Southwick, No. 25 Boise State beats Nevada 27-21

RENO, Nev. (AP) ? Joe Southwick threw two touchdown passes to lead No. 25 Boise State to a 27-21 victory over Nevada on Saturday, earning the Broncos a share of the Mountain West Conference title and ensuring their nation's best seventh consecutive 10-win season.

Boise State gave itself a slim chance to reach the BCS, but the Broncos will have to move up at least four spots in the last standings to the top 16 and be ahead of Mid-American Conference champ Northern Illinois to grab a bid to the marquee games.

They'll probably have to settle for something smaller, again.

D.J. Harper ran for 130 yards for Boise State (10-2, 7-1) and the Broncos' defense put the clamps on a Nevada offense that was averaging 38 points per game.

Stefphon Jefferson ran for 139 yards and a touchdown and Cody Fajardo passed for 203 yards and ran for 81 for the Wolf Pack (7-5, 4-4), who lost four of their last five games after starting the season 6-1.

Matt Miller caught seven passes for 127 yards, including a 52-yard touchdown from Southwick that put Boise ahead late 24-7.

Southwick completed 19 of 26 for 199 yards.

Michael Frisina made the second of two field goals from 30 yards with 3:30 left in the game to make it 27-14.

Fajardo capped a 74-yard scoring drive with a 6-yard TD run to pull within 27-21 with 2:27 left. Nevada tried an onside kick but Harper recovered on the Wolf Pack 44 with 2:25 remaining to put the brakes on a comeback.

Boise State's defense allowed only 90 yards total offense in the first half and Ricky Tjona-A-Tjoe, Darren Koontz and Jamar Taylor all sacked Fajardo before intermission.

Broncos linebacker J.C. Percy had 13 tackles and recovered a fumble in the end zone.

The Broncos will share the league title with Fresno State and San Diego State.

Nevada accepted an invitation earlier in the week to play a Pac-12 opponent in the New Mexico Bowl on Dec. 15.

Southwick completed his first six passes, including a 17-yard toss to a wide open Chris Potter in the corner of the end zone that put Boise State ahead 7-0 midway through the first quarter. Harper had 75 yards on nine carries by the end of the first quarter and scored on a 2-yard run a minute into the second quarter to make it 14-0.

On the next series, on third-and-10 from his own 14, Southwick scrambled 15 yards to keep the drive alive, then threw a 26-yard pass to Miller to set up Frisina's 20-yard field goal for a 17-0 lead 3:37 before the half.

Fajardo led Nevada on an 86-yard touchdown drive to open the second half, throwing 32 yards to tight end Kolby Arendse then running 20 yards on a keeper to set up Jefferson's 1-yard score to pull to 17-7.

But Shane Williams-Rhodes returned the ensuing kickoff 41 yards and on the next play Southwick found Miller alone along the left sideline for a 52-yard touchdown to make it 24-7 at 1:52 in the third quarter.

Fajardo came storming back with an 18-yard pass to Rickey Turner and a 28-yard run to Boise's 14-yard line. But after tight end Zach Sudfeld grabbed a pass in the right flat, he fumbled the ball near the goal line and Percy recovered it in the end zone for a touch back.

Jefferson followed a 28-yard run around left end with a 9-yard stroll through a big hole on the left side of the line for a touchdown to pull the Wolf Pack to within 24-14 with 8:26 left.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/southwick-no-25-boise-state-beats-nevada-27-235938953--spt.html

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Crockpot Wheat Berry and Turkey Sausage Minestrone + Weekly ...

Work holiday party in the books. It was?entertaining, to say the least.

You?ve never heard so many cheers as when the CEO of the hospital bought a round of drinks for all 400 holiday party attendees. Apparently, Michigan knows how to party.

Who knew the ?quiet? women of the business office would burst into jumping, fist pumping unison when ?Party Rock Anthem? came through the speakers. These women were out for a good time, no doubt about it.

Luckily, we had snagged a table as close to the dace floor as humanly possible and Mr. Prevention sold drink ticket during the CEO?s speech. He proudly reported that he sold ?quite a lot? during that stretch of time that I was listening to the head honcho and not helping cater to the drinkers in the crowd. Such a good helper was he!

The evening was a great success and that was the important thing. They had a 25% increase in the number of attendees to the hospital?s holiday party and perhaps that was the reason why dinner portions were skimpy. Who knows.

