packard mama: December 2012

Monday, December 31, 2012

Twitter (for iPhone)

Despite recent user uproar over the loss of Instagram images displaying on Twitter (photos posted via Instagram now open in a separate window), Twitter remains one of the most active and attractive social networks. And the mobile experience is key to its success. The official Twitter iPhone app (free) balances simplicity with essential features, such as the ability to maintain more than one account from the app, well enough to keep it relevant among contenders. It also doesn't hurt that Twitter purchased its main competitor TweetDeck thus preventing that app from outpacing its own.

Stability and reliability also count for something, and, while Twitter delivers well enough on both counts, it's still far from perfect on either?that's a big reason we've scored Twitter a four out of five stars. Drafted tweets sometimes hang in the ether until you delete them and start afresh. The site goes down from time to time. But, all in all, the app loads and refreshes quickly and smoothly, particularly on Apple's Phone 5, with the help of that amazing little A6 processor.

Professional social media-ites, however, continue to load their smartphones with a social aggregator app, such as Hootsuite (free, 4 stars) or Seesmic, a one-stop-shop for keeping pace with not just multiple Twitter accounts, but multiple accounts across various social networks.

Design and New Features
A clean user experience and smart design put the Twitter iPhone app in the big leagues. In the early days of Twitter, its own apps weren't as competitive and feature-rich as those third parties built for the 140-character network. The iPhone app was Twitter's first mobile version to fully mature, and after five major iterations (this review looks at version 5.2) the official Twitter-branded app is the way to go for many users. Best of all, if you don't have a Twitter account and aren't interested in joining, you can still use the app to search and read the site.

No Account and Multi-Account Features
After downloading and installing the Twitter app from the iTunes Store, you can start using the app immediately, even before you authenticate an account. The app mimics Twitter's website by allowing even non-members to search and read the site, a token feature that will surely win over lurkers far and wide.

More likely than not, though, if you're downloading the app, you do have a Twitter user name and password, and perhaps more than one. Sign in with one of them to start. To add more accounts, you first have to be logged in?then tap the options button (three circles at bottom right), select Accounts & Settings, and use the plus sign at the top right to add more accounts). After you've set up all your accounts, you can toggle between them using the Accounts button. Switching among accounts is easy, fast, and efficient.

Design and Photo Effects
Rather than bombard your eyes with a cacophony of color, the Twitter app sticks to a more sophisticated color scheme of black and white, reserving muted shades of digital bluebird blue for the top spanner only. It looks practical without being too serious, a simple design that takes into consideration the growing number of business users and content on the site. The app's look is sharp enough to still be appealing to people who use Twitter for personal or casual reasons, too.

A nice touch on the interactive side: Double-tapping the home icon at the lower left forces the window to scroll back to the top automatically, which means less finger flicking for users.

The newest feature, photo filters, mimics the basic functionality of photo-sharing site Instagram to a large extent, and it's only available on Twitter's mobile apps, not the website. Snap a photo using your iPhone, and Twitter offers dramatic filter effects, cropping and resizing tools, and an auto-enhance button.

Twitter has eight photo effects in all: vignette, black and white, warm, cool, vintage, cinematic, happy, and gritty. A ninth option in the interface is "No Filter," which I'm going to say doesn't count. You can see all the photo filters applied to the same image in a grid, helping you decide which one is best among your choices, which is quite different from the Instagram experience in which you swipe through previews but can't see side-by-side comparisons. Twitter also does offer the ability to page through the images one by one in a slideshow, if you prefer (I don't).

Drafts
Each account has its own options panel, where you can access your profile, account settings, user lists that you follow, favorite tweets, and drafts of tweets that haven't been sent yet. Drafts would be one of my favorite features of the Twitter app, except that it's slightly confusing when you look at the options that are available.

It seems as if you can enter the draft area and write a message (pen-on-paper icon) to save as a draft. But once you compose your message, the options are "send" or "cancel." There's no "save as a draft" immediately apparent; there is an option to "save as draft" if you select cancel, but I hate that it's not where I expect it to be. If you select send, the message goes live immediately. Tweets also save as drafts when the site goes down or you have connectivity problems. But in my experience, these drafts can sometimes hang in limbo for eternity, never posting no matter how long I wait after regaining service. All that's left to do is copy the text, delete the original message, and paste the content into a new tweet.

Twitter's iPhone app doesn't have the ability to schedule tweets to post at another date and time, a highly desired feature. Social media power users who need this feature can find it in an aggregation app, like Hootsuite and Seesmic.

The Twitter-Branded App
The official Twitter app for iPhone is a well-established and reliable app for the site, and it will be the one I continue to use for my Twitter account. It loads and refreshes quickly, seldom crashes, and covers the essential things a non-professional tweeter would want to do on Twitter from an iPhone, like post photos and receive notifications of new @ messages. It's not flooded with features, as some of the aggregator apps are, but balances goodies with functionality well for a mobile app.

The Twitter app for iPhone is ideal for average or casual Twitter users, but for handling accounts across multiple social media sites?such as Facebook, Foursquare, LinkedIn, and the rest?aggregator tools like Hootsuite and Seesmic are still more efficient. Professional tweeters should stick with those apps.

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Intel?s Cable TV Service And Set Top Box Will Soon Roll Out City By City

Intel?is preparing to launch its rumored virtual cable TV service and set top box, and has a plan to overcome licensing hurdles. Rather than roll out nationwide, the launch will happen on a city-by-city basis so Intel has more flexibility in negotiating licensing with reluctant content providers, according to a video industry source. The Intel box may also eliminate a core frustration with DVRs.

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Storm leaves up to foot of snow in New England

BOSTON (AP) ? Up to a foot of snow fell in parts of southern New England with the latest winter storm to move through the Northeast, national weather forecasters said Sunday.

The storm began Saturday afternoon and ended by Sunday morning, with some power outages but no reports of critical injuries or major property damage. Dry weather was expected for days in southern New England, although strong winds may chill the bones.

Meteorologist Frank Nocera of the National Weather Service in Taunton, Mass., said southern New England appeared to be the hardest hit.

Six to 12 inches of snow fell in Rhode Island, eastern Connecticut and eastern Massachusetts, including Foxborough where the New England Patriots play. The exception was at Boston and the Cape Cod area where rain was mixed with snow. There two to four inches fell. Many residents lost power after wet snow piled up on power lines.

The storm spread over the Northeast and parts of Ohio on Saturday, just days after the regions were hit by another storm that moved in from the nation's midsection.

