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Ariz. police sergeant in Obama photo flap reassigned

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The photo, that has since been removed, along with Sgt. Pat Submitted at 2/1/2012 9:46:17 AM Shearer's Facebook profile, By Sonu Munshi, The Arizona featured seven students from Republic Centennial High in Peoria, with Updated one holding up a T-shirt with an PEORIA, Ariz. A police image of President Obama riddled s e r g e a n t u n d e r i n t e r n a l with bullets. i n v e s t i g a t i o n f o r p o s t i n g a The Facebook photo was posted controversial photo on Facebook J a n . 2 0 , d a y s b e f o r e t h e has been taken off patrol duty president's visit to the area. pending a complete inquiry, The police launched its Peoria Police Chief Roy Minter investigation after the U.S. Secret Jr. told The Republic Tuesday. Service began looking into the By Rob Schumacher, The matter. A spokeswoman with the Arizona Republic President U.S. Department of Justice on Obama visits Intel's Ocotillo Tuesday declined to comment on Campus in Chandler, Ariz., on whether they would pursue the Jan. 25. A controversial photo of matter. him was posted days before his The widely reported posting drew visit. interest from across the country. Shearer since Monday has been B y R o b S c h u m a c h e r , T h e assigned to administrative duties Arizona Republic until the internal investigation is President Obama visits Intel's completed, Minter said. Ocotillo Campus in Chandler, He declined to comment on if Ariz., on Jan. 25. A controversial and how the sergeant's actions photo of him was posted days have impacted the department, before his visit. citing the ongoing investigation.
"Part of the conversation we have had with department members is the need to be aware of not just the social media policy but all department policies and procedures," Minter said. The police department's 1-yearold social media policy states that "employees shall not use the agency's name, logo, patch, badge, uniform, marked vehicles and other identifying symbols on any internet site or any forum (public or private) unless expressly authorized to do so as part of their specific job duties." When the photo was posted, Shearer's profile photo showed him in uniform. He also identified
himself as working for the Peoria Police Department. Danielle Airey, spokeswoman for the Peoria school district, said she has met with the seven students in the photograph, some of whom are on the school football team. She said the teens met with the entire football team and school administrators to apologize. The school principal also sent an automated call to families of Centennial students. "Part of her message was this is an opportune time to remind all students and adults that it's important to be cognizant of your digital footprint," Airey said. Peoria spokesman Bo Larsen said some top city officials intend to use this case as a learning opportunity. "At the end of the day, employees represent the city so this is something we want to address for the future," Larsen said. "It's opened some eyes as to what we need to address going forward as well." For more information about
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Afghans' attacks on U.S. troops often personal

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WASHINGTON (AP) Supposedly friendly Afghan security forces have attacked U.S. and coalition troops 45 times since May 2007, U.S. officials say, for the first time laying out details and analysis of attacks that have killed 70 and wounded 110. By Allauddin Khan, AP Afghan policemen walk with U.S. soldiers Jan. 7 in Kandahar. U.S. defense officials say Afghans attacked American troops for personal reasons in most cases. In testimony prepared for delivery Wednesday to the House Armed Services Committee, defense officials said that in most cases the Afghans acted out of personal motivation and were not controlled or directed by insurgent groups. The second most common circumstances involved insurgents impersonating or infiltrating Afghan security forces. Such insider attacks by Afghan security forces have been on the rise, punctuated by the Jan. 20 shooting of four French troops by an Afghan soldier, which prompted France to halt its training program and threaten to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan earlier than planned. The incidents further erode support for the increasingly
unpopular war in Afghanistan, and add more complications to the already difficult mission of U.S. forces. The figures do not include an incident Wednesday in which an Afghan soldier shot and killed a NATO service member in southern Afghanistan. International forces and the Afghan army disagreed on exactly what happened in the killing. A spokesman for the international military force said Afghan soldiers detained the gunman after he attacked NATO troops Tuesday night. Afghan National Army commander Sayed Malluk confirmed the shooting, but said the Afghan soldier told investigators it was an accident. The U.S. defense officials' testimony, obtained by the Associated Press in advance of Wednesday's hearing, lays out the screening process for Afghan nationals who are brought in to provide security for U.S. forces. And it includes improvements in the program made after an attack at Forward Operating Base Frontenac in March 2011 that killed two U.S. soldiers and wounded four others. The base is in Kandahar Province in southern Afghanistan, and lawmakers have been demanding details about the incident. "The insider threat is an issue of
increasing significance to coalition forces and Afghan National Security Forces operating in Afghanistan," the defense officials said. "It creates distrust between our forces and their Afghan counterparts during a critical juncture in Afghanistan." Among the officials scheduled to present the data to the committee are Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary David Sedney and Brig. Gen. Stephen Townsend, who is the Pentagon's director of the Pakistan-Afghanistan coordination group. While there have been some instances of insurgents secretly joining the Afghan security forces, officials said it is difficult to determine how often that has happened because the infiltrator often remains undetected. Insurgents can easily disguise themselves as Afghan security forces and have been doing so more often, the military said, noting that the attackers simply obtain and wear Afghan uniforms. Overall, however, officials said most attacks have come from members of the Afghan forces "acting intentionally yet independently" without any direct guidance from outside insurgent groups. They are generally spurred by personal motivations, grievances, ideological differences or even combat stress.
Until now, Pentagon officials had not released figures on the number of incidents. But the officials said there have been 42 incidents involving Afghan security forces and three others involving private security company personnel. In most cases the assault involved small arms fire. The report to Congress also includes details about the March 2011 incident that involved an Afghan man hired by the private security contractor Tundra, which provides protection at nine installations in Afghanistan. Security companies that hire Afghans are required to carry out an in-depth vetting process that includes verifying applicants' identities, work history, address and other personal information, as well as police checks, fingerprinting and other biometric information such as iris scans and photographs. The contractors are also required to report individuals who turn out to be security risks. According to the defense officials, Tundra's official records had indicated the company had investigated the man involved in the Frontenac attack as a possible threat but the allegation was unsubstantiated. And Tundra did not pass that information along to U.S. military authorities prior to the Frontenac incident.
As a result of the attack, the military issued a request for corrective action a formal action taken against contractors that requires them to submit plans to fix the problems found. Tundra submitted a plan, which was accepted by the military, and the case was closed, although the contract will continue to be audited. Since then the U.S. has directed commanders to conduct random checks on private security companies to ensure that all of their personnel are properly screened, including all of the biometric requirements. Commanders also have to do weekly biometric screenings of local nationals to compare against watch lists. Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. For more information about reprints & permissions, visit our FAQ's. To report corrections and clarifications, contact Standards Editor Brent Jones. For publication consideration in the newspaper, send comments to letters@usatoday.com. Include name, phone number, city and state for verification. To view our AFGHANS' page 3
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Romney: Path ahead is 'very good'

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"I guess Speaker Gingrich doesn't have our phone number," he said on NBC. Updated 10:23 a.m. ET C. Edmund Wright, a spokesman Fresh from his decisive Florida for the pro-Gingrich group primary victory, Mitt Romney Winning Our Future, decried the said this morning the combative negative advertising unleashed in attacks he traded with rival Newt Florida. "Mitt Romney will never Gingrich were "helpful" and will convention as a winner." be president, and the campaign he make him tougher. On NBC's Today show, Romney had to run in Florida proves that STORY: Romney the comeback said "the path ahead is looking he knows it," Wright said in an ekid very good." He added that he tried mail sent to reporters. Romney acknowledged the sharp to give the "truth" to Florida Asked about a Boston Globe tenor of the GOP presidential race voters about Gingrich. The former report that he is seeking former in a round of morning talk-show House speaker charged several r i v a l M i c h e l e B a c h m a n n ' s interviews. He said the bitter times in the last 10 days that endorsement, Romney did not c h a r g e s h e a n d G i n g r i c h Romney was distorting his record. answer specifically about courting exchanged in Florida will help "What's going to come from the Minnesota congresswoman. him in the fall if he wins the Barack Obama will be the same, But he told NBC that he would Republican nomination. just a heck of a lot more it," like "all endorsements I can The former Massachusetts Romney said. possibly get." governor, who has won two of the Romney also noted that Gingrich This entry passed through the first four primaries or caucuses, did not call him last night to Full-Text RSS service if this is said he's prepared to take the GOP congratulate him on his 14-point your content and you're reading it race all the way to the national Florida victory or when he won on someone else's site, please read convention in Tampa this August. the New Hampshire primary, even the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content"I recognize this is going to be a though Romney called Gingrich only/faq.php#publishers. Five long road," he said on CNN's when he won the South Carolina Filters recommends: Donate to Starting Point. "I certainly want to primary. Wikileaks. go a long way, go to the
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Romney, Eye Still on GOP Foes, Turns to Face Obama - New York Times
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contest for most of January. Mr. Romney now faces what could be weeks, or even months, Submitted at 2/1/2012 11:22:43 AM of a complicated political On the heels of a commanding balancing act as he tries to use his victory in Florida, Mitt Romney success in Florida to cement the on Wednesday morning sought to impression that his grip on the move ahead toward a coming Republican nomination is all but confrontation with President i n e v i t a b l e , c o n s o l i d a t e Obama even as he headed west conservative support and seize for the continuing battle with his control of the party. Republican rivals. Watching closely is Mr. Obama, T h e c a m p a i g n t o b e t h e whose advisers on Wednesday Republican nominee showed no morning said that the bitter signs of letting up after the brutal, Republican primary was making 10-day slugfest in Florida. After a Mr. Romney a weaker candidate. brief stop in Minnesota, which Stephanie Cutter, Mr. Obamas holds its caucuses Tuesday, Mr. deputy campaign manager, said in Romney is scheduled to hold an a memo to reporters that Mr. evening rally in Las Vegas. R o m n e y s o u t - o f - t o u c h N e v a d a v o t e r s c a u c u s o n positions in Nevada will Saturday. continue to repel the very voters In Nevada, Mr. Romney will find who will decide the White Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum House. and Representative Ron Paul Mr. Romneys campaign shot waiting for him three defiant back, saying the president is reminders that for all his recent clearly worried about facing success, he has not yet finished M r . R o m n e y , a f o r m e r t h e j o b h e f i r s t s e t o u t t o Massachusetts governor, in the accomplish more than six years general election. ago: becoming the partys Appearing on MSNBCs standard-bearer. Morning Joe program on And campaign-finance reports W e d n e s d a y m o r n i n g , M r . released late Tuesday reveal a R o m n e y l a s h e d o u t a t h i s flood of money pouring into opponents from the left and the campaigns and super PACs that right, accusing the president of will provide the means to extend crony capitalism that is hurting even further the character attacks free enterprise and questioning that dominated the Republican Mr. Gingrichs conservative
credentials. He was the guy who called Paul Ryans Medicare plan radical right-wing social engineering, Mr. Romney said of Mr. Gingrich, while also noting the television commercial on global warming that Mr. Gingrich filmed with Nancy Pelosi, the former Democratic speaker of the House. The idea that hes somehow the conservative guy just doesnt square with his record, Mr. Romney said. Reports that Mr. Romney, who is now receiving Secret Service protection, was traveling to Minnesota on Wednesday amid negotiations for an endorsement by Representative Michele Bachmann were quickly denied by Mrs. Bachmann, a former Republican presidential candidate. Let me be absolutely clear there are absolutely no negotiations between me and the Romney campaign regarding any pending endorsement of Governor Romney, Mrs. Bachmann said in a statement Wednesday. I continue to speak with all the candidates and plan on uniting behind the presumptive nominee. The Boston Globe had reported in Wednesdays newspaper that Mr. Romneys staff had been negotiating for days with aides to Mrs. Bachmann for the endorsement. In her statement,
Mrs. Bachmann called on the Globe to retract the article. In his victory speech Tuesday night, Mr. Romney made it clear that he wanted to get back to focusing almost exclusively on what he considers the failures of Mr. Obamas record during the past three years in office. My leadership will end the Obama era and begin a new era of American prosperity, he declared to about 2,000 people his largest post-election crowd yet. Speaking on CNNs Starting Point on Wednesday morning, Mr. Romney said he would focus on the middle class, not the rich or the poor. Im not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there. If it needs a repair, Ill fix it. Im not concerned about the very rich theyre doing just fine, said Mr. Romney. But his efforts to pivot toward a debate with Mr. Obama come as his Republican rivals show no signs of conceding. In his concession speech on Tuesday night, Mr. Gingrich did not congratulate Mr. Romney nor provide any indication that he was beginning to wrap up his up-anddown bid to become the Republican nominee. Mr. Gingrichs challenges loom large as he heads toward Nevada and beyond. He faces a month of
contests in the West and the Rust Belt that would seem to favor Mr. Romney before returning to the South in March. And he must confront potential skittishness from supporters and especially donors like Sheldon Adelson, the casino magnate who has already donated $10 million about whether his campaign remains viable as it seeks to challenge Mr. Romney, who has a bigger war chest and the ever-increasing backing of the Republican establishment. Mr. Gingrich anticipated those questions in his speech Tuesday night and said his answer would be to use people power to defeat money power during a Republican primary contest that he predicted would continue for another six months. We will be in Tampa as the nominee in August, Mr. Gingrich vowed. Mr. Gingrich ignored his other two rivals, Mr. Paul and Mr. Santorum, declaring the Republican contest to be a twoperson race between the conservative leader Newt Gingrich and the Massachusetts moderate. That is not how the other two men see it and they made that clear Tuesday night. ROMNEY, page 8
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'Soul Train' host Don Cornelius dies in apparent suicide - USA TODAY
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who influenced dance and fashion. It opened a window to African-American culture that had By Steve Jones, USA TODAY received scant media exposure. Updated "Back then, there was no targeted Don Cornelius conducted us on television and I just had the sense the "hippest trip in America" for that television shouldn't be that more than two decades on Soul w a y , " C o r n e l i u s t o l d U S A Train, and in the process shone a TODAY in a rare interview in light on R&B stars that mostly 2010, when the show's 40th performed in the shadows of the anniversary was celebrated with a mainstream. At the same time, he VH1 documentary. "The primary i n v i t e d t h e n a t i o n t o a mission of the show was to multicultural, cross-generational provide TV exposure for people dance party that was broadcast who would not get it otherwise. into living rooms every Saturday People who didn't get invited to morning. The Mike Douglas Show, or R o b e r t H a n a s h i r o , U S A (Johnny) Carson. There was no TODAY'Soul Train' host Don ethnic television, just generalCornelius introduced television market television, which meant audiences to legendary artists mostly white people." including Aretha Franklin, Marvin The pioneering media mogul, 75, Gaye and Barry White. was found dead in his Sherman Oaks, Calif., home Wednesday Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY morning. He was pronounced 'Soul Train' host Don Cornelius dead of a self-inflicted gunshot introduced television audiences to wound at 4:56 a.m. at Cedarslegendary artists including Aretha Sinai Medical Center, according Franklin, Marvin Gaye and Barry to the Los Angeles County White. coroner's office. With his smooth, resonant " I a m s h o c k e d a n d d e e p l y baritone, Cornelius introduced saddened at the sudden passing of hundreds of stars to the TV my friend, colleague, and business a u d i e n c e , i n c l u d i n g A r e t h a partner Don Cornelius," said Franklin, Gladys Knight, James Quincy Jones in a statement. Brown, Jerry Butler, Marvin "Don was a visionary pioneer and Gaye, The O'Jays and Barry a giant in our business. Before W h i t e , w h i l e o v e r s e e i n g a MTV, there was Soul Train, that colorful menagerie of partiers will be (his) great legacy. His
premiered in 1971. Stations skeptical of the unproven series were won over when Gladys Knight agreed to do the pilot. Other artists were quick to jump on board. Cornelius would host the show until 1993. The Train stayed on the tracks for another 13 years contributions to television, music with assorted hosts. By the time and our culture as a whole will h e s o l d i t t o M a d V i s i o n never be matched. My heart goes Entertainment in 2008, he had out to Don's family and loved created an empire that included the Soul Train Music Awards and ones." The Rev. Al Sharpton said he the Soul Train Lady of Soul was shocked and grief-stricken. Awards. "I have known him since I was 19 The show, the longest running, years old and James Brown had first-run, nationally syndicated m e s p e a k o n S o u l T r a i n , " program in television history, was Sharpton said in a statement from rife with iconic elements. There New York. "He brought soul was the Soul Train line in which music and dance to the world in a pairs of dancers popped creative way that it had never been shown d a n c e m o v e s a n d f l a s h e d and he was a cultural game outrageous fashions on their way changer on a global level." down. The Scrabble Board gave C o r n e l i u s d e v e l o p e d h i s two dancers 60 seconds to brainchild while working as a unscramble the name of a notable journalist and DJ in Chicago. Soul African-American entertainer or Train started in 1970 as a daily historical figure. after-school dance show on The dancers became stars in their WCIU and it was supported by own right and created moves such such local acts as Curtis Mayfield as locking, roboting and waacking and The Chi-Lites. The show was (later known as voguing) that sponsored by Johnson Products, would be replicated at clubs and makers of Afro Sheen, and with parties around the world. Singer owner George Johnson's help, Jody Watley and dance partner Cornelius was able to move Jeffrey Daniels, who would production to Los Angeles for the become part of the hit-making trio weekly syndicated show that Shalamar, got their start on the
show. (Daniels' "backslide" step is credited with influencing Michael Jackson's moonwalk.) So did Rosie Perez ( Pineapple Express) and Fred "Rerun" Berry ( What's Happening!!). When it was time to go, the host always reassured viewers with his signature sign-off: "And you can bet your last money, it's all gonna be a stone gas, honey! I'm Don Cornelius, and as always in parting, we wish you love, peace and soul!" For more information about reprints & permissions, visit our FAQ's. To report corrections and clarifications, contact Standards Editor Brent Jones. For publication consideration in the newspaper, send comments to letters@usatoday.com. Include name, phone number, city and state for verification. To view our corrections, go to corrections.usatoday.com. USA TODAY is now using Facebook Comments on our stories and blog posts to provide an enhanced user experience. To post a comment, log into Facebook and then "Add" your comment. To report spam or abuse, click the "X" in the upper right corner of the comment box. To find out more, read the FAQ and Conversation Guidelines. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is 'SOUL page 6
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LGBT, Occupy DC Groups Set to Protest National Prayer Breakfast

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breakfast event equates to support of persecution of LGBT people Submitted at 2/1/2012 11:21:32 AM worldwide. "Demonstrators from GetEQUAL (Photo: The Christian Post) will remind 'The Family' and all President Barack Obama shared those attending the National personal stories about his faith Prayer Breakfast that Jesus taught and prayer life at the 59th love for everyone, and anyone National Prayer Breakfast on who hates and persecutes others Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011, in in his name is grossly misguided," Washington, D.C. said Michael Dixon, a lead organizer for the DC chapter of Started in the 1953 and held on GetEQUAL. the first Thursday in February, the Like us on Facebook National Prayer Breakfast attracts "People die and families are the district's most powerful destroyed when 'The Family' is residents including the president, allowed to advance its agenda of members of Congress, lobbyists a n t i - L G B T h a t r e d a n d and top business leaders. Every discrimination. We're going to p r e s i d e n t s i n c e D w i g h t D . remind our elected representatives Eisenhower has participated in the and others that the whole world is annual event. watching." Notable dignitaries who have The controversy surrounding the keynoted the event in past years protest goes much deeper than the include Mother Teresa, Bono and event itself and the two groups Tony Blair. organizing the protest have GetEQUAL describes itself as a different agendas. d i r e c t - a c t i o n l e s b i a n , g a y , Occupy DC protesters will be on bisexual and transgender civil hand to object to the event's rights organization whose mission "exclusivity" and for catering to is to hold accountable those who the "one percent" while the 99 stand in the way of equal "rights" percent of U.S. citizens are for their members. However, the experiencing economic hardship. real intent of their protest is to Founded in 1935 by a former draw attention to The Fellowship Methodist circuit rider named Foundation, also referred to as Abraham Vereide, what is now "The Family." known as The Fellowship The protests are designed to send F o u n d a t i o n s t a r t e d h o l d i n g the message that attendance at the breakfast meetings to bring
political leaders of different backgrounds and faiths together. In the early fifties the group merged with other prayer groups and named their annual event the National Prayer Breakfast. But the group has come under intense scrutiny over the threestory mansion the group runs on C Street, near the Capitol and most of the congressional office buildings, for subsidizing rent and living expenses for many members of Congress. Critics describe the group as "secretive" and "exclusive," by saying they are too partisan and attempt to unduly influence domestic and foreign policy by holding secret meetings. But the group has attracted Democrats and Republicans, some of whom include former President Ronald Reagan, both Bushes, former Sen. and now Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback (R), former Sen. Mark Hatfield (R-Ore.), Rep. Health Shuler (D-N.C.) and former Rep. Tony Hall(D-Ohio). "If people in this country knew how many Democrats and Republicans pray together and actually like each other behind closed doors, they would be amazed," Hall said in a 2009 interview with Newsweek. "The Fellowship is simply, 'men and women who are trying to get right with God. Trying to follow God,
learn how to love him, and learn how to love each other.'" Mark Tooley, who heads up the Institute on Religion and Democracy, defended the foundation in an article in Wednesday's The American Spectator. "Of course, the National Prayer Breakfast is primarily about schmoozing, not 'butt kicking,'" explained Tooley. "Exposs like Jeff Sharlet's 2008 book, The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power, have imagined The Fellowship as a high-octane push for Christian theocracy. Whatever the fanciful theories about its organizer, the National Prayer Breakfast is a mostly admirable tradition that provokes politicians into at least momentarily expressing high minded religious principles." President Barack Obama is scheduled to attend this year's event, along with many members of Congress. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
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The Facebook IPO Players Club: Sean Parker

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What he's worth now: Forbes estimates his net worth as of Submitted at 2/1/2012 12:44:22 PM September, 2011, at $2.1 billion. They were doing just fine before, What Facebook's IPO could earn but the biggest of Facebook's him: We're looking at an expected minority owners are about to be $5 billion IPO. So Parker's 4% catapulted into a far more elite stake in a post-IPO company, bracket. As we ponder what freshly valued around $85 billion, they'll do with with new millions will convert to $3.4 billion. (or an estimated $3.4 billion, in Enough to buy him 170 replicas Sean Parker's case), here's a look of his$20 million Manhattan at what got them where they are townhouse, complete with subway today. car decor. Who he is: Sean Parker, 31, is an What he may do with the cash: "American technology Probably more playtime, if we're businessman and entrepreneur." to believe his reputation--and also He learned to program on an Atari new investments. Parker has 800 at age 7, a skill he developed recently reunited with Shawn until he was a full-fledged teenage Fanning to form a company called hacker--he was caught hacking Airtime ( attracting many into a Fortune 500 company at Facebook employees, some fairly age 16, with the FBI showing up high profile say the rumors). So to seize his computer. Still in high far it's fairly secretive, but it has a school, he interned for the (now) part plot of War Games, part of founding president (age just 24). few other big-name investors, and CEO of Zynga Mark Pincus, was Hackers, explains the " bad boy" Oddly enough, early on he wanted we know it's based on video recruited by the CIA, and earned epithet he's earned, with the New to make Facebook's mascot a sharing. over $80,000 a year by the time Y o r k P o s t l a b e l i n g h i m hedgehog. More seriously he Next player in the club: Peter he was a senior. He cofounded "billionaire playboy" and the brought Peter Thiel aboard as the Thiel Napster with Sean Fanning, then "most party-hard geek in town." first investor, and engineered [Image: Flickr user leweb3] launched Plaxo just a few years His connection to Facebook: Zuckerberg into his leading role. Chat about this news with Kit later in 2002, and is now an Hearing about Facebook through His position at Facebook ended E a t o n o n T w i t t e r a n d F a s t investor in Napster's erstwhile a friend in 2004, he met with after investor pressure in 2005 C o m p a n y t o o . crown-inheritor Spotify (where Mark Zuckerberg and, trading on w h e n h e w a s a r r e s t e d o n he's also a director, as he is at his expertise as an adviser to suspicion of possessing cocaine, Yammer). All of this craziness, Friendster, joined the firm as its although he was never charged.
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Pakistan: 'No Hidden Agenda' in Afghanistan Voice of America

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Pakistan has no hidden agenda in Afghanistan. Submitted at 2/1/2012 12:17:32 PM Following the talks with Foreign Pakistan says it has no hidden Minister Khar, President Hamid agenda in Afghanistan and has Karzai said his government rejected as frivolous allegations recognized the effective role that it is supporting Afghan Pakistan can play in the Afghan Taliban insurgents in their deadly peace process. The Afghan leader attacks on NATO forces. also noted that insecurity on both At the end of her day-long talks sides of the border has inflicted with Afghan officials in Kabul great harm to the people and Wednesday, Pakistani Foreign progress of the two countries. Minister Hina Rabbani Khar told Khars visit coincided with the reporters that her country wants leak of a secret NATO report p e a c e a n d s t a b i l i t y i n alleging that Taliban insurgents Afghanistan, saying continued are targeting international forces conflict in the neighboring in Afghanistan with the help of country is a threat to the the Pakistani spy agency, the ISI. existence of Pakistan. The Pakistani minister dismissed She reiterated that her country is the report, saying it can be determined to support any Afghan disregarded "as a potentially -led effort aimed at establishing strategic leak. peace in the war-ravaged nation. For me, this is old wine in an We have to start engaging in the even older bottle. I dont think end of blame games. We have to these claims are new these claims evolve a cooperative approach have been made for many years. I which is there to deal with the think it will be important to look common challenges that both the at the conversations which are countries face," Khar said. "Let taking place with the Taliban by me also say quite clearly that many other important capitals of
the world, Khar stated. Khar was referring to reported contacts between Taliban and American officials aimed at helping the insurgents to set up a political office in Qatar before the launch of peace negotiations. President Karzais own efforts to engage in peace and reconciliation with the Taliban suffered a major blow late last year when a suicide bomber killed Afghanistans top peace negotiator, Burhanuddin Rabbani. Afghan allegations that the assassination was planned in Pakistan undermined bilateral ties and foreign minister Khars visit to Kabul on Wednesday was aimed at helping repair the troubled relationship. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
Mr. Santorum is set to deliver a speech in Colorado on Wednesday that he promised would be a blistering critique of Mr. Romneys health care plan in Massachusetts. Having stayed clear of character attacks, Mr. Santorum nevertheless vows a relentless campaign to demonstrate what he sees as the similarities between Mr. Romneys health care plan and Mr. Obamas. But Mr. Santorum also still must make the case that he not Mr. Gingrich is the better alternative to Mr. Romney for Republicans. In his concession speech on Tuesday night, he said Floridas results proved that to be true. Newt Gingrich had his opportunity, said Mr. Santorum, who is set to travel to Nevada later on Wednesday. He said, Im going to be the anti-Mitt, and it didnt work. He became the issue. We cant allow our nominee to be the issue in the
campaign. Already in Nevada, Mr. Paul repeated his promise to continue his campaign for liberty as he continues to try and gather delegates to the Republican Partys convention. The message is loud and clear, he said on Tuesday night. The enthusiasm is here, but it has to be translated into proper political action. That means attending the caucuses, and send a powerful message to this country that we want our freedoms back, we dont want more government! This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
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Florida campaign commercials?

