Dot Earth Blog: A Climate Scientist Braves the Wilds of YouTube

Earlier this year, the Stanford University climate scientist Noah Diffenbaugh became an early adopter of Google+ Hangouts on Air ? open video chats with invited participants and, when they drop in, members of the public.

Last night I invited Diffenbaugh to use the same portal to ?meet? the students in my Blogging a Better Planet course at Pace University.

My first question was a simple one. Given his intensive research agenda, campus work and responsibilities as a lead author of a chapter in the next set of reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, what in the world did he get out of spending time on YouTube?

In his reply, he describes a sense of responsibility to the public which, through federal research funding, pays for much of his science. But he also describes how he his online exchanges led in one case to a suggestion from a viewer that led to a new research direction. Like me, he clearly sees online communication as a two-way portal for sharing and shaping ideas, not merely a way to stake a position.

We also discussed how such experiments offer scientists and their institutions a direct path to the public as conventional science media shrink (read ?The Changing Communication Climate? for more).

The video connection broke before the students had a chance to weigh in ? with such glitches all a routine part of life in a new medium.

I encourage you to sample his previous videos. Particularly interesting was a discussion of extreme heat and storms, which he organized along with Greg Dalton, who runs Climate One, a project of the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco:

It is an invaluable exploration of the complexities in gauging any influence of greenhouse-driven climate change in such events. The other participants were Harold Brooks of the National Severe Storms Laboratory, Martin Hoerling of the Earth System Research Laboratory, Angela Fritz of Weather Underground, Dave Metz, a pollster focused on environmental issues, and Jason Samenow of the Washington Post?s Capital Weather Gang.

You can learn more about my course from my 2011 post ?Notes from a Blogging ?Discomfort Zone?.?

Source: http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/29/a-climate-scientist-braves-the-wilds-of-youtube/?partner=rss&emc=rss

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Closing Gitmo Won't Jeopardize Security - Business Insider

California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Wednesday released a report?by the Government Accountability Office analyzing the feasibility of transferring the 166 detainees currently in custody at Guantanamo Bay to domestic prisons in the United States.

?This report demonstrates that if the political will exists, we could finally close Guantanamo without imperiling our national security,? Feinstein said. The senator requested the report in 2008.

?To say that high-risk detainees cannot be held securely in a maximum security prison is just plain wrong,? she continued.

?The United States already holds 373 individuals convicted of terrorism in 98 facilitates across the country. As far as I know, there hasn?t been a single security problem reported in any of these cases.?

According to the report, it costs $114 million annually to maintain the offshore?Guantanamo?Bay detention facility, which holds prisoners suspected of terrorism.

Feinstein noted that the report says the Bureau of Prisons already holds 373 convicted terrorists in 98 facilities. With some modifications, the report notes, six?Defense Department facilities and 98 Justice Department facilities could be used to house the transferred Gitmo detainees.

President Barack Obama promised to close the facility during the 2008 presidential campaign. In 2009, he signed an executive order requiring the prison to be closed within a year.

But the Guantanamo Bay detention center remains open, which some critics claim is Obama?s fault.

?Obviously Congress has taken a number of steps to prevent the closure of the prison at Guantanamo Bay, but the president still believes it?s in our national security interest and will keep trying,? National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor said in a statement reported by ABC News in July.

?Sen. Feinstein?s request for this GAO report raises even more suspicion about plans by the Obama administration to transfer Guantanamo detainees to U.S. prisons, and even more troubling is the fact that the report?s findings were kept secret from the Congress and the American public,? Virginia Republican Rep. Frank Wolf, the chairman of the House appropriations subcommittee overseeing the Justice Department?s budget, told Fox News.

This story was originally published by?The Daily Caller.

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/closing-gitmo-wont-jeopardize-security-2012-11

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Chrome for Android updated

Chrome for Android has been updated to fix some stability issues, says Google.

This news comes on the back of Google’s announcement last week on their Google+ page that it will bring mobile Chrome version numbers up to speed with desktop versions by early next year. With desktop Chrome at version 23 right now and mobile Chrome at 18, we can expect releases to be streamlined eventually.

For reference, the stable channel for the latest Android Chrome release for ARM devices is 18.0.1025469 and 18.0.1026322 for x86 devices.

Thanks to everyone who sent this in!

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/androidcentral/~3/IORKfW9vMWc/story01.htm

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Katy Perry gets a perfume deal

Katy Perry is adding some new scents to her perfume line.

The singer and songwriter is to develop a line of signature scents with beauty company Coty Inc., according to an announcement released Wednesday. Coty will distribute them on a larger scale than the Purr and Meow! perfumes that Perry previously crafted.

The company says Perry's "unique approach to music and life" will drive her inspiration, and move toward "new avenues of scent creation."

Other pop stars to concoct their own fragrances include Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez and Taylor Swift. Coty's perfume brands include Calvin Klein, Marc Jacobs and Playboy.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/katy-perry-gets-perfume-deal-164617289.html

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White House, Congress talk as 'fiscal cliff' nears

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Amid increasing anxiety that the White House and top Republicans are wasting time as the government slides toward an economy-rattling "fiscal cliff," administration officials are heading to Capitol Hill for talks with congressional leaders.

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and senior White House aide Rob Nabors were to visit separately Thursday with the four leaders of the House and Senate to discuss how to avert a series of tax increases and spending cuts due to begin in January. Republicans complain that the White House is slow-walking the talks and has yet to provide specifics on how President Barack Obama would curb the rapid growth of benefit programs like Medicare and Medicaid.

Obama and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, the lead GOP negotiator, spoke on the phone Wednesday, their first conversation in five days. But there's been little evident progress in negotiations between the two sides.

Boehner's lieutenants say the White House has been slow to engage.

"We have not seen any good-faith effort on the part of this administration to talk about the real problem that we're trying to fix," said House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va.

Obama is mounting a public campaign to build support and leverage in the negotiations, appearing at the White House with middle-class taxpayers and launching a campaign on Twitter to bolster his position.

