HP Softball Plans Memorial Walkathon to Bring Community ...

The Hanover Park High School softball team is hosting the first Ralph Politi Jr. Memorial Walk-a-Thon on Sunday at Lurker Park in East Hanover in memory of the father of twin seniors on the team.

The event is scheduled to run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will feature bobbing for apples, face painting, pumpkin painting, music, and throwing and hitting softball activities for children. Attendees also can wear Halloween costumes, and the best costume in each age group wins a prize.

The event will raise money for Between the Lines Club, and the softball team will donate some of the funds raised to Mothers Against Drunk Driving, softball coach Kristen Hogan said.

Ralph Politi Jr., a Hanover Park Regional Board of Education member, was killed by an alleged drunk driver from Parsippany on Ridgedale Avenue on May 5. His death occurred in the middle of the softball season, and the team, including his daughters Dana and Danielle Politi, went on to win the sectional championship.

"We wanted to do something together that would honor his memory and be good for the community," Hogan said.

The walkathon fee is $20 for adults and $10 for children under 7. Registration is available online at ehsoftball.com and at the park on the day of the event.

Source: http://madison.patch.com/articles/hp-softball-plans-memorial-walkathon-to-bring-community-together

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The Ohio State University Marching Band Goes ?Out of This World?

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Ex-Goldman director gets two years in prison for boardroom leaks

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fallen Wall Street insider Rajat Gupta was sentenced to two years in prison on Wednesday for leaking Goldman Sachs boardroom secrets to the hedge fund manager at the centre of the U.S. government's crackdown on insider trading, a much lighter sentence than prosecutors had sought.

Gupta, 63, who also is a former global head of the McKinsey & Co management consultancy, is the most influential corporate figure to be convicted in a wide U.S. probe of insider trading involving hedge fund managers, traders, consultants and executives.

A Manhattan federal jury in June found him guilty of feeding tips about Goldman Sachs at the height of the 2008 financial crisis to hedge fund tycoon Raj Rajaratnam, his friend and business associate.

The sentence was far less than the eight to ten years that prosecutors had sought, but more than the punishment of probation and community service that Gupta's lawyers had requested.

The sentence was imposed by U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff, who questioned why Gupta had turned his back on an "extraordinary" and "selfless" life to commit a crime he did not profit from directly.

Gupta's crime was "the functional equivalent of stabbing Goldman in the back," Rakoff said. "So why did Gupta do it?"

Indian-born Gupta also once sat on the boards of Procter & Gamble Co and American Airlines. He also had advised philanthropies such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Rajaratnam is serving 11 years in prison, one of the longest sentences for insider trading, after his May 2011 conviction.

(Reporting by Grant McCool; editing by Martha Graybow and Matthew Lewis)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/ex-goldman-director-gets-two-years-prison-boardroom-202254976--finance.html

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Apple introduces two new iPads, new Macs

The iPad Mini is about half the size of the regular iPad, and starts at $329.

By Michael Liedtke,?AP Technology Writer / October 23, 2012

Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during an event to announce new products in San Jose, Calif., Tuesday.

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Apple?introduced a smaller iPad, as expected, but also updated its full-sized one. It also unveiled new Mac computers, including a 13-inch version of a MacBook Pro with sharper, "Retina" display.

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With a screen measuring 7.9 inches on the diagonal, the iPad Mini is about half the size of the regular iPad. It's slightly larger than the 7-inch tablets from Amazon.com Inc. and Google Inc. The regular iPad is 9.7 inches.

Apple?has sold more than 100 million iPads since their debut in April 2010. Although?Apple?dominates the worldwide tablet market with 70 percent of shipments in the second quarter, according to IHS iSuppli, Amazon and Google have been able to make in-roads with the smaller alternatives. A smaller iPad from?Apple?Inc. could help the company cement its dominance.

The event at the California Theatre comes a few days before Microsoft Corp. starts selling a new version of its Windows operating system, one designed to work well on both traditional computers and tablets. Microsoft is also releasing its own tablet, the Surface, on Friday. It will be slightly larger than the full-sized iPad.