New York City and Philadelphia saw a mix of rain and snow, and drivers throughout the regions were warned to be cautious. About 20 vehicles piled up in a storm-related chain-reaction crash on Interstate 93 in New Hampton, N.H., police said, and five people were injured.

Officials lowered the speed limit on much of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, about 300 miles from the Ohio state line to east-central Pennsylvania, from 65 mph to 45 mph. Flights at Philadelphia's airport, mostly arrivals, were delayed about an hour, spokeswoman Stacy Jackson said.

In Albany, N.Y., a regional jet skidded into a snow bank at the airport and became stuck, temporarily stranding passengers en route to Chicago. The 66 passengers and four crew members aboard the GoJet Airlines flight, operating as United Express, were put on a bus and sent back to the airport. There were no injuries, and the incident didn't cause any other flight delays, airport authority spokesman Doug Myers said.

In Ohio, Dayton, Columbus and Cincinnati saw about 2 to 5 inches of snow by Saturday afternoon, the National Weather Service said.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/storm-leaves-foot-snow-england-110134876.html

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Sunday, December 30, 2012

4 dead in Moscow airliner crash

Rescuers work at the site of careered off the runway plane at Vnukovo Airport in Moscow, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012. A Tu-204 aircraft belonging to Russian airline Red Wings careered off the runway at Russia's third-busiest airport on Saturday, broke into pieces and caught fire, killing several people. (AP Photo/Alexander Usoltsev)

Rescuers work at the site where a plane careered off the runway at Vnukovo Airport in Moscow, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012. A Tu-204 aircraft belonging to Russian airline Red Wings careered off the runway at Russia's third-busiest airport on Saturday, broke into pieces and caught fire, killing several people. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Rescuers work at the wreckage of a plane which careered off the runway at Vnukovo Airport in Moscow, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012. A Tu-204 aircraft belonging to Russian airline Red Wings careered off the runway at Russia's third-busiest airport on Saturday, broke into pieces and caught fire, killing several people. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Wreckage of a plane which careered off the runway at Vnukovo Airport in Moscow, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012. A Tu-204 aircraft belonging to Russian airline Red Wings careered off the runway at Russia's third-busiest airport on Saturday, broke into pieces and caught fire, killing several people. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

MOSCOW (AP) ? A passenger airliner careered off the runway at Russia's third-busiest airport and partly onto a highway while landing on Saturday, broke into pieces and caught fire, killing at least four people.

Officials said there were eight people aboard the Tu-204 belonging to Russian airline Red Wings that was flying back from the Czech Republic without passengers to its home at Vnukovo Airport.

Emergency officials said in a televised news conference that four people were killed and another four severely injured when the plane rolled off the runway into a snowy field and partly onto an adjacent highway, then disintegrated. No collisions with vehicles on the major, multilane highway were reported.

The plane's cockpit area was sheared off from the fuselage and the tail section partly torn away.

The crash occurred amid snow and winds gusting up to 15 meters a second (30 mph), but other details were not immediately known. A spokesman for Russia's top investigative agency, Vladimir Markin, said initial indications were that pilot error was the cause.

The state news agency RIA Novosti cited an unidentified official at the Russian Aviation Agency as saying another Red Wings Tu-204 had gone off the runway at the international airport in Novosibirsk in Siberia on Dec. 20. The agency said that incident, in which no one was injured, was due to the failure of the plane's engines to go into reverse upon landing and that its brake system malfunctioned.

On Friday, the Aviation Agency sent a directive to the Tupolev company's president calling for it to take urgent preventive measures.

The plane that crashed Saturday took off from Pardubice airport in the Czech Republic. Jan Anderlik, the director of the company that operates the airport, told Czech public television that the plane underwent a regular technical check before takeoff and no problems were discovered.

Prior to Saturday's crash, there had been no fatal accidents reported for Tu-204s, which entered commercial service in 1995. The plane is a twin-engine midrange jet with a capacity of about 210 passengers.

The Red Wings airline is one of the holdings of Russian billionaire Alexander Lebedev, who also owns the British newspapers The Independent and the Evening Standard.

Vnukovo, on the southern outskirts of Moscow, is one of the Russian capital's three international airports.

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Vladimir Isachenkov in Moscow, and Karel Janicek in Prague, Czech Republic, contributed to this story.

Associated Press

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Video: ?Fiscal cliff? could pull $500 billion from recovery

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Saturday, December 29, 2012

China Launches its Own GPS

China has opened its own global positioning system to the public. Called BeiDou, the technology promises about the same accuracy as GPS - about 10 meters - but covers only a small section of the world.

There are currently 33 BeiDou satellites in orbit, but only six are active. The system will need 24 active satellites for a global coverage. The Chinese government said that it plans to have 5 geostationary orbit satellites and 30 non-geostationary orbit satellites operational by 2020, including performance enhancing devices.

According to Chinese officials, BeiDou has been developed to "maintain independence and keep the initiative in [China's] hands, keep open, compatible, stable and reliable on technology, offer global service, thereby accelerating the foundation of navigation satellite industrial chain, consummating? the sustaining extending and guaranteeing system, expanding the range of application in the country's economic and social sector." Like GPS, BeiDou has been used by the military prior to its opening to the public.

China said that BeiDou currently provide positioning services to "most parts" of the Asia-Pacific region, "including continuous passive positioning, navigation and timing services."

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The Week In Arts & Culture: Worst Of 2012, Best Of 2013 And More (PHOTOS)

Pinaree Sanpitak: Temporary Insanity - Austin Museum of Art

<a href="http://amoa-arthouse.org/2012/pinaree-sanpitak-temporary-insanity/">Pinaree Sanpitak: Temporary Insanity</a> WHAT: Exhibition of Southeast Asian artist, Pinaree Sanpitak, who combines organic symbols and brightly colored sculptural installations to reflect on themes of spirituality, femininity, and equality in the region. WHEN: January 12th - March 3rd, 2013 WHERE: <a href="http://amoa-arthouse.org/">Austin Museum of Art</a> What to look out for: One hundred amorphous, squeezable sculptures that you can play with. IMAGE: Pinaree Sanpitak, Temporary Insanity, 2003-4 (installation detail) Silk, stuffing, motion sensors and devices, dimensions variable, Courtesy of the artist and Tyler Rollins Fine Art

Enrico David - Hammer

<a href="http://hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions/detail/exhibition_id/228">Enrico David</a> WHAT: An exhibition of Italian-born artist, Enrico David, known for his figurative multimedia works that reveals a dark underworld of surreal, craft-informed creatures. WHEN: January 12th - May 5th, 2013 WHERE: <a href="http://hammer.ucla.edu/">Hammer Museum</a> What to look out for: Paper mummies, hand-crafted tapestries and cavernous paintings IMAGE: Enrico David Untitled 2012 Acrylic on canvas. 103 3/4 x 91 3/4 inches. 281 x 233 cm. Courtesy Michael Werner Gallery, New York and London. Michael Werner Gallery, New York and London.

