Kodak ScanMate i940 Scanner for Macintosh Computers

Kodak recently launched its ScanMate i940 Scanner for Macintosh Computers, the OS X counterpart to the Windows-based Kodak ScanMate i940 Scanner, an Editors' Choice. It's a welcome addition, as Mac-specific scanners are not easy to find. In our testing, although it was well short of its rated speed when under AC power, it was nonetheless fast for a portable scanner, and it lost little time when I switched to scanning to searchable PDF from image PDF. Although it's primarily a portable scanner, its 20-page automatic document feeder (ADF) and duplex scanning capability make it useful for light desktop use as well.

At 3.1 by 11.4 by 4.2 inches (HWD) and 2.9 pounds, it is large and heavy for a portable scanner. It has a 20-page automatic document feeder (ADF), and supports duplex (2-sided) scanning. It can scan both business cards and thick plastic cards in addition to paper documents up to 8.5 by 60 inches.

As befitting its dual nature as a desktop and portable scanner, you can power the i940 for Macintosh either from an AC adapter or from your computer's power over a USB cable. (You can add a second USB cable for additional power.) Once it's plugged in, to start the scanner you just open the lid; you'll see a blue LED-lit number to identify the current scan profile. There are also two arrow keys: an up arrow for cycling through the profiles, and a right arrow, the scan button, which is illuminated in green when you're ready to scan. After 15 minutes of inactivity, the scanner will go into power saver mode, and the lights will go out. To turn the scanner off, you simply close the cover.

Software
I tested the i940 for Macintosh on a 13-inch MacBook Pro running OS X Mountain Lion. Apart from OS compatibility, what differentiates a Mac scanner from a Windows model is the included software. The Mac version comes with NewSoft Presto! PageManager 9 for document management and NewSoft Presto! BizCard Xpress for business card management, plus a Twain driver.

In contrast, the Windows-only i940 includes the Kodak SmartTouch scan utility and NewSoft Presto! BizCard 6 plus Twain, WIA, and ISIS drivers?which let you scan from Windows programs that include a scan command?but no document management program. Both PageManager 9 and the SmartTouch scan utility have built-in optical character recognition (OCR) capabilities.

In PageManager you can adjust the settings for the scan button profiles, which include Scan to PageManager; Scan to BizCard Xpress; Scan to Folder; Scan to Mail; Copy to Print; Scan to OCR; Scan to PDF; Scan to Google Docs; and Scan to Evernote. Output formats include TIFF, JPEG, RTF, BMP, PDF, and searchable PDF. I launched the scans from the scan button icon on the program's top menu.

Performance
When using the scanner under AC power, I timed it at 12 pages per minute (ppm) in scanning and saving a 10-page document to image PDF in black-and-white at the default 200 ppi using PageManager. Although well short of its rated 20ppm speed, that's still a very good speed for a portable scanner. Switching to duplex (two-sided) scanning, I timed it in scanning a 10-page document to image PDF at 11 ppm/22 ipm.

In scanning and saving the 10-page simplex document to searchable PDF, I clocked it at 1 minute 5 seconds, a little slower than scanning to image PDF but still a strong score in that many scanners lose a lot of time in the OCR phase.

I also tried scanning to image PDF solely under USB power (a second supplied USB cable plugs into the scanner's power jack); in my testing it slowed to 7 ppm for simplex and 7 ppm/14 ipm for duplex scanning, which is still faster than most portable scanners, and it nearly matches Kodak's rated speed for USB-powered scanning (8 ppm).

OCR
Using the OCR function in PageManager to scan to RTF format was a disappointment. There was at least one error in all fonts (including the standard Times New Roman and Ariel) even at the largest sizes, and it also had trouble in formatting the scanned pages. This is in line with what we've seen with other (Windows-based) scanners that used the OCR function in PageManager.

I scanned a stack of business cards to Presto! BizCard Xpress, which did a passable job of reading and sorting the data. Although nearly all the cards had spelling errors (and in some cases items were mis-sorted), it's still a good bit better than keying in the data yourself.

As the Kodak ScanMate i940 Scanner for Macintosh Computers is the first scanner we've tested using Mac hardware and software, we can't do any "Apples to Apples" comparisons to other scanners we've tested. I can say that although its performance didn't match its Windows counterpart, it was still very respectable for a portable scanner, and it is well worth a look by Mac users in search of a scanning solution.

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Gulf of Mexico natural gas well catches fire on Tuesday evening

"This is not going to be another BP oil spill." - Terrebonne President Michel Claudet

After a blowout occurred on a natural gas well in the Gulf of Mexico Tuesday morning, the rig caught fire when gas leaking from that well ignited, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement confirmed early Wednesday morning. No one was on board at the time of the ignition and no one was injured, according to BSEE.

BSEE said the well ignited at 10:50 p.m. Tuesday and that the source of the ignition remained unknown on Wednesday morning.

The blowout occurred as Walter Oil & Gas Corp., of Houston, was completing work on a "sidetrack well" to prepare that well for new production, according to BSEE. A sidetrack well uses the same hole as the original well but then spreads to a new location at the same depth.

Jefferson Parish Council Chairman Chris Roberts had feared on Tuesday that the well could ignite.

"We are monitoring it because of its proximity to Grand Isle and because if there is a natural gas cloud that continues to flow then you run the risk of an explosion if there is ignition," Roberts had said.

Jefferson officials are monitoring the well closely, especially in light of the fact that the Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo starts on Thursday, an event expected to draw more than 15,000 sport and recreational fishers and tourists to Grand Isle. Roberts said the well is southwest of Grand Isle.

BSEE had stated on Tuesday that a firefighting vessel was expected to be on location on Tuesday evening with both water and foam fire fighting abilities. The Coast Guard cutter is on the scene maintaining a 500-meter safety zone, "assuring that no vessels or persons get close to the vicinity of the rig so that they aren't placed in danger," Coast Guard Petty Officer Bill Colclough said on Wednesday morning.