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cars, as demonstrated by the Mercedes-Benz rooftop stickers campaign. Mercedes launched this innovative campaign in an effort to...
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Facebook S-1 Today? Amazon Sees Q4 Bump In Sales And Dip In Profit, Google Pilots Program For Indian Women Entrepreneurs
Nidhi Subbaraman (Fast Company)
Submitted at 2/1/2012 11:34:10 AM
Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. B&N Won't Stock Amazon Titles. Book seller Barnes & Noble has decided not to stock titles that competitor Amazon is publishing via Amazon.com. This decision is in response to Amazon's bid to sign on publishers and authors further upstream in the publishing process and gain exclusive access to published work. According to B&N, that isn't playing fair, and could affect potential authors pondering a partnership with Amazon. --NS --Updated 11:30 a.m. EST PlayStation Head Hirai To Lead Sony. Kazuo Hirai, Sony's lead on
the company's successful PlayStation video games, will head the company as CEO and president starting in April. He'll take over from Howard Stringer, and, it is hoped, will work his magic to cause a company turnaround the same way he propelled a once-ailing PlayStation to success. --NS --Updated 10:20 a.m. EST Facebook S-1 Filing Today? Possibly the hottest S-1 filing in a decade, Facebook's wellscrutinized, healthily anticipated IPO may pop like a ripe zit today. (Sorry, you are probably trying to enjoy your morning coffee--but it's a young company so seems appropriate!) While the essential details have been hashed out with reasonable certainty, in advance of any official word, there's still room for things to get a bit weird. Hang on to your hats. Watch this
space. --NS Amazon Sees Bump In Q4 Sales And Dip In Profit. In their Q4 earnings report, Amazon announced a 35% increase in sales to $17.4 billion for the quarter, compared to $12.95
overall performance, with profits dipping by 58% since 2010. --NS Google Pilots Program For Women Entrepreneurs In India. Through the Women Entrepreneurs Of The Web program, Google wants to help women in India get better connected on the Web. The program is piloting free workshops that'll help women business owners build a personal website, connect with potential customers, and build their brand on the web. --NS --Updated 6:15 a.m. EST [Image: Flickr user_Max-B] billion a year ago. In the last nine Yesterday's Fast Feed: Costolo weeks of last year, there was a Defends Tweet Censoring Policy, 177% increase in Kindle sales, Apple Appoints New VP Of including the Kindle Fire, which Retail, German Court Really Bans is now the top-selling and most- Galaxy 10.1, and more! gifted product on Amazon.com. Those numbers failed to boost the
Motorola Xoom 2 Media Edition review

Dave Oliver
Submitted at 2/1/2012 10:10:00 AM
Hot on the heels of its revamped Xoom 2 tablet, Motorola hopes to cover all bases with this chopped down version. Question is: what's
the difference, and what's the point? Design The standard Xoom 2 features a 10.1-inch screen and while it's very good, for some that's just too big. Enter the 8.2-inch screen of
the Media Edition, which, with
total measurements of 216x140x9mm and 603g is still just about small enough to slip into the pocket of a suit, with no need for a carry bag. The relative lightness makes it easier to hold for long periods, whether you're
reading an e-book, viewing movies or dealing with all your social networking commitments while you're on the move. By: Dave Oliver, Edited by: Nate Lanxon Continue reading...
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The Facebook IPO Players Club: Peter Thiel

Kit Eaton (Fast Company)
Submitted at 2/1/2012 12:55:41 PM
They were doing just fine before, but Facebook's biggest minority owners are about to be catapulted into a far more elite bracket. As we ponder what they'll do with with new millions (or more billions, for Peter Thiel), here's a look at what got them where they are today. Who he is: Peter Thiel is a "business magnate, venture capitalist and hedge fund manager." His own ThielFoundation.com website puts it this way: He's a "technology entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist." So he's a money man. Lest you think that's all he is, remember he cofounded PayPal in 2002 with Elon Musk and Max Levchin (which must've at least required tech smarts, or the ability to spot an emerging market that's heavily technology-centric), and then sold it to eBay later in the year for a $55 million personal stake. He's fond of asymmetrical thinking
about education, is suspicious about investing in cleantech, and doesn't think the iPhone's a technological breakthrough. There's no answers to a Quora question: "What's Peter Thiel like in person?" but TechCrunch labeled him a "grump, but a special kind of grump." What's his connection to Facebook?: In 2004 Thiel made a
$500,000 investment, as an angel investor. It was a loan, but then restructured for a 10.2% stake of the company. Due to movements in Facebook shares under private sales and dilution, his investment is now about 3%. How much he's worth already: Estimates of his net worth in 2011 placed it north of $1.5 billion. How much Facebook's IPO could
earn him: At 3% of a possible $85 billion company he'll be worth $2.55 billion more. That's a quadriggigillion times return on the investment. A googleplex times...a...well, let's just say if you had $500,000 to spend, it probably wouldn't earn you over $2 billion just seven years later. What he may do with the money: If Thiel's previous habits continue, he'll likely use any extra cash to fund novel startups and other investments--like his new PayPal-disrupting online payments company Stripe(that whole PayPal thing, again). He may also dole out some of his hoard for political ends, like his recent $900,000 sum to Ron Paul's PAC. Next player in the club: Chris Hughes [Image: Flickr user davidorban] Chat about this news with Kit Eaton on Twitter and Fast Company too.
How committed is Obama to fixing his housing policy? Washington Post (blog)
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Submitted at 2/1/2012 11:53:41 AM
Salon How committed is Obama to fixing his housing policy? Washington Post (blog) He was talking, of course, about the administration's housing policy. And he was arguing that there was a way to fix it. Three bank-owned houses are pictured in North Las Vegas on Nov. 13, 2011. (JEWEL SAMAD - AFP/ GETTY IMAGES) For the Obama... As voters seek a housing answer, nobody's home OregonLive.com Romney buys into the Big Lie on housing Salon Changing Freddie Mac will not fix our housing problems Fortune San Jose Mercury NewsHousing Wire- Yahoo! News Blogs (blog) all 283 news articles
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Another Ex-Credit Suisse Employee Has Pleaded Guilty In The Mispriced Mortgage Securities Case
Julia La Roche and Lisa Du (Business Insider)
Submitted at 2/1/2012 12:07:00 PM
Obama details broader housing plan to allow more borrowers to refinance their ... - Washington Post
Submitted at 2/1/2012 12:17:33 PM
UPDATE 3: Salmaan Siddiqui, a former Credit Suisse trader that worked under Higgs, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to committ fraud in a separate hearing in Manhattan, the WSJ reported. UPDATE 2: David Higgs, a former managing director in Credit Suisse's London offices, pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit the falsification of books and records and wire fraud, according to a plea agreement. Higgs faces a maximum of five years in prison and a fine. UPDATE 1: The Wall Street Journal is reporting that ex-Credit Suisse employee David Higgs surrendered to FBI. The New York Times reported that Federal prosecutors are planning to file criminal charges against four ex-Credit Suisse traders as early as today. According to the report, the former traders are expected to be accused of overvaluing prices of collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) on their books in order to
Wall Street Journal Obama details broader housing plan to allow more borrowers to refinance their... Washington Post He conceded that his administration's housing plans so
far have not lived up to their promise. Calling the housing problem massive in size and in scope, Obama detailed a proposal he outlined in his State of the Union speech last week,... Obama Seeks Refinancing Aid to Lift Housing Wall Street Journal all 460 news articles
Boehner slams Obama's new housing plan (0:50) - Washington Post

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give themselves larger bonuses. However, this isn't something new. The case apparently dates back to pre-financial crisis. In early 2008, the Swiss bank fired a group of its traders for overvaluing the CDOs. As a result, Credit Suisse had to take an embarrassing $2.85 billion write-down. Please follow Clusterstock on Twitter and Facebook. Join the conversation about this story
Boehner slams Obama's new See Also: housing plan (0:50) Deutsche Bank's Incoming Co- Washington Post CEO Says Financial Regulation As President Obama on Will Have A Specific Unintended Wednesday called on Congress to Consequence For Banks You Know It's A Bad Bonus Year For Wall Street When Hamptons Real Estate Suffers This Isn't Looking Good: California Just Rejected A $15 Billion Mortgage Settlement With Major Banks (TREND HUNTER - The Latest Trends)
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approve billions in new aid to help US homeowners refinance, Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) slammed the plan saying Congress has done this at least four times and "none of these programs have worked. and more
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Corporate Earnings Beat Rates Have Been On A 20-Year Upward Trend

Sam Ro (Business Insider)
Submitted at 2/1/2012 12:02:08 PM
RBC Capital Market's Myles Zyblock notes that this underperformance has caused It's pretty well known that s e n t i m e n t s u r r o u n d i n g t h i s companies tend to announce earnings season to be "uninspiring quarterly earnings that beat Wall and even dour." Street's consensus estimate. For some context, here's a 20 So far, around a third of the S&P year look at earnings beat rates 500 has announced Q4 earnings, from Zyblock. Note the upward a n d a r o u n d 6 6 % o f t h o s e trend. companies have announced EPS Here's a look at the beat rates on that beat expectations. a trend-adjusted basis. Historically, however, more than And here's a look at trend70% of companies announced adjusted earnings surprises earnings ahead of expectations. o v e r l a y e d w i t h g l o b a l
See Also: A Complete Checklist For This Week's Big Earnings Announcements The Weekend Is Over And Markets Are Sliding The Week Has Begun: Markets Are Sliding, And European Yields Are Back On The Rise manufacturing purchasing managers indices ( PMI). Zyblock notes that earnings beat rates are positively correlated to the business cycle as measured by leading indicators. Please follow Money Game on Twitter and Facebook. Join the conversation about this story
AOL's Media Woes

Alex Cocotas (Business Insider)
Submitted at 2/1/2012 11:59:00 AM
recent note, AOL's media business may be losing up to $500 million per year even after For the second time in as many achieving economies of scale. decades AOL has embarked on an What's more, the wildly profitable ambitious plan to turn itself into a access business that has supported transformative media company. its media strategy is slumping W i t h t h e H u f f i n g t o n P o s t with the pervasive spread of acquisition fully digested, and broadband accessand won't be after a surprising earnings beat, coming back anytime soon. we now have some perspective on While Subscription revenue has the strategy and the results are fallen 64 percent over the past nonetheless troubling. three years, display advertisement As Henry Blodget discussed in a revenuethe best approximate
measure of the media business' anywhere near the levels needed healthhas also dropped 18 to put the company back on the percent. To be fair, it has risen a right path again. bit over the past year, but not DON'T MISS: There Is
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IOC pushing governments to act on illegal betting

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The IOC wants governments to activities that authorities say do more to tackle illegal betting, could pose a bigger threat to match-fixing and other corrupt sports and the Olympics than
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After Florida win, Romney stumbles in comments on poor

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In an interview on CNN, Romney said he was not concerned about the poorest Americans, but that By Steve Holland his primary focus was on the TAMPA, Florida| Wed Feb 1, middle class. 2012 12:01pm EST "I'm not concerned about the very (Reuters) - Mitt Romney regained poor, we have a safety net there," the lead in the Republican he said, adding, "If it needs repair, presidential nomination race with I'll fix it." a big win in Florida, but drew Romney also said he would leave criticism on Wednesday in what concern for the poor to the should have been his victory lap Democratic party. with remarks suggesting he was "We will hear from the Democrat indifferent to America's poor. party the plight of the poor," Romney rolled to an impressive Romney said. "And there's no triumph in Florida, capturing 46 question it's not good being poor percent of the vote to Newt and we have a safety net to help Gingrich's 32 percent after those that are very poor. But my pounding his nearest rival with campaign is focused on middle negative advertisements. Americans. The victory restored him to front- "You can choose where to focus, runner status in the state-by-state you can focus on the rich, that's b a t t l e f o r t h e R e p u b l i c a n not my focus. You can focus on n o m i n a t i o n t o r u n a g a i n s t the very poor, that's not my focus. Democratic President Barack My focus is on middle income Obama in the November 6 general Americans, retirees living on election. Social Security, people who can't But the wealthy ex-governor and find work." former private equity executive, TOUGH PATH AHEAD who lost the South Carolina Opponents seized on his remarks. primary on January 21 after Democratic National Committee opponents painted him as a spokesman Brad Woodhouse heartless capitalist, gave a emailed them to journalists, with reminder of the challenges he will the introduction, "I'm glad he f a c e w i n n i n g o v e r v o t e r s cleared that up." struggling with the economic U.S. voters have said the downturn and h i g h sputtering economy is their main unemployment. concern for the 2012 elections.
Submitted at 2/1/2012 11:01:59 AM
Romney has touted his business experience while harshly criticizing Obama and his Republican opponents for their lack of private sector experience. Romney, who has a personal fortune estimated at some $270 million, came under fire earlier in the campaign for saying that he liked to fire people, although those comments were taken out of context. After his second-place showing in Florida, Gingrich vowed to battle on, rallying supporters with the reminder that there are 46 more state contests left in the nominating fight. The former speaker of the House of Representatives did not call Romney to congratulate him on his victory. The next voting will be caucuses on Saturday in Nevada, where Romney is expected to enjoy strong support from a large population of his fellow Mormons. Nevada also has the country's highest unemployment rate, of 12.6 percent in December. Nevada is followed next Tuesday by caucuses in Colorado and Minnesota and a primary in Missouri. Gingrich and Romney will be in Nevada later on Wednesday, Romney after a stop in Minnesota. Rick Santorum, a former U.S.
senator who won in Iowa's kickoff contest, came in third in Florida at 13 percent, followed by U.S. Representative Ron Paul at 7 percent. They are also continuing their campaigns. The well-organized and wellfinanced Romney has now won two of the first four nominating contests, also capturing New Hampshire while coming in second in Iowa and South Carolina. Romney's Florida victory got his campaign back on track after the loss to Gingrich in South Carolina 10 days earlier. Gingrich and his supporters ran devastating attack ads in South Carolina portraying Romney as a heartless corporate raider who destroyed businesses and enjoyed firing people. With Gingrich vowing to fight on for months, there is the potential for a divisive battle that could damage the party's chances of denying Obama re-election in November. The ugly fight in Florida highlighted deep divisions among Republicans. The party establishment largely backed Romney, but the most conservative voters, particularly those from the small-government, fiscally conservative Tea Party movement, and religious conservatives, leaned toward
Gingrich. Romney's victory also came after his team spent millions of dollars on television ads that blasted Gingrich, raising doubts about whether the former Massachusetts governor can energize the Republican base and rally supporters to his side rather than win by tearing down opponents. Romney made no apologies for his tactics. "At this point I think it's been helpful. I think the back and forth and even the attacks have been helpful because what comes from Barack Obama will be the same, just a heck of a lot more of it," he said on NBC's "Today." Gingrich's ads in Florida were equally negative against Romney, but Gingrich was outspent by a ratio of five- or six-to-one. (Additional reporting by Susan Heavey and Paul Simao in Washington; Writing by Patricia Zengerle; Editing by Alistair Bell and Vicki Allen) This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
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GOP Field Heads West After Brawl

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Saturday, drew just 45,000 participants in 2008. Ron Paul, the libertarian-leaning The Republican presidential Texas congressman, has been candidates fanned out across the refocusing his campaign on the country Wednesday, as they caucus states and could be poised prepared for a new round of to recover lost momentum after elections which will require a placing last in Florida. And in greater human touch than the Nevada, Romney could have a debate- and ad-driven campaigns b u i l t - i n a d v a n t a g e , w i t h of delegate-rich Florida. somewhere between 20 and 25 Mitt Romney, whose campaign percent of caucus-goers sharing by far boasts the monetary his Mormon faith as of 2008. advantage in the Republican field, Romney is set to hold a rally in cruised to a win in the Sunshine Las Vegas Wednesday night, after State Tuesday night, defeating stopping first in Minnesota, which Newt Gingrich by 14 points. holds its caucuses on Feb. 7 along The former Massachusetts with Missouri and Colorado. governor told Fox News on Maine comes next on Feb. 11. Wednesday that the debates, in Romney said the Florida election which he notched two strong showed he has a broad coalition performances, "were the deciding of support, and pitched his feature" for Floridians. Gingrich's electability to voters in the debate performances a week prior upcoming contests. In polls were likewise credited in playing squaring him up against President a role in his victory in South Obama, Romney said "it's a dead Carolina. heat." Only one debate is scheduled for He dismissed Gingrich as February, and not until later in the "someone who spent his life in m o n t h . B e f o r e t h e n , t h e Washington," likening the former candidates will have to compete House speaker's resume to that of in five caucuses states -- contests Obama's. that typically attract fewer, but But Gingrich is vowing a months more devoted, Republican voters -long delegate battle against the than traditional primaries. man he describes as a The next contest, in Nevada on " M a s s a c h u s e t t s m o d e r a t e . "
Submitted at 2/1/2012 12:00:59 PM
of the race today, just wait until next week." While Paul campaigns Wednesday in Nevada, Santorum is spending the day in Colorado. Gingrich declared Tuesday that the campaign is a "two-person race" between him and Romney. But Romney suggested Santorum and Paul have some fight left in them. "I think it's kind of presumptuous for someone to decide that other people ought to get out of the race," he told Fox News. Related As supporters waved signs simply "got outspent" in Florida. Video emblazoned with the words, "46 "It has an impact on people," Cain Herman Cain's take on the States To Go," Gingrich declared said. He acknowledged Romney Florida primary Tuesday he plans to defeat was also "more impressive" in the Former presidential candidate "money power" with "people last debate before the primary. reacts to Gingrich's showing power" in the coming months, But he claimed Gingrich was "a Related Stories Romney wins c a s t i n g h i s c a m p a i g n a s a little tired," and urged him to "get Florida primary prize, Gingrich c o u n t e r b a l a n c e t o t h e some rest" for the contests ahead. pledges drawn-out battle "establishment." "This isn't over and all of the This entry passed through the "We are going to contest every people have not decided yet. This Full-Text RSS service if this is place, and we are going to win, still is a wide open race," Cain your content and you're reading it and we will be in Tampa as the said. on someone else's site, please read nominee in August," Gingrich Rick Santorum, though, argued the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentsaid. that Gingrich has not proved he only/faq.php#publishers. Five Gingrich is holding a rally in can be the viable alternative to Filters recommends: Donate to Reno Wednesday afternoon. R o m n e y i n t h e R e p u b l i c a n Wikileaks. Herman Cain, the former GOP p r e s i d e n t i a l r a c e . p r e s i d e n t i a l c a n d i d a t e w h o "I think you're going to see endorsed Gingrich shortly before conservatives start to coalesce the Florida vote, told Fox News around us," Santorum told Fox on Wednesday that Gingrich News. "If you don't like the state
Harbin Ice Festival: Winter's Palace - By Jonathan Browning

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Ew! Florida Playboy AdoptsGirlfriend in Legal Battle

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Submitted at 2/1/2012 12:00:58 PM
Bob Leak/WPTV.com John Goodman, who founded the International Polo Club Beach in Wellington, legally adopted Heather Hutchins on Oct. 13 in Miami-Dade County, according to a court order by Circuit Court Judge Glenn Kelley. A 48-year-old Florida businessman has legally adopted his 42-year-old girlfriend as his daughter in what one attorney is calling an attempt to shield assets in a wrongful death civil suit that has entered a "legal twilight zone," according to a judge. John Goodman, who founded the International Polo Club Beach in Wellington, legally adopted Heather Hutchins on Oct. 13 in Miami-Dade County, according to a court order by Circuit Court Judge Glenn Kelley. "The events which serve as the grounds for the relief sought by the Plaintiffs border on the surreal and take the Court into a legal
twilight zone," Kelley wrote in an order granting attorneys for Lili and William Wilson the right to information concerning Goodman's adoption. " While there is nothing unusual about an adult adoption, the critical fact here is that Ms. Hutchins is Mr. Goodman's 42-year-old girlfriend. Ms. Hutchins has testified in a deposition that she started dating Mr. Goodman in 2009, and it appears to be undisputed that they are still in a relationship today." The unusual legal move was exposed in court documents pertaining to a wrongful death civil suit in connection to a February 2010 crash that killed 23 -year-old Scott Patrick Wilson. According to Palm Beach County Sheriff's reports, Goodman ran a stop sign and fatally struck Wilson. A civil trial date has been set for March 27, according to attorney Scott Smith, who represents William Wilson, the victim's father. "As a result of adopting his 42year-old adult girlfriend, John Goodman has effectively taken over one-third of the trust assets,"
Smith told FoxNews.com. "It should not go unrecognized that he has adopted his adult girlfriend as opposed to adopting a child in need. That cannot go unrecognized." Judge Kelley has previously ruled that a trust established for Goodman's two minor children could not be considered as part of his financial worth if a jury awarded damages to the Wilsons. It remains unclear, according to a Jan. 26 order by Kelly, whether Hutchins will in fact be recognized as a legitimate beneficiary under the children's trust. "A probate court with jurisdiction over the trust (either in Texas or Delaware) will be called upon to determine this issue and will ultimately decide whether the adoption, at least as it relates to the children's trust, is a sham," Kelley wrote. "Nevertheless, Mr. Goodman asserts that the adoption makes Ms. Hutchins a beneficiary and, until a probate court holds otherwise, this Court will assume this is true." Goodman could not be reached
for comment by FoxNews.com early Wednesday. His attorney, Dan Bachi, did not return a call requesting comment, but told the Palm Beach Post that the adoption was finalized to ensure his family's stability. "It has nothing to do with the lawsuit currently pending against him," Bachi told the newspaper. Goodman, who reportedly had a blood-alcohol level of more than twice the legal limit in Florida several hours after the crash, also faces a criminal trial relating to the fatal 2010 crash. He is due to appear in court on March 6 on charges of DUI manslaughter, vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of a crash. He faces up to 30 years if convicted. FoxNews.com's Joshua Rhett Miller contributed to this report. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
Prince Harry to play beach volleyball in Rio on trade mission to Brazil Telegraph.co.uk
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Submitted at 2/1/2012 12:08:03 PM
Telegraph.co.uk Prince Harry to play beach volleyball in Rio on trade mission to Brazil Telegraph.co.uk Prince Harry will play beach volleyball in Rio de Janeiro and run with the world's fastest man, Usain Bolt, on his first solo foreign tour. By Gordon Rayner, Chief Reporter The Prince will visit Belize, Jamaica and the Bahamas as the Queen's... Details of Harry's big Caribbean jaunt revealed: Prince will meet Usain Bolt... Daily Mail Prince Harry to challenge Usain Bolt to 100m race on diamond jubilee tour Metro Prince Harry: the Queen needs Prince Philip Mirror.co.uk The Press Association- The SunEvening Standard all 725 news articles
Strategies to finding and keeping good workers

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Submitted at 2/1/2012 12:19:00 PM
Restaurants often struggle to
attract and retain good employees, but few come to the effort with a solid plan for success, writes consultant John Brandt Jr.
Soliciting feedback in the form of employee surveys and sharing your own in regular employee evaluations are two proven
strategies, he writes. Full story at SmartBlog on Restaurants by SmartBrief. More SmartBrief stories.
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Obama calls for $5-10 billion for home refinancing

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details on Wednesday ahead of a speech by Obama to expand on his initiative, which some President Barack Obama speaks Republicans have derided as an to the press, while seated next to election-year ploy. Georgia's President Mikheil Nearly 11 million Americans are Saakashvili (not pictured), at the underwater on their mortgages, Oval Office of the White House in meaning they owe more than their Washington January 30, 2012. homes are worth. Millions more Credit: Reuters/Larry Downing have lost homes to repossession in By Margaret Chadbourn states that will be up for grabs in WASHINGTON| Wed Feb 1, 2012. 2012 12:45pm EST "Now, the truth is, it will take (Reuters) - President Barack more time than any of us would Obama on Wednesday called on like for the housing market to Congress to approve a $5 billion recover from this crisis," Obama to $10 billion effort to help U.S. said in a speech in Falls Church, homeowners refinance as part of a V i r g i n i a . " W e n e e d t o d o wider package of proposals to everything in our power to repair shore up the depressed housing the damage and make responsible market. families whole." Obama had sketched out the The White House is seeking to proposals in his State of the Union contrast Obama's stance with that address last week, including a tax of Republican presidential fronton banks to pay for the plan that runner Mitt Romney, who has Republicans quickly rejected. said U.S. foreclosures should be The White House offered more allowed to run their course.
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The next contest in the state-bystate battle for the Republican nomination is in Nevada, the state with the highest rate of foreclosure filings for the past five years. The White House said the refinance program would be run by the Federal Housing Administration. The FHA has already been hard hit by rising defaults on mortgages it had insured, and its cash reserves reached a record low last year. Many Republicans are likely to resist a larger role for the agency out of concerns taxpayers could be left on the hook for losses. Obama's proposal, which needs congressional approval, would be open to borrowers who have been current on their payments for the last six months and have no more than one missed payment in the prior six months. The administration also wants to broaden its Home Affordable
Refinance Program, which seeks to provide refinancing options to underwater borrowers who have no equity in their homes. The White House said the housing regulator which oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has exhausted its efforts to make HARP more widely accessible to lenders and borrowers, and now it will ask Congress to make changes. Among those requested changes, it will seek to eliminate the costs of appraisals. (Additional reporting by Laura MacInnis and Alister Bull; Editing by Kenneth Barry) This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
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Facebook to file $5 billion IPO Wednesday: IFR

