How common is 'sexting' among urban minority youth?

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New Rochelle, NY, February 28, 2013Sexting, the use of technology to send or receive sexually explicit messages, photos, or videos, is a relatively new trend and, in many cases, has legal implications. As many as 25-50% of young people may participate in sexting. A close-up look at the sexting practices of a group of urban ethnic minority youths is presented in an article in Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers. The article is available online on the Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking website.

In fact, sexting is relatively common among ethnic minority youth, according to Melissa Fleschler Peskin, PhD and coauthors, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health. They calculated the prevalence of sexting based on data collected from more than 1,000 tenth graders from a large urban school district. They reported that 20% of students reported sending a nude or semi-nude picture or video or a sexual text messageany one of these considered a "sext"and more than 30% reported receiving a sext.

Additional, sexts were often shared with unintended recipients, and one-third of the youths reported sharing or receiving sexts that were meant to be private.

"In the relatively new discipline of cyberpsychology, we seek to explore the many challenges of current behavior that social networking potentiates. Certainly, such research enables us to better prepare for the behavioral changes that advances in Internet technology will continue to bring," says Brenda K. Wiederhold, PhD, MBA, BCIA, Editor-in-Chief of Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, from the Interactive Media Institute, San Diego, CA.

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About the Journal

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking is a peer-reviewed journal published monthly online with Open Access options and in print that explores the psychological and social issues surrounding the Internet and interactive technologies, plus cybertherapy and rehabilitation. Complete tables of content and a sample issue may be viewed on the Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking website.

About the Publisher

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers is a privately held, fully integrated media company known for establishing authoritative peer-reviewed journals in many promising areas of science and biomedical research, including Games for Health Journal, Telemedicine and e-Health, and Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. Its biotechnology trade magazine, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN), was the first in its field and is today the industry's most widely read publication worldwide. A complete list of the firm's 70 journals, books, and newsmagazines is available on the Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers website.

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New Rochelle, NY, February 28, 2013Sexting, the use of technology to send or receive sexually explicit messages, photos, or videos, is a relatively new trend and, in many cases, has legal implications. As many as 25-50% of young people may participate in sexting. A close-up look at the sexting practices of a group of urban ethnic minority youths is presented in an article in Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers. The article is available online on the Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking website.

In fact, sexting is relatively common among ethnic minority youth, according to Melissa Fleschler Peskin, PhD and coauthors, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health. They calculated the prevalence of sexting based on data collected from more than 1,000 tenth graders from a large urban school district. They reported that 20% of students reported sending a nude or semi-nude picture or video or a sexual text messageany one of these considered a "sext"and more than 30% reported receiving a sext.

Additional, sexts were often shared with unintended recipients, and one-third of the youths reported sharing or receiving sexts that were meant to be private.

"In the relatively new discipline of cyberpsychology, we seek to explore the many challenges of current behavior that social networking potentiates. Certainly, such research enables us to better prepare for the behavioral changes that advances in Internet technology will continue to bring," says Brenda K. Wiederhold, PhD, MBA, BCIA, Editor-in-Chief of Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, from the Interactive Media Institute, San Diego, CA.

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About the Journal

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking is a peer-reviewed journal published monthly online with Open Access options and in print that explores the psychological and social issues surrounding the Internet and interactive technologies, plus cybertherapy and rehabilitation. Complete tables of content and a sample issue may be viewed on the Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking website.

About the Publisher

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers is a privately held, fully integrated media company known for establishing authoritative peer-reviewed journals in many promising areas of science and biomedical research, including Games for Health Journal, Telemedicine and e-Health, and Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. Its biotechnology trade magazine, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN), was the first in its field and is today the industry's most widely read publication worldwide. A complete list of the firm's 70 journals, books, and newsmagazines is available on the Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers website.

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Pope presides over final general audience

VATICAN CITY (AP) ? Pope Benedict XVI is preparing for his final general audience, the weekly appointment he kept with the faithful and tourists to teach them about the Catholic faith.

Some 50,000 tickets have been requested for Benedict's final master class in St. Peter's Square; thousands more people are expected to pack the main boulevard leading to the piazza to watch Wednesday's audience on giant TV screens.

On Tuesday, the Vatican said Benedict would in retirement continue to wear the white cassock of the papacy and be called "emeritus pope" or "Your Holiness," raising questions about the peculiar situation soon to confront the church: having a reigning and a retired pope, living side-by-side.

The Vatican says it foresees no problems and Benedict has said he will pray and be "hidden to the world."

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Scientists reconstruct Russia meteor trajectory (+video)

Relying on videos of the meteor as it streaked across the sky over the Ural mountains, a pair of Colombian astronomers say they have reconstructed the space rock's orbit.

By Eoin O'Carroll,?Staff / February 26, 2013

This dashcam video frame grab shows a meteor streaking across the sky of Russia?s Ural Mountains earlier this month.

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A duo of Colombian scientists say they have reconstructed the orbit of the meteor that exploded earlier this month over?Chelyabinsk, Russia.?

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This is a virtual exploration of th epreliminary orbit computed by Zuluaga & Ferrin (2013). Scientific details can be found at arxiv:1302.5377

Relying on videos of the meteor from?Chelyabinsk's Revolutionary Square?and in the nearby city of Korkino, astronomers Jorge Zuluaga and Ignacio Ferrin at the University of Antioquia in Medellin, Colombia, triangulated the speed and position of the meteorite as it fell to Earth.

Zuluaga and?Ferrin's?conclusion rests on the assumptions that a 20-foot hole in the ice of?Lake Chebarkul was caused by a fragment of the meteor, and that this fragment was traveling along the same trajectory as its parent body. Divers have yet to find a meteorite in the lake.?

The pair were inspired by blogger Stefan Geens, who analyzed video of the shadows cast by light poles in?Revolutionary Square as the blazing meteor passed overhead. Using simple trigonometry, Geens estimated the path of the meteor, noticing that it squared nicely with an image of the meteor's contrail that just happened to have been picked up by a European weather satellite.?

In a paper published online at arXiv.org,?Zuluaga and?Ferrin took Geen's analysis further, using a gravitational analysis to reconstruct the path of the rock going back four years before impact. Their analysis indicates that the meteor was one of the Apollo asteroids, a class of space rocks whose elongated orbits occasionally cross that of our planet. There are about 5,200 known Apollo asteroids, the largest of them being 1866 Sisyphus, a six-mile wide rock discovered in 1972. Sisyphus is comparable in size to the impactor thought to have caused a global extinction event some 66 million years ago, ending the age of the dinosaurs.?