Here's a running account of?Apple's?event. All times are PDT. Presenters include?Apple?CEO Tim Cook and Philip Schiller, the senior vice president for worldwide marketing.

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10 a.m.

The event opens with Cook appearing on stage. "We have some fond memories here, and we're going to create a few more today," he told the audience.

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10:15 a.m.

Cook began the presentation with a customary update on past products.

Cook talked about the success of the iPhone 5 and the new iPod Touch, both released last month. He said there have been 3 million iPod Touches sold.

He also talked about an upgrade to?Apple's?software for mobile devices, iOS 6. He said there were now 200 million devices running iOS 6.

He said the app store had more than 700,000 apps, including 275,000 for the iPad. Customers have downloaded more than 35 billion apps, he said.

He touted an e-book app called iBooks and announced a new version with a new reading option: continuous scrolling. With that, you keep scrolling down the screen rather than flip pages to keep reading. You can also tap on a quote to share instantly on Facebook or Twitter.

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10:20 a.m.

After touting growth in Mac computers at a time when sales of Windows-based machines are slowing,?Apple?introduced a new MacBook. In June,?Apple?introduced a MacBook Pro that is about as thin as its already-slim MacBook Air, but with a sharper display. That model had a 15.4-inch screen.

At Tuesday's event, Schiller unveiled a smaller version, with a screen of 13.3 inches. He noted that the 13.3-inch MacBook Pro that?Apple already makes has been the company's top-selling laptop. The new version adds the sharper display and is thinner and lighter than the regular MacBook Pro.

"In typical?Apple?fashion, we are going to take our best product and introduce something better and much cooler," he said.

The starting price is $1,699.

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10:25 a.m.

Schiller teased audience by talking about the Mac Mini, not an iPad Mini.

"You knew there would be something called 'mini' in this presentation," he said to laughter.

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How do you minimize 401(k) expenses? - The Help Desk - CNN

When I looked at the funds offered in my girlfriend's 401(k) plan, I noticed that almost all of the funds had maintenance fees of more than 1.65% and a 1% deferred load. Is this common for 401(k)s? Are there ways to minimize her 401(k) expenses? ? Brian

You are right to be concerned, since those fees are fairly high. By comparison, MONEY recently reported that average annual expenses for plans of various sizes ranged from 0.36% in the biggest plans to 1.4% in the smallest. (For more detail on 401(k) fees, go to http://money.cnn.com/2012/07/25/retirement/401k-fees.moneymag/index.htm.) From year to year, the high fees in your girlfriend's plan could be a serious drag on returns.

One way to minimize the impact of fees is to look for passively managed index funds, which are likely to be the cheapest offerings available in her 401(k). If her plan doesn't currently offer index funds, she might consider lobbying her employer or plan sponsor to bring in some lower-cost options.

If she has done what she can to lower fees, she should continue to fund her 401(k) in order to receive any employer matching. That's free money, and even with the slightly higher fees, it will provide a net boost to her retirement savings. But she might consider making contributions beyond that amount to a self-directed IRA or Roth IRA. Just be aware that contributions to IRAs are limited to $5,000 per year ($6,000 for those 50 or older), which is much lower than the current annual 401(k) contribution limit of $17,000 (or $22,500 for those 50 or older).

The key benefit of IRAs to your girlfriend is that they typically feature a much broader range of funds than the average 401(k) plan. Many of these options, such as ETFs, charge lower fees than the average equity mutual fund.

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Got a question for the Help Desk? Send it to?helpdesk@cnnmoney.com.

Source: http://helpdesk.blogs.money.cnn.com/2012/10/22/minimize-401k-expenses-fees/

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Internet Marketing Success ? How to Accomplish Mor | Travel

Time management is pretty much the hardest subject for Internet marketers to deal with, particularly because they always have more to do and not enough time to do it in. There are so many new marketing strategies that come out every single day and every day competition becomes stiffer which can make your life confusing and difficult. So how do you solve the problem? It?s not that hard; you need to focus on the things that allow you to achieve more in even less time so that you can get as much from your work without having to truly worry about any of the results.