The blowout happened about 8:45 a.m. Tuesday. All 44 people on the rig -- which BSEE corrected late Tuesday from earlier reports of 47 people on the rig -- were safely evacuated, authorities said.

The jack-up rig is owned by Hercules Offshore, also based in Houston, and operated by Walter Oil & Gas, according to BSEE. Until the well ignited late Tuesday, BSEE officials had said that there never was a fire at the well. A cause of the gas leakage remained undetermined, according to BSEE.

BSEE inspectors flying over the site on Tuesday morning reported a cloud of natural gas above the rig and a light sheen on the water's surface about a mile long by 50 feet wide. However, the inspectors reported that sheen was dissipating quickly.

"BSEE's efforts today are focused on bringing this loss of well control event to a safe resolution," Lars Herbst, BSEE's Gulf of Mexico regional director, said Tuesday afternoon. "Offshore oil and gas operators need to reaffirm their aggressive approach to the safety of well operations in light of this event and other recent well control events."

No injuries were reported in the incident on the Hercules No. 265 rig.

The workers escaped the rig on two Hercules lifeboats, then transferred to an offshore supply vessel, the Max Cheramie, according to the Coast Guard.

The rig was 55 miles offshore in 154 feet of water, according to BSEE. BSEE did not immediately know the well's depth.

Terrebonne Parish President Michel Claudet said on Tuesday afternoon that the evacuees were taken to Port Fourchon. He said that a unified command center has been established at Louisiana 56 and Woodlawn Ranch Road in Houma.

"Nothing that I have received to date has caused me to panic in any way or form," Claudet said. "This is not going to be another BP oil spill."

He said Witt | O'Brien's is the spill management team and that it is responding to the site with Clean Gulf Associates.

The Coast Guard dispatched an 87-foot cutter, an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from the Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans and one HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft from Coast Guard Aviation Training Center in Mobile, Ala., to assist and monitor the evacuation.

"Our first and foremost concern is for the safety of all personnel aboard our drilling rig and we have taken every necessary precaution to safely evacuate the rig," John T. Rynd, CEO and President of Hercules Offshore, stated on Tuesday morning. "Furthermore, efforts are ongoing with our client, Walter Oil & Gas, to mobilize the necessary resources to regain control of the well and minimize any potential impact on the environment."

The operator, Walter Oil and Gas Corporation, will be conducting a site assessment prior to beginning any work on the well, according to BSEE. The Coast Guard is providing safety management oversight and BSEE will be reviewing and approving all plans and procedures to stop the flow of gas and secure the well.

NOLA.com | Times-Picayune reporter Naomi Martin contributed to this article.

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SC Contractor Indicted on Federal Charges for Releasing Asbestos ...

A man from Little River, SC, has been indicted on federal charges for violating the Clean Air Act after he allegedly released?asbestos into the environment?during a condominium renovation.

David Braswell, who owns Cool Cote LLC, has been indicted on federal charges for blowing friable asbestos onto the beach, the building?s parking lot, and landscaped areas while renovating a beachfront condo tower in 2009.

Friable asbestos is any material that readily releases asbestos fibres when damaged or disturbed.

Braswell has also been accused of knowingly creating a health risk to the condo?s residents, as well as his own workers. He allegedly did not provide proper respiratory protection for his employees, nor did he conduct an asbestos inspection on the building or file a written notice with the SC Department of Health and Environmental Control, all of which are steps required by law. Employees pressure washed the front of the building without properly securing the area to prevent asbestos release.

?The workers for Cool Cote Inc. were not provided with respiratory protection, nor were the residents of Regency Towers informed of the danger and provided personal or environmental protection,? the indictment states.

Prosecutors say that Braswell and employees of Cool Cote knew about at least 35 cubic feet of?asbestos-containing material?in the building?s exterior coating, but conducted the renovation without complying with the law regarding asbestos and safety.

Cool Cote was, reportedly, a Florida company at the time they renovated the Regency Towers condominium. However, the state of Florida dissolved the company in 2010 when it failed to file an annual report. Braswell then filed to incorporate in the state of South Carolina.

Braswell has pleaded not guilty to all the charges in court last month, after he was indicted in May. He is currently free on an unsecured $35,000 bond. If he is convicted on the asbestos charges, he faces up to 45 years in prison.

South Carolina?Asbestos?Lawyers

Despite?of being aware of the dangers of asbestos exposure, companies continued to produce asbestos products for use in factories, mills, shipyards and other engineering environments.

Asbestos litigation ?involves the exposure of individuals, often in large numbers, to harmful chemical or biological substances.

When this exposure results in serious injuries or health problems and you can show that those problems were caused by the negligence or carelessness of others, the law says that those who are injured or suffered the loss of a loved one due to?wrongful death?are entitled to?compensation.

If you or someone you love was exposed to asbestos in one of these surroundings, then the specifics are straightforward:

• Your health was put at risk for financial profit
• You could be eligible for compensation

Toxic torts for asbestos contamination cases can be challenging. There are often multiple parties at fault, and any legal claim must consider all avenues of potential liability, making it extremely important to select a toxic tort law firm with experience necessary to successfully pursue a claim.?The attorneys at the Strom Law Firm collectively have over 30 years? experience with personal injury and toxic tort litigation, including cases against asbestos contamination.?If you or a loved one has become sick, or a loved one has died, due to?asbestos?in the environment, the attorneys at the Strom Law Firm can help you recover compensation for medical bills and personal financial damages.?We offer free consultations to discuss the facts of your case, so do not hesitate to contact us.?803.252.4800

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Bastille Day 2013 parade: African and UN soldiers join French troops to mark 'victory against terrorism' in Mali

• Bastille Day commemorates the storming of the Bastille, which sparked the French Revolution in 1789
• The annual military parade on the Champs Elysees in Paris draws thousands of people every year
• This year's guests of honour were UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon and president of Mali Dioncounda Traore
• The Malian presence recognised joint effort with the French to oust Islamists who had overrun northern Mali
  

By Olivia Williams

PUBLISHED: 15:26 EST, 14 July 2013 | UPDATED: 13:44 EST, 15 July 2013

Troops from 13 African countries that took part in the French-led war against al Qaeda-linked extremists in Mali marched with the French military during the Bastille Day parade in Paris to honour their role in the conflict.