In an effort to prevent a repeat of this sort of event, European Space Agency officials announced a plan to smash a spacecraft into an Apollo asteroid?in 2022?to alter its orbit, just for practice. The target of the joint European/US Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment mission, a rock named?65803 Didymos, poses no threat to our planet in the?foreseeable?future, unless of course the mission goes seriously wrong and Didymos is knocked into our path.??

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Great North Museum celebrates 200 years of Society of Antiquaries ...

The earliest scientific excavations at Hadrian?s Wall were by the Society?s founder member John Hodgson, and all subsequent excavations have involved Society members.? Courtesy the Society of Antiquaries

Visitors to the Great North Museum?s current exhibition celebrating one of the oldest antiquarian societies in the UK, The Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, will find much to surprise and inspire them.

Among the more unusual artefacts, which range from reform Bill notices to ancient stone inscriptions, is a rare Napoleonic animal bone model guillotine carved by French prisoners of war, complete with a bloody guillotine blade, gory bucket and tiny headless prisoner.

This morbidly fascinating is just one of the rarely seen objects plucked from a bewilderingly eclectic collection of a society which this year celebrates its 200th anniversary.

Some of Britain?s most important treasures have survived and thrived under the Society?s watchful gaze ? Hadrian?s Wall, Tynemouth Priory and Newcastle Castle Keep are all examples of their successful efforts at preservation.

The earliest scientific excavations at Hadrian?s Wall were by the Society?s founder member John Hodgson, and all subsequent excavations have involved Society members.

Crawhall Chapbook Chaplets. Used as an emblem of the Morpeth County Bagpipe Museum.? Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne

When the Society began in 1813 it was the only institution collecting and preserving archaeological and historical artefacts in the north of England.

These days it continues to promote the history and heritage of the region through a regular programme of monthly lectures, organized walks and visits while its world-class collections of antiquities, coins, bagpipes and archives is housed in museums across the region. Its library comprises over 30,000 antiquarian and contemporary books and journals.

As one might expect from two centuries of cultural accumulation, the collection covers all periods from the Palaeolithic to the present day, but in an area rich in Romano-British remains, it is most famous for its Roman material.

Much of this Roman material is on permanent display in the galleries of the Hancock, but some of the more unusual objects make a rare appearance here. They include the Aemilia Finger-ring, possibly the earliest Christian artefact from Roman Britain which the Society bought in 1991 to stop its purchase by an American Museum.

Other treasures include the earliest fiddle tune book dated 1694, a late 8th century runic inscription from Falstone, a 19th century man-trap and a handwritten note by Abraham Lincoln. An eclelctic line up and the fruits of two centuries of collecting and care for a region?s varied cultural heritage.

Milecastle 38 Stone Inscription.? Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne

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Clinton: Nigerian poverty fuels religious violence

ABEOKUTA, Nigeria (AP) -- Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said Tuesday that Nigeria must do more to alleviate the extreme poverty across the nation's predominantly Muslim north in order to halt the wave of bombings, shootings and kidnappings by Islamic extremists there.

Clinton's comment comes as Islamic terror groups have claimed the kidnappings of foreigners in recent days from the region and Nigeria's weak central government appears unable to contain the spreading violence. He said that poverty remains the main driver for the attacks and needs to be addressed by strong local and federal government programs.

Extremists from a radical Islamic sect known as Boko Haram killed at least 792 people last year in Nigeria, according to an Associated Press count. Fighters who said they belong to Boko Haram claimed responsibility Monday for the kidnapping of seven French tourists in northern Cameroon. Ansaru, which analysts believe is a splinter group from Boko Haram, has claimed the kidnappings of seven foreigners ? a British citizen, a Greek, an Italian, three Lebanese and one Filipino ? all employees of a Lebanese construction company named Setraco.

"You have to somehow bring economic opportunity to the people who don't have it," Clinton said Tuesday. "You have all these political problems ? and now violence problems ? that appear to be rooted in religious differences and the all the rhetoric of the Boko Harams and others, but the truth is the poverty rate in the north is three times of what it is in Lagos," Nigeria's largest city.

Clinton said that oil-rich Nigeria, which earns billions of dollars from its oil industry and is a major supplier to the U.S., must not take a "divide the pie" approach toward attacking poverty. That appeared to be a subtle reference to the endemic corruption that envelopes government and private industry in the country.

"It's a losing strategy," the former president said. "You have to figure out a way to have a strategy that will have share prosperity."

Poverty is endemic in Nigeria, and corruption has siphoned away billions in oil earnings since the country began exporting crude more than 50 years ago. Government statistics show that in Nigeria's northwest and northeast, regions besieged by Islamic insurgents, about 75 percent of the people live in poverty.

Analysts say that poverty, despite decades of military rule by leaders from the north, coupled with a lack of formal education has driven the region's exploding youth population toward extremism. Those attacks also have strained relations between Christians and Muslims in Nigeria.

Clinton spoke Tuesday in Abeokuta as part of an awards ceremony put on by ThisDay newspaper and its flamboyant publisher Nduka Obaigbena, who has invited the former president several times to Nigeria, along with other celebrities. The event, put on by a newspaper publisher sometimes accused by his staff of not paying them from months at a time, was also attended by former Nigeria military ruler and President Olusegun Obasanjo.

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Kate Gosselin Is Still a Control Freak (Sigh)

No doubt Kate Gosselin knew what she was getting into when she signed on to ABC's Celebrity Wife Swap (Tuesdays, 8 p.m. ET). Producers chose her for her rigid, controlling reputation, and they arranged for her to switch places with Kendra Wilkinson, a fun-loving Playboy Playmate with a dreamy marriage to former NFL star Hank Baskett. The control freak versus the party girl. Oh my! What will happen?

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75 Open Source Replacements for Popular Education Apps ...

School budgets never seem to get any larger, but one way educational institutions may be able to cut costs is by deploying open source software. The open source community has developed applications that educators can use directly in the classroom, apps that are great for use at home and tools that administrators can use for school management.

This month, we've updated our list of top open source applications. And for reference sake, we've included comparable closed-source software that these applications can replace. However, note that when we say "replace," we don't mean that these open source applications have exactly the same features as the closed-source versions ? only that the programs serve a similar function.

As always, if you know of additional open source applications that you think should be on our list, please let us know in the comments section below.

