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WASHINGTON, Jan. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --?Bates White is pleased to announce that Dr. Joseph Farrell, Professor of Economics and an Affiliated Professor at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, has joined the firm as a Partner in the Antitrust and Competition Practice.

Dr. Farrell recently completed a three-year tenure as Director of the Bureau of Economics at the Federal Trade Commission, where he led approximately 80 economists in analyzing the Commission's antitrust and consumer protection portfolios. In that capacity Dr. Farrell oversaw analyses of a wide range of antitrust matters such as reverse payment settlements, exclusive dealing, and mergers, in such cases as FTC v. Intel, In re Omnicare, In re OSF Healthcare System, FTC v. Promedica Health System, and FTC v. Watson Pharmaceuticals. In 2009?2010 he was a key member of the team that revised the FTC/Department of Justice Horizontal Merger Guidelines.

Dr. Farrell is an experienced expert who has been retained by US and international government and private clients for internal advice and expert testimony. His consulting has dealt with a broad range of competition questions, including pricing practices and mergers in telecommunications, payment systems, and financial exchanges, as well as issues related to aftermarkets and standard-essential patents.

Dr. Farrell's widely cited academic research has focused on the economics of competition, mergers, innovation, and network effects, including standardization and the role of patents. He is an internationally recognized leader for his contributions in industrial organization, regulation and antitrust enforcement, intellectual property, and game theory.

"We are very pleased to welcome Dr. Farrell to our expanding Antitrust and Competition Practice," commented George Rozanski, co-chair of Bates White's Antitrust and Competition Practice. "Joe brings together rigorous theoretical analysis, well grounded in the facts of a matter, with seasoned judgment about the appropriate application of antitrust policy. In addition, he has a remarkable ability to communicate analyses in a clear and compelling way, both to agencies and to the courts."

Doug Bernheim, the Edward Ames Edmunds Professor of Economics at Stanford University and a Bates White Partner, noted that, "Dr. Farrell's impressive academic research is at the crossroads of antitrust and intellectual property. Combined with his extensive government enforcement experience, he is extremely well positioned to tackle the most challenging and high-profile competition matters."

Prior to the FTC, Dr. Farrell served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Economic Analysis for the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice and as Chief Economist for the Federal Communications Commission. Dr. Farrell joins four other former FCC Chief Economists, Drs. Martin Perry, Leslie Marx, Gregory Crawford, and Marius Schwartz, who are also affiliated with Bates White.

Earlier in his academic career, Dr. Farrell was Chair of the Competition Policy Center at UC Berkeley. Dr. Farrell is a Fellow of the Econometric Society, past President of the Industrial Organization Society, former Editor of the Journal of Industrial Economics, and former Board Member for the National Academies' Computer Science and Telecommunications Board. He received a doctorate in economics and an MSc and a BA in mathematics from Oxford University.

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Ask A Lesbian: How Long Do I Wait To Say ?I Love You?? | Thought ...

Disclaimer: This is an article written in a satirical manner, meant to entertain only. The opinions and views expressed are only that of the author ? nobody else. The author is in no way an expert, nor is she speaking for the entire LGTBQ community. If you have serious questions, including but not limited to gender heteronormativity, sexuality in general, or ways to assist in the LGBTQ community, please research organizations that are meant to answer those questions. If you have a story or experience that is different, please share in the comments below! Thank you!

How long should I wait to say ?I love you? to my partner after I think it might be true?

Aww. Congratulations on love! This is kind of non-related to the LGBTQ world as much as it?s just the world as a whole, so I?ll just give my advice based off of what I think.

Love is tricky. My ex-fianc? told me he loved me a couple of months in. We were so young, and I told him I wasn?t ready to say it. He respected that ? I think he thought it was necessary since we had started to have sex, and when you?re in high school, that?s what mainstream media tells you to do. I dated a wonderful person after my fianc? who said they loved me over the phone, as we were seeing each other long-distance. The call cut out, and they had to repeat what they said. It was awkward, it was sweet, and it was nice to feel a little less like a Grinch and a little more like someone who found they were capable of feeling love after a relationship that ended so horribly. As for my current relationship, I knew two weeks into dating her that I would tell her I was in love with her. But it wasn?t the right time, and I sat on it for a while. A while meaning months. I needed to let the relationship gather stable footing; to find its ground. One morning, we woke up and I saw the sun hitting her in just the right way. I couldn?t stop myself from saying it. I spit out a lot of thoughts before saying that I couldn?t help it; I just loved her too much not to tell her so. She admitted that she had almost told me the night before, but she got too nervous. It?s still one of my favorite moments that I?ve experienced in my lifetime. It was raw and real and right for the time.

