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  • 50 Years Ago: The World in 1962

    In Focus
    14 May 2012 | 7:37 am
    A half-century ago, the space race was heating up and the Cold War was freezing over. Soviet missile bases discovered in Cuba triggered a crisis that brought the U.S. to the brink of war with the U.S.S.R. Civil rights activists won hard-earned victories against segregationists in the American South, and John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth. Algeria gained independence from France and the U.S. slowly escalated its involvement in Vietnam. Meanwhile, Seattle held a World's Fair called the the Century 21 Exposition, celebrating the themes of space, science, and the future. Let…

  • Food and nutrition crisis in Sahel region of Africa

    The Big Picture
    11 May 2012 | 4:54 pm
    A potentially catastrophic food crisis in the Sahel region of West and Central Africa could affect as many as one million children. The food and nutrition crisis resulting from a severe drought, threatens the survival of an entire generation of children. Those children in eight countries - Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger, Cameroon, Nigeria and Senegal - are at risk of severe acute malnutrition. Sparse rainfall, poor harvests and rising food prices have left many vulnerable and weak, seeking medical attention. Sahel is one of the poorest regions in the world where children…

  • Brain Disease Is Found in Veterans Exposed to Bombs

    NYT > Home Page
    By JAMES DAO
    16 May 2012 | 1:42 pm
    The same degenerative brain disease found in football players and boxers has been found in veterans exposed to roadside bombs, a finding with potentially profound implications.

  • Syria is 'losing information war'

    BBC News - Home
    16 May 2012 | 1:38 pm
    Syria is losing the information war against the West, President Bashar al-Assad has said, amid continuing violence across the country.

  • Greeks set election date amid possible bank panic

    CNN.com - World
    16 May 2012 | 12:27 pm
    Greece will hold new elections on June 17, state media reported Wednesday, amid a political and economic crisis that could have effects far beyond the country's borders.
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  • Brain Disease Is Found in Veterans Exposed to Bombs

    By JAMES DAO
    16 May 2012 | 1:42 pm
    The same degenerative brain disease found in football players and boxers has been found in veterans exposed to roadside bombs, a finding with potentially profound implications.

  • Greece Teeters Ahead of New Vote

    By LIZ ALDERMAN and RACHEL DONADIO
    16 May 2012 | 1:40 pm
    Amid warnings of the possibility of bank runs, state television said June 17 would be the date for a new round of elections.

  • Riot Police Break Up Antigovernment Encampment in Moscow

    By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
    16 May 2012 | 1:39 pm
    The crackdown occurred as an unpredictable political situation continued to unfurl in the early days of Vladimir V. Putin’s new term as president.

  • TIMESCAST: TimesCast | May 16, 2012

    16 May 2012 | 1:39 pm
    Greece sets a date for new election amid euro exit fears. | Latino networks take center stage at television upfronts. | President Obama meets with Congressional leaders over the legislative agenda.

  • ArtsBeat: Gehry Changes Design for Eisenhower Memorial

    By ROBIN POGREBIN
    16 May 2012 | 1:32 pm
    The changes came in response to concerns that a youthful statue failed to represent the former president’s significant achievements.
 
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    BBC News - Home

  • Syria is 'losing information war'

    16 May 2012 | 1:38 pm
    Syria is losing the information war against the West, President Bashar al-Assad has said, amid continuing violence across the country.

  • Dalglish sacked as Liverpool boss

    16 May 2012 | 1:29 pm
    Kenny Dalglish is sacked as Liverpool manager after finishing eighth in a disappointing Premier League campaign.

  • French PM Ayrault names cabinet

    16 May 2012 | 1:13 pm
    France's new Socialist Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault names his government but party leader Martine Aubry will not join the cabinet.

  • Bangladeshi arrests spark anger

    16 May 2012 | 1:07 pm
    Demonstrators and police clash in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka after 33 senior opposition figures are arrested in connection with anti-government protests last month.

  • New Palestinian cabinet sworn in

    16 May 2012 | 1:04 pm
    Palestinian Authority President and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas swears in a new cabinet in the West Bank, a move Hamas describes as a "big error".
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    CNN.com - World

  • Greeks set election date amid possible bank panic

    16 May 2012 | 12:27 pm
    Greece will hold new elections on June 17, state media reported Wednesday, amid a political and economic crisis that could have effects far beyond the country's borders.

  • Accused Bosnian Serb war criminal shows no remorse at trial

    16 May 2012 | 12:25 pm
    Ratko Mladic, who is accused of orchestrating a horrific campaign of ethnic cleansing during the bloody civil war that ripped apart Yugoslavia, showed no remorse as his war crimes trial opened Wednesday, at one point even appearing to threaten victims in the court.

  • Mexico City embraces 'pedal power'

    16 May 2012 | 12:13 pm
    This month, Road to Rio looks at Mexico's biking initiatives as part of its fight against pollution.

  • Who is the 'Butcher of Bosnia'?

    16 May 2012 | 10:38 am
    Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb army commander who went on trial Wednesday for crimes against humanity, is a notorious name synonymous with the dissolution of Yugoslavia, the Balkan wars of the 1990s and the bloody assaults on Sarajevo and Srebrenica.

  • Who is Ratko Mladic and why does his case matter?

    16 May 2012 | 10:38 am
    Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb army commander who went on trial Wednesday for crimes against humanity, is a notorious name synonymous with the dissolution of Yugoslavia, the Balkan wars of the 1990s and the bloody assaults on Sarajevo and Srebrenica.
 
 
 
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    ABC News: Top Stories

  • Skechers to Pay $40 Million Over Butt Toning Claims, Ads

    16 May 2012 | 1:19 pm
    Skechers advertised that its toning shoes would help people lose weight, build muscle and get in shape without going to the gym, claims that will now cost the company millions of dollars.

  • TV Priest Admits Sex Charges

    16 May 2012 | 1:18 pm
    A prominent American priest in the Legionaries of Christ, a troubled Catholic order whose founder was denounced by the Vatican for sexual improprieties, has admitted having a sexual relationship with a woman and fathering her child. Father Thomas Williams, who has appeared on CBS and NBC and was interviewed by ABC News for a 2010 report on the Legion, made the acknowledgement after an activist who had sought reform in the order contacted the Vatican with his suspicions.

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    16 May 2012 | 1:07 pm

  • Photos: Cannes Film Festival

    16 May 2012 | 1:07 pm
    Celebrities enjoy the glitz and glamour of the 65th Annual Cannes Film Festival

  • Photos: Dems Push LGBT Swag

    16 May 2012 | 12:45 pm
    The Obama campaign is offering up a host of LGBT swag while the Romney campaign has none.
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    In Focus

  • Views From the Night Sky: London and the U.K.

    16 May 2012 | 10:59 am
    Based just outside London, photographer Jason Hawkes has been making fascinating aerial images since 1991. One of his specialties is nighttime photography, where he mounts his camera to a gyro-stabilizer and takes photos directly from the open door of a helicopter. Jason has been generous to me over the years, and once again he has shared a group of stunning images. As we approach the London Summer Olympics, let Jason give you a preview tour of London and other cities in the U.K. [30 photos (plus 1 video)] Night aerial view over Swiss Re Tower, and the Lloyds Building, City of London. (©…

  • Star City and the Baikonur Cosmodrome

    15 May 2012 | 9:21 am
    Earlier today, a Soyuz-FG rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, carrying an International Space Station (ISS) crew into orbit. Baikonur, Russia's primary space launch facility since the 1950s, is the largest in the world, and supports multiple launches of both manned and unmanned rockets every year. With the U.S. manned space program currently on hold, Baikonur is now the sole launching point for trips to the ISS. Gathered here is a look at the facility, some of the cosmonaut training programs in Star City outside of Moscow, and a few recent launches and landings --…

  • 50 Years Ago: The World in 1962

    14 May 2012 | 7:37 am
    A half-century ago, the space race was heating up and the Cold War was freezing over. Soviet missile bases discovered in Cuba triggered a crisis that brought the U.S. to the brink of war with the U.S.S.R. Civil rights activists won hard-earned victories against segregationists in the American South, and John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth. Algeria gained independence from France and the U.S. slowly escalated its involvement in Vietnam. Meanwhile, Seattle held a World's Fair called the the Century 21 Exposition, celebrating the themes of space, science, and the future. Let…

  • The Last Horse Drive

    11 May 2012 | 8:01 am
    Reuters photographer Jim Urquhart recently captured these scenes from a fading culture, as he followed Montana ranchers on their final horse drive, moving more than 300 horses down from their winter range. Every spring the Mantle family, along with with a group of wranglers, drives the herd north over 35 miles and three days, through the small town of Three Forks to their ranch. After decades of supplying and tending to horses, the Mantles, citing financial challenges, now plan to sell off their herd and shift to raising beef cattle. Take a moment to travel with the Mantle family through big…

  • Lighting the 2012 Olympic Flame

    10 May 2012 | 8:57 am
    Seven years after London was selected to host the 2012 Summer Olympics, the Olympic Flame is on its way to England. Earlier today in Greece, performers dressed as priests and priestesses gathered for a ceremony in Olympia, the ancient birthplace of the Olympic games, where they appealed to the sun god Apollo to light the flame with the help of a parabolic mirror. The Olympic flame was then passed to swimmer Spyros Gianniotis to begin a seven-day relay through Greece, followed by a flight to Great Britain, where it will begin a 70-day journey, changing hands 8,000 times on its way to London.
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    Holy Kaw!

  • The (not so correct) anatomy of sea life

    16 May 2012 | 1:52 pm
    Marine biology, scharine schiology. Pleated Jeans skips scientific facts for its series of sea life diagrams. Via Pleated Jeans. (H/T @laughingsquid) Laughing is good for you. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

  • The mechanics of eclipses [infographic]

    16 May 2012 | 11:11 am
    When the moon passes in front of sun, as viewed from Earth, the eclipse that occurs is visible from a narrow path on Earth that corresponds to the location of the moon's shadow. During a total solar eclipse, this path is known as the path of totality. WARNING: Never look directly at the sun during an eclipse with a telescope or your unaided eye. Severe eye damage can result and scientists use special filters to safely view the sun. Via Space. The view from space. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

  • Clean air improves heart health, Olympics show

    16 May 2012 | 10:39 am
    Using the 2008 Beijing Olympics as a lab, researchers found evidence that even short-term reduction in air pollution exposure improves a person’s cardiovascular health. “Beijing is one of the most polluted cities in the world, and the Chinese government had proposed to reduce pollution levels to be comparable to other Olympic host cities,” says USC Professor Junfeng (Jim) Zhang. “We wanted to take advantage of such a huge intervention and look at what happens to people biologically.” Full story at Futurity. More research news from top universities. Permalink |…

  • Why parents can’t rely on video game ratings

    16 May 2012 | 9:48 am
    Not all E-rated video games are created equal. New research indicates content matters more than ratings when it comes to effects on kids. “In the children’s study these were are all very cartoonish games—they were all rated appropriate for everyone—and yet we still show the violent harm aspect, as well as the prosocial, good aspect of some E-rated games,” says Iowa State University psychology professor Craig Anderson. Full story at Futurity. More research news from top universities. Photo credit: Fotolia Permalink | Leave a comment  »

  • Top-educated women picking family track

    16 May 2012 | 9:46 am
    More older, highly-educated women are choosing to have a family, but it remains unclear whether they are having children in addition to—or instead of—careers. “Women born in the late 1950s are the turning point,” says Qingyan Shang, assistant professor of economics at the University at Buffalo.  Full story at Futurity. More research news from top universities. Permalink | Leave a comment  »
 
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    Radio Times

  • Combat advising in Iraq with 3rd-generation Marine Owen West

    Patty
    15 May 2012 | 11:02 pm
    Hour 1 Combat advisors have been vital actors in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as they train indigenous security forces to fight their own conflicts. Our guest, OWEN WEST, a third-generation Marine, says military advising is a task many generals don’t understand, as he led a small group of U.S. reservists, Marines and Iraqi soldiers in 2006-2007, in the city of Khalidya, in the Anbar Province, during a particularly violent peak in the Iraq War. The Ivy League-educated West served two tours in Iraq on leaves-of-absence from his energy-trading job at Goldman Sachs to fight with and train…

  • After the President’s endorsement, what’s next in the battle for same-sex marriage?

    Susan Greenbaum
    15 May 2012 | 11:01 pm
    Connor Teige, 12, shows his support of President Barack Obama's endorsement of same sex marriage on Thursday, May 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Kevin P. Casey) Hour 2 Last week, in a decision that may come with real political risks, President Obama publicly announced his support for gay marriage.  Since taking office, the President had frequently expressed his personal struggles with the issue but at the same time had signaled his support of gay rights through a variety of policies in favor of gay rights.  While the President's support is considered highly significant in the battle for the…
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    The Conversation

  • Oil fuels the conflict between Sudan and South Sudan – and it keeps getting hotter

    David Dorward, Associate Professor, History at La Trobe University
    16 May 2012 | 12:40 am
    Khartoum has resumed its bombardment of South Sudan despite the passing of a UN Security Council Resolution calling for a ceasefire. With military action escalating over the past few days, the two nations are now on the brink of all-out war. The rhetoric of both nations' leaders is becoming increasingly strident. While the immediate causes of this conflict are control of oilfields and territorial disputes, the tension is rooted in a deeper clash of culture, religion and politics. A history of oil, division and conflict In 1978, Chevron discovered oil in the Bentu and Heglig districts of…

  • New standards could make consumers choose between the chicken and the egg

    Joanna Henryks, Assistant Professor, Advertising and Marketing Communication at University of Canberra
    16 May 2012 | 12:23 am
    The RSPCA has spoken out against the increased density of free-range chickens being proposed by the Australian Egg Corporation today, saying it doesn’t “meet animal welfare standards or consumer expectations.” Proposed new accreditation standards for free-range eggs aim to drastically increase the density of laying birds. The Greens intend to raise this issue in parliament this week to address animal welfare concerns, but guidance for consumers remains unaddressed. Little is known about how and why consumers make purchases in this area, but what we do know is that people tend to misread…

  • Fewer hens doesn't always mean happier hens

    Jeff Downing, Lecturer, Animal Science at University of Sydney
    15 May 2012 | 11:17 pm
    The Australian egg industry has seen a large shift in the proportion of chicken eggs coming from non-cage systems, especially free range. There is little doubt that some of this has been driven by consumer and retail demand. But some has been the result of new cage regulations introduced in 2008, which led producers to modify their cage facilities to free range and barn production. By removing cages, they avoided the high costs associated with new cage refurbishment. This has left the industry with a wide range of very different facilities designated as “free range production units”. In…

  • When it comes to solving the euro's woes, it's the same gold story

    Wesley Widmaier, Australian Research Council Future Fellow at Griffith University
    15 May 2012 | 11:08 pm
    Are the tragedies of the 1920s repeating themselves in the twenty-first century? In the 1920s, an irrational attachment to the gold standard helped cause the Great Depression, as European fears of inflation acted as a deadweight on growth. By the 1930s, economic collapse facilitated the rise of fascism, Nazism and World War II. While the Great Depression eventually broke the gold standard, enabling economic recovery, this would come too late for central Europe. In the current day, a similar attachment to the euro – again as a bulwark against inflation – risks a similar tragedy. Once…

  • Learning experience: let's take consciousness in from the cold

    Colin Hales, Researcher in brain electrodynamics at the Centre for Neural Engineering at University of Melbourne
    15 May 2012 | 10:27 pm
    Until 20 years ago, scientists interested in empirical work on consciousness – our private subjective experiences – hid it by minimising or eliminating the “c-word”, the use of which was a career-limiting (or at least fund-limiting) move. Consciousness defied scientific characterisation until, at the very beginning of the decade of the brain (1990-2000), the late Nobel Laureate Francis Crick and others began a dialogue that made an empirical science of consciousness viable. For 20 years, the mainstream science of consciousness could be generically called the ABC-correlates of…
 
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    Strombo

  • IMAGES OF THE DAY: Shelves Of Death

    16 May 2012 | 12:45 pm
    If the thought of a giant skull constantly staring at you from your wall sounds unappealing, you may not have seen these shelf creations built by British artist James Hopkins. They're made out of everyday objects, and combine attractive interior decoration with a regular reminder of mortality. The artworks are from a series called 'Vanitas'. Check out a few of his skull shelf works below: Black Still Life Last Days Of The Sun Design For Life Shelf Life Wasted Youth Related stories on Strombo.com: Tobacco As Art

  • Lance Reddick Calls Out George's Obsession With 'The Wire'

    16 May 2012 | 12:33 pm
    Truth is, at George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight... we love 'The Wire' and so do (most) of our fans. A few of the cast members have appeared on our show, including Idris Elba, Michael Kenneth Williams and Lance Reddick. In this clip, George reads a suggestion that results in some unanticipated response from Mr. Reddick. When Michael Kenneth Williams was on the show, we showed him a clip of Barack Obama, talking about his importance of his character Omar from 'The Wire' that he hadn't seen before: And Idris Elba was in the red chair talking about playing former South African President Nelson…

  • BEST STORY EVER: Richard Clarke

    16 May 2012 | 11:56 am
    When you're sailing from Australia to New Zealand in treacherous conditions, what's one to do when dinner doesn't go according to plan? Richard Clarke of Canada's 2012 Olympic Sailing Team shares his best story ever. For more information about Richard's upcoming Olympic journey, check out Get On Board.

  • VIDEO OF THE DAY: Epic Tea Time With Alan Rickman

    16 May 2012 | 10:20 am
    Alan Rickman has signed on to play CBGB owner Hilly Kristal in an upcoming film about the legendary punk-rock club. It'll be directed by Randall Miller and tell the story of how the club, which Kristal opened as a bluegrass venue, became home for the American punk-rock movement in the late seventies - playing host to artists like The Ramones, Blondie, Beastie Boys, Bad Brains, The Mistfits, Talking Heads and Patti Smith. He's the sort of actor that can make anything exciting, but have you ever imagined what Rickman would look like preparing tea in extreme slow-motion, set to the song 'Mind…

  • John Irving

    16 May 2012 | 8:30 am
    Acclaimed literary heavyweight John Irving is a rare thing: a brainy populist, a macho feminist, and a writer who wrestles. He's sold more books than most living American writers, been translated into 35 languages, and had 9 international best sellers ... writing daring, unsettling novels that mesh the comic and tragic, the moral and the macabre. But here's the thing - John might never have become a novelist were it not for this: growing up in New Hampshire, John never knew his own dad. And because his mother never spoke about him, John used his imagination, to dream up who his dad might be.
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    The Big Picture

  • Ways of the wind

    16 May 2012 | 11:53 am
    It's something often ignored unless it's annoying, harnessed for sport or energy, the cause of great damage, or sometimes used for fun. Wind is simply defined as "a natural movement of air of any velocity." Here is a collection of images showing its effects on us and nature. -- Lloyd Young(40 photos total)A woman grips her umbrella against the wind in front of the Jubelpark - Cinquantenaire in Brussels as a storm moved over Belgium on Jan. 5. The Belgian Royal Meteorological Institute gave a code orange warning for the heavy storm weather that moved over Belgium this morning. (Benoit…

  • Food and nutrition crisis in Sahel region of Africa

    11 May 2012 | 4:54 pm
    A potentially catastrophic food crisis in the Sahel region of West and Central Africa could affect as many as one million children. The food and nutrition crisis resulting from a severe drought, threatens the survival of an entire generation of children. Those children in eight countries - Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger, Cameroon, Nigeria and Senegal - are at risk of severe acute malnutrition. Sparse rainfall, poor harvests and rising food prices have left many vulnerable and weak, seeking medical attention. Sahel is one of the poorest regions in the world where children…

  • Victory Day 2012

    9 May 2012 | 1:41 pm
    Russia and former Soviet republics marked the 67 years since the Allied victory over Nazi Germany in World War II today. Russia's newly inaugurated President Vladimir Putin promised a strong Russia during a speech he delivered during a military parade at Red Square in Moscow. The Soviet Union lost an estimated 26 million people in the war, including 8.5 million soldiers. -- Lloyd Young (31 photos total)A World War II veteran walks at the Red Square in Moscow, on May 9, 2012, after the Victory Day parade. Thousands of Russian soldiers marched today across Red Square to mark the 67 years since…

  • Supermoon: the perigee moon of 2012

    7 May 2012 | 12:35 pm
    The night sky on May 5 was animated by the once-a-year cosmic event of the perigee moon. Popularly known as the "Supermoon", the moon appears much larger above us when the elliptical orbit brings it within 221,802 miles to Earth, the closest point. The effect is magnified during a full moon, when we see our nearest celestial neighbor appear roughly 20 percent brighter and 15 percent larger. Collected here are images taken just before, during, and just after the perigee moon of 2012. -- Lane Turner (27 photos total)The May's full moon rises beside San Francisco's Coit Tower on May 5, 2012.

  • Afghanistan, May 2012

    4 May 2012 | 2:53 pm
    With well over a year before American forces pull out of Afghanistan, the conflict there drags on. Every month in The Big Picture, we feature a selection of recent images of events there, from the soldiers and insurgents at war, the people longing for peace, and daily life and culture in the country of 29 million. Afghanistan remains among the world's poorest nations, and struggles with issues not found in other places, like an ongoing fight against polio. Afghanistan still supplies about 90% of the world's opium, a major cash crop in a country with few viable exports. Gathered here are…
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    FRONTLINE - Latest Stories

  • JPMorgan Loss Poses Early Test For Dodd-Frank Pay Rules

    15 May 2012 | 5:40 pm
    As JPMorgan Chase & Co. continues to deal with the fallout from its $2 billion trading loss, the nation’s largest …

  • Nice To Meet You!

