Judge: John Edwards has serious heart condition (AP)

GREENSBORO, N.C. ? Ex-presidential candidate John Edwards has a serious heart condition that will require a medical procedure next month and his illness limits his travel including for an upcoming court case over possible campaign violations, his doctor told a judge, who delayed the trial.

Federal Judge Catherine Eagles did not disclose the exact nature of Edwards' illness Friday or what procedure he needed. However, she said the two-time presidential candidate had "three episodes" and indicated his condition could be life-threatening if left untreated.

A cardiologist for the 58-year-old ex-North Carolina senator wrote two letters about his condition to Eagles, who talked about them during a hearing to consider whether the trial on six felony and misdemeanor counts should begin this month. Eagles said jury selection will now start March 26, at the earliest.

Edwards is taking medication and is scheduled to undergo a procedure in February from which it will take several days to recover, Eagles said. She did not describe what the episodes involved or if the procedure would require unclogging arteries or other common treatments. The doctor's letters and other medical records have been kept under seal by the court.

"The public has an interest in a speedy trial," Eagles said from the bench. "Ordinarily, I would try to manage something like this. But clearly there are some limitations on Mr. Edwards due to real and serious health issues."

His doctor had recommended he not drive or travel, but at the judge's request, Edwards was in court. He didn't appear to have any outward signs of illness, though he was without his usual quick smile or bounce in his step.

The trial has already been delayed twice, including a continuance granted so Edwards could attend his eldest daughter's wedding.

Prosecutors took no position on whether the judge should grant the delay due the defendant's health condition, but said they were ready to try Edwards. He is accused of concealing nearly $1 million in cash and checks from wealthy donors used to help hide his pregnant mistress during his 2008 White House run.

Edwards's legal team and spokespeople have been mum about his condition since his diagnosis last month, declining repeated requests for comment on his condition, including after the hearing.

Known for being telegenic Edwards had customarily entered the federal courthouse through the public entrance, where a group of reporters and cameramen assemble. But on Friday, he took steps to slip through unnoticed. A court security officer indicated he had come and gone through a back door.

Two years ago, Edwards confessed he fathered a baby born to his ex-mistress. He had long denied the girl, Frances Quinn Hunter, was his, even after he admitted cheating on his wife with the child's mother, Rielle Hunter. Hunter had been hired before Edwards' 2008 White House campaign to shoot behind-the-scenes video of him.

Edwards' confession came ahead of the release of a book by former aide Andrew Young. The book described how Edwards worked to hide his paternity with the help of his married aide.

Shortly before the 2008 presidential primaries began, Young stepped forward to claim that he ? not Edwards ? was the child's father. But there were suspicions at the time that the fiercely loyal aide was taking the fall for his boss.

The child was conceived in mid-2007, while Edwards was running for the White House, and around the time he was renewing his vows after 30 years of marriage.

In early 2010, Edwards publicly admitted fathering Hunter's child and friends disclosed that he and his wife, Elizabeth, were separated. She died in December 2010 from incurable breast cancer that was first diagnosed in 2004, a day after the Democratic ticket that included John Edwards as the vice presidential candidate lost to George W. Bush.

The Edwardses were law school sweethearts who married just days after they took the bar exam together in the summer of 1977. They had four children together, including a son who died at age 16. Although the couple had separated, John Edwards was at her side around the clock as her health deteriorated. He did not speak at her funeral.

Edwards made millions as a trial lawyer before beginning his political career with a successful 1998 Senate campaign.

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The First Full Moon of 2012 ? The Cancer Wolf Moon | Care2 ...

by Michelle Gregg, Counseling Astrologer at www.michellegregg.com

I went outside about midnight on the cusp between Jan. 8 and Jan. 9th to see how this very special Full Moon was shaping up here in Atlanta, GA. From my computer program I knew where the moon would be in the sky ? directly overhead ? but I wasn?t sure I?d see it due to the overcast night and drizzling rain.

But there she was. Shining through the clouds and sprinkles with a hazy ring of orange and gold surrounding her as the clouds were swept by the wind. Despite the damp ground and the slight chill, I laid down for a little while to ponder and reflect.

This Full Moon is the very first of the New Year ? the first of the much awaited 2012. In Native American lore, the first Full Moon in January is traditionally known as the Wolf Moon. I find that fascinating as this particular Wolf Moon is in Cancer directly opposite a Capricorn Sun ? symbolizing finding the balance between emotion and practicality, nurture and responsibility, The Great Mother and the Great Father, matriarchy and the patriarchy. My hope is that our goal will be to finally find equality between men and women, and between masculine and feminine energies. A healing is due in this area of our lives and our psyches.

Wolf packs cannot be categorized as either matriarchal or patriarchal in governance? there is an alpha male and an alpha female who both share the running of the pack. They have found balance in their relationship as leaders ? the one completed and supported by the other. As the first lunation of 2012, I believe this speaks volumes as to the landscape of the year to come. We must seek balance between the polarities driven by seeking security, safety and what feeds and nurtures us with how to be effectively and practically responsible to both our ambition and all who fall under our purview.? We can reflect on this idea from many different aspects of our lives: familial, in community, politically and beyond.

The Cancer Full Moon illuminates the ideals of Mother, and this a beautiful time to cherish our families and both how we are nurtured and how we nurture others who we love and who we are responsible for. In your meditations or in your thoughts throughout the next couple of weeks, until the New Moon on the 23rd, direct your focus on what nurturing and being nurtured ? emotionally and soulfully fed ? mean to you. Open your heart and really FEEL what is inside you ? what is in front of you and around you. Ponder family and tradition, home and hearth, children, safety and security.

If you are spiritual, the images of Mother Mary, Gaia, Demeter and Diana are perfect to hold as visions in your heart and mind. The idea is to connect with the energy of the instinctive Feminine offering love, sustenance, deep feeling and security to those she cares and is responsible for.? How does this ideal manifest in your life ? whether you are male or female. If you are comfortable in this arena then this a time for you to be juicy and ripe and overflowing ? both giving and receiving the blessings of the Cancer Full Moon. If this is an area where you are uncomfortable ? feeling out of your element with the depth of emotion and domestic giving symbolized at this lunation, spend some time reflecting on how you came to be uncomfortable here and ponder how you might open your heart at least a little to create balance and a more abundant nurturing space in your life.