Several hours after dinner when we had returned home, Mr. Prevention and I both looked at one another and said, ?Are you hungry, too???.before fighting over for the leftovers in the fridge. I would?ve loved a little bit more food, but even family style, there was a small portion of all of the components to go around and I have to imagine that no one wanted to take more than their fair share?which was minimal.

I truly believe that some people are satisfied by the volume they are served over the quality they are served. While I?d like to think I have a liking for both, I choose quality over quantity. Even better, recipes like this one give you quality AND quantity and serve up a meal that is not short on portion or taste. A win-win, if you will!

Crockpot Wheat Berry and Turkey Sausage Minestrone adapted from WW Online, as seen on My Kitchen Adventures

1 (28 oz) can no salt added diced tomatoes
3 cups low-sodium vegetable broth
3 cups frozen cut green beans
1 (15 oz) can?navy beans, rinsed and drained
1/2 green bell pepper, diced
1 small onion, diced
2 ribs of celery, diced
3?carrots, peeled and diced
3?garlic cloves, minced
1 1/2 cups raw wheat berries
1 1/2 tsp dried rosemary, crumbled
1 1/2 tsp dried sage
1/2 tsp dried oregano
1/2 tsp dried thyme
1/2 tsp fennel seed
1 tsp kosher salt
1/2 tsp fresh ground black pepper
10?oz turkey Italian sausage, casings removed

Directions:

Combine all ingredients except turkey sausage?in a large?crock pot. Stir to combine. Cook on?low for 8-10 hours.

Before serving, heat a small skillet over medium heat. Add the sausage and break up with the back of a wooden spoon. Once cooked through, add to the crock pot and stir. Cook an additional 10 minutes or longer.

Serve hot and garnish with Parmesan cheese, if desired.

Yield: 10 servings (1 1/2 cups each)

Nutrition Information (per serving): 231 calories; 3.3 g. fat; 18 mg. cholesterol; 630 mg. sodium; 37.3 g. carbohydrate; 8.4 g. fiber; 12.8 g. protein

Result: I truly loved this dish. Mr. Prevention wasn?t totally wow-ed, but his dad was! I took the leftovers of this to Champaign with us over the Thanksgiving holiday and my father-in-law loved it. The taste is very minestrone-like and it reheats and keeps great. I didn?t freeze any, but I have to assume it would freeze well. This makes a LOT, so feel free to cut the recipe in half. I have a very ?average? sized crock and it barely all fit in! I would definitely make this again, especially given how healthy it is. Very low in calories and packed with fiber!

Weekly Menu: December 2nd ? 6th

? Lots to do today?priorities being a workout and studying!!

Be well,

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Source: http://www.preventionrd.com/2012/12/crockpot-wheat-berry-and-turkey-sausage-minestrone-weekly-menu/

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100 'AK-style' rifles stolen from Atlanta boxcar

By Jeff Martin, The Associated Press

Federal authorities were hunting Friday for more than 100 rifles stolen from a boxcar parked in an Atlanta train yard.

The weapons were taken from a CSX rail yard on the city's northwest side in mid-November, said Richard Coes, a spokesman for the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

The weapons include assault rifles that Coes described as "AK-style." He declined to discuss other aspects of the case.?

Gary Sease, a spokesman for rail line CSX Corp., said the Jacksonville, Fla.-based company is cooperating with law enforcement to recover the weapons and investigate the theft.?

The rifles were stolen on or around Nov. 12, authorities said. The boxcar was parked at the CSX Tilford Yard about four miles northwest of downtown Atlanta.?

The Tilford Yard is one of the company's major rail yards in Georgia, according to the company's website.?

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Using Social Media for Social Good - Morra Aarons-Mele - Harvard ...

by Morra Aarons-Mele??|??10:30 AM November 30, 2012

Last week I wrote about #GivingTuesday, a nationwide campaign to create an annual day of giving en masse to charities or good causes. The event was largely marketed through social media, incredible word of mouth from over 2500 partner organizations, and many stories in traditional media outlets from NPR to regional newspapers. Being three days since the event took place, there's now some convincing evidence that this real-life case study is proving the hard ROI of social media.

#GivingTuesday had its share of cynics. They objected mostly to two things: First, as a social media marketing campaign, it risked being a PR stunt that did very little for increasing charitable donations or actions. Second, that staging a national day of giving would "cannibalize" traditional end of year giving. I can only address the first point here, as the second remains to be seen.