    15 May 2012 | 5:24 pm
    If, like me, you’ve been a longtime FRONTLINE fan you’ve probably noticed big changes on the website in the past …

  • Why Was Clarence Aaron’s Pardon Request Denied?

    14 May 2012 | 2:28 pm
    In 1999′s Snitch, FRONTLINE producer Ofra Bikel told the story of Clarence Aaron, a 23-year-old student who was sentenced to three concurrent life sentences after being convicted of conspiring to distribute crack cocaine — despite the fact that he did not buy, sell or supply the drugs, nor did he have a previous criminal record.

  • What Can We Learn from JPMorgan’s $2 Billion Loss?

    11 May 2012 | 1:39 pm
    JPMorgan's risky trade highlights the ongoing debate over financial regulations currently being written

  • What’s the Status of the Dodd-Frank Financial Overhaul?

    10 May 2012 | 3:49 pm
    In July 2010, President Barack Obama signed what became known as the Dodd-Frank bill, the financial reform package aimed at overhauling the financial regulatory system and ending the risky practices that led to the 2008 financial crisis.
 
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    Slate Articles

  • Unleash the Hounds

    Richard L. Hasen
    16 May 2012 | 1:29 pm
    The New Yorker’s Jeffrey Toobin this week revealed  juicy bits from the Supreme Court’s deliberations as it considered Citizens United, the thunderous case in which the court allowed corporations and unions to spend unlimited sums on candidate elections, paving the way for big-spending super PACs.  Toobin told of a secret draft Citizens United dissent by Justice David Souter that has never been released—a draft that Souter, who has since retired, should now make public.

  • Parent Traps

    Katie Roiphe
    16 May 2012 | 12:54 pm
    Here’s a scene in my house: My almost 9-year-old is on the Internet doing something or other, and I am not standing over her shoulder or otherwise monitoring her.

  • And the Greatest Ad of the Year Is …

    Seth Stevenson
    16 May 2012 | 12:36 pm
    At last night’s Clio Awards—the ad world’s annual fete—host Joan Rivers immediately won my affection when she opened with a grisly joke about an ad campaign I’ve come to despise. “I want to welcome most of you here tonight,” Rivers croaked to the assembled crowd of advertising executives. “But not the people responsible for the E*Trade Baby. You can go fuck yourselves. Where is Casey Anthony when you need her?”

  • The Mystery of the Vanishing IPO

    Matthew Yglesias
    16 May 2012 | 12:26 pm
    Facebook’s initial public offering on Friday is notable in part because Facebook is a gigantic, fascinating, and famous company. But it’s also notable because IPOs have become incredibly rare. Between 1980 and 2000, an average of 311 companies went public per year, more than one every day the markets were open, according to a recent paper by Xiaohui Gao, Jay Ritter, and Zhongyan Zhu.

  • Mad Men Style: The Drapers and the Francises

    Tom Fitzgerald & Lorenzo Marquez
    16 May 2012 | 11:39 am
    Each week, Tom and Lorenzo analyze the costumes on Mad Men with inimitable wit and charm—showing how the work of the show’s costume designer Janie Bryant reveals character, supplements the plot, and just plain looks great. This article is a short excerpt from this week’s Mad Style post. For much, much more on the costumes of “Dark Shadows”—from Megan’s leather trim to Dark Betty herself—visit tomandlorenzo.com
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    ProPublica: Articles and Investigations

  • Dafna Linzer Discusses Why Clarence Aaron Can’t Get His Sentenced Commuted

    ProPublica
    16 May 2012 | 2:10 pm
    by Mike Webb Dafna Linzer has been reporting on the presidential pardon system since late last year. What she found is that white criminals are nearly four times as likely to receive a pardon than people of color. Commutations are also dwindling. Presidents Reagan and Clinton approved roughly 1 in 100 applicants, while President George W. Bush approved 1 in 1,000. Obama has approved just 1 in 5,000. Linzer joined the podcast to talk about the case of Clarence Aaron — an African-American man whose quest for a commutation was denied, even though he had support from the judge and…

  • Air Force Pilots Balk at Flying the World’s Most Expensive Fighter Jet

    ProPublica
    15 May 2012 | 6:43 pm
    by Cora Currier Update, 5/15: Defense Secretary Leon Panetta set new limits on F-22 flights, ordering that they stay within safe distance of a landing strips due to ongoing concerns about oxygen deficiency. Last week, CBS’ 60 Minutes aired an interview with two of the pilots who are refusing to fly the jets. They will receive whistleblower protection, and not be reprimanded for speaking out. The pricey F-22 Raptor jet has just gotten back up in the air, but the safety problem that grounded it doesn’t seem to be resolved. Last year, the F-22 was grounded for four months because…

  • Patient Died at New York VA Hospital After Alarm Was Ignored

    ProPublica
    15 May 2012 | 3:06 pm
    by Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber Registered nurses at a Manhattan Veterans Affairs hospital failed to notice a patient had become disconnected from a cardiac monitor until after his heart had stopped and he could not be revived, according to a report Monday from the VA inspector general. The incident from last June was the second such death at the hospital involving a patient connected to a monitor in a six-month period. The first, along with two earlier deaths at a Denver VA hospital, raised questions about nursing competency in the VA system, ProPublica reported last month. The deaths…

  • Pardon Attorney Torpedoes Plea for Presidential Mercy

    ProPublica
    13 May 2012 | 8:00 pm
    by Dafna Linzer A version of this story was co-published with The Washington Post. Clarence Aaron seemed to be especially deserving of a federal commutation, an immediate release from prison granted by the president of the United States. At 24, he was sentenced to three life terms for his role in a cocaine deal, even though it was his first criminal offense and he was not the buyer, seller or supplier of the drugs. Of all those convicted in the case, Aaron received the stiffest sentence. For those reasons, his case for early release was championed by lawmakers and civil rights activists, and…

  • N.Y. Congressman Will Reimburse Costs for $22,000 Taiwan trip

    ProPublica
    11 May 2012 | 3:32 pm
    by Justin Elliott Rep. Bill Owens, D-N.Y., said today that he will personally reimburse a Taiwan university for the $22,132 trip he took to the island with his wife in December. The announcement comes after ProPublica co-published a story Thursday evening with Politico detailing how lobbyists for Taiwan from the New York firm Park Strategies invited Owens and organized the four-day trip. House rules passed after the Jack Abramoff scandal prohibit members from taking trips arranged by lobbyists. “In an abundance of caution, and to avoid any question about the purpose of the travel, which…
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    CNN iReport - Latest

  • Arizona Wildfires: The Sunflower wildfire burns on.

    16 May 2012 | 1:19 pm
    After a record breaking amount of wildfires in 2011 it seems 2012 is going to be a scorcher as well. In 2011 the largest wildfire in its state recorded history happened in Arizona. Unintentionally set by two campers in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest of eastern Arizona, the Wallow Wildfire burned 538,049 acres, surpassing the 468,000 acres destroyed in the 2002 Rodeo-Chediski Fire, which affected an area not far away in the White Mountains. The blaze required over 4,000 dedicated firefighters to put out with thousands of people having to evacuate their homes and personal belongings…

  • Shoutout for Palm Beach Lakes

    16 May 2012 | 1:14 pm
    This is a shoutout request for Mr. Sorenson's Law and Economics classes at Palm Beach Lakes High School. If selected would prefer to be played on 5/21/12, 5/23/12, 5/25/12, 5/30/12 or 6/1/12. Thank you.

  • SANCTI PETRI

    16 May 2012 | 12:59 pm
    I love all about marine life, here is the port of Sancti Petri is a very nice place and where you can surf in an ocean of calm waters and beautiful beaches

  • Air France CDG on strike

    16 May 2012 | 12:49 pm
    Air France Ground personnel and crew on strike at airport CDG on evening of long holiday weekend in France.

  • LONG MARRIAGE

    16 May 2012 | 12:49 pm
    The wedding couple has remained together 68 years of marriage yesterday and now they say love like the first day.She has 88 years of age and has 92 years of age Congratulations !and your how old are you married?
 
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  • Fed Flags Fiscal Risks

    16 May 2012 | 1:44 pm
    Fed officials in April flagged concerns over U.S. fiscal policy and its impact on the economy, according to minutes of their last policy meeting.

  • European Fears Erase Stocks' Gains

    16 May 2012 | 1:42 pm
    Stocks were flat as confusion over Greece's political future and the role of the European Central Bank tamped down early gains.

  • Deere Beefing Up Output on Farm Strength

    16 May 2012 | 1:35 pm
    Deere is speeding its production expansion, brushing aside concerns that the market for its farm tractors and combines has peaked, and offered an improved outlook for the global farm economy.

  • J.C. Penney Posts Loss; Stock Slumps

    16 May 2012 | 1:29 pm
    J.C. Penney swung to a loss in its latest quarter on restructuring costs and a 20% drop in sales. Its shares fell sharply, as the retailer also suspended its dividend.

  • GE Capital Resumes Dividend

    16 May 2012 | 12:27 pm
    General Electric is again able to take cash out of its hulking finance arm in the form of a $475 million quarterly dividend.
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  • Iconic Cuban cigar goes un-smoked at home

    McClatchy Newspapers (Maria Recio)
    16 May 2012 | 1:31 pm
    The elderly cigar maker sits at a rustic table next to a tobacco field and a barn filled with hanging rows of aging tobacco and meticulously selects the brown leaves,Click to Continue »

  • Rick Santorum's Texas GOP convention speech won't be public

    The Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Anna M. Tinsley)
    16 May 2012 | 6:24 am
    Perhaps the biggest name featured at the Texas Republican Party's convention next month -- former GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum -- will give a speech that is off-limits to the…Click to Continue »

  • Gay couples in N.C. continue 'We Do' protest against marriage amendment

    The Charlotte Observer (Celeste Smith)
    16 May 2012 | 6:12 am
    Two women couples were denied requests for marriage licenses Tuesday in Charlotte as part of a statewide campaign to promote equal rights for same-sex couples. The futile requests – which…Click to Continue »

  • Quietly, the Republican Party is embracing gays

    McClatchy Newspapers (Curtis Tate)
    16 May 2012 | 12:39 am
    A quiet transformation is taking place in the Republican Party, which has begun to embrace openly gay candidates ? and among gay Republicans, who now feel more comfortable speaking out…Click to Continue »

  • Ron Paul still aims for delegates at state conventions to push GOP

    McClatchy Newspapers (William Douglas)
    16 May 2012 | 12:10 am
    Rep. Ron Paul may have dropped off the presidential campaign trail, but he insisted Tuesday that he?s not entirely out of the race.Click to Continue »
 
 
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  • Violence Against Women Act becomes latest immigration battleground

    16 May 2012 | 12:27 pm
    WASHINGTON -- The debate over updating a law that protects victims of domestic abuse has become the latest battleground over immigration policy.

  • Cannes Festival turns 65 with a lineup heavy on U.S. titles

    16 May 2012 | 12:17 pm
    If all film festivals are balancing acts, it stands to reason that the annual extravaganza at Cannes, likely the world's most celebrated cinematic event, has more to balance than most. Especially this year.

  • Solar eclipse 2012: The best place to view it in California?

    16 May 2012 | 10:46 am
    The deepest partial solar eclipse in a generation is headed to Southern California this weekend. What's the best way to view it? Where are the best places to go? Check out this Q&A below.

  • How Mitt Romney will choose his running mate

    16 May 2012 | 10:13 am
    WASHINGTON -- For those in political circles, the next three months will be consumed by speculation about Mitt Romney’s running mate. Early favorites include Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio and Rep. Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin. Many more names will be floated -- some will be serious contenders, others not -- before the pick is announced.

  • Obama hosting bipartisan talks on economy

    16 May 2012 | 5:00 am
    After months of trading blame and criticism from afar, President Obama and GOPcongressional leaders will meet Wednesday to discuss the economy — and, presumably, trade blame and criticism in person, more politely.
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  • Brazil: ‘Hands That Cure, Words That Heal'

    16 May 2012 | 9:02 am
    Written by Paula Góes With their herbs, gestures, prayers and comforting words, the “doctors of the people” are an important element of Brazilian popular culture and religious syncretism. Folk healers are found throughout the country, but play a special role in remote areas, where medical professionals are scarce and allopathic medicine is inaccessible. In a post called ‘Hands that cure, words that heal', Ricardo Câmara [1] recalls the history of faith healing and highlights the work of benzedeiras (women who pray for and bless the ill), usually a free…

  • Entire Amarnathji yatra route is under snow

    16 May 2012 | 8:51 am
        Srinagar, May 16(Scoop News) –N. N. Vohra, Governor, Chairman of the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board, today undertook an aerial reconnaissance of the Panjtarni-Sangam-Holy Cave-Baltal circuit to assess the status of snowmelt along the Yatra route and at the various Camps along the Baltal-Holy Cave tracks.   The Governor, accompanied by  Navin K. Choudhary, his Principal Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Shrine Board, flew over Panjtarni, Sangam, Holy Cave and reached Baltal after taking stock of the present status of snow melt. It was observed that there…

  • JK CM stresses on universalizing modern medicare

    16 May 2012 | 7:34 am
      Srinagar, May 16(Scoop News) –Terming SKIMS premier tertiary care medical institution of the State, Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Wednesday underscored the importance of its growth and development on modern lines.             “All measures need to be taken in this direction to develop it as one of the leading supper speciality medicare centre in the country where modern treatment of highest degree would be available to the people of the State”, he said and referred to the priority given by the government for…

  • Solution of Kashmir issue is must for peace: Mufti

    16 May 2012 | 6:24 am
        Banihal/Srinagar, May 16(Scoop News) –Patron of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today reiterated that solution of Kashmir problem was must for establishing lasting peace and bringing stability in this region. He, however, said that PDP’s Self-Rule proposal has potential to address external and internal dimensions of the problems of Jammu and Kashmir.   Addressing  a public meeting at Banihal today, Mufti asserted that road map prepared by his party was only practical and viable solution of the Kashmir problem. “Self Rule document…

  • Al-Qaeda advances if Syria falls

    16 May 2012 | 5:53 am
    The Syrian government is involved in a desperate struggle to fight off Islamic terrorist groups, including al-Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood.   Should Syria fail al-Qaeda elements could sweep into the Golan Heights, according to a very senior Israel military official, speaking on the condition of absolute secrecy (see article: Israel fears Assad fall may bring Al-Qaeda to Golan http://www.khaleejtimes.com/kt-article-display-1.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2012/May/middleeast_May190.xml§ion=middleeast ).   Sources suggest the Syrian government is fighting al-Qaeda which has…
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  • Spider-Man 2.0

    Marlow Stern
    14 May 2012 | 12:51 pm
    Rebranding the webslinger for 2012.

  • The Body Bomb Menace

    Daniel Klaidman
    14 May 2012 | 12:00 am
    Forget underpants. Al Qaeda’s diabolical new plan.

  • Brothers In Arms

    Anna Nemtsova
    14 May 2012 | 12:00 am
    Meet the family leading Russia’s opposition.

  • The European Farce

    Niall Ferguson
    14 May 2012 | 12:00 am
    Will the continent act to avert an economic cataclysm?

  • The City: Los Angeles

    Laila Lalami
    14 May 2012 | 12:00 am
    Laila Lalami discovers a metropolis at once foreign and familiar.
 
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  • Lebanon uneasy over Syrian conflict

    16 May 2012 | 11:00 am
    BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 16 (UPI) -- The opposition March 14 bloc in the Lebanese government said it blames Syria for deadly clashes in the country that left at least seven dead this week.

  • Industrial production rose in April

    16 May 2012 | 11:00 am
    WASHINGTON, May 16 (UPI) -- Industrial production rose 1.1 percent in April after two months of holding unchanged, the U.S. Federal Reserve said Wednesday.

  • Stoudemire enrolls at University of Miami

    16 May 2012 | 10:55 am
    CORAL GABLES, Fla., May 16 (UPI) -- New York Knicks forward Amare Stoudemire has enrolled at the University of Miami, where he is pursuing a bachelor's degree in general studies, UM said.

  • Home construction starts rose in April

    16 May 2012 | 10:41 am
    WASHINGTON, May 16 (UPI) -- New home construction starts in the United States rose in April, but permits that predict future business fell, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.

  • 'Blown Away' tops U.S. album chart

    16 May 2012 | 10:36 am
    LOS ANGELES, May 16 (UPI) -- Carrie Underwood's "Blown Away" is No. 1 on the U.S. album chart for a second week, Billboard.com reported Wednesday.
 
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  • Teenager found guilty of murder after conkers row

    16 May 2012 | 12:11 pm
    Boy, 15, faces life sentence for fatally stabbing Steven Grisales, 21, who had remonstrated with group about throwing conkersA 15-year-old boy is facing a life sentence after being found guilty of stabbing a student to death in a row over conkers.The teenager was found guilty at the Old Bailey in London of murdering architecture student Steven Grisales, 21.Grisales died last August after he went over to remonstrate with a group of young people throwing conkers still in their spiky husks. He was walking to Silver Street station, Edmonton, north London, when he was attacked.The teenager, who…

  • London Olympics stadium disappoints architects, but supporting cast save day

    Robert Booth
    16 May 2012 | 11:31 am
    Velodrome and aquatics centre are the stars of Olympic park, according to a panel of architects convened by the Guardian"That's as dull as ditchwater," said architect Piers Gough as the organising committee's minibus skirted the copper-clad Olympic handball arena. Amanda Levete, Stirling prize-winning designer, craned her neck to take a look. "Do you think it is deliberately banal?" she asked. "Shocking. The electricity substation is better."It was a tough start for the architecture of the Olympic park, which was being put to the test by a panel of leading architects and critics convened by…

  • Macedonia on trial for human rights abuses in US post-9/11 rendition case

    Ian Cobain
    16 May 2012 | 11:07 am
    European court of human rights hears case of Khaled el-Masri, detained in Skopje before alleged torture in Afghanistan by CIAEurope's human rights court began hearing the first case arising from the US's post-9/11 rendition programme on Wednesday, when the government of Macedonia went on trial accused of multiple human rights abuses of a German citizen.Khaled el-Masri, 48, a car salesman of Lebanese descent, was detained in Macedonia in December 2003 and held for more than three weeks in Skopje, before being handed to CIA officers who flew him to Afghanistan, where he was allegedly tortured…

  • Michael Caine trapped in dressing room

    Ben Child
    16 May 2012 | 10:25 am
    The actor, who was filming Now You See Me in a disused theatre, was accidentally locked in a makeshift dressing area overnight before being set free the next morningNo tabloid story about Michael Caine is complete without a headline referencing his famous line from The Italian Job: "You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!" Sub-editors at the Mirror must have thought all their Christmasses had come at once yesterday after the unfortunate 79-year-old actor was locked in his dressing room overnight while taking a nap.According to the newspaper, Caine was on a break earlier this…

  • Michael Gove proposes that schools set own teachers' pay

    Jessica Shepherd
    16 May 2012 | 10:10 am
    Education secretary Michael Gove's suggestion would lead to the end of a national pay scale for the professionEngland's state schools could be allowed to set their teachers' salaries themselves, the education secretary has proposed, leading to the end of a national pay scale for the profession.Michael Gove made the suggestion in a submission to a review on teachers' pay due to report this autumn.His idea would trigger one of the biggest shakeups in teachers' working conditions for a generation and was deeply unpopular with trade unions.Gove said the current national pay scale for the…
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  • Cambodian security forces kill teenage girl during clash with villagers armed with axes and crossbows

    16 May 2012 | 1:24 pm
    Security forces in Cambodia have killed a teenage girl during a clash with villagers armed with axes and crossbows in the latest of a series of violent evictions aimed at clearing land for development.Related Stories'Black box' found of Russia jet in Indonesia crashProgress for Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng's bid to study in USTeenage girl in Cambodia killed during violent eviction

  • Police confirm Derby house fire was caused by someone pouring 'substantial' amount of petrol through letter box

    16 May 2012 | 1:10 pm
    A fatal fire that killed six children from the same family was deliberately started by someone pouring a "substantial" amount of petrol through the letter box and lighting it, police said today.Related StoriesCare home criticised as resident is sentenced for murdering schoolboySam Hallam to be released on bail as prosecution announces no opposition to murder conviction appealPolice confirm petrol use in Derby house fireSam Hallam released on unconditional bail as prosecution announces no opposition to murder conviction appealPCSO charged with rape

  • Bosnian Serb commander General Ratko Mladic defiant at genocide trial in The Hague

    16 May 2012 | 12:00 pm
    Ratko Mladic was a shadow of the swaggering general who once "held Sarajevo in the palm of his hand" during Bosnia's 1992-95 war as his long-awaited genocide trial opened - but he still managed to inflame Bosnia's festering war wounds with the flick of his hand. Related StoriesJudge Panagiotis Pikramenos named as Greek caretaker PM as elections set for 17 JuneUS economy provides some relief to markets after Greek chaosBosnian Serb commander General Ratko Mladic taunts survivors at start of genocide trial in The HagueMarkets uneasy as Greeks empty €800m in savings from banksGreece appoints…

  • David Cameron and Sir Mervyn King urge eurozone action

    16 May 2012 | 11:30 am
    Sir Mervyn King and David Cameron led an attack on a lack of progress in tackling the eurozone crisis today as the region's problems threatened to hamper UK growth.Related StoriesBank of England warns of 'storm from Europe' as growth forecast is cutApril rain a dampener for Marshalls900 jobs at risk as administrator seeks deal to rescue Coryton oil refineryBank of England chief delivers hard-hitting verdict on Europe's debtSkiers and miners lift Compass profits

  • PCSO charged with rape

    16 May 2012 | 11:14 am
    A Scotland Yard community support officer has been charged with rape. Related StoriesCare home criticised as resident is sentenced for murdering schoolboySam Hallam to be released on bail as prosecution announces no opposition to murder conviction appealPolice confirm petrol use in Derby house fireSam Hallam released on unconditional bail as prosecution announces no opposition to murder conviction appealPolice confirm Derby house fire was caused by someone pouring 'substantial' amount of petrol through letter box
 
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  • Brain Disease Is Found in Veterans Exposed to Bombs

    By JAMES DAO
    16 May 2012 | 1:45 pm
    The same degenerative brain disease found in football players and boxers has been found in veterans exposed to roadside bombs, a finding with potentially profound implications.