Alphabet

1. KLettres

Replaces School Zone Alphabet Express, Reader Rabbit Toddler

KLettres teaches the very youngest computer users to recognize the appearance and sound of letters and syllables. It's also useful for older computer users who are learning a new language, such as Arabic, Czech, Brazilian Portuguese, Danish, Dutch, British English, English, English Phonix, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Kannada, Hebrew, Hindi Romanized, Low Saxon, Luganda, Malayalam, Norwegian Bokm?l, Punjabi, Spanish, Slovak, Ukrainian or Telugu. (Note that in order to use KLettres on Windows, you'll have to download KDE for Windows.) Operating System: Windows, Linux.

Astronomy

2. Celestia

Replaces Starry Night, Seeker

A fabulous tool for home or the classroom, Celestia contains an interactive map of the known universe built with actual imagery of objects in space whenever possible. Not only can you view the sky from any point on earth, this app lets you "fly" throughout the galaxy and see how the stars would look from Mars, Jupiter, Pluto or beyond. Operating System: Windows, Linux, OS X.

3. Stellarium

Replaces The SkyX, Perseus, SkyMap Lite

While Stellarium doesn't include Celestia's "flying" capabilities, it does present an incredibly accurate and detailed picture of the night sky from any point on earth at any time. In fact, it's so well-done that many planetariums use it to power their shows. Operating System: Windows, Linux, OS X.

4. KStars

Replaces The SkyX, Perseus, SkyMap Lite

Similar to Stellarium, KStars lets users view "up to 100 million stars, 13,000 deep-sky objects, all 8 planets, the sun and moon, and thousands of comets and asteroids." It also includes a number of tools helpful for amateur astronomers, such as an observation list, an FOV editor, a sky calendar, supernova alerts and a glossary of technical terms. (Note that in order to use KStars on Windows, you'll have to download KDE for Windows.) Operating System: Windows, Linux.

5. PP3

Replaces Starry Night, SkyMap Software

Science teachers often need to reproduce star charts for use during class lectures, as well as for handouts and tests. This app works with LaTeX, to simplify the process of creating star charts for use in presentation slides or for printing. Operating System: Windows, Linux.

6. StarChart

Replaces Starry Night, SkyMap Software

StarChart describes itself simply as a program that "draws maps of things in the sky." Like PP3, it does a good job of producing high-quality star charts for study purposes. Operating System: Linux.

Art

7. Tux Paint

Replaces Crayola Art Studio

This basic drawing program features a kid-friendly interface, numerous drawing tools, special effects and Tux the Linux penguin. Although the website says it's for children ages 3 to 12, it's probably best for those 7 and under. Operating System: Windows, Linux, OS X.

8. GPaint

Replaces Microsoft Paint

Students who are beyond Tux Paint but not quite ready for professional drawing and photo manipulation tools might enjoy this Gnu app. It offers an easy-to-use interface and a wide variety of drawing tools. Operating System: Linux.

9. Inkscape

Replaces Illustrator, CorelDraw

This professional-caliber vector drawing program is suitable for advanced high school and college students or adults who want to experiment with digital art. The site also features a library of open source clip art to help you get started with your own creations. Operating System: Windows, Linux, OS X

10. Alchemy

Replaces Microsoft Paint

Designed to help artists get their creative juices flowing, Alchemy has a deliberately limited feature set--no undo, no selecting, no editing. Art teachers can use it as a starting point to help students "sketch" new ideas before going on to create finished pieces of art using real-world media or more advanced applications. Operating System: Windows, Linux, OS X

Chemistry

11. Kalzium

Replaces Periodic Table of Chemical Elements

Need help with introductory chemistry? This KDE app allows students to explore the periodic table, and it comes complete with a molecular weight calculator, an isotope table, a 3D molecule editor and an equation solver for stoichiometric problems. (Note that in order to use Kalzium on Windows, you'll have to download KDE for Windows.) Operating System: Windows, Linux.

12. Avogadro

Replaces ChemDraw

For more advanced students and professional chemists, Avogrado offers an intuitive interface for creating visualizations of molecules. The website also includes some tips for educators on integrating Avogadro into the classroom. Operating System: Windows, Linux.

Educational Games

13. GCompris

Replaces Various JumpStart Packages, Various Reader Rabbit Packages

Children 10 and under will enjoy this collection of more than 100 educational games. In addition to activities designed to teach lessons about reading, history, math, science and other subjects, it also includes "fun stuff" like chess, memory, sudoku and similar activities. Operating System: Windows, Linux.

14. ChildsPlay

Replaces Various JumpStart Packages, Various Reader Rabbit Packages

ChildsPlay is also a collection of apps, although it doesn't include nearly as many activities as GCompris. It offers 11 games, including memory games, alphabet and number recognition activities and puzzles. Operating System: Windows, Linux, OS X.

Foreign Language

15. ZWDisplay

Replaces Declan's ReadWrite Chinese

A combination dictionary/flashcard program, ZWDisplay helps Mandarin students learn to read and pronounce Chinese characters. It uses a unique coloring scheme and a wide variety of options to simplify the language learning process. Operating System: Linux.

16. Step Into Chinese

Replaces Declan's ReadWrite Chinese

Step Into Chinese describes itself as a "language mining tool" that helps native English speaker understand Mandarin in context. It includes 8,300 Chinese characters that correspond to 26,000 modern Chinese words and concepts. Operating System: Windows, Linux, OS X.

17. Zkanji

Replaces JISHOP

This app for students learning Japanese includes a dictionary with more than 190,000 words, as well as a flashcard program. It also includes helpful information about how to write kanji characters. Operating System: Windows.

Flashcards

18. FlashQard

Replaces Flash Card Manager, studyPerfect, WinFlash

Using the Leitner method of presenting flashcards, this app optimizes your study time for maximum efficiency by focusing on the information you don't yet know. Create your own cards for any subject or use one of the pre-made card sets for learning languages or geography facts. Operating System: Windows, Linux.

19. jVLT

Replaces Flash Card Manager, studyPerfect, WinFlash

Very similar to FlashQard, Java-based jVLT also uses the Leitner method to help students master concepts. However, this app focuses primarily on vocabulary, making it ideal for students who are studying a foreign language. Operating System: Windows, Linux, OS X.

Source: http://www.datamation.com/open-source/75-open-source-replacements-for-popular-education-apps.html

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Powers to offer Iran sanctions relief at nuclear talks

ALMATY (Reuters) - Major powers will offer Iran some sanctions relief during talks in Almaty, Kazakhstan, this week if Tehran agrees to curb its nuclear program, a U.S. official said on Monday.