UN troops in blue berets who are helping to stabilise the west African nation of Mali paraded with thousands of other soldiers down the Champs-Elysees Avenue in France's annual tribute to military might.

It marks the storming of the Bastille prison on July 14, 1789, by angry Paris crowds that helped spark the French Revolution.

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France honoured members of the UN stabilisation force to Mali on Bastille Day as they joined the parade along the Champs Elysees

Soldiers from various French regiments, including the Aubagne's 1st Foreign Regiment, pictured, marched along with the African troops who joined together to repel an Islamist insurgency in Mali

Despite the triumphal display, which included flyovers by fighter jets, tanks and giant trucks mounted with land-to-air defence systems, the realities in Mali suggest that President Francois Hollande's military intervention has had mixed results.

The mission he launched in January helped the Malian government retake control of much of the country from al Qaeda-linked extremists who had seized northern Mali and threatened the capital.

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The nation is to hold elections on July 28, but tensions involving rebel Tuaregs in the north linger, along with political instability.

Today's events, however, focused on the positive.

'It's a victory that was won,' Mr Hollande said in an interview after the parade with the France 2 and TF-1 in the garden of the presidential Elysee Palace. 'Look at what happened. It was a victory for Africa, a victory against terrorism, and pride that we must have.'

Soldiers of the Calvi's 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment, France's Foreign Legion, attended the traditional military parade on the Champs Elysees

French students from the military school Polytechnique joined the parade which celebrates the start of the French Revolution in 1789

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He said earlier the presence of African troops in Paris on the French national day was a 'tribute to those who actively helped to banish terrorism from the Malian territory'.

Referring to trips he's made to Africa, including a February visit to Mali, four weeks after the start of the French intervention, Mr Hollande said, 'I was saluted in Africa, not for what I said but for what I did.'

He noted that some extremists once lodged in Mali escaped into southern Libya and other neighbouring countries. He said those nations need support, 'but we won't make war everywhere.'

The military display team, Patrouille de France, streaking over Paris taking in the Pyramide du Louvre

Nine alphajets from the French Air Force releasing trails of the national flag colours, red white and blue, above the crowds

Mr Hollande oversaw the display of military might that France rolls out each year on Bastille Day with Mali interim President Dioncounda Traore and UN chief Ban Ki-moon at his sides.

Defence ministers from the African nations represented in the parade also were present.

French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said before the parade that the display is 'the mark of a solidarity that concretely expressed itself in Mali, and of a common destiny, even beyond the limits of continents, of which we have every reason to be proud.'

But some critics say the Mali operation and African presence in the parade reflect France's ambiguous and sometimes patronising relations with the continent - especially with former colonies such as Mali - often referred to as Francafrique.

The French non-governmental organisation Survie, which is fighting against neocolonialism, condemned 'the self-proclaimed role of gendarme of Africa that France claimed in Mali'.

The riders of the Republican Guard passing by the Arc de Triomphe on the Place de l'Etoile

Soldiers of the 35th parachute artillery regiment took part in the annual parade in the strong sunshine

'This parade gives a scent of victory to a military operation which is far from being reasonably presented like that, given the numerous shadows that surround it and the remaining uncertainties concerning its outcome,' said Fabrice Tarrit, the president of the association.

The critics also include Africans.

'Knowing the history of France, especially French armies with Africa, it doesn't sound good,' said Senegalese rapper Keyti, whose real name is Cheikh Sene, 40.

'This last decade we've been trying to be really independent from the French army, especially since they had camps in certain countries around Africa,' he said. 'And now with what happened in Mali, what's still happening there, it's like they found another way to come in.'

Around 50 Malian troops marched in formation Sunday followed by soldiers from Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Chad and Togo.

French President Francois Hollande reviews the troops on the Champs Elysees

French Army Chief of Staff Admiral Edouard Guillaud, right, with President Hollande reviewing some 4,800 military personnel

Mr Hollande welcomed Croatia's President Ivo Josipovic, left, and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, centre, to watch the display of French military might as guests of honour

They were followed by troops from the UN stabilisation mission in Mali, which took over the French-led military operation on July 1. Some French soldiers who participated in the Mali operation, called Serval, also marched, and aircraft used in Mali, notably to provide cover for ground troops, were featured in the air display.

France had more than 4,000 troops at the height of the campaign, and is now gradually reducing that. France will keep about 1,000 soldiers in Mali after the end of 2013.

In all, 4,800 troops marched in front of the presidential stage, along with 241 horses, 265 vehicles and 58 planes.

Bringing up the rear was an array of 35 helicopters, used in wartime and for civilian missions.

Precision parachutists landed in front of the presidential stand to close the parade.

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Space for all: Small, cheap satellites may one day do your bidding

Innovation

Matt Rivera and Alan Boyle NBC News

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SAN FRANCISCO ? Someday, swarms of satellites the size of a tissue box will be snapping pictures, taking environmental readings and broadcasting messages from orbit ? but the entities controlling those satellites won't be governments.

Instead, they'll be hard-core hobbyists and elementary-school students, entrepreneurs and hacktivists. In short, anyone who can afford a few hundred dollars to send something to the final frontier.

The technological for this outer-space revolution already exists: It's a type of satellite known as a CubeSat, which measures just 4 inches (10 centimeters) on a side. The CubeSat phenomenon started out as an educational experiment, but now it's turning into a crowdsourcing, crowdfunding movement of Kickstarter proportions. And the sky is literally the limit.

This year alone, more than two dozen CubeSats are due to go into orbit, piggybacking on commercial and government space launches.

"We had no idea CubeSats would go so far," Jordi Puig-Suari, an engineering professor at Cal Poly who is considered one of the inventors of the CubeSat concept, told NBC News in an email. "We were trying to develop a better system to educate students, and we did succeed at that. ... But we also created a whole new space ecosystem that we could not imagine at the time."