"Right now, as we speak, Congress can pass a law that would prevent a tax hike on the first $250,000 of everybody's income," Obama said. "And that means that 98 percent of Americans and 97 percent of small businesses wouldn't see their income taxes go up by a single dime."

Obama is insisting that tax rates go up on family income exceeding $250,000; Boehner is adamant that any new tax revenues come from overhauling the tax code, clearing out tax breaks and lowering rates for all.

Republicans are also demanding significant cuts to so-called entitlement programs like Medicare, such as an increase in the eligibility age for the program from 65 to perhaps 67.

"It's time for the president and Democrats to get serious about the spending problem that our country has," Boehner said at a news conference Wednesday in the Capitol. Boehner, like Obama, expressed optimism that a deal could be reached.

At issue are steep, across-the-board cuts to the Pentagon and domestic programs set to strike the economy in January as well as the expiration of Bush-era tax cuts on income, investments, married couples and families with children. That combination of tax increases and spending cuts would wring more than half a trillion dollars from the economy in the first nine months of next year, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

No one anticipates a stalemate lasting that long, but many experts worry that even allowing the spending cuts and tax increases for a relatively brief period could rattle financial markets.

From their public statements, Obama and Boehner appear at an impasse over raising the two top tax rates from 33 percent and 35 percent to 36 percent and 39.6 percent. Democrats seem confident that Boehner ultimately will have to crumble, but Obama has a lot at stake as well, including a clear agenda for priorities like an overhaul of the nation's immigration laws.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/white-house-congress-talk-fiscal-cliff-nears-080107101--finance.html

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HBT: Dice-K likes the idea of restarting in SD

From Bill Center of the San Diego Union-Tribune:

Daisuke Matsuzaka, whose once promising U.S. career was sidetracked by elbow reconstruction surgery in 2011, has told members of the Japanese media that he likes the idea of possibly restarting in San Diego. It seems he liked the city and the ballpark when he pitched at Petco Park in the first World Baseball Classic.

Matsuzaka posted a wretched 8.28 ERA in 45 2/3 innings this summer after returning from Tommy John surgery and really hasn?t been an effective major league starter since the 2008 season. But he should come cheap, and the Padres are usually open to considering any potential low-cost, low-risk free agent signing.

The 32-year-old native of Tokyo went 3-0 with a 1.38 ERA in that first World Baseball Classic, which was won by Team Japan. The semifinals and finals were played at San Diego?s pitcher-friendly stadium.

Source: http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/24/free-agent-righty-daisuke-matsuzaka-likes-the-idea-of-possibly-restarting-in-san-diego/related/

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Tri Property announces December sales launch for Zcape ...

Zcape Condominium, Phuket

Following the sell-out success in July of Zcape Condominium in Phuket, developer Tri Property Co., Ltd announced the launch of a second Z-Style condo project in the prime west coast location in Cherng Talay: Zcape X2 Condominium.

Aimed at offering affordable, upmarket accommodation with energy-saving eco design concepts in a cosmopolitan community next to the trendy new shopping street Boat Avenue and near the high-end Laguna property, sales of Zcape X2 Condominium?s 19 furnished one- and two-bedroom units are set to launch on December 15. The units will start at THB1.49 million (US$48,500).

Tri Property CEO Adisorn Vivakanond said the Zcape condo concept had proven an ideal addition to the growing international community, offering style, functionality and convenience in one of Phuket?s prime locations.

Rising seven storeys, including a parking level, Zcape X2 Condominium comprises three unit designs: Lake View ranging in size from 26 to 31 sqm; One-Bedroom Pool View ranging in size from 31 to 36 sqm; and Two-Bedroom units measuring between 41 to 41 sqm. Each unit features a variety of innovative space-saving details in the design, including interchangeable living space and a fully-equipped kitchen with plenty of storage space.

On-site facilities include a large swimming pool with children?s play pool and hydro jet area that has a view of nearby hills, a pool lounge for recreational functions, a glass-walled fitness centre with an all-round view, plus 24-hour manned security, a reception area and CCTV.

?Making Zcape condo units stylish, practical and affordable for the next generation of local residents in such a choice location were decisive factors in the rapid sell out of all Zcape condo units in July,? said Adisorn.

?The Cherngtalay location of Zcape X2 Condominium was carefully selected to give residents the best balance possible to meet today?s lifestyle needs. The architecture and north-south alignment of the project take full advantage of the spacious natural surroundings to provide energy-saving solutions in the form of natural shade and ventilation. The condo is also located within walking distance of Boat Avenue?s trendy new mall, which is destined to become one of the island?s trendiest new meeting places with shops, restaurants, entertainment venues and a Villa Market.?

With AEC integration for Thailand just around the corner, Adison said Zcape X2 was a highly attractive investment in high-quality housing in a world-class tourist destination as Phuket continues to boom as a regional hub, where the residential and transient population is increasing significantly year by year.

?Joining the ASEAN Economic Community in 2015 will bring an influx of trade and investment that will further fuel the demand in Phuket for high-quality condominiums. Local and international investors have already shown faith in the future of Phuket as a regional commercial and tourism hub,? said Adisorn.

The Zcape X2 Condominium eco-design concept extends to many aspects of daily life, such as bicycle parking to encourage pollution-free travel and dedicated storage for recycling rubbish.

Tri Property executive chairman and Phuket native, Chaiwat Tantiwiwat, said Tri Property?s plans for Phuket include at least two or three more condominium and residential projects to be launched in 2013, located on other land plots with similarly high potential. The company is also looking at other sites in southern Thailand, including Had Yai, Songkla and Surat Thani.

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Source: http://www.property-report.com/tri-property-announces-december-sales-launch-for-zcape-condominium-phuket-26134

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Car bombs kill 34 in pro-Assad Damascus suburb

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Two car bombs killed at least 34 people in a district of Damascus loyal to President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday in the deadliest attack on the Syrian capital in months.

The explosions struck the eastern neighborhood of Jaramana, home to many of Syria's Druze minority as well as Christians who have fled violence elsewhere, ripping through shops and bringing debris crashing down on cars.