  • Greece Teeters Ahead of New Vote

    By LIZ ALDERMAN and RACHEL DONADIO
    16 May 2012 | 1:40 pm
    Amid warnings of the possibility of bank runs, state television said June 17 would be the date for a new round of elections.

  • Mexicans Unflinching in Face of Drug War’s Carnage

    By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD and DAMIEN CAVE
    16 May 2012 | 1:40 pm
    Many Mexicans are increasingly disturbed by their disaffection as drug violence has taken a turn for the worse.

  • Riot Police Break Up Antigovernment Encampment in Moscow

    By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
    16 May 2012 | 1:39 pm
    The crackdown occurred as an unpredictable political situation continued to unfurl in the early days of Vladimir V. Putin’s new term as president.

  • TIMESCAST: TimesCast | May 16, 2012

    16 May 2012 | 1:39 pm
    Greece sets a date for new election amid euro exit fears. | Latino networks take center stage at television upfronts. | President Obama meets with Congressional leaders over the legislative agenda.
 
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  • Eat Less, Move More: The Official Health Equation That Won't Work

    8 May 2012 | 5:15 pm
    (Link to the article that accompanies this most excellent chart at the end of this post.) As everybody knows, Americans as a group are well beyond overweight and into the obese category.  Even the kids are becoming diabetic, which turns out to be the last straw as far as the healthy living establishment is concerned.  By healthy living establishment, I mean doctors, researchers and social scientists who monitor things like lifespan, and the public health arm of both state and federal government.  It is from these sources that pronouncements about health crises and healthy…

  • Your Microbial Shadow - It Affects Everything You Think You Are

    20 Apr 2012 | 11:56 am
    Thank you, Wired Magazine for this amazing look at what is beginning to be known about our shadow selves, the 100 trillion-cell cloud of microscopic life that lives on and inside us.  Here's a sample of what you'll learn: Microbes will worm their way into any place they can. In July, a team based at the Translational Genomics Research Institute in Flagstaff, Arizona, published an investigation of life inside the ear, based on samples from an 8-year-old boy with a chronic ear infection. The researchers found 11 species of bacteria, many of them new to science. They also were able to trace…

  • Too Afraid to Be Scared

    15 Apr 2012 | 12:04 pm
    "The Slap", oil painting by Lyn Southworth Did you know that the fundamental difference between an intimate relationship and an abusive intimate relationship is that one party is afraid of the other?  That's it, nothing more complicated than that. That said, what do I mean by "afraid"?  Well, unlike the way we sometimes use the word "afraid" in everyday speech, it's not a synonym for worried or concerned, as in "I'm afraid my partner is going to leave me for somebody younger and richer."  This is the kind of afraid that every child understands and that in its own way represents…

  • Forget Resolutions, Let Data Points Shape Your New Year

    20 Dec 2011 | 9:50 pm
    In case you haven't heard, there are some really geeky people scattered around the world who have founded a new version of self-involvement called QS:Quantified Self, subtitled "Self Knowledge Through Numbers".  They meet at conferences, have plenty of web presence, wear gadgets like the FitBit, get their own blood tests and body scans, and are reading some very heavy, scary-sounding books. So what? you say.  I weigh myself, know my way to and from work even without GPS assistance, and can name a few food groups.  What could these undoubtedly preoccupied techies have that I…

  • Wishing You Bright Lights For Your Holidays!

    19 Dec 2011 | 3:32 pm
    Happy end of year celebrations and holidays to WNL readers around the world.  It has been a pleasure to connect with you throughout the year, and I'm looking forward to a wonderful New Year for us all.
 
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  • India: Crackdown on Tamil Nadu Anti-Nuclear Plant Protests

    Rezwan
    16 May 2012 | 12:49 pm
    Concerns have been sparked that the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) currently under construction in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu, India, may have similar vulnerabilities to the ill-fated Fukushima nuclear power plant of Japan. Activists fear that in the case of an earthquake followed by a tsunami in the Indian Ocean, there could be an accident similar to the radiation leak at the Japanese coastal nuclear plant last year. Construction started more than a decade ago and KKNPP is expected to be in operation soon. S. P. Udayakumar of the voluntary organisation…

  • Bangladesh: Bloggers March for Murdered Journalist Couple, Demand Justice.

    Aparna Ray
    16 May 2012 | 12:06 pm
    Three months have passed since the murder of the journalist couple Sagar Sarwar and his wife Meherun Runi. Till date, the police have been unsuccessful in discovering any clues or leads that would help them to solve the case. In the early hours of 11th February, 2012, the couple was found brutally murdered in their West Rajabajar apartment in Dhaka. The Bangladesh High Court has expressed dissatisfaction with the progress (or lack of it) of the Detective Branch (DB) of police investigating the murder. The case has since then been transferred to the anti-crime and anti-terrorism unit - Rapid…

  • Spain: The “Indignados” of the 15M

    Elizabeth Rivera
    16 May 2012 | 10:17 am
    The date for the first citizen protest in Barcelona to celebrate the first anniversary of 15M (May 15th) was on Saturday 12M (May 12th) at 6pm in Catalunya Plaza. Sixty-one year-old Mari Ángeles left her place in El Prat, a neighborhood close to the airport within the city limits. With a group of neighbors, she took the banners they had prepared and rode the bus to Spain Plaza. There they met other members of the “southern column” which had already marched for a couple of hours starting at Cornellà near mid-day. Miguel Ángel. Photo by Lali Sandiumenge. Miguel Ángel, 44 years…

  • Indonesia: Lady Gaga's Concert Permit Denied

    Carolina Rumuat
    16 May 2012 | 9:33 am
    After being pressured by conservative politicians and hardline groups, which branded Lady Gaga as a devil worshiper, the Indonesian police announced that it won't issue a permit to the highly anticipated Lady Gaga concert in Jakarta, leaving over 50,000 fans disappointed. @HeyPotterhead:Lady Gaga's concert better not be cancelled. I did NOT fell in line for 8 hours for nothing! Stupid FPI #IndonesiaSavesGaga #BTWBallGBK FPI or the Islamic Defenders Front is an influential religious group which often campaigns against ‘anti-Islamic' activities and ideas. In this particular…

  • Colombia: Bomb Blast Targeted at Controversial Former Minister

    Julián Ortega Martínez
    16 May 2012 | 8:45 am
    Tuesday 15 May 2012 was a tense and heavy day for most Bogotanos. The day started with a car bomb, deactivated by the authorities, in the Eduardo Santos neighbourhood, a few blocks away from the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police of Bogotá. Hours later, as protests [es] (which left 3 injured) emerged in the National University of Colombia because the Free Trade Agreement with the United States was entering into force, a bomb exploded on Caracas Avenue and 74 Street, in northern Bogotá. Initially it was reported that the bomb exploded in a bus, but as more information came in, reports…
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  • Radiation and DNA

    16 May 2012 | 7:34 am
    Radiation exposure is not too good for one's health and well being. But how much is enough and how much is deadly? A new study from MIT scientists suggests that the guidelines governments use to determine when to evacuate people following a nuclear accident may be too conservative. The study, led by Bevin Engelward and Jacquelyn Yanch and published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, found that when mice were exposed to radiation doses about 400 times greater than background levels for five weeks, no DNA damage could be detected.

  • Wind, Solar...Coconuts: Small Island Developing States Commit to Renewable, Sustainable Energy for All

    15 May 2012 | 3:20 pm
    Typically heavily reliant on the cost of high and volatile diesel and fossil fuel imports, small island developing states are also on the front line when it comes to having to cope with climate change. Now they're realizing there's a lot in the way of cleaner, more efficient and less costly power and fuel resources right at home. They're increasingly, if belatedly, establishing ambitious renewable energy programs and setting aggressive targets to employ local renewable energy resources to reduce CO2 and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, working with a range of international development…

  • Africa may struggle to extract groundwater, experts say

    15 May 2012 | 1:10 pm
    Vast groundwater resources have been revealed in Africa by the first continent-wide quantitative maps. But the resources may not be easily accessible because of political and technical challenges and costs, say experts.

  • Collapsing Volcanos

    15 May 2012 | 12:24 pm
    The bottom of the sea to many must be perfectly calm and placid. Well maybe not so... Volcanoes on the seafloor can grow or collapse tens of meters in just a few days, a new study has found, suggesting that the seabed is much more unstable than previously thought. Researchers, led by Professor Tony Watts of Oxford University’s Department of Earth Sciences, report in Nature Geoscience how they surveyed the topography of the active Monowai volcano, a submarine volcano on the southwest Pacific Ocean floor near Tonga, in May and June 2011.

  • Report: Global Biodiversity Down 30 Percent in 40 Years

    15 May 2012 | 8:21 am
    The world's biodiversity is down 30 percent since the 1970s, according to a new report, with tropical species taking the biggest hit. And if humanity continues as it has been, the picture could get bleaker. Humanity is outstripping the Earth's resources by 50 percent — essentially using the resources of one and a half Earths every year, according to the 2012 Living Planet Report, produced by conservation agency the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
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  • Social Media Outlook for Wednesday 16 (OPNT, CHS, JCP, ANF)

    Social Market Analytics
    16 May 2012 | 1:25 pm
    In recent years, traders and investors have increasingly turned to social media to discuss their investments. Now, interested parties can get a scientific look at what is being discussed on a weekly, monthly, and even hourly basis. Provided by Social Market Analytics, here is the social media outlook for Wednesday, May 16.

  • Paulson's Fund Reports Holdings, Continues to Like Gold

    Niranjana Kannan
    16 May 2012 | 1:24 pm
    Paulson & Co., John Paulson's hedge fund, has retained its stakes in SPDR Gold Trust, the biggest exchange-traded product backed by gold, since the second quarter of 2011. Paulson came to fame after having the foresight to gamble against the mortgage market before the 2008 financial crisis.

  • Meryl Witmer of Eagle Capital Partners Likes Gildan Activewear, Viacom

    Brandon Pilzner
    16 May 2012 | 1:08 pm
    Meryl Witmer spoke at the Ira Sohn investment conference on Wednesday. She is a general partner at Eagle Capital Partners. Limiting risk and investing in strong businesses with great free cash flow characteristics, at a significant discount to their intrinsic value, is the foundation of Eagle Capital's investment philosophy.

  • Dwight Anderson of Ospraie Likes West Like Chemical, Palladium

    Paul Quintaro
    16 May 2012 | 1:08 pm
    Earlier at Ira Sohn, Dwight Anderson of Ospraie presented two major trading ideas. His first was West Lake Chemical (NYSE: WLK). Anderson stated that he had a price target on the stock north of $95 per share.

  • 5 ETFs For Retirement Planning (MUB, PGF, VTV)

    ETF Professor
    16 May 2012 | 1:05 pm
    Watch enough CNBC, visit enough financial blogs and Web sites, read enough print periodicals and you're sure to notice that retirement planning is a popular theme among advertisers. Whether its a brokerage firm, mutual fund sponsor or a company hawking annuities, retirement planning is big business in the U.S. That stands to reason.
 
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  • Study: Obama economy wrecking NASCAR

    Joe Kovacs
    16 May 2012 | 12:01 pm
    With President Obama at the wheel of the U.S. economy, the car-racing industry appears to be wrecking, with few signs of getting back on the right track. That according to a new study examining the financial state of NASCAR, the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing. The study by Dr. J. Brian O’Roark at Robert Morris University says the economic downturn reveals how much NASCAR relies on a healthy, growing economy. The report notes: As the unemployment rate began to climb starting in 2008, a rising attendance started to fall, and in 2010 attendance dropped below the 4 million…

  • Romney has morality upside down

    -NO AUTHOR-
    16 May 2012 | 11:41 am
    (READERSUPPORTEDNEWS.OR) — Mitt Romney’s reaction to J.P. Morgan Chase’s mounting losses from reckless trades is “the market will take care of it.” His spokesman says “no taxpayer money was at risk” so we don’t need more financial regulation. Romney has even promised to repeal Dodd-Frank if he’s elected president. Yet at the same time, Romney has come out strongly against same-sex marriage. He’s also against abortion. He has no problem with government intruding on the most intimate of decisions a person makes.

  • North Carolina: Romney 51%, Obama 43%

    -NO AUTHOR-
    16 May 2012 | 9:06 am
    (RASMUSSEN REPORTS) Mitt Romney has moved out to an eight-point lead over President Obama in North Carolina after the two men were virtually tied a month ago. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in the Tar Heel State shows the putative Republican nominee earning 51% of the vote to Obama’s 43%. Two percent (2%) like some other candidate, and four percent (4%) are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.) That’s a big change from last month when Romney posted a narrow 46% to 44% lead over the president in Rasmussen Reports’ first survey of the…

  • Zimmerman's nose broken in struggle

    -NO AUTHOR-
    16 May 2012 | 8:05 am
    (HUFFINGTON POST) According to a medical report from George Zimmerman’s family physician, the neighborhood watch volunteer was diagnosed with lacerations to the back of his head, a “closed fracture” of his nose, a pair of black eyes and a minor back injury the day after his fatal confrontation with Trayvon Martin, ABC News reports. The three-page medical report is included in court documents that the state of Florida made public Monday, which also contained 911 calls, non-emergency calls, photos, video, medical records and a number of hardcopy documents. According to the…

  • This day in WND History: May 16

    -NO AUTHOR-
    15 May 2012 | 10:51 pm
    MySpace hosts wannabe terrorists May 16, 2006: While concerns about MySpace.com often focus on its use by sexual predators, the popular youth networking website may also pose a risk to the nation’s security. An investigation found the website to be fertile ground for inspiring and recruiting a new generation of Islamic terrorists, according to independent analyst Laura Mansfield. A young man from Seattle, for example, who gave his name as Amin Al-Mujaahid As-Salafi – or “Salafi Jihaadi – has a blog that features images of al-Qaida leaders Osama bin Laden and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi,…
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  • Accountability for violations needed despite Palestinian prisoner deal

    16 May 2012 | 12:00 pm
    2,000 Palestinian prisoners are ending a hunger strike after Israel has agreed to improve prison conditions. May 16, 2012 Two thousand Palestinians held in Israeli prisons suspended a month-long hunger strike after Israel agreed several measures to improve prison conditions – a move seen by Amnesty International as a step toward compliance with Israel's human rights obligations.Under the Egyptian-brokered deal, Israel has agreed to end solitary confinement for 19 prisoners – held in isolation for up to 10 years – and lift a ban on family visits for prisoners from the Gaza Strip, among…

  • Sudan must end clampdown on media

    15 May 2012 | 12:00 pm
    Independent media in Sudan is facing continous harrassment from the authorities, with arrests of journalists and national newspapers seized. May 15, 2012 The Sudanese authorities must halt the ongoing harassment of independent media, Amnesty International said after a prominent journalist was re-arrested and copies of a national newspaper seized in Khartoum on Tuesday.Faisal Mohammed Saleh, a columnist with several national newspapers who has reported in 2011 on the alleged rape of an activist by National Security Service (NSS) agents, is currently being held by the NSS.read more

  • Brazil: Uncovering the past; President Dilma names Truth Commission members

    11 May 2012 | 2:00 pm
    Brazil's new Truth Commission must bring to light the full extent of violations committed under the country's military rule. May 11, 2012

  • Amnesty International Praises President Obama’s Support for Same-Sex Marriage

    Alex Edwards
    9 May 2012 | 3:23 pm
    Suzanne Nossel, executive director of Amnesty International USA, today issued comments in response to President Obama’s statement on marriage equality. May 9, 2012 AIUSA Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, strimel@aiusa.org (New York) – Suzanne Nossel, executive director, Amnesty International USA, made the following comments today, in response to President Obama’s statement about marriage equality:read more

  • UK plans for secret courts 'dangerous'

    9 May 2012 | 1:00 pm
    Proposed legal changes could result in information and evidence of human rights violations by UK state representatives being kept secret. May 9, 2012 UK government plans to end centuries of open justice by allowing some court evidence to be heard behind closed doors are "dangerous", Amnesty International said.The proposed legal changes, part of the Justice and Security Bill, could result in information and evidence of human rights violations by UK state representatives, being kept secret. Plans by the government to introduce new legislation were confirmed in the Queen’s speech during…
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    Fast Company

  • Why You Should Start A Company In... Savannah

    Jude Stewart
    16 May 2012 | 2:46 pm
    Steve Weathers, president and CEO of the Savannah Economic Development Authority, shares five things you need to know about opening a business in the Hostess City of the South. UNITED STATES OF INNOVATION New Ideas, New Markets, New Insights It used to be, if you were serious about starting a tech company, you went to Silicon Valley. But emerging entrepreneurial hubs around the country are giving startups new options. In this series, we talk to leading figures in those communities about what makes them tick. CLICK HERE for pockets of innovation in other U.S. cities. Can you name the top four…

  • How To Make The Most Of Your Too-Short Work Break

    Kevin Purdy
    16 May 2012 | 12:17 pm
    If you’re not the type who can sit on a park bench and contemplate nothing, and the conversation around the Keurig machine bores you, what can you do with 15 minutes that isn’t really work but pays off in productivity?After 90 minutes of meeting, working, thinking, and pushing emails, your glucose is in a bad place. That’s what project management consultant Tony Wong tells his clients. And everyone from NASA to the Berlin Academy of Music have run tests that prove you truly need the equivalent of a smoke break, a shift change, whatever you want to call it. But let’s say you’re…

  • 5 Ways Process Is Killing Your Productivity

    Lisa Bodell
    16 May 2012 | 11:51 am
    If your team spends its days asking for permission before executing, taking an hour to complete expense reports or time sheets, attending redundant meetings, or answering irrelevant emails, you’ve got a problem.Processes are supposed to help organizations scale up, improve efficiency for new hires and existing employees, and so on--but they can quickly get out of control. In a study of U.S. and European companies, The Boston Consulting Group found that “over the past fifteen years, the amount of procedures, vertical layers, interface structures, coordination bodies, and decision approvals…

  • Fab.com: Ready, Set, Reset!

    Adam L. Penenberg
    16 May 2012 | 10:34 am
    How Fab.com pivoted from a failed social network for gays to a retailing powerhouse valued at $200 million in less than 6 months. The third in our Pivot series. Bradford Shellhammer and Jason Goldberg realized it just wasn't working. Their gay social network, Fabulis, a mashup of Facebook, Yelp, Trip Advisor, and Foursquare, wasn't exactly failing but it was exhibiting the telltale signs of mediocrity. Like most entrepreneurs, they started out thinking they had a winner when they launched in April 2010, a clear niche they could serve. While there was Grindr and plenty of porn, there was no…

  • Social Ad Spending To Reach $10B Soon, But How Much For Facebook?

    Kit Eaton
    16 May 2012 | 9:32 am
    News updates all day from your Fast Company editors.A new survey from BIA/Kelsey has looked at the trends in advertising on social media and concluded that by 2016 it'll be a market topping $10 billion per annum, mainly as display ads. For context, some $3.8 billion was spent on these ads in 2011, so phenomenal growth is predicted. In the very week Facebook IPOs this sounds like great news, except for different data coming from Wordstream that suggests Facebook's adverts have less reach and are less effective in generating click-throughs than traditional web ads served up by Google. Meanwhile…
 
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  • Town's Effort To Link Fracking And Illness Falls Short

    16 May 2012 | 1:41 pm
    Many residents of Dish, Texas, blame the fracking operations that surround their tiny town for a host of health problems — from nosebleeds to cancer. The former mayor was so scared, he left town. But scientists who've studied Dish say there's not enough evidence to link natural gas operations to any illness.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

  • Chipping In To Your Office Lottery Pool? Read This First

    16 May 2012 | 1:25 pm
    A group of workers at a Chicago bakery recently won $118 million. But two employees say they should be getting a share. It's another example of why it's important to write things down beforehand.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

  • Latino Voters: Seen, But Will They Be Heard, In 2012?