American Vesuvius: The Aftermath of Mount St. Helens - The Cleveland Museum of Art

<a href="http://www.clevelandart.org/events/exhibitions/american-vesuvius-aftermath-mount-st-helens-frank-gohlke-and-emmet-gowin">American Vesuvius: The Aftermath of Mount St. Helens</a> WHAT: An exhibition dedicated to the volcanic eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington State. WHEN: January 13th - May 12th, 2013 WHERE: <a href="http://www.clevelandart.org/">The Cleveland Museum of Art</a> What to look out for: Many photographs revealing the transformation of Mt. St. Helen's surrounding landscapes taken throughout the 20th century. IMAGE: Inside Mount St. Helens Crater, Base of Lava Dome on the Left (detail), 1983. Frank Gohlke (American, born 1942). Gelatin silver print; 45.3 x 55.9 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of museum members in 1989 1989.433

Alexandre Singh: The Pledge - The Drawing Center

<a href="http://www.drawingcenter.org/exh_upcoming.cfm?exh=899">Alexandre Singh: The Pledge</a> WHAT: The first North American museum exhibition of New York-based artist, Alexandre Singh. WHEN: January 17th - March 13th, 2013 WHERE: <a href="http://www.drawingcenter.org/">The Drawing Center</a> What to look out for: Collage art accounts of interviews conducted by the artist with noted scientists, artists, writers and filmmakers. IMAGE: Alexandre Singh, Assembly Instructions (The Pledge- Leah Kelly), 2011. Framed inkjet ultrachrome archival prints and dotted pencil lines, 18 x 24 inches, #6 from a set of 37. Courtesy Art: Concept, Monitor gallery, Spr?th Magers

The Artist and the Poet - Art Institute of Chicago

<a href="http://www.artic.edu/exhibition/artist-and-poet">The Artist and the Poet</a> WHAT: Planned to coincide with the institute's "Picasso and Chicago" exhibition, the array of prints and drawings reveal the collaborative relationship between artists like Pablo Picasso, Robert Motherwell and David Hockney and poets such as Max Jacob, Rafael Alberti and Wallace Steves, respectively. WHEN: February 1st - June 2nd, 2013 WHERE: <a href="http://www.artic.edu/">The Art Institute Chicago</a> What to look out for: "Skin with O?Hara Poem" (1963?65), a print by Jasper Johns that was inspired by the poet Frank O'Hara.

Shinique Smith: Firsthand - LACMA

<a href="http://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/shinique-smith-firsthand">Shinique Smith: Firsthand</a> WHAT: A exhibition of Shinique Smith's work that reflects on the artist's Baltimore upbringing and early desire to work with fashion and design. WHEN: February 8th, 2013 - ongoing WHERE: <a href="http://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/shinique-smith-firsthand">Los Angeles Museum of Art</a> What to look out for: A combination of costumery and textiles tangled into sculptural installations like "Swaying Beauty." IMAGE: Shinique Smith, Swaying Beauty, 2007, clothing, foam, rope, and twine, 60 x 22 x 22 in., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of Schiff Fine Art, ? Shinique Smith.

Gravity and Grace: Monumental Works by El Anatsui - Brooklyn Museum

<a href="http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/el_anatsui/">Gravity and Grace: Monumental Works by El Anatsui</a> WHAT: The first solo exhibition in a New York museum by the Ghana-born artist El Anatsui. WHEN: February 8th - August 4th, 2013 WHERE: <a href="http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/">Brooklyn Museum</a> What to look out for: Twelve giant wall and floor sculptures made from metal, wood and appropriated objects. IMAGE: El Anatsui (Ghanaian, born 1944). Earth?s Skin, 2009. Aluminum and copper wire, 177 x 394 in. (449.6 x 1000.8 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Photograph by Joe Levack, courtesy of the Akron Art Museum

Angles, Demons, and Savages: Pollock, Ossorio, Dubuffet - Phillips Collection

<a href="http://www.phillipscollection.org/exhibitions/2013-02-09-exhibition-pollock-ossorio-dubuffet.aspx">Angles, Demons, and Savages: Pollock, Ossorio, Dubuffet</a> WHAT: An exhibition of work by American artists Jackson Pollock and Alfonso Ossorio, as well as French painter Jean Dubuffet. WHEN: February 9th - May 12th, 2013 WHERE: <a href="http://www.phillipscollection.org/index.aspx">Phillips Collection</a> What to look out for: Around 53 paintings and drawings that show a visual friendship enjoyed by all three artists. IMAGE: Number 7, 1952 1952 Enamel and oil on canvas 53 1/8 x 40 inches The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Eye Level in Iraq: Photographs by Kael Alford and Thorne Anderson - de Young

<a href="http://deyoung.famsf.org/deyoung/exhibitions/eye-level-iraq-photographs-kael-alford-and-thorne-anderson">Eye Level in Iraq: Photographs by Kael Alford and Thorne Anderson</a> WHAT: The photographs of Kael Alford and Thorne Anderson, two American-trained photo journalists who documented the aftermath of the US-led allied invasion of Iraq in 2003. WHEN: February 9th - June 16th, 2013 WHERE: <a href="http://deyoung.famsf.org/">de Young</a> What to look out for: Images taken outside the confines of the U.S. military's embedded journalist program. IMAGE: Thorne Anderson, Thawra, Baghdad, Iraq, April 18, 2003. Digital inkjet print. High Museum of Art, Atlanta. ? Thorne Anderson

Gutai: Splendid Playground - Guggenheim

<a href="http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/exhibitions/upcoming/gutai-splendid-playground">Gutai: Splendid Playground</a> WHAT: The first U.S. museum retrospective of Gutai, a postwar Japanese artist collective and influential avante-garde proponent of the 1950s and '60s. WHEN: February 15th - May 8th, 2013 WHERE: <a href="http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york">Guggenheim</a> What to look out for: A whirlwind of paintings, conceptual art, experimental performance and film, indoor and outdoor installations, sound art, mail art, interactive art, light art... and kinetic art. IMAGE: Murakami Sabur? Passing Through, 1956 Performance view: 2nd Gutai Art Exhibition, Ohara Kaikan, Tokyo, ca. October 11?17, 1956 ? Makiko Murakami and the former members of the Gutai Art Association, courtesy Museum of Osaka University