But the Islamic Republic could face more economic pain if it fails to address international concerns about its atomic activities, the official said ahead of the February 26-27 meeting in the central Asian state, speaking on condition of anonymity.

"There will be continued sanctions enforcement ... there are other areas where pressure can be put," the official said, on the eve of the first round of negotiations between Iran and six world powers in eight months.

A spokesman for European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, who leads the talks with Iran on behalf of the powers, said Tehran should understand that there was an "urgent need to make concrete and tangible progress" in Kazakhstan.

Both Russia and the United States stressed there was not an unlimited amount of time to resolve a dispute that has raised fears of a new war in the Middle East.

"The window for a diplomatic solution simply cannot by definition remain open forever. But it is open today. It is open now," U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told a news conference in London. "There is still time but there is only time if Iran makes the decision to come to the table and negotiate in good faith."

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said there was "no more time to waste", Interfax news agency quoted him as saying in Almaty.

The immediate priority for the powers - the United States, Russia, China, Germany, Britain and France - is to convince Iran to halt its higher-grade enrichment, which is a relatively short technical step away from potential atom bomb material.

Iran, which has taken steps over the last year to expand its uranium enrichment activities in defiance of international demands to scale it back, wants a relaxation of increasingly harsh sanctions hurting its lifeline oil exports.

Western officials say the Almaty meeting is unlikely to produce any major breakthrough, in part because Iran's presidential election in June may make it difficult for it to make significant concessions before then for domestic reasons.

But they say they hope that Iran will take their proposals seriously and engage in negotiations to try to find a diplomatic settlement.

"No one is expecting to walk out of here with a deal but ... confidence building measures are important," one senior Western official said.

The stakes are high: Israel, assumed to be the Middle East's only nuclear-armed arsenal, has strongly hinted at possible military action to prevent its old foe from obtaining such arms. Iran has threatened to retaliate if attacked.

GOLD SANCTIONS RELIEF?

The U.S. official said the powers' updated offer to Iran - a modified version of one rejected by Iran in the unsuccessful talks last year - would take into account its recent nuclear advances but also take "some steps in the sanctions arena".

This would be aimed at addressing some of Iran's concerns, the official said, while making clear it would not meet Tehran's demand of an easing of all punitive steps against it.

"We think ... there will be some additional sanctions relief" in the powers' revised proposal," the official said, without giving details.

Western diplomats have told Reuters the six countries will offer to ease sanctions on trade in gold and precious metals if Iran closes its Fordow underground uranium enrichment plant.

Iran has indicated, however, that this will not be enough.

Tehran denies Western allegations it is seeking to develop the capability to make nuclear bombs, saying its program is entirely peaceful. It wants the powers to recognize what it sees as its right to refine uranium for peaceful purposes.

The U.S. official said the powers hoped that the Almaty meeting would lead to follow-up talks soon.

"We are ready to step up the pace of our meetings and our discussions," the official said, adding the United States would also be prepared to hold bilateral talks with Tehran if it was serious about it.

Ashton's spokesman, Michael Mann, said the updated offer to Iran was "balanced and a fair basis" for constructive talks.

(Additional reporting by Yeganeh Torbati and Dimitry Solovyov; Editing by Jon Hemming)

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Diet and exercise tips for healthy bones | Body Health ...

Learn to naturally build bone density, or increase the mineral content of your bones, and you can work to reduce your risk of osteoporosis. The National Osteoporosis Foundation recommends a multi-step process for building bone density, including taking proper vitamins and exercising while avoiding smoking and excessive drinking. It?s also important to keep tabs on your bone health by taking a bone density test if you?re a female aged 65 or over or a male aged 70 or over.
Get your daily dose of calcium

Low levels of calcium in your body can increase your risk for osteoporosis. The National Osteoporosis Foundation recommends 1,000 mg of calcium daily for adults under 50, and 1,200 mg for those 50 and over. (As a point of reference, skim milk has about 300 mg of calcium per cup.)

Taking a calcium supplement is a good way to make sure you meet your daily requirement, but you can also naturally build bone density by increasing your dietary calcium intake: Try sprinkling powdered milk over cereal, soups and casseroles, and eating more calcium-rich vegetables like broccoli.
Don?t forget vitamin D

If you don?t get enough vitamin D, your body can?t absorb calcium from foods. So, in order to make sure your body actually benefits from your daily dose of calcium, it?s important to keep tabs on vitamin D intake.

The National Osteoporosis Foundation recommends 400 to 800 IU of vitamin D daily for adults under 50 and 800 to 1,000 IU for older adults. Natural sources of vitamin D include egg yolks, fortified milk, saltwater fish, cheese, liver and direct sunlight. As a point of reference, 3 oz. of canned tuna fish contains about 200 IU of vitamin D, while one egg contains about 20 IU. As for sunlight, Michael Holick, a researcher at Boston University, recommends roughly five to 10 minutes of direct sun exposure two to three times a week spring through fall.
Naturally build bone density through exercise

According to the Mayo Clinic, regular exercise can guard against low bone density. Weight-bearing exercises such as climbing stairs, walking, jogging, skiing and other sports are good for building up the bone density in your lower body, while strength training with machines or free weights impacts the bones of your upper body and spine. A combination of exercises is essential for full-body bone health and is a good way to naturally build bone density. Speak to your doctor about designing a weight-bearing exercise program for your age and fitness level.

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California couple vanishes during cycling trip in Peru

(Reuters) - Authorities in Peru have launched a search for a California couple reported missing while on a cycling trip through the Andean country in an area where U.S. citizens have been warned of kidnapping risks, U.S. Embassy officials in Lima said on Monday.

Families of the couple, Garrett Hand and Jamie Neal, said they last heard from the pair on January 25, a day before they were expected to arrive in Lima after a journey of several hundred miles from Cusco, in the country's mountainous interior southeast of the capital, the embassy said in a statement.

"Embassy officers are ... in close contact with Peruvian authorities who are working diligently to find Mr. Hand and Ms. Neal," said the statement, furnished to Reuters by information officer Leslie Nunez Goodman.

The couple, both 25, were longtime friends who began dating last spring or summer and lived together in Oakland, California, east of San Francisco, said Neal's boss, Jeff Jerge, who owns a Bay-area bicycle shop, the Pedaler, where she works.

Hand had worked summers as a fisherman in Alaska, he said.

"My worries are pretty great," Jerge told Reuters. "They had been corresponding (from their trip) fairly regularly, and it ceased that day (January 25)," he said, adding that no money has been withdrawn from either of their bank accounts since then. He said he worried they had been abducted.

