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DAVOS, Switzerland -- Business and social media leaders teamed up Friday to tackle the transmission of HIV from mothers to babies, saying the medicine and the money are largely in place, and with the right organizational skills they can eliminate HIV-infected births by 2015.

John Megrue, CEO of Apax Partners U.S., will chair a business group that includes bankers and consulting experts and will help coordinate work being done by several governments and other international donors, as well as filling in gaps in the funding.

Women need to receive antiretroviral drugs to prevent the virus being passed to their unborn babies.

"There are no technological issues around it. There are no medical issues around it. It does not exist in the wealthy part of the world," Megrue said. "But there are still almost 400,000 children a year born ? primarily in sub-Saharan Africa ? with HIV."

Ambassador Eric Goosby, a top U.S. AIDS official, said that although the group set a goal of zero transmission by 2015, in reality about 13 percent of babies born to HIV-positive mothers will unavoidably be born with the virus.

Randi Zuckerberg, who founded RtoZ Studios after leaving the Facebook company that her brother Mark started, will lend the power of social media to increase awareness about the issue, by pulling in 1,000 influential Twitter and Facebook users in an expansion of an earlier social media effort to raise $200 million to fight malaria.

"I'm calling this a social good broadcast experiment," she said. "The long-term vision is for this to be a group of thousands or millions of people who can all broadcast in a coordinated manner where there is a global crisis."

Other business leaders involved in the project include Dominic Barton, managing director of consulting firm McKinsey & Co., and Cynthia Carroll, CEO of the mining company Anglo American PLC.

"AIDS," Carroll said, "should not be a disease of children."

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Y Combinator alum Curebit, an online customer referral platform that leverages social media for "word-of-mouth" advertising, has just raised $1.2 million in funding. The investors include 500 Startups, Karl Jacob, Auren Hoffman, Dharmesh Shah, Gordon Tucker, Alex Lloyd of Accelerator Ventures, and others. The funding will be used for continued product development and a slight expansion to the team involving three new hires (two developers, one designer) to the company's now five-person outfit.

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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Jay Paterno leaned over his dying father, gave him a kiss, and whispered in his ear.

"Dad, you won," he said. "You did all you could do. You've done enough. We all love you. We won. You can go home now."

Joe Paterno died Sunday of lung cancer at age 85.

At a memorial service Thursday that drew some 12,000 people to the Penn State basketball arena, Jay Paterno reflected on what he called the "magnificent daylight" of his legendary father's life. It was primarily a glowing tribute to Paterno and his accomplishments during 46 years as Penn State's football coach ? but also an opportunity to defend his legacy against criticism that he failed to do more when told about an alleged child sexual assault involving one of his former assistants.

Nike founder and CEO Phil Knight won a thunderous standing ovation when he defended Paterno's handling of the 2002 allegations against former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky. Paterno, he hinted, had been made a scapegoat.

"If there is a villain in this tragedy, it lies in that investigation and not in Joe Paterno's response," Knight said. Paterno's widow, Sue, was among those rising to their feet.

Capping three days of mourning on campus, the 2 1/2-hour ceremony was filled with lavish praise for the man called "JoePa." Paterno racked up more wins ? 409 ? than any other major-college football coach, led his team to two national championships, and preached "success with honor" while insisting his athletes focus on academics. The Paternos donated millions to Penn State.

Though the campus and surrounding community have been torn with anger over the Sandusky scandal and Paterno's summary dismissal by the board of trustees two months before his death, Jay Paterno said his father didn't hold a grudge.

"Despite all that had happened to him, he never wavered in his belief, in his dream, of Penn State. He told me he wanted to use his remaining time on earth to see Penn State continue to thrive. He never spoke ill and never wanted anyone to feel badly for him," Paterno said.

Players from each decade of Paterno's career as the Nittany Lions' coach spoke in loving terms about their mentor, saying he rode them hard, but always had their best interests at heart and encouraged them to complete their educations and become productive members of their communities.

Among the speakers were Michael Robinson, who played for Paterno from 2002 to 2005 and flew in from Hawaii, where he was practicing for his first Pro Bowl; star quarterback Todd Blackledge from the 1980s; and Jimmy Cefalo, a star in the 1970s. Like Robinson, Blackledge and Cefalo went on to play in the NFL.

Former NFL player Charles V. Pittman, speaking for players from the 1960s, called Paterno a lifelong influence and inspiration.

Pittman said Paterno challenged his young players, once bringing Pittman to tears in his sophomore year. He said he realized later that the coach was molding him into the man he would become.

"What I now know is that Joe wasn't trying to build perfection. That doesn't exist and he knew it. He was, bit by bit, building a habit of excellence," said Pittman, now a media executive on the board of The Associated Press.

Paterno was fired Nov. 9 after he was criticized for not going to police in 2002 when he was told that Sandusky had been seen sexually assaulting a boy in the showers. Sandusky was arrested in November and is awaiting trial on charges that he molested 10 boys over a 15-year span.

