Cool socks, Chicago pride and Pop Rocks at the UFC on Fox 6 weigh-ins

CHICAGO -- The UFC on Fox 6 weigh-ins featured a large, raucous, possibly liquored up crowd of Chicago fight fans, plenty of cool socks, and every fighter making weight. The only fighter who came close to not making weight was Clay Guida. He walked to the scale wearing a custom shirt with the Chicago flag on it and a Chicago flag wristband. He jumped on the scale and was 147, too heavy for featherweight in his first fight at that weight class. He then took off his Chicago Bulls socks and jewelry, and made weight. The only other bit of drama was some jawing between Quinton "Rampage" Jackson and Glover Teixiera.

Read on for a complete list of weights and more pictures from the weigh-in.

MAIN CARD (FOX, 8 p.m. ET)
? Champ Demetrious Johnson (125) vs. John Dodson (124)
? Quinton Jackson (204) vs. Glover Teixeira (206)
? Donald Cerrone (155) vs. Anthony Pettis (155)
? Erik Koch (145) vs. Ricardo Lamas (145)
PRELIMINARY CARD (FX, 5 p.m. ET)
? T.J. Grant (155) vs. Matt Wiman (156)
? Clay Guida (146) vs. Hatsu Hioki (146)
? Pascal Krauss (171) vs. Mike Stumpf (170)
? Ryan Bader (205) vs. Vladimir Matyushenko (205)
? Shawn Jordan (251) vs. Mike Russow (256)
? Rafael Natal (185) vs. Sean Spencer (186)
PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook, 4:30 p.m. ET)
? David Mitchell (171) vs. Simeon Thoresen (171)

At left, Clay Guida and his Chicago Bulls socks. Donald Cerrone's cowboy boots and Superman socks are at right.

Guida's family had their guy's head on a stick and Guida buttons at weigh-ins. They were loud and supportive of Guida on Thursday, so you can bet they'll be out in numbers at the fights Saturday.

Dodson had Pop Rocks as his post weigh-in snack.

Thanks to Combat Lifestyle for the pictures.

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Expect these topics to dominate Obama's second term

On Monday, President Obama shared his vision for the next four years with the nation in his second inaugural address. In the speech the president laid out an ambitious agenda for the next four years and there's been a lot of talk about how much can actually be accomplished. He touched on a series of issues including climate change, immigration reform, economic inequality and gay rights- becoming the first president in modern history to talk about gay rights in an inaugural speech. Many of you had questions about the president's speech and also about what we can expect in the second Obama term.

Renee Ferguson asked: After tackling gun violence, what will the president tackle next?

Zack East tweeted that he would like to know if the president would seek to change laws nationally regarding gay marriage and discrimination policies.

And Clark Johnson wondered: POTUS inaugural- how much is real and how much is fantasy?

Thanks for the great questions everyone and please keep them coming on Facebook and on Twitter. Be sure to tune into "Good Morning America" tomorrow morning and to "This Week" on Sunday, where we'll talk more about that speech and about the start of President Obama's second term.

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Distro Issue 75 arrives with a look at the history of human-powered flight

Ever wanted to take off and soar the friendly skies powered by nothing more than a little good old fashioned elbow grease? You're not alone. In the latest issue of our weekly, we survey the history of human-powered flight from 6th century China right up to Red Bull's Flugtag aerial leaps. Review houses our in-depth impressions of both the HP Envy x2 hybrid and the Pantech Discover while IRL returns with yet another look at our personal gadget habits. Eyes-On visually oogles Orange Amps' OPC, Weekly Stat tallies Instagram's user numbers and Adafruit's Limor Fried gets cozy with the Q&A. Strap yourself into your pedal-powered airship or comfy reading chair of choice and get to downloading via the usual sources that reside just below.

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The real lesson from the bird flu storm

The controversy over whether work on airborne H5N1 bird flu can be published shows that transparency is vital to upholding public trust

So the research moratorium on H5N1 bird flu is over. In 2011 I was one of the first journalists to report the discovery that H5N1 bird flu, which is highly lethal in humans, can mutate to become readily transmissible not just in birds but also in mammals like us ? while, apparently, remaining lethal.

What happened next shocked the researchers. Publication of the work was blocked, as US biosecurity experts insisted it would be crazy to tell would-be bioterrorists about this. The 39 labs around the world that do this research responded by declaring a moratorium on further work: there's little point doing research you can't publish.

A year later, the US will shortly launch a new review process to address this. This week, the labs said they would soon resume work on whether, and how, a virus now evolving across Eurasia might become an apocalyptic threat to humanity.

This resumption is good news ? but there's a proviso. Hypothetical bioterrorists aside, the real worry for many critics is the danger posed by research itself. We don't want labs to inadvertently release the virus we fear.