    16 May 2012 | 12:57 pm
    Now the fastest growing voting group, Latinos have never been so heavily courted in a presidential race. They could play a key role in battleground states in the 2012 elections.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

  • EU Human Rights Court Could Be Last Stop For German Claiming CIA Kidnapping

    16 May 2012 | 12:40 pm
    Khaled El-Masri is looking for redress, after he says he was mistakenly flown to a secret prison in Afghanistan, under the CIA's "extraordinary rendition" program.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

  • Four Decades After Dying In Cambodia, Soldier To Receive Medal Of Honor

    16 May 2012 | 11:51 am
    More than 40 years after his actions during the Vietnam war saved the lives of his fellow soldiers, Army Specialist Leslie H. Sabo, Jr. will posthumously receive the Medal of Honor at a White House ceremony.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us
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  • Curtis Hougland: The Myths of Social Media

    15 May 2012 | 6:40 pm
    Curtis Hougland, CEO of Attention, discusses "The Myths of Social Media". Date: Tue, 01 May 2012 12:50:00 -0700 Location: http://fora.tv/2012/05/01/WIRED_Business_Conference_The_Myths_of_Social_Media Program and discussion: http://fora.tv/2012/05/01/WIRED_Business_Conference_The_Myths_of_Social_Media

  • Robert Frank: The Darwin Economy

    15 May 2012 | 12:24 pm
    Influential economist Professor Robert Frank argues that Charles Darwins understanding of competition describes economic reality far more accurately than Adam Smiths, and that within the next century Darwin will unseat Smith as the intellectual founder of economics. Join Robert Frank at the RSA as he offers a new way of thinking about liberty, competition and the common good and offers timely policies for a fairer economy. Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:20:00 -0800 Location: http://fora.tv/2011/11/10/Robert_Frank_The_Darwin_Economy Program and discussion:…

  • David Carey: Driver of Innovation at Hearst Magazines

    14 May 2012 | 4:26 pm
    David Carey, President of Hearst Magazines, in a one-on-one conversation with Michael Kassan. Date: Tue, 01 May 2012 14:00:00 -0700 Location: http://fora.tv/2012/05/01/Adweek_NexTech_Summit_David_Carey_in_Conversation Program and discussion: http://fora.tv/2012/05/01/Adweek_NexTech_Summit_David_Carey_in_Conversation

  • The Social Publishing Revolution

    14 May 2012 | 4:23 pm
    A panel discussion with Ben Elowitz, Carole Walker, Jonah Perretti, and Joshua Topolsky. Will Margiloff moderates the panel. Date: Tue, 01 May 2012 13:25:00 -0700 Location: http://fora.tv/2012/05/01/Adweek_NexTech_Summit_Social_Publishing_Revolution Program and discussion: http://fora.tv/2012/05/01/Adweek_NexTech_Summit_Social_Publishing_Revolution

  • Tom Thai of Bluefin: Insights into Social TV Analytics

    14 May 2012 | 4:20 pm
    Tom Thai, Vice President of Marketing for BlueFish Labs, in discussion with Mike Shields. Date: Tue, 01 May 2012 13:05:00 -0700 Location: http://fora.tv/2012/05/01/Adweek_NexTech_Summit_Tom_Thai_in_Conversation Program and discussion: http://fora.tv/2012/05/01/Adweek_NexTech_Summit_Tom_Thai_in_Conversation
 
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  • Defining Partnerships: Why the "Stability" Critique is Flawed

    16 May 2012 | 7:17 am
    Josiah Jason Surface: Stability is a desirable outcome for all parties in the Mediterranean Dialogue. This does not mean returning to the failed policies of the past; our Atlantic Memo is rather a roadmap for maintaining a commitment to the burgeoning democratic institutions of the region.

  • The Dangers of "Stability": A Rebuttal to Atlantic Memo 39

    16 May 2012 | 5:17 am
    Andrea Teti: Western governments need to recognize that authoritarian regimes are often fierce but not strong; that privatization is rarely the road to liberalization, much less democratization; and that Islamism was as wrong-footed by the uprisings as they were.

  • Hollande and Afghanistan: A Delicate Balance

    16 May 2012 | 2:39 am
    Vivien Pertusot: Tensions are already emerging between France’s new President and key partners. The potential for early French withdrawal from Afghanistan is one of the issues at the heart of them and has caused concerns in Allied capitals and at NATO. But let's not exaggerate the issue.

  • Responding to the Arab Spring: NATO and Its Partners

    14 May 2012 | 2:19 am
    Editorial Team: The additional articles from the second category of "Your Ideas, Your NATO" have been merged into a single "Your Opinion" piece. A recurring theme was that NATO must build civil-military relations and an intercultural youth dialogue, as well as undertake good governance and rule of law initiatives in order to support the long-term transition process underway in partner countries.

  • Fighter Jets Secure Airspace of the Baltic Countries

    11 May 2012 | 6:41 am
    NATO: The klaxon shrieks at Tampere Air Base in Finland. Four minutes later, two F-18 Hornet fighter jets from the Finnish Air Force take off. Their mission – to intercept an aircraft that is not complying with international air traffic regulations. Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, the surveillance of European airspace is a sensitive topic for the Alliance Member states and their partners.
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    Moreintelligentlife.com

  • SCENES FROM A LIFE

    Irving Wardle
    16 May 2012 | 1:30 pm
    From a first visit to the Little Theatre, Bolton, to the role of chief theatre critic on the Times and beyond, few people have seen as many plays as Irving Wardle. In this memoir, he distils what he has learnt...  read more »

  • TWO MURDOCH BOOKS IN ONE

    Robert Butler
    16 May 2012 | 12:08 pm
    ~ Posted by Robert Butler, May 16th 2012 Hard to think of a better example of two books squeezed into one than "Dial M for Murdoch", published last month, a fascinating account of the hacking scandal and the cover-up at News International. The book has two authors—the Independent's Martin Hickman and the Labour MP Tom Watson—and both make appearances in the book, where each is referred to in the third person. But there's a big difference: Hickman is an observer and Watson is a main character. For most of the book, the tone is what you would expect: good clear…

  • FUENTES ON TIME AND SPACE

    Carlos Fuentes
    15 May 2012 | 11:57 pm
    The great Mexican novelist and essayist Carlos Fuentes has died aged 83. Two years ago, he wrote this piece for our series Authors on Museums. “Museums, like lovers," he said, "can lose their charms”, but when he returned to an old haunt in Xalapa, Mexico, he found he was smitten all over again...  read more »

  • TRANSLATOR IN THE SPOTLIGHT

    Simon Willis
    15 May 2012 | 11:21 am
    ~ Posted by Simon Willis, May 15th 2012  read more »

  • THE SHAPES WE'RE IN

    Isabel Lloyd
    15 May 2012 | 11:18 am
    Are you a leggy Edwardian? Or a nip-waisted New Look? With help from four actresses, Isabel Lloyd matches bodies to decades...  read more »
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    The Best Defense

  • Tom's World War I binge continues: A few lines from the play 'Journey’s End'

    Thomas E. Ricks
    16 May 2012 | 5:10 am
    Reading Six Weeks persuaded me to buy R.C. Sherriff's play Journey's End, which I'd never read. I liked it especially because it is unique to the circumstances of its war-British class differences, trench warfare, losses by years of attrition. The entire thing takes place in an underground bunker. I doubt that it could be "updated," for example, into a drama about the Vietnam War. The concerns, the histories, the values of the soldiers involved are just too different. I suspect that when it came out it was a shocker, but now it seems like half the war movies we've seen since. Lines…

  • William Faulkner gets his third star, let's hope he buys a round for the room tonight

    Thomas E. Ricks
    16 May 2012 | 5:07 am
    Faulkner, the writer of Mississippi, famously said that the past isn't dead, it is not even past. Turns out he was more right than he knew: He is still with us, and just got promoted by the Marines to lieutenant general. Maybe he can hang out with my favorite U.S. admiral, Julius Caesar. If you think I am joking, click on that last link. I don't know General Faulkner, but I have met John Toolan, whom I interviewed when I was writing 'Fiasco.' I was impressed to see him promoted as well, to CG IMEF. He is exactly the kind of sober, tough leader you'd like to see leading your son or daughter in…

  • Law of the Sea: Less boring than you think

    Thomas E. Ricks
    16 May 2012 | 5:01 am
    By Will Rogers Best Defense bureau of natural security Washington is gearing up for another fight over the Law of the Sea Convention (LOSC) as the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee prepares to hold hearings in the coming weeks. But while the thirty year LOSC debate may start to sound like a broken record to some, the stakes of not ratifying the convention are the highest they have ever been for the United States. Although the United States has safeguarded its interests at sea by relying on customary international law, this approach is becoming increasingly risky. Critics of LOSC…

  • The cadre: Thinking outside the box about how rotation affects operations

    Thomas E. Ricks
    15 May 2012 | 6:10 am
    By Andrew Person Best Defense department of personnel-as-policy affairs After over a decade spent fighting in Afghanistan, American officers are still having their first cups of tea with key Afghan leaders in government, tribes, and villages. As I argue in a piece I wrote for the Small Wars Journal titled "Getting Past the First Cup of Tea" (available on page 10 at this link), the Lazy Susan style rotation of American leadership in Afghanistan makes our mission impossible. What would an alternative model look like? If the U.S. had established a permanent cadre of military leaders…

  • What sort of help do Google and the National Security Agency give each other?

    Thomas E. Ricks
    15 May 2012 | 6:03 am
    Something, it looks like, but we are not going to be told about it, if a U.S. Court of Appeals ruling issued last Friday stands. I wonder if Google and NSA will merge one day.  On the other hand, something that discourages intelligence operatives in China from hacking into our e-mails is probably a good thing. Hmm -- maybe I am learning how to love Big Brother?
 
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    To The Center

  • Free speech issue in California: Political watchdog agency backs off controversial idea…for now

    Carla Miles
    16 May 2012 | 3:35 am
    With free speech arguments and the potential to harm political discourse, the director of the Fair Political Practices Commission, California’s political watchdog agency, has apparently backed off an earlier proposal to require writers of online media content to report financing from campaigns. The news comes from a recent Sacramento Bee report. Regarding the earlier proposal, she did concede that while candidates are already required to disclose payments to bloggers, as a campaign expenditure, the idea would have created a brand new category of mandatory disclosure from bloggers…

  • Roadside blast just misses UN monitors in Syria

    Carla Miles
    10 May 2012 | 8:12 am
    A bomb blast on the road from Damascus injured ten soldiers providing escort for a delegation of U.N. observers and journalists, and seemed to be more evidence that last month’s brokered ceasefire is just not taking hold. The U.N. delegation and the military escorts had just crossed a checkpoint when the bomb exploded, reports Voice of America. Major General Robert Mood, head of the U.N. monitoring mission, was in the group heading towards Dara’a, but neither he nor any of the other 11 observers has been reported as injured. Major General Mood is quoted by his spokesman as saying…

  • John Edwards: denied affair, told advisor to ‘f–k’ himself when confronted, and fired worker who warned about it

    Carla Miles
    5 May 2012 | 1:43 pm
    Recounting for the courtroom on Friday, Peter Scher, who had been hired to advise former North Carolina Senator John Edwards politically, said the politician denied having a sexual relationship with Rielle Hunter when Scher asked him in September 2006. However, when Scher asked again before the 2008 presidential campaign, Edwards had a less nuanced reply. The first warning from Scher advised candidate Edwards to at least prohibit Hunter from travelling with him, reports ABC News. But the ban on Hunter lasted only several weeks before she returned to campaigning with the candidate. In fact,…

  • Al Qaeda affiliated bomb plotter found guilty

    Kimberly Browning
    2 May 2012 | 10:10 am
    A U.S. citizen born in Bosnia was found guilty by a federal judge on Tuesday for planning a suicide bomb attack in New York’s subway system in 2009 as an al Qaeda terrorist. Adis Medunjanin, 28, has been found guilty on nine charges, including a plot to use weapons of mass destruction on American soil, plot to murder U.S soldiers and supporting a foreign terrorist organization, CNN and Reuters reported. His sentencing, where he could face a maximum of life in prison, is scheduled for September 7. According to the prosecutors, Medunjanin tried to join the Taliban but became affiliated…

  • Obama signs pact with Afghanistan president

    Kimberly Browning
    1 May 2012 | 9:17 pm
    President Obama made a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Tuesday on the one-year anniversary of the death of Osama bin Laden to sign a pact marking future relations with a country that the United States has been at war with for over a decade. President Obama landed at nightfall, where he was welcomed by President Hamid Karzai at the presidential palace. The U.S.-Afghan Strategic Partnership Agreement will address the role of U.S presence in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of most NATO combat forces in 2014, Reuters reported. With the government facing corruption within itself along with the…
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    Face the Nation on the Radio

  • Face the Nation on the Radio: 05/13

    13 May 2012 | 1:00 pm
    In this edition of "Face the Nation," CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent Bob Schieffer discusses how President Obama's comments on gay marriage may impact Campaign 2012. Plus, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Representative Mike Rogers with the latest on the terror bomb plot. And a Mother's Day roundtable discussion on women voters.

  • Face the Nation on the Radio: 05/06

    6 May 2012 | 2:00 pm
    In this edition of "Face the Nation," CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent Bob Schieffer speaks with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Rep. Michele Bachmann. Plus, Senator Chuck Schumer, former Vermont Governor Howard Dean, Zbigniew Brzezinski and a politics panel talk Campaign 2012 and the Chinese dissident situation.

  • Face the Nation on the Radio: 04/30

    30 Apr 2012 | 2:00 pm
    On today's Face the Nation, CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent Bob Schieffer talks Campaign 2012 and the hispanic vote with former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and California Gov. Jerry Brown.

  • Face the Nation on the Radio: 04/22

    22 Apr 2012 | 3:00 pm
    This week's Face the Nation looks into the USSS scandal with Sen. Lieberman and Ralph Basham. Also, Professor Cornel West and talk show host Tavis Smiley contribute to a discussion on poverty in America. Finally, there is a panel on who will be the GOP VP pick.

  • Face the Nation on the Radio: 04/15

    15 Apr 2012 | 1:00 pm
    The latest on the Secret Service Scandal with Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA). Missles to mommy wars with Senator John McCain. Plus, a tax day interview with Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner.
 
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    The Next Women - Business Magazine

  • G(irls)20 Summit: 3.5 Billion Ways to Change the World

    Bethpitts
    16 May 2012 | 8:07 am
    In advance of the G20 Leaders’ summit scheduled for June in Mexico, 21 young women representing the G20 nations and the African Union will gather in Mexico City from May 23rd to 31st, for the third annual G(irls)20 Summit. Launched in 2010 at the Clinton Global Initiative, the G(irls)20 Summit highlights ways in which girls and women can play a leading role in global economic development and progress and generates tangible, practical recommendations for the G20 leaders to act upon. “If G20 leaders are serious about economic growth, political stability and social innovation,…

  • Susan Cooney, Co-Founder, MahiFX, on Margaret Thatcher and Peppa Pig!

    Bethpitts
    16 May 2012 | 8:04 am
    Susan Cooney is Co-Founder and Head of Marketing & Sales at MahiFX, a new proprietary-built foreign exchange trading platform which launched earlier this year and gives retail FX customers access to same tight spreads and cutting edge technology as institutional FX traders. Prior to founding MahiFX, Susan worked in forex trading at investment banks. In mid 2004, whilst she was working at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein selling e-FX technology to UK banks, Susan was asked by colleagues David Cooney and Tim Cartledge to join the team moving across to Barclays Capital. David was…

  • Ask a CEO: How Can I Break In to Big Companies (When No One Answers the Phone)?

    She Takes On The World
    15 May 2012 | 7:17 am
    Breaking in to big companies. It’s the fastest, easiest way to increase your profits, make a difference in lots of people’s lives, and grow your business beyond just the solo-entrepreneur or independent consultant model. So how do you do it? The obvious answer would seem to be: ask for the big opportunity.read more

  • Support a Documentary on Women Entrepreneurs

    Bethpitts
    15 May 2012 | 7:14 am
    She Means Business is a documentary about women entrepreneurs. This is from their campaign on Kickstarter: Women Entrepreneurs are trailblazers.  We create businesses… and the jobs, salaries, economic growth, and futures that follow have a powerful but little-known impact.  As entrepreneurs ourselves, we are amazed at how rarely the media tells the incredible stories of women braving new frontiers, succeeding (and sometimes failing), and building legacies.  We want to bring some of these astounding journeys to the screen.  SHE MEANS BUSINESS is a documentary…

  • Kathy Douglass, CEO, The Greensheet: Following In An Entrepreneurial Mother's Footsteps

    Bethpitts
    14 May 2012 | 7:39 am
    Kathy Douglass is CEO of The Greensheet, a Texas-based publication connecting local buyers and sellers, with nearly a million readers - the largest free weekly circulation in the state. The Greensheet was founded in 1970 by Kathy Douglass’s mother Helen Gordon, a tough entrepreneur who faced incredible resistance from the male-dominated Texas business network. Ms. Gordon showed great resolve in getting the company off the ground and turned The Greensheet into a classified publication powerhouse By the time she retired, Ms. Gordon had grown the company to one of the most successful in…
 
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    The Demotix Blog

  • JOB: Weekend Publishing Position

    StephenSidlo
    16 May 2012 | 6:44 am
    Demotix is growing fast. We're looking for a weekend publishing person to help us grow even faster, to join our growing team and to work through all the extraordinary stories you're sending in. The position is long-term. We're looking for a native English speaker, articulate and quick, with great writing skills and a great eye for photographs, to help us cover the heavy workload on weekends. We want someone who understands what we stand for and can really grow with us. The job entails: read more

  • She can’t take much more captain !

    a_c_m
    10 May 2012 | 6:30 am
    Our servers are currently under massive strain. Record breaking month after record breaking month is taking its toll, and May is already looking to be our biggest to date (it’s only the 10th for crying out loud!) All this means a large scale server upgrade is long overdue, and we’re all over it like a rash! As of today, we have a CDN enabled: so when you’re viewing pages on Demotix the images you see are not coming all the way from London, but from a server much closer to you. This will both speed up your viewing experience as well as reduce the load on our current servers. read more

  • Sales update, April 2011

    ossieike
    30 Apr 2012 | 9:43 am
    As usual it’s been another manic month in the world of Demotix sales! The end of the first quarter always presents a challenge, especially when it follows a year that saw a phenomenal increase in clients and revenue. I'm glad to say we have succeeded in passing the new targets and objectives we set ourselves for this quarter at the start of the year. read more

  • Demotix launches online photojournalism training

    StephenSidlo
    30 Apr 2012 | 7:44 am
    Graduation day at Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women's University - Owais Islam Ali read more

  • Demotix and Storyful announce citizen news channel

    tombarfield
    27 Apr 2012 | 8:53 am
    Two of the leading forces in social journalism have joined forces to create an unique real-time newswire. read more
 
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    The Faster Times

  • The Amish Diaries: Why Do You Care About the Amish?

    Daniel Laikind
    15 May 2012 | 1:05 pm
    Amish: Out of Order has become a hit show. Over the past month, millions of people have watched and learned about those who grew up Amish and found out more and more about this unique and interesting culture. I think some people are surprised at the show’s success. It’s not exactly the blueprint one usually follows for a hit TV series. Don’t get me wrong, those of us that worked on the show are unbelievably proud of the series and what we were able to accomplish. But no one throws a drink at anyone else, there are no eliminations, people speak slowly and with strange accents, we have to…

  • Inside The Facebook Funds Scam

    Joshua M. Brown
    14 May 2012 | 9:28 pm
    How the Facebook Scam Works… If you have a working telephone and an affluent zip code, you have likely been getting all kinds of calls from brokers over the years, but none so insidious as the one I’m about to reveal. The bucket shops in lower Manhattan, northern New Jersey and Long Island simply couldn’t watch the Facebook & social media IPO desperation blood orgy from the sidelines without springing into action.  Brokers have a NASA-calibrated schmuck-seeking radar and it hasn’t set off this many schmuck alarms since the aftermath of the Netscape deal in the…

  • Android Goes Global

    Fred Wilson
    14 May 2012 | 9:20 pm
    Wattpad’s Mobile Base Offers Hints of Android’s Global Spread I was going through the board deck of our portfolio company Wattpad this morning. Wattpad is the leading writing/reading community on the web and mobile. Quantcast says over 7.5mm people visit their website each month. And Wattpad is one of the top free “Books” apps in both the iOS an Android apps stores. Wattpad has a very large mobile user base around the world as a result of the sucess of its mobile apps. And so this slide on geographic distribution of its user base caught my attention: The iOS user base…

  • ‘Mad Men’ Recap (Season 5, Episode 9): That Girl Is Poison

    Alex Crumb
    14 May 2012 | 1:41 pm
    Just when everybody was starting to get along, Betty reappears, spiteful, spitting venom on everything that moves. A snowball’s chance in hell. Betty has stooped lower, everybody! Not to say that Don was the “winner” in their divorce, considering that she only had one affair and he had several, but Don has moved on with more grace than Betty has. Feeling that she is the victim of a series of increasingly-poor decisions, Betty has become a remorseful, spiteful,  self-loathing, and venomous. Perhaps worst of all, she is showing few signs of improvement. Then again, who on…

  • George Clinton, Institutionalized: The Mothership Lands in Chocolate City

    Lary Wallace
    14 May 2012 | 2:05 am
    In the 1970s, on behalf of his bands Parliament and Funkadelic, as well as all their spinoff satellites and solo stars, George Clinton created a cosmological mythology so dense and elaborate and wonderful, it’d take a Joseph Campbell to properly cross-index and contextualize. But no matter how you manipulate its meanings–its myriad metaphors merged with musical virtuosity–at the symbolic and sometimes literal center of the P-Funk universe is the stage-set Mothership that used to descend in the midst of concerts, a 1,200-pound life-sized landing craft constructed, collectively,…
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    LA Weekly | News

  • The Isolated Fortress of USC

    10 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    To hear the wildly divergent reactions among neighbors to the University of Southern California's long-brewing and massive $900 million, 5 million-square-foot University Park redevelopment plan, an outsider might think there are two USCs. One USC is the generous provider of jobs and educat...