I think that the heart knows when the time is right. Even though I knew I was falling in love with my girlfriend, I knew it wouldn?t have done any good to tell her that immediately. I am so glad I waited to say it ? by the time it came out, there was no way it could have lived inside of me for a second more. It?s like that really-gotta-pee feeling when you?re drunk: don?t break the seal too early. Otherwise you?ll pee all over yourself. Or something like that.

I am out to my family and they have met my previous partners. However, right now I am dating someone that identifies as a trans-man and I would like to introduce him to my family. I am not sure how to have the discussion with them. They think I am a lesbian, so this could be really confusing.

This is something incredible to deal with, and I wish you luck in your situation. Not only will it be difficult for your family, but also for your friends and even acquaintances that you meet. Remember ? at the end of the day, you two are you two. Nothing more, nothing less. Your partnership and love for each other comes first, and no amount of judgment from anyone else can change who you are.

Now that that?s out of the way, let?s get down to it. Who your partner identifies as is important to them, and it is all-encompassing. Same for you ? if you identify as a lesbian, that?s who you are. I?ve said this before: own up to who you are. The more you remember that, the easier it will be to explain to your family. When you?re going about telling your family, prepare yourself for the questions that they may ask. Prepare your partner as well ? there are people who will ask questions that could come off offensively when at the end of the day, it?s unavoidable ignorance. If your family hasn?t met anyone that identifies as trans*, you need to understand that they will have a lot of questions, and they may not know how to ask them in the right way. Prepare for that.

The best way I can think to explain it (that is, the way I would deal with the situation if it were to happen to me) is that you have fallen in love with your partner, and you are on a journey together. If your family is anything like mine and had some trouble with your coming out as a lesbian, bring them back to that time. They learned that you were a woman that was attracted to women. Now, you are a woman who is attracted to your partner. And though your partner is someone that may have, at one point, been heteronormatively seen by society as a woman, it is not what they identify as now. They are who they are, you are who you are, your family is who they are, and none of that will change. You may not be asking for their support; you may just be letting them know for sensitivity issues (referring to your partner in the male sense, et cetera.) But if you are asking for their support, be aware that you need to be open to questions. Just as they may have had questions for you upon your coming out, they?re going to have questions for you, your partner, and your relationship. The waters may get murky, but it?s important to remember what I first said: your relationship with your partner is meant to be between the two of you. It?s hard to express with words what you have in any relationship, and so it?s important to sit and think about each question asked before you answer. Make things as clear as you want, and understand that a part of you will have to be open in a way you might not have had to be in the past. Clear communication will be the key to making your point known. Best of luck, and I hope this helps.

Any advice for dealing with lesbian bed death?

Eek. For those who don?t know what this is, it?s basically my worst nightmare. Lesbian bed death (or LBD) is when you?ve been with your partner for so long that sex drops out of the equation. You also stated in the longer version of this question that you don?t like the term being associated with the stereotype of women not being inherently sexual beings, and I agree. It?s tough to not only fight that stereotype, but to fight LBD as a whole, because really at the end of the day it?s a stressful situation.

There have been a lot of studies done on lesbian bed death. It was first coined in the 80?s by Pepper Schwartz, who said that lesbians in committed relationships had the least amount of sex compared to other couples she met with. It has since been debated on, even called a myth by many, but yet it?s still spoken about today. Questions of inherent sexuality, along with self-esteem issues in women, are still a factor. But, at the end of the day, you?re asking me about it and I?d like to give you a straight shot.

