Alamo Bowl 2012: David Ash, Texas Longhorns Rally To Stun No. 15 Oregon State (VIDEO)

SAN ANTONIO ? David Ash wasn't sure he would start the Alamo Bowl. No one will remember after the way he finished Texas' rocky season with a validating and dazzling victory.

The sophomore threw a 36-yard touchdown strike to Marquise Goodwin with 2:24 left for the last of two fourth-quarter touchdown passes, stunning No. 15 Oregon State and lifting the Longhorns to a 31-27 comeback victory Saturday night.

The Longhorns (9-4) never led before Goodwin scored his second touchdown on a deep post pattern, just a down after Texas converted a fourth-and-1 play to keep its chances alive.

"I guess in in every situation you have to be thankful," said Ash, who was pulled in a loss to TCU a month ago and wasn't immediately selected the starter for the Alamo Bowl. "I learned a lot at TCU. It was a tough situation I was in. I was just really thankful I got another opportunity to play a game I love."

With Texas down 20-10 at halftime, Longhorns coach Mack Brown said he told his players they would win.

"I told them this it wasn't going to be easy, but I told them this game was ours and we would win it," Brown said. "This one is really special."

Storm Woods ran for 118 yards and scored two touchdowns for the Beavers (9-4), who left stunned after looking as though they would wrap up their first 10-win season since 2006.

"Not to take anything away from Texas, that was a great team offensively and defensively," Wood said. "In the first half we had a great style of football. In the second half, Texas made some adjustments and I guess, they just wanted it more."

The victory was a dose of much-needed good news for Texas after coming into the game under a cloud of questions following the suspensions of backup quarterback Case McCoy and injured linebacker Jordan Hicks.

Ash, whose been pulled at times for McCoy this season, was 21 of 33 for 241 yards. Ash sputtered until the fourth quarter, when he went 9 for 11 for 146 yards. Even if there were doubts about Ash before then, Texas had no choice but to stick with him: the only backups were two redshirt freshmen who haven't taken a snap all season.

Brown announced the suspensions Friday but wouldn't reveal which players were sent home. A person with knowledge of the suspensions told The Associated Press the players were McCoy and Hicks, speaking on condition of anonymity because Texas wasn't releasing the names.

Brown addressed the suspensions during a previously schedule news conference and referred to a local TV report that police were investigating two unidentified Texas players in an alleged sexual assault at a San Antonio hotel. Police released a heavily redacted incident report that only identifies the suspects as two students, one 20 and the other 21.

Authorities are still investigating and no charges have been filed.

Brown said he would not address the suspensions further.

Oregon State quarterback Cody Vaz was 15 of 28 for 194 yards and two interceptions. The Beavers had negative 4 yards in the fourth quarter as they were muffled by the Longhorns defense that was led by Alex Okafor, who finished with 4 1/2 sacks.

"When we tried to just drop back and pass, it was difficult," Oregon State coach Mike Riley said. "That's why Cody had to just hang in there. It was very, very tough. He made some plays and some other plays didn't develop because he didn't just have time."

Although Goodwin's touchdown catch might have won the game, two spectacular Texas plays in an earlier 83-yard scoring drive handed the Longhorns momentum ? and a chance.

First was wide receiver Jaxon Shipley rescuing a pass sailing behind him with a dazzling one-handed grab at midfield. Ash made up for that off-target throw six plays later, slithering out of safety Anthony Watkins' near-certain sack and flinging the ball to Johnathan Gray, who then zipped down the sideline for a 15-yard scoring play that got the Longhorns to 27-24

The Longhorns played for a national championship in 2009. What's followed has been the shakiest of Brown's 15 years at Texas: a combined 22-16 record, an overhaul of assistant coaches and stubborn instability at quarterback following seven spoiled years with Heisman Trophy finalists Colt McCoy ? the suspended player's brother ? and Vince Young under center.

A surge of four consecutive victories late this season put this nine-win season in reach ? a benchmark that had been the ho-hum standard of the Brown era. It comes following an unexpected twist earlier this month, when school President Bill Powers went to his blog to write that Brown had his "full support" and would remain the head coach.

Powers cited an increase an "increase in media speculation" about Brown's future. It was published on his blog the same day Brown would not yet commit to Ash or Case McCoy as his starting quarterback for the Alamo Bowl.

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Texas rallies late to beat Oregon State in Alamo Bowl

SAN ANTONIO ? Texas offensive guard Mason Walters said he didn't see David Ash's momentum-turning escape and touchdown throw to Johnathan Gray ? "I had my hands full at the time trying to keep a couple more from getting after him" ? but that didn't stop him from sensing the play's impact.

"I did catch it on the Jumbotron afterwards," Walters said. "It was impressive and I don't know how he did it.

"It was huge. I've said it all year: college football is really just a game of momentum. And when you have it, you have it. When you don't, it's tough to get back."

That play, a 15-yard scoring pass with 8:18 left to go in the fourth quarter, cut the Oregon State lead to 27-24. But more importantly, it saturated the No. 23 Longhorns with enough momentum to close out a 31-27 Valero Alamo Bowl victory.

"We challenged all of our players to make sure that our seniors left happy and had a happy dressing room," Texas coach Mack Brown said. "And that's happening in there tonight."

