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Rutgers alumni call for probe on coach's firing
Former Rutgers men's basketball coach Mike Rice leaves his home Wednesday, April 3, 2013, in Little Silver, N.J. Rice was fired Wednesday after a videotape aired showing Rice using gay slurs, shoving and grabbing his players and throwing balls at them in practice. Athletic director Tim Pernetti was given a copy of the tape by a former employee in November and, after an independent investigator was hired to review it, Rice was suspended for three games, fined $75,000 and ordered to attend anger management classes. University president Robert Barchi signed off on the penalty. But on Wednesday, Rutgers referred to new information and "a review of previously discovered issues" as the reasons for Rice's termination. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
Former Rutgers men's basketball coach Mike Rice leaves his home Wednesday, April 3, 2013, in Little Silver, N.J. Rice was fired Wednesday after a videotape aired showing Rice using gay slurs, shoving and grabbing his players and throwing balls at them in practice. Athletic director Tim Pernetti was given a copy of the tape by a former employee in November and, after an independent investigator was hired to review it, Rice was suspended for three games, fined $75,000 and ordered to attend anger management classes. University president Robert Barchi signed off on the penalty. But on Wednesday, Rutgers referred to new information and "a review of previously discovered issues" as the reasons for Rice's termination. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
Former Rutgers head coach Mike Rice is driven from his home, Wednesday, April 3, 2013, in Little Silver, N.J. With political and social pressure mounting after video showed Rice screaming gay slurs and shoving, kicking and throwing balls at his NCAA college basketball players, the university fired Rice on Wednesday, and then did their best to avoid the blame for not getting it right four months ago. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
In this four-image combo taken from an ESPN video, Rutgers men's basketball coach Mike Rice kicks, shoves, and throws balls at his players during NCAA college basketball practices in Piscataway, N.J. Fueled by outrage from even the governor when the video went public, Rutgers fired Rice on Wednesday, April 3, 2013, after deciding it didn't go far enough by suspending and fining him for shoving, kicking and throwing balls at players along with spewing gay slurs. (AP Photo/ESPN)
FILE - In this May 6, 2010 file photo, Mike Rice, left, former coach of Robert Morris, is introduced as the new men's basketball coach of Rutgers by athletic director Tim Pernetti, during a news conference at Rutgers in Piscataway, N.J. Rutgers has fired Rice after a videotape aired showing him shoving, grabbing and throwing balls at players in practice and using gay slurs during practice. With mounting criticism on a state and national level, the school decided to take action on Wednesday, April 3, 2013. relieving Rice of his duties after three largely unsuccessful seasons at the Big East school. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz, File)
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) ? Mike Rice may have been fired as the Rutgers men's basketball coach after a video surfaced showing him shoving players and berating them with gay slurs, but critics said New Jersey's flagship public university still has more explaining ? and maybe some more firing ? to do.
A group of 13 faculty members Wednesday demanded that university President Robert Barchi resign for his "inexcusable handling" of the situation.
Alumni, lawmakers and a gay-rights group are among those calling for an investigation into why university officials took months to fire Rice after getting the video from a former basketball program employee in a scandal that touches on two long-standing issues on campus: the role of sports and the treatment of gays.
"If the roles were reversed and this was a professor and not a coach and this was a student in the classroom as opposed to a collegiate player this would be completely different. You wouldn't say, 'This was a first offense,'" said Glenn Articolo, a radiologist who lives in Marlton and a 1991 Rutgers graduate. "There's not a single employee at Rutgers University from the President to the janitor who wouldn't be dismissed immediately. It seems there's a double standard when it comes to the basketball coach or the football coach."
Some alumni say athletic director Tim Pernetti should also be dismissed and some are questioning what Barchi knew, and when.
In a statement Wednesday, Barchi, who took office in September, said he was told of the video in November and agreed that it would be appropriate to suspend Rice, fine him and send him to anger management counseling. But he said it was after he saw the video this week that he decided Rice should be fired.
Pernetti also issued a statement Wednesday but he and Barchi were not made available to answer reporters' questions.
Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver, a Democrat who spoke about the topic on several radio and television shows Wednesday, is calling for legislative hearings on the details.
The gay-rights group Garden State Equality also called for an investigation.
Much of the anger over the university's handling of the situation came because Rice was not fired until after the public saw the video.
"Why did they fire him? Just because the tape came out?" asked Jim Walton, a 1980 Rutgers graduate who is now a compliance and ethics manager in Philadelphia. "They already knew the truth. If he should have been fired today, he should have been fired a long time ago."
For years, some at Rutgers, a long-time also-ran in major sports, have been debating whether it's been worth it to spend more money and put more focus on trying to elevate the university's football and men's basketball programs.
The university has also dealt with how gay students are treated since Tyler Clementi, a freshman there, killed himself in 2010 days after learning his roommate had used a webcam to see him kissing another man. The roommate spent 20 days in jail last year after a jury convicted him of bias intimidation and other crimes in a case that sparked policy changes to try to make Rutgers friendlier to gay students.