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Barclays Capital and JP Morgan, although the underwriting syndicate could be expanded later, Sixteen year old Danieli Riva IFR cited the sources as saying. looks at her facebook page at a Facebook declined to comment public internet service in Juan on the report by IFR, a unit of Pablo II shanty town in Villa El Thomson Reuters. "Lead left" Salvador,Lima January 31, 2012. r e f e r s t o w h e r e t h e t o p Credit: Reuters/Mariana Bazo underwriter's name will appear on By Anthony Hughes and Stephen the IPO prospectus. Lacey The preliminary IPO filing sets NEW YORK| Wed Feb 1, 2012 the stage for a May market of the 12:59pm EST world's largest social network, (Reuters) - Facebook is expected IFR reported, a coming-out party to submit paperwork to regulators that will dwarf almost any before on Wednesday morning for a $5 that, including Google Inc's $2 billion initial public offering and billion IPO. has selected Morgan Stanley and IPO VETERAN CLINCHES four other bookrunners to handle DEAL the mega-IPO, sources close to Morgan Stanley's experience in the deal told IFR. arranging major Internet IPOs The company founded by Mark including those of Groupon and Zuckerberg in a Harvard dorm Zynga - helped it clinch a pivotal room in 2004 picked Morgan role after an unusually secretive Stanley to take the coveted "lead selection process, IFR reported. left" role in what is expected to be Final pricing would not be set for the largest IPO ever to emerge several months, during which the from Silicon Valley. size of the IPO could be increased The $5 billion is a preliminary should investor demand warrant target and could be ramped up in it, IFR added. coming months in response to The prospective IPO - expected investor demand, IFR added. to be one of the largest U.S. The other four bookrunners market debuts in history - has chosen were Goldman Sachs, whipped up a frenzy of investor Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and media speculation this month,
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buoying shares in social media peers from RenRen to LinkedIn and igniting fierce competition on Wall Street. The IPO - a prized trophy for any investment bank - likely set a new standard for how low its arrangers are willing to go on advisory fees to win big business, analysts say. Silicon Valley start-ups from Zynga and LinkedIn to Groupon and Pandora Media Inc have since last year begun testing investor appetite for a new wave of dotcoms, with mixed results. Investors last year had warned of a second dotcom bubble inflating, after LinkedIn doubled on its debut; but the so-called overenthusiasm has waned in recent months. The last dotcom player to debut, Zynga, closed 5 percent below its IPO price during its first trading day in December. (Writing by Edwin Chan) This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has taken the lead in the GOP campaign, winning Florida solidly with a double-digit win over his closest competitor, former House Speaker [...] Rodrigo gallops his horse through the vast, barren mountains of Idaho. For three consecutive months, its just him and his flocks of sheep in a portrait-like [...] This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
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WAGA-TV Church members who survived describe the horror of the multi-vehicle crash on northbound I-75 near Gainesville, Fla. Members of a small Brazilian church outside Atlanta are trying to find ways to pay for bringing the bodies of members killed in a deadly Florida interstate pileup back to Georgia and then, hopefully, on to their native country to bury them. The congregation is mourning the death of a pastor, his wife, their daughter and two others in the horrific crash that killed 11 people Sunday on northbound I-75 near Gainesville, Fla. Pastor Jose Carmo Jr., of the Church of the Restoration in Marietta, and his wife, Adrianna, died in the crash. Also killed were their daughter, Leticia, Jose Carmo's brother, Edson, and Edson's girlfriend, Rose. "It was like everything was clear, then suddenly you got inside of darkness, smoke," Marcia Silva, a church member who survived the crash, told Fox affiliate WAGATV. One church member injured in
political scientist Charles Lindblom(.pdf). Wolfers warns of the importance of clearly Immediately following World articulating values such as W a r I I , t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s national security or national u n d e r t o o k a c o m p l e t e interest, and the dangers of restructuring of its foreign policy leaving them ambiguous and apparatus. The 1947 National poorly defined. Meanwhile, Security Act redesigned the Lindblom suggests that most national security bureaucracy of decisions in the real world do not the United States, giving birth to involve grappling with questions the Central Intelligence Agency, of core values, but instead picking the Department of Defense and from a very few concrete policy the United States Air Force. This options. The arguments conflict the pileup, 15-year-old Lidiane e s t a b l i s h e d a t t h e B a n k o f redesign was necessary because with one another, but illuminate a Carmo, was the only member of America, where donations are the United States had taken on a key dilemma for policymakers, global role during World War II, w h o m u s t s i m u l t a n e o u s l y her immediate family to survive being accepted. the crash, the Atlanta JournalB o b b y C u r t i s , a n o t h e r one that the extant bureaucratic maintain a grip on core values Constitution reported. The girl Restoration Church pastor, told structure was insufficient to while appreciating that history was traveling in a van with her the newspaper that Lidiane is not m a n a g e . T h e t i t l e o f D e a n a n d t h e s t r u c t u r e o f o u r parents, older sister, uncle and a legal immigrant. Some church Achesons memoir of his tenure institutions provide us with only a uncle's girlfriend when the multi- members reportedly fear that the as secretary of state from 1949 to l i m i t e d n u m b e r o f g e n u i n e vehicle crash occurred, according girl, who remains hospitalized, 1953, Present at the Creation, alternatives to choose from. ... to the newspaper. could be sent back to her native captured this moment perfectly: This entry passed through the As the United States assumed a Full-Text RSS service if this is Lidiane, who was badly injured, Brazil. was among 15 members of the The Associated Press contributed d o m i n a n t g l o b a l r o l e , t h e your content and you're reading it machinery of its foreign relations on someone else's site, please read small church who were traveling to this report. the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contenthome after a religious conference. Click for more on this story from experienced a rebirth. At the beginning of every only/faq.php#publishers. Five The church, mostly made up of MyFoxAtlanta.com Brazilian nationals, was co- This entry passed through the national security course I teach, I Filters recommends: Donate to founded by her father, Pastor Jose Full-Text RSS service if this is assign two articles, one by Wikileaks. Carmo, the newspaper reported. your content and you're reading it international relations theorist Church members are now faced on someone else's site, please read Arnold Wolfers and the other by with the financial burdens of the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contenttransporting the bodies and paying only/faq.php#publishers. Five for funerals. The newspaper Filters recommends: Donate to reported that an account has been Wikileaks.
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China's Sovereign What's in a threshold? Wealth Funds Gaining Parties hide big Credibility and Traction backers - The Age
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(SWFs) have accrued an impressive range of strategic assets, increasingly diverse by BEIJING -- China is seeking location and type, and are steadily more-productive ways to deploy establishing a solid track record the $3.2 trillion it holds in foreign and enhancing their credibility as exchange reserves and other international investors. With national wealth, including rapid developed markets still mired in a expansion of its sovereign wealth debt crisis, cash-rich Asian SWFs management vehicles. With find themselves presented with an Western investors on the back unprecedented window of access foot in the past year, Chinese to high-quality developed market funds have notably expanded their assets. Led by the Chinese, they o w n e r s h i p o f h i g h - p r o f i l e strongly intend to take advantage strategic overseas assets. While of the opportunity. ... large-scale Chinese foreign This entry passed through the investment is seen by many as a Full-Text RSS service if this is cause for geopolitical concern, your content and you're reading it these entities are becoming on someone else's site, please read increasingly sophisticated and the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentcredible, representing one of the only/faq.php#publishers. Five most viable mechanisms for Filters recommends: Donate to restoring balance to global trade Wikileaks. and investment flows. Asian sovereign wealth funds
returns to the Australian... South-west philanthropist backs Submitted at 2/1/2012 10:02:39 AM Coalition Warrnambool Standard The Age Rock-solid support for Coalition What's in a threshold? Parties as miners donate their millions hide big backers Sydney Morning Herald The Age Large donations creating M I L L I O N S o f d o l l a r s i n 'cynicism of democracy' ABC campaign funding is unaccounted Online for in Victoria as political parties The Daily Telegraph- The exploit Australia's lax disclosure Australian to hide the identity of financial all 125 news articles backers. Calculations by The Age based on yesterday's annual
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have senior ministers of the government... Will Ajit Pawar do a Raj IBNLive.com Thackeray on uncle Sharad? C o n g r e s s , N C P b i c k e r i n Firstpost Maharashtra; Sena for central rule Rot at the top intensifies crisis in Daily News & Analysis congress Hindustan Times The Shiv Sena Wednesday Mumbai civic election is UPA vs d e m a n d e d i m p o s i t i o n o f NDA: Chavan IBNLive.com president's rule in Maharashtra in Times of India- Indian Expressthe wake of the open bickering in The Week the ruling Congress-Nationalist all 36 news articles Congress Party (NCP) alliance ahead of civic polls. "Here we
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Final British appeal avenue for Assange Sydney Morning Herald

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Sydney Morning Herald Final British appeal avenue for Assange Sydney Morning Herald Julian Assange's fourth and final British battle against extradition to Sweden for alleged sex crimes started with a day of technical legal argument in England's highest court. In contrast to
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SIT chief trying to shield Modi: Gujarat Cong - IBNLive.com

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Photographs of double-murder victims 'too brutal' for jury Sydney Morning Herald The slaying of two heroin dealers at a Greenmount home in 2010 was so brutal that photographs of their bodies could not be shown to a Supreme Court jury, yet the man convicted of the murders was yesterday described in court as softly spoken,... Hedgeland sentenced to life for double murder ABC Online Double murder Andrei Peter Hedgeland sentenced to 21 years in prison Perth Now Double murderer given two life sentences The West Australian all 13 news articles
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Garage Sale App Rumgr Raises $500K From Zappos CEO (And Others)
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The Trade Show Is Dead: Samsung Not Launching Galaxy S II Successor At MWC
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includes a separate screen for making offers, a map of nearby Submitted at 2/1/2012 11:00:49 AM sales, and new tabs for tracking Three Zappos alums are trying to what you want to buy and sell. r e p l i c a t e t h e g a r a g e s a l e (Its currently iPhone-only.) experience on your smartphone Now that Bathurst and his team and their startup Rumgr just are actually launching a company, raised a $500,000 seed round theyve discovered that there are, from a group of investors that in fact, other garage sale-type includes Zappos CEO Tony services out there and of Hsieh. course theres always Craigslist. Co-founder Dylan Bathurst says The difference, says co-founder the basic idea came from his own Ray Morgan, is that Rumgr wants attempts at selling furniture before to fundamentally reinvent the a move. When users open the app, experience for a new device. theyre presented with a list of Were not trying to replicate goods that people nearby are Craigslist on the phone, he says. offering for sale. If they see For one thing, Rumgr is trying to something they like, theres a make the listing process as easy as public chat associated with each possible. You just upload a photo item, where they can ask the and thats it no description owner questions. And if youre necessary. And the app doesnt ready to make a purchase, you can allow users to search for a specific negotiate the price, then go to a category, like couches or beds. It private chat to work out the hand- sounds like the company isnt off details. completely ruling out a search An early version of Rumgr is feature in the future, but Morgan already live, but the startup is says thats not the point. Instead, launching an update today that users are supposed to stumble on
Debt crisis: live

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trade show circuit. These large events were the only way to get the attention of the press. But The Samsung Galaxy S II slowly major companies started s u c c e s s o r w i l l n o t b e i n pulling back from trade shows. random, cool stuff, just as they attendance at Mobile World Apple dropped Macworld after Congress. The company issued a the 2008 show. Microsoft is would at a garage sale. Bathurst and Morgan admit that it statement this morning indicating pulling back on CES. Now may be a challenge to attract that the phone will get its own Samsung isnt launching its enough people in each location event, one thats closer to its iPhone 5 competitor at a trade for the app to be useful, but they launch date. But dont worry that show but instead its own event. say Rumgr can become a vibrant much for MWC. Samsung will These major players no longer community with a relatively small still debut exciting new mobile need trade shows to gain an core of engaged, connected users products. But just not the audience with the press. which is what happened in exciting new mobile product. The Samsung Galaxy S II was, early tests, with only 40 or so of Samsung is smartly holding its and still is, a major hit for the teams friends and colleagues. best cards until the time is right. Samsung. However, it could have In addition to Hsieh, Rumgrs Samsung, had a more strategic launch. investors include Zappos CTO Samsung is looking forward to Samsung announced the phone in Arun Rajan, Fred Mossler, and introducing and demonstrating early February at MWC. The Andrew Donner, CEO and owner exciting new mobile products at phone then launched in European of Resort G a m i n g Mobile World Congress 2012. and Asian markets in early June. Group. Following Hsiehs vision The successor to the Galaxy S II It didnt hit the States until of revitalizing downtown Las smartphone will be unveiled at a September. Vegas and turning it into a startup separate Samsung-hosted event in Samsung is no doubt looking to hub, Rumgr is based in Las the first half of the year, closer to e l i m i n a t e t h e g a p b e t w e e n Vegas. (After all, as former commercial availability of the announcement and launch. Hot Zappos employees, Bathurst, product. products like the Galaxy S II can Morgan, and their third co- Samsung stays committed to hold the Internets attention only founder Alex Morgan already live providing the best possible mobile so long. Despite the message of there.) Among the items in their experiences for customers around Sammys current ad campaign, office? A whiteboard purchased the world. the company wants to curate a Samsung is the latest big launch that will get consumers off Rumgr. consumer electronic company to excited enough to camp outside of diminish the role of trade shows. stores for the phone and Previously, companys were launching at a trade show just seemingly held hostage to the doesnt work this time. -up, saying a possible plan B should be outlined in the Budget.
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Akamai Says The Report: Facebook Ad Spending Grew 1600% in Internet is a Nastier, And Faster, Place 2011
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We're all on the edge of our seats waiting for the Facebook IPO to drop. Thankfully, Kara Swisher over at AllThingsD reports that we can all hang out a bit (maybe), cuz the FB IPO isn't dropping till later today (probably). Phew. The Wall Street Journal proper reports(no offense, AllThingsD) that Facebook probably makes most of its revenue off of online advertising combined with cuts from game purchases. Before its public offering, Zynga reported $828.9 million in revenue through the third quarter. Facebook takes a 30% cut from games that live on its ecosystem. In this instance, Facebook collected about $350 million from Zynga. Facebook Credits are another revenue stream now there's even a a user loyalty incentive component. As Facebook moves forward with its IPO, many are wondering just how much it makes off of ads. Boston-based Nanigans, a Facebook ads API developer, reports 1600% growth in Facebook ad spending over the
want to see. Users also have the option of X-ing an ad if they do not want to see it. Nanigans' Ad Engine is focused on the more granular aspects of Facebook ads. It optimizes marketers' Facebook ad spend to meet goals on Facebook, such as "likes," app installs, registration, in-app actions, viral referrals and purchases. In 2011, it served over 175 billion Facebook ad impressions. past year. Facebook is readying to file a$5 Sponsor billion IPO, but that number could You've heard it before: Marketers end up being closer to $10 billion. are trying to figure out how to As the New York Times reports, best reach their target audience. this entire offering is fueled by Facebook ads are becoming more you, the user who continuously appealing - or at least that's what provides Facebook with the Facebook's advertising solutions personal data it needs to serve want us to believe. "Marketers targeted ads. Soon Facebook CEO across the globe, and beyond early Mark Zuckerberg will thank you a d o p t e r s , h a v e e m b r a c e d kindly, and Wall Street will Facebook as a mainstream media officially place a value on your platform," says Nanigans CEO personal data. Will advertisers Ric Calvillo. bite harder in 2012? And more Facebook revealed more about its importantly, will users provide the ad strategy at the end of last year, social network with even more shortly before it rolled out personal data? Timeline to all users. Facebook Photo courtesy of ShutterStock. t a i l o r s i t s a d s t o t h e u s e r , Discuss delivering what it believes users
Akamai released the results of its latest "State of the Internet" report covering the third quarter of 2001 here. What is interesting is how nasty the Internet has become, with increasing attack incidents recorded and changing strategies for hackers looking to exploit systems. Our last post on the first quarter results can be found here. "Akamai has seen a 2000 percent increase in the number of attack incidents recorded on our platform over the last three years, including several recent highprofile Web-based DDoS attacks conducted by both hacktivist groups and more traditional online criminal elements," says the report. Sponsor Indonesia replaced Myanmar for the quarter's top attack source, generating 14 percent of observed attack traffic. Myanmar dropped off the top ten list entirely, suggesting that either hackers have moved their operations or else shut down there. More attackers are using telnet port 23 than previously, and fewer
of them are using Web ports. Akamai posits that the increase is due to attacks based in Egypt and South Korea. Not surprisingly, Brazil, Italy, and China all experiencing growth of 25 percent or more in Internet usage. As before, you can assemble your own charts on their website that compare various statistics. Here is the average connection speed among the top Internet-rich countries such as US, Korea, Sweden and Japan: And you can see increases even among the Internet-poor countries such as Algeria, Armenia and Azerbijan: The global average connection speed continued to increase in the third quarter of 2011, climbing 4.5% to 2.7 Mbps. Denmark pushed Ireland out of the top 10 countries in terms of broadband connections. Discuss
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With Redesign, Foodspotting Aims To Be The Pandora For Food

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Former Warner Music Group Chairman discusses Apple upon exit

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say that you tried it, that you loved it, or that you want it Submitted at 2/1/2012 12:06:43 PM (essentially bookmarking the dish CEO Alexa Andrzejewski would to try later). In the pursuit of this like you to know some things simplicity, Foodspotting has also about Foodspotting: Its not just eliminated one of its more for sharing food photos. And its charming features, the ability to not just for foodies. say you nommed a dish Andrzejewski has been saying people had a hard time figuring this for a while now, but with the out what exactly that meant, redesigned Foodspotting app Andrzejewski says. launching today, she has a much And even though Andrzejewski stronger case. It offers what she doesnt want to limit the app to calls a Pandora-like interface photo-sharing, she says that the for recommendations, hopefully new rating system should also making it easier for users to find lead to more picture-taking, since the food that theyll like. more ratings should encourage The redesigned app is launching people to share more photos. for iPhone, Android, and for the Other new features include the f i r s t t i m e , o n B l a c k B e r r y . ability to hide dishes that you (Andrzejewski says the Windows dont want, and to see what your Phone app, since it was released friends and Foodspottings expert m o r e r e c e n t l y , a l r e a d y partners (such as 77 magazine) incorporates some of these recommend in any given location. principles.) The interface allowing Back when Andrzejewski started users to rate foods has been the company with co-founder and s i m p l i f i e d a n d m a d e m o r e CTO Ted Grubb, she says one of prominent. When you see a dish, their visions of success was with just a couple of taps you can replacing the restaurant menu.
Now, she says, thats starting to come true there have been recent meals where she looked up the restaurant on Foodspotting, saw which dishes were recommended by friends/the general Foodspotting user base, and made her choices before shed even seen a menu. Andrzejewski says Foodspotting will probably doing more to personalize those recommendations over time, but it sounds like it wont be developing a super-sophisticated, Pandoralike algorithm to model your tastes. Instead, its going to be more basic, for example telling you that because youve loved a lot of ramen, youll probably like the ramen at a certain nearby restaurant. No one likes to feel like theyre being given a recommendation from a computer, she says. They want a recommendation from someone they trust.
I don't know about you, but I would have loved to be a fly on the wall when Apple was negotiating its iTunes deals with the major record labels. We can't go back in time, but we can get an occasional glimpse of what it was like from those who were there. Such a person is exiting Warner Music Group chairman Edgar Bronfman Jr., who recently sat down with AllThingD's John Paczkowski and talked about digital music and Apple. Bronfman was optimistic about mobile devices like the iPhone and said mobile was "a massive opportunity for music." He acknowledged that the iPod kicked off portable music and the phone is the future. Though he supports mobile music, Bronfman regrets the deal Warner ultimately cut with Apple over iTunes pricing. Apple from day one believed in music and content. That was the good news. The bad news is that they decided all songs where created equal, and I fought Steve on that. Ultimately, Apple got the
better part of that deal. Ultimately, I wish we'd gotten more pricing flexibility. I'm sure the recording companies would love to set higher prices, but, as a consumer, I'm pretty happy with Apple's pricing. Most albums are around US$10 and most tracks are $1.29 or less. This price point is low enough that most people can afford to buy the occasional album without putting a dent in their budget. Former Warner Music Group Chairman discusses Apple upon exit originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Source| Permalink| Email this| Comments
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Steve Jobs inspires Flurry Adds HTML5 to Mobile Analytics Platform Best Buy's Super
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marketing Peter Farango said in an email that the company predicts that Flurry analytics is Mobile analytics and embedded in one out of every monetization platform Flurry is three downloads from the Android adding a new vertical to it Market, Apple App Store, platform offering today. Amazon Appstore etc. Recognizing the coming growth "We are officially a very big, big of mobile Web apps, Flurry will data company," Farango said. begin tracking HTML5 mobile Flurry's growth threatens to Web apps starting with a beta overshadow some of the other software developer kit today. players in the mobile analytics Flurry supports five other mobile field like Kontagent, Localytics p l a t f o r m s . T h a t i n c l u d e s app ecosystem. Since launching in and Apsalar. Flurry has a head B l a c k B e r r y , i O S , A n d r o i d , 2008 the sessions that Flurry start and has become a popular Windows Phone and J2ME. tracks have doubled every six free offering for many developers Flurry notes a recent survey by months. At the end of 2011, the looking for an SDK to track Kony that says that 74% of company had tracked more than analytics in their apps. That is not Fortune 500 companies were 240 billion sessions. to say that Flurry is a one-stop planning on some type of HTML5 "It took Flurry a full two years, shop for all of your analytics integration. That does not mean from August 2008 to August needs, but the company has a those companies will replace their 2010, to track one hundred forward looking approach that can native apps though, with only 7% million daily sessions," said fit well for many developers. s a y i n g t h a t H T M L 5 w o u l d Flurry CEO Simon Khalaf in a What is your view on Flurry? Do supplant native applications. In an release. "Now we're adding you use them for analytics or ecosystem that is becoming another hundred million daily monetization purposes? How does increasingly diverse, Flurry is sessions every three weeks." the company stack up to the making sure it can be everything Flurry is now used by 60,000 competition in overall quality of developers with 150,000 apps in service? Let us know your to everybody. its publisher network. Overall, experience in the comments. Sponsor Flurry is one of the companies that works to about 15% of all Discuss that is directly benefiting from the apps published to the variety of explosive growth of the mobile p l a t f o r m s . F l u r r y ' s V P o f
Bowl ad
Kelly Hodgkins (TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog)
Submitted at 2/1/2012 11:00:00 AM
Last year when Best Buy was planning its Super Bowl ad, the retailer's US marketing chief, Drew Panayiotou had a revelation. Instead of getting a music or movie star for the commercial, Panayiotou suggested the company focus on Silicon Valley innovators. According to Bloomberg, he was inspired by Steve Jobs and all the tributes that came out after the Apple head passed away. The ad won't be about Steve Jobs, but it will include other tech innovators like Kevin Systrom of Instagram and Philippe Kahn, the man credited with taking the first camera phone picture. The Best Buy ad will appear in the first quarter of the February 5 game during the third commercial
break. It will share the spotlight with an Anheuser Busch InBev beer commercial and an M&M candy ad. I love geeky commercials like this and will be watching for it on Sunday, how about you? Steve Jobs inspires Best Buy's Super Bowl ad originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Source| Permalink| Email this| Comments
Patriots, Giants enjoy fan-flavored media day

Chad Ochocinco was recounting when a section of fans in the how much he had changed during stands started to cheer. his one season in New England,
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Startup Secret No. 29: Who's your Robin?

Rafe Needleman (CNET News)
Submitted at 2/1/2012 12:05:00 PM
"Consider the dynamic duo." --Steve Jurvetson, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson Jobs and Woz. Yang and Filo. Elison and Miner. Strong companies often have not just one founder, but a pair of them. And they're usually very different. Steve Jurvetson says it's not just that two people can compliment each other's skillsets. He says the bigger gain is that having two different people at the top of a company sets up a culture of diversity and (usually) respect that pervades the entire business. If you care about the evolution of your business, this is worth meditating on. A single founder at a company can set you up with a monoculture, which can be incredibly strong at the start but become weak when it's necessary to adapt, since individuals by
nature resist change. A culture based on equality of ideas and respect for other people can mutate and adapt more effectively. Steve Jurvetson owns a keyboard (that Steve Jobs hated) signed on the back by Apple founders Jobs and Woz.(Credit: Rafe Needleman/CNET)
Even Apple, which was driven by a business despot, was based on a culture of respect for the new idea. Jobs didn't design the MacBook Air himself. And every year, according to a new book by Adam Lashinsky, Apple would spirit 100 workers away to argue about products and direction. In talking about the idea of the
trick is adapting more quickly than the competition to changes in markets, technology, culture, available personnel, and so on. It is very hard to do that alone. On the other hand, RIM had the ultimate in top-level teamwork: A shared CEO title. Why that didn't work, where other executive team -ups do, I leave as an exercise for the reader. Startup Secrets is based on personal interviews with people building companies and from their blog posts and news stories. Subscribe to Startup Secrets on Twitter or come back to Rafe's founding duo, Steve went on to Radar every day for a new one. reinforce the need to look at your See all the Startup Secrets. business' processes more than its This entry passed through the products. As a leader, it's more Full-Text RSS service if this is important that you build an your content and you're reading it operation out of effective people on someone else's site, please read and communication than it is that the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentyou yourself design one perfect only/faq.php#publishers. Five product at the start. Because, Filters recommends: Donate to really, there's no such thing. The Wikileaks.
McLaren's 2012 car shows bullish interpretation of F1 regulations

Olivia Solon
McLaren has unveiled this season's Formula One car, the MP4-27, at the McLaren technology Centre this week and the team is bracing itself for a
fight with rivals over its bullish interpretation of the F1 regulations. The car closely resembles last year's vehicle, but has a more "tightly-waisted" rear bodywork that aims to improve air flow to cooling system that re-directs the the rear of the car, and a revised
gearbox oil-cooler. The U-shaped sidepods on the car have been redesigned to comply with the FIA's new exhaust regulations, which stipulate that the tailpipes must be designed to ensure that the aerodynamic effect exhaust gases have on the car is kept to a
minimum. In previous years, exhausts were directed over the rear of the car's floor, speeding up and smoothing the airflow and therefore increasing downforce and cornering speed. By: Olivia Solon, Edited by: Duncan Geere Continue reading...
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Apple loses sales ban attempt against tweaked Galaxy Tab 10.1N
Chris Davies (SlashGear)
Submitted at 2/1/2012 11:54:25 AM
Apples attempts to ban Samsungs redesigned Galaxy Tab 10.1N in Germany, along with the Galaxy Nexus, have failed, with the courts ruling that Apples touchscreen patent was likely to be revoked in short order. Samsung has shown that it is more likely than not that the patent will be revoked because of a technology that was already on the market before the intellectual property had been filed for protection, Judge Andreas Mueller told the Munich Regional Court today, Bloomberg reports. The patent in question covers scrolling display behaviors, namely the way in which a software list shows that the user has reached the bottom. Apple argued that its implementation, as patented, differs from any previous list systems. Samsung, however, argued that the patent hadnt exceeded the nine month period during which it could be contested, and that no sales ban should be implemented until that
had expired. The court agreed, and Samsung free to sell the Galaxy Tab 10.1N in the German market. The variant has a tweaked bezel, thicker at the shorter sides than at the longer edges, with forward-facing speakers, and was created to work around Apples design patents. Apple complained, but courts decided that the design of the
10.1N was sufficiently different. However, earlier this week a German judge upheld Apples original sales injunction against the Tab 10.1, and Samsung has seen two 3G standards-related cases against its rivals thrown out. Now the Korean company faces EU antitrust investigations over whether it misused the patented wireless technologies. Story
Timeline Samsung sells Galaxy Tab 10.1N in Germany as workaround to Apple's design ban on Nov 16th 2011 Apple complaint over Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1N rejected on Dec 22nd 2011 Apple loses Dutch Samsung tablet ban bid on Jan 24th 2012 Samsung's second 3G patent strike against Apple rejected on Jan 27th 2012 Samsung loses Galaxy Tab German Apple ban appeal on Jan 31st 2012 Samsung under EC antitrust investigation over 3G patents on Jan 31st 2012 Samsung sucker-punched by Euro set-backs on Jan 31st 2012 Apple loses sales ban attempt against tweaked Galaxy Tab 10.1N is written by Chris Davies& originally posted on SlashGear. 2005 - 2012, SlashGear. All right reserved.
Gov.uk enters beta-testing, contains 700 government services

Duncan Geere
Submitted at 2/1/2012 10:00:00 AM
The government's attempt to centralise all of its online services into a single portal has taken a step forward with the beta launch of Gov.uk. The project has a 1.7 million budget, but aims to save up to 50 million per year by bringing government services into one place, managed by a single team. It was comissioned following Martha Lane Fox's review of the British government's digital estate in October 2010. By: Duncan Geere, Edited by: Olivia Solon Continue reading...
Kraft and Mara enjoy the fruits of their NFL labor

No one would have guessed while the NFL labor war raged last spring that the three of them
would be so happy to see each other again.
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Redbox breaks ties with 10 Expensive Warner Bros. over 56-day Restorations window
Sara Elliott (HowStuffWorks Daily Feed) Don Reisinger (CNET News)
films. Later on that day, the LA Times cited people familiar with Submitted at 2/1/2012 12:14:30 PM the negotiations who said Redbox Redbox is no longer partnering and Blockbuster had actually told with Warner Bros.(Credit: Warner Bros. that they wouldn't Redbox) accept the offer. Netflix, an LA The 56-day rental window Times source said, agreed to the Warner Bros. has reportedly tried extended delay. to impose on its partners didn't go The LA Times reported yesterday over too well with Redbox. that the Redbox deal fell through The kiosk-rental company because Warner Bros. wouldn't announced yesterday that its back down on its demands. By contract with Warner Bros. had holding firm, Redbox effectively expired, and it had no intention of sent a message to other studios entering into a new agreement who might try to follow Warner with the film studio. However, the t h r o u g h a l t e r n a t i v e m e a n s . Bros.' lead to reconsider such a company reassured customers that Redbox maintains direct working move. Warner Bros. content would still relationships with every other Neither Netflix nor Redbox have be available in its kiosks, thanks major studio." immediately responded to CNET's t o a l t e r n a t i v e a c q u i s i t i o n Generally, film studios require request for comment on the arrangements. rental companies to wait 28 days matter. "Redbox will continue to provide before offering movies. The delay This entry passed through the our consumers with affordable is designed to increase disc sales Full-Text RSS service if this is access to new release movies during the critical first month of your content and you're reading it from all major studios including availability. on someone else's site, please read Warner Brothers at our more than All Things Digital reported last the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content28,000 locations nationwide," month that Warner Bros. had only/faq.php#publishers. Five Redbox senior vice president of s i g n e d d e a l s w i t h N e t f l i x , Filters recommends: Donate to m a r k e t i n g a n d c u s t o m e r Redbox, and Blockbuster that Wikileaks. experience said in a statement force the companies to wait 56 yesterday. "We will work to days before offering the studio's provide Warner Brothers' movies
Building is an expensive enterprise, and rebuilding can be even more challenging, both from Submitted at 2/1/2012 3:00:12 AM a design and an economical There are lots of reasons to standpoint. What we build and r e n o v a t e a s t r u c t u r e . what we preserve from the past Deterioration, changes in taste says a lot about us. and the need for more space have In the next few pages, we'll a l l h a d a n i m p a c t o n t h e explore 10 structures that have complexion of architectural undergone expensive renovations, refurbishment. Over the centuries, many more than once. Some are some of the most breathtaking among the most beloved and buildings on Earth have been beautiful structures ever made. renovated many times. A few First up, the palace of have maintained their original Westminster, or as it's more function throughout, while others commonly known, the Houses of h a v e b e e n r e p u r p o s e d f o r Parliament. emerging religions and different This entry passed through the political climates. Many have Full-Text RSS service if this is seen the predations of war and the your content and you're reading it ravages of neglect. on someone else's site, please read Some of these monuments to the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contenth u m a n i n g e n u i t y a r e only/faq.php#publishers. Five embodiments of how our tastes Filters recommends: Donate to and priorities have changed over Wikileaks. time, as well as the choices afforded to us in materials.
More on Romney's Tin Ear