William H. Johnson: An American Modern - Georgia Museum of Art

<a href="http://georgiamuseum.org/art/exhibitions/upcoming/william-h.-johnson">William H. Johnson: An American Modern</a> WHAT: An exhibition of the work of modern American artist William Henry Johnson, the self-described "primitive and cultural painter." WHEN: February 16th - May 12th, 2013 WHERE: <a href="http://georgiamuseum.org/">Georgia Museum of Art</a> What to look out for: Twenty landscapes, still-lifes and portraits including the iconic "Blind Singer" and "Aunt Alice." IMAGE: William H. Johnson (American 1907?1970) Aunt Alice (detail), ca. 1944 Oil on compressed board 33 3/4 x 28 5/8 inches Collection of Morgan State University

NYC 1993: Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star - New Museum

<a href="http://www.newmuseum.org/exhibitions/view/nyc-1993-experimental-jet-set-trash-and-no-star">NYC 1993: Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star</a> WHAT: A time capsule-esque exhibit that centers on the art, pop culture and politics of 1993 in New York. WHEN: February 13th - May 26th, 2013 WHERE: The New Museum What to look out for: Time-specific references to the ongoing conflict in Europe, attempts at peace in the Middle East, the AIDS crisis, and national debates on health care, gun control, and gay rights. IMAGE: Art Club 2000, Untitled (Conrans I), 1992?93. Chromogenic color print, 8 x 10 in (20.32 x 25.4 cm). Courtesy the artist and the Estate of Colin de Land

Chagall: Beyond Color - Dallas Museum of Art

<a href="http://www.dallasmuseumofart.org/View/FutureExhibitions/dma_488367">Chagall: Beyond Color</a> WHAT: A look at the paintings, sculpture, ceramics and collage of the Russian-French artist, Marc Chagall. WHEN: February 17th - May 26th, 2013 WHERE: <a href="http://www.dallasmuseumofart.org/">Dallas Museum of Art</a> What to look out for: A display of costumes made by Chagall in 1942 for the production of the ballet "Aleko," choreographed by L?onide Massine with music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. IMAGE: Marc Chagall, Double Portrait with Wine Glass (Double Portrait au Verre de Vin)1917-1918 Oil on canvas Overall: 92 17/32 x 53 15/16 in. (2 m 35 cm x 137 cm) Framed dimensions: 97 1/4 x 58 21/32 x 2 3/4 in. (2 m 47 cm x 149 cm x 7 cm) Centre Pompidou Photo : (c) Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI, Dist. RMN / Adam Rzepka. (c) 2012 Artists Rights Society. (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

Kehinde Wiley: The Memling Series - Phoenix Art Museum

<a href="http://www.phxart.org/exhibitions/69dc7ab9-a14b-4eac-dfea-2d73f0e5b946">Kehinde Wiley: The Memling Series</a> WHAT: A new series of paintings by the New York artist Kehinde Wiley, who is known for his knack for re-envisioning classical styles of portraiture. WHEN: February 20th - June 23rd, 2013 WHERE: <a href="http://www.phxart.org/">Phoenix Art Museum</a> What to look out for: Eight paintings based on the work of Hans Memling, the Flemish master painter of the Northern Renaissance. IMAGE: Kehinde Wiley, Marechal Floriano Peixoto (The World Stage: Brazil), 2009. Oil on canvas, 96" x 84." Phoenix Art Museum. Museum purchase with funds provided by Contemporary Forum in honor of the Museum's 50th Anniversary.

Color Rush: 75 Years of Color Photography in America - Milwaukee Art Museum

<a href="http://mam.org/exhibitions/details/color-rush.php">Color Rush: 75 Years of Color Photography in America</a> WHAT: A history of color photography in the United States from 1907 to 1981, including magazine images, gallery works, advertisements, and photojournalism. WHEN: February 22nd - May 19th, 2013 WHERE: <a href="http://mam.org/">Milwaukee Art Museum</a> What to look out for: References to Life, Vogue and Kodak. IMAGE: Edward Steichen (American, b. Luxemburg, 1879?1973) Bouquet of Flowers, January 8, 1940 Dye transfer print image: 9 9/16 x 6 5/8 in. (24.3 x 16.8 cm) Collection of George Eastman House (Bequest of Edward Steichen by Direction of Joanna T. Steichen) Permission of the Estate of Edward Steichen, Courtesy of George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film

Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

<a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2013/impressionism-fashion-modernity">Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity</a> WHAT: A survey of the fashion trends that appeared in the works of the Impressionists and their contemporaries. WHEN: February 26th - May 27th, 2013 WHERE: <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/">The Metropolitan Museum of Art</a> What to look out for: Around eighty major figure paintings seen in conjunction with period costumes, accessories, fashion plates, photographs, and popular prints that also show the relationshi between fashion and art at this time. IMAGE: Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926) Women in the Garden 1866 Oil on canvas 100 3/8 x 80 11/16 in. (255 x 205 cm) Mus?e d'Orsay, Paris

Workt by Hand: Hidden Labor and Historical Quilts - Brooklyn Museum

<a href="http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/quilts/">Workt by Hand: Hidden Labor and Historical Quilts</a> WHAT: The exhibition examines the impact of feminist scholarship on historical quilts, giving focus to the ways in which ideas of anonymity, authorship and collectivity affected the interpretation of the craft. WHEN: March 15th - September 15th, 2013 WHERE: <a href="http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/">Brooklyn Museum</a> What to look out for: Thirty-five American and European quilt masterpieces. IMAGE: Elizabeth Welsh (American). Medallion Quilt, circa 1830. Cotton, 110 ? x 109 in. (280.7 x 267.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of The Roebling Society, 78.36. Photo by Gavin Ashworth