Learn how to properly use the online applications that will help you be more productive while reducing your workload at the same time. There are so many web based tools that don?t cost anything and can help you get so much more done.

For example, it?s totally fine to put your to-do list on paper but if you manage a workload that is largely virtual, wouldn?t it make more sense to manage your to-do list online as well? You?ll find lots of web based apps that will help you get even more from your to-do lists. This is just one example, you?ll easily find lots of other productivity enhancers to help you out.

When you?ve got routine tasks to take care of that are time consuming and mundane ? just go ahead and either automate them or outsource them if you can. As an Internet marketer you need to focus more on increasing your profits and not on getting stuck doing things that can just as easily be taken care of by someone else or an automatic service of some sort.

The more you focus on this, the more growth you can achieve and the faster you will be able to move.

The true secret to accomplishing more and achieving better focus is to work in chunks; it?s super easy to feel exhausted and drained as you work in long stretches of time and that can really slow you down. Rather than multi-tasking your way into a big failure then you need to focus on one thing at a time and actually finish it. When you do this it is easier to remember where you want to go and you won?t have to do too many things at once or get slowed down by too many other projects fighting for brain space. Make sure that you cut your work into little chunks that you can actually accomplish so that you?ll have an easier time working and fighting the urge to quit.

Every Internet marketer wants to earn a six figure income and build a business that runs on auto-pilot. But if you truly want to help your online business get to that point, the first thing you need to do is perfectly manage your time. This will allow you to reach more of your goals in far less time. Even though there are lots of reasons why it will be hard for you to tap into your productivity, when you start putting these tips to work, you will see just how quickly things start to fall into place for you. flight attendant school

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Antibodies to immune cells protect eyes in Pseudomonas infection

ScienceDaily (Oct. 22, 2012) ? Contact lenses, particularly the extended wear variety, render wearers vulnerable to eye infections from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. These infections can cause severe damage, including blindness. Treating the eye with antibodies to the inflammatory immune compound interleukin-17 (IL-17) reduced eye damage and the number of bacteria in a mouse model. The research is published in the October Infection and Immunology.

The onslaught of Pseudomonas infection of the eye is often swift, and is aggravated by the bacterium's resistance to antibiotics. "Pseudomonas is everywhere in the environment, and can be unwittingly introduced into the lens cleaning solution, or directly onto the contact lens, so everyone who uses contact lenses is at risk," says principal investigator Gregory P. Priebe of Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, and Boston Children's Hospital.

Immune cells known as neutrophils are a major cause of the eye damage that ensues from Pseudomonas infection. IL-17 is involved in attracting neutrophils to the infected tissues. They are the vanguard of immune attack, arriving at a site of infection within an hour, trapping, and ingesting pathogens. In their pathogen-killing function, they also release noxious substances, notably elastase, an enzyme that can chew up tissues, and superoxide, which is converted into hypochlorous acid, more commonly known as chlorine bleach. Thus, the ensuing eye damage is not surprising.

Nonetheless, the strategy of blocking these pathogen killing cells risked reducing the immune system's bacteria-killing function, says Priebe. "Surprisingly, just the opposite was seen: blocking IL-17 with antibodies led both to fewer neutrophils in the eye, and to fewer bacteria," says Priebe. Thus, he says, the research may lead to effective treatments.

"We thought that blocking IL-17 infection might worsen eye infections, but found just the opposite,' says Priebe . "Interestingly, this is a common pattern in eye infections. The body's responses that make the damage worse are often the same things needed to limit infections in other tissues, such as the lung."

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1. T. S. Zaidi, T. Zaidi, G. B. Pier, G. P. Priebe. Topical Neutralization of Interleukin-17 during Experimental Pseudomonas aeruginosa Corneal Infection Promotes Bacterial Clearance and Reduces Pathology. Infection and Immunity, 2012; 80 (10): 3706 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00249-12

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