Mark Hemingway (The Weekly Standard)
Submitted at 2/1/2012 11:55:00 AM
John McCormack already wrote a blog post below about Mitt Romney's unfortunate comment that he's "not concerned about the very poor," astutely noting that
his remark " isn't merely tonedeaf, it's also un-conservative."
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Get a quad-core HP laptop for $385

Rick Broida (CNET News)
Gwyneth and Cameron Have a London Girls' Night With Stella and Reese!
Allie Merriam (PopSugar)
rather have: a bigger screen or a faster processor?) Submitted at 2/1/2012 12:10:47 PM In addition to the zippy CPU and You know the deal with most spacious hard drive, the Pavilion b a r g a i n l a p t o p s : l o w e r - e n d g6-1c58dx offers AMD Radeon processors, weak graphics, HD 6520G "discrete-class" smallish hard drives, and so on. graphics. That's just a fancy If you need a little more power marketing term for faster-thanthan the average low-end lappie typical-integrated graphics, but affords, check this out: MacMall don't confuse it with actual has the refurbished HP Pavilion discrete graphics hardware. This g6-1c58dx 15.6-inch laptop for system should be able to handle $384.99 shipped. mid-range games and video That price buys you a quad-core chores, but nothing too fancy. AMD A6-3400M processor, 4GB Still, that's better than what you of RAM, a 500GB hard drive, and get from most sub-$400 laptops. a 15.6-inch LCD. As my dad My only real concern here is with often says, that oughta keep you the warranty, which isn't specified out of mischief. anywhere. But I pinged a (Interestingly, OnSale has a 17- MacMall sales rep and was told inch model, the Pavilion g7- 90 days, which is typical of HP 1237dx, for the exact same price-- refurbs. but it has a dual-core processor. I'm not saying this is a All the other specs are virtually powerhouse PC, merely that it's identical. So which would you more powerful than the average
bargain laptop. If that fits your particular bill, have at it! Bonus deal: Yesterday I mentioned the Mac version of Duke Nukem Forever as part of an Amazon game sale. If you're a Windows user, Steam has Duke Nukem Forever (PC) for $4.99. (While you're at it, grab the expansion pack, Duke Nukem Forever: The Doctor Who Cloned Me, for just $2.49.) This endlessly awaited game may have been a disappointment overall, but it's definitely worth five bucks. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
Stella McCartney and Gwyneth Paltrow took Cameron Diaz and Reese Witherspoon to The Arts Club in London last night. The ladies met up for a European reunion while Reese was in the UK promoting This Means War. Cameron has been across the pond for the last week, having been in Paris to attend a variety of the haute couture shows. Gwyneth even made a quick jaunt to France, where she met up with friends and ate a few good meals. Cameron and Gwyneth launched The Arts Club together back in October during one of Cameron's recent visits there. Gwyneth and Cameron have grown particularly close over the last year, hanging
out in London, LA, and NYC. Gwyneth has also recently hit the town with her son, Moses. She tweeted about taking Moses to see the David Hockney exhibition at the Royal Academy and shared a photo of him checking out the landscapes. View Slideshow
Kidnap and Rescue: Halo to the Rescue

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2nd black graduate of Univ. of Mississippi dies (AP)

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Submitted at 2/1/2012 10:02:46 AM
AP - Cleveland Donald Jr., the second black graduate of the University of Mississippi who started a black studies program at the college, has died. He was 65.
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See Prince William and Kate With Their New Cocker Spaniel
Allie Merriam (PopSugar)
Microsoft revisits #DROIDRAGE bash Android malware incident

Chris Burns (SlashGear)
Submitted at 2/1/2012 12:24:27 PM
Microsoft has taken advantage of Googles misfortune (or perhaps misstep) today, the first time Over the past few weeks, the being Microsoft actually taking folks at Symantec have gathered out ads that told the world and released a malware warning thatPutting People First is what for millions of Android Market theyve got to hold up. Google is users, and today Microsoft is being cut into here because of the t a k i n g a d v a n t a g e o f t h e Privacy Policy changes that took breakdown. Though the idea that place recently. Now comes the the spread of what Symantec said double fire with the bringing back was malware might NOT have up of#DROIDRAGE. been malware in the first place, This#DROIDRAGE keyword is just a powerful advertisement bit being used for the second time of software, Microsoft isnt about now, the first being a very similar to let an opportunity like this situation where Android was put slide. This week Ben Rudolph, on the spot then also with aka@BenThePCGuy has laid Windows Phones as the prize for down a challenge for future participants in the project. Twitter Windows Phone users: tell them will be the place for battle here in their #DROIDRAGE stories of the Windows Phone vs Android how bad adware is on Android. w a r , a n d t h e f i g h t w i l l b e This is not the first time chipping, chipping, chipping
away piece by piece. Is this what Microsoft needs to get Windows Phone into the spotlight where they believe it belongs? Story Timeline Symantec: Android Market having its largest malware infection ever on Jan 27th 2012 Android Trojans highlight basic problem with a non-curated Market on Jan 30th 2012 [ via Gotta Be Mobile] Microsoft revisits #DROIDRAGE bash Android malware incident is written by Chris Burns& originally posted on SlashGear. 2005 - 2012, SlashGear. All right reserved.
Prince William and Kate Middleton took their new puppy for a stroll in Wales last week. The family of three took a walk along water in their current hometown of Angelsey. It was the first time the Cocker Spaniel was seen with William and Kate, and palace officials have since confirmed that the dog is, in fact, theirs. A spokesperson said the spaniel is "a few months old" and came from "a close family connection." William and Kate were able to enjoy a warmer climate recently, though. They went on vacation with her parents, Michael and Carole Middleton, to the island of Mustique. Pippa and
James Middleton went along as well. The getaway comes before William is due to head off next month on tour of duty in the Falkland Islands as a member of the Royal Air Force. View Slideshow
Missouri Ad: Rick Santorum a 'Proven Conservative'

Michael Warren (The Weekly Standard)
Submitted at 2/1/2012 11:30:00 AM
running a new ad in Missouri that has a pretty straightforward message for Show Me State conservatives:
A pro-Rick Santorum super PAC, Red White & Blue Fund, is
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Neil Young: Steve Jobs's death hindered Apple's high-def music efforts
Steven Sande (TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog)
Submitted at 2/1/2012 1:00:00 PM
Jim Henson's legacy lives on in collaboration, experimentation

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Submitted at 2/1/2012 11:48:00 AM
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame honoree Neil Young has been focusing on high-definition music for some time. At the News Corp. D: Dive Into Media event yesterday, Young said that he had been in discussions with Apple personnel -- including the late Steve Jobs -- about ways to improve digital music quality. Young and others had been in discussions with Apple about improved digital music file formats, ways to download the much larger files that would result, and creating devices that would play the high-def files. Digital music is currently "packaged" in either AAC or MP3 formats, which create small, easy distributed files, but also lose a lot of the nuances that are found in masters or live performances. High-def music files would be
Creative people flourish in collaboration, openness and the ability to survive mistakes, Jim Henson Co. Chairman Brian Henson says in this Big Think video. Leaders should encourage taking chances, but leave a net for those who fall. "If everybody's trying to stay safe, then you never really create something new and different and surprising," Henson says. Full story at SmartBlog on Leadership by SmartBrief. More SmartBrief stories. Permalink| Leave a comment
much larger than those currently in distribution, so downloading and storage would require more resources. Jobs was a rabid music fan his entire life and arguably had more impact on the digital music industry than any other executive. According to Young, however, "When he (Jobs) went home, he listened to vinyl." Young believes that without Steve's passion for
music, Apple as a company has lost any ambition it may have had to rally behind high-def music. Musicians and recording industry execs might both get behind highdef music, since it would allow the industry to sell a higherquality product at a premium price. Whether or not Apple will be at the forefront of the move to high-def music is up to the current executive team.
[via The Mac Observer] Neil Young: Steve Jobs's death hindered Apple's high-def music efforts originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Source| Permalink| Email this| Comments
Chief executive of Student Loans Company allowed to avoid 40,000 a year in tax by Coalition
Christopher Hope (Finance News - Business news from the
One of Britain's top officials avoids 40,000 a year in income
tax under a deal approved by the Coalition, it has emerged.
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Samsung Retro style NX200 shooter announced for Germany

Chris Burns (SlashGear)
Submitted at 2/1/2012 11:43:22 AM
Britney Spears Wants On 'Modern Family'

Crystal Bell (TV on HuffingtonPost.com)
The Samsung Retro style NX200 has been announced for Germany, the same country where we first laid eyes on the NX200 just a few weeks ago at IFA. This device is a brand new outer-shelled version of the original NX200 with a twotoned silver and black design with essentially the same set of specifications as the first release. Look like the fabulous yesteryear shooter with all the goodness of the future under the hood that youll be picking up this Spring season? Or heck, you could head to Germany or order one in and still have it this winter! This device has DSLR-like picture quality without a doubt, it having a 20.3
available in Germany from March for 849 Euros. There are currently no announcements made for this version hitting the United States or the UK. Story Timeline Samsung NX200 gets official with i-Function 2.0 lenses in tow on Sep 1st 2011 Samsung NX200 DSLR HandsOn on Sep 2nd 2011 Samsung NX200 Sample Photos revealed on Sep 18th 2011 [ via SammyHub] Samsung Retro style NX200 shooter announced for Germany is written by Chris Burns& originally posted on SlashGear. 2005 - 2012, SlashGear. All right reserved.
Celebrities are just like us. They ride their bikes, walk their dogs and they even like the same TV shows that we do. Pop star Britney Spears recently revealed that her favorite TV show is " Modern Family," via Twitter. I know everybody is excited about the Super Bowl, but I personally can't wait to see the next episode of Modern Family! Funniest show on TV
megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor, full HD video recording support, sensitivity up to 12,800 ISO, and thats all inside the center. Theres also a 3-inch AMOLED VGA display on the back for your loving tapping, rings around the sides for straps, a sassy looking
set of red and silver accents, and just for fun, i-Function lens support! Have a peek at our hands-on with the original version of this camera and get a taste of what it means to roll with Samsung for your shooter. This device will be
Naomi Watts Goes Simple and Sexy to Sip Wine in Sydney

Lauren Turner (PopSugar)
She's an ambassador for the brand and spent the evening mingling with friends, sipping wine, and Naomi Watts posed in a sexy listening to live jazz to launch black and white dress at an event their latest Cool Harvest blend. f o r J a c o b ' s C r e e k W i n e i n Naomi's whole family made the they've been enjoying the Summer Sydney's Centennial Park today. trip to Australia last week and
season Down Under ever since. Naomi, Liev Schreiber, Sasha, and Samuel went for a walk and spent time on Bronte beach, where Naomi wore a retro bikini to splash in the water. The vacation comes at the beginning
of a busy year for Liev and Naomi, which includes the April release of a project they both have roles in called Movie 43. View Slideshow
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Think Again: Microfinance - By David Roodman

DAVID ROODMAN (Foreign Policy)
Small loans probably won't lift people out of poverty or empower women. But that doesn't mean they're useless. BY DAVID ROODMAN| FEBRUARY 1, 2012 "Microcredit Is a Proven Weapon Against Poverty." Alas, no. Microcredit, the strategy of lending sums as small as $100 to help poor people start tiny businesses, has won acclaim like few other recent concepts in economic development, winning plaudits from political leaders, titans of industry, and celebrities. Bill Clinton and Tony Blair love microcredit. So do Queen Rania and Natalie Portman. More than 100 million people in more than 100 countries have received microloans, thanks in no small part to billions of dollars from foreign aid agencies, philanthropists, and "social investors" looking to do well while doing good. In 2006, microcredit pioneer Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank he founded in Bangladesh shared the Nobel Peace Prize. Microcredit has gained a global reputation for lifting people out of poverty and of microcredit? The ideas are empowering women. powerful: a blend of self-reliance What has made so many so sure and liberation that appeals across
t h e p o l i t i c a l s p e c t r u m . men and women whose successes Microfinance promoters told embodied those ideas, and papers compelling stories of individual in prestigious journals gave
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loans, especially when they went to women, made them less poor. But the old studies are now discredited. Newer, better ones have found that microloans rarely make an impact on bottom-line indicators of poverty, such as how much a household spends each month and whether its children are in school. The reversal of this academic verdict is a sign of a larger shift in development economics, toward randomizing in order to pin down cause and effect. If you observe that less-poor people are more likely to have taken microcredit, it is hard to know what caused what: Did the microcredit make them better off, or did being better off make them readier to borrow? If you instead flip a coin to decide who in a village will be offered microcredit and who will not -randomizing -- and then observe that the fates of the two groups diverge over time, you can more accurately observe what effect the loans are having on those who receive them. Recent randomized studies in India, Mongolia, Morocco, and the Philippines have found that access to microcredit does stimulate microbusiness start-ups -- raising chickens, say, or sewing saris. But across the 12-18 months over which progress was tracked, the loans did not reduce poverty. So today the best estimate of the impact of microcredit on poverty is zero. (In retrospect, reverse causation cannot be ruled out as the source of the more upbeat findings of earlier,
nonrandomized studies.) This finding clashes with the microcredit mythology. But it comports with common sense. If you're reading this article online, you probably belong to the global middle class, the billion or so people who earn steady wages and lead lives of material comfort. What in your family history lifted you to your enviable perch? It probably wasn't tiny loans to your indigent ancestors so they could raise goats. Then, as now, most poor people's best hope for escaping poverty lies in graduating from tenuous selfemployment to steady employment -- to jobs, which are the fruit of industrialization. FARJANA K. GODHULY/AFP/ Getty Images "Microfinance Is Useless." No. It would be wrong to overreact to the hype about microloans and dismiss the entire enterprise as a waste of money and effort. Twenty years ago, journalist Helen Todd spent a year following the lives of 62 women in two Bangladeshi villages served by Yunus's famous Grameen Bank. Of the 40 who took microcredit from Grameen, all stated business plans to get the loans: They would buy cows to fatten or rice to husk and resell. A few actually did those things, but most used the money to buy or lease land, repay other loans, stock up on rice for the family, or finance dowries and weddings. That's probably just fine. As the book Portfolios of the Poor shows, the people said to live on
$2 a day actually don't. They live on $3 one day, $1 the next, and $2.50 the day after. Or they are farmers who earn money once a season. But their children need to be fed every day, and husbands don't fall ill on convenient schedules. The need to match an unpredictable income to spending needs with different rhythms generates an intense demand among poor people for financial services that help them set aside money in good times, when they need it less, and draw it down in bad. All financial services help meet this demand, however imperfectly: loans, savings accounts, insurance, money transfers. A mother can pay the doctor for treating her daughter by getting an emergency loan from a friend, depleting savings, persuading her brother in the city to send money, or even -- if she is very lucky -- using health insurance. That is why the microcredit movement became the microfinance movement and today supports other services along with loans. Poor people have less money than the rich, but they aren't dumber; in fact they are generally more resourceful out of necessity. If a woman uses a microloan to buy rice or repair a roof instead of starting a business, I hesitate to second-guess her. People in wealthy countries see fit to buy everything from food to houses on credit. Should we expect the poor to differ? ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/
Getty Images "Muhammad Yunus Invented Microcredit." Yes, just as Henry Ford invented the car. Where Ford had the assembly line, Yunus's breakthrough innovation was joint liability, the practice of making small groups of borrowers -- the women of a particular village, for instance -- collectively responsible for each other's loans. The vouching for peers substituted for collateral and produced astonishingly high repayment rates. Joint liability was not new, however. Proverbs 11:15 warns, "A foolish man hands over his bounty which he pledges for his neighbor as security." A similar concept was also at the core of the credit cooperatives that sprouted across Germany starting in the 1850s, in which groups of poor people would band together, borrow from outside benefactors, and then divvy out the credit among themselves. Around 1900, seeking to quell unrest, the British introduced credit groups into colonial India, which included the territory of modern Bangladesh. In the late 1970s, these already functioning cooperatives inspired Yunus and his students as they built their own microcredit method by trial and error. Yet the comparison to the carmaker is apt. Truly, Yunus is the Henry Ford of microfinance. Over the course of 28 years, until Bangladesh's prime minster forced him out in 2011 in an act of political spite, Yunus built a
bank with thousands of employees delivering useful services to millions of customers. He inspired competition within Bangladesh and imitation beyond, which led to a steady stream of new innovations in the name of serving the poor, including savings accounts and more flexible loans. He was the first leader of the modern microcredit movement to operate in a relatively businesslike way: to mass-produce and charge the poor enough interest to cover most operating costs so that the bank could expand to serve more people. FARJANA K. GODHULY/AFP/ Getty Images "Microcredit Empowers Women." Not so much. The microcredit movement began in the 1970s. In sync with the global movement for gender equality that began at the same time, microcredit has focused mainly on women. Promoters have asserted that the loans "empower" female borrowers. Women who came home with loans, it was said, gained more leverage vis--vis their husbands in household decisions about whether to buy food or beer, to invest or consume. Meanwhile, women who had been traditionally confined by their culture to the domestic sphere, as in Bangladesh, found liberation in being able to conduct business in public at the weekly meetings where loan installments were THINK page 34
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paid. Some nonprofit microfinance programs include classes about such subjects as basic accounting and prenatal nutrition. But though credit is a source of possibilities, it is also a bond-potentially an oppressive one when enforced through peer pressure. Indeed, greater sensitivity to social pressure helps explain why microlenders have favored women: In many cases, they have paid back more reliably, putting up less argument than men. Anthropological studies have found a mix of stories about the link between credit and empowerment. In some cases, women gain increments of liberation, just as hoped. After studying female microcredit users in Bangladesh in the mid-1990s, Syed Hashemi, Sidney Schuler, and Ann Riley concluded in the academic journal World Development that the Grameen Bank had empowered female borrowers on average. They wrote: Several of the women told the field investigators that through Grameen Bank they had "learned to talk," and now they were not afraid to talk to outsiders. In both programs some members have the opportunity to play leadership
roles. One woman told the researchers, "I have been made the [borrowing group] Chief. Now all of the other women listen to me and give me their attention. Grameen Bank has made me important." But there are also sad stories. Anthropologist Lamia Karim has documented how in Bangladesh, where most borrowers are female, women who defaulted have had their possessions -- in extreme cases, their houses -- carted off by their jointly liable peers to be sold to repay their loans. From what I can tell from the fragmentary evidence, the most famous form of microcredit -group-based credit as pioneered by Grameen -- is the least empowering and most fraught with risk, because of the way it marshals peer pressure to enforce loan repayment. Individual microloans, given one-on-one, without the burdens of weekly group meetings and peer pressure, appear to have less of a dark side. If microbank staff can't outsource loan decisions to the group, though, they must spend more time vetting customers, making the whole enterprise less profitable and less likely to focus on the neediest. YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images
"Microcredit Is Immune to the Irrationalities of Mainstream Finance." Absolutely not. The hype made it seem like more money for microcredit is always better. But microcredit is actually more prone than conventional credit to overheating and bubbles. It suffers from two vulnerabilities: a general lack of credit bureaus to track the indebtedness of lowincome people, which leaves creditors flying blind; and the irrational exuberance about microcredit as a way to help the poor, which has unleashed a flood of capital from well-meaning people and institutions. Most of this cross-border capital flow -- some$3 billion in 2010-has gone straight into microloans rather than business-building activities such as training and computer purchases. The stock of outstanding microdebt has grown 30 percent or more per year in many countries. The pace has proved faster than some lenders and borrowers could safely manage. In Nicaragua, after a nationwide debtor's revolt won backing from President Daniel Ortega, the tide of defaults destroyed one of the largest microcreditors, Banex. In the last five years, bubbles have also inflated and popped in Bosnia-
Herzegovina, Morocco, and parts of Pakistan. In the short run, that has been good news for borrowers who took loans and then defaulted. (After all, if the lenders lost a lot of money, that money went somewhere!) But in the long view, damaging the industry reduces access to finance. Then there is the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, where, before the overheated market could implode on its own, the state government in 2010 essentially shut down the industry overnight. Visiting shortly afterward, I learned of villages where microcreditors were so plentiful that they were known by the day of the week on which their clients gathered to get loans and make payments. Some women had loans for every day of the week. The bottom line: Microfinance is no silver bullet for poverty, but it does have things to offer. The strength of the movement is not in reducing poverty or empowering women, but in building dynamic institutions that deliver inherently useful services to millions of poor people. Imagine your life without financial services: no bank account, no insurance, no loans for a house or an education; just cash in your pocket or under your mattress. Poor people transact in smaller denominations, but they
have to solve financial problems at least as tough as yours. They need and deserve such services too, just as they do clean water and electricity. The microfinance movement is about building businesses and business-like nonprofits that mass-produce financial services for the poor -not just microcredit, but microsavings, microinsurance, and micro money transfers too. The well-meaning flood of money into micro credit distorts the industry toward overreliance on this one, risky service. It is the greatest threat to the greatest strength of microfinance as a whole. That is why the hype about microcredit has been not merely misleading but destructive. And that is why less money should go into microcredit, not more. TANG CHHIN SOTHY/AFP/ Getty Images This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
Pope mourns Pa. death of Cardinal Bevilacqua (AP)

Submitted at 2/1/2012 12:12:00 PM
AP - Church leaders called on parishioners Wednesday to pray for the soul of retired Cardinal
Anthony Bevilacqua, who led them for more than 15 years but was also an uncharged central
figure in a child sex-abuse case that involves the alleged shuffling of predator priests.
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Trim Tabs Fearless Forecast: US Payrolls +45,000 Jobs; Analysis of Jobs, Wages, GDP, Weekly Claims, Housing; Forced Lifestyle Changes; Boomer Drag on GDP Trends
noreply@blogger.com (Mike Mish Shedlock) (Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis)
point now? I think so, and a turn in supporting data is all I need to convince me. If so, the BLS can be off on its numbers by a great Submitted at 2/1/2012 1:20:00 AM Last month Trim Tabs estimated deal. December payroll growth was Trim Tabs Fearless Forecast 38,000. ADP estimated payroll The following weekly macro growth at 325,000. I estimated analysis and forecast (via email) +78,000. is from Madeline Schnapp, The BLS reported +200,000. Director, Macroeconomic For details, please see Nonfarm Research, Trim Tabs. The above Payroll +200,000 ; Labor Force title is mine. Drops Another 50,000 ; Those Jobs: Based on our analysis of Not in Labor Force Rises by r e a l - t i m e i n c o m e t a x 194,000 ; Unemployment Rate withholdings, we estimate that the 8.5% U.S. economy added only 45,000 Was this a miss by Trim Tabs? jobs in January, little changed ADP? Me? from 38,000 in December. Here is the correct answer, Wages: While the BEA reports whether or not you believe the that wages and salaries increased BLS: I don't know and no one else 3.8% in December, TrimTabs real does either. -time analysis shows that wages Seasonal Adjustments and salaries rose only 2.9%. The BLS numbers are subject to When TrimTabs data is used to massive revisions. Literally replace the BEA wage and salary millions of jobs are revised away estimates, disposable income falls (or added) months, even years by $45 billion and the savings rate later. December and January are declines from 4.0% to 3.6%. typically the hardest months to Unemployment Benefits: estimate, subject to huge seasonal Expiring emergency and extended adjustments and later revisions. unemployment insurance benefits Economic Turning Points will likely leave Americans with E c o n o m i c t u r n i n g p o i n t s as much as $25 to $50 billion less compound the problem greatly. cash in 2012. The BLS readily admits its birthBonuses: Wage and salary death adjustments are hugely growth net of inflation weakened wrong at turning points. to -2.1% y-o-y in January from Are we at an economic turning 0.5% y-o-y in December. While
much of the January decline is due to lower bonuses this season relative to last, wage growth is still considerably weaker than it was in December. Weekly Claims: Weekly initial unemployment insurance claims jumped 21,000 in the latest reporting week, coincident with the decline in seasonal adjustment factors. Last weeks increase suggest recent declines were likely due to seasonal adjustments rather than a significant improvement in the labor market. GDP: Last weeks preliminary Q4 2011 GDP growth estimate of 2.8% was probably overstated. The price deflator for Q4 2011
was just 0.39%, down from 2.56% in Q3 2011. Also, two-thirds of growth in Q4 2011 was due to a swing in inventories from -1.35% in Q3 2011 to +1.94% in Q4 2011, which is likely to be reversed in Q1 2012. We believe the slowdown in GDP growth from 3.03% in 2010 to 1.72% in 2011 provides a better sense of the trend. Housing: The housing market is likely to remain weak despite near record low mortgage rates because 23.4 million Americans are unemployed or underemployed, 10.1 million mortgage borrowers are underwater, and 6.2 million
mortgage borrowers are delinquent. Synopsis: We see nothing on the horizon to knock the economy out of its slow growth mode. The economy faces substantial headwinds from negative real wage and salary growth, high unemployment, waning government support, expiring tax incentives, contracting state and local governments, elevated fuel prices, and a sluggish housing market. The economy is highly vulnerable to economic shocks from overseas. Commentary Workers in the U.S. are faring much worse than U.S. government statistics indicate. The personal income report released Monday by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported that wages and salaries rose 3.8% y-o-y in December, while our analysis based on withholdings indicates that wages and salaries rose only 2.9% y-o-y. We believe the BEA is missing the slowdown in wages and salaries because it relies on lagged data to compute current trends. The BEA derives its results from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) which it receives a quarter in TRIM page 36
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arrears. The BEAs wage and salary data for December is derived from QCEW data from Q2 2011, when the economy was picking up steam in response to massive monetary stimulus. To compute current wages and salaries, the BEA interpolates and extrapolates the lagged QCEW data forward, using inputs from the BLS to make necessary adjustments. Unfortunately, this methodology misses rapid changes in wages and salaries that occur when the economy moves from expansion to contraction or vice versa. The BEA is overstating employment growth due to distortions caused by huge seasonal adjustments to the BLS employment data. The BEA will probably continue to overstate wages and salaries, personal income, and the savings rate for the period from October through December until April 2012, when QCEW data from Q4 2011 will be available. Unemployment Insurance and Weekly Claims Here are two of the many charts from the report. Weekly Trend of Claims click on chart for sharper image Trim Tabs writes ... "At its peak in February 2010, the federal governments emergency and extended unemployment benefits programs provided assistance to 6.0 million people. Since then, the number of people receiving benefits has steadily declined, and they totaled only 3.4 million as of the week ended January 6. Since only 2.2 million jobs have been
created since the recession started in December 2007fewer than the number of people no longer receiving benefits it is likely that 1.0 million or more people now lack both benefits and jobs." Emphasis added. Involuntary Retirement I think it is much worse than that. Technically it could be as high as 3.5 million (assuming no one with expiring benefits ever found a job). It would only be a million or so, if all of them did. Neither of those extremes is likely so I will make a rough guess that 2 million lost benefits and still have no job. However, many of those with expiring benefits likely took what I call "forced retirement". They wanted a job, needed a job, yet had no job and no prospects of a job. To survive, those of sufficient age retired involuntarily to collect social security benefits. Weekly Trend of Benefits Trim Tabs writes "According to the BEA, the loss of income from extended and emergency unemployment insurance benefits has amounted to $57 billion since January 2010. In the past twelve months, the loss of income amounted to $23 billion, which is equal to about 13.4% of the estimated $188 billion increase in wages and salaries in 2011. In 2012, we estimate that expiring benefits will reduce incomes by approximately $25 to $50 billion.". It's safe to assume the loss of income is substantial, and it's about to get "more substantial". However, one does need to factor
in involuntary retirement and subsequent social security payments. Social Security Benefits Social Security Benefits Detail That's quite a jump. Boomer demographics is clearly at play. But how much is "involuntary retirement"? Regardless, one thing is certain: That exponential trend is not remotely sustainable. Forced Lifestyle Changes One final point about social security: Retirement income does not match employment income. The presumption is "it doesn't have to". Just how valid is that presumption? Even if it is valid, how many have sufficient savings to retire with the same lifestyle? For someone with a mortgage and underwater on their house with rising food and energy costs, the presumption is not likely to be correct and/or savings are not likely to be sufficient. The obvious result is a "forced lifestyle change" and less spending. This boomer drag on GDP trends is enormous, yet few see it. Moreover, interests rates of 0% on CDs does not help any. Those on fixed income have been clobbered by Fed policies. I have talked about this numerous times but here is a quick recap of a pair of recent articles. Hello Ben Bernanke, Meet "Stephanie" Premature Dollar Obituaries and Mainstream Economists'
Monetary Insanity; KeynesInspired Great Depression; Lessons Not Learned Recession Rationale Stacked Up Recent earnings reports have contained numerous misses, economic data has been generally weak in the US and very weak in Europe, and the Fed did not pledge to hold interest rates to zero through the end of 2014 for no reason. Recession rationale is stacked up, we just need coincident indicators to confirm. Mike "Mish" Shedlock h t t p : / / globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot. com Click Here To Scroll Thru My Recent Post List Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction. Visit http:// www.sitkapacific.com/ account_management.html to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific.
What not to do at a Super Bowl party [video]