So many facets and faces to see and discover! I wish you an enlightening Full Cancer Moon? perhaps, like the wolves whose name this Moon bears are wont to do, a bit of howling is in order to help us feel as deeply as we can and then release those feelings to The Mother.

Source: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/the-first-full-moon-of-2012-the-cancer-wolf-moon.html

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NFL playoffs: When offenses shine, fans tune in

NFL playoffs are full of big passing games and weak defensive squads. It's easier for fans to cheer champion quarterbacks than defensive squads in the NFL playoffs.

For the last few weeks, the picture that has emerged of this year?s NFL playoffs has been one of marquee quarterbacks, high-powered offenses, and middling defenses. The rankings of the perceived Super Bowl contenders on either side of the ball are telling enough. The Green Bay Packers, for instance, have the league?s top-ranked offense and a defense ranked only 19th . The Patriots: 3rd ranked offense, 15th -ranked defense. The Saints? 2nd and 13th. The Giants? 9th and 25th .

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These? teams are challenging the conventional wisdom that ?defense wins football games,? as Monitor staffer Mark Sappenfield wrote Sunday.?This past weekend?s results only underscored the point: Going against every expectation, the Pittsburgh Steelers? top-ranked defense (including a highly touted pass defense) was dismantled by the Broncos and Tim Tebow, a guy who, as we all know, has trouble accurately throwing a football.

So as the Broncos take the field against the Patriots Saturday, the talk is not of which defense can stop the other. It's about which defense can slow the offense enough so that their offense will score more points.

If there was any doubt that this year?s Super Bowl will be an offensive shoot-around, it was thoroughly banished by the Steelers? shocking exit. Going forward, this will mean more points on the board and, quite possibly, more people watching.

Television is responsible for changing the landscape of a number of professional sports, and those which have adapted to the medium have endured as the nation?s most popular. Most of these changes have benefited the offensive side of the ball. The NBA started using the shot clock, and adopted the three point shot in 1980. Major League baseball parks shortened their fields and began using designated hitters so that home runs became the rule, rather than the exception. Over the past decade or so, as Mr. Sappenfield notes, several NFL teams have moved to offenses that value and showcase the quarterback more than ever.

This translates into a more accessible television experience for two reasons. For one, the action is centered around a single guy, who can serve as the hero?s face for an entire team. Teams that are strong on defense don?t have the capacity for that kind of easy allegiance: It?s more natural to root for Eli Manning, for example, than for a faceless group of defenders.

Second, high-scoring games are just plain more exciting than those low-scoring defensive chess matches ? there?s more crowd noise, tangible results, and a sense that a lot more is happening. Just as much happens in defensive contests, but defense in football is more about thwarting action than creating it. The lowest-rated Super Bowl of the past decade was in 2001, when the Baltimore Ravens beat the New York Giants 34-7. The big story that year was the Baltimore Ravens defense, led by Super Bowl MVP Ray Lewis.

There are, admittedly, a slew of factors that determine how many viewers tune in for a football game. Last year?s NFL playoffs were among the highest rated in history, not because of the games themselves, but because that winter was one of the worst in recent memory, prompting people to spend their January weekends indoors. A team?s market share also plays a huge role: With their huge fan base, the New England Patriots will inevitably draw more viewers than, small market teams like the Carolina Panthers or the Jacksonville Jaguars.

The market share factor (or lack thereof) was painfully evident in this year?s World Series between the small market St. Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers. From a baseball standpoint, the series was one of the best in recent memory, but because both teams have relatively small fan bases, it didn?t get nearly the viewership it deserved.

But the Cardinals-Rangers matchup did benefit ratings-wise (if not enough) from the quality of play, as it progressed, and exciting NFL games can follow suit. Sunday's matchup between the Broncos and Steelers earned the highest ratings share for a wild card game in 24 years, as an uncommonly good passing performance from Tebow catapulted Denver to a 29-23 overtime win.

And, in a playoff field that still includes Tom Brady, Drew Brees, Aaron Rogers, and Eli Manning, we can expect viewers to tune in for more.

Source: http://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/feeds/csm/~3/jEcpXBrjz7E/NFL-playoffs-When-offenses-shine-fans-tune-in

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Scientists gear up to take a picture of a black hole

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The Event Horizon Telescope is Earth-sized, virtual telescope powerful enough to see all the way to the center of our Milky Way where a supermassive black hole will allow astrophysicists to put Einstein's Theory of General Relativity to the test

On Wednesday, Jan. 18, astronomers, physicists and scientists from related fields will convene in Tucson, Ariz. from across the world to discuss an endeavor that only a few years ago would have been regarded as nothing less than outrageous. The conference is organized by Dimitrios Psaltis, an associate professor of astrophysics at the University of Arizona's Steward Observatory, and Daniel Marrone, an assistant professor of astronomy at Steward Observatory.

"Nobody has ever taken a picture of a black hole," Psaltis said. "We are going to do just that."

"Even five years ago, such a proposal would not have seemed credible," added Sheperd Doeleman, assistant director of the Haystack Observatory at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), who is the principal investigator of the Event Horizon Telescope, as the project is dubbed. "Now we have the technological means to take a stab at it."

First postulated by Albert Einstein's Theory of General Relativity, the existence of black holes has since been supported by decades' worth of observations, measurements and experiments. But never has it been possible to directly observe and image one of these maelstroms whose sheer gravity exerts such cataclysmic power they twist and mangle the very fabric of space and time.

"Black holes are the most extreme environment you can find in the universe," Doeleman said.

The field of gravity around a black hole is so immense that it swallows everything in its reach; not even light can escape its grip. For that reason, black holes are just that emitting no light whatsoever, their "nothingness" blends into the black void of the universe.