I feel like I can somewhat relate to this. I?m about to share something with y?all: I am an incredibly sexual human being. I really like having sex. Had you asked me this question a few years ago, I would have told you the complete opposite (before I had sex with women, I had sex with men. It turns out that sexuality has a lot to do with romantic relationships. Whoda thunk?) I?d like to be having sex probably more than whatever I?m doing in an average day. I?ve also learned that there?s nothing wrong with that, but that most people that I surround myself with (including my partner) don?t have the sexual appetite that I do. I had also convinced myself (after some heavy internet research) that I was suffering from the dreaded LBD. I sucked it up and asked my girlfriend about it, and she told me that I was being crazy. It wasn?t me, and it wasn?t that she didn?t love having sex with me; rather, it was that I am young, excitable, and new to the lesbian world. That made a lot of sense to me: I was finally having the sex that my body was craving for years before, so?duh! Why wouldn?t I want it all day? I?ve since learned that spreading out my sexual activity leads to much more fulfilling sex. It?s quality over quantity at the end of the day.

If you feel like you?re in this committed relationship with your partner but you?re having less sex, there are one of two ways I?d go about solving it. There?s my favorite route: communication. Talk to them about what?s up in your lives. Have you both been busy with your work/school/home routine? Is winter making you or your lover want to put on really comfy baggy pants and not shower for a couple of days? Did you go hard on the apps table during the holidays, and now you?re feeling a little bit uncomfortable with your body? These are all normal issues to have. Ask your partner about times that you can remember really great sex ? what was going on in your lives at that time? Are there healthy lifestyle changes that you can do to get you back to where you were? Are they happy with your sex life, or is it something they?ve noticed dwindling as well?

Or, there?s the other route. This one isn?t so much avoiding the topic as it is facing it head on: do it to it. What are your favorite parts about your lover? When you think about pleasing your partner or being pleased by them, what comes to mind? Going through these things in your mind will not only get you thinking about what you want to change, they?ll get you in the mood. Wait for her to come home, and boom. Fun surprise sex can be a great way to start: what?s out of the ordinary? Have you not done it on the kitchen? Why the hell not? Instead of fearing the routine that you may have fallen into, find ways to get out of it. Having incredible sex before talking with your partner on how you?d like to do it more often may be a more exciting way to breach the topic, i.e. ?How great was that? I would love if we could do it more often. How about this week, you surprise me with what you want?? It?s fun to spice things up. Turn the idea of LBD into a myth ? it doesn?t have to be real if you don?t make it real. Good luck, and hurray for sex!?

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Source: http://thoughtcatalog.com/2013/ask-a-lesbian-how-long-do-i-wait-to-say-i-love-you/

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Biggest iPhone, iPad, and Apple controversies of 2012

Any sufficiently large company is indistinguishable from evil. That's not a condemnation, it's a realization that, as a company grows, the likelihood that their every policy and decision will lineup with the best interests of a majority, much less all of their users. That's true of Apple, who makes our devices and the platforms they run. That's true of Google and Facebook and Twitter, who make our services and keep us connected. That creates controversy.

Here are your most viewed controversies of 2012.

5. Anti-social networks

When you don't sell your product to your users, you inevitably begin selling your users as products. You stop seeing them as human and start seeing them as a commodity to be leveraged and traded, like chattel. Google's relentless drive to catch up in social has seen them force Plus, just like they previously did Buzz, down their users' throats, resulting in all manner of privacy erosions and outright violations. Facebook bought Instagram, which then severed connections to Twitter, and screwed up the PR behind a terms-of-service, just as Facebook has often done before. And Twitter decided it no longer needs the developers who helped make it successful, and so began to starve them out. Increasingly, they build their businesses off of us, and yet do things that aren't in our best interest. They're bastards for doing it, and we're fools for letting them.

• Google's new privacy policy and of "don't be don't be evil"
• Twitter raises API walls, seems intent on starving out traditional apps
• Instagram realizes it needs to start making money, decides to do it with your photos and identity
• Facebook testing "Want" button, as in they want to better monetize their platform

4. Apple's executive shuffle

Apple's new CEO, Tim Cook, fired Apple's longtime senior vice president of iOS, Scott Forstall. For some, that was fantastic news, a sign that Apple's mobile efforts would be free to go in a new, presumably better direction. For others, it was a cause for concern, that the man who ensured the iPhone would run OS X, and that there would be third party apps, would no longer be there to ensure its future. Cook also fired John Browett, their new head of retail, who had failed to fit into Apple's corporate culture. That's happened before, but Browett seemed so much the antithesis of Apple's retail strategy from the outset, it wasn't his firing that was a surprise. It was his hiring.