Take the fundraising firm Blackbaud, which processed $10 million in online donations on inaugural #GivingTuesday ? a massive 53% increase when compared to the Tuesday after Thanksgiving the previous year. Or #GivingTuesday partner Panthera, whose VP Andrea Heydlauff reports "We received over 450 individual donations, amounting to just over $300,000... So far over 40% are new donors. This has surpassed all of our expectations on so many levels and is truly a memorable and perhaps the most significant event in our fundraising history."

So the question is: Did #GivingTuesday work because of social media? We'll never know, although it did become a trending topic on Twitter in the United States on Nov. 1, then again on Nov. 26 and it trended for much of the day on Nov. 27. It also had support from some heavy social media hitters: Bill Gates tweeted his support (retweeted almost 9,000 times), and the White House blogged about the campaign.

As in this case, the intense, continued, and varied discussion on social media can become a modern telethon, minus the hard costs. But it doesn't always work that way.

In my experience social media is only truly effective for fundraising when there is a disaster of incredible magnitude, or perhaps in a high-profile political campaign. For every other cause, you create real action not by chasing the reassuring trending topics, but with old-fashioned organizing. You need a great idea, and you need the network in place to create the wildfire of discussion among diverse networks of online influencers.

#GivingTuesday was a compelling idea: Celebrate a national day of giving back after the consumer glut of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. That fits right into the current zeitgeist, and the call to action was strong and clear.

But how do you create that network? Elbow grease. #GivingTuesday didn't only work because it was a cool social media campaign. It worked because of months of groundwork. This included convening thousands of partners who could sign on for free and contribute in any way they liked, giving lots of people with strong online influence skin in the game. They all promoted it heavily to their various networks. And there, social media was only one piece of the equation: partners also used traditional channels such as email marketing and donor relations.

Why haven't we seen something like #GivingTuesday before? Because even as our increased connectivity has challenged long-held assumptions about what constitutes media, authority, and even friendship, we're still holding on to old-fashioned notions of who gets to be a philanthropist, and how charity should work.

When I interviewed him at the 2012 Social Good Summit, The New York Times columnist and humanitarian Nicholas Kristof spoke about how businesses and their products have smart and successful marketing strategies, but important world issues like poverty and clean water never get the publicity and attention they deserve: "People flinch at the idea of marketing for those [issues] because marketing sounds like something companies do," Kristof said. "But it's so much more important to market ? to get the word out, to message right ? about issues of life or death."

What's more, social-good marketers need to address different audiences using different platforms. Kristof's Half The Sky movement used a "transmedia strategy" and platforms from a PBS documentary to Facebook games to reach ? and spur to action ? women and men of all ages and backgrounds.

It's time for marketers in the social good space to fully embrace marketing across media, but also to take a deep breath and realize that every successful campaign relies on a smart social media strategy ? and always, good old-fashioned people power.

Source: http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/11/using_social_media_for_social.html

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Android Central 117: Ingress, Nexus, and other hard-to-get items

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Thing 1: The Google Play debacle redux

• Another Nexus 4 batch expected to ship out this week, says Google
• Google: Nexus 4 available for purchase in U.S. at noon PST today
• Nexus 4 back in stock on T-Mobile USA site
• Dear Google ...

Thing 2: Jelly Beans, leaks, and updates

• Android 4.2.1 hits AOSP, for you build-from-source types
• Android 4.2.1 update hitting Nexus 4 and Nexus 10
• Nexus 7 gets its turn at 4.2.1 -- it's pushing now or can be manually flashed
• Galaxy Nexus (takju) starts to get its Android 4.2.1 update, manual update available now
• Jelly Bean 4.1.2 leaks for the original Samsung Galaxy Note GT-N7000
• Jelly Bean OTA for Canadian Samsung Galaxy S3's to start arriving Dec. 3
• HTC One X Jelly Bean update arrives in more countries

Thing 3: Other stuff

• Google+ user reviews now a go for Google Play
• Tackling 'fragmentation': Developers sound off on supporting multiple screens
• Sprint lights up 11 new LTE cities, now at 43 total
• Samsung Galaxy Note 2 now available on Verizon Wireless
• 5 million Galaxy Note 2s sold worldwide, Samsung says

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/androidcentral/~3/KjXO9HWXJa4/story01.htm

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Editors' Neighborhood Guides | New York - DailyCandy

Believe it or not, we don?t live at DailyCandy headquarters. Here?s how five of our editors kick off the weekend.