As the scandal erupted, Pennsylvania's state police commissioner said Paterno may have met his legal duty but not his moral one. Penn State president Graham Spanier was also fired in the fallout.

Knight, appearing about midway through the memorial, became the first speaker to explicitly address the scandal. He said the coach "gave full disclosure to his superiors, information that went up the chains to the head of the campus police and the president of the school. The matter was in the hands of a world-class university, and by a president with an outstanding national reputation."

Lanny J. Davis, an attorney for the board, responded after the service by saying: "All the reasons for the board's difficult and anguished decision ? made unanimously, including former football players and everyone who still loves Coach Paterno and his memory ? reached a decision which was heartfelt. All 32."

"The facts speak for themselves" and include the grand jury testimony, he said.

Chris Marrone, another former player who eulogized Paterno, said Knight was his "new hero" for expressing the "pent-up frustration" of Paterno's supporters.

"I think the response that he got is indicative of how folks feel," Marrone said.

Only one member of the university administration ? the dean of the college of liberal arts ? and no one from the board of trustees spoke at the memorial, which was arranged primarily by the Paterno family.

People said it felt good to remember and celebrate the good times.

Tennessee Titans coach Mike Munchak, who played for Paterno, said he attended the service "because I'm a part of his legacy."

"It was not only about football," Munchak said. "It was about life and how he affected all of us as men."

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Poor Raj still is unable to talk to a woman while sober, even after 100 episodes of "The Big Bang Theory" (Thu., 8 p.m. EST on CBS). But this week, he discovered that Apple Computers had come up with the perfect solution for him. After receiving his new iPhone, he discovered the joys of Siri, the natural language app that evolves over time to better suit and support its user.

Bernadette and Howard were certainly creeped out when they stopped by Raj's house for dinner, only to find him "dressing" his phone for dinner. The only thing he didn't do was set a place for his new "girlfriend" at the dinner table. The couple was probably hoping that the alpha test of Penny and Leonard 2.0 worked out well so they could double date with a normal couple. Sheldon and Amy were filming a flag-themed pocdast, so normal still isn't a part of their vocabulary.

While it would be amusing for this to be a recurring bit for a few episodes, the closing makes it seem likely it was a one-off gag.

Poor Raj's affliction is so serious that it apparently infiltrates his dreams as well. In it, he brought flowers to the facility where Siri works, finding a beautiful woman providing live interactions with the user community. Only when she approaches him with a smile and tries to talk to him, he freezes up. All he has to do is tell her what he wants her to do, and she'll do it. It's a Rajesh nightmare!

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"Clueless" writer/director Amy Heckerling makes her first foray into TV directing since 2005 for Blair's bachelorette party, as others scheme behind Queen B's back to make it a night to remember. After discovering the truth behind Chuck and Blair's car accident, Nate joins forces with a surprising ally to gather the evidence, while Serena and Dan pretend to be dating again to protect Blair's secret.

Take Stock and Make the Case to Yourself

It sounds like you have a lot of good things going for you, and that you realize that. Your coworkers are people you enjoy working with, you do work that you enjoy and that you're good at doing, and all of those things are more than many people can ask for. Make a list of the things about your job that you love?things like your great coworkers, understanding manager, and the work that you do. If you like your workspace or have the freedom to work from home occasionally, jot that down as well. Then, make a similar list of the things you dislike about your job, whether it's the commute, outdated equipment at the office, the fact that you have to get up earlier than you'd like, or whatever may be getting you down.

The reason for this is two-fold. First, the process of making the list of good things will help you remember all of the great things about your job, or at least remind you that there are more than you may think about on a day to day basis. Second, by writing down the things you dislike, you may stumble on the thing that's got you down or depressed, and with luck, you can work out how to resolve it. If it's the commute that's bothering you, or the time you have to get up, maybe you can work out a different shift, change your schedule so you can arrive later and miss the traffic, or hunt down a great podcast or some other activity that will make your commute more bearable. If the list of things you dislike is short, you can hold it up against the list of positives and remind yourself that things really aren't that bad. It may not help the humdrum of getting up early every day, but it can offer some perspective.

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How Can I Learn to Take More Pleasure in My Job?

Leave Yourself Reminders

Once you have your list of positives, don't just toss it in a drawer and forget about it?take some of the things you really like, jot them down on post-it notes, and put them somewhere in your cubicle or around your desk that you'll see them. When your eyes cross over one, you'll feel better, or if you're feeling particularly unmotivated one day, spend some time looking around your desk and reminding yourself why you like it here. Also, as good things happen to you at work, make note of them and save them for future motivation.