Through three quarters, No. 13 Oregon State built a 27-17 lead by running the ball and keeping the Texas offense off balance. Texas entered the fourth quarter with 201 total yards, and Ash was just 12 of 22 for 95 yards with an interception. But in the final 15 minutes, Ash caught fire, completing 9-of-11 passes for 146 yards, and hitting on his last seven passes as Texas scored on its final two drives to pull out the comeback victory.

"You just kind of keep plugging away and you kind of wait for that play that sparks," Ash said. "This game, we started getting them, and we got the momentum back and we started playing well."

Texas's Major Applewhite faced a challenge in his first game as offensive coordinator and primary play-caller. First, he had just two weeks to game plan and make any necessary adjustments. Second, he faced a stingy Oregon State defense that excels at stuffing runs between the tackles ? exactly what Texas wanted to accomplish offensively. And third, Applewhite's backup quarterback, Case McCoy, was suspended for violation of team rules on Friday prior to the game.

"I'd like to forget that," Applewhite said of facing a difficult backup situation. "I spent about two hours with (true freshman) Jalen Overstreet in Conference Ballroom 15 trying to get ready for the game, and it was a little nerve-wracking."

Applewhite said that because of the quarterback situation, Texas was hesitant to run Ash too early and leave him susceptible to injury. But in the third quarter, with Texas trailing 20-10, and with no running game to speak of, the Longhorns called two designed quarterback draws in three plays. The first, called on a third-and-4, picked up 5 yards and a first down. On the second, Ash rushed for an 11-yard touchdown, leaping over an Oregon State defender into the end zone and providing that first spark.

"David really gained a lot of confidence, especially on the one where he ran it in and jumped over a guy in the end zone," said Texas wide receiver Jaxon Shipley. "You could see it. You could feel it. Everybody was fired up, especially him. From that point on, I felt like he definitely had a feeling that we were going to win the game."

Applewhite was also helped by a monster game from Alamo Bowl Offensive MVP Marquise Goodwin. Early in the second quarter with the Longhorns stymied offensively, Goodwin took a reverse 64 yards for a touchdown. And the speedster who competed in this past summer's London Olympics as a long-jumper burst past his defender to haul in the game-winning, 36-yard touchdown pass with 2:24 left.

"When you get those guys that have exceptional speed, they can do things outside of the design of the play so you don't have to be perfect, there's a little bit more margin for error," Applewhite said.

But Goodwin's speed wasn't the only speed that had a major effect on the game. The Longhorn offense went up-tempo through the second half and wore down the Beavers late.

"We probably were on the field too much . . ." said Oregon State coach Mike Riley. "We didn't sustain enough, didn't get enough first downs to give our defense a chance."

That was the result of a freshly dialed-in Texas defense, which gave up 228 yards and 20 points in the first half. Beavers running back Storm Woods ? in a homecoming of sorts ? rushed for 98 yards on 15 carries and a touchdown. In all, the Pflugerville native combined with fellow running back Terron Ward and receivers Markus Wheaton and Brandin Cooks to gash the Longhorns for 151 yards in the first half.

"The first half, we felt like we played great sound football," Woods said. "And the second half felt like Texas just made some adjustments and they came out and they just?. . .?I guess they wanted it more or something."

Texas defensive coordinator Manny Diaz said afterward that the Texas defense had a decision to make at halftime.

"To me, it was whether they wanted to fight their way out of it or sort of accept their fate," Diaz said. "I'm so proud of the way that they fought, the way that they battled in the second half."

Buoyed by the tremendous pass rush from Defensive MVP Alex Okafor, Texas rattled junior Cody Vaz and shut down the running lanes that were so easily accessible in the first half. Vaz entered the game with an 11-to-1 touchdown-to-interception ratio, but he finished 15 of 28 for 194 yards and no touchdowns to two picks. More impressively, he was sacked 10 times, with Okafor's Alamo Bowl-record 4.5 sacks providing the primary damage. Woods ran six times for 20 yards in the second half, as the Beavers had just 69 total second-half yards.

And when it came down to the end, after the Longhorns took the lead, the defense closed things out. On third-and-8, Okafor made the last of his sacks in bullying his way to tackle Vaz. And on fourth-and-14, linebacker Kendall Thompson pulled Vaz to the turf to end any hope of a Beaver rally.

"It's always great to end the season on a good note," said Okafor, who ended his senior season with 12.5 sacks. "We're going to use this game as a stepping stone, and Coach Diaz just talked about that we have to demand more from ourselves. That was kind of the mindset going into this game, and that's what we did."

For the second consecutive year, Texas ended with a victory, and the Longhorns finished 9-4. Oregon State, which entered the postseason with a 9-3 mark, finished with an identical record.

Walters said that momentum gained from that play, and the ensuing win, could also be applied on a more macro scale. The Longhorns won at least 10 games per season in Brown's first 12 seasons, but have failed to hit that standard in the three seasons since. Now, Texas is looking to morph the season-ending victory into a strong offseason and, eventually, a comeback of another kind ? the restoration of the Texas program as a whole.

"That's big. We experienced it last year and obviously?. . .?if you look at it at the end of the year, and we judge wins and losses, we've improved from where we were last year.

"However, this is not where we want to end up," Walters said. "This isn't going to be good enough. I wouldn't accept 9-4 next year. I wouldn't take that deal right now. We're just going to have to ride it. I know I've already talked to a lot of guys that are going to be on the team next year, we're excited to get back to work and get back together with everybody and get back on the grind."

