Combine tour reaches Bay Area

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OAKLAND, Calif. — The 2012 Nike Football SPARQ Combine tour returns to the Golden State on Saturday for the 14th Nike Football combine of the year at Laney College in Oakland, Calif.

Its not often that a quarterback is the potential headliner at a Nike Combine, but then again, Staley (Kansas City, Mo.) standout and Missouri-bound signal-caller Trent Hosick is not your ordinary quarterback.

The 6-1, 225 pound Hosick led Staley to a perfect 14-0 and Class 5 state title last fall, passing for 1,442 yards and 10 scores while also rushing for 2,403 yards and 31 touchdowns. His athletic ability first emerged last spring at the Dallas Nike combine, where he posted...

Twitter Says It’s Gathering Information About Your Web Browsing, But in a Good Way

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Yesterday, Twitter unveiled its system for suggesting accounts for new and current users to follow. These s0-called tailored suggestions are designed to cut through the glut of people, companies, and NASA rovers currently on Twitter. In order to provide those tailored results, Twitter has disclosed that it will use information about your browsing habits culled from sites you and others visit. However, it has also said its going to comply with the Federal Trade Commissions Do Not Track initiative. Heres how it works, and how to turn it off.

In a blog post describing the new tailored suggestions feature, Twitters Growth and International Director Othman Laraki was surprisingly transparent...

ExxonMobil Stalls in Accepting Industry Pattern Agreement During Contract …

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BATON ROUGE, La., April 27, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ –
Safety Concerns Paramount

Despite accepting the United Steelworkers (USW) National Oil Bargaining Program (NOBP) pattern agreement at its other facilities, ExxonMobil is refusing to do so at its refinery/chemical complex in Baton Rouge, La.

The USW and the industry reached a pattern agreement in February that included having a process safety representative at each facility. Although ExxonMobil agreed to the pattern...

Consumers win big changes from food industry

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A changing food industry

EGGS

Among companies using some or all cage-free eggs: Walmart, Costco, Unilever, Kraft Foods and ConAgra Foods. Restaurants include Sonic, Subway, Ruby Tuesday and Red Robin. Burger King became the first hamburger chain to commit to 100 percent cage-free by a deadline, 2017.

PORK

Only about 10 percent of all hogs produced now are classified as cage-free, according to the National Pork Board. To increase that percentage and still meet market demand, producers would require more space and need to retrofit facilities...

Lady Gaga tour starts in Seoul with adults-only concert

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US pop star Lady Gaga has kicked off her Born This Way Ball tour with a concert in Seoul that fans under the age of 18 were forbidden to attend.

Protests in the South Korean capital prompted authorities to make the gig an adults-only event earlier this month.

A small group of Christians staged a rally outside Seouls Olympic Stadium, where around 45,000 fans saw the singer perform hits like Poker Face and Judas.

The tour will resume on 2 May with the first of four dates in Hong Kong.

The art of subtle fishing

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The two trips to Delaware Joe Bruce and I took in March yielded the usual mix of largemouth bass, pickerel (lots of them) bluegill, crappie, yellow perch and shellcrackers. More important, it gave us a lot of insights into the art of shallow water fishing, lessons that can apply to a number of freshwater and saltwater situations.

To set the stage, Joe fished almost exclusively with fly tackle from his 12-foot, Native Watercraft kayak, while I fished from with fly and spin tackle from a 12-foot, aluminum, cartop boat powered by a 55-pound thrust electric motor.

There’s an art to charming your father-in-law

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She goes on under-the-radar visits with him to the opera and to art galleries,
according to Palace insiders quoted in the documentary. She and the
Prince [of Wales] spend a lot of time together; they share passions that
neither of the princes share. They get on very well.

Whygo Appoints Global Videoconferencing Network (GVN) As Their Exclusive …

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Global Videoconferencing Network (GVN), the worlds virtual airline, and Whygo, the largest broker of public videoconferencing rooms, partner to offer the best-in-class videoconferencing solution to the travel industry.

Dallas, TX (PRWEB) April 27, 2012

Whygo and GVN are partnering to bring a comprehensive, end-to-end and best-in-class videoconferencing solution to the travel industry. Through Whygos public room inventory and GVNs travel specific distribution integration, this exclusive partnership will jointly enhance services to the corporate travel industry and its customers.

All GVN videoconferencing destinations will exclusively leverage the Whygo inventory platform,...