Once a bastion of security in Assad's 20-month campaign to crush an uprising against his rule, Damascus has been hit with increasing regularity as the rebels grow bolder.

State media said a bomb also detonated in the southern town of Bosra al-Sham, near Deraa, where the revolt began with peaceful street protests in March 2011. It also said eight "terrorists" were killed near Damascus while they tried to booby-trap a car with a bomb.

Authorities severely limit independent media in Syria and it was not immediately possible to verify reports. The government said 34 people were killed in Damascus but did not give a casualty count for the Bosra al-Sham bombing.

The attacks followed two weeks of military gains by rebels who have stormed and taken army bases across Syria, exposing Assad's loss of control in northern and eastern regions despite the devastating air power which he has used to bombard opposition strongholds.

A resident of Jaramana said that rebels had been repeatedly forbidden by local Druze elders to operate in the district, which borders the capital's center where government offices are located.

"Tension have risen between Druze elders and rebels and now there are 3 or 4 small explosions a week," she told Reuters on condition of anonymity.

Underlining the growing military muscle of the rebels, bolstered by weapons captured during raids on army facilities as well as supplies from abroad, fighters shot down a war plane in northern Syria on Wednesday using an anti-aircraft missile, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Opposition groups subsequently posted a video clip on the Internet that showed a man in a green jumpsuit being carried through fields. He was bleeding heavily from his head and appeared unconscious. "This is the pilot that attacked the houses of civilians," said a voice off camera.

Another video showed doctors treating the limp body of apparently the same pilot, who activists said ejected from his MiG 23 fighter jet before it crashed near Darat Ezza, about 30 km (20 miles) from Aleppo.

The bloodshed came as Syria's new opposition coalition held its first full meeting on Wednesday to discuss forming a transitional government crucial to win effective Arab and Western support for the revolt against Assad.

"The objective is to name the prime minister for a transitional government, or at least have a list of candidates," said Suhair al-Atassi, one of the coalition's two vice-presidents.

The two-day meeting in Cairo will also select committees to manage aid and communications, a process that is becoming a power struggle between the Muslim Brotherhood and secular members.

Rivalries have also intensified between the opposition in exile and rebels on the ground in Syria, where the death toll has reached 40,000, including soldiers, civilians and rebels.

'TERRORIST' BOMBS

The Syrian state news agency, SANA, described Wednesday's blasts as "terrorist bombings", a label it reserves for attacks by mainly Sunni Muslim fighters battling to overthrow Assad, a member of Syria's Alawite minority linked to Shi'ite Islam.

Two smaller bombs also exploded in Jaramana at about the same time as the car bombs, around 7 a.m. (0500 GMT). In total at least 47 people were killed, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, giving a higher toll than the government. Eighty three people were seriously wounded, the British-based Observatory said.

"Who benefits from this? Tell me who benefits from this? America, Israel, Qatar?" a man at the bomb site said to Syrian television, which broadcast footage of firefighters hosing down the blackened hulks of two vehicles and several cars crushed by debris from neighboring buildings.

Pools of blood could be seen on the road.

Most foreign powers have condemned Assad. Britain, France and Gulf countries have recognized the umbrella opposition group meeting in Cairo, the Syrian National Coalition, as the sole representative of the Syrian people.

But Assad has been able to rely on his allies, especially regional powerhouse Iran, which is believed to be bank-rolling him and supplying military support despite U.S. and European sanctions. Russia, Syria's main arms supplier, says it has only sent weapons already agreed to in previous deals.

International Syria mediator Lakhdar Brahimi is due to brief the 15-member council on Thursday and the U.N. General Assembly on Friday. There is diplomatic deadlock between Western powers, who broadly support the opposition and Assad's supporters Russia and China which have blocked Security Council action.

(Additional reporting by Oliver Holmes and Erika Solomon in Beirut, Khaled Yacoub Oweis in Cairo and John Irish in Paris)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/syria-launches-air-strikes-combat-rages-damascus-065905245.html

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AP Source: Reds and Broxton in 'substantial' talks

CINCINNATI (AP) ? Reliever Jonathan Broxton is having "substantial talks" with the Cincinnati Reds about a multiyear deal, a person familiar with the negotiations said on Monday.

Broxton also is talking to several other teams, looking for a good fit for the next few years, said the person speaking on condition of anonymity because no deal has been reached.

The Reds got Broxton in a trade with Kansas City last July to solidify their bullpen. He became a free agent after going 3-3 with a 2.82 ERA and four saves in six chances for Cincinnati. Broxton had 23 saves in 27 chances with Kansas City before the trade.

Broxton's priority is a multiyear deal with a team that would use him in a set-up or closer's role, said the person familiar with the talks. He's hoping to have an agreement with a team this week.

By signing Broxton, the NL Central champions could move left-hander Aroldis Chapman and his 100 mph fastball back into a starter's role. They had planned to give him a chance to win a spot in the rotation during spring training, but closer Ryan Madson tore a ligament in his pitching elbow and needed reconstructive surgery.

Manager Dusty Baker eased Chapman into the closer's role and got sensational results. Chapman, who had never closed games in his career, saved 27 consecutive chances and was 38 of 43 overall in save opportunities with a 1.55 ERA in 68 appearances.

Broxton moved into the closer's role in September when Chapman developed a tired shoulder, saving all of his four chances.

The 28-year-old Broxton missed most of the 2011 season with the Dodgers because of a bone spur in his elbow that required surgery. He agreed to a $4 million, one-year deal with Kansas City last season, starting as a set-up man for closer Joakim Soria. He assumed the closing role in March, when Soria had to have reconstructive elbow surgery.

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/ap-source-reds-broxton-substantial-talks-034026829--mlb.html

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Brain area's role in learning identified

ScienceDaily (Nov. 26, 2012) ? An area of the brain called the orbitofrontal cortex is responsible for decisions made on the spur of the moment, but not those made based on prior experience or habit, according to a new basic science study from substance abuse researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Scientists had previously believed that the area of the brain was responsible for both types of behavior and decision-making. The distinction is critical to understanding the neurobiology of decision-making, particularly with regard to substance abuse.