  • Murder on Montana Ave.

    10 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    The living room of Sofia Merman's West Hollywood apartment is filled with photos of her only son. Sasha in cap and gown, Sasha sitting for his Navy portrait, Sasha and his mother standing in the Black Sea in Odessa. The images are tucked inside stacks of photo albums and sit in frames beside his ...

  • L.A. Overspends by $27,378 an Hour

    10 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    You'd be surprised at what goes on just below the surface of Los Angeles City Hall, which is mired in years of fiscal cutbacks that at various times have decimated the hours at 73 public libraries, cut maintenance at parks, forced early retirements and now are seriously slowing down fire departme...

  • Comment: Darling Dita

    10 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    Who can resist a siren in a red dress? Not many of you, apparently: Last week's Dita Von Teese cover flew off the newsstands ("The Most Famous Stripper in America," by Gendy Alimurung). Writes Claudio von Fresin, "I must compliment you again for a great cover shot! It is a...
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    InToon.com: Keefe Editorial Cartoons

  • - Obama on Same-Sex Marriage

    10 May 2012 | 3:00 am
    TITLE: Obama on Same-Sex Marriage PUBLICATION DATE: Thu, 10 May 2012 KEYWORDS: obama, gay, marriage, sex Editorial cartoon by Mike Keefe of the Denver Post

  • - Student Loan Debt

    3 May 2012 | 3:00 am
    TITLE: Student Loan Debt PUBLICATION DATE: Thu, 03 May 2012 KEYWORDS: student, loan, debt, graduation, college, economy Editorial cartoon by Mike Keefe of the Denver Post

  • - Newt Withdraws

    28 Apr 2012 | 3:00 am
    TITLE: Newt Withdraws PUBLICATION DATE: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 KEYWORDS: newt, gingrich, withdraw, gop, republican, candidate, nomination Editorial cartoon by Mike Keefe of the Denver Post

  • - Secret Service

    20 Apr 2012 | 3:00 am
    TITLE: Secret Service PUBLICATION DATE: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 KEYWORDS: secret, service, colombia, prostitution, scandal, hooker Editorial cartoon by Mike Keefe of the Denver Post

  • - American Pipe Dream

    13 Apr 2012 | 3:00 am
    TITLE: American Pipe Dream PUBLICATION DATE: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 KEYWORDS: american, pipe, dream, mirage, house, student, loan, credit, card, debt, under, employment Editorial cartoon by Mike Keefe of the Denver Post
 
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    LA Weekly | Complete Issue

  • The Original Food Trucks

    10 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    See more of Anne Fishbein's food truck photography. It's not the kind of question you ask in public, but: Would you eat from a plain white catering truck? ...

  • Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

    10 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    Thursday, May 10 The UCLA Film and TV Archive has silent films about two hot-button issues in store for tonight, with Traffic in Souls (prostitution) and Where Are My Children (abortion). Over at the Egyptian, it's...

  • Murder on Montana Ave.

    10 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    The living room of Sofia Merman's West Hollywood apartment is filled with photos of her only son. Sasha in cap and gown, Sasha sitting for his Navy portrait, Sasha and his mother standing in the Black Sea in Odessa. The images are tucked inside stacks of photo albums and sit in frames beside his ...

  • L.A. Asian Pacific Film Festival

    10 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    There are a lot of solidly crafted films on the program of this year's Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival — movies that are well shot, directed and acted. But only a few really push past expectations visually, thematically, or emotionally. One of those is Debbie Lum's engrossing...

  • L.A. Overspends by $27,378 an Hour

    10 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    You'd be surprised at what goes on just below the surface of Los Angeles City Hall, which is mired in years of fiscal cutbacks that at various times have decimated the hours at 73 public libraries, cut maintenance at parks, forced early retirements and now are seriously slowing down fire departme...
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    Wildfire Today

  • Update: wildfires in Arizona – May 16, 2012

    Bill Gabbert
    16 May 2012 | 10:07 am
    Update: wildfires in Arizona – May 16, 2012 Bull Flat Fire, May 12, 2012. (The date imprinted on the image is incorrect, and should read 05/12/2012). Photo by Ron Morrison UPDATED 11:41 a.m. MDT, May 16, 2012 We will update the information and the maps of the fires in Arizona throughout the day on Wednesday. Check back for additional information, which is gathered from various sources, including the US Forest Service, Arizona state agencies, and the National Interagency Fire Center. Arizona fire stats May 16, 2012 Map of fires in Arizona May 16, 2012 GLADIATOR FIRE 36 miles north of…

  • Update on fires in Arizona — May 15, 2012

    Bill Gabbert
    15 May 2012 | 3:21 pm
    Update on fires in Arizona — May 15, 2012 Gladiator Fire noon May 15, 2012, as seen from Mayer High School. Photo by Michelle Fidler, SWIMT Here is a brief update, including a map, of the four large fires burning in Arizona. NIFC Map of fires in Arizona 2:00 p.m. MDT, May 15, 2012 More information about the fires, updated May 16, 2012. Wildfire Today - News and commentary about wildland fire

  • NIOSH releases report on CR 337 fire, fatality in Texas

    Bill Gabbert
    15 May 2012 | 12:32 pm
    NIOSH releases report on CR 337 fire, fatality in Texas Caleb Hamm The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has released a report on the death of BLM Hotshot crewmember Caleb Hamm, who died from hyperthermia, a heat related illness (HRI). Mr. Hamm was working on the CR 337 fire near Mineral Wells, Texas with the Bonneville Interagency Hotshot Crew when he collapsed and died July 7, 2011. His parents, including his mother, Lynette Hamm, believe the official BLM report on the fatality has errors and suspects that the agency has not been completely forthcoming in an…

  • Blackwater fire of 1937 remembered

    Bill Gabbert
    15 May 2012 | 11:46 am
    Blackwater fire of 1937 remembered Blackwater fire. USFS photo On August 21, 1937 in Wyoming, a cold front caused a 90-degree wind shift that changed the direction of spread of the Blackwater fire, which surprised and trapped a large number of firefighters, killing 15 of them. USFS map The Billings Gazette has an interesting article about the fire, featuring an interview with Dave Sisk, a former smokejumper and incident commander of one of the Rocky Mountain Region’s Type 2 Incident Management Teams. Dave elaborates on some of the issues faced by the firefighters in 1937, contrasting…

  • BLM NIFC video slide show – firefighters

    Bill Gabbert
    14 May 2012 | 2:29 pm
    BLM NIFC video slide show – firefighters The Bureau of Land Management at the National Interagency Fire Center has put together a video/slide presentation designed for individuals with a short attention span who don’t like to waste a lot of time analyzing an individual photo in depth. I’m not sure, but I think it may contain quite a few excellent photos… but I can’t be positive. What do YOU think? Wildfire Today - News and commentary about wildland fire
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    Salon.com

  • SPIN METER: Rivals airbrush anti-Romney words

    16 May 2012 | 12:30 pm
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Remember Newt Gingrich calling Mitt Romney a liar? Michele Bachmann saying Romney's unelectable? Rick Santorum calling Romney "the worst Republican in the country" to run against President Barack Obama?They're hoping you don't. And acting like it never happened (even though most of their words are just clicks away online.)One by one — with the exception of holdout Ron Paul — the GOP also-rans have coughed up endorsements of their onetime rival. And as they do, they're pulling rhetorical backflips to distance themselves from their former harsh assessments of…

  • Ron Paul sets up Rand for 2016

    16 May 2012 | 11:50 am
    So Ron Paul says he is going to stop actively campaigning, but his supporters will continue to rack up delegates by storming state conventions. What will he do with these delegates? That is still unclear. (Barter them for gold?) What is the point of this strategy, exactly? Also unclear, but the Daily Beast's Ben Jacobs today says it's part of a "sneaky maneuver" to help his son Rand out. Ron will continue to consolidate power but will not appear to be actively sabotaging the party's nominee. Dave Weigel says the maneuver is less sneaky and barely a maneuver: He doesn't want it to be a huge…

  • Next Tea Party targets

    16 May 2012 | 11:36 am
    What may be most notable about the surprise triumph yesterday of a Sarah Palin-backed insurgent in Nebraska’s Republican Senate primary is how routine these sorts of things are becoming.Deb Fischer’s late charge to victory wasn’t really rooted in ideology. As Hotline’s Reid Wilson points out, she’s actually racked up a (somewhat) moderate record in the Nebraska legislature, and has some personal connections to the state’s leading GOP establishment figures.But most GOP primary voters probably didn’t know this. Fischer came to the race with little money or name recognition and…

  • Susana Martinez’s veep suicide

    16 May 2012 | 11:04 am
    While Newsweek touted New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez as a possible running mate for Mitt Romney, the erstwhile beneficiary of the hype all but killed her chances of getting the job by opening her mouth.“I absolutely advocate for comprehensive immigration reform,” Martinez  told reporter Andrew Romano. “Republicans want to be tough and say, ‘Illegals, you’re gone.’ But the answer is a lot more complex than that.”With those words, Martinez inflicted multiple wounds on whatever slender chance she had to join the national ticket. First, she indicated support for the immigration…

  • Romney’s human shield

    16 May 2012 | 11:00 am
    The only honest line in "Inside the Circus," the recent Politico e-book in which millions of nauseating Republican operatives lacerate each other anonymously during primary season, should be mounted on the computers of all "political news readers": "It is sometimes unclear whether political campaigns are run for the benefit of the voters and office seekers or for the professional consultants who earn their living from politics." Every other line in the book mostly goes like, and then the RNC flack whispered that the campaign flack didn't know what he was doing, but that one sentence about…
 
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    Knowledge/current Stories from www.inlandpress.org

  • Inland 2012 Guide to Newspaper Internships

    7 May 2012 | 2:37 pm
    The 2012 Inland Guide to Newspaper Internships is now available [here].

  • Emotional intelligence: Be 'smarter' than the average exec

    4 May 2012 | 2:41 pm
    "A high IQ may get you into Mensa, but it won’t make you a mensch."

  • Do you embody the five essential qualities of great leaders?

    4 May 2012 | 2:17 pm
    In the past 30 years, I have written more on leadership than any other topic because I believe it’s the most critical quality not only for business success but also for America’s ultimate survival.

  • Seven stellar ideas from the HR Conference group brainstorm

    30 Apr 2012 | 11:04 am
    Having a hard time filling sales positions? Consider ex–real estate agents. They’re driven and used to working in tough markets! Streamline your stress levels and cut your paper trail by digitizing the job-applicant process. Use your company intranet for new-hire onboarding — consider creating videos to cut down on the time you spend doing training. Prioritize wellness by creating a system of incentive points where employees can work toward time off, money off their insurance premiums or dollars in their HSAs. Create a tobacco-free company culture by offering smoking-cessation courses…

  • Inlander Briefs for May 2012

    30 Apr 2012 | 11:04 am
    AP names McClatchy exec as new leader The Associated Press recently named Gary Pruitt, current president and CEO of the McClatchy Co., as its new president and CEO. He’ll officially assume the role in July.
 
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    News from Scott & White Healthcare

  • New building coming for Bone and Joint Institute at Scott & White

    Scott Clark
    10 May 2012 | 4:45 pm
    A new facility to house the Bone and Joint Institute is starting construction on the main campus of Scott & White Healthcare in Temple, Texas. More than just orthopaedics, the new institute building will be a home for an array of associated clinical care and therapies in addition to orthopaedic surgery. Pulling together this large menu of care in one location distinguishes this institute over any other in the state. The facility has been a long-held dream for Dr. Robert Probe, chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Scott & White. A formal groundbreaking ceremony on May…

  • Scott & White Memorial Hospital – Temple Heart Transplant Program Earns CMS Recognition

    Katherine Voss
    1 May 2012 | 2:11 pm
    The heart transplant program at Scott & White Memorial Hospital–Temple reached a major milestone receiving certification from the Center for Medicare Services (CMS). CMS issued the formal certification after conducting an onsite quality review of Scott & White’s program in January, in which procedures, care, standards and outcomes were evaluated. In addition to meeting CMS’s quality standards, the certification allows Scott & White to receive Medicare reimbursement for heart transplants. For more information, see full press release.

  • Scott & White to open hospital on Hurd Regional Medical Center Campus in 2014

    Scott & White Staff
    26 Apr 2012 | 2:39 pm
    Scott & White Healthcare today announced plans to open the hospital bed tower on the Wayne and Eileen Hurd Regional Medical Center Campus by the end of 2014, sooner than recently projected. “We are pleased that we are able to move forward with the first phase of the hospital bed tower ahead of schedule by almost two years,” said Scott & White President and CEO Robert W. Pryor, M.D. “The accelerated timetable reflects progress on construction to date and responsiveness to community demand for our acute care hospital.” The campus is near the intersection of U.S. 281 and Texas…

  • Scott & White Memorial Hospital – Temple Named one of the Nation’s 100 Top Hospitals

    Katherine Voss
    17 Apr 2012 | 4:18 pm
    Scott & White Memorial Hospital – Temple has been ranked for the eighth time as one of the Top 100 Hospitals by one of the nation’s key health care rating groups with the announcement from Michigan-based Thomson Reuters. Scott & White was one of just three hospitals in the state of Texas to be in the “Major Teaching Hospitals” category of the 2012 Thomson Reuters’ 100 Top Hospitals®. The list has been posted on the Modern Healthcare website www.modernhealthcare.com

  • Construction progresses, leadership team finalized at new Scott & White Hospital – College Station

    Scott & White Staff
    3 Apr 2012 | 10:39 am
    COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Scott  & White Healthcare continues to prepare for the opening of its new hospital, while looking to its local leadership team to continue a tradition of high quality care and service excellence in the region. The second phase of “mock room” construction for the new Scott & White Hospital – College Station is underway. Staff members are getting a sneak peek at full-size replicas of the intensive care unit (ICU), emergency department and operating rooms. Caregivers who work in these areas, including nurses, physicians, technicians and other…
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    WHAT REALLY HAPPENED

  • Holiday weather offers little to celebrate

    Mike Rivero
    16 May 2012 | 1:23 pm
    Some parts of Germany will be better suited for cross country skis than swim suits over the Thursday bank holiday and long weekend, the German Weather Service (DWD) said on Wednesday.

  • Shareholders sue JPMorgan Chase over trading loss

    malterwitty
    16 May 2012 | 12:58 pm
    JPMorgan Chase & Co was the target of two separate lawsuits by shareholders on Wednesday, accusing the bank and its management of excessive risk that led to trading losses of at least $2 billion.

  • “Chernobyl was much more contained than Fukushima” — “With Fukushima, there’s a much better distribution system, which is the ocean currents” (VIDEO)

    Sasaki
    16 May 2012 | 12:58 pm

  • It's Romney's to Lose: Here's How He Does It

    Mike Rivero
    16 May 2012 | 12:57 pm
    What if Paul's supporters just ignore the binding rules and vote their consciences? What if, in Tampa, all those Paul supporters who are bound by state rules to vote for Romney put the ball firmly back in the GOP's court, and say, "Your move"? One's first reaction might be to point out that if that were possible, it would have happened before. But that would be a mistake. The GOP is now in uncharted territory.

  • The worst government IT deal of ALL TIME

    Mike Rivero
    16 May 2012 | 12:47 pm
    The Dude of enterprise tech, Greg Knieriemen, master of all that is cloud and storage Ed Saipetch and web2.0 playa Sarah Vela speak to Eric Eyre of the Charleston Gazette about the paper’s investigation into a suspicious $24m Cisco router purchase by the State of West Virginia using US Federal Stimulus Funds for the purpose of “homeland security”. The enterprise routers, which are sized for at least 500 users and are typically used for thousands of users, were purchased for schools and libraries with a single computer.
 
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    Odd News | newslite.tv

  • World's tallest LEGO tower built in South Korea

    15 May 2012 | 7:41 pm
    A team of 4,000 children have built the world's tallest LEGO tower in South Korea using an impressive 500,000 colored bricks.Built to celebrate the 80th anniversary of LEGO, the mega-construction - which used a cross formation at the base for stability - even required a hydraulic platform to complete.The final brick was stuck in place by the Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark… yes after all those children had done all the hard work!

  • Designer beds created for pampered cats and dogs

    15 May 2012 | 7:35 pm
    It's no secret that some pet owners spoil their animals, whether it's giving them the best food, constant belly rubs or £1,200 beds to sleep in … wait what?A range of designer pet beds has gone on sale for pampered pooches and pussy cats which are made by master cabinetmakers and cost more than most furniture for humans.The pet furniture from Cedel Pets and Style -- which is miniaturized versions of typical bedroom furniture -- can cost up to £1,200Many models even include little pillows, duvets and tiny bedside tables, though we can't imagine what a cat keeps in a bedside table.

  • Surfer Garrett McNamara breaks wave-riding record (VIDEO)

    13 May 2012 | 7:26 pm
    A surfer who caught a massive wave off the coast of Portugal back in November of last year has been told by Guinness World Records it was the largest wave ever ridden.44-year-old Garrett McNamara somehow managed to ride the 78ft (24m) wall of water at Nazare and has video footage to prove it. This video then was analyzed by big wave and photography experts.After the video was verified and measured it was declared that the wave was 12 inches taller than the previous record from 2008. McNamara was also awarded $15,000 (£9,309) for the ride at the Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards.However…

  • Fifth of young holiday-makers return with tattoo

    13 May 2012 | 7:21 pm
    One in five young adult British holiday-makers who go abroad will return home with a tattoo, it has been discovered.A survey of 1,790 people found that a surprising number of Brits return from their holiday with inked skin to go along with their key rings, postcards and dodgy souvenirs.19% of 18-25-year-olds said they had previously had a tattoo done while away. 54% said they knew someone else who had had a tattoo done whilst on holiday.The majority of respondents who admitted to having a tattoo done whilst on holiday were female; comprising 65% of the total number of tattooed respondents.Of…

  • Prince Charles weather forecast for BBC goes viral

    13 May 2012 | 7:19 pm
    Last week Prince Charles and his wife, the Duchess of Cornwall, visited the BBC headquarters in Glasgow. While there they had a go at presenting the weather.During Reporting Scotland BBC newsreader Sally Magnusson handed over to Prince Charles for his lunchtime weather forecast. Reading a specially-written script -- which included references to royal residences in Scotland - Prince Charles delivered the bulletin to shocked viewers as he stood in front of the BBC's weather map.Since then online clips of the bizarre forecast (Camilla also had a go) have been watched millions of times around the…
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    News from Cranes Today

  • Pilot offered with new function

    9 May 2012 | 7:00 pm
    HBC-radiomatic in Germany has announced that its “wii-style” Pilot controller is now available to with a new function controlling the crane though tilting hand movement.

  • Oil States gets heavy

    9 May 2012 | 7:00 pm
    Oil States Industries has launched a 500USt marine crane, dubbed Nautilus7000L, to meet the high capacity construction needs of the oil decommissioning and wind power generation markets.

  • Demag Cranes Q2 results

    9 May 2012 | 7:00 pm
    Results from Demag Cranes, now majority owned by Terex, showed it had continued to increase new orders and revenues in the second quarter of financial year 2011/2012, thanks in part to a productive port technology segment.

  • MacGregor’s smart ARC claims 30% faster cargo handling

    7 May 2012 | 7:00 pm
    Cargotec has developed a new smart device for cargo handling, the MacGregor Active Rotation Control (ARC), which it claims can reduce handling times by 20–30% during ship loading operations.

  • Higher US & Asian demand help Kobelco return to profit

    7 May 2012 | 7:00 pm
    Kobelco Cranes reported a JP¥7.04bn increase in sales for fiscal 2011 citing strong demand in the US and South East Asia, and restoration work following the Great East Japan Earthquake.
 
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    Top News

  • Ghaziabad Sessions Court to hear Aarushi murder trial

    16 May 2012 | 4:46 am
    Exactly four years to the day when 16-year old Aarushi Talwar was found murdered in her bed, a special CBI Court in Ghaziabad will conduct a trial of the accused after multiple court hearings.

  • Air India pilots' strike enters Day 9

    16 May 2012 | 4:26 am
    At least nine international flights were cancelled from Mumbai and Delhi, as the pilots' strike entered its ninth day on Wednesday.

  • Australia pledges $300 mn to Afghan forces

    16 May 2012 | 12:37 am
    Australia will contribute $100 million annually for three years beginning in 2015 toward the $4 billion a year cost of running the Afghan National Security Forces after they take responsibility for their country’s security.

  • Lightning hits French President's plane, none hurt

    16 May 2012 | 12:34 am
    Socialist Francois Hollande took over as France's President on Tuesday and jetted off to Berlin hours later for talks on Europe's debt crisis -- only to have his plane struck by lightning. No one was hurt.

