spanish-speaking children are born in the United States, many are at a disadvantage because the majority comes from immigrant communities that are low income and provide limited exposure to English. Parents commonly have not graduated high school.

"These kids are really growing up in linguistically isolated areas," said Patricia Gandara, education professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. "They're having an enclave experience, not a mainstream experience."

She called for more training for teachers who have to cope with multiple levels of English proficiency in a classroom and little know-how to do that. "Teachers don't feel prepared," she said.

Other studies contend that too many kids are identified as English learners to begin with. A September study by Latino policy researchers at the University of California, Berkeley found that even though children might speak English, the language skills test is set up to fail them.

The study noted in 2009-10, 88 percent of kindergarteners were classified as English learners based on a two-hour test in which four and five-year-olds who have just entered school must read and write words like "apple," which would be difficult for native English speaking children who have not had preschool.

They cannot get out of English learner status until third grade at the earliest. By then, they are already behind.

State Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Los Angeles, who is leading legislative efforts to address English learning program deficiencies, said he'd like parents informed that the survey is used for English-learner classification, what that means to a child's education, and more guidelines about answering.

A grandparent living in the house who speaks only Spanish shouldn't necessarily trigger an English test for the grandchild, said Padilla, the author of a recent law that moves the proficiency test from the fall to the spring so students will have the benefit of a school year of instruction behind them.

Los Angeles elementary teacher Io McNaughton, who taught immersion English in an East Los Angeles school and now teaches in a special program that aims at proficiency in Spanish and English, said more emphasis needs to be placed on middle and high school English learners, where prospects of moving into regular classes dim considerably.

Kids in immersion classes do learn English quickly, she said, but she noted that their achievement plateaus. "You'd be teaching English and saying this is working, it's great, but as you progressed through the grades, the achievement in reading and writing really dropped off," she said.

LAUSD officials say they're examining all aspects of their English learning program, from extensive teacher training to how English learners are identified to better monitoring of English learners after they're placed in regular classes. Particular attention is being placed on secondary schools, which federal officials underscored as deficient.

Proficiency testing will also be scrutinized, said Ana Estevez-Andressian, LAUSD's English learner compliance coordinator.

State Sen. Padilla, who was an English learner himself, said he's hoping meaningful reforms that can be replicated will come out of the effort. More than 25 percent of California's students are English learners, and that number comprises a third of English learners nationwide.

"We're not going to make statewide improvement if we don't hone in on English learners," Padilla said. "When you're looking at almost a third of all students, it's a crisis."

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Jaime King at the 16th Annual GQ 'Men Of The Year' Party at Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles, California - November 17, 2011

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Google to take on Apple iPad with 'Nexus' tablet

CBR Staff Writer Published 23 December 2011

Google's Eric Schimdt told an Italian newspaper that the company would be releasing a "high quality" tablet within six months

Google is working on a Nexus tablet to be released by mid-2012 in a bid to challenge Apple's iPad.

Google's chairman Eric Schimdt told Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera that the company would be releasing a "high quality" tablet within six months.

He announced his company's intention to continue the "brutal competition" with Apple in the mobile communications market.

Commenting on Apple's Siri, he mentioned that Google has the technology to produce something on similar lines.

Google is itself becoming a major hardware manufacturer with its $12.5bn acquisition of Motorola's devices division, currently under consideration of competition authorities.

Schmidt also paid tribute to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs' role in kickstarting the tablet market and described the iPad as "amazing". He called Steve Jobs "the Michelangelo of our time."

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Grab it While You Can: iMAME Emulator App for iOS

Do you like playing old arcade games? Do you wish there was a way to play those classic games of old on your iPhone or iPad, perhaps using a proper MAME emulator? Then point your browser here, without further ado, and pick up the free iMAME from the App Store, before Apple takes it down.
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Baghdad blasts kill 57 as Iraq tensions rise (Reuters)

BAGHDAD (Reuters) ? A rash of bombings hit Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 57 people in the first big attack on Iraq's capital since a crisis between its Shi'ite Muslim-led government and Sunni rivals erupted days after the U.S. troop withdrawal.

The apparently coordinated bombings were the first sign of rising violence after Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki moved to sideline two Sunni Muslim leaders, just a few years after sectarian bloodletting drove Iraq to the edge of civil war.

At least 18 people were killed when a suicide bomber driving an ambulance detonated the vehicle near a government office in the Karrada district, sending up a dust cloud and scattering car parts into a kindergarten, police and health officials said.