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Texas Tech Snatches Last Second Win Over Minnesota in Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas

?HOUSTON, Texas - They've only met twice on the gridiron, but when Texas Tech and Minnesota get together, it has made for some scintillating finishes. In 2006 the teams met in the Insight Bowl in Phoenix, Arizona. Minnesota blew a big second half lead and lost 44-41 to the Red Raiders in overtime. Friday night at Reliant Stadium in Houston, the two teams met for the second time and again played it right down to the final whistle. Tech DB D.J. Johnson intercepted a pass thrown by Golden Gopher freshman QB Philip Nelson, returning the ball 39 yards, setting up a game-winning field goal by Tech place kicker Ryan Bustin to snatch another come-from-behind victory over Minnesota, 34-31. It was announced that 50,386 tickets were "distributed" but the actual attendance was quite a bit less for the Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas. A national television audience on ESPN also witnessed the exciting but penalty-filled game, which took almost four hours to play.

You would have thought that these teams were arch rivals from different sides of the Mississippi River in Minneapolis - St. Paul the way they came out and got real ugly with each other. There were a lot of big hits and chippy play from both teams throughout the game. Texas Tech registered 13 penalties for 135 yards, many of the personal foul variety. In the third quarter, Red Raider TE Jace Amaro was ejected by the officials for throwing a punch at a Minnesota player after both had crashed to the ground in the end zone.

Minnesota struck first, hitting a 41-yard field goal by Jordan Wettstein to get things going for the Gophers, making their first bowl appearance since the 2009 season. Texas Tech responded quickly with a 99-yard kickoff return for a touchdown and a 7-3 lead with 8:17 left in the first quarter. From there neither team ever led the game by more than seven points, and the lead flipped back and forth six more times.

Minnesota countered with a 6-play, 67-yard drive ending with a 2-yard TD run by tailback Rodrick Williams, Jr. Tech came right back with a 13-yard touchdown pass completion from second string QB Michael Brewer to wideout Derreck Edwards, giving the Red Raiders a 14-10 lead at the end of the first quarter.

Minnesota took advantage of a short field to go 48 yards on nine plays, with taiback Donnell Kirkwood going over from three yards out to give the Gophers a 17-14 lead early in the second quarter. A 28-yard field goal by Bustin knotted the score at 17 with 8:36 remaining until halftime.

Three penalties, including two personal fouls against Minnesota halted a promising drive. It's not often you see a third-and-49 play run by an offense. A poor 31-yard punt out of the end zone by Gopher punter Christian Eldred set Tech up on the Minnesota 42 yard line. QB Seth Doege finished off the drive with a 4-yard scamper to paydirt with only five seconds left in the first half, giving the Raiders a 24-17 advantage at the break.

Minnesota scored on a 17-yard touchdown pass from Nelson to wide receiver Devin Crawford-Tufts early in the third quarter, tying the score again at 24 all.

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The scrappy Gophers stiffened on defense and scored again on a 1-yard TD pass from Nelson to wideout Drew Goodger early in the fourth quarter, taking a 31-24 lead. Minnesota held Tech at bay for most of the remainder of the game, but a late 7-play, 82-yard scoring drive was engineered by Doege, culminating with a 35-yard touchdown pass completion over the middle to Eric Ward, tying the score yet again with only 1:10 left in regulation time. Minnesota then gave up the crucial turnover resulting in the game winning FG for Tech.

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The Red Raiders overcame some off-the-field distractions, as former head coach Tommy Tuberville left surprisingly for the head coaching job at Cincinnati in early December. Tech was coached by interim head coach Chris Thomsen. They have hired former Red Raider QB and offensive coordinator at Texas A&M, Kliff Kingsbury to pilot the program in 2013. Kingsbury attended the game.

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Thomsen heaped praise on Johnson and Doege, the two Tech players that made the decisive plays to win it. ''More than anything I credit those players. They really held it together ... to get to make those plays after they struggled. They kept their poise and confidence and continued to stay in there and battle.'' Regarding all the penalties, Thomsen said, ''There was really no excuse for it. We didn't play very smart.''

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Johnson reflected on the tough month the team had off the field. ''As a team we just continued to fight and have faith and work together. This is a huge win for us as a group.''

Doege was relieved that his team finally put it together at the end. ''That drive where we went and tied the game, we finally started clicking. It happened at the right time. It probably should have happened sooner.''

Minnesota head coach Jerry Kill was proud of his team's effort. ''I think our kids played hard tonight. They played their guts out, and I appreciate that. We just couldn't make a play at a critical time.''

Doege won game MVP honors with a 31-of-45 passing mark for 271 yards and one touchdown. He threw two interceptions. Kirkwood led all rushers with 77 yards gained on 19 carries for Minnesota. Darrin Moore caught a game-high 11 passes for 84 yards gained in the winning effort for Texas Tech.

Minnesota finished its Big Ten season with a 6-7 record. Texas Tech wraps its Big 12 campaign with an 8-5 mark.

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Will This Year Be Different from the Previous Year?

By Remez Sasson

Will this year be different from the previous year?

Maybe it will and maybe it won?t. To a great extent, this depends on you. It depends on how you think and what you do.

Your external life is shaped by your thoughts and by your attitude. The movies, and the images you keep playing in your mind, to a large extent, shape your life, your circumstances, and the situations you go through.

Everyone plays movies in their mind. Often, these are the same movies and images repeated every day, and they are either about your current circumstances, or about problems or ?negative expectations?.