That doesn't just require stringent containment and more bureaucracy ? it means doing experiments only when benefits really outweigh risks. If, as seems likely, all parties involved cannot agree on that, then the whole process should at least be as transparent as possible. Top research officials in the US have been saying this, and that too is good.

Alarming spin

But are researchers as committed to transparency? The H5N1 kerfuffle has been notable for an alarming amount of spin. Details of the findings have been reinterpreted as pressures have mounted. The experience may have left some researchers even less likely to tell us what they're doing.

The story emerged at a flu meeting in Malta in September 2011. Ron Fouchier of the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam reported that he had made H5N1 able to spread between ferrets via airborne droplets, by simply passing it repeatedly between the animals.

This was the $64,000 question in flu research. At present, H5N1 cannot become a human pandemic as it does not spread this way in mammals. But can it evolve this ability? Some virologists said no. Others said it might, but the mutant would not be as lethal.

No such luck. "All the ferrets died," Fouchier told me. "We have to do more to control H5N1." He was clearly upset at the prospect of such a virus evolving naturally; so were other flu researchers at the meeting. I reported it

Fouchier had left out a lot of detail as the research had been submitted to the journal Science, which doesn't allow authors to say much before publication. When he said the ferrets all died, I thought he was referring to the ones that inhaled the virus. In fact those ferrets lived; the ones that died had had that same virus put into their windpipe.

We would have corrected the article had the researchers complained. Maybe it seemed a minor point: the team had also reported that putting a flu virus in a ferret's windpipe was the best test of its danger to humans. The transmissible virus killed in a way that might be relevant to people ? that's what mattered. The detail wouldn't have changed our conclusion.

Dangerous or not?

But then the dispute over whether the work could be published blew up, and The New York Times charged that this research was just too dangerous.

In February last year, the researchers' story had changed dramatically. The press had blown things out of proportion. The mutant virus wasn't dangerous. None of the ferrets that inhaled it died, you had to practically shove it into their lungs to kill them. Anyway, animal work doesn't show what will happen in people.

Efforts to portray the transmissible virus as harmless were almost comical. One researcher told me the mutant H5N1 was no biggie ? even the 2009 pandemic flu kills in ferrets' tracheas. Ah, but only one in three ? the H5N1 killed them all, so not quite the same.

When the research was finally published, none of the spin seemed very relevant. The message of Malta remained: H5N1 became airborne in mammals, and could still kill. That's enough. Yes, this is animal work: if a virus that kills in a ferret's throat, but not in its nose, emerges in nature, we may get lucky. Or maybe we'd best not inhale.

Full transparency

Some defensiveness is understandable if scientists fear work they rightly consider vitally important may be banned. Yet full transparency is the answer. I fear that lesson has not sunk in. After the papers were published, one of the researchers insisted to me that there was no reason why he should ever talk to a journalist; this week that person begged journalists to tell the public the researchers' side of the story, so they wouldn't get this kind of opposition.

That's not how it's done. Transparency is an important safeguard against some who may take excessive risks (it happens) as well as showing the good that scientists do. It must serve both these functions, or no one will believe the good news.

I gave a talk in Malta too, about public communication. I told a roomful of flu researchers the old risk-management saying: strive to be, not trusted, but accountable. I got a lot of blank, angry stares.

This problem won't go away until that gets rueful, knowing nods. It isn't happening yet.

Debora MacKenzie is a consultant for New Scientist based in Brussels

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TDK EB950

TDK's relaunch into the consumer audio realm over the last few years has been interesting to watch. The first products were stylized boomboxes that offered more in the way of design than performance, while the TDK ST700 High Fidelity On-Ear Headphones provided a better audio experience. Now, with the TDK EB950, the company has knocked it out of the park. At $129.95 (list), these in-canal earphones consistently sell online for much closer to $80 and yet perform on the level of models that are significantly more expensive. Purists looking for flat response should steer clear, but the EB950 provides plenty for lovers of deep bass and crisp highs. A highly sculpted frequency response makes modern mixes and classical music shine. Throw in the inline remote and microphone for iOS devices, and you're getting some serious value for your investment?the EB950 easily nabs our Editors' Choice award.

Design
The TDK EB950's design is quite unassuming?all black, with lightweight earpieces that house dynamic drivers and outward-facing grilles that help the earphones convey a greater sense of space and depth in the stereo field. This also means, however, that like open headphones, the EB950 leaks audio to the outside world?when you play these loudly, your fellow train commuters and coworkers will hear your playlist.