"After the suicide of Tyler Clementi, I thought my alma mater would take the use of gay slurs by any member of the Rutgers community ? students, faculty, administrators, or coaches ? seriously," said Debbie Hadley, a 1991 Rutgers graduate who is a naturalist in Jackson. "Clearly, Tim Pernetti did not. And yes, I believe he should be fired, too."
Some students agreed that the coach needed to be ousted.
Alison Coopersmith, an 18-year-old first-year student majoring in political science said that if gay slurs are not tolerated by students, they shouldn't be tolerated by professionals, either. "It's worse when they're in a position of power," she said.
But on campus, not everyone was up in arms Wednesday.
Taylor Akers, a 19-year-old sophomore pre-med major, said Rice should not have been fired. "That happens all the time," he said.
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Mulvihill reported from Haddonfield. Also contributing to this report were AP reporters Katie Zezima in Newark and Angela Delli Santi in Trenton and sportswriter Tom Canavan in Piscataway.
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Project & Location: - DLF Vibhuti Khand is a luxurious residential project being developed by the prestigious group DLF. The project is being developed in Lucknow of Uttar Pradesh which is also known as the city of Nawabs. The project offers residential studio apartments which are also commonly known as bachelor pads. Studio apartments are normally 1 BHK apartments in which bedroom, living room, toilet, and kitchen are all integrated in a single room which is ideal for saving space and fully utilizing the given space to accommodate a single person or a couple with no children. As for the location, the Gomti Nagar of the Lucknow city in Uttar Pradesh is a fast growing area in which there are all kinds of modern large city facilities and amenities are available and there are going to be a numerous new business opportunities in the area which will give rise to the property rates in the area hence the properties in the project are also very good for investment purposes besides the residential comforts it will provide to the end user who is meant to live in the apartments. The project is very near to many good hospitals, shopping malls and software parks of the area. Also the DLF Company which is developing the project is among the top real estate developers of India and provides utmost quality in its projects which are spread over all across the India. Entities: - The Vibhuti Khand offers commercial properties of shopping arenas on the ground and first floors and 2nd floor onwards there are studio apartments to be offered in the project. The studio apartments are tentatively in a built up area of 600 to 650 sq feet and the commercial properties will start with area of 500 sq feet onwards. The basic sale price for the studio apartments in the project is around Rs 6790 per sq feet which is tentative and the basic sale price for the commercial properties on the ground floor is tentatively Rs 11,000 per sq feet and the tentative basic sale price for the commercial properties on the 1st floor is going to be around Rs 11,000 per sq feet.? Facilities: - The DLF group which is always known for its quality and the facilities it provides in its projects and this project is no different and provides utmost luxury features to the residents of the project. It will come laden with facilities like fully furnished flats, 24 hour power back up, 24 hour water supply, close to shopping district and major commercial centers of the area, eco-friendly campus and plush clean surroundings, waste management system, convenient location, rain water harvesting, gated community, 24 hour security with guards on gates and CCTV surveillance of the area, medical facilities in the vicinity, on 45 meters wide road, vaastu friendly architecture, near many other major real estate projects of the area, futuristic homes, VVIP addresses, earthquake resistant building, ultra modern hi tech fire fighting facilities, play area for children and many more.?
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Stocks struggle to hold gains in choppy trading
Stocks finished higher in light, tight tug-of-war trading Thursday as Wall Street cheered Bank of Japan's aggressive new stimulus measures, but a disappointing weekly jobless claims report kept a lid on gains.
"The market is nervous for good reason; The Korean situation, confusing Fed Speak and from the technical side, the rotational correction is spreading as yesterday we had a clear break of trend line support on the NYSE cumulative advance-decline line," wrote Elliot Spar, market strategist at Stifel Nicolaus.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished higher, led by Hewlett-Packard and AT&T.
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq also closed in positive territory. The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), widely considered the best gauge of fear in the market, ended near 14.
Among key S&P sectors, utilities and telecoms logged gains, while techs finished in the red.
"A lot of inter-market relationships are starting to breakdown," noted Keith Bliss, senior vice president at Cuttone & Co., pointing specifically to the divergence between the small caps and Dow Transportation index versus the major averages. "The broader market is starting to rollover?the S&P's intermediate bullish trendline is 1,538 ? if we break below that, then we could start to see a mini correction. I think we're going to touch that trendline in the next few sessions."
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Earlier, the Bank of Japan surprised the market with an overhaul of its monetary policy, adopting a new balance sheet target and pledging to double its government bond holdings in two years. The Nikkei soared more than 2 percent to close at its best level in more than four years.
"The BoJ?along with the Fed?has now joined 'Hotel California'monetary policy: you can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave," said Bliss. "The rumors now are that the ECB is going to do the same thing."
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U.S.-listed shares of Japanese companies including Toyota, Honda, Sony and Panasonic climbed as a weaker yen would make Japanese goods less expensive and more competitive.
But other Asian markets remained cautious amid the building tensions over North Korea. Most recently, North Korea warned that its military has been cleared to wage an attack on the U.S. using "smaller, lighter and diversified nuclear" weapons.
On the economic front, weekly jobless claims popped 28,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 385,000, hitting its highest level in four months, according to the Labor Department. It was the third straight week of gains in claims. Economists polled by Reuters had expected first-time applications last week to fall to 350,000.