If you don?t change the movie and images, and keep looking at them, nothing will never change. The same kind of life will keep repeating itself. You have to change the movies in your head, in order that your life changes.

Do you make New Year resolutions, only to quit them after a week or two?

By making New Year resolutions you start playing a new movie. However, after a week or two, you remove the new CD from the player in your mind, and insert again the old CD, about the same life you had until now. Then, nothing changes, and your life will repeat itself more or less the same the next year, and then the year after.

This year can be different from all the previous years. It can better, happier, and more satisfying, but this depends on you. It depends on you playing a new movie in your mind.

1. First, ask yourself whether you want a change. Maybe you like your life as it is, and you don?t want to change it.

2. If you want this year to be different, you need to do some inner work.

   You need to start thinking and acting in a different way. Remember, change starts from within you. External circumstances follow them.

3. Make a list of the things you want to change.

4. Look at the list, read each item, and ask yourself whether you really want it on the list. Ask yourself whether it is really a good change. Cross out the items that you do not really want, or which are not worth the effort.

5. Read the list again, and make your priorities. Rewrite the list according to your priorities.

6. Look again at the list, and break down each goal, and these are your goals, into smaller goals ? smaller steps that are easier to deal with.

7. Now it is the time to start making the changes. Find out which of the goals are within immediate reach and do not require too much effort, and immediately set on accomplishing them.

   Often, there are things which are within immediate reach, but for some reason we postpone doing them.

The next step, which is a very important step, is to start playing a new movie in your mind. You are the screenwriter, the producer, the director, and the main actor. This is called creative visualization, and is one of the major keys to success.

Visualization is the projection machine of your mind. It is where everything starts. If you keep the same mental images in your mind, of negativity or failure, or just thinking about your life as it is, nothing would change.

Start seeing new images in your mind, of the life you want, not the life you are living now.

It is like putting a new CD in your player, or going out of the cinema house, where always are, and going to a different cinema house, where they play a different, and better movie.

Creative visualization is playing your mind a movie of the events, things and situations you want. If you focus on them, rejecting contrary mental images and movies, eventually, this movie will be actualized. Your external life would be like the movie you are playing in your mind.

Creative visualization, which lately has been popularized as the law of attraction, is your tool for making this year different from the previous year, and by different, I mean better.

Yes, it is imagination, but imagination is the seed, from which things start.

To make your imagination work for you, certain steps have to be followed.

• Define your goal.

• Think, meditate and listen to your intuition to ascertain that you really desire to attain this goal.

• Ascertain that only good will result from your visualization, for you and for others.

• Sit alone in a quiet place, where you will not be disturbed.

Click here for the complete list of steps.

It is not possible to talk about all the steps in a short article like this. I have written on how to change the movie in your mind in many of my articles, and especially focused on this point in one of my books.

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Why Starting a Home-Based Business is a Good Idea ? Articlearn

Owning and operating a home-based business requires a lot of work to make it a successful endeavor.? These are the benefits of owning these types of businesses.

At some point in time, many individuals have aspired to own and operate their own home-based business because it will provide them with the freedom to gain financial independence and be their own boss.? There are numerous legitimate income opportunities to be had if a person is willing to do a little research and perform some due diligence in the process.

When aspiring entrepreneurs contemplate the viability of a profitable home based business, the first question that arises is: ?What makes a home-based business such a good idea??

The acronym ?JOB? stands for ?Just Over Broke.? Interestingly enough, this has never been closer to the truth before.? At some point in time, probably everybody has had the desire to be their own boss and operate a home based business.

The problem has always been that finding a viable business opportunity is not always that easy.? But when a person does and they get that first taste of success, there is no turning back.? The following content will present the major reasons why starting a home-based business is a good idea.

There is no one to answer to ? there is no boss threatening a person?s livelihood and their job security.? It is the greatest form of freedom and independence that anyone can experience when it comes to earning a living and loving their job.

Home-based businesses are not a 9 to 5 routine ? there is no weekly work schedule that has to be followed, no time clock to punch in and out on every day, without asking someone for a day off when it is needed.

There is no limit to the amount of money a person can earn ? having a regular job does not provide a person the opportunity to realize any type of substantial income.

The worst part of working for somebody else is that unless the person is a commissioned salesperson, their earnings will always be limited to the company pay scale.? There are two truisms about owning and operating a home-based business that always exists about earnings, when a person works for someone else:

o?? ?there will always be limits on a person?s earning potential

o?? ?the person will never get paid what they are worth

Keep the pajamas on all day if desired ? one of the things that a lot of people despise about their job, is the fact that they are oftentimes forced to wear clothing that they cannot stand.? This is especially true when they work for an employer that demands wearing a company uniform.? It?s even more aggravating, when the person has to take care of those uniforms themselves.? When a person has their own home-based business, they can wear what they want ? no shirt and tie is ever required.

The greatest investment a person can ever make is in themselves ? when a person invests in their own business, they are investing in themselves, and that is the best investment they can ever make in their lives.

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In-Home Therapy-Masters Level Clinician | Child & Family Services ...

NEW BEDFORD-MA, Full time, 40 hour, salaried position.? Candidate will need to be able to work some evenings and be available for an on-call rotating shift.

JOB CODE: IHTNB02

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Masters Degree in Psychology, Social Work or a related field from an accredited educational institution.? Experience/interest in child/adolescent family and intensive home-based family interventions. Able to provide clinical care and support toward effort to prevent hospitalization and maintain youth safely in community. Valid Driver?s License Required.