The study was published online in the journal Science.

Scientists have assumed that the orbitofrontal cortex plays a role in "value-based" decision-making, when a person compares options and weights consequences and rewards to choose best alternative. The Science study shows that this area of the brain is involved in decision-making only when the value must be inferred or computed rapidly or hastily. If the value has been "cached" or pre-computed, like a habit, then the orbitofrontal cortex is not necessary.

The same is true for learning -- if a person infers an outcome but it does not happen, the resulting error can drive learning. The study shows that the orbitofrontal cortex is necessary for the inferred value that is used for this type of learning.

"Our research showed that damage to the orbitofrontal cortex may decrease a person's ability to use prior experience to make good decisions on the fly," says lead author Joshua Jones, Ph.D., a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and a research scientist at NIDA, part of the National Institutes of Health. "The person isn't able to consider the whole continuum of the decision -- the mind's map of how choices play out further down the road. Instead, the person is going to regress to habitual behavior, gravitating toward the choice that provides the most value in its immediate reward."

The study enhances scientists' understanding of how the brain works in healthy and unhealthy individuals, according to the researchers.

"This discovery has general implications in understanding how the brain processes information to help us make good decisions and to learn from our mistakes," says senior author Geoffrey Schoenbaum, M.D., Ph.D., adjunct professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and senior investigator and chief of the Cellular Neurobiology Research Branch at NIDA. "Understanding more about the orbitofrontal cortex also is important for understanding disorders such as addiction that seem to involve maladaptive decision-making and learning. Cocaine in particular seems to have long-lasting effects on the orbitofrontal cortex. One aspect of this work, which we are pursuing, is that perhaps some of the problems that characterize addiction are the result of drug-induced changes in this area of the brain."

The scientists are continuing their research, examining the specific coding of the neurons in the orbitofrontal cortex during this process, as well as the effects that drugs of abuse have upon this area of the brain.

"Drug addiction is marked by severe deficits in judgment and bad decision-making on the part of the addict," says Dr. Jones. "We believe that drugs, particularly cocaine, affect the orbitofrontal cortex. They coerce the system and hijack decision-making."

The researchers examined the orbitofrontal cortex's role in value-guided behavior. The brain assigns two different types of values to behaviors and choices. Cached value is a value that is learned during prior experience. Inferred value happens on the spur of the moment, considering the entire model of rewards and consequences.

"Cached value is stored during prior experience, says Dr. Jones. "For example, you learn your route home on your commute through experience -- the habit of how you get home. You turn right, go left, make another right. Inferred values, however, are based on estimating goals and values on the fly using your knowledge of the entire structure of the environment. For example, instead of just habitually going home on your usual route, you have the full map in your mind of all the roads that you use. You can adjust your route, making different turns, depending on the time of day or the amount of traffic. These inferred decisions are adaptive -- much more flexible based on the situation."

The scientists used a rat model for their research, disabling the orbitofrontal cortex and measuring the difference in behavior that resulted. Further study using the same rat model -- work not reported in this paper -- has shown that cocaine use mimics this damage to the orbitofrontal cortex.

Further study of this neurobiological mechanism is needed, and the results have not been replicated in humans, but certainly the research is promising, says E. Albert Reece, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., vice president for medical affairs at the University of Maryland and John Z. and Akiko K. Bowers Distinguished Professor and dean at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. "Our goal here at the School of Medicine is to make groundbreaking discoveries in the laboratory that can be translated into new treatments and new hope for patients and their families," says Dean Reece. "We are hopeful that research tells us more about the basic mechanisms in the brain will translate to new techniques in neurobiology and in treating devastating conditions such as drug addiction."

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Automotive head-up displays to get second wind as safety devices?

Having gone from the C5 Corvette to the bygone Lexus HS 250h to the BMW 7 Series, the heads-up display has entered the "Meh..." phase of technology. To return it to the avant-garde, makers of such displays are working on new and larger applications of the technology that can provide new types of safety information without distracting drivers.

The end-all-be-all objective is a windshield-wide display that can project sufficiently bright notifications such as warnings of pedestrians in the way or road shoulder lines in heavy fog. That is many years away, however; a unit that could do that, using modern technology, would take up half the space behind the instrument panel, create an unworkable amount of heat and need to utilize a sub-optimal arrangement of optics for viewing.

But that is what carmakers are said to be looking forward to down the line, and what suppliers like Japan's Nippon Seiki, the world's largest supplier of HUDs, are working on. The final product would provide an augmented reality environment for the driver with large, bright, high-contrast images. While one analyst has said he expects the number of automakers using HUDs to go up from the current nine to 14 by 2016, he believes we're "well over five years" away from beginning to see full-screen displays, and that even then they probably won't make it on cars that cost under $30,000.

Source: http://www.autoblog.com/2012/11/27/automotive-head-up-displays-to-get-second-wind-as-safety-devices/

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Outbreaks of Foodborne Illnesses Are Becoming Harder to Detect

New diagnostic tests inadvertently undercut surveillance abilities of public health officials

By Clare Leschin-Hoar

FOODBORNE ILLNESS: New tests may make it harder to trace outbreaks of food poisoning back to their source. Image: Flickr / astairin

New diagnostic tests for common foodborne pathogens such as Salmonella, Campylobacter, and Escherichia coli may hinder the ability of public health officials to detect multistate outbreaks. The problem is an inability to trace contamination to its source.

In 2009 Alicia Cronquist, an epidemiologist with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment noticed that several rural clinics in her state had switched from traditional laboratory tests that relied on growing a culture to rapid nonculture tests. In the past, when patients were suspected of having certain foodborne illnesses, doctors routinely sent a stool sample to a laboratory, which detected a range of potential bacterial culprits. (Some foodborne infections, like Listeria, are diagnosed with blood tests.) An isolate, or sample of the bacterial colony at fault, would then be forwarded to local, state or federal officials, who had the DNA tested to determine the organism's specific strain. The telling DNA sequence, or "fingerprint," was entered into the PulseNet system so that public health officials could see if samples from other newly diagnosed patients matched the information in the database. Analysis of when and where people contracted an infection of that specific strain can help lead to the source of contamination, allowing investigators to remedy the situation.