You can keep a work diary to help you keep perspective, or even better, keep an Awesomeness Journal to boost your self-esteem and stay motivated when the chips are down or you just don't feel like getting up in the morning. Whatever you do, it's important to give yourself regular reminders of why you enjoy your work, appreciate your job, and have reason to be happy. The more accessible they are, the easier it will be to drag yourself out of your funk and get back to work.

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How Can I Learn to Take More Pleasure in My Job?

Take a Vacation to Recharge Your Batteries

When's the last time you had a day off, or a full-fledged vacation? If you're like most people, you have a ton of vacation stored up, but it's never a good time to take a day off. Maybe you're starting to show the signs of burnout, or maybe you're having trouble leaving work behind and enjoying the rest of your life. Both situations are enough to make even the best job grate on your nerves.

Even if you're doing what you love, you have to have a balance where you're not doing it all the time, and you have an opportunity to recharge, come up with new ideas, and return to your work refreshed and ready to move forward. Take some time off, perhaps even a week, and do something that's not work-related. Whether it's a getaway vacation to a far off place or a stay-cation where you spend some time tending the garden and cleaning the house, some time off will let you clear your head and get away from parts of your routine that are bringing you down.

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Get a Mentor/Be a Mentor

It's also possible that you're not tired or feeling down about your work, but that you're just bored. The same way we would suggest you maintain your work/life balance and find enriching things to do away from the office, you may also find an outlet for your creativity by mentoring someone else in the work that you do, or finding someone else who represents where you'd like to go career-wise and talking to them. In many cases, finding a mentor can do a lot to recharge your batteries, because you have someone who's been in your shoes and is currently where you'd like to be that you can pose this very same question to. Similarly, becoming a mentor to someone else can offer a sense of perspective of how far you've come, what you've learned, and how much you have to offer to other people who are coming into the ranks behind you. Even that can be enough inspiration to take the edge off.

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Join a Professional Organization/Society

In the same vein at mentoring or finding a mentor, joining a professional organization of people who do what you do can give you a wealth of helpful resources. You'll make new friends, have the opportunity to network professionally, and be able to talk to people who struggle with the same challenges that you're working through, even personally. For example, I'm still a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI) and my local chapter often has dinners and meet-and-greets where we can get together, have a few drinks, and talk over our recent endeavors. More often than not, the conversation tends to head towards the personal, always ending in encouragement and support. You're all in this together, and you'll find most members are more than happy to help each other.

How Can I Learn to Take More Pleasure in My Job?

Take Care of Your Mental and Physical Health

One area that you shouldn't overlook here is your personal health. It may seem like the problem is with the job, that it's just lost its luster for you, but the problem may not be the job here, it could be you. You've mentioned that logically, everything is wonderful with your work and you should be happy. Well, happiness starts with you. Are you getting enough sleep every night? Perhaps you've let your workout regimen slip a bit and it's been a while since you've been to the gym. If you're losing sleep or gaining weight, you could just be feeling awful, and even the best job can't fix that.

Make sure to take care of yourself first. Make sure you're getting a good night's rest, and if you're not, read up on our best tricks to get better, more fulfilling sleep. If the conditions are right but you're still not resting, maybe technology can help you get a good night's sleep. Also, don't forget to exercise as well. Even a half-hour walk can make a huge difference in your physical and mental health. We can even help you fit a workout into your daily routine. Take care of yourself, and you may find it easier to take the same joy in your work that you used to. it goes without saying that if you think you may be seriously depressed, you shouldn't hesitate to find someone to talk to about it, but if you're just a little down, you may be able to tackle the problems yourself with exercise, sleep, a proper diet, and overall healthy behavior.

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We hope that these tricks help you re-light the fire that you used to find in your work, Lost the Spark, and that you manage to shake off these doldrums and find some joy in your job again. It sounds like you're lucky and have a job that most people would love to have, and we'd hate to see it slip away because of something that's easily fixed with a little inspiration, time, and attention to your own needs. Good luck!

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NASA handed over the "keys" for its only full-size space shuttle training vehicle to the Seattle Museum of Flight last week, clearing the wooden mockup to leave Houston for its new home in the northwest.

During a ceremony held last Thursday (Jan. 19) at the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center, NASA mission operations director Paul Hill signed an agreement and presented Museum of Flight president Doug King with a "Remove Before Flight" pin to symbolize the transfer of the 120-foot (36.6-meter) long Full Fuselage Trainer (FFT).

"The Museum of Flight is now going to be displaying the FFT," Hill said. "They can now walkthrough and see, and experience somewhat, what the rest of us have had the opportunity to see. This great trainer that most people who have flown into space ? every single person who has flown on the shuttle ? has trained on and learned how to be ready to do what they were going to do."

The Museum of Flight plans to display the wingless-space shuttle model in its new 15,500-square-foot annex, named the Charles Simonyi Space Gallery, at the center of a new permanent exhibit scheduled to open to the public in June. Titled "Spaceflight Academy," the interactive FFT display will help tell the story of how shuttle astronauts trained for their missions and how the knowledge gained during the first 50 years of spaceflight has helped prepare humans to explore farther into the solar system.