James Turrell: A Retrospective - Museum of Fine Arts Houston

<a href="http://www.mfah.org/exhibitions/james-turrell-retrospective/">James Turrell: A Retrospective</a> WHAT: A collection of the many light installations of American artist James Turrell, concurrently presented by the MFAH, LACMA and the Guggenheim WHEN: June 9th - September 22nd, 2013 at MFAH (May 26th, 2012-April 6th, 2014 at LACMA and June 21st-September 25th, 2013 at Guggenheim) WHERE: <a href="http://www.mfah.org/">Museum of Fine Arts Houston</a> What to look out for: "Vertical Vintage", a grouping of a dozen interactive, light-based installations. IMAGE: James Turrell, The Light Inside, 1999, neon lights, gypsum board, plaster, glass, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, museum commission, gift of Isabel B. and Wallace S. Wilson. (c) James Turrell

Claes Oldenburg: The Street and the Store - MoMA

<a href="http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/1320">Claes Oldenburg: The Street and the Store</a> WHAT: A retrospective of Claes Oldenburg, an artist who once rented a storefront in New York City and filled it with handmade, painted sculptures that mimicked the everyday commercial products sold in stores throughout the neighborhood. WHEN: April 14th - August 5th, 2013 WHERE: <a href="http://www.moma.org/">Museum of Modern Art</a> What to look out for: A selection of Oldenburg?s past "Store" performances, seen through films projected throughout the exhibition's halls. IMAGE: Claes Oldenburg (American, born Sweden 1929). Two Girls? Dresses. 1961. Muslin soaked in plaster over wire frame, painted with enamel. 44 1/2 x 40 3/4 x 6? (113 x 103.5 x 15.2 cm). Private collection. ? 1961 Claes Oldenburg. Photo: Gunter Lepkowski

Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and Masterpieces of Modern Mexico - The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

<a href="http://www.nelson-atkins.org/art/Exhibitions.cfm?id=157">Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and Masterpieces of Modern Mexico</a> WHAT: An exhibition of works collected by Jacque and Natasha Gelman, Eastern European ex-pats who became Mexican citizens in 1942 and subsequently acquired art by Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Rufino Tamayo, David Alfaro and more. WHEN: May 25th - August 18th, 2013 WHERE: <a href="http://www.nelson-atkins.org/">Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art</a> What to look out for: More than 100 paintings, sculptures, photographs, and drawings. IMAGE: Frida Kahlo (Mexican, 1907-1954). Diego en mi pensamiento (Diego on My Mind), 1943. Oil on Masonite, 29 7/8 x 24 inches. The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection. The Vergel Foundation. Conaculta/INBA. ? Banco de M?xico Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Museums Trust. Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Mika Taanila - Contemporary Art Museum in St. Louis

<a href="http://camstl.org/exhibitions/main-gallery/mika-taanila/">Mika Taanila</a> WHAT: An exhibit dedicated to Finnish artist Mika Taanila, who has created works in film, video, photography, sound, and installation that explore technological innovations and human's innate desire to continuously advance. WHEN: May 31st - August 11th, 2013 WHERE: <a href="http://camstl.org/">Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis</a> What to look out for: The CAM show will feature large multi-channel video installations, 35mm film presentations, and new photographic works.

Le Corbusier: An Atlas of Modern Landscapes - MoMA

<a href="http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/1321">Le Corbusier: An Atlas of Modern Landscapes</a> WHAT: The works of Le Corbusier (aka Charles-?douard Jeanneret), whose work spanned architecture, interior design, visual art, city planning, writings, and photography. WHEN: June 9th - September 23rd, 2013 WHERE: <a href="http://www.moma.org/">Museum of Modern Art</a> What to look out for: The exhibition will place particular focus on the ways in which Le Corbusier imagined landscapes, in his early watercolors of the Mediterranean, his sketches of India, and his photographs of architectural projects. IMAGE: Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret) (French, born Switzerland. 1887-1965) with Pierre Jeanneret (Swiss, 1896?1967). Villa Savoye Poissy-sur-Seine, France. 1929-31. Wood, aluminum, and plastic. 16 x 34 x 32? (40.6 x 86.4 x 81.3 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchase. ? 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris / FLC

Future Beauty: Thirty Years of Japanese Fashion - Seattle Art Museum

<a href="http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/exhibit/exhibitDetail.asp?eventID=23201">Future Beauty: Thirty Years of Japanese Fashion</a> WHAT: An entire exhibit dedicated to revolutionary Japanese fashion designers who are credited with influencing Western couture as we know it. WHEN: June 27th - September 8th, 2013 WHERE: <a href="http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/default.asp">Seattle Art Museum</a> What to look out for: Eighty gowns by designers like Rei Kawakubo, Yohji Yamamoto and Jun Takahashi. IMAGE: ISSEY MIYAKE ( Naoki Takizawa) + Aya Takano / Kaikai Kiki Autumn/Winter 2004 Collection Collection of the Kyoto Costume Institute,Gift of ISSEY MIYAKE INC.

Fernand Leger and the Modern City - Philadelphia Museum of Art

<a href="http://www.philamuseum.org/exhibitions/766.html">Fernand Leger and the Modern City</a> WHAT: Using Fernand L?ger?s 1919 work, "The City," as a jumping off point, the exhibit showcases the French artist's array of paintings, all of which incorporate forms of cultural production central to modern cities, like graphic and advertising design, theater, film, and architecture. WHEN: October 2013 - January 2014 WHERE: <a href="http://www.philamuseum.org/">Philadelphia Museum of Art</a> What to look out for: Over one hundred Leger works from collectors and institutions across Europe and the US. IMAGE: The City, 1919. Fernand L?ger, French, 1881 1955. Oil on canvas, 7 feet 7 inches x 9 feet 9 1/2 inches (231.1 x 298.4 cm). Philadelphia Museum of Art, A. E. Gallatin Collection, 1952. ? Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris Image courtesy of Philadelphia Museum of Art

Charles Marville: Photographer of Paris - National Gallery of Art in D.C.

<a href="http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/marvilleinfo.shtm">Charles Marville: Photographer of Paris</a> WHAT: The first retrospective exhibition in the United States of 19th-century Parisian photographer Charles Marville, which serves as a biographical account of his life as well as an artist survey of his career. WHEN: September 29th, 2013 - January 5th, 2014 WHERE: <a href="http://www.nga.gov/home.htm">National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.</a> What to look out for: Around one hundred photographs, mostly of Paris, that range from city scenes and landscapes to architectural studies of Europe in the early 1850s. IMAGE: Charles Marville H?tel de la Marine, c. 1870 Diana and Mallory Walker Fund

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Worms turn metal into semiconductors

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Jesse Emspak, LiveScience Contributor

Worms are useful in the garden and great for fish bait, but one of their talents has remained hidden ? until now. Scientists have discovered that worms can manufacture tiny semiconductors. ?