• Apple apologizes for retail store staffing screw-ups
• Apple announces departure of SVP of iOS, Scott Forstall and SVP of retail, John Browett
• Tim Cook's Apple
• The normalization of Apple
• The past, present, and future of Apple

3. Apple vs. Samsung UK courts

A UK court judge said Samsung's tablets weren't cool enough to be copies of the iPad, and ordered Apple to publicly apologize. Instead of just doing it, Apple played cute. Multiple times. And the court got angrier and angrier. So, instead of just swallowing their pride and getting it done with, Apple faced increased attention, increased exposure, and ended up having to pay Samsung's legal fees on top of apologizing. Next time, just hire Denny Crane. Better yet, have the case heard before Judge Judy.

• Apple posts "Samsung didn't copy iPad" notice in the UK
• Apple chastised by UK court for sarcastic Samsung statement
• Apple alters apology to Samsung on their UK site to comply with court order
• UK Courts still not happy with Apple's statement, orders them to pay Samsung's legal fees

2. Apple online services

Unlike Apple's hardware and software, which have been relentlessly improved over the years, there's little outward evidence that their services architecture has received anywhere near the same level of attention. Over the course of 2012, repeated Siri, iMessage, Game Center, and iCloud failures suggest the opposite. As Google, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, and other competitors continue to roll out more and better cloud features, moving to a modern, extensible, scalable online system is increasingly critical for Apple. Unfortunately, it's far, far easier for internet companies to buy great apps, designers, and developers than it is for Apple to buy or build great online services.

• The future of Siri and Apple's services
• No skin in the Game Center
• Why iOS 6 is more about Apple than new user features

1. iOS 6 Maps

As much as Apple's services in general suffered through 2012, it was maps that gave them the biggest black eye. Apple had valid reasons, both business and user-focused, to go to their own location service. But it took decades to build TomTom, Nokia, and Google's level of quality, and it takes enormous experience to aggregate, cleanse, sanitize, and verify that kind of data. Apple made a great looking app, something they do incredibly well, but the backend just wasn't there to support it. They oversold and under delivered, the opposite of what Apple's known for, and they paid the price in the media, in the competitive landscape, and worst of all, with their users. To their credit, Apple apologized and is working hard to fix it, but it's not a switch you can pull. It's an arduous process that'll take, days, weeks, months, and perhaps years to get ahead of.

• Setting Apple Maps expectations
• Apple CEO Tim Cook writes open letter to customers concerning iOS 6 Maps
• Official Google Maps app for iPhone now available

Your biggest controversy?

Just because those were the most viewed controversies by the most readers, doesn't mean they're the ones that bugged you the most. So, what got under your skin in 2012? One of the above? Something else?

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Clinton receiving blood thinners to dissolve clot

FILE - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, listens to a reporter ask a question during a news conference with African Union Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, not seen, after their meeting at the Department of State in Washington, in this Nov. 28, 2012 file photo. Doctors treating Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for a blood clot in her head said Monday Dec. 31, 2013 that blood thinners are being used to dissolve the clot and they are confident she will make a full recovery. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

FILE - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, listens to a reporter ask a question during a news conference with African Union Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, not seen, after their meeting at the Department of State in Washington, in this Nov. 28, 2012 file photo. Doctors treating Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for a blood clot in her head said Monday Dec. 31, 2013 that blood thinners are being used to dissolve the clot and they are confident she will make a full recovery. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

FILE - In this June 10, 2011 file photo, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton waves as the arrives at Lusaka International Airport in Lusaka, Zambia. Clinton has been admitted to a New York hospital after the discovery of a blood clot stemming from the concussion she sustained earlier this month. Spokesman Philippe Reines says her doctors discovered the clot during a follow-up exam Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool, File)

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WASHINGTON (AP) ? Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton continues to recover in a New York hospital where she's being treated for a blood clot in her head.