The default eartips for the EB950 are the woefully under-used Comply foam tips. You often see Comply tips ship with earphones, but they're rarely the pair attached to the earpieces out of the box, probably because they have a sort of boring, functional look to them. Who cares? Press these into your ear canal after compressing them with your fingers for a second, and they'll slowly expand, forming an excellent, secure seal that shuts out a wide swath of ambient noise, and helps provide a solid bass response.

The inline remote sits in the compartment where the left and right earpieces' cables join. It works with Apple iOS devices for controlling playback, track navigation, and answering calls. The built-in mic provides reasonable clarity, but we're talking about cellular audio fidelity, so don't expect anything better than what you're already used to during a mobile phone call. The remote compartment itself feels a little cheaply made?tap it with your finger, and you can hear the central button rattling around a bit. Oh, well?that's the only thing that feels budget about these earphones.

Included with the EB950: three sets of silicon ear tips in various sizes (in addition to the Comply pair), a shirt clip, a TRRS-to-TRS adapter, and a small black snap-shut pouch.

Performance
The EB950 passes the deep bass test easily. At top volumes, there are no hints of distortion, even on challenging deep-bass-loaded tracks like The Knife's "Silent Shout" and Thom Yorke's "Cymbal Rush." There's definitely some boosting going on with the sub-bass frequencies, though; not only do these frequencies not distort, but they are conveyed with power. This doesn't serve to make things muddy, primarily because, like many deep bass earphones, the EB950 matches its substantial low frequency response with sculpted high-mids and high frequencies. Guitar rock is delivered with a serious crunch and crackle in the highs, and deep thumps on the kick drums. It may not be the most accurate response out there, but the EB950 definitely delivers an exciting sound.

On classical musical, like John Adams' "The Chairman Dances," the higher register strings are delivered with a noticeable boost in high-mids and highs?the end result is they sound a bit brighter, edgier, and crisper than they would on a flat response pair. The effect is nice, however, because it's rounded out by the bass response. Lower register strings and percussion don't sound overwhelmingly boosted here, but they definitely get a bit more presence from the EB950 than they would from a flatter pair. Lower notes get a nice deep resonance without sounding too unnatural, and the big drum hits at the end of the track are delivered with power, but not so much deep bass that things become comical, as they sometimes can on a truly bass-heavy pair like the Denon Urban Raver AH-C300 In-Ear Headphones.

The kick drum loop on Jay-Z and Kanye West's "No Church in the Wild" has a nice treble edge to its attack, but the EB950 also makes sure it's not lacking in low-end presence, while the sub-bass synth hits that sometimes take a backseat on earphones with less low-end sound powerful here. Yet, for all the booming low end, vocals are front and center, clear and articulate, and despite all of the high frequency boosting, things never sound harsh. For bass lovers, the EB950 is a great example of how things can be boosted and tweaked and still sound clear, clean, and exciting.

It's not that the EB950 sounds overwhelmingly better than, say, the Bowers & Wilkins C5 In-Ear Headphones or the aforementioned Denon Urban Raver?it's more that it can hang with both pairs, yet it costs significantly less than either. If you'd rather have a more refined bass experience, with subtle low-end and a much flatter overall response, the recent MartinLogan Mikros 70 is a solid option in the EB950's general price range. And if all of these seem too expensive and you're really just looking for some budget earphones with some decent bass response, the RHA MA450i is not nearly on the level of the other earphones mentioned in this review, but it costs a fraction of their prices. As far as bang for your buck, however, you'll have a tough time beating the exciting, distortion-free audio performance of the $130 (or $80, depending on where you look) TDK EB950?it seems almost under-priced, which is a refreshing enough reason to give it our Editors' Choice.

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Afghan police: Suicide bomber misses NATO, kills 5

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ? Afghan police say a suicide car bomber has killed five civilians and wounded another 25 in a botched attempt to hit a convoy of NATO supply trucks in eastern Afghanistan.

Gen. Faziluddin Ayar, who is responsible for the east, says the bomber missed the convoy, which suffered no damage. The attack took place Friday in the Tagab district of eastern Kapisa province.

The Ministry of Interior says in a statement that the bomber instead rammed into a residential home, killing those inside. It says four of the dead were from the same family.

The Taliban claimed responsibility in a text message sent to news media.

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Modifications of a nanoparticle can change chemical interactions with cell membranes

Jan. 23, 2013 ? Researchers at Syracuse University's Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering at L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science are studying the toxicity of commonly used nanoparticles, particles up to one million times smaller than a millimeter that could potentially penetrate and damage cell membranes.

In a recent article published along with cover art in the journal Langmuir, researchers Shikha Nangia, assistant professor of biomedical and chemical engineering (BMCE), and Radhakrishna Sureshkumar, Department Chair of BMCE and professor of physics, showed how simple shape and charge modifications of a nanoparticle can cause tremendous changes in the chemical interactions between the nanoparticle and a cell membrane.