At King's College in London, researchers fed an ordinary red worm, Lumbricus rubellus, soil laced with metals. The worm produced quantum dots, nano-sized semiconductors that are used in imaging, LED technologies and solar cells. The experiment was published in the Dec. 23 issue of the journal Nature Nanotechnology.

The worms created these electronic components because of their ability to detoxify their body tissue. When worms ingest the metals, proteins in their body shuttle these "toxins" to tissues called chloragogen cells that are similar to a liver in mammals. In the case of?cadmium, a molecule called?metallothionein attaches to it to take it away.?Through several chemical steps the worm separates the metals from the organic molecules they are attached to and stores them in tiny cavities its body, but not forever: eventually whatever toxic metals the worm eats are excreted.?

Squirmy semiconductor factories
In the experiment the scientists spiked soil with cadmium chloride and sodium tellurite (sodium, telluride and oxygen). The ability of worms to process cadmium is well known, but it wasn't clear what they would do with the tellurium in the sodium tellurite.

The worms ended up making tiny particles of cadmium telluride, a crystalline compound that is also a semiconductor. Those tiny particles ? called quantum dots ? were then taken out of the worms' tissue. The dots themselves are only nanometers across. [Twisted Physics: 7 Mind-Bending Findings]

In biological imaging, quantum dots are used in place of dyes because they can be "tuned" to glow at specific wavelengths. Cadmium telluride dots, for example, glow green when hit with blue light. The researchers tested the dots on animal cells and found they worked as well as the ones created in laboratories.

The success doesn't mean that thousands of worms are to be sacrificed for dot-making, said co-author Mark Green, a reader in nanotechnology at King's College.

"The interesting bit is that semiconductor quantum dots, which emit light, were made in a living animal," he told Livescience via email. "The aim of the work wasn?t to come up with a new synthetic process of making dots that are better than bench-synthesized materials, it was just to see if we could do solid-state chemistry in a living animal ? and it appears we can!"

A dotty idea
Green said the idea occurred to him several years back when he was an Oxford University post-doctoral researcher. He heard a lecturer note that animals use certain proteins to get rid of toxic metals such as cadmium. Green realized he was doing something similar to make cadmium telluride quantum dots in the lab, sans worms.

He wondered if some extra chemical might spur worms to make their own cadmium telluride quantum dots.

"The big problem," he said, "was that I didn't know enough biology, and I could see immediately that trying to get the dots out of an animal would be a problem."

So Green shelved the idea for a few years, until he met Stephen St?rzenbaum, the lead author of the paper. St?rzenbaum told Green that he knew exactly where cadmium given to worms went: to the detoxifying chloragogen cells. Since the cadmium ? and thus the nanoscale dots ? would end up there, it would be relatively easy to get them out of the worm.

So they tried it. It worked.

"We were very surprised, didn't really expect it to work that easily," Green said.

The quantum dots Green and his team made aren't quite the quality of the lab-bench versions. That may change, though. "We'd like to think we can play around with some of the chemistry and make them better," Green said.

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Friday, December 28, 2012

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For the likes of the most avid McLaren owners, fans or those most focused on enjoying the thrill of the open road, the British manufacturer of luxury, high-performance sports cars McLaren Automotive has now launched bespoke merchandise inspired by its highly advanced and lightning-fast road-going supercar MP4-12C. Exclusively available at the McLaren eStore, the versatile range of fashionable products which primarily focuses on the passion of driving, includes a variety of stylish accessories, clothing and high-end luggage-set which has been designed in collaboration with the McLaren Automotive design studio to maximize the 144-litres of space beneath the bonnet of the 12C. Notably, the luggage-set crafted out of carbon-fiber was also included in the special-edition of the 2013 McLaren MP4-12C Spider ?Volcano Red? that was the part of the annual Neiman Marcus Christmas Book 2012.

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The mirror, not the scale, is the enemy of many this New Year's resolution time

Dec. 27, 2012 ? For years Blanca Ramirez, like many Americans, started each new year with a resolution to lose weight. But no more. "I lost 55 pounds this year and the weight is rolling off and will stay off," said the 42 year-old, married, mother of three. Ramirez underwent bariatric surgery at Loyola Center for Metabolic Surgery & Bariatric Care in August and has lost 55 pounds in four months.

Losing weight and improving health are top New Year's resolutions expected to challenge Americans this year, experts say.

According to a study released in December, 2012, more than a quarter (27.8%) of Americans are obese. The United Health Foundation also reports that 30.8 % of American adults have high blood pressure.

"Losing weight has a positive effect on diabetes, heart disease, orthopaedic injuries, and even cancer," said Bipan Chand, MD, director, Loyola Center for Metabolic Surgery & Bariatric Care, who performed Ramirez's gastric sleeve surgery. "Looking good is just one part of the weight- loss equation; adding years to your life is the real benefit."

Chand says there are many reasons that spur people to choose weight-loss surgery, from years of trying and failing to lose weight to experiencing a serious health scare. For Chicago-area resident Blanca Ramirez, it was her own reflection that spurred a decision to have a gastric-sleeve bariatric procedure. "I have been overweight since I was a teenager and I didn't like what I saw when I looked in the mirror," said Ramirez, who is 5 ft. 3 inches and weighed 225 pounds before her surgery in August. "People would tell me I was pretty and I didn't need to lose weight but I knew I was obese and was sick of being fat."

Diets, exercise programs, prescription pills, Ramirez says she tried everything from Atkins to Weight Watchers. The final straw was when poor health affected her family. "My brother had a heart attack at the age of 35. I already had cholesterol problems and I knew my weight would continue to cause more health problems," said the administrative secretary.

Ramirez attended a free weight loss information session offered by Loyola. "I liked what I heard about their program especially the nutritional counseling, exercise guidance and regular support groups," said Ramirez. "Loyola confirmed that my insurance would cover the procedure and that was the final green light to decide bariatric surgery was right for me."

Loyola offers medical as well as surgical weight-loss interventions, including laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.

And Ramirez's resolution for 2013? "To help others win the battle of the bulge.People are always asking me my success and I tell them to attend a Loyola information session," she says. "I like looking at myself in the mirror now. I want others to lose weight and like what they see in the mirror, too."

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Thursday, December 27, 2012

For Obama's second inauguration, a subdued, less crowded Washington (reuters)

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A Night Not To Remember

Emily Yoffe

Photograph by Teresa Castracane.

Get Dear Prudence delivered to your inbox each week; click here to sign up. Please send your questions for publication to prudence@slate.com. (Questions may be edited.)