So how does one take a picture of something that by definition is impossible to see?

"As dust and gas swirls around the black hole before it is drawn inside, a kind of cosmic traffic jam ensues," Doeleman explained. "Swirling around the black hole like water circling the drain in a bathtub, the matter compresses and the resulting friction turns it into plasma heated to a billion degrees or more, causing it to 'glow' and radiate energy that we can detect here on Earth."

By imaging the glow of matter swirling around the black hole before it goes over the edge of the point of no return and plunges into the abyss of space and time, scientists can only see the outline of the black hole, also called its shadow. Because the laws of physics either don't apply to or cannot describe what happens beyond that point of no return from which not even light can escape, that boundary is called the Event Horizon.

"So far, we have indirect evidence that there is a black hole at the center of the Milky Way," Psaltis said. "But once we see its shadow, there will be no doubt."

Even though the black hole suspected to sit at the center of our galaxy is a supermassive one at four million times the mass of the Sun, it is tiny to the eyes of astronomers. Smaller than Mercury's orbit around the Sun, yet almost 26,000 light years away, it appears about the same size as a grapefruit on the moon.

"To see something that small and that far away, you need a very big telescope, and the biggest telescope you can make on Earth is to turn the whole planet into a telescope," Marrone said.

To that end, the team is connecting up to 50 radio telescopes scattered around the globe, including the Submillimeter Telescope (SMT) on Mt. Graham in Arizona, telescopes on Mauna Kea in Hawaii and the Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy (CARMA) in California. The global array will include several radio telescopes in Europe, a 10-meter dish at the South Pole and potentially a 15-meter antenna atop a 15,000-foot peak in Mexico.

"In essence, we are making a virtual telescope with a mirror that is as big as the Earth," Doeleman said. "Each radio telescope we use can be thought of as a small silvered portion of a large mirror. With enough such silvered spots, one can start to make an image."

"The Event Horizon Telescope is not a first-light project, where we flip a switch and go from no data to a lot of data," he added. "Every year, we increase its capabilities by adding more telescopes, gradually sharpening the image we see of the black hole."

One crucial and eagerly expected key element about to join Event Horizon's global network of radio telescopes is the Atacama Large Millimeter Array, or ALMA, in Chile.

Comprising 50 radio antennas itself, ALMA will function as the equivalent of a dish that is 90 meters in diameter, and become what Doeleman called "a real game changer." "When ALMA comes online, it will double our resolution."

"The EHT will bring us as close to the edge of a black hole as we will ever come," the participating scientists wrote in a project summary.

"We will be able to actually see what happens very close to the horizon of a black hole, which is the strongest gravitational field you can find in the universe," Psaltis said. "No one has ever tested Einstein's Theory of General Relativity at such strong fields."

General Relativity predicts that the bright outline defining the black hole's shadow must be a perfect circle. According to Psaltis, whose research group specializes in Einstein's Theory of General Relativity, this provides an important test.

"If we find the black hole's shadow to be oblate instead of circular, it means Einstein's Theory of General Relativity must be flawed," he said. "But even if we find no deviation from general relativity, all these processes will help us understand the fundamental aspects of the theory much better."

Black holes remain among the least understood phenomena in the universe. Ranging in mass from a few times the mass of the Sun to billions, they appear to coalesce like drops of oil in water. Most if not all galaxies are now believed to harbor a supermassive black hole at their center, and smaller ones are scattered throughout. Our Milky Way is known to be home to about 25 smallish black holes ranging from 5 to 10 times the Sun's mass.

"What is great about the one in the center of the Milky Way is that is big enough and close enough," Marrone said. "There are bigger ones in other galaxies, and there are closer ones, but they're smaller. Ours is just the right combination of size and distance."

The reason astronomers rely on radio waves rather than visible or infrared light to spy on the black hole is two-fold: For one, observing the center of the Milky Way from the Earth requires peering right through the plane of the galaxy. Radio waves are able to penetrate thousands of light-years worth of stars, gas and dust obstructing the view. Secondly, combining optical telescopes into a virtual super-telescope would not be feasible, according to the researchers.

Only very recent technological advances have made it possible to not only record radio waves at just the right wavelengths where they don't interfere with water vapor in the atmosphere but also to ensure the ultra-precise timing necessary to combine observations from multiple telescopes thousands of miles apart into one exposure.

Each telescope will record its data onto hard drives, which will be collected and physically shipped to a central data processing center at MIT's Haystack Observatory.

Bringing together radio telescopes around the globe requires an equally global team effort.

"This is not only the usual international conference where people come from all over the world because they are interested in sharing their research," Psaltis said. "For the Event Horizon Telescope, we need the entire world to come together to build this instrument because it is as big as the planet. People are coming from all over the world because they have to work on it."

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520-626-4402
University of Arizona

The Event Horizon Telescope is Earth-sized, virtual telescope powerful enough to see all the way to the center of our Milky Way where a supermassive black hole will allow astrophysicists to put Einstein's Theory of General Relativity to the test

On Wednesday, Jan. 18, astronomers, physicists and scientists from related fields will convene in Tucson, Ariz. from across the world to discuss an endeavor that only a few years ago would have been regarded as nothing less than outrageous. The conference is organized by Dimitrios Psaltis, an associate professor of astrophysics at the University of Arizona's Steward Observatory, and Daniel Marrone, an assistant professor of astronomy at Steward Observatory.

"Nobody has ever taken a picture of a black hole," Psaltis said. "We are going to do just that."

"Even five years ago, such a proposal would not have seemed credible," added Sheperd Doeleman, assistant director of the Haystack Observatory at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), who is the principal investigator of the Event Horizon Telescope, as the project is dubbed. "Now we have the technological means to take a stab at it."

First postulated by Albert Einstein's Theory of General Relativity, the existence of black holes has since been supported by decades' worth of observations, measurements and experiments. But never has it been possible to directly observe and image one of these maelstroms whose sheer gravity exerts such cataclysmic power they twist and mangle the very fabric of space and time.

"Black holes are the most extreme environment you can find in the universe," Doeleman said.