Earlier, outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas said layoffs surged 30 percent in the first quarter from a year ago, even though March furlough activity declined. It was more bad news for the job market, which appears to be slowing after gaining some momentum in late 2012.
The data came ahead of the widely-followed government non-farm payrolls report, due Friday. Economists expect to see a gain of 200,000, with the unemployment rate steady at 7.7 percent, according to a Reuters poll.
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In company news, Best Buy soared to lead the S&P 500 leaders after the consumer electronics retailer said it is offering a 30 percent discount on its current stock of Apple iPad 3 tablets, raising speculation that there could be a major launch of a new iPad in the near term. In addition, retailer said it would collaborate with Samsung to open kiosks in its Best Buy stores.
Facebook climbed as the social-networking giant unveiled its "Home" software that will integrate the website with Android users' smartphones, a move that may divert users from Google's services. (Read More: Mobile Move: Facebook Introduces Phone)
Meanwhile, Google dipped below its 50-day moving average. The last time the Internet giant closed below the level was October 18.
Microsoft edged lower after Bank of America/Merrill Lynch downgraded the tech giant to "neutral" from "buy," saying the Windows product cycle and stock buyback programs haven't given the company the expected boost.
"If you are looking to buy names that have pulled back 8 to 10 percent from their highs, you have to be very selective. Many of them have broken trend line support and their 50 day moving averages," wrote Spar. "We prefer names where the technicals have held and where earnings estimates are moving higher."
In Europe, the European Central Bank (ECB) left its benchmark unchanged at 0.75 percent for the ninth month in a row.
In a press conference, ECB President Draghi said the central bank could not replace a lack of capital in the banking system and that it could not compensate for a lack of reforms by euro zone governments. He also said economic weakness was spreading to countries where fragmentation was not an issue.
?By CNBC's JeeYeon Park (Follow JeeYeon on Twitter: @JeeYeonParkCNBC)
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Facebook Home to hit select phones on April 12th in the US
Facebook hasn't made Home official just yet, but we can tell you one thing for certain -- it'll be arriving on April 12th in the US. It won't be available on all Android devices that day, broader availability should be coming in the future. On day one it will show up as a download for select devices, which will include the rumored HTC First that we anticipate will make its grand debut shortly. As expected there will be no "Facebook Phone" or even a Facebook OS. Home is an app that will "transform your Android phone into a great social phone" according to the company. The roll out is starting with "just a few phones," (the Galaxy S III, S 4, the HTC One, One X+ and the Note II) but those lucky device owners will be able to enjoy Facebook's mobile vision starting next week.
Update: Zuckerberg and Co. also confirmed that Home for tablets is coming too, but it won't arrive until later this year.
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Building quantum states with individual silicon atoms
Apr. 3, 2013 ? By introducing individual silicon atom 'defects' using a scanning tunnelling microscope, scientists at the London Centre for Nanotechnology have coupled single atoms to form quantum states.
Published April 3 in Nature Communications, the study demonstrates the viability of engineering atomic-scale quantum states on the surface of silicon -- an important step toward the fabrication of devices at the single-atom limit.
Advances in atomic physics now allow single ions to be brought together to form quantum coherent states. However, to build coupled atomic systems in large numbers, as required for applications such as quantum computing, it is highly desirable to develop the ability to construct coupled atomic systems in the solid state.
Semiconductors, such as silicon, routinely display atomic defects that have clear analogies with trapped ions. However, introducing such defects deterministically to observe the coupling between extended systems of individual defects has so far remained elusive.
Now, LCN scientists have shown that quantum states can be engineered on silicon by creating interacting single-atom defects. Each individual defect consisted of a silicon atom with a broken, or "dangling," bond. During this study, these single-atom defects were created in pairs and extended chains, with each defect separated by just under one nanometer.
Importantly, when coupled together, these individual atomic defects produce extended quantum states resembling artificial molecular orbitals. Just as for a molecule, each structure exhibited multiple quantum states with distinct energy levels.
We have created precise arrays of atomic defects on a silicon surface and demonstrated that they couple to form unique and interesting quantum states.
The visibility of these states to the scanning tunneling microscope could be tuned through the variation of two independent parameters -- the voltage applied to the imaging probe and its height above the surface.
The study was led by Dr Steven Schofield, who said: "We have created precise arrays of atomic defects on a silicon surface and demonstrated that they couple to form unique and interesting quantum states."
He added: "The next step is to replicate these results in other material systems, for example using substitutional phosphorus atoms in silicon, which holds particular interest for quantum computer fabrication."
Ongoing research at the LCN is exploring even more complex arrangements of these defects, including the incorporation of impurity atoms within the defect structures, which is expected to alter the symmetry of the defects (similar to the role of the nitrogen atom in the nitrogen-vacancy center defect in diamond).
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- S. R. Schofield, P. Studer, C. F. Hirjibehedin, N. J. Curson, G. Aeppli, D. R. Bowler. Quantum engineering at the silicon surface using dangling bonds. Nature Communications, 2013; 4: 1649 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2679
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