  • Americans see Obama as solid favourite to win polls

    16 May 2012 | 12:27 am
    As many as 56 per cent of Americans think incumbent Barack Obama will win the 2012 presidential election, compared with 36 per cent who think Mitt Romney will win, a poll said on Tuesday.
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    Bahamas Press

  • The TRIBUNE and the FNM don’t give a damn about struggling homeowners

    media
    16 May 2012 | 1:04 pm
    Where was the Tribune and FNM when Bahamians were losing homes for five years? Nassau, Bahamas -- When the official mouthpiece of the outgoing FNM reports fears on Wall Street over the PLP’s Mortgage Plan, we at Bahamas Press wonder when will the National Terlet Paper get it. Firstly, Moody’s and others were the same organizations who told the world everything was fine and dandy when the world was on the verge of a financial collapse. Don’t believe what we say. Read what they wrote about Moody’s operations on June 5th, 2007: “For Moody’s overall, we now project…

  • New Iguana Conservation Facility Opens on San Salvador

    media
    16 May 2012 | 12:40 pm
    Group at opening: In attendance at the opening were representatives from the Island’s Administrator, local conservation organization San Salvador Living Jewels, the Bahamas National Trust, Loma Linda University, the Gerace Research Centre to get the project funded, and project sponsor Seacology. A representative from the other project sponsor, FIBC FirstCaribbean Bank, was unable to attend but sent remarks. An important step forward has been taken in the protection of the endangered San Salvador iguana. The new San Salvador Iguana Conservation Centre, located at the Gerace Research Centre…

  • Major Templeton Grant to Aid Family Healing Programme

    media
    16 May 2012 | 10:44 am
    Pictured at the presentation of the grant to Dr Allen: from left: Marie Souder, First Trust Bank Ltd; Betty A. Roberts, CEO, First Trust Bank Ltd; Dr David Allen; his wife, Dr Victoria Allen. Nassau, Bahamas – The Templeton World Charity Foundation (TWCF) founded by the late financier and philanthropist, Sir John Templeton, has just approved a grant of $32,800 to support the conduct of a family healing initiative led by a distinguished Bahamian psychiatrist under the umbrella of Bahamian Forum. The newest TWCF grant, entitled “The Family: People Helping People”, is a yearlong…

  • Andros students participate in BNT Shorebird Workshop

    media
    16 May 2012 | 10:16 am
    The Bahamas National Trust and Audubon have teamed up to make things better for shorebirds in The Bahamas. 15 Andros students from Fresh Creek Primary and Central Andros High participated in a Shorebird Immersion Camp at FORFAR Field Station facilitated by Director of Education, Portia Sweeting, Science Officer, Predensa Moore and BNT Warden Wavell Hanna. The Students learned about the coastal ecosystem which provides the foraging and nesting habitat for many shorebirds, acquired shorebird identification skills as well as shorebird monitoring protocols. Classroom sessions on shorebird…

  • Police investigate afternoon shooting incident – Continue operation “Save Lives”

    media
    15 May 2012 | 11:21 pm
    Commissioner Ellison Greenslade Nassau, Bahamas – NORTHEASTERN POLICE CONTINUES OPERATION “SAVE LIVES”  In keeping with the Commissioner of Police 2012 policing plan, “Improving Community Safety and Enforcing the Rules of the Road, officers of the Northeastern Division conducted operation, “Save Lives”. The operation was held on Monday 14th May, 2012 between the hours of 10:30 am and 12:15 pm and resulted in thirty-two (32) drivers being cited for various traffic offences. Some of the offences for which drivers were cited include: – Unlicensed Vehicle, Invalid…
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    The New Yorker

  • Books: Wenguang Huang’s “The Little Red Guard” review.

    newyorker.com
    13 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Humor is not the first thing one expects from a memoir that occupies itself with burial rites, but this lively chronicle of a Maoist-era family and its contraband coffin inspires as many laughs as it does tears. Huang begins his story in 1973, when, at the age of nine . . . (Subscription required.)

  • Goings on About Town: Dance

    newyorker.com
    13 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    goatTitle-->NEW YORK CITY BALLET In addition to repeat performances of the season’s new ballets—Benjamin Millepied’s “Two Hearts” and Peter Martins’s “Mes Oiseaux”—this week brings the return of Balanchine’s rapturous “Liebeslieder Walzer . . .

  • Tad Friend: Dustin Lance Black on making “Virginia.”

    Tad Friend
    13 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    8220;All Southern literature,” the mother of the writer Pat Conroy once told him, “can be summed up in these words: ‘On the night the hogs ate Willie, Mama died when she heard what Daddy did to Sister.’ ” This week, the writer-director Dustin Lance . . . (Subscription required.)

  • Goings on About Town: Readings and Talks

    newyorker.com
    13 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    goatTitle-->WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART The German filmmaker Werner Herzog talks about contemporary art, as well as his contribution to the Biennial, with the co-curators Elisabeth Sussman and Jay Sanders. (945 Madison Ave., at 75th St. 212-570-3600. May 17 at noon.) BOWERY POETRY CLUB Marion . . .

  • T. R. Hummer: “Shackleton’s Biscuit.”

    T. R. Hummer
    13 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Of ox and luncheon tongue, six hundred pounds; of Wiltshire bacon, seven-tenths of a ton. Seventeen hundred miles they walked, And it was pony meat that saved them. But one biscuit, this one of thousands, baked By Huntley & Palmers, a special formulation fortified with milk protein, survives— . . . (Subscription required.)
 
 
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    Czech Position - Information for free people

  • Bridge too far for Czech heavy metal thief

    Chris Johnstone
    16 May 2012 | 10:55 am
    One of the men suspected of masterminding the barefaced theft of a 10-tonne rail bridge has been tracked down and charged by Czech police. read more

  • Czech Constitutional Court backs state over solar clampdown

    Chris Johnstone
    16 May 2012 | 9:17 am
    The Czech Constitutional Court has ruled that the government was fully within its rights to slap a retroactive tax on solar power plant investors to curb a solar boom in the country. read more

  • Police discover Kč 30 mln in cash at David Rath’s home

    Brian Kenety
    16 May 2012 | 6:47 am
    Czech police have reportedly uncovered Kč 30 million in cash stashed under the floorboards of the home of a prominent Social Democrat (ČSSD) politician who has been arrested on bribery and other charges; Central Bohemian governor David Rath had Kč 7 million in cash on him at the time of the arrest, in a box he claims he thought contained a gift of bottles of wine. read more

  • Czech Literature Night goes European

    Michael Stein
    16 May 2012 | 6:05 am
    What began as a Czech project called Literature Night has now spread from Prague across the continent, with Czech and European authors appearing and having their work read from London to Yerevan. read more

  • Jiří Paroubek’s fouls in high-stakes political game

    Ondřej Koutník
    16 May 2012 | 4:51 am
    Jiří Paroubek’s new party, the National Socialists–Left of the 21st Century (LEV 21), is an ambitious project that seeks to become a political pike in the pond of Czech left-wing politics and an alternative to the Social Democrats (ČSSD) and Communists (KSČM). read more
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    Arts & Letters Daily - ideas, criticism, debate

  • Arts & Letters Daily (16 May 2012)

    15 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Mexican food has become a better metaphor for America than the melting pot. Want Tater Tots in that burrito?.. more The Anatomy of Harpo Marx is to be taken literally as well as figuratively, which says far more about the author than about the subject... more If death is bad for you, when is that so? Not now - you're not dead. And when you are dead, you're beyond all that. Consider Shelly Kagan's analysis, while you can... more

  • Arts & Letters Daily (15 May 2012)

    14 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Young "knowledge economy" workers moving to Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Detroit. It's not just the cheap housing. It's a demand for decay... more Bernard Lewis has long been determined to learn "the history of the other side,” and to bring it swarming to life... more James Q. Wilson: Witty, generous with his time, fair-minded, decent, and enormously damaging to the quality of American democracy... more

  • Arts & Letters Daily (14 May 2012)

    13 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Willy Loman couldn’t afford a ticket to today's Death of a Salesman, where audiences gaze upon the middle class at a smug distance... more Jean Jaurès, left-wing hero in France, was killed by a madman. Now his latter-day confreres fight for ownership of his memory... more Accomplished as they are, the natural sciences are regarded as the gold standard of knowledge. But good science depends on the humanities - even philosophy... more

  • Arts & Letters Daily (13 May 2012)

    12 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    We shape thoughts with our hands as well as our words. But don't give the thumbs up in Iran unless you mean "up yours"... more In a bottom-line world, what's the problem with, say, a market in licenses to hunt down convicted murderers in the woods?... more On a patrol in Afghanistan, house searches become demolition parties. “Cows: Taliban food. Sheep: Taliban food. Donkeys: Taliban transportation. Kill everything"... more

  • Arts & Letters Daily (12 May 2012)

    11 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    We shape thoughts with our hands as well as our words. But don't give the thumbs up in Iran unless you mean "up yours"... more In a bottom-line world, what's the problem with, say, a market in licenses to hunt down convicted murderers in the woods?... more On a patrol in Afghanistan, house searches become demolition parties. “Cows: Taliban food. Sheep: Taliban food. Donkeys: Taliban transportation. Kill everything"... more
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  • Hollande to be sworn in as French president amid Europe's debt woes - CNN

    15 May 2012 | 3:50 am
    The GuardianHollande to be sworn in as French president amid Europe's debt woesCNNBy the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- François Hollande is due to take the oath of office as the new president of France on Tuesday, assuming residence of the Elysee Palace amid a period of financial turmoil across Europe. Hollande becomes France's first ...Francois Hollande is sworn in and heads for showdown with MerkelTelegraph.co.ukFrance Posts Zero Growth In First QuarterWall Street JournalFrance's economy fails to grow in 1st quarterThe Associated PressThe Guardian -BBC Newsall 749 news…

  • Ugandan Forces Catch Kony General

    15 May 2012 | 3:50 am
    Ugandan troops said they captured a top Lords Resistance Army commander, Caesar Achellam, as the hunt for rebel leader Joseph Kony enters a decisive stage.

  • Nigeria to Send Troops to Mali, Guinea-Bissau

    15 May 2012 | 3:50 am
    Nigeria's defense minister said his country is ready to send troops to Guinea-Bissau and Mali as part of a regional force heading to the nations recently struck by coups.

  • Iran official says talks with IAEA good, environment constructive - Reuters

    15 May 2012 | 3:50 am
    Telegraph.co.ukIran official says talks with IAEA good, environment constructiveReutersBy Fredrik Dahl | VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran's talks with the UN nuclear watchdog about Tehran's atomic programme are going well, a senior Iranian official said on Tuesday, the second day of discussions. The talks will test Iran's readiness to address UN ...Iran urged to comply with UN nuclear inspectionsBoston GlobeIran hangs alleged Israeli spy for killing nuclear scientistFox NewsIran executes 'Israel spy & nuclear scientist' killerTimes of IndiaBBC Newsall 1,680 news…

  • Palestinians gear for 'Nakba Day' - Ynetnews

    15 May 2012 | 3:50 am
    YnetnewsPalestinians gear for 'Nakba Day'YnetnewsPalestinians, supporters in Arab countries to mark 'catastrophe' of Israel's inception with rallies, marches. Palestinian Authority declares general strike; IDF on high alert Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, as well as pro-Palestinian ...Palestinians Mark Naqba DayVoice of America (blog)Palestinian hunger strike: 'A big concession by Israel'BBC NewsPalestinian prisoners end hunger strike following agreement with IsraelWashington PostReuters -The Associated Press -Vancouver Sunall 2,529 news…
 
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  • A New Demi Moore in Twitter and her New Perspectives

    roxel
    15 May 2012 | 3:55 am
    It has been almost a year since actor Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore have ended their six years marriage and Demi changed her name in Twitter from @mrskutcher to @justdemi recently to make things more official to her followers. According to Demi Moore, it is not easy to think for a name that is fun, playful and available so she will be using @justdemi besides she is not with Kutcher anymore. She thanked all her supporters who suggested names for her new username in the social networking site twitter.com. In April, the actress sought the idea of her almost 5 million followers in twitter when…

  • Essential Ways on How to Cure Seasonal Allergies

    ivory
    5 May 2012 | 9:07 am
    Each year close to springtime, summer time, or even autumn season, individuals really feel their own eye start to water and prickly as well as their nose start to run. They are simply the start indications which are brought on by seasonal allergic reactions. These kinds of allergic reactions are extremely typical as well as impact a large number of individuals all over the world. For a lot of the indications can be quite moderate and with regard to other people, they are serious that they force themselves to remain in their house from school or even in their workplace due to head aches and…

  • Ten Helpful Ideas on How to Cope with Social Anxiety

    roxel
    5 May 2012 | 9:00 am
    If you are one of the numerous people who have social anxiety, you will be aware that it is most likely the most tough anxiousness problems to reside along with. Numerous victims think it is not possible to depart to their home and some may even have a problem by simply departing to their own bed room. In addition, you may really feel scared that after you depart from your house you will shed manage as well as be concerned that this may cause the anxiety attack. This will be absolutely embarrassing. If you are suffering from this condition, you need to find ways on how to cope with social…

  • Revelations about the Demise of Great Singer Whitney Houston

    roger
    5 May 2012 | 4:15 am
    The exact cause of death of the singer Whitney Houston remains uncertain but Coroner may have come up with it though it was not yet ready for publicity. According to officials, they will not release the results of autopsy because the police detectives requested for it as part of their investigation. Whitney was found without pulse and not breathing in the bathroom of her hotel room at Beverly Hilton. The Coroner stated following the initial investigation that there are no signs of trauma in the body of the singer but they are not ready for a conclusion for they still need to wait for the…

  • Alterations to Usual Diet of Eva Green Makes her Sad

    roxel
    5 May 2012 | 4:13 am
    Dark Shadows actress Eva Green admitted that she is a big fan of eating so losing weight by way of dieting for the sake of landing for a role makes her depressed. According to reports of contactmusic.com, the actress tried going for all-soup eating plan but it made her feel miserable and she cannot do it once more. She once told InStyle Magazine that the casting director of a particular movie told her to lose some pounds before the actual filming because she will appear fatter in the big screen that is not good for her role. Upon knowing that he needs to be on a different diet to lose weight,…
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  • Choosing Your University - My University Money

    16 May 2012 | 12:35 pm
    When it comes to choosing your university, the place you will be spending some of the most important and exciting years of your life, the endless options available can make this decision feel almost impossible to make.

  • RRSP vs RESP Accounts

    16 May 2012 | 12:35 pm
    For many young and middle-of-the-road families out there the RRSP vs RESP account debate is a very real one that usually creeps up right around tax time every year if not more often.

  • How to Avoid Investment Scams

    16 May 2012 | 8:02 am
    When something looks too good to be true it probably is. But we still fall for investment scams. Here are some investment scams you need to be on the lookout for.

  • How To Pay Off Your Mortgage Faster

    16 May 2012 | 8:00 am
    When you pay off your mortgage faster, a big part of your household budget will become available to help you achieve your other financial goals.

  • Plaster that checks you're still breathing could help reduce hospital re-admissions

    16 May 2012 | 7:14 am
    The gadget takes measurements of a patient’s functions such as heart rate, breathing and temperature, and then transmits them wirelessly to medics.
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  • Turkey Suspects Bird of Being Israeli Spy

    BibleProphecyBlog.com
    16 May 2012 | 11:09 am
    By Robert Spencer Jihad Watch Why not? We've already seen Zionist squirrels, and Zionist pigeons, and Zionist rats, and Zionist sharks, Zionist vultures, and even sexually predatory Zionist cats.A clear sign that Islamic supremacist paranoia is taking hold in Turkey: "Turkey suspects bird of being Israeli spy," by Amir Ben-David for Ynet News, May 15:Turkish authorities believe that they

  • Grant Jeffrey—Home with the Lord

    BibleProphecyBlog.com
    15 May 2012 | 1:35 pm
    By Duane Muir Signposts of the Times Well known Bible Prophecy scholar Grant Jeffrey passed away over the weekend and has gone on to be with the Lord:We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord (2 Corinthians 5:8 KJV).Grant had written several books, (Countdown to the Apocalypse, Shadow Government, The Global Warming Deception, and

  • Greece on Edge of Economic Collapse and Civil War—Will Contagion Spread to E.U. and U.S.?

    BibleProphecyBlog.com
    15 May 2012 | 11:50 am
    By Joel C. Rosenberg JoelRosenberg.com Greece is on the verge of economic collapse and civil war, according to top leaders inside Greece and the European Union. Decisions made by Greek leaders and the Greek public in the coming days and weeks could lead to catastrophic results. What’s more, experts are worried the economic and social contagion unleashed by a Greek implosion, should it

  • The Rapture (Part 4)

    BibleProphecyBlog.com
    15 May 2012 | 10:30 am
    By Dr. Andy Woods Sugar Land Bible Church My previous articles [1] commenced a series on the rapture of the church. We began with the question, "What is the Rapture?" This question can best be answered by noting ten truths about the rapture from 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 and 1 Corinthians 15:50-58. In previous articles, we saw that the rapture is an important doctrine and not something that

  • Romney Hits Home Run at Liberty University

    BibleProphecyBlog.com
    14 May 2012 | 11:44 am
    By Bob Maginnis BobMaginnis.com LYNCHBURG, Va.—Presidential candidate Mitt Romney traveled to Liberty University’s commencement on Saturday to woo evangelicals offering hope under his leadership and addressed concerns about his Mormon faith. His overtly religious speech was a home run for values voters.Evangelicals are a significant percentage of the electorate and the most reliable
 
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  • An SEO Company Brings Tremendous Benefits to Online Businesses

    Michael Auks
    16 May 2012 | 1:41 pm
    A well-designed website with all the attractive features is just not enough. What makes a website noticed on the internet is Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Generally, there are many SEO techniques that are employed in order to increase a website’s rankings on various search engines. Rankings are given based on the number of traffic that a site generates. An SEO company offers specialized optimization services to its clients who want to obtain good rankings for their websites. The services may include many functions like content writing, website design and link building. With these…

  • Agriturismo in Toscana : A Perfect Holiday Destination

    Leslie J.Roberts
    16 May 2012 | 1:39 pm
    Going on a holiday is the best way to unwind and feel rejuvenated. Everyone deserves to take a break from their hectic life and working patterns to feel revived. A vacation with your family or friends is a wise choice. It helps you to deviate from the pressures of work and home and lets you have fun and enjoyment. It gives you the luxury of spending extra time with your loved ones which is rare to attain in this fast paced life. Vacanze in Toscana is one of the most desirable trips for many people all across the globe. Tuscany is one of the most beautiful cities in Italy. It is considered to…

  • Stamperia on Line – For Your Business Needs

    Jimmie R. Martinez
    16 May 2012 | 1:38 pm
    For this a Stamperia on line will be able to print in black and white and in color on many different sizes and types of media. That is, if you are printing out envelopes for your business, you will need to acquire the most professional appearance and design. There are many ways to acquire a right source for your printing needs. For this a Stamperia on line will be able to print in black and white and in color on many different sizes and types of media. That is, if you are printing out envelopes for your business, you will need to acquire the most professional appearance and design. You will…

  • Get amazed by the ambience of any Khao San Road hotel

    ppeerarojchairatn@yahoo.com
    16 May 2012 | 1:32 pm
    There are many Khao San Road hotels that offer excellent accommodation facilities to the guests and travelers at the cheapest of rates. Any Khao San Road hotel promises to provide the best of amenities and conveniences to the guests apart from the accommodation. If you are looking for the best budget hotel in Khao San, there is no better place than the Khaosan Palace. Bangkok has developed into one of the leading tourist destinations of the world. People coming to Bangkok, definitely try and visit the Khao San Road area for sure. This place is a paradise for the budget travelers who seek…

  • Acquire Optimum Dental services from Lethbridge Dentist!

    Tommy Wersma.
    16 May 2012 | 1:31 pm
    When you encounter a terrible dental issue, the best and obvious option is to visit a credible Lethbridge dentist to get thorough treatment. The mouth is one of the most sensitive areas of the body and any kind of pain in the mouth or the tooth can give you endless pain and trouble. You find it difficult to intake food and you end up disrupting your daily diet. Some people find it difficult to even smile or have a proper conversation with a person when they have a dental issue. A dental issue puts you in a tight spot and makes you feel uncomfortable. The importance of dental services cannot…
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  • Viacom And Time Warner Cable Resolve Mobile Streaming Dispute

    DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor
    16 May 2012 | 1:42 pm
    The fight began last year: Viacom charged that Time Warner Cable violated its licensing agreement and Viacom’s copyrights when it streamed the company’s programming to customers’ iPads and other mobile devices. Time Warner Cable said that it was within its rights to just offer the shows in subscribers’ homes, likening the iPad to another TV screen. Viacom and Time Warner Cable have agreed to resolve their pending litigations. All of Viacom’s programming will now be available to Time Warner Cable subscribers for in-home viewing via internet protocol-enabled devices…

  • Hot Trailer: ‘Hit And Run’

    THE DEADLINE TEAM
    16 May 2012 | 1:35 pm
    Parenthood‘s Dax Shepard wrote, directed and stars in Hit And Run, and the trailer for the action romantic comedy begins playing ahead of The Dictator this week. The movie, formerly titled Outrun, is about a nice guy (Shepard) with a questionable past who risks everything when he busts out of the witness protection program to deliver his fiancé (Shepard’s real-life wife-to-be Kristen Bell) to Los Angeles for her dream job. They are chased by feds and gangsters. Bradley Cooper, Tom Arnold and Kristen Chenoweth co-star. Open Road is releasing it August 24.