But, Cronquist says, over the course of a year, a clear shift in the types of tests being run in local labs had resulted in much less information being shared with her department. "We saw our surveillance data changing, and by 2010, almost 15 percent of total case reports were using the nonculture tests," she says.

The new tests do have a lot going for them. They provide quicker results to the physician and patient. They are often less expensive and, in some cases, may not require a stool sample at all. What is more, some of them can spot pathogens that the culture-based tests do not and diagnose more infections.

Tennessee's state epidemiologist Timothy F. Jones notes, for instance, that culture tests for E. coli look for the 0157 strain, which is among the bacteria that produce the Shiga toxin; that strain infamously accounted for the outbreak of food poisoning from spinach this year. "With the new rapid tests," he says, "we can actually detect the whole class of Shiga-toxin producing bacteria. The rapid test is detecting additional bacteria we would have missed before."

But adoption of the new tests has meant that health officials, like Cronquist, are not always getting the isolate required to do the DNA fingerprinting that is needed to help identify a source of contamination, such as E. coli in lettuce or salmonella in raw spinach.

In that way, Jones says, "these rapid tests put us back where we were when we didn't have the ability to do [DNA] fingerprinting."

The trend is particularly worrisome because other ways of protecting the public from foodborne illnesses are also stumbling. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in six Americans (or 48 million) become sick from a foodborne disease each year and 3,000 die. A study released late last month by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group indicated the problem is not improving in part because laws like the Food Modernization Safety Act continue to languish in the White House's Office of Management and Budget. And a federal monitoring program?the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Microbiological Data Program, which tested produce for pathogens?began to be shut down on November 12.?

Source: http://rss.sciam.com/click.phdo?i=7ced314b9c36429762b63a76056ef86a

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Toddlers And Christmas Trees: Helping Them Get Along?

Random elegant Christmas tree photo.
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Last year on the weekend after Thanksgiving, we went and picked out our first real live Christmas tree, with the hopes of making it a family tradition at the start of the holiday season each year. Thanksgiving weekend is here now ? but unlike last time around, when Lillian was a sleepy helpless little infant with pretty much zero interest in Christmas trees, we now have an inquisitive and increasingly mobile one-year-old on our hands. Which naturally leads one to wonder ? might this combination be a recipe for disaster? Is a Christmas tree even a good idea this year?

To shed some light on this question, I thought I?d search around the internet for any tips, advice, and strategies people may have found useful for ensuring the healthy coexistence of their babies or toddlers and Christmas trees. There?s quite a lot out there, and much of the advice seems to go something like this:

• Get a smaller tree and put it up on a shelf or table
• Block the tree off using furniture or a child gate
• Keep the tree in another room closed off from the baby / toddler

But these kinds of tips, while being probably the most fool-proof, don?t seem to be quite what we?re looking for ? ideally we would like to have a standard-size Christmas tree in the living room by the fireplace like we did last year, and having to block it off with gates or furniture seems like it would dampen the atmosphere and eat up a lot of the remaining space in the already modestly-sized room.

Upon searching further, I came upon this article which has a number of discussion replies on this subject ? some a bit off-the-wall, like this little gem:

?My husband made my daughter terrified to touch the tree! She thought it would eat her. He would stick his hand in the tree and then scream like it was hurting him! It worked, she never touched it!?

I?ll admit, I laughed out loud when I first read that ? but as amusing as the strategy sounds, I think I?d be worried about giving our child some kind of long-lasting irrational fear of Christmas trees.

For some more serious and possibly helpful suggestions, the AAP has an article here with holiday safety tips, some tree-related. And there?s a good article on WikiHow about cat-proofing your Christmas tree which has a lot of tips that could just as easily apply to babies and toddlers.

One more interesting suggestion comes from this post by a blogger with three kids under age three, and it seems like a really simple and clever idea:

?My favorite and best trick of all is to line the whole bottom of your tree with jingle bells!!! On every branch around the bottom of my tree I have put small silver bells that jingle every time someone touches the tree. They are baby safe and when the tree moves or someone is touching it I hear it immediately!?

So after going through all of these tips and ideas, here is our current plan for this year?s Christmas tree:

• Weigh down the stand to reduce the risk of the tree tipping over
• Use only non-breakable ornaments, and nothing small enough to be a choking hazard
• Securely fasten ornaments to branches using strings or ribbons instead of hooks
• Select a fresh tree, keep it watered, and sweep / vacuum regularly to minimize stray needles
• Try the jingle bell trick to create a built-in baby alarm

These measures seem like they should be pretty effective for preventing most of the problems that could potentially arise ? and worst case scenario, we can always have the backup plan of moving the tree down to the basement, or getting rid of it entirely, if things don?t seem to be working out.

What do you think? Have you ever had a Christmas tree with a mobile baby or young toddler in the house? How did things turn out? I?d love to hear any stories or advice on this matter!

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What Way Medium Readings are Perceived

Historically, medium readings have been perceived as witchcraft and unholy. They have gained in understanding recently.

Throughout history, psychic ability has been misunderstood. Mistaken for witches, those with these abilities were put to death. Only God, people said, could see what has been and what is to come. In ancient times, however, oracles such as the one at Delphi plus a lesser known one in Rome frequently lent their abilities in medium readings to emperors and those aspiring to the purple. Any psychics kept very, very quiet about their gifts.

The plain truth is that all individuals possess these gifts. It is part and parcel of being part of the One. It's a bond between the Divine and humanity. Much like the bond between parent and child, husband and wife, or good friend with good friend, we can feel them hurting. That is called clairvoyance. We don't need fancy words to describe when or how we know our spouse is upset, or our good friend needs us. It just is. Unfortunately, the general population is afraid of that feeling and knowledge.

On the other hand, the general population is hearing so much about these mental abilities that they are checking them out. We hear every day about science proving these abilities to be so. Every day pagan practitioners reach out to others to teach them of what they are capable. A few are die-hard skeptics who will hear nothing on the subject. These need to check out tarot.