Her doctors say blood thinners are being used to dissolve the clot and they are confident she will make a full recovery. Clinton didn't suffer a stroke or neurological damage from the clot that formed after she suffered a concussion during a fainting spell at her home in early December, doctors said in a statement Monday.

Clinton, 65, was admitted to New York-Presbyterian Hospital on Sunday when the clot turned up on a follow-up exam on the concussion, Clinton spokesman Phillipe Reines said. The clot is located in the vein in the space between the brain and the skull behind the right ear. She will be released once the medication dose for the blood thinners has been established, the doctors said.

In their statement, Dr. Lisa Bardack of the Mount Kisco Medical Group and Dr. Gigi El-Bayoumi of George Washington University said Clinton was making excellent progress and was in good spirits.

Clinton's complication "certainly isn't the most common thing to happen after a concussion" and is one of the few types of blood clots in the skull or head that are treated with blood thinners, said Dr. Larry Goldstein, a neurologist who is director of Duke University's stroke center. He is not involved in Clinton's care.

The area where Clinton's clot developed is "a drainage channel, the equivalent of a big vein inside the skull. It's how the blood gets back to the heart," Goldstein said.

Blood thinners usually are enough to treat the clot and it should have no long-term consequences if her doctors are saying she has suffered no neurological damage from it, Goldstein said.

Clinton returned to the U.S. from a trip to Europe, then fell ill with a stomach virus in early December that left her severely dehydrated and forced her to cancel a trip to North Africa and the Middle East. Until then, she had canceled only two scheduled overseas trips, one to Europe after breaking her elbow in June 2009 and one to Asia after the February 2010 earthquake in Haiti.

Her condition worsened when she fainted, fell and suffered a concussion while at home alone in mid-December as she recovered from the virus.

This isn't the first time Clinton has suffered a blood clot. In 1998, midway through her husband's second term as president, Clinton was in New York fundraising for the midterm elections when a swollen right foot led her doctor to diagnose a clot in her knee requiring immediate treatment.

Clinton had planned to step down as secretary of state at the beginning of President Barack Obama's second term. Whether she will return to work before she resigns remains a question.

Democrats are privately if not publicly speculating: How might her illness affect a decision about running for president in 2016?

After decades in politics, Clinton says she plans to spend the next year resting. She has long insisted she had no intention of mounting a second campaign for the White House four years from now. But the door is not entirely closed, and she would almost certainly emerge as the Democrat to beat if she decided to give in to calls by Democratic fans and run again.

Her age ? and thereby health ? would probably be a factor under consideration, given that Clinton would be 69 when sworn in, if she were elected in 2016. That might become even more of an issue in the early jockeying for 2016 if what started as a bad stomach bug becomes a prolonged, public bout with more serious infirmity.

Not that Democrats are willing to talk openly about the political implications of a long illness, choosing to keep any discussions about her condition behind closed doors. Publicly, Democrats reject the notion that a blood clot could hinder her political prospects.

"Some of those concerns could be borderline sexist," said Basil Smikle, a Democratic strategist who worked for Clinton when she was a senator. "Dick Cheney had significant heart problems when he was vice president, and people joked about it. He took the time he needed to get better, and it wasn't a problem."

It isn't uncommon for presidential candidates' health ? and age ? to be an issue. Both in 2000 and 2008, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., had to rebut concerns he was too old to be commander in chief or that his skin cancer could resurface.

Beyond talk of future politics, Clinton's three-week absence from the State Department has raised eyebrows among some conservative commentators who questioned the seriousness of her ailment after she canceled planned Dec. 20 testimony before Congress on the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya.

Clinton had been due to discuss with lawmakers a scathing report she had commissioned on the attack. It found serious failures of leadership and management in two State Department bureaus were to blame for insufficient security at the facility. Clinton took responsibility for the incident before the report was released, but she was not blamed. Four officials cited in the report have either resigned or been reassigned.

Associated Press

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Breast Cancer Reconstruction With Implants

Posted by Aloysius Aucoin on 1/01/13 ? Categorized as Health and Fitness

After struggling through breast cancer reconstruction is a way to regain something that was lost. Deciding to undergo a mastectomy is not always easy. Despite it being the safest option is some situations, women often find that they lose some of their self-confidence and struggle with the changes made to their bodies. Implants help restore this area of the body right away.