Got a burning question for Prudie? She'll be online at Washingtonpost.com to chat with readers each Monday at noon. The next chat will be held on Jan. 7 of the new year.

Dear Prudence,
I'm a 23-year-old professional woman living with a close friend. A few months ago, we were out with a big group and everyone was drinking. My roommate was very drunk and ended up having sex with a guy I work with who was also extremely drunk. The next day, they woke up together, but neither of them remembered how they ended up there. She was very upset because she didn't remember consenting to sex. I believe they were both too intoxicated to consent, but I also don't think that he took advantage of her. Since then he and I have become good friends. Recently, I mentioned to my roommate that he?ll be at an upcoming party. She freaked out, forbade me from saying his name, and went on a tirade about how she couldn?t go and that I shouldn't either. I don?t blame her for being upset, but I don't think it's fair to blame him. He and his roommate overlap many of our social circles, so she?s definitely going to run into him. I think that she should go to therapy, to try and work through what happened to her. But I'm not sure how to say that, or if it's even appropriate. Please help!

Dear Bottle,
Finally, a letter that convinces me that my frequently stated stance against drunkenness is wrong and that I?ve been too censorious. I can now appreciate that excessive alcohol intake is just a delightful social (and sexual) lubricant. Getting so hammered that you don?t know what you?re doing enables you wake up in mysterious locales and have intimate adventures with people whose names you haven?t quite committed to memory! I know a case can be made that because your friend was intoxicated she was unable to give consent, therefore she was raped. Some will argue she should pursue this case legally. But if the story is as you say?two young people voluntarily had too much to drink and were too much in the bag to make a rational decision about how to consummate the evening?I think seeing herself as a victim would keep your friend psychologically stuck, and turning the guy over to the police would have the potential to unnecessarily ruin his life. Imagine watching a remake of Knocked Up in which the Seth Rogen character ends up on the sex offender registry. Your friend's unfortunate one-night stand should help her realize she needs to learn the difference between taking the edge off and ending up in a walking blackout, and how to stay on the right side of that line. I think your friend needs to see a therapist, not to explore the wrong that was done to her, but to help her process this regretted evening and get her to the point where she can comfortably be in this guy?s presence. You should say that as her friend you?ve become concerned that she hasn?t gotten past this event and that it?s affecting her enjoyment of life. Tell her that you think some focused therapy will help her regain her composure and confidence.

Dear Prudence,
I have a dear friend who has two children the same age my as mine. Our older children never clicked, but our younger ones are best buddies. My friend's older child, a 13-year-old, has some behavioral issues. The child is very bright, but has a terrible temper and says awful things to my friend and the younger sibling, some of which I've heard. He?s broken things and made threatening comments. My friend is getting him help (therapy, medication, etc.), but I?m concerned about allowing my younger one to play over there. Frankly, I'm afraid of what the older child might say or do and he scares me. My friend has mentioned having my younger one for a sleepover on a few occasions, but I'm not comfortable. Should I just keep inviting hers to play at our home? My friend knows something's up, but neither one of us has addressed it. I know it?s difficult dealing with a child with these issues, and I don't want to add to her stress or risk damaging our friendship.

Dear Mum,
In light of the horror of Newtown, many more people are going to be looking warily at hostile, troubled kids. It?s really important to keep in mind that very few of these children are truly threatening. They cause agony for themselves and their families, but they rarely become violent. Your friend has been dealing with a heartbreaking situation for years and deserves your kindness and support. But as close as you are, apparently she has not confided in you about her concerns over her older child, so I think you should follow her lead. You have to trust your instincts. Her 13-year-old has made disturbing comments and you just aren?t comfortable leaving your younger child around him. That?s fair enough. So you just need to keep countering her sleepover offers by saying you?d rather host. If she asks you point blank what?s up, say that you know she is doing everything possible to help her older one deal with his temper, but for now you think it?s easier to let the little ones play at your house. Tell her how much you admire how she?s handled this difficult situation. Let?s hope all these kids, and their families, find more resources to get the help they need.

Dear Prudence,
I'm a cute-enough, slim-figured marathoner and academic who will be turning 35 in January. Before I reach my birthday, as is the case every year, I will have figured out a socially acceptable way to spend New Year's. But as of late, I?ve had an unexpectedly acute onset of night sobbing, loss of sleep, and have been isolating myself from discussions that involve weddings or kids. I feel like I need to get used to the idea that I might not ever have children or a companion. Although I'd like to find someone, I've lost interest in being set up by friends and getting gussied up to go out. I've done 15 years of it. This impending birthday has me stuck and terrorized. Every solution I come up with just makes me feel more isolated. Help.

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Newspaper's handgun-permit map draws criticism

NEW YORK (AP) ? A newspaper's publication of the names and addresses of handgun permit holders in two New York counties has sparked online discussions ? and a healthy dose of outrage.

The Journal News, a Gannett Co. newspaper covering three counties in the Hudson Valley north of New York City and operating the website lohud.com, posted a story Sunday detailing a public-records request it filed to obtain the information.

The 1,800-word story headlined, "The gun owner next door: What you don't know about the weapons in your neighborhood," said the information was sought after the Dec. 14 school shooting in Newtown, Conn., about 50 miles northeast of the paper's headquarters in White Plains. A gunman killed his mother, drove to an elementary school and massacred 20 first-graders and six adults, then shot himself. All the weapons used were legally owned by his mother.

The Journal News story includes comments from both sides of the gun-rights debate and presents the data as answering concerns of those who would like to know whether there are guns in their neighborhood. It reports that about 44,000 people in Westchester, Putnam and Rockland counties are licensed to own a handgun, and that rifles and shotguns can be purchased without a permit.

It was accompanied online by maps of the results for Westchester and Rockland counties; similar details had not yet been provided by Putnam County. A reader clicking on the maps can see the name and address of each pistol or revolver permit holder. Accompanying text states that inclusion does not necessarily mean that an individual owns a weapon, just who obtained a license.

By Wednesday afternoon, the maps had shared about 30,000 times on Facebook and other social media.

Most online comments have criticized the publication of the data, and many suggest it puts the permit holders in danger because criminals have a guide to places they can steal guns. Others maintain it tells criminals who does not have a gun and may be easier to victimize, or where to find law enforcement figures against whom they might hold a grudge.