Tarot is a method by which those who divine the past, present, and future read the energies of the Universe as they pertain to the individual.

Each planet has its personality and energy, which will then affect the personality and life of the individual asking for guidance.

Mediums and tarot readers generally have offices in small houses in the back of which are their living quarters. They usually are garishly dressed and made up like a Halloween project gone bad. They sometimes operate in a haze of incense or have candles lit. The crystal ball isn't always there, but other expected tools of divination are present. All this imagery gives most people the feeling they are in a bad B movie, so they don't trust a word that comes out of the mouths of these readers.

Then there are the people, generally women, who dress like an ordinary office worker. Their home office has magazines to read, soft music playing, no beaded curtains, nor divining objects lying about. Their artworks tend to be conservative. When these people break out the cards, they ask pertinent questions. They will often times listen for quite a while as the client gets out of their system what's bothering them. It's more in the client's projection into the Universe their anger, sorrow, or fear that guides the medium or tarot reader to draw the cards the way they do.

The way these people are perceived is directly proportional to what people are searching for when they contact such readers. Build it and they will come might have been written for just such professionals. It is a needed service with dedicated persons reaching out to teach, succor, and guide. Knowing the subject matter would be of great assistance in those needing such services. Perception would then be more real.

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Every week we?ll bring you all the inactives from the early games in one post, constantly updated with the latest information. So check back often to see the full list as it becomes available.

Vikings at Bears

Vikings:?QB McLeod Bethel-Thompson, WR Percy Harvin, CB Brandon Burton, LB Audie Cole, OL Mark Asper, TE Allen Reisner, DE D?Aundre Reed

Bears: WR Alshon Jeffery,?QB Josh McCown, WR Dane Sanzenbacher, DT Matt Toeaina, T James Brown, DT Amobi Okoye,?DE Chets Ozougwu

Raiders at Bengals

Raiders: RB Darren McFadden, DT Richard Seymour, RB Mike Goodson, QB Terrelle Pryor, OL Willie Smith, OL Lucas Nix, DL Jack Crawford

Bengals:?WR Andrew Hawkins, CB Jason Allen, S George Iloka, DT Devon Still, DT Brandon Thompson, WR Armon Binns, TE Richard Quinn

Steelers at Browns

Steelers: QB Ben Roethlisberger, QB Byron Leftwich, WR Antonio Brown, T Marcus Gilbert, WR Jerricho Cotchery, S Troy Polamalu, CB DeMarcus Van Dyke

Browns: CB Dimitri Patterson, S Raymond Ventrone,?WR Josh Cooper, RB Brandon Jackson, FB Owen Marecic, OL Jarrod Shaw, DL Ronnie Cameron

Bills at Colts

Bills: DE Mark Anderson, CB Aaron Williams,?QB Tarvaris Jackson, CB Crezdon Butler, LB Kirk Morrison, WR Marcus Easley, OL Thomas Welch

Colts: CB Vontae Davis, LB Mario Harvey, DT Josh Chapman, DE Clifton Geathers, T Tony Hills, TE Coby Fleener, TE Dominique Jones

Titans at Jaguars

Titans: QB Rusty Smith, RB Jamie Harber, LB Xavier Adibi, S Al Afalava, T Byron Stingily, WR Lavelle Hawkins, DT DaJohn Harris

Jaguars: RB Maurice Jones-Drew, RB Greg Jones, CB William Middleton, S Chris Harris, OL Steve Vallos, DT D?Anthony Smith, DT Jeris Pendleton

Broncos at Chiefs

Broncos:?QB Caleb Hanie, WR Andre Caldwell, CB Tracy Porter, DL Sealver Siliga, TE Julius Thomas, OL Manny Ramirez

Chiefs: QB Ricky Stanzi, WR Steve Breaston, WR Devon Wylie, S Tysyn Hartman, RB Cyrus Gray, T Branden Albert, DL Jerrell Powe

Seahawks at Dolphins

Seahawks:?CB Walter Thurmond, CB Byron Maxwell, OL J.R. Sweezy, OL Mike Person, DT Jaye Howard, DT Greg Scruggs, WR Charly Martin

Dolphins: RB Lamar Miller, LB Josh Kaddu, T Will Yeatman, TE Michael Egnew, TE Kyle Miller, QB Pat Devlin, G Ryan Durand

Falcons at Buccaneers

Falcons: S Charles Mitchell,?QB Dominique Davis, WR Tim Toone, G Phillipkeith Manley, G Harland Gunn, DE Lawrence Sidbury, DT Peria Jerry

Buccaneers: CB Eric Wright, S Cody Grimm,?RB Michael Smith, LB Najee Goode, C Cody Wallace, WR David Douglas & DT Matthew Misfile

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Ona Brixton Leather review: the sexiest laptop / camera messenger bag you've ever seen

We wouldn't quite call it an annual tradition just yet, but this winter does mark the third in a row where Ona has released a scrumptious new laptop / camera bag just before the all-important holiday season. Following the original Union Street messenger and the Camps Bay backpack is the Brixton Leather -- a leather-clad iteration of the company's more compact messenger case. For those unfamiliar with the brand, it specializes in high-end, high-quality bags that both ooze class and hold the things that bona fide nerds care about. The internal compartments act as a paradox from the traditional-looking exterior, being thickly lined with customizable padded inserts that are sure to treat your smartphones, hotspots, ILC cameras and DSLR lenses with care. Oh, and your ultraportable laptop. Join us after the break as we take a closer look at one of the world's finest gadget bags.

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Daytrading, Stock Trading, Investing and Forex Trading ? Refusing ...