Their disappearance coincides with a travel advisory issued by the U.S. Embassy on February 13 warning of foreign tourists near Cusco and the ancient Incan city of Machu Picchu of a potential kidnapping threat.

The warning was widely interpreted as being linked to efforts by a remnant band of Maoist Shining Path rebels to repel a government push to regain control of jungle valleys in the Cusco region that are rife with coca cultivation and cocaine trafficking.

But the embassy statement about the missing couple said diplomats knew of "no connection between the disappearance of these two U.S. citizens" and the travel advisory issued in February.

The embassy statement that the couple were last been heard from on January 25 en route from Cusco to Lima appeared to be at odds with accounts of Peruvian police and the Arcoiris ecological community in the Amazonian region of Iquitos, located hundreds of miles northeast of the capital.

Arcoiris told Reuters the couple had stayed there for five days before departing by boat on an upriver journey to Ecuador on February 16, three weeks after their families said they received their last communication from the pair.

Hand and Neal originally had intended to bicycle from the San Francisco Bay area to South America through Mexico, but friends concerned about security in Mexico persuaded the couple to fly to South America and start their trip there instead, Jerge said.

Another co-worker at the bike shop, Ron Hammer, said the pair, who were studying Spanish in preparation for their trip, had mostly been camping by tent during their journey and on occasion stayed with extended family of people they knew in South America.

Family members and friends of the pair have begun collecting money to offer as a reward, and were seeking to get flyers with pictures of the couple and information about them distributed in Peru.

(Additional reporting by Mitra Taj in Lima; Editing by Cynthia Johnston and Lisa Shumaker)

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The seven creepiest teachers who allegedly banged or inappropriately touched their students this week [SLIDESHOW]

Army Col. Leland Holland would sometimes talk about his 444-day hostage ordeal in Iran ?like it was a good old fish story,? says his son, John. But other times, recalling how he was beaten with rubber hoses and telephone books, he?d get angry. The memory of picking a lock with a paper clip, making his way to the roof, and breathing fresh air could bring him to tears. ...

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Andr?s Simonyi: 'Nordic Cool Power in Wasington': What the Nordics Teach About Nation Branding

Last week the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. welcomed "Nordic Cool 2013", a month-long festival showcasing the finest examples of music, dance, literature,fashion, food, lifestyle and the arts, all the product of creativity and a thousand years of tradition from the Nordic countries. The icing on the cake (literally) on opening night was a dinner created by the talented Morten Sohlberg, the Norwegian-born chef who runs, among others, the Smorgas in New York. This was just a sampler, with more to come!

The Nordics are smart to team up to make themselves visible in Washington and beyond, as an entity to be reckoned with. This radiates self confidence in each of the [very diverse] participants: Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Iceland, Greenland, the F?r?er Islands and ?land. The message they are delivering is very simple: creativity is the most precious resource of the 21st century, which thrives on tradition, innovation, respect, tolerance, openness and courage. This one-of-a-kind event illustrates all that through a widespread cultural attraction the Nordic countries increasingly enjoy these days.

But why is it that a small, inhospitable geographically peripheral part of Northern Europe is currently among the hottest places in the world in terms of global attractiveness? What have they got right that others should learn from?

Clearly, what is unique about the Nordics is not just their cultural appeal, but also their successful 'nation branding' efforts underpinned by strong attention to both soft and hard power.

In today's fluid globalized world, 'nation branding' is already emerging as an important concept. As businesses seek to attract customers on an increasingly competitive global market, positive preconceptions of a country can help improve the competitiveness of a nation's exports. Well-known Nordic brands such as Nokia, Volvo, H&M, Ikea, Lego or Novo Nordisk and Angry Bird, have all benefited and profited from the strong attractiveness of their home countries.

Make no mistake: the successful export of Nordic "cool" culture is not accidental nor merely the result of savvy marketing campaigns. On the contrary, these countries have all made a deliberate, concerted effort at promoting their global brands in a strategic way which includes but also goes beyond cultural aspects. In the case of the Nordics, cultural appeal is complemented by a strong and principled international stance and domestic well-being. Moreover, their domestic affairs -- characterized by effective governance, strong liberal values and an egalitarian system, an innovation-driven, tech savvy business climate, and environmentally conscious policies -- is an envy to the rest of the world.

Using a smart mindset on power, the Nordics show that both soft and hard power capacities, part of one power toolbox, are the critical components that comprise a nation's global brand. But successful nation branding is also inevitably a 'whole-of-society' enterprise. As the Nordics show, these assets must be deployed strategically and in a comprehensive manner. Effective collaboration between government, civil society and the private sector is key.

The fact that they hold hands is a victory of reason. None of them alone can wield as much power and influence as in unity. Together they are a formidable little giant to be reckoned with both economically, culturally and militarily.They have put aside historic grievances a long time ago, which today only exist in jokes. A hundred years ago Norway was still a Danish colony and in Finland the Swedish minority was discriminated against. Today they project power together, and the Finnish Secretary General of the Nordic Council, Jan Erik Enestam, is from the Swedish minority.

The Nordics wield the tools in their "spectral power toolbox" smartly.

The challenge posed by the authoritarian models to Western-style democracy is a real one. To offer a real viable response, Western countries must undertake necessary and bold domestic reforms to enhance governance efficiency and economic competitiveness, ensure transparency, beat corruption and keep democratic institutions strong. They must also seek to play a more responsible global role, stepping up to the plate when it comes to contributing to international peace, security and development efforts.

Nordic Cool is a display of the softer tools in the power toolbox. But it is important, to recognize that their power is ultimately based on their belief in universal values of human rights and freedoms. It is this belief that allows to reconcile their national interests with the needs and interests of the international community.

In sum, "Cool Power" complements and transcends both hard and soft power. It is a display of the attractiveness of a group of countries, which in turn is based on both their domestic and international qualities, ones that really matter in the 21st century. Their strength lies in turning their diversity into a joint message. In return they each gain a lot of visibility. Tapping into this and communicating the mindset effectively must become a new imperative for the West.

It naturally comes to mind that others in Europe, in particular Central Europe: the Poles, the Hungarians, Czechs, Slovaks and Romanians should learn from the Nordics. They should team up, not just in words and forms of declarations but for real. The menu for opening night at their joint event in Washington will be nothing to worry about.