Nanomaterials, which are currently being used as drug carriers, also pose a legitimate concern, since no universal standards exist to educate and fully protect those who handle these materials. Nanoparticles are comparable to chemicals in their potential threat because they could easily penetrate the skin or be inhaled.

"Nanotechnology has immense potential that is starting to be being realized; a comprehensive understanding of toxicity of nanoparticles will help develop better safe handling procedures in nanomanufacturing and nano-biotechnology" says Sureshkumar and Nangia, In addition, the toxicity levels of various nanoparticles can be used to our advantage in targeting cancer cells and absorbing radiation during cancer therapy. Nanotoxicity is becoming a major concern as the use of nanoparticles in imaging, therapeutics, diagnostics, catalysis, sensing and energy harvesting continues to grow dramatically.

This research project has taken place over the past year utilizing a state of the art 448 core parallel computer nicknamed "Prophet" housed in Syracuse University's Green Data Center. The research was funded by the National Science Foundation.

Langmuir is a notable, interdisciplinary journal of American Chemical Society publishing articles in: colloids, interfaces, biological interfaces, nano-materials, electrochemistry and devices and applications.

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Campaigners try to stop Zimbabwe gunship delivery

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) ? A regional civic campaign group says it is taking legal action to stop Zimbabwe from taking delivery of helicopter gunships from neighboring South Africa.

Willie Spies, a law expert at AfriForum, said Friday the South African military agreed to donate its surplus of aging French-designed Alouette helicopters to Zimbabwe for "imminent delivery."

He said in a statement that South Africa's Defense Ministry and its National Conventional Arms Control Committee did not respond to questions on the donation but officials of both bodies confirmed arrangements have been finalized.

The group said it wants to prevent the helicopters being used to bolster the "visibility, mobility and presence" of President Robert Mugabe's loyalist military before elections this year. Zimbabwe is under a Western arms embargo that includes French spare parts for Alouettes.

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Religious Liberty Double Standards Indicated In New Poll

Salt Lake City, UT

73,487 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/Temple_Square_October_05_%288%29_c.JPG" target="_hplink">here</a>.

Birmingham, AL

Metro area Birmingham-Hoover, AL<br> 70,990 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. <br> Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/16th_Street_Baptist_Church.JPG" target="_hplink">here</a>.

Oklahoma City, OK

60,249 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Bricktown_Canal_Water_Taxis_in_Oklahoma_City.jpg" target="_hplink">here</a>.

Memphis, TN-MS-AR

Metro area: Memphis, TN-MS-AR<br> 58,847 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. <br> Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Hernando_de_Soto_Bridge_Memphis.jpg" target="_hplink">here</a>.

Pittsburgh, PA

57,695 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Pittsburgh_WEO_Night_1.jpg" target="_hplink">here</a>.

Chicago, IL-IN-WI

Metro area: Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI<br> 57,162 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. <br> Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/2011-08-07_2000x3000_chicago_from_skydeck.jpg" target="_hplink">here</a>.

Providence, RI-MA

Metro area: Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA<br> 56,840 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. <br> Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Providence_Cathedral%2C_RI_edited.JPG" target="_hplink">here</a>.

Boston, MA-NH

Metro area: Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH<br> 56,765 religious adherents per 100,000 persons.<br> Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/USA_09562_Boston_Luca_Galuzzi_2007.jpg" target="_hplink">here</a>.

New York, NY-NJ-PA

Metro area: New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA<br> 55,595 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. <br> (Photo: In this March 26, 2012, file photo, One World Trade Center towers above the Lower Manhattan skyline and Hudson River in New York. One World Trade Center, the giant monolith being built to replace the twin towers destroyed in the Sept. 11 attacks, will lay claim to the title of New York City.)

Dallas, TX

Metro area: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX<br> 55,536 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. <br> Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/The_Catholic_Cathedral_of_Santuario_de_Guadalupe_in_the_Downtown_Dallas_Arts_District%2C_10-26-10.jpg" target="_hplink">here</a>.

Houston, TX

Metro area: Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX<br> 55,144 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. <br> Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Aerial_view_of_Texas_Medical_Center.jpg" target="_hplink">here</a>.

Buffalo, NY

Meto area: Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY<br> 54,706 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. <br> Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/20080310_Soldiers_and_Sailors_edit.JPG" target="_hplink">here</a>.

Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD

Metro area: Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD<br> 54,668 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. <br> Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Independence_Hall.jpg" target="_hplink">here</a>.

San Antonio, TX

Metro area: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX<br> 54,093 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. <br> Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/11/Rio_del_pasio_05.jpg" target="_hplink">here</a>.