The field of gravity around a black hole is so immense that it swallows everything in its reach; not even light can escape its grip. For that reason, black holes are just that emitting no light whatsoever, their "nothingness" blends into the black void of the universe.

So how does one take a picture of something that by definition is impossible to see?

"As dust and gas swirls around the black hole before it is drawn inside, a kind of cosmic traffic jam ensues," Doeleman explained. "Swirling around the black hole like water circling the drain in a bathtub, the matter compresses and the resulting friction turns it into plasma heated to a billion degrees or more, causing it to 'glow' and radiate energy that we can detect here on Earth."

By imaging the glow of matter swirling around the black hole before it goes over the edge of the point of no return and plunges into the abyss of space and time, scientists can only see the outline of the black hole, also called its shadow. Because the laws of physics either don't apply to or cannot describe what happens beyond that point of no return from which not even light can escape, that boundary is called the Event Horizon.

"So far, we have indirect evidence that there is a black hole at the center of the Milky Way," Psaltis said. "But once we see its shadow, there will be no doubt."

Even though the black hole suspected to sit at the center of our galaxy is a supermassive one at four million times the mass of the Sun, it is tiny to the eyes of astronomers. Smaller than Mercury's orbit around the Sun, yet almost 26,000 light years away, it appears about the same size as a grapefruit on the moon.

"To see something that small and that far away, you need a very big telescope, and the biggest telescope you can make on Earth is to turn the whole planet into a telescope," Marrone said.

To that end, the team is connecting up to 50 radio telescopes scattered around the globe, including the Submillimeter Telescope (SMT) on Mt. Graham in Arizona, telescopes on Mauna Kea in Hawaii and the Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy (CARMA) in California. The global array will include several radio telescopes in Europe, a 10-meter dish at the South Pole and potentially a 15-meter antenna atop a 15,000-foot peak in Mexico.

"In essence, we are making a virtual telescope with a mirror that is as big as the Earth," Doeleman said. "Each radio telescope we use can be thought of as a small silvered portion of a large mirror. With enough such silvered spots, one can start to make an image."

"The Event Horizon Telescope is not a first-light project, where we flip a switch and go from no data to a lot of data," he added. "Every year, we increase its capabilities by adding more telescopes, gradually sharpening the image we see of the black hole."

One crucial and eagerly expected key element about to join Event Horizon's global network of radio telescopes is the Atacama Large Millimeter Array, or ALMA, in Chile.

Comprising 50 radio antennas itself, ALMA will function as the equivalent of a dish that is 90 meters in diameter, and become what Doeleman called "a real game changer." "When ALMA comes online, it will double our resolution."

"The EHT will bring us as close to the edge of a black hole as we will ever come," the participating scientists wrote in a project summary.

"We will be able to actually see what happens very close to the horizon of a black hole, which is the strongest gravitational field you can find in the universe," Psaltis said. "No one has ever tested Einstein's Theory of General Relativity at such strong fields."

General Relativity predicts that the bright outline defining the black hole's shadow must be a perfect circle. According to Psaltis, whose research group specializes in Einstein's Theory of General Relativity, this provides an important test.

"If we find the black hole's shadow to be oblate instead of circular, it means Einstein's Theory of General Relativity must be flawed," he said. "But even if we find no deviation from general relativity, all these processes will help us understand the fundamental aspects of the theory much better."

Black holes remain among the least understood phenomena in the universe. Ranging in mass from a few times the mass of the Sun to billions, they appear to coalesce like drops of oil in water. Most if not all galaxies are now believed to harbor a supermassive black hole at their center, and smaller ones are scattered throughout. Our Milky Way is known to be home to about 25 smallish black holes ranging from 5 to 10 times the Sun's mass.

"What is great about the one in the center of the Milky Way is that is big enough and close enough," Marrone said. "There are bigger ones in other galaxies, and there are closer ones, but they're smaller. Ours is just the right combination of size and distance."

The reason astronomers rely on radio waves rather than visible or infrared light to spy on the black hole is two-fold: For one, observing the center of the Milky Way from the Earth requires peering right through the plane of the galaxy. Radio waves are able to penetrate thousands of light-years worth of stars, gas and dust obstructing the view. Secondly, combining optical telescopes into a virtual super-telescope would not be feasible, according to the researchers.

Only very recent technological advances have made it possible to not only record radio waves at just the right wavelengths where they don't interfere with water vapor in the atmosphere but also to ensure the ultra-precise timing necessary to combine observations from multiple telescopes thousands of miles apart into one exposure.

Each telescope will record its data onto hard drives, which will be collected and physically shipped to a central data processing center at MIT's Haystack Observatory.

Bringing together radio telescopes around the globe requires an equally global team effort.

"This is not only the usual international conference where people come from all over the world because they are interested in sharing their research," Psaltis said. "For the Event Horizon Telescope, we need the entire world to come together to build this instrument because it is as big as the planet. People are coming from all over the world because they have to work on it."

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Michelle Obama 'random dances' at US appearance

First lady Michelle Obama hugs Nickelodeon's iCarly star Miranda Cosgrove as fellow cast members, Nathan Kress, left, Jennette McCurdy, center, and Noah Munck, right, look on during a special screening of "iMeet The First Lady" episode of the show, Friday, Jan. 13, 2012, at Hayfield Secondary Schoo in Fairfax, Va. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

First lady Michelle Obama hugs Nickelodeon's iCarly star Miranda Cosgrove as fellow cast members, Nathan Kress, left, Jennette McCurdy, center, and Noah Munck, right, look on during a special screening of "iMeet The First Lady" episode of the show, Friday, Jan. 13, 2012, at Hayfield Secondary Schoo in Fairfax, Va. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

First lady Michelle Obama gives a thumbs-up to students as she joins the cast of Nickelodeon's iCarly in filming a public service announcement following at a special screening of "iMeet The First Lady" episode of the show, Friday, Jan. 13, 2012, at Hayfield Secondary Schoo in Fairfax, Va. iCarly cast members Jerry Trainor, left back to camera, and Nathan Kress, right. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