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Senate panel plans Tuesday vote on Lew nomination

FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2013, file photo Jack Lew, President Barack Obama's choice to be treasury secretary, testifies during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Senate Finance Committee. Democratic Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, says the committee will vote on Lew's nomination Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, said Lew had answered the committee's questions "in a thorough and fully transparent manner" and that the committee has conducted a "thorough review" of the nominee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2013, file photo Jack Lew, President Barack Obama's choice to be treasury secretary, testifies during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Senate Finance Committee. Democratic Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, says the committee will vote on Lew's nomination Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, said Lew had answered the committee's questions "in a thorough and fully transparent manner" and that the committee has conducted a "thorough review" of the nominee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) ? The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee says the committee will vote on Tuesday on the nomination of former White House chief of staff Jack Lew to be treasury secretary.

Democratic Sen. Max Baucus of Montana says in a statement that Lew has answered the committee's questions "in a thorough and fully transparent manner" and the committee has conducted a "thorough review" of the nominee.

Lew would succeed Timothy Geithner in President Barack Obama's second-term Cabinet.

Some of the toughest questions he faced during his confirmation hearing dealt with his short time at Citibank. Lew was a top executive during the height of the financial crisis.

On policy matters, he addressed Europe's debt crisis, U.S.-China relations and the 2010 financial regulatory overhaul.

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Google reportedly to launch free unlimited music streaming service

SlashGear writes, Google is looking into creating its own music streaming service, according to the folks over at the Financial Times. The service would offer free unlimited streaming, and would be in direct competition with similar services, such as Spotify. The service would be supported by ads, but word has it that an ad-free subscription version might also be available. Google already offers its own music download store in the United States and various locations across Europe, and so the launch of its own streaming service would give it a leg up on its competitors, including Apple and Amazon, neither of?

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Best apps to help you prepare your taxes

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Question: I'm getting ready to do my taxes soon and would like to know if there are any good mobile apps or websites that will make this less painful and stressful (besides the obvious tax prep tools, of course). Help me get all the stuff I need organized!

Answer: Ah, tax season. Just the thought of it gives some of us headaches. The good news is there are lots of free and inexpensive apps and tools that can greatly simplify this awful process, from getting organized to filing your return. Here's what we recommend.

Get your tax documents in order

If you have an uncomplicated return (one W2, for example, and take the standard deduction), congratulations: You don't have to worry much about organizing your tax records. For everyone else, though, managing the piles of receipts and other documents is a big part of the pain. Several apps can help with that.

Evernote: The Swiss Army knife of note taking and capture tools, Evernote excels at keeping your documents categorized into notebooks. You can set up a tax notebook and then either sub-notebooks or tags for different categories like income statements, interest earned, charitable contributions, and the like. Combine Evernote with compact scanner Doxie or ScanSnap, and you can quickly file your receipts in Evernote. Another strategy is to use webapp automation serviceIFTTT to automatically send any emails you tag in Gmail with a tax label to your Evernote tax notebook. Handy!

Shoeboxed: If scanning and managing all those papers isn't your thing, take a look at receipt scanning solution Shoeboxed. As we've previously mentioned, you can mail, email, or upload your receipts to Shoeboxed and they'll OCR and categorize the documents for you. You can export those receipts to popular tax programs, as well as Evernote, and mobile apps are available. A free account lets you store 5 documents per month, while premium plans starting at $9.95 give you more capacity.

Slice: Slice is a brilliant receipt and package tracking webapp and mobile app. It scans your Gmail for receipts and gives you an overview of your entire purchase history. Last year, I used the convenient listing to find tax-deductible receipts I had forgotten about.

Expensify (pictured right): If you can take deductible expenses like car mileage and meals and entertainment expenses when you travel for business, Expensify has your back. The mobile apps and web receipts extension capture all those stray receipts and attachments and can turn them into IRS-approved eReceipts. It's a great app for independent contractors.

Your personal finance program and financial accounts: Of course, don't forget to consult your personal finance tool, such as popular Mint or Quicken to see spending by category and find all those deductible expenses. Both can port your information to TurboTax.

Also, your year-end statements from your credit card or bank can also come in handy if you're hunting down your tax-related expenses. (American Express has an awesome searchable and sortable view of statements by category.)

TaxCaster by TurboTax (pictured right): Want a sneak peek at how much of a refund (or tax bill) you'll get this year? This free tax refund calculator will estimate your taxes based on your quick inputs. It's available online, for Android, and for iOS.

Bloomberg BNA Quick Tax Reference: This app for Android,iPhone, and BlackBerry gives you instant access to tax rates and other handy information, such as IRA limits, mileage rates, and more. It's developed for financial professionals, but also offers useful tools like quickly calculating your total tax.

TaxACT Central: A companion app to the popular, free tax filing service, TaxACT Central can answer your tax questions and keep you organized, with a convenient checklist of what you need to file. You don't have to use TaxACT for filing to make use of the Android or iPhone app.

File your taxes and monitor your refund

We generally recommend going to a tax professional unless you have a very simple return. If yours isn't complicated, though, mobile and desktop apps can streamline filing your return and tracking your refund.

TurboTax SnapTax (pictured right): You can file your taxes in as little as ten minutes using this simple Android and iPhone app. Snap a photo of your W2, answer a few questions, and file right from the phone or online. (Isn't the future great?) This app is only for those who: make under $100,000 ($120,000 if married); only have W2, interest, or unemployment income; and don't own a home. Free to try, but $24.99 to file both federal and state.

H&R Block also offers mobile tax apps. The 1040EZ for Smartphone prepares your simple federal and state returns for free on Android and iPhone. There's also a iPad app not limited to 1040EZ returns, with free federal filing for simple returns and an additional fee for state filing.

Of course, both of these tax services (and many others) have desktop and/or webapps. Not all tax preparation software will give you the same results, though.ConsumerSearch has rounded up reviews of the top four tax prep applications, and Get Rich Slowly has an excellent (yet older) price comparison of these solutions and services.

IRS2Go: From Uncle Sam himself, IRS2Go doesn't let you file taxes from the Android oriPhone apps, but you can check the status of your refund, get tax law updates, request a copy of your tax records in the mail, and watch IRS YouTube videos. (Perhaps not the most exciting download, but we are talking about the IRS and taxes here.)

Grab these apps and put them in a new tax organization folder and you'll be set for this tax season and beyond.

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Ex-Canada ambassador slighted by Affleck?s ?Argo?