Summary:

In-Home Therapy is a structured, consistent, strengths-based therapeutic relationship between a licensed clinician and the youth and family for the purpose of meeting the youth?s behavioral health needs, including improving the family?s ability to provide effective support for the youth to promote his/her healthy functioning within the family. Interventions are designed to enhance the family?s capacity to improve the youth?s functioning in the home and community and may prevent the need for the youth?s admission to an inpatient hospital, residential treatment facility or other treatment setting

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The following responsibilities are not meant to be all inclusive and may be adjusted to meet the agency?s needs.

• ?Provide direct diagnostic, crisis intervention and treatment services including behavioral strategies within a therapeutic relationship to assist persons to achieve stabilization with the family.
• Advocacy
• Utilize diagnostic skills involving practical knowledge of the DSM-IV and family assessment tools.
• Aggression outreach, tracking and follow-up.
• Maintain production expectations and record keeping requirements.
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• Provide Family therapy.
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The First Gaming Console Made Christmas So Much Better

The greatest development in the history of Christmas presents was the Magnavox Odyssey. It's incontrovertible. Not for its success or awesomeness—it sorta flopped—but for beginning the worldwide institution of Video Games for Christmas. More »

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McAfee?s 2013 predictions: Mobile malware threats will grow, Anonymous will fade

When Mommy is away, Dad and son will play. And if your dad works in the video production business, that playtime gets filmed, turned into a time-lapse video and instantly goes viral. Emio Tomeoni, 30, of Kansas City, Mo., works odd hours and often finds...

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Jackson to step down as Obama's environmental chief

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency chief Lisa Jackson, who spearheaded the Obama administration's crackdown on carbon emissions, said on Thursday she will step down after almost four years of battles with Republicans and industry over proposed regulations.

Under her leadership, the agency declared for the first time that carbon dioxide was a danger to human health and could be regulated under the Clean Air Act, leading the EPA to develop a new regulatory regime to limit carbon emissions.

Industry groups and Republican lawmakers opposed Jackson's efforts to fight climate change, hauling her in for numerous hearings in Congress, and she faced some pushback from within the administration too. She won praise from many environmental groups, while others complained her EPA was too timid.

It was unclear what direction the administration will take on climate change during President Barack Obama's second term.

Obama thanked Jackson for her service, praising her work on mercury pollution limits, fighting climate change and helping set new fuel economy standards for vehicles.

"Under her leadership, the EPA has taken sensible and important steps to protect the air we breathe and the water we drink," Obama said in a statement.

Jackson, the first black administrator of the 17,000-strong EPA, said in a statement she was "confident the (EPA) ship is sailing in the right direction."

Jackson, 50, is expected to leave her cabinet position after Obama's State of the Union address in early 2013. Leading the list of potential replacements are Bob Perciasepe, deputy EPA administrator, who will take over the agency on an interim basis; and Kathleen McGinty, a former head of Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection and a protege of former U.S. Vice President Al Gore.

Also said to be in the mix are Gina McCarthy, the EPA's assistant administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation; and Mary Nichols, chair of the California Air Resources Board.

Jackson's departure was not a surprise. Analysts had not expected her to stay for Obama's second term.

The administration is expected to face a tough fight to get any potential nominee confirmed by the Senate -- especially any nominee seen as being in the mold of Jackson.

Jackson is the first major energy policy official to step aside since Obama's re-election last month. Some have speculated that Energy Secretary Steven Chu, a Nobel prize-winning physicist who has also clashed with industry, may also depart, as may Interior Secretary Ken Salazar.

BRUISING ENCOUNTERS

Republican lawmakers accused Jackson's EPA of massive government overreach that choked economic growth, and passed numerous bills aimed at undoing the regulations. Obama did not sign their bills into law, but the White House did begin to pull back or delay rules in the face of the relentless onslaught.

Some speculated Jackson would step down in 2011, when Obama decided to delay rules to restrict emissions of smog-forming chemicals from power plants.

"From an energy and consumer perspective, it has to be said that the Jackson EPA presided over some of the most expensive and controversial rules in agency history," said Scott Segal, director of the Electric Reliability Coordinating Council, which lobbied against many of the EPA's proposed regulations.

States and governors fought Jackson's rules in the courts, scoring a win in August when a U.S. appeals court overturned the EPA's Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, aimed at reducing harmful emissions from coal-burning power plants.

On Thursday, many environmentalists and public health advocates hailed Jackson, saying she leaves a legacy of cleaner air.

"Administrator Jackson has been one of the most effective leaders in the history of the Environmental Protection Agency," Larry Schweiger, president of the National Wildlife Federation.

Jackson is a chemical engineer by training, and reports in recent weeks suggested she might be under consideration for the post of president of Princeton University. She is also a one-time chief of staff of New Jersey Governor John Corzine, and other media reports say she may be mulling a run for governor of that state.

Despite contentious dealings with Congress, Jackson maintained a cordial relationship with one of her biggest critics, Senator Jim Inhofe. She even kept a photo of the Oklahoma Republican and his grandchildren in her office.

"Lisa Jackson and I disagreed on many issues and regulations while she headed the EPA, however, I have always appreciated her receptivity to my concerns, her accessibility and her honesty," said Inhofe, who has called climate change a hoax, chided the Obama administration for a "far left green agenda" and vigorously opposed carbon regulations.