During the past, stocks pick programs were reserved for and only utilized by trading gurus with large firms. These are programs which reference past market info when investigating realtime market information, taking the whole width of the market into account, to exploit the market?s pattern-esque movements and get an outstandingly good read and prophecy on where the market will go next so you can trade effectively without needing to spend the time or resources doing so yourself. Stocks pick software has helped numerous traders make serious cash on some hot choices, but because it's been so profit-making for so many traders this has led a considerable number of publishers to assemble ineffectual pickers of their own and pass them off as money earners with engaging branding and internet sites. Today nonetheless, stocks pick programs have dripped down and become available as the supreme tool in any trader?s tool belt, so here's what you really should know to get the best one. A refund separates the credible from the dodgy publishers out there, so make certain that it comes attached. Understand your risk taking limitation and be conscious of the effects. Perhaps you are thinking about those day traders are just too fortunate to make some random profit in stock exchange. Almost all of the decisions get made in an exceedingly short time , thus, either a vet stock trader or those depend on the help of trading methodology ought to have a clear mind and robust heart to do it.

Refusing to put up with and correctly handle trades that do not work leads straight to trading screw ups. Recently trading systems are available to average public users. It's the lack of ability to deal with the inescapable losing trade that causes traders to chop winning trades short, move stops in the middle of a trade, cling on to losing trades, average down, and fail to click on the trigger on sound trade setups. Studying how to accept and cope with trading loss might be as important as making good trades. Judge the trade : Once the trading day is over, return to what you wrote and see what can be learned. Survival Tips Here are 7 steps that can be taken to survive and even flourish when suffering a loss : Jot down the trade as it took place : Don?t sweep the loss under the rug! Include how you viewed the market at the time and the way the market action and your signals seemed to meet the standards for a sound trade set-up.

Sadly , a large amount of day traders lose a good sum of money from this sort of trading due to their lack of attention and their incapacity to manage their feelings. You should really know that the most prosperous market backers are those that put their cash on the long run. Meaning, they do not buy fast hitters and they'd only invest when thinking they're going to have long term gains. if you'd like to be a successful financier, you've got to assume control over your feelings. Remember, the movements in the market may change at anytime of the day.

However day-trading has become a rocketing popular type of trading in recent times because of the Net and increased access to info. What do day traders look like? Day traders are outlined as traders who place 4 or even more round-trip orders over a 5 day period of time and the total trading activity over a day is 6% or even more of the total cost of all shares held. Brokerage costs for day traders can be significantly lower than costs for other sorts of traders.

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Dog Freaks Out Over Beggin' Strips (VIDEO)

We're not sure what's in Beggin' Strips, but judging by this dog's reaction, it must be magic.

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New York City to end fuel rationing on Saturday

Vani Hari, the food writer behind the wildly successful blog, Food Babe, was lucky when she graduated from college: She landed a great job right away. That?s a golden ticket for any recent graduate who has hit the job market during the worst economic slump in decades, but Hari?s luck was even better than most. Her job catered all her meals. She'd hit the jackpot. That is, she says, until she gained almost 30 pounds on her small frame in just a few months.

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How to set alarms and timers using Siri

Complete guide to Siri commands for alarms, timers, and the clock

Siri ties right into the iOS Clock app on your iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, iPad 4, iPad mini, and iPod touch 5, which means if you want to be woken up at 7am, have a timer set for 10 minutes so the cookies don't burn, or find out what the hour is in Australia before you call, Siri can keep you alerted and on time.

• How to set an alarm with Siri
• How to set a repeating alarm with Siri
• How to show current alarms with Siri
• How to change alarms with Siri
• How to turn off alarms with Siri
• How to delete alarms with Siri
• How to set a timer with Siri
• How to show, stop, or re-start a timer with Siri
• How to change a timer with Siri
• How to find out the time with Siri

How to set an alarm with Siri

Siri can set alarms quickly and easily.

1. Press and hold down the Home button to activate Siri.
2. Tell Siri to set an alarm, along with the time. For example: "Set an alarm for 8pm", "Set an alarm for 5 minutes from now", "wake me up at 9am".

Siri will display the alarm widget on the screen. If you change your mind about the alarm, you can simply toggle it to "off". You can also tap the widget to be taken to the Clock app.

Note: Siri can?t set an alarm for more than one day in advance. If you try to use Siri to set an alarm further in advance, you'll be asked if you want to set a Reminder instead.

How to set a repeating alarm with Siri

If you want an alarm to repeat, for example, to wake you up at the same time every day, Siri can set that up for you as well.

1. Press and hold down the Home button to activate Siri.
2. Tell Siri to set an alarm, along with the time. For example: "Set an alarm for 6pm every weekday" or "wake me up at 9am ever day".

When Siri displays the alarm widget, the repetition interval is show about the on/off toggle switch.

How to show current alarms with Siri

Over time, you may lose track of all the alarms you've set, especially inactive ones. Siri can show you list of all alarms, and their current status -- on or off.

1. Press and hold down the Home button to activate Siri.
2. Tell Siri to: "Show all alarms".

You can quickly toggle any of the alarms shown from on to off or vice versa, or ask Siri to change or delete them. (See below.)

How to change an alarm with Siri

If you set an alarm, but later need to change it, Siri can handle that for you as well.

1. Press and hold down the Home button to activate Siri.
2. Tell Siri which alarm you want to change, and what time you want to change it to. For example: "Change my 9am alarm to 9:30am."

How to turn off alarms with Siri

Nights get late, meetings get canceled, and plans change. If you no longer need an alarm, you can ask Siri to turn it off.

1. Press and hold down the Home button to activate Siri.
2. Tell Siri which alarm you want to turn off. For example: "Turn off my 8am alarm" or even "turn off all alarms."

Note: Turning off is different than canceling or deleting. When you turn an alarm off, it remains available for you to quickly turn back on at any time, even manually. When you cancel or delete an alarm, it's gone completely and needs to be recreated if you ever want to use it again.

How to cancel alarms with Siri

When turning off alarms isn't enough, and you want them completely gone from your Clock system entirely, Siri a fast way to delete a specific alarm, and an incredibly fast way to delete all of them.

1. Press and hold down the Home button to activate Siri.
2. Tell Siri which alarm you want to cancel. For example: "Cancel my 9:30am alarm" or go for the nuclear option and "cancel all alarms".