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Former Canadian Ambassador Ken Taylor and his wife Pat, pose for photographers at the premiere of the film Argo in Washington. AP File Photo

TORONTO?The Canadian former ambassador to Iran who protected Americans at great personal risk during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis says it will reflect poorly on Ben Affleck if he doesn?t say a few words about Canada?s role if the director?s film ?Argo? wins the Oscar for best picture Sunday.

But Ken Taylor ? who said he feels slighted by the movie because it makes Canada look like a meek observer to CIA heroics in the rescue of six US citizens caught in the crisis ? is not expecting it.

?I would hope he would. If he doesn?t than it?s a further reflection,? Taylor said. ?But given the events of the last while I?m not necessarily anticipating anything.?

Taylor kept the Americans hidden at the embassy in Tehran and facilitated their escape by getting fake passports and plane tickets for them. He became a hero in Canada and the United States after. The role he played in helping the Americans to freedom was minimized in the film.

?In general it makes it seem like the Canadians were just along for the ride. The Canadians were brave. Period,? Taylor said.

Affleck?s thriller is widely expected to win the best-picture trophy. Two other high-profile best-picture nominees this year, Kathryn Bigelow?s ?Zero Dark Thirty? and Steven Spielberg?s ?Lincoln,? have also been criticized for their portrayal of some factual issues.

Affleck said in a statement Friday night he thought his issue with Taylor had been resolved.

?I admire Ken very much for his role in rescuing the six houseguests. I consider him a hero. In light of my many conversations as well as a change to an end card that Ken requested I am surprised that Ken continues to take issue with the film,? he said in a statement. ?I spoke to him recently when he asked me to narrate a documentary he is prominently featured in and yet he didn?t mention any lingering concerns. I agreed to do it and I look forward to seeing Ken at the recording.?

Taylor noted that former U.S. President Jimmy Carter appeared on CNN on Thursday night and said ?90 percent of the contributions to the ideas and the consummation of the plan was Canadian,? but the film ?gives almost full credit to the American CIA.?

Carter also called ?Argo? a complete distortion of what happened when he accepted an honorary degree from Queen?s University in Canada in November.

?I saw the movie Argo recently and I was taken aback by its distortion of what happened because almost everything that was heroic, or courageous or innovative was done by Canada and not the United States,? Carter said.

Taylor said there would be no movie without the Canadians.

?We took the six in without being asked so it starts there,? Taylor said. ?And the fact that we got them out with some help from the CIA then that?s where the story loses itself. I think Jimmy Carter has it about right, it was 90 percent Canada, 10 percent the CIA.?

He said CIA agent Tony Mendez, played by Affleck in the film, was only in Iran for a day and a half.

The movie also makes no mention of John Sheardown, a deputy at the Canadian embassy who sheltered some of the Americans. Taylor said it was Sheardown who took the first call and agreed right away to take the Americans in. Sheardown recently died and his wife, Zena, called the movie disappointing.

Friends of Taylor were outraged last September when ?Argo? debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival. The original postscript of the movie said that Taylor received 112 citations and awards for his work in freeing the hostages and suggested Taylor didn?t deserve them because the movie ends with the CIA deciding to let Canada have the credit for helping the Americans escape

Taylor called the postscript lines ?disgraceful and insulting? and said it would have caused outrage in Canada if the lines were not changed. Affleck flew Taylor to Los Angeles after the Toronto debut and allowed him to insert a postscript that gave Canada some credit.

Taylor called it a good movie and said he?s not rooting against it, but said it is far from accurate.

?He?s a good director. It?s got momentum. There?s nothing much right from Day 1 I could do about the movie. I changed a line at the end because the caption at the end was disgraceful. It?s like Tiananmen Square, you are sitting in front of a big tank,? he said.

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Huskies travel to Florida for Strike-out Cancer Tournament

After rain muddied up the schedule in Miami last weekend, the UConn softball team is hoping for sunnier skies in Boca Raton, Fla. this weekend at the Florida Atlantic University Strike-Out-Cancer Tournament.

While originally scheduled to play five games, the Huskies only played four due to inclement weather in last weekend?s tournament at Florida International University. They successfully defeated Morehead State, split a pair with Binghamton and lost one to Florida International, giving them a 2-2 record to start off the season.

At this weekend?s tournament the team will face five teams over the span of three days, barring any additional weather complications.

First up in the tournament are Towson (4-6) and Florida Atlantic (3-6), with the games currently scheduled to take place later today. On Saturday, they will face Northern Illinois (3-2) and Big East-rival Providence (0-0). The tournament will conclude on Sunday when the team takes on North Florida (8-3).

The last time UConn and Florida Atlantic met, the Huskies fell 3-0 in a tough loss at the FAU Tournament last season. However, the last time UConn and Providence met, Connecticut walked away with a 10-0 victory after a five-inning mercy rule win last April in Storrs.

All eyes will be on freshman Alyson Ambler, who had an impressive performance on the mound in Miami. Ambler played a pivotal role in both of the team?s wins last weekend, pitching 8.0 innings to give the team their first win as well as relieving Saveriano and earning the save in their second win.

The Huskies will also be hoping for a strong performance again from junior Maddy Schiappa at the plate. Schiappa went 9-for-14 (.643) at FIU last weekend, the best of anyone on the team.

Coach Karen Mullins indicated last week that the first three tournaments in February would serve as an opportunity for the team to find a level of cohesiveness that will give them success throughout the season. Mullins believed that finally having time playing on the grass would help get the team ?in sync,? and as they played more games their overall performance would improve.

The forecast for this weekend shows nothing but warm temperatures and clear skies in the Sunshine State; so weather-based postponements should be virtually non-existent. The Huskies are anticipating that these predications will be matched in reality as they look to continue into their second weekend of the season.