First lady Michelle Obama gives a thumbs-up to students as she joins the cast of Nickelodeon's iCarly in filming a public service announcement following at a special screening of "iMeet The First Lady" episode of the show, Friday, Jan. 13, 2012, at Hayfield Secondary Schoo in Fairfax, Va. iCarly cast members Jerry Trainor, left back to camera, and Nathan Kress, right. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

First lady Michelle Obama points toward Nickelodeon's iCarly cast member Jerry Trainor as they answer student's questions during a special screening of "iMeet The First Lady" episode of the show, Friday, Jan. 13, 2012, at Hayfield Secondary School in Fairfax, Va. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

First lady Michelle Obama, accompanied by Nickelodeon's iCarly cast members Jerry Trainor, center, and Jennette McCurdy, left, answer school student's questions during a special screening of "iMeet The First Lady" episode of the show, Friday, Jan. 13, 2012, at Hayfield Secondary School in Fairfax,Va. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

(AP) ? They called it "random dancing" but First Lady Michelle Obama broke out some moves that resembled subdued variations of "the Monkey" or "the Jerk" Friday during an appearance at a northern Virginia high school.

A screaming, raucous auditorium filled with elementary and middle school students greeted Obama and the cast of the Nickelodeon TV show "iCarly" at Hayfield Secondary School in Fairfax County.

The appearance promoted an upcoming episode featuring Obama in which she thanks military families for their sacrifices. On the show, star Miranda Cosgrove plays the daughter of an Air Force colonel deployed overseas.

A staple of the show is a segment of random dancing, which Obama performed both in the episode that premieres Monday and on stage Friday.

Obama's dance moves drew plaudits from the "iCarly" cast.

"I think she showed everybody up in the dance department," said Jennette McCurdy, who plays Samantha on the show.

The onstage dance session Friday lasted only a minute or so, far less than the extended dance session Obama did last year when visiting Deal Middle School in the District, when she joined students doing "the Dougie" and "The Running Man" in a clip that has been viewed more than 4 million times on YouTube.

Her acting skills also drew praise. The cast was impressed with Obama's ability to deliver her lines in the compressed time they had to shoot the scenes.

"She has good comic timing in real life, too," Cosgrove said.

Obama said she watches the show with her daughters, and wanted to appear because it dovetails with her campaign to support and recognize military families. Last year, Obama went to northern Virginia to deliver the commencement address at the high school on Quantico Marine Corps Base.

Hayfield, few miles south of the Pentagon, was chosen in part because it is home to large numbers of military children.

During a question-and-answer session with students, Obama drew a handful of playful boos when she was asked about school lunches and talked about legislation she and her husband supported to add more vegetables to the school lunch program.

Taking note of the reaction, she said, "But this is for you all. ... It's hard to do what you do if you're not healthy."

She concluded with a simple admonition: "Eat your vegetables."

She also handled other student questions:

? Asked what super power she wished she could have, she said, "You know what? I've always wanted to fly. When I was young, I used to always have dreams about flying."

?Her favorite room in the White House? The Yellow Oval Room, which opens up to the Truman balcony. "It's one of the few places the president can walk outside and be by himself," she said.

?Her favorite TV shows? Besides "iCarly," Mrs. Obama said, "we watch all kinds of things. We try not to have too much TV time during the week, though."

Associated Press

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Scotland gaining enthusiasm for independence

A display of t-shirts are seen for sale in a Scottish memorabilia shop in Edinburgh, Scotland Friday, Jan. 13, 2012. This week Scottish authorities announced they will hold a referendum on independence in 2014, firing the starting pistol on a contest that could end in the breakup of Britain. Scotland's history has been entwined with that of its more populous southern neighbor for millennia, and since 1707 Scotland and England have been part of a single country, Great Britain, sharing a monarch, a currency and a London-based government. But for centuries before that, Scotland was an independent kingdom, warding off English invaders in a series of bloody battles. Now a more peaceful modern independence movement thinks its goal of regaining that autonomy is finally in sight. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

A display of t-shirts are seen for sale in a Scottish memorabilia shop in Edinburgh, Scotland Friday, Jan. 13, 2012. This week Scottish authorities announced they will hold a referendum on independence in 2014, firing the starting pistol on a contest that could end in the breakup of Britain. Scotland's history has been entwined with that of its more populous southern neighbor for millennia, and since 1707 Scotland and England have been part of a single country, Great Britain, sharing a monarch, a currency and a London-based government. But for centuries before that, Scotland was an independent kingdom, warding off English invaders in a series of bloody battles. Now a more peaceful modern independence movement thinks its goal of regaining that autonomy is finally in sight. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

A view of a Saltire flag also known as Saint Andrew's Cross, the flag of Scotland is seen flying on the side of a building in Edinburgh, Scotland Friday, Jan. 13, 2012. This week Scottish authorities announced they will hold a referendum on independence in 2014, firing the starting pistol on a contest that could end in the breakup of Britain. Scotland's history has been entwined with that of its more populous southern neighbor for millennia, and since 1707 Scotland and England have been part of a single country, Great Britain, sharing a monarch, a currency and a London-based government. But for centuries before that, Scotland was an independent kingdom, warding off English invaders in a series of bloody battles. Now a more peaceful modern independence movement thinks its goal of regaining that autonomy is finally in sight. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

A view of a 'Welcome to Scotland' sign at the Scottish border, Scotland Friday, Jan. 13, 2012. Jan. 13, 2012. This week Scottish authorities announced they will hold a referendum on independence in 2014, firing the starting pistol on a contest that could end in the breakup of Britain. Scotland's history has been entwined with that of its more populous southern neighbor for millennia, and since 1707 Scotland and England have been part of a single country, Great Britain, sharing a monarch, a currency and a London-based government. But for centuries before that, Scotland was an independent kingdom, warding off English invaders in a series of bloody battles. Now a more peaceful modern independence movement thinks its goal of regaining that autonomy is finally in sight. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