Startup for the Space Age
Part of that ecosystem is taking shape in a squat, gray building at the foot of a highway on-ramp in San Francisco. That's where a company called NanoSatisfi has brought together a small team of aerospace veterans and computer engineers to build CubeSats by hand, amid surroundings that look more like a Web startup's office than a space agency's clean room.

"We take advantage of all the industries on earth, from cellphones to smartphones to UAVs, robotics, all of that," said Peter Platzer, a former research physicist and Wall Street trader who co-founded NanoSatisfi last year.

It all starts with a hobbyist computer called an Arduino. For less than $200, anyone can buy an Arduino ? basically a stripped-down motherboard ? and start building gadgets like a self-balancing skateboard, a band of LEGO robots, or a flame-throwing pumpkin.

The engineers at NanoSatisfi decided to put those Arduinos to a more serious use: They installed the low-cost computers inside the standard CubeSat frame. NanoSatisfi?s first two satellites, dubbed ArduSats, will hitch a ride in August on a robotic Japanese cargo ship heading for the International Space Station ? where they'll be kicked out into space using a spring-loaded launcher.

From Kickstarter to space
The cost of building each ArduSat is close to $200,000, and launch costs amount to another $100,000 or so. That's far less than the price tag for large-scale satellites, which can range from $100 million to more than $1 billion. To get the project launched, Platzer and his partners raised more than $100,000 through a Kickstarter campaign, and supplemented that amount with their own money and more than $1 million in venture-capital funding.

Once the ArduSats are active, NanoSatisfi's clients will be able to conduct their own experiments in space. Each satellite is equipped with 10 sensors ? including a Geiger counter, a magnetometer and a camera. One of the satellites will be dedicated to schools. The other will be rented out at the rate of $250 per week, with special deals available for the Kickstarter contributors. The company is developing a library of basic apps for use on the satellites and publishing the apps online so that anyone can tweak the programming.

CubeSats don't use expensive rocket thrusters to control their orbit; instead, they rely on gyro-type reaction wheels and compass-type magnetic devices to keep their orientation steady. They stay in orbit for only a few months before their orbits decay and they burn up in the atmosphere. But the low cost of a CubeSat means it's relatively inexpensive to send up replacements.

NanoSatisfi plans to launch as many as 150 more satellites over the next five years. The first commercial applications will be in the education market. "Our goal is to have 500,000 students in five years having access to a satellite, and really make this a hands-on tool," Platzer said.

ArduSats could also serve as the building blocks for a low-cost weather monitoring network. For example, ski resorts could use fine-scale temperature readings to determine when it makes financial sense to pay for artificial snow generation. Platzer says, based on his Wall Street experience, that such a network could unlock billions of dollars in economic benefits.

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Southern Stars founder Tim DeBenedictis talks about the SkyCube project and how it connects with his company's SkySafari app. Watch the "Moon and Back" interview at http://vimeo.com/47612071

Connection to the cosmos
CubeSats' biggest selling point may be their ability to give everyday people a personal connection to the final frontier. That's what Tim DeBenedictis, founder and owner of Southern Stars, is counting on as he launches SkyCube, a satellite system linked to a mobile app platform that will let people send images and short messages from orbit.

"We all know that right now a lot of our communication goes through satellites, but normally we don't think of that," he told NBC News. "We want to have the experience of having a message broadcast from the satellite, and having the satellite let you know."

SkyCube is due to be included in a cargo shipment to the space station in December. It will be shot into orbit with the same launching system used for the ArduSats. DeBenedictis has also raised more than $100,000 through Kickstarter, but also plans to cover costs through sponsorships. Once the satellite is deployed, sponsors will be able to broadcast messages and receive images from space for as little as $1 using the SkyCube mobile app.

"I fully expect this satellite to be revenue generating," DeBenedictis said.

SkyCube also has a built-in answer to the problem of too much space junk. About three months after deployment, the satellite will inflate a 70-foot-wide (21-meter-wide) balloon coated with reflective titanium dioxide powder. The balloon, visible from the ground, should create enough drag to bring the satellite down for planned destruction.

"We call that the grand finale to the mission," DeBenedictis said. "I don't think that's ever been done before with a CubeSat."

KickSat via Kickstarter

Zachary Manchester holds a prototype for the KickSat sprite.

Sprites in the satellite
Another innovative CubeSat will be sprung into space during SpaceX's next cargo run to the space station ? and this one, KickSat, has a novel twist.

Tucked within the already tiny satellite are 128 cracker-sized computer chips known as "sprites." Each sprite is equipped with solar cells as well as a radio transceiver, microcontroller, gyroscope and magnetometer. As the chips flutter in space, they'll broadcast an identifying signal ? for example, the coded initials of a Kickstarter donor.

Why? The idea is to test the potential for monitoring the space environment with swarms of nano-nanosatellites. "We don't have a big science goal in mind," Cornell University doctoral student Zachary Manchester, who initiated the project, told NBC News. "It's just trying to demonstrate that you can build a satellite that works on this scale."

KickSat raised nearly $75,000 through a Kickstarter campaign, and will get a free launch, thanks to NASA's Educational Launch of Nanosatellites program.

Bob Twiggs, an engineering professor at Morehead State University in Kentucky who worked with Puig-Suari to come up with the CubeSat concept in 1999, says he's now working on a project to launch 2-inch-wide (5-centimeter-wide) "femtosatellites" called PocketQubs. Those should theoretically launch for one-eighth the cost of a CubeSat. If CubeSats are the iPhones of the satellite world, PocketQubs are the iPod Nanos.

"I always said I hoped it'd be like the Apple computer, and I think it's making that kind of change ? which is really cool," Twiggs told NBC News.

Eventually, putting a satellite in orbit could be as easy as sending camera-equipped balloons into the stratosphere ? in other words, so easy a 7-year-old could do it.