Some responded by publicizing the home addresses and phone numbers of the reporter who wrote the piece, along with other journalists at the paper and even senior executives of Gannett. Many echoed the idea that publicizing gun permit holders' names is tantamount to accusing them of doing something wrong, comparing the move to publishing lists of registered sex offenders.

The Journal News is standing behind the project but did not immediately return phone calls seeking comment. It said in the story that it published a similar list in 2006.

"New York residents have the right to own guns with a permit and they also have a right to access public information," Janet Hasson, president and publisher of The Journal News Media Group, said in a story the paper published about the response to the database.

Roy Clark, a senior scholar at the Poynter Institute, a Florida-based journalism think tank, said publishing the data was "too indiscriminate."

He, too, compared the maps to similar efforts involving sex-offender registries or lists of those arrested for driving under the influence, noting that such a move is usually done to indicate a serious problem that requires a neighbor or parent to maintain vigilance.

"You get the connotation that somehow there's something essentially wrong with this behavior," he said of the gun permit database.

"My predisposition is to support the journalism," Clark said. "I want to be persuaded that this story or this practice has some higher social purpose, but I can't find it."

Also common among the comments on the lohud.com were suggestions about suing the paper for violating permit-holders' privacy rights. Such a move would likely be unsuccessful.

"The media has no liability for publishing public information," said Edward Rudofsky, a First Amendment attorney at Zane and Rudofsky in New York. The issue does present a clash between First and Second amendment rights, he said, but in general, the law protects publishing public information unless the intent was to harm someone.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/newspapers-handgun-permit-map-draws-criticism-193548256.html

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Obama cuts vacation short as 'fiscal cliff' looms

President Barack Obama speaks as he and first lady Michelle Obama, not seen, arrive to visit with members of the military and their families in Anderson Hall at Marine Corp Base Hawaii, Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012, in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. The first family is in Hawaii for a holiday vacation. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

President Barack Obama visits with members of the military and their families in Anderson Hall at Marine Corp Base Hawaii, Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012, in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. The first family is in Hawaii for a holiday vacation. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

President Barack Obama speaks as first lady Michelle Obama listens during a visit with members of the military and their families in Anderson Hall at Marine Corp Base Hawaii, Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012, in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. The first family is in Hawaii for a holiday vacation. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

HONOLULU (AP) ? With a yearend deadline looming before the economy goes over the so-called fiscal cliff, President Barack Obama is cutting short his traditional Christmas holiday in Hawaii, planning to leave for Washington on Wednesday evening.

Obama was expected to arrive in Washington early Thursday, the White House said late Tuesday. First lady Michelle Obama and the couple's two daughters are scheduled to remain in Hawaii until Jan. 6.

In the past, the president's end-of-the-year holiday in his native state had stretched into the new year. The first family left Washington last Friday night.

Congress was expected to return to Washington on Thursday. Before he departed for Hawaii, Obama told reporters he expected to be back in the capital this week.

Without action by Obama and Congress, automatic budget cuts and tax increases are set to begin in January, which many economists say could send the country back into recession. So far, the president and congressional Republicans have been unable to reach agreement on any alternatives.

Lawmakers have expressed little but pessimism for the prospect of an agreement coming before Jan. 1. On Sunday, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, said she expects any action in the waning days of the year to be "a patch because in four days we can't solve everything."

With the collapse last week of House Speaker John Boehner's plan to allow tax rates to rise on million-dollar-plus incomes, lawmakers were increasingly worried that no deal can be reached.

They were already preparing their arguments about who is to blame if the new year comes without an agreement.

Obama already has scaled back his ambitions for a sweeping budget bargain. Before leaving the capital on Friday, he called for a limited measure that extends George W. Bush-era tax cuts for most people and staves off federal spending cuts.

The Obamas were spending the holiday at a rented home near Honolulu. On Christmas Day, the president and first lady visited with members of the military to express thanks for their service.

"One of my favorite things is always coming to base on Christmas Day just to meet you and say 'thank you,'" the president said at Marine Corps Base Hawaii's Anderson Hall. He said that being commander in chief was his greatest honor as president.

Obama took photos with individual service members and their families.

On Christmas Eve, Obama called members of the military to thank them for serving the nation, then joined his family for dinner, the White House said. The Obamas opened gifts Christmas morning, ate breakfast and sang carols.

Friends were joining the Obamas for Christmas dinner Tuesday night, the White House said.

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PFT: Tebow upset he never started this season

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The day after multiple reports emerged that Jets quarterback Tim Tebow tapped out of the Wildcat package because he wasn?t picked to be the starter in Week 16, the effort continues to put the toothpaste back in the tube.

On Sunday, Tebow was asked why he didn?t appear in the alternative offense, which instead saw receiver Jeremy Kerley taking snaps.? ?It just kind of happens,? Tebow said.

On Monday, after multiple sources said that Tebow had specifically asked for it to happen after he was told he wouldn?t be starting, Tebow didn?t address the question of whether he had asked to be left out of the Wildcat package in an interview with ESPN?s Adam Schefter.

Now, coach Rex Ryan has tackled the topic while evading the one key piece of information in which everyone is interested.? According to Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News, Ryan chose not to share the details of his communications with Tebow.

And all that that implies.

?I?ve been transparent and all that stuff without question, but I?m not going to give you a private conversation that I would have with a player,? Ryan said in a conference call with reporters.? ?That?s between him and I.? If he wants to share whatever the conversation is ? Tim or anybody else ? that?s up to him.?

Ryan is treading on delicate ground, given that he and Tebow are both represented by the same agent, CAA?s Jimmy Sexton.? As a result, Ryan will say nothing publicly that damages Tebow?s carefully-cultivated team-first-team-only-thank-you-sir-may-I-have-another fa?ade.

?If I would have asked Tim to play in anything,? Ryan said.? ?Tim would have gone into the game and done that.?

Right.? If Ryan would have asked.? But that overlooks the question of whether Tebow had asked Ryan not to ask.

While some have suggested (including Peter King, in the video appearing below) that Tebow?s position was understandable given the manner in which he has been jerked around by the Jets, Tebow has tried for years to make us think that he?s the kind of guy who never would make such a request due to frustration regarding his role.? And for the Tebow skeptics out there who believe that much of who he is and what he is has been carefully orchestrated and manipulated, Sunday?s reports reflect the most significant and tangible proof that there?s a man behind the curtain who is far more flawed and far more human than the image that Tebow?s camp has been selling.

At this point, Tebow?s best move would be to admit it.

Source: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/24/tebow-upset-he-never-started-this-year-hopeful-for-next-year/related/

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