"The FFT is changing its mission," King said, speaking at the NASA ceremony. "You used it to train everybody that has gone to space [on the shuttle] and now we're going to use it to tell the public what was accomplished in the last 30 years and maybe more importantly, what comes next." [NASA's Space Shuttle Program in Pictures]

Pieced and parceled

Last November, in preparation for shipping the FFT to the Museum of Flight, NASA workers separated the mockup into three sections ? its crew compartment and nose, 60-foot (18.3-meter) payload bay, and aft section and tail.

From the latter, the two engine pods and vertical stabilizer have and will be removed for separate shipping.

And the deconstruction work won't stop there. The cargo bay still needs to be cut into 30-foot (9.1-meter) sections and have its doors removed before it can be loaded into shipping containers. Each plywood section also needs to be hoisted off its metal stand due to weight constraints.

Ultimately all the pieces will be trucked to nearby Ellington Field, which will require temporarily removing and lowering street signs and traffic signals to clear the shuttle mockup's height.

Once at Ellington, the trainer will be loaded onto NASA's Super Guppy, an Airbus cargo aircraft that was previously used to ship components for the International Space Station to Kennedy Space Center in Florida for their launch into orbit. The aircraft has a unique, bulbous hinged nose that can open more than 200 degrees, allowing large pieces of cargo to be loaded and unloaded from the front.

"The Full Fuselage Trainer finally gets to fly," King said.

It is expected to require five to six Guppy flights to deliver the FFT to Seattle. The flights, which will need to bypass the Rocky Mountains due to altitude limits, are scheduled to begin on May 1 and continue through mid-June.

"We've got a lot of work ahead of us. We need to get it out the door and need to get on the Guppy and up to Seattle, and I look forward to doing that," Seattle-born astronaut Greg C. Johnson, who will pilot many of the Super Guppy flights, said.

Anniversary arrival

As the Museum of Flight is located at the south end of Boeing Field/King County Airport, Johnson will be able to taxi the Guppy right up to the facility for the FFT sections to be unloaded. Once on the ground, the mockup will be reassembled to be the centerpiece of the Charles Simonyi Space Gallery ? and the center point of a celebration.

"Seattle's celebrating this summer the 50th anniversary of its World's Fair," King said. "In 1962 there was a World's Fair called 'Century 21' and it was all about what the world would be like in 2012. It seemed so far away. Well, now we are going to be looking at what really happened and what happens next."

"Our museum is in charge of all the aerospace activities around the World's Fair celebration and [the FFT] will be the center point ? its arrival and its reconstruction," King said.

Johnson Space Center employees who worked with the FFT, including astronauts and their trainers, will be invited to Seattle to give talks at the museum and around the city as part of the anniversary celebration.

"It is gratifying to know through the efforts of an awful lot of people, this artifact, this Full Fuselage Trainer, is going to inspire the public in the northwest for many, many years to come," Michael Coats, Johnson Space Center director and former shuttle astronaut, said.

"The Full Fuselage Trainer is the only one of its kind in the world and a simulator that every astronaut has used to train for 135 space shuttle missions. It is vital that we preserve this important piece of history."

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New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees (9) looks for a receiver as Detroit Lions defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch (93) pursues during the first half of an NFL wild card playoff football game Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees throws during the first half of an NFL wild card playoff football game against the Detroit Lions Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford (9) looks for a receiver as New Orleans Saints middle linebacker Jonathan Vilma (51) pursues during the first half of an NFL wild card playoff football game Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

Detroit Lions strong safety Amari Spievey (42) breaks up a pass in the endzone to New Orleans Saints wide receiver Marques Colston (12) during the first half of an NFL wild card playoff football game Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012, in New Orleans.(AP Photo/Bill Haber)

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) ? Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints are pouring on the points, racking up the wins and rewriting the record books nearly every time they play.

Things sure are rollin' on the river.

Brees led an unstoppable offense by throwing for 466 yards and three touchdowns, and New Orleans dominated the second half for a 45-28 NFC wild-card victory over the Detroit Lions on Saturday night.

New Orleans broke the postseason mark for total yards with 626, beating the record set 49 years ago.

"We were pulling out all the stops," Brees said. "We play aggressive. We're not going to apologize for that. That gives guys in the huddle a lot of confidence. We're not going to pull the reins back. It's pedal to the medal."

Brees hit on 33 of 43 passes while throwing for the most yards in a regulation playoff game. He highlighted his night with three completions of at least 40 yards.

"We just focus on winning. We're not focused on yards and records," Saints coach Sean Payton said. "I'm serious when I say that."

As usual, the quarterback had plenty of help from an offense that set an NFL record for yards from scrimmage this season (7,474), outgaining Detroit on the ground 167 yards to 32. The Saints (14-3) will travel to San Francisco (13-3) for next Saturday's second-round game.