"Realistically, in the next couple of years, it's going to be possible to put a sprite into orbit for less than $1,000, so that will bring it within the reach of hobbyists and high-school students for science fairs," Manchester said. "It's the sort of thing I wish I had when I was a kid."

More about small satellites:

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Cory Monteith Death: Hollywood Twitter Reactions - Business Insider

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Cory Monteith and girlfriend and "Glee" co-star Lea Michele in June.

Hollywood was rocked by the sudden death of "Glee" star Cory Monteith.

The 31-year-old actor was found dead Saturday afternoon in a Vancouver, Canada hotel.

Monteith played heartthrob Finn Hudson on the series since 2009.

Celebrities and "Glee" co-stars took to Twitter to react to the star's passing.

Many were shocked.

Co-star reactions along with those who appeared and worked on the show:

Dot-Marie Jones played Hudson's football coach on "Glee":

Vocal producer and recording engineer on "Glee," Alex Anders:

"Glee" co-star Mark Salling since deleted a Tweet "no" in response to an article claiming Monteith died of a drug overdose.

His girlfriend and co-star, actress Lea Michele hasn't made a statement, but Hollywood Life reports she is "absolutely hysterical and completely inconsolable."

Celebrities responded with prayers and shock at the news.

Monteith's final tweets were July 12 about SyFy's original TV movie, "Sharknado."

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Sanchez looking forward to Jets' QB competition

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updated 10:13 p.m. ET July 12, 2013

MISSION VIEJO, Calif. (AP) - If leadership counts for anything, New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez might have a leg-up on teammate Geno Smith for the starting position.

Sanchez has been the engineer of Jets West Camp, a three-day get-together at his former high school for several of his teammates, which concludes Saturday.

The itinerary includes classroom work to study film and plays, as well as on-field passing drills.

The camp has given some of Sanchez's teammates a chance to see him in a somewhat new role.

"He's kind of an extension of the coaching staff," said tight end Konrad Reuland. "It shows that he's taking the initiative and you always want that out of a leader. When we have our meetings, he runs the meetings. I think that's important. I think guys respect the fact that he puts this on. He's done a good job with it."

For Sanchez, it's all about the competition and preparing for it. Being the star quarterback at Mission Viejo High School and USC helped him realize the importance of being prepared on the field, and building bonds off of it.

The camp's schedule included off-the-field activities that allowed the players to build a rapport and grow closer to each other. Thursday's extracurricular activity included go kart racing, while Friday's passing drills ended with a water-balloon toss.

"Any time you spend time away from the (Jets' training) facility to be out here with the guys is never a bad thing," Sanchez said. "Teams that are closer generally do pretty well. You just trust those players. You develop that rapport off the field."

This is the fourth year that Jets West Camp has been held. It is strictly voluntary and Sanchez doesn't worry about who attends and who doesn't. One noticeable no-show was Smith, who remained in Florida. He claimed that he wasn't aware of the camp. Sanchez said he invited everyone.

"I don't hold it against any of the guys that can't make it," he said. "I probably should have said that right away. There are no hard feelings about anything like that.

"Guys are on vacation and some guys are getting married. They're doing stuff. There are plenty of other things they could be doing. If they can make the sacrifice and be here, awesome. If they can't, totally fine."

Smith wasn't the only Jets quarterback to miss this week's trip to Orange County. Greg McElroy and Matt Simms were also no-shows. That prompted Sanchez to call on USC quarterbacks Max Wittek and Cody Kessler - the winners of the water-balloon contest - to help out when he needed a break.

Sanchez is aware that things haven't gone his or the Jets' way recently. He's not hiding from the mistakes he has made on or off the field. That includes a recent video on which he was caught exposing his bare backside while dancing with two women.

"The video is a little embarrassing but it's a good reminder that you're in the spotlight and you need to be ever-watchful and careful of who you're with and what you're doing," he said. "Whether it's harmless, whether you're in the privacy of your own setting, you feel like everything is fine and safe, you've just got to be careful. That's just a good example of that."

After last season's 8-8 record, the Jets brought in a new general manager in John Idzik and a new offensive coordinator in Marty Mornhinweg. Shortly thereafter, Idzik announced that there would be a competition for the team's quarterback spot.

"This is a league that changes very quickly," Sanchez said. "It's `What have you done for me lately?'

"(On) teams that don't make the playoffs a couple of years in a row, coaches get fired, players get traded, things change, organizations blow up and start over. We're with a new regime, John Idzik wants a quarterback competition. I'm still here, let's compete. That's all I can control. That's really what I'm focused on. I can't worry about anything in the past except getting better from it and moving on."

Sanchez is looking forward to the competition with Smith - and to retaining his starting spot.

"Any kind of competition is good," he added. "When it comes down to competition, I put my money on myself. I bet on myself and go play and go win the job."

He's not alone. Sanchez's teammates are equally as passionate about turning things around for the organization. They see Jets West Camp as a good place to start.

"This is great because I'm behind on offense," said tight end Kellen Winslow, who had 75 receptions in 2011 but played in only one game last season because of contractual issues. "I need to catch up. I'm just coming in trying to be a piece of the puzzle, trying to make plays for the team.

"In this league you've got to get better or you're just getting worse. It's all about repetition and getting better every day. I'm lucky to have job. I'm happy to be back."

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Daily Chronicle | At Ramadan meals, Egypt weighs split in society

CAIRO ? As the sun set on the first day of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, families across Cairo gathered for the fast-breaking iftar meal in a country that in the last two weeks has seen protests by millions, a coup against an elected president and the deaths of dozens of people in clashes with the military.

Ramadan is traditionally a time of personal reflection and feeling a sense of brotherhood with fellow Muslims, but in the aftermath of the military overthrow of President Mohammed Morsi, the divisions among Egyptians extend even down to this traditional meal.

On one side of the city, Tahrir Square remains the symbolic center of the revolution that overthrew Hosni Mubarak and later opposed Morsi. Across town in an eastern district, Morsi?s supporters have coalesced around a major intersection in front of the mosque of Rabaah al-Adawiya.