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Submitted at 2/1/2012 12:10:00 PM
The Super Bowl is only a few days away, and if you havent yet gotten an invite to watch the big game at some big party where someone else if providing the food and beer, chances are youre a repeat violator of the etiquette outlined here by Tripp and Tyleror everyone you know is boycotting thanks to a deep-seated hatred of Tom Brady. Full story at YouTube via Laughing Squid. Are you ready for some football? Permalink| Leave a comment
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Some Good News For Those of Us Who Are Sick of the Corruption
Phoenix Capital Research
Submitted at 2/1/2012 11:40:11 AM
At some point someone will talk and thats when things will get interesting. The last four years have been something of a high-water mark for corruption in the US. Whether its Solyndra, Congresss insider trading, MF Global, the countless pork spending bills from Congress, or any number of the other hundred or so incidents that have made decent ordinary people outraged, weve definitely entered a period in which everyone knows the deal: the power elite live by a different set of laws than the rest of us. A record 64 percent of American adults surveyed by Gallup in a poll released Monday rated the honesty and ethical standards for members of Congress as "low" or "very low. The question all of us are thinking is when will this change? The answer has much to do with the nature of corruption itself. Corruption is only possible if the benefits to the parties engaged in it far outweigh the
potential consequences. However, as soon as the potential consequences become real, thats when everything changes: people start talking/ confessing, and the corruption begins to come unraveled. We had a taste of this with Ron Blagovich and Jack Abramoff. Were going to be seeing more of this in the future as well. And its going to be the debt deleveraging that forces it. Let me explain. For much of the last three decades, the political process in the US has largely consisted of politicians winning votes by promising various social programs and benefits to voters. Once in office, they then showered their high level donors and corporate sponsors with various goodies and handouts through bills and various no-bid contracts, while throwing voters a bone through the various social programs they promised during their campaigns. This whole game was made possible by the fact that the US could find the necessary funding to meet the near-term needs for
the welfare programs promised to voters and there was enough financial largesse to permit the various handouts to corporate sponsors and other crony capitalists. However, as the great debt implosion picks up steam globally and politicians are forced to renege of various promised social programs (the money simply wont be there), this game of vote for me and Ill give you these handouts will end. When this happens, the crony capitalism and rampant corruption that has come to define American politics will change dramatically. Various parties will find that the benefits of not talking will no longer be there and they will try to broker deals with authorities and the general populace by going public about the various shenanigans that have been going on. Let me put this in even more straightforward terms, once there becomes a very real chance that a Wall Street CEO or member of Congress might go to jail, the confessions are going to start coming fast and furious.
This will have a seismic shift on the lobbying/ crony capitalism/ back-room deals that currently define American politics. That shift is already beginning (note that Goldman Sachs CEO hired a defense attorney and Ben Bernanke is trying to present himself as a man of the people). Also, consider the recent slip up by an MF Global executive under oath. Granted, were not yet at the point where people area actually getting nailed for the crimes theyve committed (these seismic shifts take years), but we are getting to the point that those in the know are preparing for future litigation and lesser figures in the corruption game are starting to come forward and occasionally slip up during their testimony. Do not be mistaken, the time of cleaning house is coming. Its only a matter of time. And the debt market is going to be what forces it, just as it will force the necessary purging of the rotten banks and the insolvent financial system. And when that happens, well finally begin to start fresh and
build an economy with real sustained growth. For more market and geopolitical insights, swing by www.gainspainscapital.com. We offer a number of Free Reports designed to help investors prepare for the necessary restructuring that is coming to the economy and the capital markets. Best Regards, Graham Summers PS. I am not nave and do realize that corruption will always exist on some level. I am merely talking about the Fall of Romelike levels of corruption we are witnessing today. Average: Your rating: None Average: 4( 2 votes) This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
'Soul Train' host Don Cornelius dead of suicide (AP)

Submitted at 2/1/2012 11:24:09 AM
AP - Don Cornelius, who with the creation of "Soul Train" helped break down racial barriers
and broaden the reach of black died early Wednesday of an culture with funky music, groovy apparent suicide. He was 75. dance steps and cutting edge style,
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History Buff: As A Reminder, The President's Mortgage Plan Abraham Lincoln Quiz Is "Dead On Arrival"
Tyler Durden
that the administration realizes that a mass-refinance program can Submitted at 2/1/2012 12:16:30 PM only be achieved by legislation O b a m a ' s l a t e s t a t t e m p t t o and not by regulatory fiat. stimulate the housing sector and Jaret Seiberg, senior policy inflate home prices "before analyst, Guggenheim Securities: waiting for them to hit bottom" T h e q u e s t i o n i s w h e t h e r (which they never will as long as Congress will enact this into law. central planning tries to define To us, that is a very high hurdle in what clearing prices are) is a an election year. Republicans will noble reincarnation of now an be loathe to give the president a a n n u a l , a n d c o m p l e t e l y political win and we expect they ineffectual, theatrical gambit. will portray this as a policy that There is, unfortunately, one major rewards the irresponsible at the snag. It is Dead on Arrival(just expense of the responsible. Yet like every single iteration of the one should not dismiss this idea Greek bailout), for the simple outright. We believe it may be far r e a s o n t h a t i t h a s t o g e t less expensive for the government congressional approval. Which it than the market may believe. That won't. And that's not just the view could make it difficult for of biased political pundits. Wall Republicans from states still Street agrees. suffering from housing woes to Courtesy of the WSJ, which object. summarizes the prevailing views Alec Phillips, economist, on this topic: Goldman Sachs: While the Edward Mills, analyst, FBR universe of eligible borrowers Capital Markets:We believe that isnt entirely clear, this implies this program would be dead on that the legislation might go a r r i v a l i n C o n g r e s s , a s beyond refinancing loans backed congressional Republicans are by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac opposed to additional intervention and could also allow refinancing in the mortgage market and are of loans held by investors or philosophically opposed to a bank banks. Given the stalemate in tax. This should be confirmation Congress on most housing-related
issues at present, the fact that the president is seeking congressional approval should probably be interpreted as a sign that the administration has taken its own refinancing efforts as far as it can without legislation. Issac Boltansky, policy analyst, Compass Point Research & Trading: While the details of the plan were almost nonexistent, the broad contours of the plan lead us to believe that the likelihood of successfully enacting it are exceptionally low. We are concerned that the proposal would have to be enacted legislatively, that it would call on the government taking on much more mortgage risk, and that the corresponding proposed bank tax will serve as a political wedge. Average: Your rating: None Average: 5( 2 votes) This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
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BREAKING: Chief executive of Student Loans Company allowed to avoid 40,000 a year in tax by Coalition
Christopher Hope (Finance News - Business news from the UK and world)
Submitted at 2/1/2012 11:00:00 AM
thousands of pounds in income tax under a deal approved by the Coalition, it emerged tonight.
One of Britain's top officials has been allowed to avoid tens of
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French Consumption Drops Most Since 1997, Increased VAT Supposed to Help
noreply@blogger.com (Mike Mish Shedlock) (Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis)
Submitted at 2/1/2012 11:54:00 AM
Courtesy of Google Translate, please consider French Consumption Drops Most Since 1997 Last year, consumption of French manufactured goods, food and energy fell by 0.5% on average, the largest drop since 1997. Even during the 2008-2009 recession, the decline was not as marked. December was particularly bad (0.7%), raising fears of a difficult early 2012 against a backdrop of rising unemployment. Paradoxically, the government relies on the announcement of a social VAT to encourage the French to bring forward purchases before the increase in the rate in October. Increased VAT Supposed to Help!? Straight from the economically insane department, French president Nicolas Sarkozy wants to improve sales by increasing taxes. His belief is consumers will make major purchases before the rise in taxes. Lovely. What about the collapse in sales
afterword? What about the need to hire then fire masses of workers because companies ramp up production now in expectation of increased sales now (that may or may not even happen), only to get rid of them later? The idea that borrowing sales from the future will accomplish anything good is preposterous. Generally politicians make such proposals in attempt to speed up the economy by carefully timing tax credits to help their election chances. In this case Sarkozy proposed the opposite way to bring forward sales. Bear in mind that Sarkozy's VAT increase would happen in October but French presidential elections are in April and May. Those elections are too soon for Sarkozy to benefit from his proposal. Taxpayers would likely put off purchases of major consumer goods as long as possible. Thus, an increase in sales (demand pulled forward) would likely be in July, August, and September, not February, March, and April. Challenger Franois Hollande jumped all over Sarkozy's increased VAT proposal. He has a more populist message, far more
likely to resonate with voters: Hollande Vows to Tax the Rich, Take Pay Cut. Election politics aside, the French economy is slowing far more rapidly than most expected. Increased taxes whether on everyone or just the rich, certainly will not help. Such economically inane programs will intensify the strength and the length of the European recession. Mike "Mish" Shedlock h t t p : / / globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot. com Click Here To Scroll Thru My Recent Post List Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction. Visit http:// www.sitkapacific.com/ account_management.html to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific.
Make Dried Apples for a Cheap, Healthy Snack That Stores for Months [Food]
Melanie Pinola (Lifehacker)
GOP Hopes Dashed in Oregon Congressional Election

Mark Hemingway (The Weekly Standard)
Submitted at 2/1/2012 11:16:00 AM
Dried apples are not only a nutritious snack, they're fantastically delicious too and easy to make at home. All you need is a little lemon juice and water and you can preserve a bunch of apples for the whole winter. More
A week ago in the pages of THE WEEKLY STANDARD, I wrote about the special congressional election in Oregon's first congressional district. The Republican candidate, businessman Rob Cornilles, appeared to have forced Democrats into making millions in ad buys, suggesting it was close race. However, in last night's election Democrat Susan Bonamici won convincingly:
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CARLYLE'S RUBENSTEIN: If I Could Put More Money Into China, I Would

Mamta Badkar (Money Game)
Submitted at 2/1/2012 12:09:00 PM
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Despite all the concerns about a slowdown in China, David Rubenstein, Co-Founder and Managing Director of The Carlyle Group continues to be a China bull. Speaking at the Bloomberg Link China Conference, Rubenstein said that China's middle class is expanding, its consumer base is growing, and, its government encourages private equity investments. Rubenstein, who has already invested in China's consumer story, did however say that the market was a better bet for longterm investors: My point of view is, as a private equity investor, we have a long term perspective. For private equity investors, we invest for four to six years, maybe seven years at a time. If you are a trader and you have to worry about instant profits, instant market movements, any market can have difficulties in the short term. If you are over leveraged you can always have problems. If youre worried about bubbles and youre
trying to make trading profits you can always be concerned about some emerging markets. But if youre in for a longer term investment then you can ride through these periods of time If I could put more money into China I would. Despite concerns about the Chinese property market, Rubenstein said he thought Chinese real estate investment was a good thing, as long as investors were not over-leveraged
and they didn't need to move in and out quickly. As the population moves more and more from the rural areas to the urban areas, there is going to be more demand for office and residential construction and buildings and so forth. So over a period of time you can expect prices to go up. Now I realize there may be some bubbles in some areas, residential real estate or office real estate in certain cities. But general on a five-ten-
fifteen year trend line its hard to see how real estate prices will go down an appreciable amount, and so I think its a very attractive area in which to invest. Rubenstein shied away from answering questions about the Carlyle Group's specific investments in China and other emerging markets because of SEC constraints. Don't Miss: Here's What Will Happen In Emerging Markets In 2012 > Please follow Money Game on Twitter and Facebook. Join the conversation about this story See Also: Check Out Frank Holmes' EPIC Presentation On The China Boom, And What It Means For Commodities Wow. China Is Just Getting Started CHART: Here's Why You Should Think Twice Before Becoming A Value Investor Presented By: Chicago Booth Business Forecast Ads by Pheedo
Anywhere a chicken walks the earth, a cook stalks behind with a big soup pot. Chicken soup is simply the gold standard of global comfort food. Here are 25 favorites from around the world. First up: Good Old-Fashioned Chicken Noodle Soup is classic American comfort food. But it can cross to the wrong side of the road if there are too many odds and ends, if noodles bloat and meat gets dry. But here's a cure, if common chicken soup leaves you cold: a purist's ideal, using flavorful stock, fresh-cooked chicken, traditional veggies, and egg noodles that lend starchy body to the broth. View Recipe: Old-Fashioned Chicken Noodle Soup Next Spicy Thai Coconut Soup This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
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GM Channel Stuffing Resumes, January Dealer Inventory Second Highest Ever

Tyler Durden
Submitted at 2/1/2012 11:49:43 AM
Just as we thought GM's channel stuffing days may be coming to an end, and the company may finally be normalizing its inventory management, here come January numbers, where we learn that in addition to car sales declining by 6% compared to a year ago, at
167,962 vehicles sold(of note: "Retail deliveries declined 15 percent compared with the same month a year ago and accounted for 70 percent of GM sales"), it was the all critical month end dealer inventory that caught our attention. And unfortunately as the skeptics expected, GM is back to its old tricks, as dealer inventories rose once again, this
time by over 36k units, or the second highest in its post-reorg history, to a near record 619,455 vehicles stored with dealers. This is just the second highest ever in fresh start GM history, second only to November's 623,666. The January-end number represents 89 days supply, but more importantly the recent spike in restocking, which was seen with all other
major car dealers, explains the ongoing "expansion" in the US economy as measured by indices such as the ISM. Eventually, when the end demand for these dealer parked vehicles does not materialize, the New Orders so diligently tracked by economists everywhere will slip back under 50, but before that we are confident that the administration
will come up with some new Cash for Clunkers plan to take demand from the future and to push it into the days leading into the election, probably funded once again by other taxpayers who don't quite see the fascination with owning a GM car. And some other manufacturers: CHANNEL page 42
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Here's The Scariest Part Of The CBO's Dismal Outlook

Bruce Krasting (Money Game)
Submitted at 2/1/2012 11:40:09 AM
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Ford month-end inventory 86day supply at end of Jan. (492k vehicles) vs 60-day supply (466k) as of Dec. 31 Chrysler had 83-day supply (349k units) end of Jan. vs 64-day (326k units) as of Dec. 31 GM month-end inventory 89day supply (619k units) vs 67-day supply (583k) Dec. 31 Average: Your rating: None Average: 5( 2
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The Congregational Budget Office (CBO) is out with its annual report. Its a blockbuster. This 165 page monster is filled with dozens of charts, graphs and detailed projections. It will be talked about for weeks. The report provides a dismal outlook for the economy. There is one data point I'd like to focus on. Here is the CBO forecast for real GDP for 2012 and 2013: The 1.1% Real GDP number for 2013 surprised me. The CBOs expectations are way under those of both the Blue Chip economists and the Federal Reserve: What does it mean if the economy is going to slow, as CBO now thinks? Some consequences: The CBO now forecasts Social Security to run into trouble in just a few years. This is a very substantial change in the outlook for SS. Changed fortunes make it a certain that Americas favorite entitlement program will be on the table for a significant re-vamp. The CBO has answered two critical questions:
1) In what year does SS first goes into deficit (including interest)? 2) What is the size of the SS Trust Fund when #1 has been achieved? Key data is here: Using this information, we can estimate the Trust Funds (TF) balances over time, and compare them to what SS forecast in its report to Congress ten-months ago: SSTF's "Intermediate" (Base) case: The bottom line is that the SSTF is going to top out three years ahead of schedule and be $800B shy of what it was supposed to be. I think the CBO report has created a big headache for a good
number of folks in D.C. Most of them are running for office this year. They certainly won't be able to wave the CBO report as a measure of how well they are doing. Please follow Money Game on Twitter and Facebook. Join the conversation about this story See Also: The Federal Reserve Has Replaced Rational Thought With A Flawed Automated Process Why Economic Growth Will Continue To Disappoint In 2012 Mitt Romney Is Going To Get Shredded For This Monster Gaffe He Made On CNN
Club Nintendo swaps downloadable games, adds Mario Party 2, Art Academy
JC Fletcher (Joystiq)
Submitted at 2/1/2012 12:30:00 PM
With a new month comes a new selection of downloadable games for which you can exchange your Club Nintendo Coins. The new lineup is half as varied as those of previous months, offering only one DSiWare download and one Wii Virtual Console game. For 150 Coins each, you can choose Art Academy: First Semester for DSiWare (but only available on 3DS through this offer) or Mario Party 2 for Wii. If you get that one, use the money
you saved by buying it with Club Nintendo money to buy some extra controllers, either for friends or to replace the ones ruined by Mario Party. For fans of physical, tangible goods, there's also this new 3DS card case. It holds 18 games and includes four "double-sided card covers." And it looks really nice. Club Nintendo swaps downloadable games, adds Mario Party 2, Art Academy originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| Email this| Comments
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Corporate Earnings Beat Rates Have Been On A 20-Year Upward Trend

Sam Ro (Money Game)
expectations. RBC Capital Market's Myles Zyblock notes that this underperformance has It's pretty well known that caused sentiment surrounding this companies tend to announce earnings season to be "uninspiring quarterly earnings that beat Wall and even dour." Street's consensus estimate. For some context, here's a 20So far, around a third of the S&P year look at earnings beat rates 500 have announced Q4 earnings, from Zyblock. Note the upward a n d a r o u n d 6 6 % o f t h o s e trend. companies have announced EPS Here's a look at the beat rates on that beat expectations. a trend-adjusted basis. Historically, however, more than And here's a look at trend7 0 p e r c e n t o f c o m p a n i e s adjusted earnings surprises announced earnings ahead of o v e r l a i d w i t h g l o b a l
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manufacturing purchasing managers indices ( PMI). Zyblock notes that earnings beat rates are positively correlated to the
business cycle as measured by leading indicators. Please follow Money Game on Twitter and Facebook.
Join the conversation about this story See Also: A Complete Checklist For This Week's Big Earnings Announcements The Weekend Is Over And Markets Are Sliding The Week Has Begun: Markets Are Sliding, And European Yields Are Back On The Rise Presented By: Chicago Booth Business Forecast Ads by Pheedo
Guess Nobody Proofreads The Articles Nowadays: Woot Weads The Wire
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Submitted at 2/1/2012 10:00:00 AM
years. Rumors point to the increase in black market secular knockoffs Every week in this space, well undercutting her prices while take a look at the news and offer making it impossible for the o u r o w n i n c i s i v e b l e n d o f consumer to tell which is witch. commentary, analysis, and poop SAN FRANCISCO ( UPI) -- A jokes. The news you need, from a skateboard died after rolling voice you can trust, in the 90 t h r o u g h a r e d l i g h t i n t h e seconds you have to spare: thats Tenderloin neighborhood of San Woot Weads the Wire. Francisco, police said. SALEM, Mass. ( UPI) -- The The skateboard is survived by its proprietor of the first witch shop wife, a scooter, and their twins, a in Salem, Mass., said she is pair of roller skates. closing the business after about 40 LUBECK, Germany, Jan. 11 (
UPI) -- A handwritten letter by Ludwig van Beethoven reveals the German composer was displeased about his "low salary." Experts say the artist was furious at the new technology known as "sheet music" which allowed his ideas to be transcribed and freely shared. LONDON ( REUTERS) - Britain took the rare step of stripping former Royal Bank of Scotland chief Fred Goodwin of his knighthood, following intense criticism of his role in RBS' near-
collapse during the 2008 credit crisis, and public anger towards wealthy bankers. Under penalty of law, Goodwin will no longer be allowed to move in a L-shape and will be forced to surrender his pretty horsey head. WASHINGTON ( UPI) -- Is democratic capitalism sowing the seeds of its own destruction, as Karl Marx predicted a century and a half ago? And in a related story, the guy who writes headlines was finally revealed to be a sophomore Poli
Sci major. KILLYLEAGH, Northern Ireland ( UPI) -- A Northern Ireland woman whose father's field was covered in tons of fish from an overturned truck said the scene was "like something out of the Bible." Religious officials say the famous "Parable Of The Overturned Truck" is often named one of the most moving passages in all of literature.
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Firefox 10 Arrives With New Dev Tools and Full-Screen API

Ryan Paul - Ars Technica (Wired Top Stories)
Submitted at 2/1/2012 10:27:00 AM
Mozilla has officially released Firefox 10. The new version of the open source web browser includes a handful of improvements and new features. The browsers built-in tools for web developers got a particularly significant boost in this release. The new version also offers better support for a number of web standards. Firefoxs developers decided last year to transition the browser to a time-based, six-week release cycle. The new release management strategy ensures that performance improvements and support for new web standards reach users as soon as possible. The faster release cycle posed challenges, however, for enterprise adopters and other users who require a longer support period. In order to address that issue, Mozilla has decided to offer an annual extended support release with a full year of updates. Firefox 10 is the first official extended support release. A minor adjustment to the browsers navigation bar is the biggest user-facing change in Firefox 10. The forward arrow button is no longer persistently visible by default in the
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Texas Pastor Reveals Rift With James MacDonald Over TD Jakes' 'Heresy'
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(Photo: The Elephant Room/ Alyssa Armour) T.D. Jakes, right, looks toward the platform at "The Elephant Room" 2012 roundtable on Jan. 25, 2012. The Elephant Room, a theological roundtable featuring blunt conversations among seven influential pastors, generated a noted level of controversy due to the invitation of Bishop T.D. Jakes, founder and senior pastor of The Potter's House in Dallas, to participate in the discussions. Jakes has been accused of heresy by some in the Christian community for his affiliation with modalism, which explains the Godhead in non-Trinitarian terms. Modalism, a 3rd-century teaching accredited to theologian Sabellius, purports that the members of the Trinity are not three distinct, eternally co-existing persons, but that instead God, a singular spirit, manifests Himself at different times in three modes a doctrine espoused by Oneness Apostolic Pentecostal and United Pentecostal Church International denominations. Pastor Baucham described in his blog that it was that very issue that led him to decline the
invitation by Pastor MacDonald, who moderated The Elephant Room discussions along with Pastor Mark Driscoll. Baucham is also a member of The Gospel Coaltion, a committee of Christian leaders from which MacDonald resigned before The Elephant Room roundtable, amid speculation that his resignation was linked to Jakes' presence at the event. Although the Grace Family Baptist Church pastor identified other concerns he had over participating at the conference, such as not "fitting in" with the other megachurch pastors due to his relatively small congregation of 500, and because he does not appear regularly on TV events and radio shows, his main issue was with being a part of a conference that welcomed Jakes as a "brother." Like us on Facebook The pastor identified four main reasons for his opposition to Jakes' appearance at The Elephant Room, writing that Jakes has a history of "holding to, teaching, and associating with modalism" and that "ER2 was a forum wherein he would be assumed to be a 'brother.'" Baucham also noted that the "Word of Faith" gospel that he believes Jakes preaches is "heterodox and harmful." The
Southern Baptist minister also claimed that Jakes' influence in the Dallas Metroplex has been "negative, at best" and that The Potter's House bishop is an example of "the worst the black church has to offer." "He has brought a charismatic, theatrical, excessive, 'Word of Faith' flavor to the city that permeates many churches (especially black churches)," Baucham elaborated, saying that he has seen firsthand the influence Jakes has had on Texas communities. "Even if Jakes had come out with a statement on the doctrine of the Trinity, it would not have done anything to change the fact that he preaches 'another gospel.' (Gal 1:89) Having studied the 'Word of Faith' movement, and seen the devastation it leaves in its wake, I was disinclined to stand shoulderto-shoulder with the man who has been this country's most popular purveyor of this heresy in the past two decades," the pastor continued. During The Elephant Room event, Jakes acknowledged that he once clung to a modalist position due to his background but he now affirms the conservative evangelical doctrine of the Trinity as one God, three persons. Attendees of the event also expected to hear Jakes address the
controversy over the "prosperity gospel," or "Word of Faith," of which he is accused of teaching but that issue was not brought up. Baucham revealed that he had not only been invited to The Elephant Room but also was scheduled to speak at MacDonald's Harvest Bible Chapel Men's Conference this past weekend, which had been arranged prior to The Elephant Room. His decision to proceed with his appearance at the men's conference was "unwise," Baucham noted. Having spoken out publicly about his observations of Jakes' appearance at The Elephant Room on his Facebook page and Jakes' "masterful dodge" on questions regarding his stance on the Trinity, Baucham claimed, "This did not go over well with James MacDonald." The Texas minister, upon his arrival at Harvest Bible Chapel in Rowling Meadows, Ill., had a brief meeting with MacDonald in which the two men, along with several Harvest staff members and Baucham's assistant, had a "candid conversation" and mutually agreed that it would not be a good idea for the Texas pastor to speak at the conference. MacDonald had already selected Baucham's replacement as a speaker, and Baucham and his
assistant were escorted to a waiting car and taken back to the airport. Despite their disagreement and his firm belief that Jakes is unorthodox in his teachings, Baucham insisted that he was not angry with MacDonald. "He's my brother, and I love him. We disagree. We both understand that. Ironically, that's what The Elephant Room is supposedly all about," the Grace Family Baptist Church pastor wrote. "Brothers should be able to disagree with one another and still be brothers. There's just one problem: Embracing Jakes while rejecting others because we question his history of modalism and Word of Faith teaching... that's the real 'Elephant in the Room'? " Read TD Jakes Breaks Down the Trinity, Addresses Being Called a 'Heretic' for a full report on Jakes' appearance at The Elephant Room roundtable in which he discusses his stance on modalism and being accused of heresy. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
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appear when the user navigates back a page. That means the button only shows when it can be activated. When the user clicks the forward arrow button and returns to the front of the history stack, the button will disappear again. The distinctive keyhole shape that is formed by the back and forward buttons in Firefoxs navigation toolbar has been characterized in the past by Mozilla designers as an important part of the browsers visual identity. Much like the angular tabs in Chrome, its an aesthetic characteristic that is uniform across platforms and helps make the browser recognizable. The user interface change in Firefox 10 will make it so that the keyhole shape is only visible when the user navigates back. The feature worked predictably in our tests and didnt pose any problems in practice. Its worth noting, however, that it doesnt appear to be available when the user has toggled the preference for small toolbar icons. The new developer tools in Firefox 10 Another major change in Firefox 10 is the introduction of new developer tools. Previous versions of the browser have included a web console, a JavaScript scratchpad, and a simple tool for inspecting the Document Object Model (DOM). Firefox 10 has a
new tightly-integrated developer panel with a richer DOM inspector and a tool for viewing, toggling, and modifying CSS properties. The DOM inspector follows your cursor as you move it over elements of the page and will lock in on an element when you click. An HTML pane at the bottom of the screen will show you the markup for the target element and allow you to modify the values of element attributes. The HTML inspector pane also has a slick breadcrumb bar that makes it easy to see the position of the target element in the page hierarchy. The CSS inspector will show you a list of CSS properties associated with the selected element, including inherited properties. Each one has a checkbox that you can click to toggle visibility. You can also click one of the values to replace it on the fly. These built-in development tools in Firefox are simpler and less intrusive than more sophisticated alternatives such as the Firebug add-on. There are a number of additional features under development that will be included in the inspector panels in future versions of the web browser. One of the most intriguing is a tool that uses WebGL to show the user a three-dimensional representation of the page DOM. That feature wasnt ready for inclusion in Firefox 10 and will potentially
appear in the next major release. In addition to the new inspector, web developers can also look forward to improved support for web standards. An addition of particular significance is a new full-screen API, which makes it possible for an individual HTML element to break out of the browser window and stretch itself to cover the entire screen. This feature is going to be especially useful for videos and games. You can see it in action by visiting Mozillas fullscreen demo page. We first wrote about the fullscreen API in November, when the feature originally landed in nightly builds. Mozilla carefully considered potential abuse scenarios when implementing the feature. Its designed so that an element can only switch into fullscreen mode in response to a direct user action. The browser ensures this by using a technique similar to the one used to block unwanted popup windows. Another addition in this release is support for 3D CSS transforms. This feature, which was originally created by Apple, offers a declarative mechanism for applying animated three dimensional transformations to individual HTML page elements. Its important to note that 3D CSS transforms are entirely distinct from WebGL, which is a lowlevel JavaScript API for 3D programming.
Support for 3D CSS transformations is a welcome addition to the browser. Developers are already using the feature in the wild, but most of the existing 3D CSS content was authored with WebKit-specific prefixes and consequently wont work in Firefox yet. Firefox 10 is a solid release that expands the browsers capabilities. Although the lineup of new features is slim, its a respectable update by the standards of the rapid release model. The new version will be pushed out through the Firefox update system shortly. Firefox 10 can also be downloaded directly from the Mozilla website. For more details, you can refer to the official release notes. This article originally appeared on Ars Technica, Wireds sister site for in-depth technology news. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
Superfast Shrimp
A little sugar might seem out of place in the three-pepper spice rub here, but it caramelizes during cooking to give the shrimp a lovely browned look. The fresh vegetable mix has a nice sweetsour flavor to balance the spicy shrimp. Load shrimp and veggies into tortillas for great Southwestern shrimp tacos. View Recipe: Three-ChileDusted Shrimp with Quick Corn Relish Next Shrimp Pad Thai This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
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Evolutionist David Attenborough Says God May Exist