  • ‘Samsara’ Bought For Australia, New Zealand By eOne, Hopscotch: Cannes

    MIKE FLEMING
    16 May 2012 | 1:09 pm
    eOne and Hopscotch Films have acquired Australian and New Zealand rights to Samsara, the follow-up to Baraka. Filmed over a period of five years in 25 countries on five continents and shot on 70mm film, Samsara reunites director Ron Fricke and producer Mark Magidson. They teamed on Baraka and Chronos. Samsara depicts the varied worlds of sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial complexes, and natural wonders and by dispensing with dialogue and descriptive text, the film veers from the traditional documentary. eOne Canada already bought rights to the film in Canada and will release it in the…

  • Jane Fonda Joins ‘Better Living Through Chemistry’

    MIKE FLEMING
    16 May 2012 | 12:54 pm
    EXCLUSIVE: Jane Fonda, in Cannes to make an appearance for L’Oreal, has just joined the cast of the comedy Better Living Through Chemistry. She joins Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde, Michelle Monaghan, Ray Liotta, Ben Schwartz and Ken Howard in the film. She plays a customer of the pharmacy run by Rockwell’s character, and her character is the conscience of the film. David Posamentier and Geoff Moore wrote the script. It is an Occupant Entertainment production, produced by Joe Neurauter and Felipe Marino. Filming is underway in Maryland, and Fonda will shoot her scenes when she returns…

  • Record Entries For 2012 Nicholl Screenwriting Competition

    THE DEADLINE TEAM
    16 May 2012 | 12:49 pm
    Beverly Hills, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition has received a record 7,197 entries for 2012, up from last year’s record of 6,730. The Academy will award up to five fellowships of $35,000 each in November. This year, entries came from all 50 states in the U.S. as well as from 65 other countries. The competition includes first-time entries from Estonia, Indonesia, Latvia, Liechtenstein and Nicaragua. “It’s been amazing to watch the Nicholl Fellowships entries climb from 99 in 1986 to a record of nearly 7,200…
 
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  • London Olympic Stadium Comes Alive

    Sam
    29 Apr 2012 | 10:08 am
    London Olympic Stadium is almost ready for the 2012 London Olympics The London Olympic stadium is close to being completed and we have some timelapse videos of this and the other London Olympic stadias as they are being constructed. London Olympic Stadium This video shows the main Olympic Stadium which will be used for all the track events and post Olympics will become the home to one of the London football clubs.   London Olympic Velodrome Stadium The Olympic velodrome stadium is a great piece of design that will be home to the indoor cycling events which were dominated by the British…

  • Fabrice Muamba Interviewed for the First Time

    Jeff
    22 Apr 2012 | 7:56 am
    Fabrice Muamba speaks about his ‘death’ in his first interview since collapsing in a televised football match. Fabrice Muamba was speaking in an interview with the sun newspaper when he said that he “asked God to protect me, and he didn’t let me down.” Fabrice Muamba is a soccer star for the English Premier League team Bolton Wanderers and collapsed during an FA cup game with Tottenham Hotspur on 17th March 2012. The match was being shown live on TV and was eventually abandoned. Fabrice Muamba said that he ‘died’ for 78 minutes during the ordeal and…

  • Instagram Bought by Facebook

    Clive
    10 Apr 2012 | 2:49 pm
    Instagram Bought by Facebook for $1 billion… Another Tech Bubble? Instagram has announced that it has been bought by Facebook in a deal worth an incredible $1 billion. Incredible because Instagram is only 2 years old, it makes no recorded profit, it has 13 employees and it was up until this month, just an iPhone app (now it is also on Android). Instagram allows people to take pictures on their smartphone, edit and stylize them using different filters, then share with friends on other social networking sites such as twitter and facebook. Instagram Camera Filters Instagram is another…

  • Pinterest Grabs the Headlines

    Sam
    6 Apr 2012 | 5:45 pm
    Pinterest grabs the headlines following phenomenal growth. Pinterest was recently named as one of the top 50 websites to watch by Time magazine and since then has shown that it has the potential to become a big player, adding more users than many more established sites. So whats all the Pinterest buzz about? Pinterest is all about sharing photos, basically an online collection of pinboards. So it’s a great to look at, driven as it is by photos, and it’s clean design compliments it’s reason for being. It follows all the best site design like Google and Facebook and keeps…

  • Real Madrid Resort Island Coming to Ras Al-Khaimah (RAK)

    Clive
    2 Apr 2012 | 12:56 pm
    Real Madrid Resort Island is being planned for the Al-Marjan Island in Ras Al-Khaimah (RAK) for 2015. Al-Marjan Island is a group of man-made islands in the Northern Emirate of Ras Al-Khaimah (RAK), park of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and about 45 mins drive from it’s more famous neighbor, Dubai. Real Madrid and the RAK authorities are planning to take over one of the islands and turn it into a Real Madrid resort island, hoping it will become a mecca for Real Madrid and fooball fans alike. Covering about 50 hectares, the Real Madrid Resort Island aims to attract 1 million visitors a…
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  • Oil fuels the conflict between Sudan and South Sudan – and it keeps getting hotter

    David Dorward, Associate Professor, History at La Trobe University
    16 May 2012 | 12:40 am
    Khartoum has resumed its bombardment of South Sudan despite the passing of a UN Security Council Resolution calling for a ceasefire. With military action escalating over the past few days, the two nations are now on the brink of all-out war. The rhetoric of both nations' leaders is becoming increasingly strident. While the immediate causes of this conflict are control of oilfields and territorial disputes, the tension is rooted in a deeper clash of culture, religion and politics. A history of oil, division and conflict In 1978, Chevron discovered oil in the Bentu and Heglig districts of…

  • New standards could make consumers choose between the chicken and the egg

    Joanna Henryks, Assistant Professor, Advertising and Marketing Communication at University of Canberra
    16 May 2012 | 12:23 am
    The RSPCA has spoken out against the increased density of free-range chickens being proposed by the Australian Egg Corporation today, saying it doesn’t “meet animal welfare standards or consumer expectations.” Proposed new accreditation standards for free-range eggs aim to drastically increase the density of laying birds. The Greens intend to raise this issue in parliament this week to address animal welfare concerns, but guidance for consumers remains unaddressed. Little is known about how and why consumers make purchases in this area, but what we do know is that people tend to misread…

  • Fewer hens doesn't always mean happier hens

    Jeff Downing, Lecturer, Animal Science at University of Sydney
    15 May 2012 | 11:17 pm
    The Australian egg industry has seen a large shift in the proportion of chicken eggs coming from non-cage systems, especially free range. There is little doubt that some of this has been driven by consumer and retail demand. But some has been the result of new cage regulations introduced in 2008, which led producers to modify their cage facilities to free range and barn production. By removing cages, they avoided the high costs associated with new cage refurbishment. This has left the industry with a wide range of very different facilities designated as “free range production units”. In…

  • When it comes to solving the euro's woes, it's the same gold story

    Wesley Widmaier, Australian Research Council Future Fellow at Griffith University
    15 May 2012 | 11:08 pm
    Are the tragedies of the 1920s repeating themselves in the twenty-first century? In the 1920s, an irrational attachment to the gold standard helped cause the Great Depression, as European fears of inflation acted as a deadweight on growth. By the 1930s, economic collapse facilitated the rise of fascism, Nazism and World War II. While the Great Depression eventually broke the gold standard, enabling economic recovery, this would come too late for central Europe. In the current day, a similar attachment to the euro – again as a bulwark against inflation – risks a similar tragedy. Once…

  • Learning experience: let's take consciousness in from the cold

    Colin Hales, Researcher in brain electrodynamics at the Centre for Neural Engineering at University of Melbourne
    15 May 2012 | 10:27 pm
    Until 20 years ago, scientists interested in empirical work on consciousness – our private subjective experiences – hid it by minimising or eliminating the “c-word”, the use of which was a career-limiting (or at least fund-limiting) move. Consciousness defied scientific characterisation until, at the very beginning of the decade of the brain (1990-2000), the late Nobel Laureate Francis Crick and others began a dialogue that made an empirical science of consciousness viable. For 20 years, the mainstream science of consciousness could be generically called the ABC-correlates of…
 
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  • Success of "The Avengers" earns Robert Downey Jr. millions

    16 May 2012 | 1:20 pm
    50 million payday thanks to studio profit-sharing deal  source » Marvel signed the deal after the box-office success of Iron Man (2008), agreeing to pay Robert Downey Jr. a percentage of profits from all future movies in which the actor appears as Tony Stark/Iron Man. That’s significantly more than anyone else: Fellow stars Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, and Samuel L. Jackson are each expected to make $2-$6 million from their wages and profit-sharing deals. Follow ShortFormBlog • Find us on Twitter & Facebook

  • "I thought they (the attackers) were exchanging messages but realizing he was alone, I think the..."

    16 May 2012 | 12:36 pm
    “I thought they (the attackers) were exchanging messages but realizing he was alone, I think the scream was actually a battle cry.” - Utoeya Island massacre survivor Ingvild Leren Stensrud • Describing what she saw and heard, the day Anders Behring Breivik attacked Oslo and Utoeya, while testifying in the Norwegian killer’s trial. Stenstrud survived the attack, with a gun shot to the left thigh, after being knocked over — and subsequently covered by — the body of another victim. Glenn Martin Waldenstroem, who survived being shot in the face, asked that Breivik be removed from the…

  • theatlantic: Video of the Day: Chris Christie and Cory Booker...

    16 May 2012 | 11:00 am
    theatlantic: Video of the Day: Chris Christie and Cory Booker Team Up Two of America’s most charismatic and easily caricatured politicians have teamed up to poke fun at themselves: New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Newark Mayor Cory Booker. The Seinfeld-themed video makes sport of the frequent speculation that Christie is a potential Republican vice-presidential nominee as well as Booker’s extramayoral heroics, from rushing into burning buildings to shoveling residents’ sidewalks. We won’t ruin the surprise, but it’s worth sticking with it until the end. In which two of…

  • nprfreshair: How Common Is Your Birthday? (via @stiles) People...

    16 May 2012 | 7:56 am
    nprfreshair: How Common Is Your Birthday? (via @stiles) People with lighter colors are more unique. There. We said it.

  • Aaron Sorkin Will Adapt Walter Isaacson Steve Jobs Bio For Film

    15 May 2012 | 8:51 pm
    Aaron Sorkin Will Adapt Walter Isaacson Steve Jobs Bio For Film: parislemon: Insanely great news — but expectations will be through the roof post-The Social Network. Dear David Fincher: Call Aaron. Now.
 
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  • National Archives (UK) Unveils Olympic Records Website Giving Public Access to Hundreds of Historic Documents and Images

    Gary Price
    16 May 2012 | 11:08 am
    From The Telegraph: The National Archives have created a new digital portal collating Olympic records that date back to the first modern Games in 1896 to the Beijing Games in 2008. The new resource features a timeline allowing users to see the progression of the Olympics and includes government documents from the two previous occasions on which London hosted the Games – in 1908 and 1948. The stories captured in the documents include the American team protesting about the British wearing police boots in the 1908 Tug of War, the controversy of adding an additional 385 yards to the traditional…

  • Trove of Original Abraham Lincoln Documents Found in Japan

    Gary Price
    16 May 2012 | 10:59 am
    From the Chicago Sun-Times: The more than 100 documents compiled at a university near Tokyo amount to a microcosm of Lincoln’s career, with some of the most compelling finds ranging from his early professional life in New Salem all the way to his presidency. There are “these nice pieces that pull together different aspects of Lincoln’s life,” said Daniel Stowell, editor of The Papers of Abraham Lincoln, a project run by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum and Library in Springfield. Stowell said researchers have known about many of the documents in the collection for decades but…

  • Ready Reference: New York City Green Book Now Available Online, Searchable

    Gary Price
    16 May 2012 | 10:39 am
    From an Introduction by Mayor Michael Bloomberg: For nearly a century, the Green Book has kept New Yorkers informed about the agencies, offices, boards, and commissions that keep our dynamic City running. This year, to complement the traditional printed edition, we are proud to publish the first truly “green” Green Book-a searchable, up-to-date City directory in digital form. Directory info and brief background for: + City of New York ++ Example: Dept. of Education + County Offices Within the City of New York ++ Example: County Clerk, Kings County + New York State Agencies ++…

  • Bing “Relaunch” Now Available to All U.S. Users

    Gary Price
    15 May 2012 | 6:43 pm
    Last week there was news from Microsoft about a new look and several features on Bing. Danny Sullivan posted this overview about the new look and features on Search Engine Land. Today, Bing is announcing that the relaunched version is now available to all U.S. users. To Access: Simply Head to http://www.bing.com/new A video is also available featuring Bing execs Qi Lu, Harry Shum, and Derrick Connell discussing the redesign and new features. It’s embedded in this blog post. See Also: Bing’s New Social-Friendly Search Interface Now Live by Matt McGee, SEL

  • Browse for CC Licensed Video: Creative Commons on Vimeo Now Available to Unregistered Users

    Gary Price
    15 May 2012 | 6:08 pm
    Back in February we posted about a major redesign of the Vimeo site including a search interface allowing users to browse, find, and access Creative Commons licensed video available via Vimeo. Word today that “Creative Commons on Vimeo” is now open to all users. You no longer are required to have a Vimeo account to use the resource. Direct to Creative Commons on Vimeo To Search for Creative Commons Material on Vimeo: 1. Conduct a Keyword Search 2. On the Results Page, Look for “Filters” (Right Column) 3. Look for the “License” Dropdown Menu, Select a CC…
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  • New Report Illustrates Impact of Sequestration to Medical Research

    fulltextreports
    16 May 2012 | 1:31 pm
    New Report Illustrates Impact of Sequestration to Medical Research Source:  Research!America The report “Sequestration: Health Research at the Breaking Point,” released today by Research!America, demonstrates the damaging consequences of potential automatic spending cuts, or sequestration, to the nation’s medical research enterprise and public health, and offers examples on how these cuts would delay scientific discoveries [...]

  • Country Analysis Brief: Vietnam

    fulltextreports
    16 May 2012 | 12:30 pm
    Country Analysis Brief:  Vietnam Source:  Energy Information Administration Over the course of two decades Vietnam emerged as an important oil and natural gas producer in Southeast Asia. Vietnam has boosted exploration activities, allowed for greater foreign company investment and cooperation in the oil and gas sectors, and introduced market reforms to support the energy industry. [...]

  • Just Released — Health, United States, 2011

    fulltextreports
    16 May 2012 | 12:30 pm
    Health, United States, 2011Source: National Center for Health Statistics Compendium of health status, health care resource use, and vital statistics from HHS agencies Annual report of about 500 pages Filed under: health and health care, National Center for Health Statistics, social and cultural issues

  • Office politics: Improving public sector property management

    fulltextreports
    16 May 2012 | 11:28 am
    Office politics: Improving public sector property management Source:  Deloitte Shrinking budgets are driving fundamental changes to the size and shape of governments around the world. Leaders are exploring a more compact, dynamic government workforce, and in turn, their underlying asset needs are changing. Simply put, a reduced workforce translates to reduced property needs. But tackling the [...]

  • Addressing the Proximal Causes of Obesity: The Relevance of Alcohol Control Policies

    fulltextreports
    16 May 2012 | 10:27 am
    Addressing the Proximal Causes of Obesity: The Relevance of Alcohol Control Policies Source:  Preventing Chronic Disease (CDC) Many policy measures to control the obesity epidemic assume that people consciously and rationally choose what and how much they eat and therefore focus on providing information and more access to healthier foods. In contrast, many regulations that [...]
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  • Houston Attorney Craig Seldin Reflects on New York Divorce Laws

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    10 May 2012 | 4:36 pm
    While New York is usually up-to-the minute in most areas of progress, divorce law is not one of them. The state was the last in the country to pass a no-fault divorce law. A couple of years later, divorce in New York is still a sticky situation, notes Houston lawyer Craig Seldin. May 9, 2012 Up until 2010, one person in a marriage in New York needed to take responsibility for the dissolution of the marriage. The state was the last in country to pass a no-fault divorce law. With a no-fault divorce, no one person is held responsible for the end of the marriage, notes Texas-based lawyer Craig…

  • Michael W. Miller Disturbed by Growing Number of Infants Born With Opiate Addiction

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    9 May 2012 | 8:47 am
    A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association points out that the number of infants undergoing opiate withdrawal after birth has increased by three over the past decade. Neuroscientist Michael W. Miller finds the new research unsettling. May 8, 2012 In 2009, 13,500 babies in the US were born addicted to opiates, according to the Journal of the American Medical Association’s study. That amounts to one baby out of every 1,000 born, or less than one percent. For scientists such as Michael W. Miller, less than one percent is still too high. 2009 also saw the use…

  • Christopher Uzzi On How to Use Social Marketing

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    9 May 2012 | 8:27 am
    A recent Forbes article describes the advantages of brand humanization can bring to a business. Social media can bring about this phenomenon, explains marketing professional Christopher Uzzi. Forbes recently published an article by Meghan M. Biro, entitled “5 Warnings for Leaders: Brand Humanization is Not a Social Media Fad”. In it, Biro explores the potential of social media for creating trust bonds between businesses and consumers. Appealing to people on a human level has always been a challenge for businesses, but social marketing is making it easier. For the first time ever, social…

  • California School of Professional Fabric Design Teaches Design Skills, Traditional and Contemporary

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    26 Apr 2012 | 11:56 am
    A New York Times article discusses the new fashion trend of homegrown, botanical dyes. The California School of Professional Fabric Design finds merit in all methods of fabric design—computer-designed or hand-painted. The New York Times recently featured an article about the use of botanical dyes in fabric design. Botanical dying was used until the first synthetic dyes were invented in 1856. Since then, the practice has died out. However, Michael Tortorello writes, botanical dying has experienced a recent renaissance. A new generation of botanical dyers has cropped up among fabric…

  • Mate1.com Offers Safety Tips for Online Dating

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    16 Apr 2012 | 10:40 am
    A recent Illinois ruling requires online dating sites to advertise whether or not they conduct background checks on their members. Mate1, a prominent dating site, seeks to negate the potential perils of online dating by creating awareness within its community. Psychology Today’s Melanie A. Greenberg, Ph.D., reports thatan online survey of couples married in the last three years showed that 1 in 6 had met through an online dating service. One in five people surveyed had dated someone they met online. However, this type of dating does come with an element of risk. People do lie in their…
 
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  • The Hottest Republican Congressional Primary Race in the Country

    Rachel Alexander
    16 May 2012 | 11:41 am
    The fiscal watchdog organization Club for Growth is calling the Congressional primary race in Arizona’s newly redistricted CD6 the most watched Republican congressional primary race in the country. Due to Arizonagaining a new House seat and redistricting, incumbent House Republicans David Schweikert and Ben Quayle saw their districts overlap. The redistricting committee, which is controlled by the left, did this to Republicans purposely. Quayle’s house ended up barely inside ofArizona’s new CD9. Since the new CD9 containsTempe, which is not as conservative as CD6 in theNortheastValley,…

  • Transparency? Secret, Soros, Left-Wing, 1% Summit Meeting Held Behind Closed Doors

    Warner Todd Huston
    16 May 2012 | 11:00 am
    A luxury resort in Miami, Florida with police-guarded closed doors was the home of a secret George Soros-backed summit attended by deep-pocketed left-wing donors over the weekend of May 12. They met to plan their strategy for the 2012 elections and beyond. Yes, it was all hush hush and secret-like — so much for all that “transparency” those lefties are always braying about. The event hosted by the leftist group Democracy Alliance,/a>Democracy Alliance was reported upon by the Washington Free Beacon from afar. I say from afar because the Soros-paid group ...

  • Black Voices On Pres. Obama’s Gay Marriage Stance

    Kathleen McKinley
    16 May 2012 | 10:32 am
    In gaging the reaction to Obama’s announcement of his support of gay marriage, I thought it might be interesting to hear the opinion of black voices across our country. Although it was easy to find black pastors who differed with Pres. Obama because of their Christian faith (Imagine! Pastors choosing the gospel over Obama!), I thought Carl Jeffers brought up an interesting point as well. He prefaces this by saying that it’s clear to him that whether Obama wins re-election or not, our next President after him will be white, ...

  • Obama Injects Himself Into Bios of Past Presidents on WH Website

    Warner Todd Huston
    16 May 2012 | 10:00 am
    As unbelievable as it may sound for the sheer arrogance and audacity of it all, President Obama has injected himself into the bios pages of all our past presidents on the official White House website. So, when you go to read about our past presidents you’ll also get a campaign blurb about The One, the Obammessiah, the Lightbringer. If this isn’t chutzpah, what is? In his arrogance Obama has added a small section tooting his own horn into the bios of every president but Gerald Ford — likely because his web ...

  • Is The United States Rich Or Broke?

    John Hawkins
    16 May 2012 | 6:55 am
    Let’s say you made 10 million dollars this year, you’re driving a Lamborghini, living in a mansion, and wearing a Rolex. Are you in financial trouble? Are you broke? The knee jerk response to that question is, “Broke? Are you crazy? You’re describing someone who’s filthy rich!”‘ This is the same reaction a lot of people have when they’re told that the United States is broke. How can that be when we have so much money? Well, let’s color in the rest of the picture (Numbers extrapolated from here). The guy who made ...
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  • Whole Foods in Midtown breaks ground, to open in spring 2013

    JA Staes
    14 May 2012 | 12:56 pm
    Tweet It’s pretty obvious to even the most casual observer that the Midtown area has been going through a lot of change lately. Private, public, and philanthropic organizations have poured billions of dollars into the area, businesses have been moving in and residential occupancy is more than 90% with more housing being built to meet demand. Today, that change continues with the ground breaking for the new Whole Foods store, to be located on Mack Avenue, just east of Woodward. This is good news for residents new and old as well as workers and existing businesses in the neighborhood…

  • Movement Frozen in Time exhibition highlights Macomb Ballet Company

    Ashley Hennen
    11 May 2012 | 9:42 am
    Tweet While Kenny Corbin, moniker Karpov the Wrecked Train, is a photographer better known for grittier subject matter, he recently turned his lens on the Macomb Ballet Company. Despite what one might think—that ballet photographs might come out on the gauzy and delicate side – Corbin doesn’t see his recent photographs as a departure from his previous work. “Ballet to me seems very dark and gritty in a way—the lifestyle does,” he says. “I wanted to showcase that and bring that out: the dancers’ hard work,” he explains. Following the company through several rehearsals and…

  • So, this guy in California names his bar after Detroit … and … Wait, it’s not a joke!

