Lockout limbo: Minnesota's Weber works out, waits (AP)

MINNEAPOLIS ? The NFL lockout has forced people from all corners of pro football into awkward, anxious situations this summer, with sports bar owners, season-ticket holders and team staff awaiting word of an agreement.

Undrafted free agents such as former Minnesota quarterback Adam Weber are among the most affected.

After an up-and-down four years starting every game of his college career for the Gophers, Weber has been busy keeping his mind, arm and body in shape for the chance to land a spot on an NFL roster this fall, assuming the lockout ends in time to keep the regular season intact.

During a normal year, Weber would at least have a team ? and a playbook ? by now.

"All the free agents are in a gigantic pool. It's going to be interesting to see where teams go, especially if the lockout doesn't get settled this week or next week," Weber said Thursday after a workout at his alma mater. "The closer you get to the season, I think, the less chance they're going to take on an unproven rookie free agent quarterback. We'll see. People ask me where I want to go. I do not care. Any city, any place. I do not care. I just want an opportunity."

Weber added: "Being a free agent, I'm not going to get many reps. Those are going to go to the guys that got drafted. I know that. I know it's going to be a struggle. But I'm trying to work as hard as I can so that when I do get an opportunity I can go out there and execute a play and give the coaches a reason to keep me on the team."

Drafted rookies, even in the late rounds, have the benefit of signing bonuses and stature. Plus, many of them were able to meet with their coaches and pick up a playbook in April while the lockout was temporarily lifted by a court order.

Not only will undrafted players like Weber have less time to prove their worth, they'll have less time to absorb a team's scheme and grasp the terminology.

"It's going to be really hard for everybody in Adam's situation," said Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Matt Spaeth, a friend of Weber's and a fellow former Gophers player. "They would've been practicing. They would've been meeting with coaches. They would've been figuring stuff out. The coaches would've been getting to know them and what they can do. With this lockout they're going to get an opportunity, but they're not going to get much of an opportunity. It's going to be training camp, and everything's going to be thrown at them. It's not an easy thing. You don't just pick it up and learn the offense and feel comfortable."

Weber has been learning as much as he can from pros such as Spaeth and Arizona Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald, a Minneapolis native who has been organizing offseason workouts in his hometown for the past few years.

"I believe he's got a lot of ability. I just hope that the lockout ends so he can find himself a good home, get acclimated to the offense and get the ball rolling," Fitzgerald said. "He's a good kid, and I really want to see him do well."

Weber does have the ability to adapt. In five seasons with the Gophers, including his redshirt year, coaching changes forced him to learn four different offensive systems.

"Regardless of how many times I've had to do it in college, I think doing it at the next level is going to be difficult," Weber said.

So he's trying to stay as ready as possible, poised to soon hustle off to some new place if a new collective bargaining agreement is reached and a team offers him a contract. Though he's enjoyed some down time, taking week-long vacations have been out of the question due to the uncertainty of the start of the new league year.

"For the past probably month and a half, I've heard it's about a week away. So with that mindset, it's been tough," Weber said. "I know I've had some nice time off, but I've also had time to get in shape. I feel like I'm ready to go, and I'm ready at a moment's notice."

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UNHCR chief urges more help for drought-hit Somalis (AFP)

ADDIS ABABA (AFP) ? UN refugee agency chief Antonio Guterres on Friday urged more international help for thousands of Somalis devastated by a harsh drought, calling their plight the worst humanitarian tragedy.

Thousands of Somalis have fled into neighbouring Kenya and Ethiopia in recent weeks and many have died of starvation while fleeing due to one of the region's worst drought in decades.

"My main objective is to appeal to the international community to engage more actively in support of the Somali population that is suffering so much," Guterres said after visiting a camp hosting Somalis who fled into in Ethiopia.

"I have no doubt that if there is a population that is today suffering the worst humanitarian tragedy it is the Somalian population."

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees spokeswoman Melissa Fleming said in Geneva that many of the Somalis fleeing their country had died on the way, but could not give figures.

"Many people are dying en route from what we hear," she said.

Guterres said hunger and disease had claimed the lives of children as their families fled to seek relief in Ethiopia.

"I listened to mothers telling us that they?ve lost their children on the way. Doctors said that they have no hope to rescue some of their patients because they are already condemned because they came too late to safety."

"I?ve seen children dramatically impacted by malnourishment and disease. (It) is indeed something that breaks your heart," said Guterres.

Somalia has been the worst affected country in the drought-hit Horn of Africa region owing to the persistent violence since a civil war erupted there two decades ago.

About 1,700 Somalis are arriving daily in southeast Ethiopia, while in neighbouring Kenya about 1,400 each day reach the overcrowded Dadaab refugee camp, according to the UN refugee agency.

The European Union on Wednesday announced it would provide 5.67 million euros to help millions of people in the Horn of Africa affected by the drought.

The aid brought to almost 70 million euros the bloc's contribution to assistance for the millions of drought victims in parts of Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Djibouti.

Somalia's Al-Qaeda-inspired Shebab rebels who two years ago banned foreign aid groups in areas under their control appealed for help and pledged to allow aid through to the population in their fiefdoms.

"If that can happen it would be very much welcome," Guterres told reporters in Addis Ababa.

"If access can be granted and people can be supported wherever they are that of course is a very important thing."

Guterres was in Ethiopia to assess the effect of the drought. On Saturday he will visit Kenya.