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atheist community according to David Silverman, President of American Atheists. "I don't think he said there might (Photo: Reuters/Eloy Alonso) be God," Silverman told The B r i t i s h n a t u r a l i s t D a v i d Christian Post. "I think what he's Attenborough (C) acknowledges saying is that people who believe applause after receiving the 2009 in God can also believe in the Prince of Asturias award for scientific fact of evolution. We've Social Sciences from Spain's heard the same thing from the Crown Prince Felipe (L) during a Catholic Church." ceremony at Campoamor theatre "He does not mean to say that i n O v i e d o , n o r t h e r n S p a i n , there is no God," Silverman said, October 23, 2009. "nor does saying that imply he believes there is a God." Attenborough, who is considered Like us on Facebook one of the most well-traveled men Attenborough, who has narrated in the world, spoke on the 70th dozens of nature films including anniversary of BBC radio's the acclaimed BBC series "Life," "Desert Island Discs." Host Kirsty has said that belief in God and Young asked the 85-year-old belief in evolution are not whether all his traveling has led to mutually exclusive. a belief in God or brought him "People write to me that evolution "closer to the Lord." is only a theory. Well, it is not a "I don't think an understanding theory. Evolution is as solid a and an acceptance of the four historical fact as you could billion-year-long history of life, I conceive," Attenborough told the don't think that is any way BBC in 2009. inconsistent with a belief in a "What is a theory is whether supreme being," Attenborough natural selection is the mechanism said. "I'm not so confident as to and the only mechanism. That is a say that I am an atheist, I would theory. But the historical reality prefer to say I'm an agnostic." that dinosaurs led to birds and A t t e n b o r o u g h ' s a g n o s t i c mammals produced whales, that's proclamation does not damage the not theory," he added.
Silverman said many theists believe in evolutionary theory and that it is not or, should not be seen as - contradictory to religious beliefs. "You absolutely can believe in God and evolution," Silverman said. "You can also believe in math and believe in God. Evolution is a scientific provable fact; it's not a matter of opinion. People who don't believe in evolution are deluding themselves." Silverman said Attenborough's comments highlight a common misconception about agnosticism and atheism: that agnosticism is a "stepping stone" to atheism. Silverman thinks the two schools of thought are linked but ultimately do not inform each other. Fellow pillar of atheism Richard Dawkins expressed similar views to Attenborough regarding the nature of things, saying it is wise to refrain from commenting until the full scope of evidence is attained. But according to Dawkins' book,"The God Delusion," the question of whether God exists is not one of those issues. God either "exists or he doesn't.
It's a scientific question," according to Dawkins who goes on to lambaste agnostics for their shallowness of thought. "God's existence or non-existence is a scientific fact about the universe, discoverable in principle if not in practice," Dawkins wrote. "If he existed and chose to reveal it, God himself could clinch the argument noisily and unequivocally in his favor." Though Silverman acknowledged Attenborough's beliefs, he said the comment cannot - and will not influence his atheistic belief and agrees with Dawkins that physical evidence of God is the necessary catalyst. "Now if God shows himself to me, just as if Santa Claus shows himself to me, I won't be an atheist," Silverman said. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
TED: Shawn Achor: The happy secret to better work - Shawn Achor (2011)
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Submitted at 2/1/2012 10:09:38 AM
We believe that we should work to be happy, but could that be backwards? In this fast-moving and entertaining talk from TEDxBloomington, psychologist Shawn Achor argues that actually happiness inspires productivity.
Photos: Amtrak Passenger train Derailed in Michigan Denver Post

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Submitted at 2/1/2012 12:19:59 PM
Photos: Amtrak Passenger train Derailed in Michigan Denver Post (AP Photo/The Jackson Citizen Patriot, J. Scott Park) A Grass Lake Township firefighter checks on passengers at the scene of a train derailment in Leoni Township, Mich on Wednesday Feb. 1, 2012. A Chicago-bound Amtrak passenger train derailed after... and more
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Supreme Court of Sweden Upholds Pirate Bay Prison Sentences

David Kravets (Wired Top Stories)
Days after the convictions, attorneys for the four charged that Tomas Norstrom, the judge Submitted at 2/1/2012 10:05:00 AM presiding over the trial, was Swedens Supreme Court on hostile to the defense because of Wednesday upheld the prison his affiliations with the Swedish sentences of the four founders of Copyright Association and the The Pirate Bay, the notorious fileSwedish Association for the sharing service on Hollywoods Protection of Industrial Property. and the recording industrys mostThe defendants also charged that hated list. the Stockholm trial court Peter Sunde faces eight months; administrators secretly steered the Fredrik Neij, 10 months; Carl case to Norstrom. Lundstrm, four months; and It was not immediately clear Gottfrid Svartholm, one year. when the four would be required They share combined fines of high-profile legal cases of all direct a users client software to to surrender. more than $6.8 million. time. the content. Torrent Freak noted that the site They were convicted in 2009 in a Sunde wrote in a blog post that But the judge in the case did not w a s s t i l l o n l i n e , b u t w a s joint civil and criminal proceeding Im just a pawn. But at least buy it. Prosecutor Hkan Roswall redirecting to a .se domain out of i n S w e d e n t h a t p i t t e d t h e Im a pawn on the morally right argued successfully that the fear of a possible seizure from entertainment industry and the side. I am proud as hell of what I defendants were culpable anyway, the U.S. authorities. government against the four have done and I would not change citing past prosecutions of Photo: m.a.r.c./Flickr defendants. my involvement in any way. c r i m i n a l a c c o m p l i c e s . I n a This entry passed through the Lundstrms lawyer, Per E. The defense largely hinged on an Swedish Supreme Court decision Full-Text RSS service if this is Samuelsson, blasted the Supreme architectural point. Because of the from 1963, he noted, a defendant your content and you're reading it Court for refusing to review the way BitTorrent works, pirated who held a friends coat while the on someone else's site, please read conviction. The verdict is material was neither stored on, friend beat someone up was the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contenta b s u r d , h e s a i d . I a m nor passed through, The Pirate considered culpable. only/faq.php#publishers. Five disappointed that the court is so Bays servers. Instead the site Among other arguments on Filters recommends: Donate to uninterested in dissecting and merely provided an index of appeal, the founders asserted that Wikileaks. analysing the legal twists and torrent files some on its the trial judge was biased against turns of one of the worlds most servers, some elsewhere that them.
Ex-Los Angeles elementary teacher's bail raised to $23 million in molest case Washington Post
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New York Times Ex-Los Angeles elementary teacher's bail raised to $23 million in molest case Washington Post LOS ANGELES Bail for a former Los Angeles elementary school teacher has been raised to $23 million in a case where he's accused of taking bizarre photos of children in his classroom for a sexual thrill. Mark Berndt, 61, appeared in court Wednesday... $23 million bond set for teacher accused of 'bondage' photos of kids CNN International Bail Raised for Ex-Los Angeles Teacher Accused of Molesting Children Fox News Photos Led to Arrest in Abuse of Pupils New York Times all 1,303 news articles
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Kim Kardashian Goes to Church; Wants to Start Bible Study Group
Hollywood Video Continues To Try Collecting Debts From Beyond The Grave
Chris Morran (The Consumerist)
incurred and dispute it... My guess is that people who dispute this, it's probably going to make it go Submitted at 2/1/2012 11:30:00 AM away. " It's been almost two years since Remember that you are within (Christianpost.com > Most unhealthy marriage. the high-profile couple together. Popular) But while the model and reality "It's hard for me. He has a good Hollywood Video rented its last your rights to demand that the star's Tweets on Sunday revealed h e a r t , h e ' s a C h r i s t i a n DVD and 364 days since we debt collector prove that you her angst to see the season come everything on paper I want in reported on former Hollywood actually owe the debt they are (Photo: REUTERS/Eric Thayer) to a close, she seemed excited to someone, but for some reason, my c u s t o m e r s r e c e i v i n g d e b t trying to collect. Television personality Kim learn more about the Bible. heart isn't connecting," she said in collection notices for debts they KTRK says that the receivers Kardashian attends the Vera "On [my] way to church with the the episode. The 31-year-old split didn't actually owe. And yet who snapped up Hollywood Wang Spring/Summer 2012 girls!" she posted on her way to with Humphries in October after collectors for the dead-and-gone Video's debts have said they will collection show during New York the service in Southern California. being married for only 72 days, c h a i n c o n t i n u e s t o h a u n t not report unpaid collections to Fashion Week September 13, Afterward she said that she "can't marking the end of her second customers with wildly incorrect credit bureaus. notices. Bankrupt video store sends 2011. wait" for next week's service, marriage. which she indicated will feature a On Monday, less than a day after Houston's KTRK-TV shares the collection letters[KTRK] Several hours before the season lesson about angels. h e r c h u r c h e x p e r i e n c e , story of one woman who received PREVIOUSLY: finale of "Kourtney and Kim Take Kris Jenner, Kardashian's mother, Kardashian Tweeted, "Up early a debt collection notice for * Debt Collection Company Says New York" aired last night, was also in attendance for the for a Kardashian Kollection $119.75 for late fees on 13 rentals I Owe Hollywood Video Money Kardashian attended a service at Sunday service. She Tweeted a lingerie shoot for Sears! Let's get going back to 2009. Problem is, * Report: Hundreds Of Thousands Life Change Community Church message of thanks to the church's it girls! @KourtneyKardash she not only claims she owes T o l d T h e y O w e D e f u n c t Hollywood nothing, but she's H o l l y w o o d V i d e o in Agoura Hills, Calif. Prior to the pastor, Brad Johnson, for sharing @KhloeKardashian!!!" service she stated via Twitter, "I a helpful sermon about "Toxic This entry passed through the never even heard of some of the * What To Do And What Not To Do When Debt Collectors Come want to start a bible study group Family Members." Full-Text RSS service if this is titles on the list. with my friends!" Like us on Facebook your content and you're reading it A University of Houston law Calling The events leading up to In the "Kourtney and Kim" on someone else's site, please read professor tells KTRK that anyone * 4 Things Debt Collectors Won't Kardashian's widely publicized season finale, Contactmusic.com the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content- who has a dispute with a debt Tell You divorce of New Jersey Nets reports, Kardashian admitted that only/faq.php#publishers. Five c o l l e c t o r s h o u l d p u t t h e i r This entry passed through the forward Kris Humphries became Humphries' Christian beliefs are Filters recommends: Donate to complaint in writing: "I would Full-Text RSS service if this is include a letter mentioning that I your content and you're reading it the focus of her show's season a m o n g t h e t h i n g s t h a t a r e Wikileaks. am aware of my rights under the on someone else's site, please read finale, in which she could be seen a t t r a c t i v e t o h e r , b u t t h e y Fair Debt Collection Practices the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentfrequently shedding tears over her ultimately weren't enough to keep Act. I don't believe I owe this only/faq.php#publishers. Five debt. I expect you to give me Filters recommends: Donate to more information about when the Wikileaks. debt was incurred, where this was
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HP Paid Intel $690 Million To Keep Itanium On Life Support

Robert McMillan (Wired Top Stories)
$440 million dollars over five years between 2009 and 2014 to keep producing the Itanium Submitted at 2/1/2012 8:30:00 AM chips. Of course, HP would also Former Intel executive Pat have to pay for the cost of the Gelsinger flashes some Itanium processors it ordered. Then in back in 2006. 2010, the two companies signed (Photo: Intel) another $250 million deal that How much does it cost to keep would keep Itanium on life Intel from dumping a chip that support through 2017. hardly anyone is buying? Well, if Because HP didnt disclose this youre Hewlett Packard, that deal to its customers, Oracle says would be about $88 million per that HP was engaging in fraud, year. but the judge in the case, James T h a t s w h a t c a m e o u t o n Kleinberg, apparently didnt Monday, after a Santa Clara agree. County Court judge ordered court He threw out Oracles fraud documents unsealed in HP and claims Monday, but he also Oracles angry dispute centering allowed for unredacted versions o n O r a c l e s d e c i s i o n s t o p of some of the court fillings to be supporting the processor that runs published. That allowed both HPs high-end servers. sides to claim victory. In 2008, HP agreed to pay Intel In a press release, HP said it was
happy to see the fraud claims rejected. Oracle, for its part, said it was delighted to see the court reject HPs attempt to hide the truth about Itaniums certain end of life from its customers, partners and own employees
Itanium was supposed to be a superchip that united the high-end server business, but it turned out that Intels boring old X86 chips now sold as Xeon were good enough to get the job done. HP did get many of its Unix
customers to move to Itanium thats why its the only server vendor in the industry that wants to keep Itanium alive and about 140,000 Itanium customers run the Oracle database. Barring a court ruling in HPs favor, theyll all be in trouble when the new version of Oracles database comes out later this year. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
1 John 2:1-2 (02-01-12)

(Verse of the Day)
My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense -- Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only
for ours but also for the sins of the whole world. 1 John 2:1-2(NIV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... John wants to prevent even one sinful event in the lives of those he loves. He is concerned because he knows that even one sinful event can be used by Satan to discourage and defeat us. We need to know that we have
a Savior and a defender. He paid the price to redeem us, he sent his Spirit to help us overcome sin's power, and he will speak to the Father and claim that right to forgive us. My Prayer... Father, I'm embarrassed by my weakness and vulnerability when I sin. Even in those moments of shame, I'm thankful that Jesus provided me
the way back into your holy presence. Jesus, I thank you for coming to my rescue and my defense. I will not let Satan discourage me when I fall. Instead, I re-commit myself to live with your character and for your glory. In your name, Lord Jesus, my defender, I pray. Amen.
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Arab League calls for UN action on Syria

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The Arab League has urged the UN Security Council to adopt a clear resolution to support the league's efforts in ending the 11month-old conflict in Syria, but said it opposed foreign military intervention to achieve the objective. Nabil Elaraby, the regional bloc's secretary-general, and Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani, the prime minister of Qatar, appeared on Tuesday before the 15-nation council in New York to present a plan of action, and challenge Russian and Chinese opposition to the measure. Al Thani, speaking on behalf of the Arab League, said the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had "failed to make any sincere effort" to end the crisis and believed the only solution was "to kill its own people". "Bloodshed continued and the killing machine is still at work," he said, following months of efforts to bring the Syrian conflict before the council. "Realising the hopes of the Syrian people is in your hands," Al Thani added, asking the council to adopt the resolution, based on the Arab League's peace plan for the country. "It is part of your responsibility under the (UN) charter." 'No mandate' However, Russia signalled on
Wednesday it would veto a draft UN resolution calling on the Syrian president to step down unless it explicitly ruled out military intervention. Vitaly Churkin, Moscow's ambassador to the UN, said Syria should "be able to decide for itself" and said the council "cannot impose the parameters for an internal settlement". "It simply does not have the mandate to do so," he said. "We hope that the council will come to consensus on the Syrian issue, as is not only possible but also necessary." Fred Weir, a Moscow-based correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor, said when Russia says it is prepared for compromise it means it wants a resolution that rules out any outside interference in Syria. "The furthest [the Russians] are prepared to go is to distance themselves rhetorically from Assad, and call for that dialogue," Weir told Al Jazeera. The United States strongly backed the call by the Arab League and Qatar for "rapid and decisive action", despite Russia's opposition. "It is time for the international community to put aside our own differences and send a clear message of support to the people of Syria,'' US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, backed by her French and British counterparts, said. "We all have a choice: Stand with
the people of Syria and the region or become complicit in the continuing violence there. "The alternative - spurning the Arab League, abandoning the Syrian people, emboldening the dictator - would compound this tragedy and would mark a failure of our shared responsibility and shake the credibility of the United Nations Security Council," she said. Syria criticises 'double standards' In its current form, the resolution calls on Assad to halt the government crackdown on protests and implement an Arab League peace plan calling for him to hand over power to his deputy. If Assad fails to comply within 15 days, the council would consider "further measures", a reference to a possible move to impose economic or other sanctions. In his response, Syria's UN ambassador hit back at the league. "How strange it is for us to see some members of the League of Arab States seeking the support of the Security Council against Syria," Bashar Jaafari said. "[Syria] will stand firm in confronting its enemies," he said, accusing the alliance of Western
use of force, or the threat of force", which a diplomat said was a statement aimed at answering the concerns of Russia and China. Speaking to Al Jazeera, Robert Fisk, Middle East correspondent for the UK's Independent newspaper, said the reason why the Russians were not going along with the resolution was because powers and Arab League states of "they feel conned by the no-fly "double standards" and of zone [in Libya]". "fomenting the crisis". "They did not vote against the no"One can't be an arsonist and a fly-zone over Libya at the firefighter at the same time." Security Council. They didnt An actual vote on the resolution think it meant the overthrow of is considered unlikely until later Gaddafi," he said. this week. "Since they have their 24-hour Veto power port in Tartus - the only 24-hour A French official said the draft port they have left in the area resolution had a "comfortable they do not want to lose Syria," majority" of support from 10 of Fisk added, referring to Russia's the Security Council's 15 naval base in Syria's second members, meaning Russia or largest port city where Russian China would have to use their warships docked last month. veto power to stop it. The diplomatic wrangling came Li Baodong, China's ambassador as fighting escalated between to the UN, said Beijing was Assad's security forces and opposed to punitive measures protesters, with activists reporting such as military action or the deaths of at least 37 people sanctions against Damascus and across Syria on Tuesday. instead called for dialogue "The government is pushing between Damascus and the ahead, trying to firm-up its control opposition. all over the country, especially in Li urged Syria to carry out the rebellious areas, like Homs, "reforms and safeguard the Deraa and the suburbs of interests of its people, stop the Damascus," Al Jazeera's Rula killing of innocent people and Amin, reporting from hold dialogue without delay", neighbouring Lebanon, said. warning that any conflict in Syria This entry passed through the could have an effect on the wider Full-Text RSS service if this is Middle East. The draft resolution insists it does ARAB page 52 not compel states "to resort to the
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Pakistan denies 'intimate' Taliban links

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Khar, whose one-day diplomatic visit was dubbed a "new cooperation phase" by Afghan P a k i s t a n h a s r e j e c t e d a s officials, said: "We have no "frivolous" a leaked NATO report hidden agenda in Afghanistan. which claims that the country's "These claims have been made security services are helping the many, many times. Pakistan Taliban, and suggesting that the stands behind any initiative that group believes it is poised to the Afghan government takes for regain power. peace". The leaking of the report comes Contrasting views a s H i n a R a b b a n i K h a r , t h e While allegations that Pakistan's Pakistan foreign minister, visits security services are helping the K a b u l f o r t a l k s a i m e d a t Taliban have been repeatedly improving strained relations made, the timing of the report's between the neighbours. leak, initially reported by the BBC S p e a k i n g a f t e r t a l k s o n and the UK's Times newspaper, Wednesday with Hamid Karzai, appeared to place fresh strain on the Afghan president, Khar said: already fractured diplomatic ties. "We can disregard this [report] as A Pakistani foreign ministry a potentially strategic leak ... this spokesman denied the allegations is old wine in an even older and played down the report's bottle." significance. The report, titled State of the "This is frivolous, to put it mildly. Taliban: Detainee Perspectives, is W e a r e c o m m i t t e d t o n o n d e r i v e d f r o m t h o u s a n d s o f interference in Afghanistan and interrogations and alleges that expect all other states to strictly Pakistan knows the locations of adhere to this principle," Abdul senior Taliban leaders. Basit, the spokesman, said It claims that Pakistan's ISI However, Daoud Sultanzoy, intelligence agency is "intimately a former Afghan legislator, said i n v o l v e d " i n t h e T a l i b a n ' s the "ugly truth" about Pakistan's campaign against Afghan forces relationship with the Taliban does and its international allies, and not come as news to Afghans. that the Taliban assumed their Speaking to Al Jazeera from victory would be inevitable once Kabul, he said: "From president to US and multinational forces left peasant, we have been talking the country in 2014. about this for a very long time.
The people of Afghanistan have been grappling with this debilitating problem for many many years." "The Taliban is not commanding its troops from Mars, they're sitting somewhere. And no matter where they sit in Pakistan, it would be a joke to say that Pakistani intelligence doesn't know about them." Tentative moves Besides Karzai, Khar met her Afghan counterpart, Zalmai Rasoul, on Wednesday amid tentative moves towards negotiations in Qatar involving the US and the Taliban, which was removed from power by a 2001 US-led invasion. Karzai has given a lukewarm welcome to the Taliban opening a political office in the Gulf state, but is wary of being sidelined and has insisted that his government should have a central role in any peace talks. The Taliban chose the same day as the meeting in Kabul to deny that they would hold talks with Karzai's government in Saudi Arabia to end the decade-long war. "There is no truth in these published reports saying that the delegation of the Islamic Emirate would meet with representatives of the Karzai government in Saudi
Arabia in the near future," the Taliban said on its website. Afghan officials had suggested that talks in Saudi Arabia would be in addition to contacts in Qatar between the Taliban and the United States. The Pakistan foreign minister's visit to Afghanistan comes despite a freeze in bilateral and trilateral meetings [including the US] since the assassination last September of Afghanistans chief peace negotiator, Burhanuddin Rabbani, which one Afghan minister blamed on Pakistani spies. Pakistan boycotted a major conference in Germany in December on the future of Afghanistan to protest against a cross-border US air raid that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers on November 26. It also closed down the crucial supply routes that NATO forces uses. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
Study: Photos in lunch trays can up kids' vegetable intake Minnesota Public Radio
Submitted at 2/1/2012 11:58:42 AM
MinnPost.com Study: Photos in lunch trays can up kids' vegetable intake Minnesota Public Radio Increasing the amount of vegetables kids eat during lunchtime could be as simple as placing photos of vegetables in their lunch trays, according to a new study by University of Minnesota researchers. In a study published today in the Journal of the... Say Cheese, Carrots! Veggie Photos in Lunch Trays Boost Consumption Wall Street Journal (blog) all 5 news articles
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Four UK men plead guilty in London bomb plot

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terror and economic harm and disruption," he said. "But their chosen method meant there was a Four British men allegedly risk people would be maimed or inspired by the words of a US- killed." born Muslim religious leader have Plot's 'lynchpin' pleaded guilty to involvement in a Chowdhury, from London, was plot to bomb the London Stock described by prosecutors as the Exchange at Christmas time in "lynchpin" of the plot. 2010. His lawyer, Christopher The men were among nine B l a x l a n d , s a i d C h o w d h u r y defendants facing trial in London admitted planning to plant the over an alleged al-Qaeda-inspired bomb, "with the obvious attendant plot to attack several prominent risk but without any intention to targets. All had initially pleaded cause death or even injury but not guilty to all the charges. with the intention to terrorise, But on Wednesday four of damage property and to cause them pleaded guilty at Woolwich economic damage". Crown Court to involvement in The other five defendants the stock-exchange attack plan, admitted attending planning and the five others to lesser meetings, fundraising for the charges. attack or possessing copies of the Mohammed Chowdhury, Shah al-Qaeda magazine, Inspire. Rahman, Gurukanth Desai and Prosecutors said they had not Abdul Miah, all aged between 21 made any bombs or set dates for and 30, admitted to preparing for the attacks. acts of terrorism by planning to They said the men were not plant an improvised explosive members of al-Qaeda but had device in the toilets of the London been inspired by the network and Stock Exchange. the sermons of its Yemen-based Andrew Edis, the prosecution American-born Anwar al-Awlaki, lawyer, accepted that the men had who was killed last year in a US not planned to kill anyone. drone attack. "Their intention was to cause Edis said the nine defendants
"were implementing the published strategy"of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. The suspects were arrested in London, Cardiff and Stoke-onTrent in central England, in what police called the biggest antiterror raid in two years. Prosecutors said they plotted to send mail bombs to various targets in the run-up to Christmas and had discussed launching a "Mumbai-style" attack - referring to the bomb blasts and shootings that killed 166 people in India's financial centre in 2008. Under surveillance The nine defendants were accused of agreeing on targets, discussing materials and methods, and researching files "containing practical instruction for a terrorist attack". The men held planning meetings, researched bomb-making and scouted out locations including parliament, Westminster Abbey and the London Eye Ferris wheel - not knowing that they were under police surveillance and that their homes and cars had been bugged. A handwritten target list found at
one of the defendant's homes listed the names and addresses of Boris Johnson, the London mayor; two rabbis; the US embassy; and the stock exchange. The defendants will be sentenced next week, but the judge has already told Chowdhury he will receive 18,5 years and Rahman 17 years. They are likely to serve half that time before being eligible for parole. London has been targeted several times by plotters affiliated with or inspired by al-Qaeda. In July 2005, four suicide bombers killed 52 commuters on three London underground trains and a bus. A year later, US and British intelligence officials thwarted one of the largest plots yet - an alleged plan to explode bombs on nearly a dozen trans-Atlantic airliners. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
Test complete video: 2012 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque

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Test complete video: 2012 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque At first look - not to mention the second and third - the Land Rover Range Rover Evoque is rather appealing. But living with and thoroughly testing the car reveals a lot of flaws. Yes, we know that the Evoque has received many awards in the enthusiast media. Among them, the Evoque was named North American Truck of the Year, Motor Trends Sport/Utility of the Year, and its on Automobiles 2012 All-Star list. These accolades make some sense. The sharp-looking Evoque is distinctive in a world of cookiecutter cars. It also marks a new direction for the famed British brand, now run by an Indian conglomerate. And unlike most small upscale SUVs, the Evoque TEST page 54
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FCC to overhaul Lifeline phone service for lowincome homes