The Benefits

Taking care of a breast cancer reconstruction at the same time as a mastectomy has several benefits. It prevents a patient from receiving a large scar that tends to be disfiguring. Even if a decision to change is made at a later date, the scar is still there and cannot always be covered up. When the tissue is removed and something is available to take its place right away, there is a possibility of saving some of the area, skipping over a complete removal, and avoiding two separate operations.

Mentally, an immediate fix tends to be beneficial. After having gone through breast cancer reconstruction means never having to live without this portion of the body. While it may look and even feel a little different that it did before, there is something there to replace what was removed. Immediately a woman gains some of her self-confidence back and is able to deal with the loss in a different way.

The Negative Aspects

Unfortunately, implants are not a perfect solution that will work well for every woman. Most individuals notice right away that the look and texture of the chest is not exactly like the natural tissue. There is a noticeable difference. If only one side is undergoing a mastectomy, it can be difficult to match up the two sides of the body to achieve symmetry.

Just like any other augmentation that utilizes implants, there is a chance that one will rupture or deflate. When this happens, it is important to go back in to see the surgeon and figure out a solution. Saline implants tend to be absorbed by the body but other fillers could cause complications. There is also a chance that the wound will not heal properly. When this happens, the area is left damaged and will need to be repaired by a surgeon. Some women also experience numbness in the area or begin to notice the area becoming misshapen.

There are various options available to women looking into breast cancer reconstruction. Aside from using implants, there are ways to take tissue from other parts of the body and transplant it into the chest. Each woman needs to look at all of the options and work with her surgeon to determine which one will work best for her specific situation.

There are many options with breast cancer reconstruction after a mastectomy. A qualified surgeon can help you make the right decision: http://www.breastcenter.com.

Source: http://www.articlesrx.com/breast-cancer-reconstruction-with-implants/10400

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PFT: Browns fire coach Shurmur, GM Heckert

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The day after the 2012 NFL regular season ended, Judge David Doty convened a hearing on the question of whether the NFLPA should be able to pursue a collusion claim arising from the salary-cap penalties imposed in March on the Cowboys and the Redskins.? The day after the 2012 NFL regular season ended, Judge Doty issued a decision.

In short, the NFL removed a total of $46 million in cap space from the two teams for treating the uncapped year of 2010 as, well, uncapped.? The NFLPA, despite agreeing to the cap penalties in exchange for an agreement by the league to artificially increase the 2012 salary cap to a level north of the 2011 number, claimed that comments made in the aftermath of the announcement of the cap penalties disclosed for the first time that shenanigans were occurring in 2010.

The NFL argued that any potential claim for collusion was barred by the simple fact that the parties agreed in 2011 to end all litigation when finalizing a new Collective Bargaining Agreement.? Judge Doty agreed, finding that ?the NFLPA released the claims it attempts to assert in the underlying action.?

As a result, the settlement agreement won?t be reopened, and the NFLPA won?t be able to pursue upwards of $1 billion in damages from the NFL.

While the union may now appeal the outcome, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has a reputation for being conservative and, thus, pro-business.? Which makes it highly unlikely that Judge Doty?s decision would be overturned.

Indeed, most judges regardless of politics prefer to see settled cases remain settled.? In this case, the NFL and the NFLPA resolved their differences, including any claim that there was collusion in 2010 regarding the uncapped year that, based on the penalties imposed on the Cowboys and Redskins, wasn?t really uncapped.

Source: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/31/browns-announce-shurmer-heckert-are-out/related/

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Apple airs new iPhone 5 commercial, Dream

Apple has aired a new ad for the iPhone 5, this time focused on the Do Not Disturb feature that lets you turn off Notification Center alerts for set periods of time.

Just turn on Do Not Disturb and your iPhone 5 knows not to ring, unless it's a call you really want.

Apple has aired many feature-specific ads the past. The best of which lately was the panorama photography ad, Cheese. This one, Dream, featuring the Williams sisters of tennis fame playing ping pong, doesn't seem as good as that. It's not terrible, mind you, just not particularly witty, engaging, or emotionally resonant.

And sadly, it airs on the same day Do Not Disturb has failed for many people, due to the year incrementing to 2013.

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