Inhofe said Jackson's departure offers the White House the chance to appoint someone "who appreciates the needs of our economy."

UNFINISHED AGENDA INCLUDES FRACKING

A self-described pragmatist, Jackson passionately fought to limit air pollution. She often described her two sons' struggles with asthma when discussing the importance of clean air.

Jackson also rejected her critics' complaints that stronger environmental rules were incompatible with a robust economy.

When broad climate change legislation sputtered in Congress in 2010, the EPA became the White House's main vehicle for addressing carbon emissions.

Since then, the agency has finalized rules outlining restrictions on carbon emissions for new power plants, effectively prohibiting the construction of new coal-fired plants without carbon-capture and storage technology.

Natural Resources Defense Council President Frances Beinecke said Jackson's successor "will inherit an unfinished agenda that begins with the issuance of new health protections against carbon pollution from existing power plants - the largest remaining driver of climate change that needs to be controlled."

The EPA also will help decide whether the federal government will regulate hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. The drilling technique has sparked a boom in U.S. energy production but opponents have linked it to water pollution and other problems.

Most regulation of fracking has fallen to the states, but the EPA has said it plans to propose standards on wastewater from gas wells by 2014 and is considering rules that would require more disclosure about the chemicals used in fracking.

U.S. oil and gas production has reached record levels in recent years. Even so, drillers have complained that EPA has taken too heavy a hand in regulating energy production and warn that onerous rules could crimp oil and gas output.

"In the past four years, EPA has hindered development of our nation's oil and natural gas resources by making it difficult for America's independent producers to overcome the enormous regulatory obstacles to operate," said Julia Bell, spokeswoman for the Independent Petroleum Association of America.

(Additional reporting by Valerie Volcovici and Roberta Rampton; Editing by Ros Krasny, Will Dunham, Mohammad Zargham and David Gregorio)

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Putin says he will sign anti-US adoptions bill

MOSCOW (AP) ? Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he will sign a controversial bill barring Americans from adopting Russian children, while the Kremlin's children's rights advocate recommended extending the ban to the rest of the world.

The bill is part of the country's increasingly confrontational stance with the West and has angered some Russians who argue it victimizes children to make a political point.

The law would block dozens of Russian children now in the process of being adopted by American families from leaving the country and cut off a major route out of often-dismal orphanages. The U.S. is the biggest destination for adopted Russian children ? more than 60,000 of them have been taken in by Americans over the past two decades.

"I still don't see any reasons why I should not sign it," Putin said at a televised meeting. He went on to say that he "intends" to do so.

UNICEF estimates that there are about 740,000 children not in parental custody in Russia, while only 18,000 Russians are now waiting to adopt a child. Russian officials say they want to encourage more Russians to adopt Russian orphans.

Children's rights ombudsman Pavel Astakhov on Thursday petitioned the president to extend the ban to other countries.

"There is huge money and questionable people involved in the semi-legal schemes of exporting children," he tweeted.

Kremlin critics say Astakhov is trying to extend the ban only to get more publicity and win more favors with Putin. A graduate of the KGB law school and a celebrity lawyer, Astakhov was a pro-Putin activist before becoming children's rights ombudsman and is now seen as the Kremlin's voice on adoption issues.

"This is cynicism beyond limits," opposition leader Ilya Yashin tweeted. "The children rights ombudsman is depriving children of a future."

The bill is retaliation for an American law that calls for sanctions against Russian officials deemed to be human rights violators.

The U.S. law, called the Magnitsky Act, stems from the case of Sergei Magnitsky, a Russian lawyer who died in jail after being arrested by police officers whom he accused of a $230 million tax fraud. The law prohibits officials allegedly involved in his death from entering the U.S.

Kremlin critics say that means Russian officials who own property in the West and send their children to Western schools would lose access to their assets and families.

Putin said U.S. authorities routinely let Americans suspected of violence toward Russian adoptees go unpunished ? a clear reference to Dima Yakovlev, a Russian toddler for whom the adoption bill is named. The child was adopted by Americans and then died in 2008 after his father left him in a car in broiling heat for hours. The father was found not guilty of involuntary manslaughter.

The U.S. State Department says it regrets the Russian Parliament's decision to pass the bill, saying it would prevent many children from growing up in families.

Astakhov said Wednesday that 46 children who were about to be adopted in the U.S. would remain in Russia if the bill comes into effect.

The passage of the bill follows weeks of a hysterical media campaign on Kremlin-controlled television that lambasts American adoptive parents and adoption agencies that allegedly bribe their way into getting Russian children.

A few lawmakers claimed that some Russian children were adopted by Americans only to be used for organ transplants and become sex toys or cannon fodder for the U.S. Army. A spokesman with Russia's dominant Orthodox Church said that the children adopted by foreigners and raised outside the church will not "enter God's kingdom."

Critics of the bill have left dozens of stuffed toys and candles outside the parliament's lower and upper houses to express solidarity with Russian orphans.

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Mansur Mirovalev contributed to this report

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/putin-says-sign-anti-us-adoptions-bill-122506016.html

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UNC research uncovers new insight into cell development and cancer

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CHAPEL HILL - Long-standing research efforts have been focused on understanding how stem cells, cells capable of transforming into any type of cell in the body, are capable of being programmed down a defined path to contribute to the development of a specific organ like a heart, lung, or kidney. Research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine has shed new light on how epigenetic signals may function together to determine the ultimate fate of a stem cell.