New Orleans, LA

Metro area: New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA<br> 53,479 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. <br> Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Altaner.jpg" target="_hplink">here</a>.

Minneapolis, MN-WI

Metro area: Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI<br> 52,061 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. <br> Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Minneapolis_05042012.jpg" target="_hplink">here</a>.

Milwaukee, WI

Metro area: Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Alis, WI<br> 51,823 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. <br> Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/St_Stanislaus_Catholic_Church.jpg" target="_hplink">here</a>.

Charlotte, NC-SC

Metro area: Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC<br> 51,764 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. <br> Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Southpark_aerial_Charlotte_NC.jpg" target="_hplink">here</a>.

Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA<br> 51,382 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. <br> Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Hollywood_boulevard_from_kodak_theatre.jpg" target="_hplink">here</a>.

Cleveland, OH

Metro area: Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH<br> 51,185 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. <br> Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/StTheodosius.jpg" target="_hplink">here</a>.

Nashville, TN

Metro area: Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN<br> 50,694 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. <br> Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Nashville_Downtown.JPG" target="_hplink">here</a>.

Louisville, KY-IN

Metro area: Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN<br> 50,445 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. <br> Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Cathedral_Assumption_Louisville.jpg" target="_hplink">here</a>.

Richmond, VA

50,113 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Cathedral_of_the_sacred_heart_.JPG" target="_hplink">here</a>.

Jacksonville, Florida

50,093 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/ChurchJax1.jpg" target="_hplink">here</a>.

Atlanta, GA

Metro area: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA<br> 49,721 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. <br> Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Shrine_of_the_Immaculate_Conception.jpg" target="_hplink">here</a>.

Kansas City, MO-KS

49,702 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Community_Christian_Church_KCMO.jpg" target="_hplink">here</a>.

St. Louis, MO-IL

48,889 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Tower_Grove_Park_Scene_1.jpg" target="_hplink">here</a>.

Hartford, CT

Metro area: Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT<br> 47,226 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. <br> Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Cathedral_of_Saint_Joseph_in_Hartford_3%2C_2009-09-02.jpg" target="_hplink">here</a>.

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN

Metro area: Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN<br> 44,672 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. <br> Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Cincinnati_oh_skyline.jpg" target="_hplink">here</a>.

Detroit, MI

Metro area: Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI<br> 44,583 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. <br> Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Ste_Anne_de_Detroit.jpg" target="_hplink">here</a>.

Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV

Metro area: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV<br> 44,576 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. <br> Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Cherry_Blossoms_and_Washington_Monument.jpg" target="_hplink">here</a>.

Raleigh, NC

Metro area: Raleigh-Cary, NC<br> 44,469 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. <br> Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Downtown-Raleigh-from-Western-Boulevard-Overpass-20081012.jpeg" target="_hplink">here</a>.

San Jose, CA

Metro area: San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA<br> 44,189 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. <br> Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/San_Jose_Basilica.jpg" target="_hplink">here</a>.

Rochester, NY

44,066 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Colgate_8751.jpg" target="_hplink">here</a>.

Austin, TX

Metro area: Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX<br> 43,921 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. <br> Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/AustinSkylineLouNeffPoint-2010-03-29-b.JPG" target="_hplink">here</a>.

San Diego, CA

Metro area: San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA<br> 43,917 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. <br> Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/San-diego-mission-chuch.JPG" target="_hplink">here</a>.

Riverside, CA

Metro area: Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA<br> 42,293 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. <br> Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Riverside_06Skyline.JPG" target="_hplink">here</a>.

Indianapolis, IN

Metro area: Indianapolis-Carmel, IN<br> 42,213 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. <br> Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Indiana_State_Capitol_Market_St.jpg" target="_hplink">here</a>.

Baltimore, MD

Metro area: Baltimore-Towson, MD<br> 42,077 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. <br> Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1f/E-mt.vernon.jpg" target="_hplink">here</a>.

Orlando, FL

Metro area: Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL<br> 40,631 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. <br> Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Orlando_downtown_2011.jpg" target="_hplink">here</a>.

Virginia Beach, VA-NC

Metro area: Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC<br> 40,417 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. <br> Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Sunset-_Waves.JPG" target="_hplink">here</a>.

Miami, FL

Metro area: Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL<br> 38,058 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. <br> Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Mouth_of_Miami_River_20100211.jpg" target="_hplink">here</a>.

San Francisco, CA

Metro area: San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA<br> 37,796 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. <br> Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/SF_From_Marin_Highlands3.jpg" target="_hplink">here</a>.

Columbus, OH

37,702 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/ColumbusNightSkyline2.jpg" target="_hplink">here</a>.

Phoenix, AZ

Metro area: Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ<br> 37,518 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. <br> Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Phoenix_AZ_Downtown_from_airplane.jpg" target="_hplink">here</a>.