Crown Heights/Prospect Heights
Tiffany Davis, Everywhere editor
Warm-Up: With the front burger joint, back beer garden, firehouse bar space, and casual cocktail bar, happy hour standard Franklin Park is four stops in one.
Main Course: Teensy Jamaican dining attic De Islands is the curry-est, coziest way to fake a Caribbean sojourn. It?s BYOB, so visit boutique wine seller Wino(t) beforehand.
Next Level: Cocktails at The Crown Inn and a midnight (second) dinner of bulgogi on rye and house-brined pickle pots from Black Tree sandwich shop tucked in back.

Cobble Hill
Lauren Berger, senior editor
Warm-Up: Score a picnic table at 61 Local for hyperlocal brews and shared honey ricotta toast with pistachio dust. Make a mental note to return in the a.m. for cinnamon tea and Bien Cuit pastries.
Main Course: Follow the brownstone lights all the way to Spanish tapas joint La Vara. Only have time for a quickie? Hanco?s classic pork banh mi is a steal at $6.
Next Level: The snug Sample (152 Smith St.; 718-643-6622) eases up once (a worthy) happy hour ends. Dessert nuts should know The Chocolate Room?s best-kept secret is a cup of mint chip ice cream.

Fort Greene
Jay Blades, managing editor
Warm-Up: Put your name in at tiny newbie Lulu & Po then walk two blocks south to Walter?s. Sit at the bar; order a Diablo and a dozen oysters (or spoil your appetite with artichoke dip and steamed duck buns).
Main Course: Lulu & Po plays into the whole local, seasonal, small-plates shtick, but you can?t knock deep-fried anchovies, bone marrow tacos, or hearty house-brined pork chop with seasonal chutney.
Next Level: Dick & Jane?s may look like your typical speakeasy (unmarked door, tin ceiling), but it?s surprisingly unpretentious. It?s the only area bar that can make a Penicillin (blended Scotch, ginger, honey, and lemon), though rumor has it the other drinks are quite tasty.

Park Slope
Emily Warman, social media editor
Warm-Up: Half-price wine and apps (try the fried lamb and sage sausage) make for a very happy hour at Terroir. You?re supposed to get free sherry, so ask for it.
Main Course: If you?re balling, Al Di L? or Talde. If you?re thrifty, Peruvian joint Coco Roco for the $14 roast chicken (it feeds three).
Next Level: Check The Bell House show schedule or get down at Blueprint with Smoky Mary?s (chipotle tequila, lime, agave). For better or worse, swing by Pork Slope and/or High Dive for a nightcap.

West Village
Jordan Blumberg, New York editor
Warm-Up: Powwow about forthcoming antics and stain your lips red at Aria Wine Bar. Or shuck it and fill up on oysters and a split plate of lobster spaghetti at Jeffrey?s.
Main Course: Get on the list at Red Farm; temper the wait next door at Swine; return and inhale dumplings on dumplings on whatever special is happening.
Next Level: Channel competitive energy with beer pong and a Britney sound track at Pieces Bar. It?s cash only, but beer is cheap and there?s an ATM that dispenses nothing but $10 bills.

Photo: Ailbhe O?Donnell / Getty Images

Source: http://www.dailycandy.com/new-york/article/138939/Editors-Neighborhood-Guides?utm_source=dailycandynyc&utm_medium=rss

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EU stands with the US against proposed ITU internet changes: 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it'

While Russia and some African, Asian and Middle Eastern countries want to tax foreign content providers and track web-based traffic, the EU has formed a bloc with the US to kibosh any such changes. The showdown will happen at the ITU in Dubai next month, during a meeting of the 193 member countries. All 27 EU states are stolidly opposed to the changes (though many of its network providers aren't), some of which were leaked from a draft Russian document proposing more control over traffic entering its networks. Other nations like Cameroon said that Google and other content providers should pay to have their traffic routed to the nation, which it said would help pay for network expansion there. But the European Commission believes "there is no justification for such proposals," that the internet functions fine as is and "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." The EC added what others were likely thinking, namely "some countries treat this as a euphemism for controlling freedom of expression."

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Source: Reuters

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/11/30/eu-stands-firm-with-the-us-to-oppose-internet-tax-tracking/

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