Matthew Stafford threw for 380 yards and three TDs for the Lions (10-7), who simply could not keep pace in their first playoff appearance since the 1999 season. They have lost seven straight postseason games.

"It's a learning experience for the whole team. We'll get better. We'll be back," Lions coach Jim Schwartz said. "Obviously it hurts right now."

All-Pro receiver Calvin Johnson had 12 receptions for 211 yards and two touchdowns in his playoff debut for Detroit, but that was not nearly enough as the Saints' defense responded in the fourth quarter with two interceptions by Jabari Greer.

"We did make the playoffs this year and that's a great accomplishment," Johnson said. "We have some things to work on and we will. We know what we have to do to make the next step."

The teams combined for 1,083 yards, tying an NFL playoff record set by Buffalo and Miami on Dec. 30, 1995. The Superdome will likely host a much different contest on Monday night, when defensive stalwarts LSU and Alabama meet for the BCS national title. Fans in the dome cheered wildly for the LSU band as it played before the game and at halftime, then enjoyed a second half that culminated in what they hope will be the first of two Big Easy celebrations in three nights.

Pierre Thomas finished with 66 yards and one touchdown rushing, while Sproles added 51 yards, two scores and several other clutch plays.

Marques Colston overcame an early fumble with seven catches for 120 yards, including a 40-yarder to set up Jimmy Graham's short TD grab.

Robert Meachem had four catches for 111 yards, including a 56-yard score. Devery Henderson added a 41-yard touchdown reception.

New Orleans showed guts and got a little good fortune on a decisive 14-play, 80-yard scoring drive in the fourth quarter. The Saints ran Sproles around the left end on fourth-and-2 at the Lions 40 and gained 3 yards. Soon after, Brees' pass as he was clobbered by Nick Fairley went right through the hands of defensive back Aaron Berry.

Berry would regret that drop two plays later as Sproles bolted 17 yards to make it 31-21.

Stafford tried to get some of that back quickly, throwing deep for Titus Young, but Greer ran under it and picked it off. Four plays later, Brees spotted Meachem behind blown coverage for his long score to make it 38-21.

The Lions became only the second visiting team all year to lead at halftime in the Superdome, where the Saints were unbeaten during the regular season.

"So going into halftime at a deficit, we just realized, 'Listen, just bear down, one play at a time, one drive at a time,'" Brees said, "and I think we scored on every drive in the second half. I guess that's what you hope for."

New Orleans has won nine in a row overall.

The Saints opened the second half by driving 78 yards to take their first lead on Brees' 31-yard pass to Henderson. New Orleans then widened its lead to 24-14 with a 92-yard drive that included what may have been a favorable spot on Colston's third-down grab at the Saints 18. Later, Brees converted a risky dive over the pile on fourth-and-1 at the New Orleans 38 to sustain the drive before finding Colston for a 40-yard gain to the Detroit 3. Brees hit Graham for a score on the next play.

"It was fourth and inches and we felt like we had a rhythm going," Brees said. "Obviously it was a gutsy call but we've been known to make those types of calls."

The Lions fought back with a quick 80-yard scoring drive highlighted by Stafford's 42-yard completion to Johnson at the Saints 2, setting up Stafford's dive for the pylon on a bootleg that made it 24-21 late in the third quarter.

Detroit could not have planned a much better start to its first playoff game since the '99 season.

Stafford completed five of his first six throws for 70 yards, starting with a 22-yard completion to Johnson on the second play from scrimmage. A 10-yard strike to reserve tight end Will Heller gave the Lions a 7-0 lead.

New Orleans responded by quickly driving into Lions territory, but Colston was stripped by Stephen Tulloch on the 18-yard line and Justin Durant recovered. It was a rare lost fumble for the Saints, who had an NFL low and franchise record low five during the regular season.

New Orleans found the end zone on its next drive to tie it at 7, but Stafford led the Lions right back downfield, hitting Johnson in the back of the end zone for a 13-yard score.

The Saints then fumbled a second time in Detroit territory when Brees was stripped just before throwing by defensive end Willie Young and the ball squirted to Durant for his second recovery. Durant wanted to return it, but the play was inexplicably blown dead. What might have been a touchdown return instead became a stalled drive.

The Saints thought they had tied it when Colston's catch in the back of the end zone was ruled a touchdown, but it was overturned on replay and New Orleans wound up settling for John Kasay's 24-yard field goal and a 14-10 halftime deficit.

Notes: Bernie Kosar still holds the record for yards passing in a playoff game, though his game in 1986 went to overtime when he reached 489 for Cleveland against the New York Jets. ... Detroit's leading rusher was Kevin Smith with only 21 yards. ... The Lions rushed the ball only 10 times and their longest gain was 9 yards. ... The Saints surpassed 500 total offensive yards in five regular season games, with the playoff game being the sixth. ... Brees finished the regular season with seven straight 300-yard or more passing games and easily continued the streak against the Lions.