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FCC to overhaul Lifeline phone service for low-income homes The Federal Communication Commission voted yesterday to overhaul the national Lifeline program, a means of providing low-cost home land-line telephone service to low-income families in the U.S. The pending changes are intended to cut $2 billion in federal costs over the next three years, as well as modernize the federal programadding low-cost home broadband Internet access to the mix, for one thing. The FCC's unanimous vote (3-0) for Lifeline program changes are intended to help check the rising amount of fraud and abuse. Under the current setup, for example, families who qualify under federal definitions of "lowincome" can receive a $10 monthly discount for phone service. (The Lifeline program funds comes from the " Universal Service Fund Fee" that companies tack on every customer's phone bill.) But in some cases, phone
packs some off-road capability. But we dont score styling. Image and corporate heritage create a feel-good factorand a good storybut they dont affect product quality. And given that most SUVs stay firmly on road, off-road capability isnt a big deal for the typical buyer, either. j u s t 1 2 s t a t e s . A n d s u c h Instead, we care about how good savingsas well as increases to the Evoque is to drive and live the Universal Service Fund Fees with in the real world. Here, the that feed Lifelinewill help Evoque also makes a pretty good expand the program to include first impression. Frisky handling low-cost home Internet access. and generous power earned plenty At yesterday's meeting, FCC of positive initial comments in the Chairman Julius Genachowski vehicles logbook. The drivers said, "Broadband has gone from also lauded the full-length seecompanies and wireless service being a luxury to a necessity in through roof as a clever touch in providers have been able to bill the 21st century." The FCC will the well-finished interior. the Lifeline program for multiple s o l i c i t a p p l i c a t i o n s f r o m Unfortunately, a deeper look broadband-service providers to reveals some substantial flaws. services to the same household. Under the revised Lifeline join a pilot program for home Net For instance, the responsive handling is marred by steering service, the FCC will create a access this year. FCC Reforms, Modernizes that has an artificial feel and National Lifeline Accountability Database to ensure that service Lifeline Program for Low-Income weight. The stylish cabin has a really tight driving position; my providers do not receive multiple Americans[FCC] program funds for the same FCC Votes to Reform Lifeline left foot fell asleep on a 30 minute household. The program will also Fund, Launch Broadband Pilot drive. Most buyers will find the well-bolstered front seats to be link to other federal databases that Program govern low-income benefitssay, FCC Overhauls Telephone narrow and constrictive. Rear Medicaidto cut down on the Subsidy for the Poor, Adding visibility is limited to a little slit of glass. More concerning, the potential of fraud and red tape Broadband[PC World] Evoque slides its tail out in a m o n g L i f e l i n e a p p l i c a n t s . Subscribe now! S u b s c r i b e t o emergency maneuvers, while Independent audits of phoneConsumerReports.org for expert simultaneously lifting a rear service providers participating in the program will occur every two Ratings, buying advice and reliability on hundreds of years, says the FCC. Bloomberg reports that the FCC products. Update your feed has alreay saved about $33 preferences million after removing 270,000 duplicate Lifeline subscriptions in
wheel and hopping. An SUV just shouldnt do that, especially one that is tuned for sporty on-road driving. Finally, it makes it a whole lot easier for other reviewers to like a vehicle when they dont have to pay for it. We bought our Evoque. Even modestly equipped (ours lacks navigation), the sticker price was $45,745. This is several thousand dollars more than the already-steeply-priced competition. Never mind that its easy to push the price over $50,000a lot of money for a rather small SUV with compromised functionality. Check out the video below to see the Range Rover Evoque in action, and read our complete road test for more detailed insights. Subscribe now! S u b s c r i b e t o ConsumerReports.org for expert Ratings, buying advice and reliability on hundreds of products. Update your feed preferences
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Recall: Birth control pills Lo/Ovral-28 and Norgestrel/Ethinyl EstradiolIncomplete and incorrect tablet count
active ingredients and seven tablets of inert ingredients. Correct dosing is important in Submitted at 2/1/2012 7:44:59 AM avoiding the associated risks of an Recall: Birth control pills Lo/ unplanned pregnancy. Adverse Ovral-28 and Norgestrel/Ethinyl events that may be related to the EstradiolIncomplete and use of these pills should be incorrect tablet count reported to Akrimax Medical Pfizer has recalled 14 lots of its Information at 877-509-3935, or birth control pills Lo/Ovral-28, pharmacies and warehouses t o t h e F D A ' s M e d W a t c h and 14 lots of the generic version nationwide, and are manufactured P r o g r a m . Norgestrel and Ethinyl Estradiol, a n d p a c k a g e d b y P f i z e r , Pfizer Announces Voluntary because of a packaging error that commercialized by Akrimax Rx Nationwide Recall of Lo/Ovralcould cause the daily regimen for Products, and labeled under the 2 8 a n d N o r g e s t r e l / E t h i n y l these oral contraceptives to be Akrimax Pharmaceuticals brand. E s t r a d i o l T a b l e t s D u e t o incorrect, leaving women at risk Consumers taking the recalled Possibility of Inexact Tablet for unintended pregnancy. birth control pills should begin Counts or Out of Sequence An investigation by Pfizer found using a non-hormonal form of Tablets[FDA] Subscribe now! that some blister packs may contraception immediately, and S u b s c r i b e t o contain an inexact count of inert notify their physician and return ConsumerReports.org for expert or active ingredient tablets and the product to the pharmacy. For a Ratings, buying advice and that the tablets may be out of full list of the lot numbers r e l i a b i l i t y o n h u n d r e d s o f sequence. affected by this recall click here. products. Update your feed These birth control pills are These products are packaged in preferences distributed to clinics, retail blister packs of 21 tablets of
Angry Birds CEO: "Piracy May Not Be A Bad Thing"

Chris Morran (The Consumerist)
"We took something from the music industry, which was to stop treating the customers as users, Submitted at 2/1/2012 12:15:00 PM and start treating them as fans. While lawmakers and Hollywood We do that today: we talk about execs try to come up with ways to how many fans we have," he said. combat piracy in ham-fisted, knee "If we lose that fanbase, our -jerk ways that punish everyone, business is done, but if we can the CEO of Rovio Mobile grow that fanbase, our business better known as the company that will grow." makes Angry Birds has joined Hed's comments echo those of his voice to more sensible suits R e d d i t c o - f o u n d e r A l e x i s who see online piracy as an Ohanion, who recently said, "As opportunity to learn and grow. an entrepreneur, as an investor, I W h i l e a d m i t t i n g t h a t h i s see piracy as a great opportunity company has issues with piracy for some savvy entrepreneurs to and unlicensed products that make offer a better service and make a money off the wildly popular lot of money in the process." game, Rovio Mobile CEO Mikael Angry Birds boss: 'Piracy may Hed said earlier this week, "We not be a bad thing: it can get us could learn a lot from the music more business'[Guardian] industry, and the rather terrible This entry passed through the ways the music industry has tried Full-Text RSS service if this is to combat piracy." your content and you're reading it Rather than seeing piracy as a foe on someone else's site, please read that needs to be drawn and the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentquartered as a warning to others, only/faq.php#publishers. Five Hed explained, "Piracy may not Filters recommends: Donate to be a bad thing: it can get us more Wikileaks. business at the end of the day."
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There's An App To Promise Your Pals Prizes Just For Showing Up To Hang Out With You
Mary Beth Quirk (The Consumerist)
WR Greenberry defects, shocks Notre Dame on national signing day - Chicago Tribune
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or whatever you want to do. It also uses something like Foursquare badges to help entice Submitted at 2/1/2012 12:00:00 PM friends to participate. Bribery is the best way to Once you've signed up for convince your friends to hang out Pozzle, and convinced your with you, and now there's an app friends to do so as well, you invite for that. It's sort of like Groupon, them to your event via the app, or but instead of getting a great deal, share it on Facebook and Twitter. your pals might just get an When you create your event, like especially nice compliment or a "Come watch Downton Abbey free drink if they show up to do with me at my apartment and yell something with you. at Edith," you offer an incentive Pozzle is currently only available of your choice. For example, on iPhones, says the New York "Booze provided" or "all-you-canTimes, and offers incentives of eat pigs in a blanket." your choosing to lure your friends There's also the capability to set a to a dinner party or hang at a bar, minimum attendance for the deal
to kick in, like you will only buy the first round of drinks at the bar if five people show up. When guests arrive they check in with the app to prove their attendance. Now, who wants to attend my "Go get me lunch and I will love you forever" event? A Groupon for Your Dinner Party[New York Times] This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
Any Notre Dame drama on National Signing Day seemed bound to revolve around merely how well the fax machines would function. And then Deontay Greenberry provided a stunner in all the wrong ways. The four-star receiver and California player of the year backed off his oral commitment to the Irish on Signing Day and instead inked with Houston, a stinging flip-flop that robs Notre Dame of an impact player expected to fill a gaping void at receiver in 2012.
Greenberry's switch is official, as the 6-foot-3-inch, 185-pound wideout is listed as a signee on Houston's school website. "I think he really liked Notre Dame the whole time," Jeff Freitas, Greenberry's coach at Fresno (Calif.) Washington Union High School, told the Tribune in a phone interview. "When he took his visit there, he said, in his words, everything was cool, everything was good, it's what he thought it was, everybody was great there. He liked Notre Dame. But I don't know if he loved Notre Dame. "I think you can like a place and GREENBERRY page 57
PSN maintenance starts this Thursday at 9am EST, through Friday morning
Mike Schramm (Joystiq)
Submitted at 2/1/2012 12:00:00 PM
Sony has announced on its European forums that maintenance time has been scheduled for the PlayStation Network this Thursday, February 2, from 2PM GMT until 8AM Friday morning. If the
maintenance carries over to the US (and it usually does), it'll start at 6AM PST Thursday until midnight PST, or 9AM to 3AM for those of you on the East Coast. Fortunately, the outage doesn't seem to include gameplay -- Sony says that it will only affect the PS services. PlayStation Home, bad! Just pour yourself a cup of S t o r e , C u s t o m e r A c c o u n t however, will be offline the entire tea, grab something good to read Management and Registration time. So ... that doesn't sound so and wrap yourself in a warm
blanket, and the outage will be over before you know it. PSN maintenance starts this Thursday at 9am EST, through Friday morning originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| Email this| Comments
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feel good about it but not feel great about it. there was something extra that, for him, was missing. Really, I think it was about making his decision, about what he truly wanted, not just following his cousin somewhere." Indeed, for some time, Greenberry and Notre Dame early enrollee Tee Shepard -- who are cousins -- seemed tethered to each other: Where Shepard went, Greenberry would follow. Instead, a player viewed as a replacement for record-smashing wideout Michael Floyd is headed elsewhere, leaving Irish coach Brian Kelly and his staff scrambling. The Irish may collect talent likely worthy of a top 20 recruiting class, but the misses now cast a substantial shadow over the hits. Notre Dame targeted but missed out or lost the commitments of such coveted top 100 talent as Greenberry, cornerback Ronald Darby, lineman Arik Armstead, safety Shaq Thompson and receiver Bryce Treggs. The hits are notable, of course, including five-star quarterback Gunner Kiel and Shepard, who should compete for a starting job immediately at cornerback. But it's losses like Greenberry that will resonate at least for a while.
"It was pretty tough," Freitas said. "He had a good relationship with the Notre Dame football coaches, the Notre Dame staff. Tee is there at Notre Dame and that's his cousin. He's parting ways with his cousin and the coaching staff there. I know he feels bad about that. But it's also a situation where he has to make the decision that he feels will be in his best interest, too. It's not about doing what makes everybody else feel good." Meanwhile, the school thus far has confirmed the following players as signed, sealed and to be delivered sometime this summer: John Turner, 6-foot, 206-pound safety from Indianapolis Cathedral High School. Romeo Okwara, 6-foot-4, 240pound linebacker from Charlotte (N.C.) Ardrey Kell High School. Mark Harrell, 6-foot-5, 270pound offensive lineman from Charlotte (N.C.) Catholic High School. Justin Ferguson, 6-foot-2, 205pound wide receiver from Pembroke Pines (Fla.) Flanagan High School. CJ Prosise, 6-foot, 205-pound defensive back from Petersburg (Va.) Woodberry Forest High School. Chris Brown, 6-foot-2, 175pound receiver from Hanahan
(S.C.) High School. Will Mahone, 6-foot, 210-pound running back from Austintown (Ohio) Fitch High School. Scott Daly, 6-foot-4, 230-pound long snapper from Downers Grove High School. Jarron Jones, 6-foot-6, 298-pound defensive lineman from Rochester (N.Y.) Aquinas Institute. Nick Baratti, 6-foot-2, 200-pound defensive back from Tomball (Texas) Klein Oak. Elijah Shumate, 6-foot-1, 205pound defensive back from East Orange (N.J.) Don Bosco Prep. KeiVarae Russell, 6-foot, 177pound running back from Everett (Wash.) Mariner High School. Ronnie Stanley, 6-foot-6, 285pound offensive lineman from Las Vegas Bishop Gorman High School. bchamilton@tribune.com Twitter @ChiTribHamilton This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
Google Privacy Creeping You Out? Microsoft Says it Has Alternatives

Zoe Fox (Mashable!)
Submitted at 2/1/2012 12:22:29 PM
If youve been thinking Googles privacy changes have gone too far, youre not alone Microsoft is with you. Frank X. Shaw, VP of corporate communications for Microsoft, wrote in an Official Microsoft blog post Wednesday that the company noticed Google loyalists seeking alternatives in much of the web discussion following the privacy update. The PC giant, Shaw writes, has several options for those looking to escape Google and its popular line of products. Microsoft attempts to position its web services as the anti-Google, informing new and former users that the companys products value the users interests. The changes Google announced make it harder, not easier, for people to stay in control of their own information, Shaw writes. We take a different approach we work to keep you safe and secure online, to give you control over your data, and to offer you the choice of saving your information on your hard drive, in the cloud, or on both. Microsoft recommends email
provider Hotmail, which doesnt display ads based on your private conversations; Bing, for its user experience; Office 365, which hides cloud-based business documents from advertisers; and Internet Explorer, which it touts as the worlds most popular Internet browser. SEE ALSO: Google Thinks Im a Middle-Aged Man. What About You? Shaw also notes that Microsoft will be placing ads in major newspapers this week to the same effect. Do you think Microsoft is taking the right steps to position its products as the premier Google alternative? Let us know in the comments if you are looking to move away from Google and which alternative web services you plan to adopt. Image courtesy of iStockphoto, gmutlu More About: Google, microsoft, security
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Five Keys for the New England Analyst: Google+ Patriots to Win Super Bowl Hits 100 Million XLVI: Fan Take - YAHOO!
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against the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Championship when he had just a 57.1 rating. If Brady is By William Browning, Yahoo! allowed to complete his passes Contributor Network and not throw more than one The New England Patriots will interception, the Patriots will win their fourth Super Bowl title more than likely be victorious. in 11 years if they can beat the Big Plays New York Giants in Super Bowl The Patriots thrive on big passing XLVI. Quarterback Tom Brady plays. The team has had a passing had a dynamite year and can win play of 40 yards or more in 11 his fourth title as well, all with the games this season counting the Patriots. playoffs. Not to be out-done, the If New England wants to win, Giants have had 12 such games. here are five things they need to The Patriots may need to have do. more big plays for touchdowns Score Early than the Giants in order to be Scoring early and often can victorious. instantly put an opposing team on Field Goals its heels and take the Giants out of If the game comes down to field their game plan. Brady needs to goals, Stephen Gostkowski may get to the secondary of the Giants k i c k h i s t e a m t o v i c t o r y . early and the Patriots need to However, he can be trouble no score on the first possession. matter from distance he kicks. Following that, the Patriots need Gostkowski missed a field goal of to get their efficient offense in the under 30 yards against the Giants end zone each time they touch the back on Nov. 6 when the Patriots ball in the first quarter to put the lost 24-20. He has been perfect in game away early. the postseason, including a 3-forBrady's Success 3 performance in the AFC When Brady had a passer rating Championship, a three-point of 100 or more, the Patriots lost v i c t o r y o v e r t h e B a l t i m o r e only one game in the 2011 regular R a v e n s . season. His worst outing was Game Plan
Head coach Bill Belichick is one of the best in the business. He will have his team ready and the game plan will be sound. How the Patriots execute the plan and put away the Giants will be a major part of any victory for the Patriots. Belichick has the edge over Coughlin in terms of coaching panache and can get the job done in a pinch with the personnel he has on the field. William Browning is a fan of the Kansas City Chiefs after latching on to the team during the lean years of St. Louis football. Born in the gateway city, he is also a lifelong St. Louis Cardinals fan. He currently resides in Branson, Mo. Note: This article was written by a Yahoo! contributor. Sign up here to start publishing your own sports content. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
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Todd Wasserman (Mashable!)

Submitted at 2/1/2012 11:32:46 AM
Facebook who? On the same day the tech world awaits the social networks IPO filing, fledgling rival Google+ is set to break 100 million users, according to one analyst. Paul Allen, a Google+ watcher, says the network will hit 100.8 million users by Wednesday evening. Googles most recent figure for Google+ was 90 million, which Larry Page announced on Jan. 19. In a blog post(on Google+, of course), Allen noted that the network has grown more than 10% in that two-week period. Allen, the founder of Ancestry.com, takes an unusual approach to come by his estimates: He and his staff run hundreds of queries on surnames theyve been tracking since July and then extrapolate the size of the network. His method seems to work: Allens numbers are often very close to figures that Google cites a few days later. Allen has also predicted that Google+ will hit 400 million users
by years end. Thats half the number that Facebook currently claims. A few factors may have contributed to Google+s recent growth: Google opened the network up to teens last week and Google plus Your World, a program introduced last month that integrated Google+ into the companys search results, may have increased visibility for the platform. Facebooks recent moves may have also prompted some to check out the platform. For example, the companys introduction of Timeline has rankled some users. What do you think? Are you spending more time on Google+? Sound off in the comments. More About: Facebook, Google, trending
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Terry to stand trial after Euros on racism charge Seattle Times

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How Kawasaki Motorcycles Is Using Social Media to Get Ahead [VIDEO]

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Submitted at 2/1/2012 11:56:48 AM
LONDON England captain John Terry will stand trial after the European Championship over allegations he racially abused an opponent during a Premier League match possibly clearing the way for him to play in the tournament. England coach Fabio Capello has previously stressed that Terry is "innocent until proven guilty," meaning Terry could remain captain at the June 8-July 1 tournament. The Chelsea defender is accused of shouting abusive comments at Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand during an October match. He did not attend Wednesday's first hearing into the case, where his legal team entered a plea of not guilty. The Westminster Magistrates' Court then set a trial date of July 9. The 31-year-old Terry faces a maximum fine of $3,940 if
Motorcycles may be sexy, but the convicted of a racially aggravated h e w a s r e s p o n d i n g t o a n industry is crowded with fierce public order offense. accusation from Ferdinand. competitors like Yamaha, Suzuki, "Mr. Terry looks forward to the The delay in the case means that KTM and Honda. How did opportunity to clear his name," Terry could be partners with Kawasaki, a relatively small Terry's legal team said in a Ferdinand's brother Rio in central brand, race to the front of the s t a t e m e n t . " M r . T e r r y h a s defense at Euro 2012 with the pack? Answer: Social media. Check out the latest episode of c o n s i s t e n t l y a n d r e s o l u t e l y allegations still unresolved. Behind the Brand with maintained that his wellTerry has already lost the publicized remarks were made in England captaincy once - to Rio Kawasakis chief marketer Chris the belief that he was being Ferdinand ahead of the 2010 Brull and learn how they do it. accused of racist abuse by Mr. W o r l d C u p - a f t e r b e i n g Brull talks about how his team Ferdinand. embroiled in a sex scandal, but he uses social media to monitor their brand, their industry and to see "Mr. Terry was shocked and regained the armband last year. disgusted by that accusation at the T e r r y ' s c a s e c o m e s w h i l e keep on top of how digital media time. Mr. Terry denies making Liverpool striker Luis Suarez is is affecting the business world at any racist statement and will serving an eight-match ban for large. He also talks about how establish in court that he is not repeatedly racially abusing Kawasaki uses social media to guilty of any such offense. Mr. Manchester United defender revitalize traditional marketing Terry has never racially abused Patrice Evra during another techniques, such as in-person another player in his entire October Premier League match. product demos and how theyre career." This entry passed through the utilizing mobile to be there for The allegations first surfaced Full-Text RSS service if this is their customers any time of the when footage was posted online your content and you're reading it of Terry appearing to hurl abuse on someone else's site, please read at Ferdinand during Chelsea's 1-0 the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentloss at west London rival QPR in only/faq.php#publishers. Five October. Filters recommends: Donate to Terry has said his comments Wikileaks. were taken out of context and that
day. More Recent Episodes of Behind the Brand: Why Gary Vaynerchuk Tells it Like it Is [VIDEO] How Toshiba Uses Social Media to Make Products Its Customers Really Want [VIDEO] How an Injured NFL Hopeful Made a Fortune on LinkedIn Instead [VIDEO] More About: behind the brand, Business, entrepreneurship, Kawasaki, mashable video, Social Media, Video For more Business coverage: Follow Mashable Business on Twitter Become a Fan on Facebook Subscribe to the Business channel Download our free apps for Android, Mac, iPhone and iPad
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Report: THQ VP of Tech Mark DeLoura out, alongside 174 others

Ben Gilbert (Joystiq)
When THQ announced plans for layoffs that didn't affect its five main internal studios, we didn't think folks like VP of tech Mark DeLoura would end up getting cut. But that's what an automated response from his email address confirmed to us last night. The response outright states, "Mark DeLoura is no longer with THQ." According to DeLoura's LinkedIn page, he was "responsible for technology strategy, the online game and MMO operations teams, the centralized online technology group, and relationships with platform and technology manufacturers." More specifically, we're told that DeLoura was leading up management on the upcoming
Hilarious "Theory of Everything" Paper Provokes Kerfuffle

Warhammer 40K MMO-- the same MMO that's rumored to be canceled. At the time, THQ responded to allegations that the MMO was canned with a nebulous statement: "[THQ] has not made any decisions regarding the planned MMO." Additionally, IGDA Mobile SIG chair Kevin Dent alleges that during the recent round of THQ restructuring, 174 employees were let go -- Dent was the origin of the aforementioned cancelation rumors (he isn't related to Harvey Dent, we're told). The company is also facing potential delisting on the NASDAQ stock exchange. THQ declined to offer comment regarding this report, and once more directed us to this Thursday's investor call. Report: THQ VP of Tech Mark DeLoura out, alongside 174 others originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| Email this| Comments
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Andrulis's Gyre Erik D. Andrulis Journal editor resigns after publishing "an incommensurable, trans-disciplinary, neologistical, axiomatic theory of life from quantum gravity to the living cell" HILARIOUS page 61
Food Stamp Primary

Ta-Nehisi Coates (Politics : The Atlantic)
Jeff Goldberg looks at what the Republican primary has to say to black voters: Black people have lost the desire to perform a day's work. Black people rely on food stamps
provided to them by white taxpayers. Black people, including Barack and Michelle Obama, believe that the U.S. owes them something because they are black. Black children should work as janitors in their high schools as a way to keep them from becoming pimps. And the pathologies afflicting black
Americans are caused partly by the Democratic Party, which has created in them a dependency on government not dissimilar to the forced dependency of slaves on their owners. The key, of course, is to understand is that none of this is directed toward black people, so much as its meant to appeal to the
Party's base. That there is still an audience for this sort of thing is, given our history, both predicable and sad. This article available online at: http://www.theatlantic.com/ politics/archive/2012/02/foodstamp-primary/252324/ This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is
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Erik Andrulis, an assistant professor of molecular at Case Western University, has published an article in a new peer-reviewed journal called Life. His "theoretical framework," he says, "unifies the macrocosmic and microcosmic realms, validates predicted laws of nature, and solves the puzzle of the origin and evolution of cellular life in the universe." The paper lays out a completely new way of answering the most basic questions of our universe. "In this work," it reads, "I have pursued and arrived at a scientific answer to the Schrdingerian question, 'What is Life?'" That answer has something to do with "gyres.""The central idea of this theory is that all physical reality, stretching from the so-called inanimate into the animate realm and from micro- to meso- to macrocosmic scales, can be interpreted and modeled as manifestations of a single geometric entity, the gyre. This entity is attractive because it has life-like characteristics, undergoes morphogenesis, and is responsive
to environmental conditions." The paper is impenetrably dense; making your way through its 105 pages (more than half of which are made up of an insane eight hundred citations) feels like hacking through an unexplored jungle with a machete. But it's all about gyres. Planets are made of gyres (and thus sort of alive, sort of). People are made of gyres. Electrons are gyres. A gyre has a gyre inside it. I think. There's not really any testable science in the paper; there are no proofs or experiments or really any evidence at all. But it sure is grandiose. This is one of my favorite lines: "I refer the reader to the Theory section for a complete presentation of theoretical answers to many of science's most challenging questions." We see weirdo papers at a pretty regular clip, but usually they're pretty easy to pick out. If we're linked to a paper written by someone affiliated with no academic institution, published in the web-only, non-peer-reviewed Steve's Journal of Flying Saucers
and Also Climate Change Is a Conspiracy, we can pretty well expect that what we're going to get might be a little suspect. But Andrulis works at the very wellregarded Case Western University, has published several comparatively sober papers on ribonuclease and its interaction with living cells, and Life, though new, has a bunch of respectable academics and scientists on its editorial board. At least two peer reviewers accepted the paper for publication. Life's editorial board seems as surprised as anyone else at the content of this article; Stephen Mojzsis, a geochemist at the University of Colorado, resigned from the board in response. I spoke to another member of the board, who wished to remain unnamed, and he said he had not read the paper before publication. (The editorial board members are just volunteers, not full-time editors.) The board member seemed, through his concern that the paper would undermine serious study of the origin of life, a little amused, and not entirely
convinced it's not a hoax. "If it wasn't for his one 'Ohiogyre' definition, I'd be convinced it was a case of him really thinking he contributed something phenomenal," he said. "But 'Ohiogyre'? Really?" Case Western, which had published a glowing, uncritical press release announcing the publication of the article, took it down. Ars Technica and others have questioned how the review process might have gone wrong. Dr. Andrulis wasn't available for comment; the university's pressrelations person gave me the runaround and then abruptly informed me that the professor was due to leave for vacation in just a few hours. But the paper can be read here, in its entirety, for free.
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For the First Time, Human-Made Probe Samples Atoms From Beyond the Solar System
Rebecca Boyle (Popular Science - New Technology, Science News, The Future Now)
Submitted at 2/1/2012 11:08:58 AM
IBEX IBEX has caught the interstellar wind that surrounds and compresses our heliosphere and has found that it travels more slowly and in a different direction than previously thought. NASA A small Earth-orbiting probe has sampled the interstellar wind for the first time, detecting four types of atoms that originated in distant stars and traveled across the universe. The new measurements from the Interstellar Boundary Explorer give astronomers a glimpse of the cosmos outside our sun's sphere of influence, and provide some clues about how and where our solar system formed. IBEX orbits around Earth, but has been mapping the edge of the heliosphere, the farthest reaches of the solar system. Particles streaming from the sun create this protective bubble, which protects the planets from incoming cosmic rays. The boundary between the heliosphere bubble and the interstellar wind is a strange place, and it's of great interest to
astronomers. The Voyager probes are hanging out there right now and making their own measurements of this odd, bubbly boundary. Despite the heliosphere's shielding influence, some cosmic particles do make it into the solar system, however. The particles are the remains of exploded stars sent streaming through space. The charged particles but up against
the solar wind, but some uncharged particles make it through. These are the particles IBEX has been searching for since its launch in 2008. Now it has found some, against enormous odds. IBEX sampled neutral hydrogen, oxygen and neon. "I like to call it the 15-billion-mile hole-in-one," said David McComas, the IBEX principal investigator, during a NASA news
conference Tuesday. In a series of science papers appearing in the Astrophysical Journal, scientists report finding 74 oxygen atoms for every 20 neon atoms in the interstellar wind. In our own solar system, there are 111 oxygen atoms for every 20 neon atoms. This means our solar system has more oxygen than the cosmos surrounding us and it's not clear why. Our home may have originated in a more oxygen-rich environment, which we departed as the solar system wings through the Milky Way. Or it could mean that interstellar oxygen is trapped in ice and can't move freely through space. Along with finding a dearth of oxygen, IBEX determined the interstellar wind is traveling more slowly and from a different direction than previously thought. Understanding how the solar wind interacts with the interstellar wind will help determine our solar system's size and shape, scientists said. [ NASA]
FYI: Do Animals Dream?