"We heard the sound of a car driving, then car brakes, then a huge explosion, all our windows and doors are blown out, black smoke filled our apartment," said Maysoun Kamal, who lives in a Karrada compound.

In total at least 57 people were killed and 179 were wounded in more than ten explosions in Baghdad, an Iraqi health ministry spokesman said.

Two roadside bombs struck the southwestern Amil district, killing at least seven people and wounding 21 others, while a car bomb blew up in a Shi'ite neighbourhood in Doura in the south, killing three people and wounding six, police said.

More bombs ripped into the central Alawi area, Shaab and Shula in the north, all mainly Shi'ite areas, and a roadside bomb killed one and wounded five near the Sunni neighbourhood of Adhamiya, police said.

Violence in Iraq has ebbed since the height of sectarian violence in 2006-2007, when suicide bombers and hit squads targeted Sunni and Shi'ite communities in attacks that killed thousands of people.

Iraq is still fighting a stubborn, lower-grade insurgency with Sunni Islamists tied to al Qaeda and Shi'ite militias, who U.S. officials say are backed by Iran, still staging daily attacks.

U.S. TROOPS OUT ONLY DAYS AGO

The last few thousand American troops pulled out of Iraq over the weekend, nearly nine years after the invasion that toppled Sunni dictator Saddam Hussein. Many Iraqis had said they feared a return to sectarian violence without a U.S. military buffer.

Just days after the withdrawal, Iraq's fragile power-sharing government is grappling with its worst turmoil since its formation a year ago. Shi'ite, Sunni and Kurdish blocs share out government posts in a unwieldy system that has been impaired by political infighting since it began.

Maliki this week sought the arrest of Sunni Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi on charges he organised assassinations and bombings, and he asked parliament to fire his Sunni deputy Saleh al-Mutlaq after he likened Maliki to Saddam.

The moves against the senior Sunni leaders are stirring sectarian tensions because Sunnis fear the prime minister wants to consolidate Shi'ite control.

Iraq's Sunni minority have felt marginalised since the rise of the Shi'ite majority in Iraq after the 2003 invasion. Many Sunnis feel they have been shunted aside in the power-sharing agreement that Washington touts as a young democracy.

Thursday's attacks represented the first major assault in Baghdad since November when three bombs exploded in a commercial district and another blast hit the city's western outskirts on Saturday, killing at least 13 people.

In October, bomb attacks on a busy commercial street in northeastern Baghdad killed at least 30, with scores wounded.

(Additional reporting by Aseel Kami; Writing by Patrick Markey and Rania El Gamal; Editing by Michael Roddy)

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Are You Watching This?! sports tracker for Android adds remote control for DirecTV, TiVo, Google TV

The Are You Watching This?! app has a long history of making sure sports fans don't miss the big games with its bookmarklets and apps that popped up notifications or emailed reminders. Now a new upgrade on Android, along with a few connected TV platforms, has taken things to the next level. In its newest iteration, the free app ties into DirecTV, TiVo or Google TV setups with IP control for one click switching to the appropriate channel -- key when a game is coming down to the last play and you're not sure where the remote is or which channel NBA / NFL / MLB etc. action is on. There's varying levels of filtering options so users can see alerts just when their team is playing, any decent matchup or just the must-see finishes.

We gave it a shot and found it worked as advertised, only requiring the app to be installed and enabled on the Google TV and our Android phone (DirecTV and TiVo boxes should be ready to go), however even though we already had our local channels set up on the TV, we had to enter our ZIP and cable provider on the remote app as well. We're starting to see similar companion technology built into apps from DirecTV, TiVo and Comcast, as well as Dijit's software, however the RUWT? game tracker algorithm and focus on live scores gives it a leg up for sports freaks. Check out the video trailer embedded above for a quick look or hop over to the Android Market to install it on phone, tablet and/or TV.

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Consider Riding Out a Fever Instead of Treating It [Health]

With cold and flu season setting in, you might have already had your first dance with a fever and treated it with medication, but a recent study in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology suggests the best way to deal with a mild fever might be to let it run its course.

We've known the fever is a part of the body's natural line of defense, but this most recent study reveals a fever works to make certain parts of the immune system work harder. This temporary enhancement provided by a fever might actually help you get over the flu more quickly than if you suppress it with medication. That said, you still want to be careful with incredibly high body temperatures and if your fever raises above 103 F (39 C), you should seek medical attention. Photo by Cali4beach.

Catch the Fever: It'll Help You Fight Off Infection, Evidence Shows | Science Daily

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