A member of the public walks past a newsagents display board outside a shop in Edinburgh, Scotland Friday, Jan. 13, 2012. This week Scottish authorities announced they will hold a referendum on independence in 2014, firing the starting pistol on a contest that could end in the breakup of Britain. Scotland's history has been entwined with that of its more populous southern neighbor for millennia, and since 1707 Scotland and England have been part of a single country, Great Britain, sharing a monarch, a currency and a London-based government. But for centuries before that, Scotland was an independent kingdom, warding off English invaders in a series of bloody battles. Now a more peaceful modern independence movement thinks its goal of regaining that autonomy is finally in sight. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

A Scottish Saltire flag blows in the wind near the Wallace Monument, Stirling, Scotland. Thursday, Jan. 12 2012. This week the Scottish Government has announced that they wish to hold an independence referendum in 2014. (AP Photo/Chris Clark)

(AP) ? In this green swath of Scotland, you can stay at the King Robert Hotel, eat at Bruce's Bistro and drink in the William Wallace pub ? all named for leaders who fought the English here 700 years ago.

For centuries Scotland was an independent kingdom, warding off English invaders in a series of bloody battles, but in 1707 the two united in a single country ? Great Britain ? that shares a monarch, a currency, and a London-based government.

Now a more peaceful, modern movement thinks its goal of regaining Scotland's independence is finally in sight.

This week Scottish authorities announced they will hold a referendum on independence in 2014, firing the starting pistol on a contest that could end with the breakup of Britain.

Many people around here can't wait.

"This is a wonderful time, an exciting time," said Gillian Leathley-Gibb, who runs a gift shop selling scarves, shawls and all things tartan in Stirling, a sturdy little city dominated by a castle that was repeatedly fought over by Scottish and English armies. "We went into a marriage with them over the border. Now it's time for a divorce."

Scotland's history has been entwined with that of its more populous southern neighbor for millennia, with Scots often bridling at London's central role in their affairs.

Scots like to see themselves as independent, strong-willed underdogs who fought for centuries against English oppression, and as passionate Celts pitted against stiff-necked Anglo-Saxon neighbors.

Though the two countries have shared a government for more than 300 years ? and the last two British prime ministers, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, were Scots ? centuries-old tales of English brutality and Scottish resistance still have strong emotional resonance. Every Scottish schoolchild learns about Bannockburn, a couple of miles (kilometers) from Stirling, where Scottish King Robert the Bruce defeated an invading English army in 1314, winning Scotland its temporary independence.

Scots gained significant autonomy in 1997 following a vote to set up an Edinburgh-based legislature with substantial powers.

Last year, the separatist Scottish National Party won a majority in the assembly, with the promise of a referendum on full independence at an unspecified date.

This week British Prime Minister David Cameron raised the stakes, declaring that only the British government in London had the power to grant a legally binding vote.

He said he was willing to do so, as long as the ballot met certain conditions, including a simple yes-or-no question and an early voting date to end the uncertainty over the country's future.

Scotland's First Minister, Alex Salmond, responded by saying Scotland would make its own decisions, accusing Cameron of trying to "trample over Scotland with his size 10 boots." And he set a date for the referendum: the fall of 2014.

He made clear that London's interference would not be tolerated, promising "a referendum organized in Scotland, built in Scotland for the Scottish people, discussed with civic Scotland and brought to the people in 2014 for a historic decision on the future of this nation."

It's a decision many in Stirling, 30 miles (50 kilometers) west of Edinburgh, are eager to take.

"I'd have a brick wall across the border," said resident Janice Black. "They make all the rules down in London and haven't got a clue what goes on up here."

Black works at one of Stirling's main attractions ? a 220-foot (67 meter) Victorian Gothic tower perched high on a crag that honors William "Braveheart" Wallace, a warrior who routed the invading English at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297.

Wallace's other, even better-known, memorial is the 1995 Mel Gibson film "Braveheart," a testament to the Scottish spirit which told the story in heroic Hollywood style.

Even after its union with England in 1707, Scotland retained distinct educational, religious and legal systems, and a vibrant intellectual culture that produced Enlightenment thinkers including economist Adam Smith and philosopher David Hume.

For most of that time, said University of Edinburgh history professor Tom Devine, "Scotland has had a kind of dual identity ? a mix of Scottishness and Britishness," and there was little demand for independence.

The modern independence movement took off after the 1980s, a decade of industrial decline for which many Scots blamed the London-based government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

The campaign owes much of its political success to Scottish National Party leader Salmond, a canny 57-year-old who likes soccer and horse racing and paints himself as a genial Scottish everyman.

Under him, the party has promoted a brand of "aspirational nationalism" open to Scots of all races and creeds, arguing that an independent Scotland's resourcefulness and North Sea oil revenues will create a dynamic economy and a cozy social safety net.

Despite Salmond's popularity, it seems most Scots do not, yet, want outright independence. Opinion polls since the 1990s have found support for it hovering at between 30 and 35 percent.

Knowing this, Scottish authorities want to put on the ballot a third choice ? known as maximum devolution or "devo max"? which would stop short of full independence but give Scotland autonomy in all areas except foreign affairs and defense.

The British government favors a straight "in or out" question, because it thinks the pro-independence side would lose.

Many observers believe that given the choice Scottish voters would opt for greater autonomy, not independence.

"The Scots are not daft, and traditionally they have also been fairly cautious," said Devine.

But, the history professor added, this is unknown territory.

No part of Britain has ever held a secession referendum ? John Curtice, professor of politics at Scotland's Strathclyde University, calls it a "constitutional hornet's nest."

The other volatile variable is Europe's staggering economy, which may give some Scottish voters cold feet about leaving Britain and striking out on their own.

Salmond once spoke of Scotland joining a northern "arc of prosperity" with Iceland and Ireland ? two formerly high-flying countries whose economies crashed during the credit crunch. He also used to advocate joining the euro single currency. Now Salmond says independent Scotland would stick with pounds sterling for the foreseeable future.