The study, published December 27, 2012 by the journal Molecular Cell, implicates a unique class of proteins called polycomb-like proteins, or PCL's, as bridging molecules between the "on" and "off" state of a gene. While all of these specialized types of cells share the same genetic information encoded in our DNA, it is becoming increasingly clear that information outside the genome, referred to as epigenetics, plays a central role in orchestrating the reprogramming of a stem cell down a defined path.

Although it is understood that epigenetics is responsible for turning genes "on" and "off" at defined times during cellular development, the precise mechanisms controlling this delicate process are less well understood.

"This finding has important implications for both stem cell biology and cancer development, as the same regulatory circuits controlled by PCL's in stem cells are often misregulated in tumors," said Dr. Greg Wang, senior author of the study and Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics in the UNC School of Medicine and a member of UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.

The study, led by postdoctoral research fellows Drs. Ling Cai and Rui Lu in the Wang lab, and Dr. Scott Rothbart, a Lineberger postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Dr. Brian Strahl, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics in the UNC School of Medicine and a member of UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, identified that PCL's interact with an epigenetic signal associated with genes that are turned on to recruit a group of proteins called the PRC2 complex which then turn genes off.

"In stem cells, the PRC2 complex turns genes off that would otherwise promote reprogramming into specialized cells of organs like the heart or lungs," said Wang.

In addition to its fundamental role in cellular development, elevated levels of PRC2 have been found in cancers of the prostate, breast, lung, and blood, and pharmaceutical companies are already developing drugs to target PRC2. Wang and colleagues determined that the same mechanisms controlling PRC2 function in stem cells also applies in human cancers.

"The identification of a specific PCL in controlling PRC2 in cancer cells suggests we may be able to develop drugs targeting this PCL to regulate PRC2 function in a more controlled manner that may maintain PRC2 function in stem cells while inhibiting it in the tumor," said Wang.

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This research was funded by the National Institutes of Health grants (GM085394 and GM068088), the Department of Defense, the V Foundation for Cancer Research, and the University Cancer Research Fund, and was performed in collaboration with scientists at the University of California at Riverside, Rockefeller University, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Study co-authors from UNC also included Bowen Xu, a student in the Wang Lab, and Ashutosh Tripathy, a Research Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics.

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CHAPEL HILL - Long-standing research efforts have been focused on understanding how stem cells, cells capable of transforming into any type of cell in the body, are capable of being programmed down a defined path to contribute to the development of a specific organ like a heart, lung, or kidney. Research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine has shed new light on how epigenetic signals may function together to determine the ultimate fate of a stem cell.

The study, published December 27, 2012 by the journal Molecular Cell, implicates a unique class of proteins called polycomb-like proteins, or PCL's, as bridging molecules between the "on" and "off" state of a gene. While all of these specialized types of cells share the same genetic information encoded in our DNA, it is becoming increasingly clear that information outside the genome, referred to as epigenetics, plays a central role in orchestrating the reprogramming of a stem cell down a defined path.

Although it is understood that epigenetics is responsible for turning genes "on" and "off" at defined times during cellular development, the precise mechanisms controlling this delicate process are less well understood.

"This finding has important implications for both stem cell biology and cancer development, as the same regulatory circuits controlled by PCL's in stem cells are often misregulated in tumors," said Dr. Greg Wang, senior author of the study and Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics in the UNC School of Medicine and a member of UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.

The study, led by postdoctoral research fellows Drs. Ling Cai and Rui Lu in the Wang lab, and Dr. Scott Rothbart, a Lineberger postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Dr. Brian Strahl, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics in the UNC School of Medicine and a member of UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, identified that PCL's interact with an epigenetic signal associated with genes that are turned on to recruit a group of proteins called the PRC2 complex which then turn genes off.

"In stem cells, the PRC2 complex turns genes off that would otherwise promote reprogramming into specialized cells of organs like the heart or lungs," said Wang.

In addition to its fundamental role in cellular development, elevated levels of PRC2 have been found in cancers of the prostate, breast, lung, and blood, and pharmaceutical companies are already developing drugs to target PRC2. Wang and colleagues determined that the same mechanisms controlling PRC2 function in stem cells also applies in human cancers.

"The identification of a specific PCL in controlling PRC2 in cancer cells suggests we may be able to develop drugs targeting this PCL to regulate PRC2 function in a more controlled manner that may maintain PRC2 function in stem cells while inhibiting it in the tumor," said Wang.

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This research was funded by the National Institutes of Health grants (GM085394 and GM068088), the Department of Defense, the V Foundation for Cancer Research, and the University Cancer Research Fund, and was performed in collaboration with scientists at the University of California at Riverside, Rockefeller University, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Study co-authors from UNC also included Bowen Xu, a student in the Wang Lab, and Ashutosh Tripathy, a Research Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics.

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Even in same vineyard, different microbes may create variations in wine grapes

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Yeast species may cause differences in otherwise identical grapes from the same vineyard

Choosing the perfect wine may soon involve more than just knowing the perfect vintage and chateau. Differences in the microbes present on grapes even in different parts of the same vineyard may contribute to flavor fluctuations in samples of grapes from different tanks, according to research published December 26 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Mathabatha Setati and colleagues from Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

"In the wine industry, the fungal communities on grapes are especially important. The microbial species present on the berry may contribute to the fermentation process, and therefore the aromatic properties of the resulting wine", the authors explain. For this study, the researchers sampled grapes from different vines in three well-established commercial vineyards, each of which used a different farming system - organic, traditional or biodynamic- to cultivate the grapes.