The UN's World Food Programme said it now expected 10 million people in the region to need food aid, revising upwards its six million figure given on Tuesday.

"This is extremely worrying. This is across the whole Horn. This is also affecting ... Kenyans, Ethiopians, Somalis," said Emilia Casella, spokeswoman for the UN food agency.

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Aside from owning a home, renting or leasing real estate is often the next best alternative to moving away from college dorms, roommates and even your parent?s house. For many renters, the term renting and leasing seem to be intertwined. However, in the world of real estate, these terms do have some degree of separation. As a renter, understanding the difference between renting and leasing, provides for a key understanding of the contractual obligation when moving into single family home, apartment or condominium.

Renting real estate commonly refers to the contractual obligation involved in establishing a residence for a very short period of time. Rental agreements may be short term, usually less than six months, and may involve a month-to-month agreement. For many renters, the rental agreement is not a better selection over lease agreements in terms of financial obligations. With the rental agreement, generally, renewed at shorter frequencies, the landlord or owner of the rental property may choose to adjust rent or non-renew a rental agreement, leaving many renters into a greater realm of financial distress.

Within the rental agreement, the provisions for short term or month-to-month occupancy are outlined as well as a provision for allowing a specified time period in which forewarning must be given before the rent can be increased or the tenant is required to vacate the premises; often limited to 30 days. Because the rental agreement does not provide for an expiration date, both the tenant and landlord are permitted to provide a 30 day notice of any change, at either party?s discretion.

In contrast to rental agreements, lease agreements provide for greater financial advantage to the renter. As a contract which allow for rental of a property at terms greater than six months, lease agreements lock in the rental rate during the entire lease period and provide both the tenant and landlord with protection against terminating the lease agreement. Within the lease agreement, the beginning and expiration date are clearly outlined as well as the amount of rent or lease payment to be made during the leasing period. Unless there are specific violations of the lease agreement, a landlord can, generally, not ask the tenant to vacate the premises prior the exhaustion of the lease agreement.

As with any real estate transaction, researching legal contract obligations is crucial to ensuring you fully understand your rights and responsibilities in the renting or leasing process. By examining your own needs and desires, in terms of commitment and financial obligation, a better decision can be made in terms of leasing over renting or vice versa.

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Excel Math: Math Secrets in Sports: Bowling

Hello again. This week in the Excel Math Blog we reveal the shocking inside mathematical secrets of sports!

Today we investigate 10-pin Bowling (because 100 million people around the world participate). Bowling, like the other spots we're discussing, will force you to learn new math or relearn the old math you learned in elementary school (or you could rely on the bowling computer).

In Bowling you count up pins you knock down, you carry-over certain scores, you adjust your actions based on the if you get 2 strikes you throw again rules, and so on. If you bowl in a league you will soon get a handicap (not a disability, but an adjustment to your score).

I'll just give a brief overview of the math and terms used in Bowling:

BOWLING
LEAGUE - a competition over a period of months where teams of bowlers compete
TOURNAMENT - a short-term competition with many bowlers or teams competing to win
?? SERIES - a team must win 2 out of 3 games to win a series (usually the team members' scores are added to get a team score)
????? GAME - a player needs the highest score to win a game. The most you can score is 300
???????? FRAME - players don't win individual frames; the best score on 10 frames wins a game
????????????POINTS - the various combinations are decided by how many pins are knocked down, and when they fell:

• strike (10 pins with 1 ball)
• spare (10 pins with 2 balls
• open (less than 10 pins with 2 balls)

To learn more, click here.? To view a Bowling Score App for your iPhone, click here. This is what a typical scoring screen on the App looks like:
Bowling is usually done with groups of people so it's more fun if you have two lanes rather than one. A single bowling lane is shown below (not to scale):
If you ever dreamed of having your own bowling alley at home, you will need about $100,000 or so. Lanes are made of wood or synthetic materials. The rules declare:

• Each lane is 62 feet 10 and 3/16ths inches from foul line to the pit where the pins fall
• It's 60 feet from the foul line to the center of the No. 1 pin spot (plus or minus 1/2 inch)
• It's 2 feet 10 and 3/16ths inches from the center of the No. 1 pin spot to the pit
• Each lane must be between 41 and 42 inches wide
• The total width of a lane with gutters must be between 60 inches and 60 and 1/4 inches wide
• The lane must be free of grooves, with no more than 40/1000th inch variation in level and/or dents (smoothness)
• You need a room 90-100 feet in length, 15 feet in width and 12 feet in height to have a pair of bowling lanes
• Lanes sit about 16 inches above your foundation because the balls come back under the lanes
• The pins are 15 inches tall and 4.7 inches wide; weigh between 3 pounds 6 ounces and 3 pounds 10 ounces
• The ball must be less than 27 inches in circumference, cannot weigh more than 16 pounds and can contain no metal whatsoever (if you need one, go here, they have 1800+ different bowling balls to choose from!)

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Ask and Answer Questions About Facebook in Today?s Help Yourself Thread [Help Yourself]

Every day we're on the lookout for ways to make your work easier and your life better, but Lifehacker readers are smart, insightful folks with all kinds of expertise to share, and we want to give everyone regular access to that exceptional hive mind. Help Yourself is a daily thread where readers can ask and answer questions about tech, productivity, life hacks, and whatever else you need help with.

In light of yesterday's big Facebook announcement, today's theme is Facebook. So get asking!

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