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Judson High School football coach Jim Rackley, who guided the Rockets to the Class 5A Division I state title in 2002 and coached with the zeal of a preacher at a tent revival, is calling it a career.

Rackley, who turns 64 on Friday,?announced his retirement, effective Jan. 31, on?Tuesday.

Rackley's passion for coaching never waned during a career that spanned 42 seasons, but the physical toll the job has taken on his health and a desire to spend more time with his family finally pushed him toward retirement, he said.

Rackley had quintuple-bypass heart surgery in 2008 and has been slowed by a bad hip in recent years.

?Today is a day of mixed emotions for me," Rackley said. "I?m excited about the future, but I?m going to miss the camaraderie of the coaches and just being around my players. It?s tough to leave them because I love them so much."

Rackley succeeded D.W. Rutledge as head coach in 2001 and went 101-37 in 11 seasons, leading the Rockets to a state title in his second season and two other appearances in the state finals. Judson lost to Euless Trinity both times, 28-14 in 2005 and 13-10 in 2007.

Speculation started almost immediately after Rackley's retirement announcement that Judson graduate Mike Jinks, who led Steele to the 5A Division II state championship in 2010 and the title game this season, will be the Rockets' next coach.

Jinks, 39, declined to comment on the job opening when reached Tuesday night. Jinks is 62-17 in six varsity seasons at Steele.

"This is a time to talk about Coach Rackley and all the great things he did at Judson," said Jinks, a 1990 Judson graduate. "He embodied all the great things about that community. These next few days should be about him, not who is going to be the next coach."

The Judson Independent School District said Tuesday it would start a search for Judson's next head coach immediately.

Defensive coordinator Mark Soto, 39, has been named the Rockets' interim head coach. Soto, a 1991 Judson graduate, and Jinks are former teammates and good friends.

Jinks praises Rackley's consistency

Rackley coached Jinks for one season as quarterbacks coach in 1987, when Jinks was a sophomore starter on the varsity, before getting hired as head coach at Southwest in 1988. Rackley and Jinks were also on Rutledge's staff?in 1997,?with Jinks coaching the Rockets' quarterbacks and Rackley coaching?the running backs.

"Having played under Coach Rackley?and coached with him, I can say I have tremendous admiration and respect for him," Jinks said. "The thing about Coach Rackley that I'll never forget is that he was consistent. He just had a passion for working with kids and coaching.

"He believed that there's something bigger than an individual's talent. It's what lies within that makes you who are you. I never understood that when I was a kid, but I have carried that as an adult."

Rackley had two different stints totaling 27 seasons as a coach at Judson, starting as an assistant in 1980 when he was hired? by new head coach Frank Arnold. The Rockets won their first?state championship three years later under Arnold.?

Rackley, whose animated, high-energy coaching style contrasted sharply with his soft-spoken nature off the field,?was the last member of?Arnold's original staff?still coaching at Judson. ??

Rackley said he had been mulling retirement since the Rockets? 25-24 loss to Madison in the first round of the 2011 playoffs. Judson finished the season 8-3.

?My wife (Gerry) and I kind of evaluate everything during the holidays,? Rackley said. ?We had been talking about it and thought we?d make a decision then. It?s the right decision. It?s time. I enjoy what I?m doing, but it?s good that you can leave something when you?re still enjoying it."

Rackley faced a health crisis in April 2008 when he had the quintuple-bypass heart surgery after experiencing severe chest pains, but he was back at work within a month and never missed a game.

Rackley also was head coach at Antonian, Southwest

Soto has been on the Rockets' staff since 2005. He was a linebacker on the Judson varsity for three seasons (1988-90).

"What I've learned from Coach Rackley the last five or six years is to be very meticulous with your work, to dot the I's and cross the T's, all the time," Soto said. "You have to be organized and keep things simple for your players so they can react quickly on the field.

"Another thing I've learned from him is to make sure you're living for the Lord and doing the right things.?As a coach, you're here?to teach kids how to be good men."?

Rackley retires with a 137-71-1 career record. He was also a head coach at Antonian for two seasons (1976-77) and at Southwest for five (1988-92).

After returning to Judson in 1993, Rackley was the Rockets? assistant head coach until getting promoted when Rutledge resigned in March 2001 to take a position with the Texas High School Coaches Association.

Rackley, who lives in the community of Zuehl, between San Antonio and Seguin, plans to become a full-time rancher and spend more time with his family. He and Gerry, who have been married 38 years, have three children and eight grandchildren.

"I think the worst thing I could do would be to sit on an easy chair and prop my feet up," Rackley said. "I'm going to set the alarm and get up early, and try to get after each day like I did when I was coaching."?

More than anything, Rackley relished the challenge of putting together?a new team each season.?