Across the three cultivation practices, they found that the same yeast species dominated in all vineyards, but the least treated vineyard had more variety of fungal species than the other two. They also found that within a single vineyard, small differences between vines, such as in temperature or sun exposure, could significantly alter the composition of the fungal community on grape surfaces. Setati adds, "Our findings could help viticulturalists and winemakers plan microharvest better, and implement better wine blending strategies to ensure consistency."

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Citation: Setati ME, Jacobson D, Andong U-C, Bauer F (2012) The Vineyard Yeast Microbiome, a Mixed Model Microbial Map. PLoS ONE 7(12): e52609.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0052609

Financial Disclosure: This work was supported by Stellenbosch University (Subcom- B fund), WineTech and the National Research Foundation (THRIP programme). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

Competing Interest Statement: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Yeast species may cause differences in otherwise identical grapes from the same vineyard

Choosing the perfect wine may soon involve more than just knowing the perfect vintage and chateau. Differences in the microbes present on grapes even in different parts of the same vineyard may contribute to flavor fluctuations in samples of grapes from different tanks, according to research published December 26 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Mathabatha Setati and colleagues from Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

"In the wine industry, the fungal communities on grapes are especially important. The microbial species present on the berry may contribute to the fermentation process, and therefore the aromatic properties of the resulting wine", the authors explain. For this study, the researchers sampled grapes from different vines in three well-established commercial vineyards, each of which used a different farming system - organic, traditional or biodynamic- to cultivate the grapes.

Across the three cultivation practices, they found that the same yeast species dominated in all vineyards, but the least treated vineyard had more variety of fungal species than the other two. They also found that within a single vineyard, small differences between vines, such as in temperature or sun exposure, could significantly alter the composition of the fungal community on grape surfaces. Setati adds, "Our findings could help viticulturalists and winemakers plan microharvest better, and implement better wine blending strategies to ensure consistency."

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Citation: Setati ME, Jacobson D, Andong U-C, Bauer F (2012) The Vineyard Yeast Microbiome, a Mixed Model Microbial Map. PLoS ONE 7(12): e52609.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0052609

Financial Disclosure: This work was supported by Stellenbosch University (Subcom- B fund), WineTech and the National Research Foundation (THRIP programme). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

Competing Interest Statement: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Police union seeks more help for Newtown officers

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) ? Some of the police officers who responded to the school shooting in Newtown are so traumatized they haven't been working, but they have to use sick time and could soon be at risk of going without a paycheck, a union official said Wednesday.

The union, Council 15 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, is seeking more generous assistance in talks with the town's insurer. It is also reaching out to lawmakers and the governor's office with proposals to modify state law and expand workers' compensation benefits for officers who witness horrific crime scenes.

"The insurer for the town has taken a position that these officers are entitled to only what the statute allows. Unfortunately for these officers, the statute doesn't allow any benefits," said Eric Brown, an attorney for the union, which represents nearly 4,000 officers around Connecticut.

A gunman shot his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14 and slaughtered 20 first-graders and six educators. The gunman, who had also killed his mother that morning, committed suicide as police arrived.

Brown said that the number of officers "critically affected" by the tragedy is below 15 and that a small number of them are not currently working.

A spokesman for Newtown police, Lt. George Sinko, said the officers are generally holding up well.

"A couple of them are taking it harder than some of the other ones," he said. "The things that the officers had to experience underscores the need to support them in every way possible."

Officials with the town's insurer, the Connecticut Interlocal Risk Management Agency, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Authorities say the victims were shot with a high-powered, military-style rifle loaded with ammunition designed to inflict maximum damage. All the victims had been shot at least twice, the medical examiner said, and as many as 11 times. Two victims were pronounced dead at a hospital, while all others died in the school.

In the past, advocates have pushed to change the statutes on workers' compensation, which currently include provisions for officers who suffer mental impairment as the result of using or being subjected to deadly force ? but not for those who witness crime scenes with mass casualties.

Concerns about the potential cost to cities and towns have been an obstacle, but the issue is likely to resurface in the next legislation session, said state Rep. Stephen Dargan, a West Haven Democrat who is co-chairman of the legislature's public safety committee.

"We don't want it to be used in an abusive way, but the circumstances are so horrific in Newtown. We need to protect those first responders and give them all the help we can give them," he said.

Firefighters who responded to the scene at Sandy Hook also have described struggling with feelings of frustration and anguish, but said they were grateful they were spared from witnessing the scene that greeted police inside the school.

Brown said outside agencies have been meeting demands for counseling services, but it will be important to ensure support is in place over the long term. The officers who are not working also could use up available sick time by early January, he said.

"The emotional loads they're carrying far exceed anything they could imagine," Brown said.

Police have yet to offer a possible motive for gunman Adam Lanza's rampage.

Expansive memorials throughout the small New England town have become gathering points for residents and visitors alike. A steady stream of well-wishers have taken pictures, dropped off toys and fought back tears at a huge sidewalk memorial in the center of Newtown's Sandy Hook section that is filled with stuffed animals, poems, flowers, posters and cards.

Newtown officials plan to convert into a memorial the countless mementos paying tribute to the schoolhouse victims. Thousands of flowers, letters, signs, photos, candles, teddy bears and other items at sites around town will be turned into soil and blocks to be used in a memorial, The News Times in nearby Danbury reported.

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