Breaking their fast outdoors, the people in the two camps expressed bafflement and disdain for the other side.

?I don?t know if the people at Rabaah al-Adawiya are out of their minds or if they are brainwashed,? said Shenouda William, a 35-year-old lawyer, who sat with about 100 people in the echoing emptiness of Tahrir Square to break their fast.

Others described the Morsi supporters in the Muslim Brotherhood as ignorant peasants or possibly Palestinian and Syrian refugees looking for food and a place to sleep.

A Christian, William chose to join the iftar as a symbol of national unity and described this as ?the best Ramadan I?ve ever known because the Brotherhood are not here ? they succeeded in dividing the people, and this will never happen again.?

Egyptians remain divided, however, and while the Brotherhood alienated much of the country in their year in power, they still have supporters who came by the tens of thousands to break their fast Wednesday night in a clear show of strength.

Families thronged into the boulevards near the Rabaah al-Adawiya Mosque and sat under tents or on long sheets of blue tarpaulins to first pray and then eat after the sun set.

Fireworks marked the end of the day and an imam recited the call to prayer as people tentatively took their first sips of water and ate dates handed out to the crowd.

Then came the communal prayer ? an awesome sight as thousands stretching into the distance silently rose and fell in the ritual prostration before reciting ?Amen? in a single voice.

?We do our prayers to bring victory, especially this month with these developments. We hope he will grant us this,? said Mohammed El-Sayyed, a college student from Mansoura after the prayers and before he joined his family for the meal. ?There might be problems and people might die, but resolution will come this month.?

The first iftar of Ramadan is traditionally spent with family, so El-Sayyed talked his father into bringing the whole clan down to the mosque rally ? a move clearly followed by thousands of others as families picnicked around them.

Across town in Tahrir Square, construction worker and youth organizer Ahmed Abdel Aziz sees a kind of family in the more modest gathering of people who ate chicken and rice under the hulking Mugamma building, Cairo?s bureaucratic heart.

?After all the events of the last days, it is great to celebrate the first day of Ramadan in Tahrir. Here, it is better than being at home. I feel like I am with my family here,? Aziz said, drawing with relief on his first cigarette of the day.

Tamarod, the youth-driven campaign that is credited with spearheading the movement to oust Morsi, will hold its own iftar in Tahrir Square on Friday, doubtlessly drawing huge numbers of people. But the anti-Morsi crowd?s numbers are also small because they see themselves as victorious and have less need to show their strength in the streets.

The Wednesday night meal in Tahrir came courtesy of well-known Egyptian director Khaled Youssef, who stopped by to see how things were going.

?Ramadan has always been a time of union and reunion, but this time we have a lost group, a group that doesn?t acknowledge the will of the people,? he said, referring to supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Back at Rabaah Al-Adawiya, where many in the crowd also were eating roast chicken and rice, most refused to believe that most of the country supported the military coup. People suggested that those in Tahrir had been paid off or had been fooled, convinced that the true Egyptians were sitting around them.

?In Tahrir Square now, it is just those from the previous regime, the businessmen, and the military,? said Ali Awad, an elderly, bespectacled teacher trainer from the northern town of Zagazig. ?Those who want things to be right want Morsi.?

But while the crowd outside the mosque certainly represents a large section of the country, it can?t be described as inclusive. All the women without exception wore conservative dress, and sharing space with the portraits of Morsi was a huge picture of ultraconservative icon Omar Abdel-Rahman ? the blind sheik imprisoned in the U.S. for masterminding the attacks on New York landmarks in the 1990s.

At the end of the prayer, several young men chanted ?Egypt, an Islamic state!? and ?By our blood and souls, we will sacrifice ourselves for Islam!? ? the kind of rhetoric that has made many Egyptians uneasy with the Brotherhood and its fellow travelers from the ultraconservative Salafi movement.

Amid the prayer, the food and the camaraderie of the evening outside the mosque, there was also a deep sense of unease at the future.

The government had ordered the arrest of the Brotherhood?s top leadership, most of whom are believed to be hidden among the thousands at the sit-in, and many in the crowd talked about how they had helped those who were wounded Monday in clashes with the military. That violence had left at least 51 Brotherhood supporters dead and hundreds wounded.

Sayyed Ezz, a math teacher from Alexandria, was handing out cups of chilled water to people with his wife. He described how during the trip to Cairo, police stopped his microbus and searched all the passengers ? saying it was like the dark days of the Brotherhood?s repression in the 1950s at the hands of Egypt?s first president.

?They are going to kill us. It?s starting,? he said, ?It is like the days of Gamal Abdel Nasser, and they are going to do it again.?

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Regent Seven Seas Cruises?announced this week?that it has?contracted Italy?s?Fincantieri shipyard?to build?what Regent Seven Seas describes as the most luxurious cruise ship in the era of modern cruising, scheduled for delivery in the northern hemisphere summer in 2016.

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World renowned architectural and interior design firms?Tillberg Design AB, RTKL Associates and ICrave?are designing the vessel, which will?feature?369?suites ranging from 300 square feet to 1,500 square?feet, six open-seating gourmet restaurants, Regent?s signature nine-deck atrium, the two-story Explorer Theater, three boutiques and an expansive Canyon Ranch SpaClub?.

732 feet long, with a beam of 102 feet and a draft of 23 feet, the vessel will be powered by diesel-electric engines with a service speed of 20 knots and a ?green ship? employing the most advanced environmental systems and state of the art technology.

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New play shines light across time on women astronomers

After a bewildering start, Stella by Siobh?n Nicholas draws the audience in to its parallel, millennia-spanning stories of women in astronomy

She's the one history wrote out. Her names hang in space, like the less luminescent, less glorious sibling in a magnificent double star system. Her name is Caroline, Hypatia, maybe Jessica. The eclipsing of women astronomers by men is what Siobh?n Nicholas's bold new play, Stella, wants to redress.