?The favorite part of my job was practice,? Rackley said. ?It all starts in the offseason. You go through boot camp and then spring training. You work so many hours before you get to Friday night. That?s when you get your message across. That?s when the building of character takes place. The games reveal that but it starts in practice.?

Coaching career started?in Mathis

Rackley broke the news of his retirement to his staff Tuesday morning and told his players shortly before noon.

?I tried my best not to cry, but it was tough,? Rackley said. ?I?ve always been proud of our kids. I think they?ve always done a good job of representing what we?re trying to do in a class way. We were sick and disappointed to lose to Madison this season, but our kids know there?s a right way to lose. There was nobody throwing any tantrums.

?There have been some great stories about our kids through the years, and the best ones are the ones when they come back and show you a picture of their family. Those are things that will last. It makes you feel that you?re making a difference for the right reason.?

Always the mentor, Rackley had one more message for his players Tuesday.

?I told them they have a responsibility to uphold the things that we?re trying to do at Judson,? Rackley said. ?Not just the winning, but for doing the right thing in life and being a responsible father and husband. I told them, ?You have a responsibility to go out in the community and be a productive citizen.??

Rackley was born in Corpus Christi, but was raised in Mathis, where he graduated from high school in 1966. He started his career with a three-year stint at Mathis in 1970 and moved to Central Catholic in 1973, where he worked under Harold Keller, his high school coach at Mathis, for three seasons.

After coaching at Antonian, Rackley was an assistant at Clemens for two seasons before joining Arnold?s staff at Judson in 1980.

Source: http://www.kens5.com/sports/football/Jim-Rackley-longtime-Judson-football-coach-announces-retirement-136612933.html

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Ronald Marion Jennings of San Antonio passed away suddenly on December 29, 2011. Born in Parsons, Kansas on July 8, 1941 to Otis Marion and Florence Jennings he spent most of his youth in Rich Hill, Missouri. Ron was a retired officer of AT& T Corporation working the majority of his years for Southwestern Bell Yellow Pages. Ron was a generous and loving husband and father who enjoyed golf, sports, travel and his dog. He was enormously proud of his sons and cared deeply about the happiness and security of his family and country. We will miss him dearly. Survivors include wife Jean (Pollard) Jennings. Sons, Bryan G. Jennings and wife Mary Beth of Butler Mo., Matthew S. Jennings of St. Louis, Mo, Daron R. Jennings with Alison Krumbein of Los Angeles, Ca. Grandsons, B. Colby Jennings and wife Char Marie, Jacob F. Jennings of Springfield, Mo. and Luke M. Jennings of Los Angeles, Ca. Great grandson Emery Jack Jennings. Brother Jerry Jennings of Lee Summit, Mo and sister Carolyn (Jennings) Harris of Joplin, Mo. Mother-in-law Audrey Pollard of Overland Park, KS, in-laws Mark and Chris Heider of Lawrence, Ks and Jim and Teri Orr of Westwood, Ks. Ron loved with all his heart and gave without thought to gain. He was and will remain our center, our compass and our strength. In lieu of flowers the family requests charitable donations be made to: First Presbyterian Church of San Antonio 404 N. Alamo San Antonio Texas 78205 210-299-1986 www.fpconline.org FirstPres@fpcsat.org The Fisher House 7323 W. Highway 90 ste 107 San Antonio TX 78227 210-673-7500 www .fisherhouseinc.org FisherHouseInc@ sbcglobal.net The Salvation Army www.salvationarmyusa.org A memorial service will be celebrated in Kansas City at Village Presbyterian Church, Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 11:00.

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SEOUL (Reuters) ? North Korea in a policy-setting message for New Year called on its people to rally behind anointed successor Kim Jong-un by becoming "human shields" but made no mention of its nuclear arms program, the key source of regional security concern during his deceased father's reign.

The North's three main state newspapers said in "a joint editorial" published Sunday that Kim Jong-un has legitimacy to carry on the revolutionary battle initiated by his grandfather Kim Il-sung and developed by his father Kim Jong-il, who died two weeks ago of a heart attack.

"Kim Jong-un, the supreme leader of our Party and our people, is the banner of victory and glory of Songun Korea and the eternal center of its unity," the joint editorial carried by the North's state KCNA news agency said.

"The dear respected Kim Jong-un is precisely the great Kim Jong-il. The whole Party, the entire army and all the people should possess a firm conviction that they will become human bulwarks and human shields in defending Kim Jong-un unto death."

The joint editorial assailed the South Korean government for pursuing confrontation and war maneuvers despite efforts by the North to reopen dialogue, and it repeated its demand for the withdrawal of the U.S. military from the South.

But conspicuously absent from the 5,000-word New Year editorial was any mention of its nuclear arms program.

Momentum was building in diplomatic contacts between the North and the United States before the announcement of Kim Jong-il's death on December 19, raising expectations that the two sides may be closer to reaching a compromise to restart stalled talks aimed at ending the North's nuclear program.