Denver, CO

Metro area: Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO<br> 36,968 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. <br> Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/DENCP.JPG" target="_hplink">here</a>.

Sacramento, CA

Metro area: Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Rosenville, CA<br> 36,512 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. <br> Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Sacramento_Skyline_%282%29.jpg" target="_hplink">here</a>.

Las Vegas, NV

Metro area: Las Vegas-Paradise, NV<br> 35,761 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. <br> Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Sacramento_Skyline_%282%29.jpg" target="_hplink">here</a>.

Seattle, WA

Metro area: Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA<br> 35,643 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. <br> Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Seattle_Ferry.jpg" target="_hplink">here</a>.

Tampa, FL

Metro area: Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL<br> 34,761 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. <br> Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/Tampa_Florida_Lawyers.jpg" target="_hplink">here</a>.

Portland, OR-WA

Metro area: Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA<br> 31,591 religious adherents per 100,000 persons. <br> Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Original photo <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/TomMcCallWaterfrontPark.jpg" target="_hplink">here</a>.

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Colombian superstar Juanes writes 1st book

NEW YORK (AP) ? Juanes (WAH'-nehs) has more to say than will fit in a hit song.

The Colombian singer announced Thursday that his first memoir will be released April 2 in English and Spanish. Its titles are "Chasing the Sun" and "Persiguiendo el sol," and they'll be released on Celebra, a division of Penguin Group (USA).

A news release said the book will feature photos and "personally penned intimate details about his life." It will also include stories about "the effects of witnessing corruption and violence" in Medellin, Colombia, where Juanes grew up, as well as "the regret and remorse surrounding his father's death."

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Why live in Greenville SC

Tall trees, wide sidewalks and unique sculptures?line?Greenville South Carolina's?Main Street. Downtown Greenville?still has a hometown feel but is the thriving cultural and entertainment center of Upstate SC. In 2003 Greenville?won the prestigious? Great American Main Street award given by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. They described?downtown Greenville as "rich with beautiful sidewalks, distinctive architecture, historic treasures and tremendous natural resources".?

??Whether you are in the mood for Southern-style?ribs, Mexican, Asian or seafood, you are sure to find something here to whet your appetite.? Greenville?has over ninety restaurants and pubs clustered around?Main Street in?downtown Greenville.?

A prime example of local pride comes on summer weekends when Main Street?transforms into an open air market. Hundreds of people flock to the Saturday Market in search of fresh vegetables, fruits and herbs as well as unique creations from various vendors.?

Visitors to downtown can enjoy a year-round series?of?special events, suited to the season and appealing to a diverse audience. From March through September,?weekly concerts?ranging from blues to jazz to beach music entertain visitors three nights a week, while larger downtown celebrations mark the coming of each new season. Every Thursday evening Greenville offers "Downtown Alive" which features live music, international foods and other family friendly events. Additionally, the downtown offers the wonderful Falls Park, an excellent place to relax and enjoy the outdoors. You won't get bored in Greenville, SC!?

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Greenville SC is located right in the heart of Upstate SC and offers diversity in culture and business. Greenville SC?is along along the Interstate 85 corridor which has brought much growth and foreign business investment to our area, and the future looks just as promising. A short drive from?Greenville SC?are?beautiful?mountains, lakes, and rivers?that give the Upstate a unique geographic appeal and provide many sightseeing and recreational possibilities. Greenville is a wonderful place to live or visit.?Greenville?is also home to over 250 international businesses including BMW, Michelin, Bowater, and Fluor, making it a leader in business, research, and development in the area.

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Moog details Sub Phatty ahead of NAMM, accepts $1,099 pre-orders for March (video)

A few days ahead of the music industry's annual soiree in California, Moog Music has outed its latest analog offering. The North Carolina-based outfit has pulled the wraps off of the Sub Phatty: a 25 full-size key, 31 knob synthesizer that wields two variable waveshape oscillators and Moog's new Multidrive circuitry. Multidrive smashes OTA distortion with FET drive to offer a range of sounds from warm depth to growling overdrive. "We set out to design the grittiest Moog synth ever, one that still offers all of the great sound and flexibility that Moog synthesizers are known for, but that also really has teeth," said president Mike Adams. The budget-friendly price tag of $1,100 is sure to temp those who've been eyeing Moog's wares, but units won't start shipping until March. Consult the source link to part with your funds and jump past the break for a walkthrough with synth pioneer Herb Deutsch.

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Former UW football player pleads guilty to steroid trafficking

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A former University of Waterloo football player pleaded guilty Thursday to drug offences and a series of break-and-enters.

Nathan Zettler, 24, admitted in court that he possessed and trafficked steroids in March 2010.