The stars of this play are women scientists ? Caroline Herschel from the 18th century, a fictitious Jessica Bell from the modern day. And not forgetting, Hypatia of Alexandria, in fourth-century Egypt. Invoked but never seen during the play, ancient philosopher Hypatia is one of the earliest recorded female scholars of mathematics and astronomy. She was murdered by Christian monks threatened by her learning.

Caroline is the "lesser half" of the renowned brother-sister astronomy partnership which laid down the foundations for modern-day astronomy. History has kept their names entwined, but it was William ? the British king's private astronomer, the telescope builder ? who got the credit. Caroline, his assistant and housekeeper, was herself a remarkable astronomer who discovered at least eight comets and three nebulae ? though the work was only recognised once William had also found and confirmed them.

A constant tug of war ? gentle and loving, but a real conflict nonetheless - runs centrally through Stella. The play kicks off with an argument between Jessica, played by Kathryn Pogson, and her husband Bill, played by Chris Barnes, who also plays William Herschel. Bill wants Jessica to move to Germany with him for his work, but Jessica, an astronomer who is also researching Caroline Herschel's life, is reluctant; the move would stymie her career.

A plaintive "Why must I always be the one to give things up?" from Jessica sets the scene and feel of the whole play. From there we are taken to a parallel conflict between Caroline and William. Nicholas, as well as authoring the play, fills the role of Caroline beautifully ? imbuing her with an almost childlike sense of wonder at the skies, and an innocent enthusiasm that is immediately endearing. Barnes morphs convincingly into a well-meaning, but to a modern eye rather condescending and patriarchal William.

The play weaves in and out of Caroline and Jessica's lives, intersecting at points where Jessica studies Caroline's journals, twisting around the central theme of speaking up for women scientists. The effort is laudable, but the play gets off to a slow start ? the work-versus-life and family issues are a little laboured and depressing, and the references to astronomy seem too niche for a broad audience.

The wonder we are intended to feel is replaced with some bewilderment and alienation, heightened when Jessica starts receiving inexplicable video clips on her mobile ? shown on a screen at the back of the stage ? from a group of strangely dressed teenage girls chanting incomprehensibly. This was all Greek to me ? and indeed it turned out to be so when we discover that the videos are sent by Jessica's daughter, on a gap year at the library in Alexandria, Egypt, the girls chanting in Hypatia's ancient tongue.

Shortly after this revelation the play gathers momentum and starts to draw you in. Topically, given events this week in Egypt, the play plunges us into the turmoil of Tahrir Square, Egyptian riots, men intimidating young, independent women and students forming human barricades round the library at Alexandria. It is the 2011 Arab Spring, and Jessica's daughter is missing.

In a parallel, the loving conflict between Caroline and William steps up. A successful soprano, she puts aside her career for her brother only to see him marry unexpectedly at 49 and then oust her as his housekeeper to a cottage in the grounds of his main house. It's during this time that she makes her incredible discoveries ? presumably because she was freer of household responsibilities, highlighting the complex situation for a woman at that time.

Stella is beautifully executed. The simplicity and starkness of its set ? three white chairs set far apart around a small, white table in the centre of a circular (sky-map-like) rug with a telescope off to one side ? works well. The characters are all in white too; a purity against the dark backdrop of planets, stars, galaxies and comets which appear on the screen at the back of the stage as the story ramps up in its latter half.

Nicholas hopes this play, which was part-funded by the UK's Institute of Physics and Science & Technology Facilities Council, will inspire women. I hope so too, though as Stella makes clear, the parallels between Caroline and Jessica's lives, despite the distance of time between them, are all too clear.

Stella is at the Greenwich Theatre, London, until tomorrow and at Dublin Festival of Curiosity, Ireland, on 26 and 27 July

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Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux have wedding "breakthrough": Will wed in California in December

Jennifer Aniston and Louis Theroux's wedding has been the subject of months of media scrutiny as everyone waited for the moment when the lovebirds would finally tie the knot.

Despite getting engaged in August of last year the happy couple have been forced to delay their wedding day various times.

It was originally thought that they would marry in the spring this year but work commitments and location choice have caused a halt on the proceedings.

A source close to 41-year-old Justin said that "the main source of uncertainty has been removed."

The source told The MailOnline: "Jen and Justin have gone back and forth on where to marry and whether to have a destination wedding so many times.

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"Justin's reservations with LA are well known and he wanted to marry on the East Coast where his friends and much of his family is based, where he proposed to Jen and where he feels most comfortable."

This conflict over East versus West coast has extended beyond their wedding location, it is also an issue over where they'll live as a married couple.

And the source added: "Contrary to popular opinion Jen does not hate New York- she studied there growing up but it's now become too intense for her.

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"They won't wed at their recently renovated Bel Air mansion but will likely use their home to host an intimate reception."

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One of the biggest blocks to their wedding has also been their hectic work schedules, with Justin landing a lead role in the new HBO series The Leftovers.

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News in Brief: Killer whales are (at least) two species

Orca genetics highlights distinctions among groups

By Tina Hesman Saey

Web edition: July 11, 2013

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Killer whales, such as this fish-eating group in Alaska's Aleutian Islands, may comprise two species with at least nine genetically distinct subgroups, a new genetic analysis indicates.

Credit: Kim Parsons, National Marine Mammal Laboratory, NOAA Fisheries

Killer whales come in more varieties than anyone had realized, a new study of the predator?s DNA confirms. The finding could have important implications for marine conservation efforts, such as reducing the number of killer whales allowed to be caught when fishing in certain areas.

Until recently, scientists thought orcas that freely roamed the cold waters of the northern Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea were a single species. But studies of the killer whales? behavior and genetics suggested that there are at least two species ? ?resident? fish-eating orcas and ?transient? mammal-eaters also known as Bigg?s killer whales (SN: 5/22/10, p. 8).

A new study of 462 killer whales, published July 11 in the Journal of Heredity, supports the division of northern Pacific orcas into two species. DNA analysis also indicates those species aren?t monolithic, Kim Parsons of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and colleagues report. Resident orcas fall into four genetically distinct subpopulations; at least five subgroups of transient killer whales ply the frigid seas.