Anti-independence politicians also ask how Scotland alone ? with a population of 5 million, one-tenth of England's ? could have withstood the near-collapse of two gigantic banks based in Edinburgh, the Royal Bank of Scotland and HBOS, which were bailed out with billions from the British government following the 2008 credit crisis.

An independence vote would also bring wrangling over who gets the country's resources ? and its debt.

The SNP says independent Scotland would be entitled to 90 percent of Britain's oil wealth ? currently revenue from oil and gas in North Sea waters off the Scottish coast goes to British coffers ? but only liable for 8 percent of its almost 1 trillion pound ($1.5 trillion) national debt, based on Scotland's share of the U.K. population.

The British government is sure to dispute this, pointing out that Scotland has higher per capita public-sector spending than England and so is more indebted.

U.K. Treasury chief George Osborne warned Thursday that "the people of Scotland would lose out in terms of the Scottish economy" if they left Britain.

That fear is keeping some Scots from embracing independence, even here at the site of some of the country's most glorious military victories.

"It's beautiful," said Elizabeth Breakenridge, a tourist from the Glasgow area, as she stood at Stirling Castle looking out over the Forth River valley toward the Wallace Monument. "But it's not a part of your everyday life. It doesn't put money in the bank or food on the table."

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Lenovo announces brainier Classmate PC, heads to top of the class

Kids have been honing their computer smarts on Intel-based Classmate PCs for a few years now, and Lenovo's just sewn its name inside the collar of its second generation of student-friendly lappies. Based on the chip maker's "Learning Series," Lenovo's new boy comes in clamshell and convertible flavors, and brings an Atom N2600 processor, a max of 2GB DDR3 memory and up to a 320GB -- or 32GB solid state -- storage along to class. It'll launch in uniform grey (like the first generation pictured), but orders that meet the minimum requirement can choose to splash a little color on top. As before, these things are designed to handle the daily rigors dished out by a nine-year-old, hence a new rotating hinge on the convertible, strengthened and designed to last "tens of thousands of cycles." Should be enough to see you into adulthood then. It's available to institutions as of this month, but if you want to know more, hit the PR after the break.

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Armin Van Buuren, Afrojack, Steve Aoki Psyched For Ultra Music Festival

The lineup is 'completely insane,' Avicii tells MTV News of March festival in Miami.
By Akshay Bhansali


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In December, Ultra Music Festival — Miami Music Week's annual mega-conclave, attended by more than 150,000 fans last year — announced another staggering lineup for 2012.

On Friday, March 23, downtown Miami, Florida's Bayfront Park will host Tiësto, Kraftwerk, Skrillex, Afrojack, Dada Life, Katy B, Nicky Romero, Tommy Trash, Carl Cox and New Order, to name a few.

Justice, Avicii, Fatboy Slim, Duck Sauce, M83, Laidback Luke, 2manydjs, 12th Planet, Skream + Benga, Zedd, Mord Fustang, Datsik and more are on deck for Saturday, March 24.

David Guetta, Armin Van Buuren, Kaskade, Chase and Status, Fedde Le Grand, Knife Party, John Digweed, Steve Aoki, Magnetic Man, Gareth Emery, Sander Van Doorn, Flying Lotus and SBTRKT are among the acts closing out the festival on Sunday, March 25.

The idea of catching the biggest EDM stars certainly has fans bustling (tickets are already sold out), but endearingly, the talent we spoke to seem equally super-psyched to get down to Bayfront Park.

"It is definitely the most memorable of crowds I've played to in my life!" Aoki told MTV News.

"The production is huuuuge, and the amount of people that come out is completely mind-blowing, Avicii told MTV News recently. "Personally, the thing that really makes UMF stand out is the lineup! Just completely insane!"

"It's simply one of the highlights in the DJ calendar," said trance legend Van Buuren. "It's like visiting the Eiffel Tower in Paris, or the Opera House in Sydney. You have to go there at least once in your life!"

For Afrojack, who thanked mentor David Guetta onstage for introducing him to America during Guetta's 2011 festival-closing set, UMF conjures fond memories.

"It's one of the first major U.S. festivals where I got the chance to play Mainstage, which is why it will always be a special festival to me," Afrojack told MTV News. "Combine that with Miami sunshine and a lot of friends that'll join me there this year ... I really look forward to it."

With such a whopping collective of talent descending upon Bayfront Park this year, MTV News can confirm new music will be road-tested on UMF's stages.

"My album comes out in January, so I'll be debuting new remixes and tracks from Wonderland," Aoki said.

Afrojack offered, "I will perform my new single, 'Can't Stop Me Now,' there, live, with Shermanology, who I did the record with. I will bring a special show this year, so I'm sure it will be rockin'!"

"I'm working on my new artist album and a new compilation," Van Buuren revealed. "Also, I'm celebrating episode 550 of my radio show, 'A State of Trance,' with a special live, free broadcast from Ultra. This will be big."

Yes it will, Armin. For complete details and updates, head here.

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Does Deodorant Ingredient Affect Breast Cancer Risk? - Drugs.com ...

THURSDAY Jan. 12, 2012 -- For several years, researchers have studied a possible link between substances called parabens -- widely used as a germ-fighting preservative in cosmetics such as deodorant/antiperspirants -- and breast cancer.

Investigators have learned that parabens, also found in some drugs and food products, can mimic weakly the action of the female hormone estrogen -- an established risk factor for breast cancer. And the fact that a disproportionate number of breast tumors occur nearer the underarm also had scientists wondering.

But now, British researchers who examined breast tissue samples from 40 women who had mastectomies have found that traces of parabens are widespread in tissues, even in the seven women who said they'd never used underarm products.

"The implication is that in these seven nonusers, the paraben measured must have come from another product or products," said Dr. Philippa Darbre, a cancer researcher at the University of Reading who has long studied the issue.

In the study, published online in January in the Journal of Applied Toxicology, Darbre and her colleagues report that one or more kinds of parabens were found in 158 of the 160 samples taken from the tissue collected from the 40 women. They found 96 samples contained all five of the most common paraben esters (forms).