The University of Waterloo suspended its football program for the entire 2010 season due to a steroid scandal, with nine members of the team testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs.

Zettler?s former roommate, Brandon Krukowski, was accused of selling steroids to teammates in 2011, but all nine charges were dropped.

CTV?s Art Baumunk will have more on this story tonight on CTV News at Six.

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Ford, GM Shares Slump On Dismal European Sales

By Jim Jelter

Published January 16, 2013

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SAN FRANCISCO ? ?Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Co. shares fell Wednesday on data showing car sales in the European Union plunged last month to a 17-year low. Both U.S.-based car companies have faced heavy losses in the region, which has been plagued by financial crises, tight credit and weak consumer confidence. The European Automobile Manufacturers' Association reported Wednesday vehicle registrations fell 16% in December to 838,428 while full-year sales fell 8.2% to 12.1 million. Both Ford and GM saw December sales in Europe fall 27% from a year ago. Ford, which warned it expects 2012 losses in Europe to total $1.5 billion, has also vowed to return to profit there by 2015. Ford shares were last down 0.8% at $14.18 while GM shares were down 4% at $29.33.

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A Quick List of Free Things My Family Has Done So Far in 2013 ...

We went ice skating as a family during a free skating day at the local ice skating rink. We found out about this because we watch the local community calendar.

We played several board games among the ones already sitting on our shelves. At different times so far this year, all of us have suggested playing a different game.

We?ve continued a daily family reading time where the adults are reading aloud from a relatively long novel (currently, Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick, which was a gift for our family) and then everyone reads a book independently (except for our two year old, who receives help from an older sibling or a parent) from their collection or from the library.

We?ve gone sledding several times at a large hill near our house.

We visited a local food co-op during a ?food celebration? where we enjoyed enough samples to serve as our family?s lunch while also learning a great deal about what foods are in season at various times of the year in our area as well as how cheese is made.

We built an enormous palace out of almost our entire collection of LEGO bricks, incorporating some Magna-Tiles as well. We also built an interpretation of Big Ben out of LEGOs.

We did a 100 piece jigsaw puzzle and most of a 1,000 piece jigsaw puzzle, both of which were received as gifts recently.

We spent a large portion of a weekend making an enormous art project out of materials already around the house, including dried beans, magazine pictures, and a small mountain of other art supplies.

We started an inventory of every piece of stored clothing in the house, figuring out which hand-me-downs from cousins now fit our older children and figuring out which pieces from our older children fit their youngest sibling. This turned into two days of dress-up.

We also started an inventory of all of the toys that had accumulated around our home. We?ve been sorting these into two piles, with one of the piles intended to be given to Goodwill or to any charity that can take them and use them. This has enabled the children to play with a lot of toys they haven?t touched in a while and also to recognize that there are some that they simply don?t enjoy any more.

We transformed a bunch of the 2012 Christmas cards we received into ornaments and mementos for future Christmases, mostly just using careful cutting and folding.

We?ve taken daily inspections of a house construction project near our home, walking around the new construction and observing the day-to-day changes and the work involved. This has been a spectacular tool for teaching our kids what goes into building a house.

We?ve also went on several family walks on the warmer afternoons, strolling around the neighborhood just to get some fresh air, stretch out our legs, and see what?s happening around us.

We?ve enjoyed three movie nights in which we put on a classic family film, turned the lights down low, and enjoyed some of the popcorn that?s been in the pantry for a while.

We?ve had quite a few long conversations about the things that our children are curious about. This led to some research and conversations on topics as diverse as the Red Scare of the 1940s and 1950s, the role of percussion in a musical group, and potentially useful evolutionary adaptations of the human body.

We made a gigantic blanket fort that took over the basement, the stairs leading to the main floor, and part of the kitchen.

The world is filled with things to do that don?t involve spending more money.

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Astronomers report largest structure in universe. Will it upend theories?

Recent work suggests that the upper limit to the largest gatherings of galaxies is about 1.2 billion to 1.5 billion light-years across. The structure that the team reports is nearly four times this theoretical limit.

By Pete Spotts,?Staff writer / January 11, 2013

This artist?s impression shows how ULAS J1120+0641, a very distant quasar powered by a black hole with a mass two billion times that of the Sun, may have looked. This quasar is the most distant yet found and is seen as it was just 770 million years after the Big Bang. This object is by far the brightest object yet discovered in the early Universe.

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The discovery is an apparent cluster of quasars some 4 billion light-years across. If it holds up to further scrutiny, it could challenge a long-held assumption that at the cosmos's largest scales, the physical processes at work and the distribution of matter and energy are the same, regardless of an observer's location.