Those subdivisions largely reflect the prey each group prefers, the researchers say.

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Texas House approves sweeping abortion restrictions

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The Texas House of Representatives approved sweeping abortion restrictions on Tuesday, including a ban after 20 weeks of pregnancy and tougher standards for clinics that perform the procedure.

The vote of 98-49 came after a full day of sometimes emotional debate. Before the measure can head to the state Senate, it needs a final vote from the House, which is expected on Wednesday.

The House approved the same proposal during a previous special session of the legislature, but it failed to pass in the Senate after Democratic Senator Wendy Davis staged an 11-hour filibuster that gained national attention.

Planned Parenthood, the country's largest provider of abortions, says the proposed stricter standards for clinics could cause all but six of the 42 abortion facilities in Texas to shut down. Bill author Republican Jodie Laubenberg said no facility would be forced to close.

Texas Governor Rick Perry, a Republican who opposes abortion, called lawmakers back to Austin for a second special session to reconsider the proposal. Most lawmakers in the Republican controlled Senate favor the bill.

Since the second special session began on July 1, thousands of Texans have packed the Capitol to testify at hearings, hold rallies and march.

After the vote on Tuesday, bill opponents crowded the area outside the House chamber, chanting "Defense! Defense!" to cheer on lawmakers who voted against the bill and were emerging from the legislative chamber.

During the debate on Tuesday, Representative Jason Villalba, a Republican whose wife is expecting a baby boy, spoke passionately in favor of the bill while showing his colleagues a sonogram picture of "my son."

"We fight this fight because of innocent human life," he said.

The 20-week provision - a version of which has been passed by a dozen states - is based on controversial research suggesting fetuses feel pain at that point in the pregnancy.

Bill opponent Representative Senfronia Thompson, a Democrat, unsuccessfully proposed an amendment to exempt victims of rape and incest from the 20-week provision.

"I don't think that you want to traumatize (a) young woman by making her carry a child that her stepfather has impregnated her with, or her father," Thompson said.

Thompson held up a coat hanger to make the point that women may be forced to turn to unsafe abortion methods.

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Ohio stripped funding from Planned Parenthood and put new requirements on those performing and seeking abortions. Wisconsin passed a law requiring women seeking an abortion to undergo an ultrasound and new requirements on doctors performing abortions. A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked a portion of that law.

(Reporting by Corrie MacLaggan; Editing by Alex Dobuzinskis and Lisa Shumaker)

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Nigerian president finalizes loan deals in China

BEIJING ? Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and Chinese President Xi Jinping presided Wednesday over the signing of accords between their governments to facilitate $1.1 billion in low-interest loans for much-needed infrastructure in Nigeria.

China, which is increasingly looking to Africa for oil and other natural resources, is offering Nigeria loans to help fund airport terminals in four cities, roads, a light-rail line for its capital, a hydropower plant and oil and gas infrastructure.

Xi said both countries had been brought together by a common task of pursuing national development. "As a proverb of Nigeria reads, 'A man cannot sit down alone to plan for prosperity,'" he said.

Jonathan, on a four-day trip to China, has brought along about a dozen of his Cabinet ministers including those for petroleum resources, trade and transport, as well as several state governors, senior government officials and businesspeople.

Following a meeting between Xi and Jonathan, representatives from both countries signed five deals, including a lending agreement between China's Import-Export Bank and the Nigerian finance ministry for the expansion of the airport terminals and an economic and technical cooperation pact. Details of the agreements were not immediately available.

Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala says the loans being finalized during this trip are part of $3 billion approved by China at interest rates of less than 3 percent.

Chinese companies are already building roads across Nigeria in contracts worth $1.7 billion.

China's demand for crude oil produced in Nigeria is expected to rise tenfold to 200,000 barrels a day by 2015, according to information provided by a team accompanying the Nigerian president.

Zhang Chun, an expert on Africa at the Shanghai Institute of Foreign Studies, said Nigeria is important to China because it has the largest economy in west Africa and because it has oil. "There is great potential for developing cooperation in this field," he said.

On Thursday, Jonathan will meet Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and representatives of companies including state oil company Sinopec and telecom equipment makers Huawei and ZTE.

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Federal Law Requires Healthier Snacks in Schools

Say goodbye to school vending machines filled with cheese doodles, potato chips, cookies, and candy.

Healthy Snacks Now Required in School

Recently, the United States Department of Agriculture launched its new ?Smart Snacks in School? campaign. These nutrition standards represent the first nutritional overhaul of school snacks in over 30 years.

According to the new rules, school foods must contain at least 50% whole grains or have a fruit, vegetable, dairy, or protein as the first ingredient. However, foods containing one-quarter of a cup of fruit or vegetables are permitted as well.

Beverages are also being regulated. Sports drinks that have high amounts of sugar are prohibited, but a low-calorie version is permissible. Milk must be either low-fat or fat-free, juice must be 100% fruit or vegetable juice, and flavored water must not have any calories. Similarly, potable water must be available for free wherever meals are served.

Margo Wotton, the director of nutrition policy at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, noted, ?Snacks now have to be nutritious. They can?t just be fortified junk.?

?Nothing is more important than the health and well-being of our children,? said USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack.

He explained, ?Parents and schools work hard to give our youngsters the opportunity to grow up healthy and strong, and providing healthy options throughout school cafeterias, vending machines, and snack bars will support their great efforts.?

Kids will still be allowed to bring in any snacks from home that they choose and parents can continue to supply treats for birthday celebrations or holidays to the classroom. Likewise, special fund-raising events such as bake sales are also allowed.

The regulations are a result of the Healthy and Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, which requires the USDA to improve food served in schools.

Several students were very upset and complained that their favorite foods were taken away and that the calorie restrictions were too low for growing teens.

The transition deadline to meet the new standards is July 1, 2014, which means the new USDA regulations would go into effect for the 2014-2015 school year.

Source: http://rosenblumlawfirm.com/federal-law-requires-healthier-snacks-in-schools-2/

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