Kaitlin Miller (Popular Science - New Technology, Science News, The Future Now)
Submitted at 2/1/2012 10:01:19 AM
Sleeping Dog Michael Cogliantry /Getty Images Yes. Many pet owners have seen their sleeping dog or cat twitch or paw the air, as if dreaming of bones to bury or mice to chase. Stanley Coren, a psychology professor at the University of British Columbia and author of the book The Intelligence of Dogs, says that canines go through the same sleep stages as we do, only faster. After about 20 minutes, a dog enters REM sleep, the stage in which most vivid dreams occur. Big dogs dream longer, Coren FYI: page 63
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says, and little dogs dream quickly and frequently. He doesn't know why, and neither does anyone else. Insects and fish don't experience REM sleep, but some birds and all mammals do. Reptiles might also experience REM, and some scientists argue that our mammalian dreaming might be a holdover from our reptilian brains. The purpose of dreaming remains a mystery, but infants (of all species) dream more often. This is probably because the sensory stimulation helps form new neural connections. In adults, the best working theory is that dreams
stimulate the regions of the brain associated with memory. Finches replay the melody of their birdsong in their dreams, and lab rats retrace the mazes they have run. Have a burning science question you'd like to see answered in our FYI section? Email it to fyi@popsci.com.
Birth Control Pill Mix-Up Leads To Pfizer Recall

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Hasty Afghan Troop Drawdown Could Jeopardize Drone Campaign

Lisa Curtis (The Foundry: Conservative Policy News Blog from The Heritage Foundation)
questions about the legality of remotely controlled attacks. So why has President Obama chosen to speak openly about the Submitted at 2/1/2012 9:44:43 AM P r e s i d e n t O b a m a p u b l i c l y drones at this juncture? U.S.admitted Monday for the first Pakistan relations remain deeply time that the U.S. is conducting an troubled, and President Obamas a g g r e s s i v e d r o n e m i s s i l e statements are likely to fuel campaign against terrorists Pakistani public anger against the p r e d o m i n a n t l y l o c a t e d i n U.S. Pakistans tribal areas bordering One explanation could be Afghanistan. President Obamas desire to U.S. officials in the past have openly tout the success of the been tight-lipped about drones, drone strikes in weakening alp a r t l y o u t o f d e f e r e n c e t o Qaeda, especially as the 2012 Pakistani officials, who are U . S . p r e s i d e n t i a l e l e c t i o n sensitive about U.S. attacks on its a p p r o a c h e s . sovereign territory, and partly to HASTY page 64 avoid addressing international
FDA Packaging errors led Pfizer to recall 14 lots of these birth control pills and an equal number of a generic version. When it comes to birth control pills, it's really important to take the right ones at the right time to prevent pregnancy. So Pfizer is recalling two kinds of oral contraceptives because some packages had the pills in the wrong order. Others had the wrong number of different pill types in the packages. The errors could compromise contraception and leave sexually active women at risk for unintended pregnancy. About 1 million packages are covered by the recall. The contraceptives at issue are: Lo/Ovral-28 and norgestrel and ethinyl estradiol tablets, a generic version. Fourteen lots of each product are affected. (For the specific lots and expiration dates, click here.) Pfizer makes the pills, but they're sold by Akrimax Pharmaceuticals, a privately held company in Cranford, N.J.
What should you do if you're taking them? Gynecologist (and blogger) Margaret Polaneczky shared the advice she's giving her patients: Talk to your doctor. Go to the pharmacy for a new package of pills. If you've been sexually active, do a pregnancy test. If not, then start a new package of pills and use condoms for the next few weeks. Of course, she notes this is she's
telling her patients, and what your doctor recommends might be different. The recall notice says people should contact their doctors and return the affected pills to their pharmacies. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
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In Negotiating Missile Defense with Russia, Obama Could Learn from Reagans Example
Scott Erickson (The Foundry: Conservative Policy News Blog from The Heritage Foundation)
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the placement of ground-based missile defense interceptors in Poland and missile tracking systems in the Czech Republic. Submitted at 2/1/2012 11:30:07 AM In 1987, the United States and the The placement of such defensive Soviet Union negotiated the capabilities in the region had been Intermediate-Range Nuclear negotiated during the Bush Forces Treaty ( INF), which was Administration, often at great designed to eliminate their political sacrifice on the part of nations respective intermediate Polish and Czech leaders. range, ground-based ballistic and Although the cancellation of cruise missiles with ranges those programs was ostensibly b e t w e e n 5 0 0 a n d 5 , 5 0 0 designed to improve diplomatic kilometers. In discussing INF relations with Russia, conveyed negotiations with the Soviet by the now infamous reset Union, President Ronald Reagan policy, it yielded little more than a famously summoned upon one of decreased capacity to effectively his guiding principles: Trust but shield U.S. national security verify. interests both at home and abroad. Thirty-five years later, the Now the President has informed O b a m a A d m i n i s t r a t i o n h a s Congress that his Administration adopted an entirely different tack plans to share sensitive missile in dealing with ongoing missile defense secrets with Russia. As defense negotiations with Russia. the Washington Times reported, Rather than negotiate from a U.S. officials are planning to position of informed strength, this provide Moscow with the SM-3 Administration has deferred to a data, despite reservations from far less preferable alternative: security officials who say that capitulation. doing so could compromise the Within the first year of his effectiveness of the system by presidency, Barack Obama allowing Russian weapons yielded to Russian objections over technicians to counter the missile.
Several Administration officials, most notably Vice President Joe Biden, have tried to make a distinction between having a U.S. force presence in Afghanistan and conducting drone missile strikes, as if the two were mutually exclusive. Biden has proposed that the U.S. off-shore its The weapons are considered some information related to the missile counterterrorism operations by of the most effective high-speed defense capabilities of the United reducing U.S. force levels in interceptors in the U.S. missile States might fall into the hands of Afghanistan and relying more on defense arsenal. the current Iranian regime, given drones to address the terrorism Sharing sensitive technical their continued pursuit of a problem in South Asia. secrets with Russia not only calls nuclear capability, should be The reality is that in order to into question the prudence of this reason enough to abandon the maintain an effective drone Administrations missile defense notion of sharing technical campaign, the U.S. must also have policies; it absolutely strains specifications with Russia. a force presence in the region. credulity when considered within Pursuing a more commodious Intelligence access drives an the context of ongoing hostilities diplomatic relationship with effective drone campaign. The with Iran. Given the often Russia is a worthwhile endeavor; U.S. needs good intelligence to cooperative history between Iran however, to do so through sheer target terrorists and to limit and Russia, it cannot be assumed acquiescence in the face of collateral damage. If the U.S. that any information offered to demanding rhetoric fails to withdraws combat forces from Russia wont in turn be handed maintain the diplomatic strength Afghanistan too quickly (i.e., over to Iran. that was inherent in the policy before the recent gains against the Prior to recently suffering a tragic negotiations administered under Taliban are solidified and the Afghan army sufficiently trained stroke, Senator Mark Kirk(RIL) President Reagan. warned of the dangers inherent to Trust when appropriate, but never and equipped), it will lose overall sharing missile defense secrets fail to verify your negotiating leverage in the region as well as the ability to conduct effective with Russia. I dont think we partners intentions. s h o u l d s h a r e c l a s s i f i e d This entry passed through the drone strikes. information with Russia, because Full-Text RSS service if this is If Taliban forces regain influence I think it will be immediately your content and you're reading it in Afghanistan, they are highly shared with Iran, Kirk said. on someone else's site, please read unlikely to allow the U.S. to stage Building upon this sentiment, the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content- d r o n e s t r i k e s f r o m A f g h a n Kirk further emphasized, Lets only/faq.php#publishers. Five territory or to allow the U.S. be clear eyed about who the Filters recommends: Donate to access to collect intelligence about targets. The Pakistanis Russians are and who they talk to. Wikileaks. already closed down the base Regularly. from which the U.S. launched Any possibility that sensitive drone strikes into the Federally Administered Tribal Areas HASTY page 65
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Family Fact of the Week: The Far-Reaching Impact of Divorce

Collette Caprara (The Foundry: Conservative Policy News Blog from The Heritage Foundation)
aspect of well-being. As research on Heritages FamilyFacts.org illustrates, adolescents who do not live in Submitted at 2/1/2012 10:40:34 AM While divorce at any age comes intact families are more likely to with potentially negative effects, engage in substance abuse, exhibit according to new research from behavioral problems, have poor M i c h i g a n S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y , academic performance, and divorce at a younger age can hurt e n g a g e i n r i s k y b e h a v i o r , peoples health more than divorce including becoming sexually that occurs later in life. active at an early age. In factgiven that younger In addition, children who do not couples are also more likely to live with both parents are more have children living at homethe likely to experience psychological negative impact of divorce within and emotional problems ranging this age cohort can go far beyond f r o m l o w l e v e l s o f s o c i a l the health of the couple. Decades competence and self-esteem to of research provide evidence that anxiety and depression. children living with both parents Moreover, the effects of divorce fare better in virtually every can have a ripple effect in the next
Conversely, the positive effects of marriages that stay intact can extend for generations to come. A combination of policy reforms and public education to promote strong and stable marriages can go far to prevent the ricocheting damage of marital dissolution. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five generation, given that children less rewarding marriages and are Filters recommends: Donate to t e n d t o f o l l o w t h e m a r i t a l more likely to divorce. In fact, Wikileaks. t r a j e c t o r y o f t h e i r p a r e n t s . even the divorce of grandparents Children who have experienced has been linked to a greater p a r e n t a l d i v o r c e t e n d t o likelihood of third-generation experience more problematic and divorce.
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(FATA) following the November 26 NATO attack that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, thus forcing the U.S. to launch drone strikes into the FATA from Afghanistan. The effectiveness of the drone campaign is dictated largely by the degree of access the U.S. has in the region and the kind of relationships it has with the ruling governments. If the U.S. pulls its troops out of Afghanistan too quickly and/or fumbles the negotiation of a Strategic Partnership Agreement with the
Karzai government that would allow the U.S. to sustain a troop presence after 2014, it will jeopardize its ability to continue effective counterterrorism operations in the region, such as the drone strikes. Dont be fooled by political rhetoric that makes a broad distinction between U.S. force presence and the drone missile campaign. Conducting an effective drone campaign in a region that is devoid of U.S. military presence would be an
uphillif not nearly impossibletask. U.S. negotiators would be wise to keep these realities in mind as they seek a political settlement with the Taliban leadership, who will surely press for an end to drone strikes. The bottom line is that the U.S. needs to ensure that a friendly regime remains in Afghanistan after 2014 and that the U.S. establishes a sufficient long-term U.S. force presence there to keep terrorists at bay and on the run
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Islamists admit terror plot charges

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1 Feb 2012 Four radical Islamists have admitted plotting a major preChristmas terror attack on the London Stock Exchange. The al Qaida-inspired ISLAMISTS page 66
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fundamentalist group wanted to send five mail bombs to various targets over the 2010 festive period, and discussed launching a "Mumbai-style" atrocity. A hand-written target list found at one of the defendant's homes listed the names and addresses of London Mayor Boris Johnson, two rabbis, the American Embassy and the Stock Exchange. A total of nine men admitted various terror offences at Woolwich Crown Court and will be sentenced next week. "Lynchpin" Mohammed Chowdhury, 21, and his London accomplice Shah Rahman, 28, were followed by undercover detectives on November 28, 2010, observing Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, the London Eye and the Palace of Westminster. The conspiracy also involved three defendants from Cardiff and four from Stoke. It was stopped by undercover anti-terror police before firm dates could be set for attacks. The terrorists met through their membership of various hardcore
Islamic groups and met at specially arranged meetings held in parks in a bid to make surveillance difficult. The nine, all British nationals, were due to stand trial but changed their pleas at the last minute. Chowdhury, of Stanliff House, Tower Hamlets, and Rahman, 28, of St Bernard's Road, Newham, admitted preparing for acts of terrorism by planning to plant an improvised explosive device (IED) in the toilets of the London Stock Exchange. Brothers Gurukanth Desai, 30, of Albert Street, and Abdul Miah, 25, of Ninian Park Road, both Cardiff, also admitted the same count. Prosecutor Andrew Edis QC told a jury, which had been sworn in but was discharged after the pleas, that the four involved in the Stock Exchange plot had not intended to maim and kill. "Their intention was to cause terror and economic harm and disruption. But their chosen method meant there was a risk people would be maimed or killed."
Usman Khan, 20, of Persia Walk, Mohammed Shahjahan 27, of Burmarsh Walk, and Nazam Hussain, 26, of Grove Street, all Stoke, admitted engaging in the preparation of terrorism by attending operational meetings in Roath Park, Cardiff, on November 7 and in a Newport country park on December 12. Omar Latif, 28, of Neville Street, Cardiff, admitted attending the meetings with the intention of assisting others to prepare or commit acts of terrorism. The fourth Stoke defendant, Mohibur Rahman, admitted possessing an article for a terrorist purpose on December 20, 2010. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
Video of the Day: Romney 'Not Concerned About the Very Poor'
David A. Graham (Politics : The Atlantic)
middle class. It's how Romney phrased it that is obviously damaging. It's reminiscent of his Submitted at 2/1/2012 10:59:28 AM statement that he likes to be able The GOP frontrunner just can't to fire people: in that case, he was stop explaining his positions in voicing the reasonable sentiment the most damaging way possible. that he likes to be able to change See web-only content: insurance providers, but he http://www.theatlantic.com/ harmed himself by putting in the politics/archive/2012/02/video-of- context of firing during a time of the-day-romney-not-concerned- high unemployment. Here, an about-the-very-poor/252354/ obviously tired candidate botched Watch this video now, before you his play to the middle class by get sick of it, because you can making it all about the poor. expect to hear it replayed a To make matters worse, the million times between now and B u s i n e s s C h a n n e l ' s D e r e k November. Speaking with CNN's Thompson breaks down how Soledad O'Brien Tuesday night Romney's policies might actually after his commanding victory in hurt the very poor by raising their Florida, Romney made a serious taxes. unforced error. "I'm not concerned This article available online at: about the very poor. We have a http://www.theatlantic.com/ safety net there. If it needs a politics/archive/2012/02/video-ofrepair, I'll fix it. I'm not concerned the-day-romney-not-concernedabout the very rich. I'm concerned about-the-very-poor/252354/ about the very heart of America, This entry passed through the the 90-95 percent of Americans Full-Text RSS service if this is who right now are struggling." your content and you're reading it Oof. on someone else's site, please read You can actually see what the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentRomney's trying to do here. only/faq.php#publishers. Five There's a grand tradition of Filters recommends: Donate to politicians insisting they care Wikileaks. about the middle class, since most Americans consider themselves
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Whos to blame for polarization?

Ed Morrissey (Hot Air Top Picks)
political parties from regional and traditional strongholds to more ideological entities: Submitted at 2/1/2012 10:40:09 AM Both the Republican and posted at 11:40 am on February Democratic parties have had 1, 2012 by Ed Morrissey decades-long shifts in political Earlier this week, the Washington temperaments in their own search Post ran an article with the for first principles, starting with curious headline, Obama: The the Barry Goldwater candidacy in most polarizing President. Ever. 1964 and the New Lefts arrival at While there is no doubt that the Democratic convention in Obama has been a polarizing 1968. In short, for almost 50 figure, the certainty of that years, both parties have been statement caught my eye. As it changing in fits and starts from turns out, the article itself doesnt t h e i r t r a d i t i o n a l b i g - t e n t make that claim it only says geographical roots to more that Obama has the highest ideological organizations. Where differential between approval we once had plenty of crossover ratings of each party in his third in Congress between blue-dog year than any President since D e m o c r a t s a n d R o c k e f e l l e r Gallup has been tracking that Republicans, the politicians have data, which would be roughly now affiliated themselves to party since Eisenhower, I believe. The by ideology. There has been a selection of Obama leaves off remarkable growth of division on Abraham Lincoln, whose election non-unanimous votes, especially was so polarizing that it led to in the Senate. secession and the Civil War, or It would be foolish to believe that Richard Nixon during Watergate, elected officials have partitioned to name just two examples. themselves off ideologically Even apart from the absurd basis without having voters already do for the Posts claim George W. t h e s a m e . P r e s s u r e f r o m Bush had three higher polarization grassroots activists in both parties ratings, for instance can we has transformed Republicans and blame Presidents entirely for Democrats into conservatives and polarization? In my column for progressives. There are still plenty The Week, I argue no, and that of subvariants of both, and a this results from a move in spectrum within each group. But
over the last 20 years, the notions of conservative Democrat and liberal Republican have taken on a sepia-tinged patina, a throwback to a bygone era. There is something to be said for this development, as it tends to focus on actual principles of governance rather than just political expediency. That presents a more honest choice for the voter, even the unaffiliated and/or moderate voter who may not adhere to one set of principles. On the other hand, a little political expediency helps to get tasks accomplished, and the lack of crossover means that more of the routine tasks in Washington end up becoming battlegrounds for larger ideological principles. Presidents are not disconnected from this process, of course, and presidents have a unique position in American politics from which to help temper or fan these ideological flames. They remain, however, a product of their times rather than a driver of the underlying currents that raised them to leadership positions. As much as we might want to lay the blame on Obama, Bush, or any other president, the actual blame or glory falls on us all. Be sure to read it all; The Weeks site was down a little earlier, but
the column also appears at Yahoo. Speaking of personal responsibility for polarization, though, one theory holds that the online political culture causes people to stop accessing sources that challenge their worldview, especially blogs and blogreaders, and some blame that for increased polarization. A new study by Ohio State shows that those who tend to visit friendly sites also tend more to visit sites challenging their perspective: Despite the fears of some scholars and pundits, most political partisans dont avoid news and opinion sources that contradict their own beliefs, according to a new study. In fact, the more that selfdescribed liberals and conservatives visited online sources supportive of their beliefs, the more likely they were to also view opposition websites, as well as general news sites. People arent systematically avoiding websites that challenge their political views, said R. Kelly Garrett, co-author of the new study and assistant professor of communication at Ohio State University. They certainly are inclined to seek out sources that reinforce their views, but the more they do
that, the more likely they are to at least sample sources that challenge their opinion. Garrett conducted the study with Dustin Carnahan and Emily Lynch, graduate students in political science at Ohio State. Their results appear online in the journal Political Behavior and will be published in a future print edition. Perhaps the result is that we tend to organize more honestly. That has its pluses and minuses, but it puts the ideological and philosophical distinctions more clearly in play. Thats neither Obamas fault nor his beneficence, but simply a result of the evolution in American politics over a very long time that produced Obama as a party leader. Update: I clarified the last sentence in the first paragraph to make my meaning clear. The That reference was really sloppy. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
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Newt Exit Countdown: 10 Days?

Robert Wright (Politics : The Atlantic)
Last night CNN commentator David Gergen said of Newt Gingrich, "It's like he's in a different reality." Some might say this insight dawned on Gergen more than a quarter of a century after the evidence for it became insurmountable. But, in Gergen's defense, he wasn't making an overall appraisal of Newt's mental health; he was talking about the concession speech Gingrich had just delivered. And, indeed, the speech made few clear references to the universe you and I live in. Gingrich, having just seen his chances of winning the Republican nomination drop to less than one percent, set about describing the things he would do the day he took the oath of office. Worse still, as he ticked these things off, he showed signs of more fine-grained disorientation. He said he would "instruct the State Department that day to open the embassy in Jerusalem and recognize Israel." I get the part about moving the embassy to Jerusalem. But: Recognize Israel? I was under the impression that we'd already recognized Israel.
Maybe he meant Palestine? No, I guess we can rule out that hypothesis. This could get fun, folks. We're on a magical mystery tour, and Newt is our tourguide. But, pessimist that I am, I fear that the journey is close to its end. I'm betting Newt will pull the plug before Super Tuesday, and maybe even within ten days. My logic: 1) Casino-magnate sugar daddy Sheldon Adelson will presumably cut off Newt's $5-million-perweek allowance. Surely Adelson's friends will explain to him that at this point each dollar for Newt just increases the chances that Obama will defeat Romney. Conceivably Gingrich could counter that by promising to run a 100-percent positive campaign. But I'm guessing the Adelson spigot is now off. 2) Once the money runs out, campaigning can become un-fun. Last night Newt, in yet another megalomaniacal reference to historical figures that are nearly as momentous as himself, closed his speech by pledging "my life, my fortune, my sacred honor." (It's the pledge made by the signatories of the Declaration of Independence to each other.) But is he serious about the "fortune" part? I can't see him persisting beyond the point where campaign
expenses start cutting into Callista's hairspray budget. 3) Newt is addicted to public adoration. The flip side is that, when the crowds start dwindling, he'll feel withdrawal. And there's a reason they call it "withdrawal." I'm not a political sage, but I assume the experts are right when they say that February voting is unlikely to bring any good news for Gingrich. So as of a week from now, he'll have lost several caucuses and a non-binding primary. And the view ahead will look like this: He has to wait three more weeks for two more primaries that he's going to lose (Arizona and Michigan)--after which, with a week still left until Super Tuesday, he'll have zero momentum. Newt's crazy, but he's not that crazy. Is he? This article available online at: http://www.theatlantic.com/ politics/archive/2012/02/newt-exit -countdown-10-days/252333/ This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
US Cellular intros first LTE devices: the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 4G and Galaxy S Aviator 4G
Brad Molen (Engadget)
to be the same design as the Droid Charge, and will offer a 4.3-inch WVGA Super AMOLED Plus US Cellular's had its LTE display, run on Android 2.3.6 and network in the oven for quite come with a 8MP rear camera, some time, and we knew it was front-facing cam and HDMI port. going to be showing up sometime We're hoping to get more specs next month. The missing part of for your enjoyment, but enjoy the the equation, however, was which press release in the meantime. d e v i c e s w o u l d r i n g i n t h e Continue reading US Cellular celebration. The carrier finally intros first LTE devices: the answered the mystery question: Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 4G and the first tablet, the Samsung Galaxy S Aviator 4G Galaxy Tab 10.1 4G, will be the US Cellular intros first LTE inaugural device and is expected devices: the Samsung Galaxy Tab to arrive in March, while the 10.1 4G and Galaxy S Aviator 4G Galaxy S Aviator 4G should be originally appeared on Engadget gracing store shelves sometime in on Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:33:00 April. EDT. Please see our terms for use We don't expect to see any of feeds. Permalink| | Email this| surprises with the Galaxy Tab, but Comments the Aviator definitely has us curious. At first glance, it appears
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Video: How Barack Obama and other big government statists really bankroll their reelections
Tina Korbe (Hot Air Top Picks)
create jobs, reform the tax code, protect the country, achieve energy independence, explore Submitted at 2/1/2012 11:50:37 AM space and strengthen the family posted at 12:50 pm on February (among other things) is a minute 1, 2012 by Tina Korbe they dont debate their plans to Simply put, this is one of the best reform entitlements. Those other videos Ive watched in quite some issues are important but, in the time. If you think Barack Obama end, its the entitlement state that will spend just $1 billion on his is bringing us to our knees. Its reelection effort, think again. This the welfare state that will, as The president like the president Washington Examiners Phil before him and the president Klein argues, destroy us. before him has at his disposal Bring up entitlement reform and The Vote Pump, the elegant but emotionally-driven accusations unsustainable system by which will pepper the conversation. the government taxes and borrows Ground rules are required. Here m o n e y t o f u n d e n t i t l e m e n t are the two I would propose: (1) programs and by which Society has obligations to the entitlement beneficiaries, in turn, weakest among us, to those who vote to ensure the government literally cannot work, but (2) The will continue to tax and borrow rule for those who can work ought money to pay their benefits. You to be, to borrow a Biblical might know it better by another principle, He who does not work, name: The Wealth Redistribution neither let him eat. (Ironically Pump. enough, that second principle was Every minute the presidential invoked by Lenin himself but candidates debate their plans to he limited the meaning of work
to labor. A better definition might be the creation of value, under which definition the activity of the bourgeoisie, the control of the means of production, is also work.) Incidentally, it shows far less concern for the happiness of people to give them handouts than it does to require them to earn their success. The correlation between earned success and happiness is well-documented. Its shabby and shameful that politicians care more about their own reelection and the consolidation of power among them than the happiness of those whose votes they buy with handouts. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
Acrobatic quadrocopters hunt in packs, seduce you into submission (video)

James Trew (Engadget)
SWARMS for short), which is responsible for developing the airSubmitted at 2/1/2012 12:55:00 PM born acrobats' new grouping We've kept a pretty stern eye on skills. They say it's an attempt to the development of GRASP Lab's replicate swarming habits in quadrocopters, and with good n a t u r e , t h o u g h w e ' r e n o t reason it seems, now that the four- c o n v i n c e d . bladed aerial ninjas have even Continue reading Acrobatic more alarming abilities at their quadrocopters hunt in packs, disposal. In the video after the seduce you into submission break, watch them hold a variety (video) of complex formations like it's no Acrobatic quadrocopters hunt in thing -- even while on the move. packs, seduce you into submission The 'copters can also take flight, (video) originally appeared on or resume position, after being Engadget on Wed, 01 Feb 2012 thrown into the air, navigating 12:55:00 EDT. Please see our real world obstacles with deft terms for use of feeds. Permalink fluidity. It's part of Pennsylvania SlashGear| TheDmel (YouTube)| University's Scalable sWarms of Email this| Comments Autonomous Robots and Mobile Sensors project (conveniently
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How did Mitt Romney fare with millennials in Florida?

Tina Korbe (Hot Air Top Picks)
Floridians participated in the primary for a youth turnout rate of just 4 percent. Submitted at 2/1/2012 11:15:44 AM Surprisingly, though, thats posted at 12:15 pm on February actually slightly higher than in 1, 2012 by Tina Korbe 2004, the last time just one party Ron Paul might have a reputation held a contested primary in for appealing to youth voters, but, Florida. In 2000 and 2008, when i n F l o r i d a , M i t t R o m n e y both parties held contested dominated among millennials no primaries, youth turnout was 4 less than among the general p e r c e n t a n d 1 3 p e r c e n t , electorate. According to respectively. preliminary analysis by the Center From the Florida numbers, for Information and Research on Romney doesnt seem to turn off Civic Learning and Engagement, youth voters, but, again, none of Romney captured 41 percent of the GOPers seem to attract young voters under the age of 30 to people in large numbers. The finish in first by 16 points. At 25 eventual GOP nominee needs to percent of the vote, Paul was know millennials are ripe for the second with young voters. Former taking. Ive reached out to the House Speaker Newt Gingrich Romney campaign on several earned 21 percent of the youth occasions to ask how Romney vote, while Rick Santorum won would reach out to millennials 13 percent. should he become the GOP Overall, though, the GOP nominee, but, so far, have candidates didnt attract many received no response. Meanwhile, millennials to the polls in the first Barack Obama continues to roll place. About 100,000 young out programs that are expressly
aimed at retaining the Obamamaniacs that helped to elect him in 2008. Most recently, for example, he introduced a summer jobs program and announced a fresh injection of federal funds into the student loan program. Yet, Obamas policies have disproportionately hurt young people. The Youth Misery Index a measure of youth unemployment, the average graduating student loan debt and the national debt per capita has never been higher. With a concentrated economic message, the Republican nominee ought to be able to appeal to disaffected young former Obama supporters. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.
Upgraded DirecTiVos from WeaKnees are on deck

Ben Drawbaugh (Engadget)
-- means a whole lot of recording capacity. The only rub is that technically these are "leased" The only thing better than finally boxes and would need to be receiving the DVR you've waiting returned to DirecTV if you ever five years for is receiving one canceled your service. And then with four times the capacity as there is the warranty, which has to your provider wanted to give you. be done via WeaKnees, else your That is exactly what WeaKnees potential replacement box won't has done for years and exactly include the premium capacity you what it's doing now with the latest paid for. DirecTiVo, now that the first Upgraded DirecTiVos from shipment has been received. For WeaKnees are on deck originally $599 you can now order the appeared on Engadget on Wed, 01 THR22 with a 2TB hard drive Feb 2012 13:17:00 EDT. Please ($400 premium over the stock see our terms for use of feeds. unit) which thanks to the magic of Permalink| WeaKnees| Email this| MPEG-4 -- and over-compression Comments

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