The levels of paraben found were higher, by about four times, than Darbre found when she did a similar but smaller study in 2004. "Since 2004, many manufacturers (although not all) have been removing parabens from the underarm deodorant/antiperspirant products and so I was rather surprised when we found higher levels of parabens in these breast tissues (sourced after 2004)," Darbre said.

Higher levels of one form of paraben were found in the region of the breast closest to the armpit, she said, and the women had a disproportionate incidence of breast cancer in that area.

However, Darbre cautioned that the research cannot be taken to imply cause and effect.

"Although estrogen is an acknowledged component in the development of breast cancer, it remains to be established as to whether environmental chemicals with estrogenic [estrogen-like] properties contribute a functional component to the disease process," she said.

"I remain as ambivalent as ever about hounding any one chemical," she added. "I feel sure the issue is bigger than one chemical." Darbre believes the parabens found in breast tissue come from a wider range of products than underarm cosmetic products.

More research is needed, Darbre noted. Meanwhile, she suggests women cut down or cut out the use of cosmetic products as much as possible. "We simply use too much in the modern world -- too much for our body systems and too much for the wider environment," she said.

For its part, the American Cancer Society finds no clear link between deodorant/antiperspirants and breast cancer. In a posting on its Web page, it notes that, "There are no strong epidemiological studies in the medical literature that link breast cancer risk and antiperspirant use, and very little scientific evidence to support this claim."

Dr. Michael J. Thun, vice president emeritus of epidemiology and surveillance research for the American Cancer Society, reviewed the new study findings. The fact that the preservatives were found in the majority of the breast tissue samples cannot be taken to imply they actually caused the breast cancer, he said, reiterating a point the authors also emphasized.

"Rather," Thun said, "the study merely confirms earlier, smaller studies which detected parabens in breast tissue of women with cancer. It shows that parabens can be absorbed (probably from personal care products) and the underarm deodorant is not the only source."

Other studies have found that parabens, also found in lotions, makeup and sunscreen products, can be absorbed through the skin, according to the American Cancer Society. However, the society says more and larger studies are needed to find out what effect, if any, the parabens might have on breast cancer risk.

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London Irish 21 Sale Sharks 19

London Irish fly-half Adrian Jarvis kept his nerve to send over two late penalties and clinch victory in a game where the lead changed hands seven times.

Tries from Bryn Evans and Topsy Ojo had helped Exiles recover from trailing 10-0 with just 10 minutes gone.

Sale had made a flying start when Rob Miller pounced on an inside pass from Johnny Leota and touched down in the fourth minute.

And fly-half Nick Macleod, who went on to kick Sale's remaining 14 points, sent over a conversion and the first of his four penalties.

But Toby Booth's injury-hit side hit back to take a 12-10 half-time lead.

Evans began the fightback by charging over from close range after crisp passing along the line by Darren Allinson, Delon Armitage, Jarvis and Jonathan Spratt.

And Ojo pounced on a superbly judged grubber-kick by Steven Shingler to score Exiles' second try in the corner.

Although Tom Homer converted the first try, he missed a very difficult second attempt and then two penalties - one from inside his own half.

And when London Irish hooker David Paice was yellow-carded for a dangerous tip tackle on Sale No. 8 Andrew Powell eight minutes into the second half it looked like the visitors might press home their numerical advantage.

But Exiles defended with real vigour and were only 13-12 behind when Paice returned to the fray.

Homer restored Irish's lead at 15-13 before going off with a groin strain.

Then Jarvis matched Macleod's two penalties to secure a victory that lifts Exiles up to fifth place in the Aviva Premiership.

Head coach Toby Booth said: "If we had been a bit more clinical we probably could have made it more comfortable for ourselves.

"That is what pressure, an injury list and six changes do.

"In the first 10 minutes we were a little bit tentative.

"You have to give Sale some credit for that.

"We could have been considerably in front if we had been a bit more clinical."

Booth was delighted with the way his side bounced back from last week's 30-3 humiliation at Bath.

He added: "The victory was very important after what we produced last week.

"You can judge your group by how they respond in adversity and they were absolutely outstanding in effort and intensity.

"We may not have been as clinical as we would like - but I thought we were good value for our win.

"This was a new group of players - even more so this week because of the amount of injuries we have got.

"Dec Danaher, Shontayne Hape, Joe Ansbro and Richard Thorpe were ruled out this week to add to Daniel Bowden, Sailosi Tagicakibau, Chris Hala'Ufia, Jebb Sinclair and Jonathan Joseph.

"That is the attritional nature of this league and it hurts when you get lots of injuries in the same position.

"We have had to evolve quickly and there will be fluctuations on the way, but if you have effort and intensity you will be competitive."

Irish lost Ojo and Jamie Gibson to injury before the end and Booth revealed that Homer was also taken off for his own good.

The Exiles boss said: "Tom Homer tweaked his groin. I wouldn't take off the best kicker in the Premiership in a tight game.

"From a kicking point of view and counter-attacking that was where he was at most risk. He was becoming less and less mobile.

"Jamie Gibson aggravated the shoulder he injured at Bath.

"Hopefully it is not too long term, especially considering the position he plays.

"But he recovered well from the same injury this week so we are hopeful."

Booth was full of praise for Ojo and his replacement Marland Yarde.

The Exiles boss said: "I thought Topsy was outstanding and if I was singling people out for individual praise I thought Marland Yarde's impact off the bench was outstanding.

"He fractured and dislocated his shoulder against Sale last September and needed surgery so there were a few psychological issues for him to deal with but his man-and-ball tackle at the end proved to be quite important.

"It is good to get some boys back in the back line.

"The tight five have been going ok. If we can get some back-row boys back off the injury list that would be great."

But Booth fears his squad may soon be further depleted by international call-ups.

He added: "It will be interesting when the teams come out on January 11 because what could hurt us is I am sure a significant number of players will be involved in the Saxons because of our youth system and the attitude of (England caretaker boss) Stuart Lancaster towards youth.

"I would imagine some of our boys will get included in that, which is brilliant for them but not so good for us."

To see how the game unfolded click below.

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