How to set a timer with Siri

Since the Clock app can set timers as well as alarms, Siri can set timers as well as alarms. Whether you're waiting for your cookies to bake, or your next set of circuit training to begin, Siri can make sure you always alerted at exactly the right time.

1. Press and hold down the Home button to activate Siri.
2. Tell Siri to set the timer, and for how long. For example: "Set a timer for 10 minutes".

The Timer widget will remain visible on your screen until the timer goes off, or you leave Siri. Tap the timer widget to launch the Clock app and access the manual controls.

Note: Siri can only run one timer at a time. If you try to set another, Siri will ask you if you want to keep the current one or change to the new one. (See below.)

How to show, stop, or re-start a timer with Siri

If Siri is no longer displaying your timer, you can easily ask it to show you the timer again, and to pause/stop or start it whenever you like.

1. Press and hold down the Home button to activate Siri.
2. Tell Siri what you want to do with the current time. For example: "Show timer", "stop timer", "start timer".

How to change a timer with Siri

Siri can also change the duration of a timer, if you need to increase or decrease the length for any reason.

1. Press and hold down the Home button to activate Siri.
2. Tell Siri to change the timer. For example: "Change timer to 5 minutes".

How to find out the time with Siri

What if you need to know the time in Cupertino, California so you don't miss that Apple keynote? Or you want to find out the time in Rome, Italy, so you don't wake up nono too early? Just ask Siri.

1. Press and hold down the Home button to activate Siri.
2. Ask Siri the time in any location around the world. For example: "What's the time in Rome, Italy?"

Tap the clock widget to go to the Clock app for more options.

How to get more help with Siri

If you still need help with setting up or using Siri with your iPhone Contacts, or any other Siri feature, head on over to our Siri Forum and ask away!

Note: This article is an updated version of a previous how-to, adding video as well as new features from iOS 6, and newly supported devices.

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Best Boxing Gears To Win The Competition

Boxing is promptly becoming one of the most popular work-outs as well as a budding competitive sport. Just like most martial arts, western boxing is a comparatively inexpensive sport to get started with basic boxing gear. For beginners you will not necessitate a lot of boxing gear and it ought to last you a long time as long as you pay money for quality equipment.

Boxing or pugilism is one of the most well-known and exciting activity, simultaneously it is very risky as well. In this particular activity, there are many opportunities to get damage so it is a must to use the necessary boxing gears that will protect the boxer from possible injuries. When it comes to boxing protection the boxing gloves and other components are very essential that both the gamers use the protection components. The great thing is that with the comfort of internet shopping, you can find many boxing stores and boxing equipments like boxing gloves, boxing shoes and punching bags online. At once it is necessary to make use of only top excellent devices to preserve life.

If you are looking to shed weight, remain fit, or just have fun, boxing may be the most ideal activity for you. However before beginning any boxing system, a starter must have the right boxing components. There are many kinds of gears, manufacturers and options out there when it comes to boxing equipment, so new fighters should get familiar with what boxing requirements they will need beforehand. To avoid accidents, new fighters need to start out with the appropriate go equipment.

Perhaps, one of the most essential boxing devices could be the boxing protection safety gloves. Punching Gear are used to secure the particular boxer's closed shut fists via any kind of damage, consequently, allowing her or him to be able to toss a lot more effective power moreover to harmful own your blows when in contrast to when the following have been defeating along with his found convenience.

The essentials of using quality boxing gears: no other games are like as life jolting as boxing. Nevertheless, the person who has that passion towards this game will never give up, wearing the right equipment will reduce the possibilities of getting hurt literally and many of them tend t overlook this option where it should not be actually; it saves your life and almost it can take you to the next level of the game yes!

A right and quality boxing gear will give you that confidence and helps you to perform well. Maintaining it is yet another important activity like how you buy. Buying quality boxing gears is not important but maintaining it is even more significant as you buy it.

You might agree that purchasing or buying any boxing gear might be easy but maintaining it becomes difficult. Actually, fact is maintaining them are never tough but due to lack of ignorance and awareness, people decreases the life, quality and looks in short span of time. To overcome such issues, you can get free advice from the store people who are selling it or try to collect information from the internet.

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Lavi S21i manages to KIRF the new iMac before the real one arrives

There's a growing trend of Apple KIRFs arriving well head of the devices they've been designed to imitate. While Sir Jonathan's latest desktops meander towards stores, the Windows 7 or 8-running Lavi S21i can be yours right now. The 21.5-inch machine has a 1,920 x 1,080 display, 4GB RAM and a choice of a 3.3GHz Sandy Bridge Intel Core i3 or a 2.9GHz Core i5, and your pick of a 500GB HDD or a 128GB SSD. The only real differences between this and its Californian counterpart is that the ports are tucked on the base of the display and its 4mm thicker, but it will only set you back 3,350 yuan ($540) or 3,850 yuan ($621). The only thing this KIRF is missing is the ability to fry your eggs for you in the morning, unless, you know, the manufacturers were scrimping on the safety features that day.

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Cheap? Suh's cleat hits Schaub below the belt

By LARRY LAGE

AP Sports Writer

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updated 6:30 p.m. ET Nov. 22, 2012

DETROIT (AP) - The left cleat of Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh connected with Houston Texans quarterback Matt Schaub in his groin area in their Thanksgiving game.

It wasn't clear on replays Thursday whether it was intentional.

"I really don't have anything to say about that play or that person," Schaub said.

Suh was on his chest, taken down by an offensive lineman, when he extended his left foot below Schaub's belt. Suh didn't talk to reporters after the game.

Last year on Thanksgiving, Suh was ejected for stomping on the right arm of Green Bay offensive lineman Evan Dietrich-Smith and was suspended for two games.

Suh has been fined in previous seasons for roughing up quarterbacks: Cincinnati's Andy Dalton, Chicago's Jay Cutler and Cleveland's Jake Delhomme.

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Texans win in OT again (thanks refs)

PFT: With help from a terrible referee mistake, and coach Jim Schwartz's mental blunder, Houston improves to 10-1 and extends Detroit's Thanksgiving skid to nine years.

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