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

By John Breech | CBSSports.com

09:00 PM ET February 22, 2013

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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" } //console.log(customStrings.signIn); callFBApi = function() { var accessToken; var uid; CBSi.injectJS('//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1', 'facebook-jssdk'); FB.init({ appId : '297742330311988', oauth : true }); FB.login(function(response) { if (response.authResponse) { uid = response.authResponse.userID; accessToken = response.authResponse.accessToken; //CBSi.log("== FB APP DATA ==", response); FB.api('/me', function(social) { //CBSi.log("== FB USER DATA ==", social); log_in_socially(social.name, social.username, 'fb'); }); } }); }; log_in_socially = function(dn, userid, site) { $.ajax({ url: "/data/common/livefyre/lf_social_login", dataType: 'json', data: { lfdn: dn, lfuser: userid, ssite: site } }).done(function(profile) { //CBSi.log("== Social Login ==",profile,site); if (profile.error) { //CBSi.log("Social login failed with error: ", profile); return null; } else { document.cookie = "lf_social_login="+ profile.socialsess +"; expires=0; path=/"; profile.socialsess = '1'; userObj = profile; user_profile = profile; doLivefyreAuth(profile); } }); }; callTwitterApi = function() { window.open('/common/livefyre/V3/via_twitter','twitterOauth','width=600,height=500,menu=0,status=0'); }; function doLivefyreAuth(cval) { //console.log("== Attempting LF Login ==",cval); var isLoggedIn = 1; if (cval) { try { fyre.conv.login(cval.token); } catch (e) { isLoggedIn = 0; } } if (cval.socialsess == 1){ change_avatars(); } } changeDOM = function() { // DOM hacks. Change the UI for the dropdown box //console.log("== Running Dom Hacks =="); if (isLoggedIn == 1){ //console.log("== Checking Match =="); if (hasProfile == 0) { CBSi.log("== adding get comment link =="); // They need a screen name //$('.lf_auth_section a.lf_user_loggedout').html('Get a Screen Name to Comment').addClass('loginLink'); $('.fyre .fyre-user-loggedout').hide(); $('#getScreenName').show(); var screenNameContent = 'Get a Screen Name to Comment'; $('#getScreenName').html(screenNameContent); } else { if (typeof userObj.profile.profile_url != 'undefined'){ if (userObj.profile.profile_url) { //CBSi.log("== adding login profile links =="); $('.fyre .fyre-box-wrapper a.fyre-user-profile-link').attr('href',userObj.profile.profile_url); $('li.fyre-edit-profile-link').html('Edit Profile'); } } } } changedDom = 1; //console.log("== finished dom hacks =="); }; function updateCommentCounts(element,count){ //CBSi.log("== updating comment counts =="); if (count == 1){ $(element).html('' + count + ' ??| ?Comment'); $(element).show(); $('.commentsCountLabel').html('comment'); } else{ $(element).html('' + count + ' ??| ?Comments'); $(element).show(); $('.commentsCountLabel').html('comments'); } $('.commentsCount').html(count); } function removeLfError(){ $('#cbsLfError').remove(); } var authDelegate = new fyre.conv.RemoteAuthDelegate(); authDelegate.login = function (handlers){ if (isLoggedIn Please log in above to post a comment.'); handlers.failure(); } else{ removeLfError(); handlers.success(); } }; function updateAuthorLinks(){ $('.fyre-comment-username').each(function() { $(this).click(function() { window.location.href = $(this).attr('href'); }); }); $('.fyre-comment-author').each(function() { $(this).click(function() { window.location.href = $(this).attr('href'); }); }); } function updateOneLineComments(){ //console.log("Checking Comments"); $(".fyre-comment-wrapper").each(function() { if ($(this).find(".fyre-comment").css('display') != 'none'){ var commentText = $(this).find(".fyre-comment").html(); var loopCtr = 0; // for IE8 while ( (commentText .indexOf("

") !== -1) && (loopCtr ",''); commentText = commentText.replace("

",''); loopCtr++; } //for other browsers while ( (commentText .indexOf("

") !== -1) && (loopCtr ",''); commentText = commentText.replace("

",''); loopCtr++; } //console.log(commentText); $(this).find(".fyre-comment").css('display','none'); $(this).find(".fyre-comment-head").append(commentText); } //console.log("Checking Height"); cntHeight = $(this).find(".fyre-comment-head").height(); if (cntHeight > 0){ //console.log("Setting Height"); cntHeight = -1 * ((cntHeight / 2) + 12); $(this).find(".fyre-flag-link").css('top',cntHeight); } }); } function change_avatars(){ var image_url = user_profile.profile.image_url; var username = user_profile.profile.display_name; if (image_url.length > 0){ $('.fyre-user-avatar').each(function() { var alt = $(this).attr('alt'); //console.log(alt); if (alt == username){ //console.log("changing src"); $(this).attr('src',image_url); } }); $('.fyre-user-avatar-25').each(function() { var alt = $(this).attr('alt'); if (alt == username){ $(this).attr('src',image_url); } }); $('.fyre-listener-avatars a img').each(function() { var alt = $(this).attr('alt'); if (alt == username){ $(this).attr('src',image_url); } }); } } function change_profile_link(){ var fyre_profile_link = $(".fyre .fyre-box-list .fyre-edit-profile-link a").attr("href"); //console.log("Link Data: " + fyre_profile_link); if (fyre_profile_link != null){ //console.log("Changing link for profile"); $(".fyre .fyre-box-list .fyre-edit-profile-link").click(function() { open_profile(fyre_profile_link); }); } } function open_profile(profile_link_url){ window.open(profile_link_url); } $(document).ready( function () { // Log in the user if we got a token for them // Change the DOM after login since things get re-rendered //console.log("== LF Calling Load =="); var conv = fyre.conv.load({"network": "cbssports.fyre.co", 'strings': customStrings, authDelegate: authDelegate}, lf_config, function(widget) { //console.log("== LF in Load =="); widget.on('initialRenderComplete', function () { //console.log("== LF Render Complete =="); $('#lf_comments_label').show(); loggedin = readCookie('pid'); CBSi.log(loggedin); if ((typeof loggedin == "string") && (loggedin.match(/^L:/))) { isLoggedIn = 1; if (typeof userObj.token != 'undefined'){ if (userObj.token) { hasProfile = 1; doLivefyreAuth(userObj); } } changeDOM(); } updateCommentCounts('.commentsBubble',$('.fyre-stream-stats .fyre-comment-count span').html()); updateAuthorLinks(); setTimeout(function(){},2000); setTimeout(function(){change_profile_link()},2000); }); widget.on('userLoggedIn', function () { //CBSi.log("== LF Logging In User =="); changeDOM(); removeLfError(); if ((typeof user_profile.socialsess != "undefined") && (user_profile.socialsess == 1)){ change_avatars(); } //console.log("Logged in changing comment format"); setTimeout(function(){change_profile_link()},2000); }); widget.on('userLoggedOut', function () { //CBSi.log("== LF Logging Out User =="); document.cookie = "lf_social_login=; expires=0; path=/" }); widget.on('commentCountUpdated', function (countData) { //CBSi.log("== LF Comment Added =="); updateCommentCounts('.commentsBubble',countData); }); widget.on('commentPosted', function (countData) { updateAuthorLinks(); }); }); });

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