Those talks stalled in 2008 when Pyongyang balked at intrusive inspections of its nuclear sites under a 2005 deal by six countries including the United States and South Korea to give the impoverished North aid in return for disarmament.

Last week, in a fiery message that marked the first communication with the outside world since Kim Jong-il's death, the North's National Defense Commission, which is seen as the apex of power, declared it would not deal with the current government in the South.

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak had angered Pyongyang by cutting off aid to the destitute neighbor when he took office in 2008 demanding nuclear disarmament and economic reform as preconditions to reopen food assistance and political engagement.

Tensions on the divided peninsula had reached a new peak in 2010 when the North launched an artillery barrage into a South Korean island killing civilians. The North was also blamed for a torpedo attack against a South Korean navy ship killing 46.

The North's state media said Saturday that Kim Jong-un has been officially appointed supreme commander of its 1.2-million strong military, two days after the official mourning for the dead leader ended in a move seen as a rush to solidify succession and boost the junior Kim's grip on power.

Kim Jong-un was named a four-star general and given the vice-chairmanship of the ruling party's Central Military Commission by his father in 2010.

Experts believe the untested new leader, who had only been groomed for rule since 2009, will rule with the aid of a close coterie that includes his uncle and key power-broker, Jang Song-thaek, at least in the early stages of the leadership transition.

Jang, husband of Kim Jong-il's younger sister, Kim Kyong-hui, stood behind his nephew in Wednesday's mass funeral parade, escorting the hearse carrying Kim's body. [ID:nL3E7NR51W]

Despite Pyongyang's determination to project an unbroken line from Kim Jong-un's iron-fisted predecessors, which began with his grandfather, Kim Il-sung, there have been questions among outsiders about his capacity to lead the country.

North and South Korea are technically still at war under a truce ending the 1950-53 Korean War.

(Reporting by Jack Kim and Sung-won Shim)

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120101/wl_nm/us_korea_north

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Security features in Windows 8 will discourage operating-system attacks and drive hackers to develop malware that compromises hardware directly, according to McAfee's security predictions for 2012.

"Advances in the Windows 8 bootloader security feature have already caused researchers to show how they can be subverted through legacy BIOS," McAfee says in its "2012 Threats Predictions, "meanwhile, the product has not even been fully released yet."

At the same time Intel is developing its unified extensible firmware interface that is meant to enforce secure booting, which will further prod attackers into designing malware that evades these new protections, the report says.

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"We will keenly watch how attackers use these low-level functions for botnet control, perhaps migrating their control functions into graphics processor functions, the BIOS, or the master boot record," the report says. "In spite of our efforts to thwart their ambitions, attackers clearly see the value and power of attacking hardware and moving outside of traditional operating-system attacks."

Attacks on mobile devices will also gain more attention from adversaries as the devices are used more to conduct financial transactions and become repositories of valuable information, McAfee says.

With PCs, attackers have effectively infiltrated banking applications, and the same will happen with banking apps on phones, the report says. "Attackers have adapted quickly to every change intended to secure banking on PCs. As we use our mobile devices ever more for banking, we will see attackers bypass PCs and go straight after mobile-banking apps," the report says.

To gain better control of mobile devices, attackers will take advantage of rooting tools that legitimate customers use to add more features to their phones.

"Attackers have already used old root exploits to hide themselves; as new exploits are developed, attackers will eventually install their own custom firmware," the report says.

Virtual currency operations such as Bitcoin will come under increasing attack in the coming year, McAfee says, because the virtual wallets where transactions take place are public and unencrypted - making them ideal for attacks from Trojans.

And a formal business structure, similar to what has grown up around botnets, will develop to streamline the violation of virtual currencies. "We expect to see this threat evolve into a cottage industry of cybercrime next year," McAfee says, "with spam, data theft, tools, support networks, and other associated services dedicated solely to exploiting virtual currencies."

Attacks against supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems have been proven and administrators of these systems need to take the threat seriously, McAfee says. There has been enough proof - particularly via Stuxnet - that cyber attacks can cause physical damage, so steps should be taken to reduce that likelihood.

"It's time for extensive penetration testing and emergency response planning that includes cybercomponents and networking with law enforcement at all levels," the report says. "They must ask themselves: What happens when we are targeted?"

Other predictions:

Hacktivists will integrate their protests with physical protests by demonstrators to assert more focused political pressure.
Cyber war demonstrations, if not actual attacks, will take place if for no other reason than as a deterrent to demonstrate how destructive they could be.
Further compromises of SSL certificates will reduce confidence in certificate authorities.
Traditional spam will wane as legal entities that accomplish essentially the same goals gain favor.

Read more about wide area network in Network World's Wide Area Network section.

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Sunday, January 1, 2012

N.Korea rallies for successor, no mention of nuclear arms (Reuters)

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