That's the view of the team formally reporting the results Friday in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

Quasars are the hyperactive centers of large galaxies and are among the brightest, most energetic objects in the sky. Some recent theoretical work suggests that the upper limit to the largest gatherings of galaxies is about 1.2 billion to 1.5 billion light-years across. The structure that the team reports is nearly four times larger than this theoretical limit.

Other researchers caution that evidence in the new discovery isn't strong enough to challenge this notion of large-scale uniformity, dubbed the cosmological principle.

But, they add, the work does highlight a key question in modern cosmology: What is the size scale at which the wildly uneven distribution of matter seen at small cosmic scales gives way to a uniform average across the universe as a whole?

"We don't know that," says Margaret Geller, an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Mass., whose research focuses on how the universe and its cosmic-scale structures formed and evolved. "And this is an indication that we don't know that."

Astronomers snagged their first large cluster of quasars in 1982, says Roger Clowes, an astronomer at the University of Central Lancashire in Britain and the leader of the research team reporting the new results. By 1991, two more large clusters had been found. With the advent of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey in 2000, more have appeared, including the latest discovery.

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India-Pakistan Border Drama: Seeking Answers

By Sanjay Kumar

Over the last few years Indo-Pakistani ties had been improving greatly. Now, all the goodwill that had been built up over this time appears to have been eliminated by a ?runaway grandma.?

The killing of two Indian soldiers at the Line of Control(LOC)- the line that separates two parts of Kashmir and acts as a de facto border between India and Pakistan- several days ago, has quickly revived animosity between the two nations. The episode actually began last Sunday when Pakistan said Indian troops had killed one of its troops and critically injured another in a ?cross-border raid? that Delhi denied having made. Then, on Tuesday, New Delhi blamed Pakistani border guards for the brutal deaths of two Indian soldiers- one of whom had been beheaded-an allegation that Islamabad vehemently denied. This was followed two days later by the death of another Pakistani solider, which Islamabad says had not been provoked but India maintains happened when its troops returned fire after having been shot at.

Amidst this blame game the truth is lost, with the fog of war making it all but impossible to ascertain which side is at fault. This doesn?t make passion on both sides any less intense as evidenced by many Indian news outlets challenging the very raison d?etre of holding peace talks with Pakistan.

A notable exception is The Hindu which, after carefully constructing the events leading up to this week, is actually blaming Delhi for violating the ceasefire agreement at the LoC. A front page article the paper ran late this week reconstructs the events leading up to the deaths through accounts given to it by unnamed army officials. It writes that in early September a 70-year old Indian woman crossed over the border to spend her final days with her children, who had crossed the borders years earlier to escape prosecution for border smuggling. This woman?s border crossing brought vulnerabilities in the LoC to the attention of Indian troops, who began constructing border outposts in violation of the 2003 LoC ceasefire agreement as a means of addressing these vulnerabilities.

Not surprisingly, Pakistani troops protested the violation of the ceasefire and demanded that construction of the border posts cease immediately. Those calls went unheeded. As a result, in October Pakistani troops began firing on the new outposts with mortar fire and automatic weapons, missing all Indian troops but killing three nearby villagers, the oldest of whom was 25-years-old while the youngest was in ninth grade, according to The Hindu.

Things remained tense after that with the two sides occasionally exchanging fire. After one such exchange on January 6 an Indian commander, Gulab Singh Rawat, sought and obtained permission to take aggressive action against Pakistan troops that were targeting the soldiers under his command. The result was Tuesday?s killing of a Pakistani border guard, with another one being critically injured.

Pakistan has proposed establishing a UN-monitored probe to investigate the incident. India has refused. Meanwhile, Thursday?s brutal killing of two Indian soldiers has provoked outrage throughout most the country.

There is some reason for optimism, however. Notably, even while giving the Pakistani envoy in the country a ?dressing down,? members of the government have sought to calm passions at home, with External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid arguing, ?We cannot and must not allow escalation of this very unwholesome event that has taken place.?

His Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khan welcomed the statement.

This makes the media?s role in whipping up public angry all the more condemnable. These actions only impede a return to normalcy which is in every person in India and Pakistan?s interest. This is especially true of India given that the stability of South Asia and how well it manages its neighborhood will go a long way towards determining its standing in the world.

In many ways, people?s anger over these tragic deaths is understandable. The media has a responsibility to help rein in this anger lest it lead to further escalation and more tragedies. In this role it is failing miserably and it is time for it to reserve course.

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Pixate Debuts A Framework For Designing Mobile Apps With CSS

Pixate, Y Combinator-backed startup allowing mobile developers to style their native applications using CSS, is today launching to the public after several months of beta testing with hundreds of developers The new framework is meant to combine the best of both worlds in mobile development: the richness and feature set accessible through native applications, and the ease and flexibility offered by web technologies like CSS.

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