    Karen Dybis
    11 May 2012 | 6:57 am
    TweetHere’s the truth: The word “Detroit” as a brand has so much power. Incredible value. Serious cachet. In terms of marketing moxie – and to ruthlessly rip off Flo Rida — the club cannot handle Detroit right now. And here’s why I think so…Let me introduce Dan Bradley, who named his Costa Mesa, Calif., bar after the city. That’s right. He did it on purpose; it’s really named “Detroit Bar.” Even if his hot spot is in the heart of trendy Orange County, Bradley proudly wears the city’s moniker on his 250-capacity music venue. Bradley and I have been…

  • Downtown Detroit is on the up!

    JA Staes
    10 May 2012 | 9:19 am
    Tweet   David Whitney Floorplan. Photo by Ashley Hennen. You can’t help but notice the scaffolds, the construction elevators and a phalanx of dumpsters outside Downtown buildings that were vacant for the longest time. In the last two weeks there have been some been some big updates. Whether it’s Dan Gilbert and Chrysler making a deal to move Chrysler (and some other tenants) into the former Dime building to be renamed the “Chrysler House” or the multitude of updates coming from the Downtown Detroit Partnership (DDP) stakeholders meeting,  there’s good news in the D.  In spite…

  • McDonald’s helps local grade school kids love reading

    Marge Sorge
    8 May 2012 | 4:38 pm
    TweetMcDonald’s has come up with a new “happy meal.” It’s helping children fill up on reading. McDonald’s Books & Backpacks program offers local grade school children incentives for checking out books and runs through the end of 2012.  It is designed to encourage reading and build on the reading skills children acquire in school.  McDonald’s extended the program to eight libraries in five additional communities throughout metro Detroit. The new participating libraries include the City of Eastpointe Memorial Library, Harper Woods Public Library, Oak Park Public Library,…
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  • Google improves and promotes search with A Google A Day game on Google+

    15 May 2012 | 4:26 pm
    Google created a new game on it’s social network called A Google A Day, which is a daily search puzzle that is solved using nothing but Google Search to find the answers. It’s a clever way to get users to challenge themselves, and also improve your Google Search skills by learning the best ways to use the search engine. The premise is easy. First you have to be on Google+ to use it, which is Google’s social network. Once you start up the app, you are presented with a question, which you have to answer by finding it through the Google Search. There are different topics of…

  • 17 artistic and talented Avengers illustrations

    15 May 2012 | 3:02 pm
    I saw the Avengers last weekend and the movie was amazing, and has the box office results to prove it. The Avengers are breaking all kinds of records. To date, they have already made $1 billion globally. So, it’s no wonder that the Avengers comic illustrations are coming out of the woodwork, with some real gems. Here are a few I hand picked from Deviant Art that show some real talent and ability.sourcesourcesourcesourcesourcesourcesourcesourcesourcesourcesourcesourcesourcesourcesourcesourcesource

  • Now this is how you wake up a three year old

    15 May 2012 | 11:04 am
    Anyone who has woken up a sleeping toddler or baby for that fact, knows it can potentially be a nightmare waiting to happen, with loads of crankiness and teary eyes to follow. This is the first time I have seen a toddler wake up, and not only be fine, but playing the air drums like a champ during mid-sleep! What a cute video. I hope this kid grows up to play drums for some famous band one day.

  • Google Report: Search results should be protected by the First Amendment

    14 May 2012 | 3:56 pm
    In a recent report by Eugene Volokh, which was commissioned by Google, he claims that Google Search results deserve the same free speech rights as articles that appear in newspapers and news websites, for example the New York Times. In the report, embedded below, which the Atlantic Wire reviewed, says the weight, placement, and even omission of search results says that search engines deserve freedom of speech, which is covered in the First Amendment. Volokh’s research makes for a strong argument for search engines, like Google, which is extremely beneficial to them in regards to…

  • Watch 100 balloons get popped with a laser pointer

    14 May 2012 | 12:21 pm
    High-powered laser pointers can cause a lot of harm if you don’t know what your doing, or if you’re being malicious. Think of those news reports where people would aim laser pointers at pilots in an airplane. They are very powerful, and Wicked Lasers makes the S3 Krypton laser pointer, which actually has a range of up to 85 miles. With that said, in a video posted to YouTube by WorldScott, he lines up 100 balloons and takes the S3 Krypton laser and points it through a magnifying glass, and then pops each balloon one by one. It gets slow towards the end, but eventually he pops them…
 
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  • Video: How MI6 spy Gareth Williams could have locked himself inside bag

    SWNS Reporter
    9 May 2012 | 6:34 am
    Body in the bag spy Gareth Williams could have easily locked himself inside the holdall in which he died, an Army veteran revealed today. The inquest into the MI6 agent’s death heard how a number of experts unsuccessfully tried to lock themselves inside a bag up to 300 times. But Jim Fetherstonhaugh, 49 – a sergeant in the Royal Artillery for 22 years – discovered a simple method by which a holdall can be zipped up and locked from the inside without assistance. The technique is the reverse of a well-known trick used by airport thieves to steal from locked bags, as long as…

  • Porsche 911 designer passes away

    Adrian Hearn
    5 Apr 2012 | 11:38 am
    Ferdinand Porsche, the genius responsible for the legendary 911 sports car has died, the German car maker confirmed today. Professor Porsche was the creative brain behind the one of the world’s most iconic sports cars which went on sale in 1963. Despite being nearly 50 years old, the 911’s design has only ever evolved and is still unmistakable from the original model. A statement from the German company confirmed Professor Porsche, grandson of company founder Ferdinand Porsche, had passed away in Salzburg on Thursday aged 76. The German designer, nicknamed Butzi, joined the family company…

  • Disabled war heroes completes one of the world’s toughest motorsport events

    Adrian Hearn
    28 Mar 2012 | 8:20 am
    A triple amputee war hero was celebrating today after he completed one of the world’s toughest motorsport events. Corporal Tom Neathway, 28, lost both legs and an arm in a Taliban booby trap three years ago in Afghanistan. The brave Paratrooper has battled back to join a group of disabled petrolheads in completing the Tuareg Rally with the Race2Recovery team. Cpl Neathway was navigating able-bodied driver Dave Marsh on the challenging rally which took place over eight days in Morocco and Spain. They faced harsh, rocky gravel tracks, wet and muddy roads washed away by heavy rain and the…

  • Motorist banned after crashing his Lamborghini AND speeding in his Ferrari

    Adrian Hearn
    28 Mar 2012 | 8:11 am
    A supercar driver has been banned from the roads and fined £3,000 for causing a crash in his Lamborghini – and speeding in his Ferrari. Mega-rich Michael Reader, 39, crashed his £120,000 Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder into a red Seat while overtaking other cars at speed. The black convertible flipped onto its roof and was written off following the incident on the A39 near Wadebridge, Cornwall, in May last year. Reader and his friend were on their way to a 30th birthday bash when they were left suspended upside down with a fencepost stuck between them. The construction company boss denied…

  • The Polar s-Express: giant bears enjoy romantic moment

    Adrian Hearn
    28 Mar 2012 | 7:53 am
    This is the romantic moment a giant polar bear on a “special mission” gets frisky his with female friend. Nuka, a 10ft tall male bear, arrived at Detroit Zoo in December in the hope he could breed with Talini, the zoo’s female polar bear. And the seven-year-old beast, who weighs 890-pounds, has struck up a relationship with Talini, who is one of just 11 females in the USA available for breeding. Polar bear mating season lasts from March until June with the two giant animals enjoying plenty of water-based fun. If Talini becomes pregnant, there is an eight-month gestation…
 
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  • Capital One sees fewer delinquencies, more defaults in April

    15 May 2012 | 8:00 am
    The way in which consumers handled their credit card debt issued by one of the nation's top lenders was a bit of a mixed bag in April.The latest regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Capital One Financial shows that while the company once again saw instances of credit card payments that were 30 days or more behind on payments slipped once again last month, it also saw more significantly late accounts that had to be written off as uncollectable, according to a report from Dow Jones Newswires. Capital One said its 30-day delinquency rate fell to just 3.18 percent…

  • CFPB still pushes for heftier credit card disclosures

    11 May 2012 | 8:00 am
    The federal agency tasked with helping protect consumers from troublesome loan agreements and credit card debt is still focused on making contracts for cards easier to understand.Even as the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has tackled a number of other credit-related issues facing Americans, it has not forgotten its task of simplifying credit card fee and rate disclosure documents, according to a report from Dow Jones Newswire. A number of prototypes for such agreements were introduced soon after the CFPB gained full regulatory power, but the agency has also turned its attentions…

  • Consumers carrying far more credit card debt in March

    9 May 2012 | 8:00 am
    On a year-over-year basis, the amount of credit card debt carried by consumers increased significantly, reversing months of downward trends. The amount of credit card debt held nationwide surged in March, rising 7.8 percent on an annual basis, to a total of $803.6 billion, according to the latest monthly statistics from the Federal Reserve Board. That's the largest total seen this year, and, despite declines in both January and February, more or less returned consumers to the levels seen at the end of last year, when they owed $803.8 billion. However, that total is still well below the…

  • Consumers could return to tapping credit card debt in next five years

    7 May 2012 | 8:00 am
    In the last several years, the nation's top lenders have seen consumers' attitudes toward credit card debt change considerably as a result of the economic downturn, but some expect borrowers to start moving toward their old habits in the next few years. Between 2007 and the end of 2012, the amount of revenues enjoyed by credit card lenders is expected to have fallen by an average of 4 percent annually, to a total of $50.8 billion, according to new data from the industry research firm IBISWorld. This was the result of a large number of economic conditions, including lower employment…

  • Can misreported credit lead to need for debt relief?

    7 May 2012 | 8:00 am
    Consumers who are struggling with large amounts of credit card debt and other outstanding balances have enough on their plates without worrying about the state of their credit reports when mistaken entries wind up there.In many cases, consumers might have inaccurate information on their credit reports, which can have a negative impact on their financial standing, as a result of what are known as "mixed files," according to a report from the Columbus Dispatch. For instance, consumers may have data for not only themselves, but also family members, neighbors, consumers with similar…
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  • Councilwoman Welch invites community to Forest Fest’12

    Thomas McAdam, Louisville City Hall Examiner
    11 May 2012 | 6:52 pm
    Spring is in full swing at the Louisville’s beautiful Jefferson Memorial Forest and on one special day every year Bluegrass music can be heard in the air as you walk the trails and enjoy the scenery.“The...

  • Amazon expands in Kentucky; 550 full-time and 600 seasonal jobs

    Thomas McAdam, Louisville City Hall Examiner
    9 May 2012 | 3:48 pm
    Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear and Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced Amazon’s plans to open a new 70,000-square-foot customer service facility in Winchester, Ky., investing more than $20.7 million and creating more than...

  • Kentucky expands authority of Nurse Anesthetists

    Thomas McAdam, Louisville City Hall Examiner
    2 May 2012 | 4:41 pm
    Governor Steve Beshear announced yesterday that Kentucky has exercised its option to increase its citizens’ access to safe, high-quality anesthesia by giving more flexibility to providers in delivering anesthesia services. In a letter to the...

  • CafePress global headquarters moving to Louisville, with 592 jobs

    Thomas McAdam, Louisville City Hall Examiner
    30 Apr 2012 | 3:50 pm
    Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear today joined community leaders and company officials to announce CafePress Inc. will move its global headquarters to Louisville, where it already has a 140,000-square-foot fulfillment center on Riverport Drive. The...

  • Heaven Hill announces new Evan Williams Bourbon Experience in Louisville

    Thomas McAdam, Louisville City Hall Examiner
    26 Apr 2012 | 6:56 pm
    Louisville’s Heaven Hill Distilleries, Inc., along with Kentucky Lieutenant Governor Jerry Abramson and Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer, announced today in Louisville the September 2013 opening of The Evan Williams Bourbon Experience™....
 
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  • Are You Registered?! NAACP Launches Push to Register Voters

    EURpublisher03
    16 May 2012 | 1:34 pm
    * The NAACP is launching a push to make sure African Americans and other minorities get to the polls this November and register voters. Head man Ben Jealous announced the campaign recently at Clark-Atlanta University at the national launch of the NAACP’s “This Is My Vote!” campaign, with the goal being to register scores of new voters and coordinate with state and college NAACP chapters, voter advocacy groups, and other civil rights organizations to ensure voters are able to cast ballots. Here’s an excerpt of an article over at partner site NewsOne which talks about NAACP…

  • Twins Achieve the Impossible in Medical Science Education (Video)

    EurPublisher
    16 May 2012 | 12:58 pm
    Asia and Ashley Matthews, recent graduates of Xavier, have achieved the pinnacle of educational achievement in medicine. *The students of 2012 are stepping up to the global plate this year with exceptional achievements in education. But two young women have achieved the impossible with their exceptional grades in a field that is treacherous terrain for most. Asia and Ashley Matthews graduated from Xavier University and both are promising scientists. Asia graduated with a dual degree in chemistry and pre-med and had aspirations of attending (more…)  

  • Tia Mowry and Pooch Hall Out of ‘The Game’

    EurPublisher
    16 May 2012 | 12:45 pm
    Pooch Hall and Tia Mowry also known as The Game's Derwin and Melanie Barnett-Davis, will not be returning next season. *Those of us who like The Game may be in for an upset when the new season starts. The new season will focus on more losses from the cast. The first loss from the team was Kelly Pitts (played by Brittney ), with her divorce from Jason Pitts (played by Coby Bell) which left many wondering why… the same will apply with the new cuts from the team. Online reports say that BET didn’t come up with the checks for two of the shows central characters, Tia Mowry and Pooch Hall…

  • Mother Shoots and Kills All 4 of Her Kids, then Self

    EurPublisher
    16 May 2012 | 12:33 pm
    (pictured from top left to right clockwise) Pebbles Johnson, 17, Jaxs Johnson, 15, Joel Johnson, 12, and Jazzlyn Johnson 13, were all shot and killed by their mother Tonya Thomas, 33, Tuesday morning. *Back in 2001, we were horrified by the national news report on Andrea Yates. She had done the unthinkable and drowned all five of her children in the bathtub. The thought of it, over a decade later, turns stomachs and leaves her despised by most. This crime was so diabolical no one would dream of seeing it happen again. But here we go again. Early Tuesday morning in Port St. John, Florida,…

  • Florida High School is Exceptional with 25 Valedictorians

    EurPublisher
    16 May 2012 | 12:31 pm
    Vanguard High School in Ocala, Florida, is showing that it's an exceptional educational haven with Malak Fakhoury and Mohammed (MJ) Kassimbah as Mr and Miss VHS along with 25 valedictorians for the 2012 graduating class all with 5.0 GPA's. *We have always heard in nearly every graduation speech that education is key. Some people take that statement more seriously than others. The normal graduating class consists of students, students with honors and the honor student with the “mostest”, the valedictorian. But this year, one high school will have a real dilemma in choosing the…
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  • Hartford Students to Launch Experiment to the Space Station Aboard SpaceX Dragon

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    7 May 2012 | 11:26 pm
    Students from the University High School of Science and Engineering and the Annie Fisher STEM Magnet School in Hartford are sending a bone density experiment to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule May 19. The University of Hartford is supporting the student project, providing tissue culture facilities and other supplies and equipment that the students did not have in their schools. University of Hartford Assistant professor of biology Aime Levesque is supporting the student project. Read more at CTTechJunkie.com

  • On Your Block: Jazz Music in Hartford

    admin
    26 Mar 2012 | 4:03 pm
    Looking for great jazz? You'll find it in Hartford, Connecticut – even at the Hartford Public Library. This is the first On Your Block story from Adam Chiara and Sarah Miner.

  • Helping Loved Ones Find Help for Connecticut Veterans

    admin
    14 Jan 2012 | 8:42 am
    Many veterans experience depression when returning from overseas, with some showing signs of being suicidal. While a veteran's family and friends might notice these warning signs, they don't always know how to approach the situation. The Connecticut Department of Veteran Affairs recognizes this and has a new program called Coaching into Care. The program helps loved ones of veterans get help for those who need it. Links: Connecticut Veterans Affairs

  • Exclusive Interview with "Pawn" Producer Jeff Most About Shooting a Movie in West Hartford

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    19 Dec 2011 | 7:02 am
    West Hartford may not have the Hollywood sign, but it does have lights,cameras, and action going on inside what was once a Friendly's restaurant in the town's center. The movie being filmed is an action thriller called Pawn and has stars like Michael Chiklis, Forest Whitaker, Ray Liotta and Nikki Reed. A major reason the high profile film is being shot in Connecticut is because of the tax credits the state offers movie makers. LocalOnlineNews.TV was granted an exclusive interview with Pawn's producer Jeff Most to find out why they chose West Hartford as a shooting location.

  • Brew Your Own Holiday Gifts in Southington

    admin
    29 Nov 2011 | 9:29 am
    If you want to go beyond bringing that store-bought bottle of wine to your next holiday party, try making your own. Sarah Miner checks out the Cork and Brew in Southington. The shop helps customers make their own beer, wine, and sodas.
 
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  • The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow Opens Saturday At The Long Beach Playhouse

    Editor
    16 May 2012 | 1:30 pm
    What happens when an agoraphobic, compulsive-obsessive teenager with a genius IQ gets her hands on obsolete missile parts? A robot named Jenny Chow. Jennifer Marcus is nagged by her parents, hates to do chores and has a job overhauling obsolete missile parts. Despite being afraid to leave her house, Jennifer engages with the world through her computer and builds a robot she calls Jenny Chow. What follows is a story that will engage, entertain and delight the audience and entice them to ponder the question “What makes a family a family?”Read the rest of The Intelligent Design of…

  • League of American Bicyclists Awards Long Beach “Silver Bicycle Friendly City” Status

    Editor
    16 May 2012 | 12:00 pm
    Photo by waltarrrrr Long Beach has been upgraded to a “Silver Bicycle Friendly City” by the League of American Bicyclists. This award puts the City of Long Beach in a select group of cities across the nation; only five other cities were upgraded from Bronze to Silver, and only 39 cities have Silver status. “This is truly a citywide recognition, as our Bike Friendly initiatives are promoting economic development and sustainability as well as increasing ridership,” Mayor Bob Foster said. ““As a result of our investment in bicycling related infrastructure, Long Beach is becoming an…

  • Councilman Dee Andrews Unveils Poly Gateway Sign Today at 1pm

    Editor
    16 May 2012 | 10:30 am
    Councilman Dee Andrews Councilman Dee Andrews, along with Polytechnic High School and the residents of Long Beach will commemorate the new Poly High School Gateway Sign, at 1:00 pm. today, Wednesday, May 16th, at the parking lot on the corner of Pacific Coast Highway and Atlantic Avenue. Councilman Andrews, along with Dr. Felton Williams and Long Beach Poly High School, will unveil the newly installed Poly High School sign this week. In 2008, the former Long Beach Redevelopment Agency acquired the property at 1790 Atlantic Avenue for the purpose of constructing a right-hand turn pocket and…

  • Public’s Help Needed Identifying Shooting Suspects

    Editor
    16 May 2012 | 9:00 am
    Hyundai similar to suspects vehicle The Long Beach Police Department is asking for the public’s help with information to help identify the persons responsible for a shooting that occurred on Tuesday, May 1, 2012, in the area of 57th Street and Chestnut Avenue near Deforest Park, which injured a male adult.Read the rest of Public’s Help Needed Identifying Shooting Suspects

  • Harvey Milk Park Breaks Ground May 22; First Park in Long Beach Named for LGBT Person

    Editor
    15 May 2012 | 3:04 pm
    Mayor Bob Foster, Councilmember Garcia, Stuart Milk of the Harvey Milk Foundation, and the Harvey Milk Promenade Park Committee will join dozens of LGBT community members at the groundbreaking for the new Harvey Milk Promenade Park on Tuesday May 22 at 10:00 am, the anniversary of Harvey Milk’s Birthday. The park is located at 3rd Street and The Promenade. The new park is the FIRST park in America to be named after civil rights leader Harvey Milk, and the first park in the City of Long Beach to be named after an LGBT person. In addition, the park will include Equality Plaza, an area…
 
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  • Bounty out on Iranian rapper over controversial song (Naghi w/audio)

    Zadishe Freeman
    16 May 2012 | 7:38 am
    Iranian born rapper, Shahin Najafi who lives in Germany is facing death threats and a bounty on his head over a song he published whom some say is disrespectful and insulting towards an Islamic Shiite imam.  We already know how sensitive that region of the world (Middle East) is when the subject of religion and spirituality is present and this story goes in line with that.  Najafi has said on the German website Qantara that the song Naghi (Download link), “is not about a religious figure but about the state of Iran society.” Of course the views of Najafi are not shared in Iran…

  • CIBC, Rogers & RIM join to use Smartphones as Credit Cards

    Zadishe Freeman
    15 May 2012 | 9:21 pm
    Canadian smartphones are soon to become a one stop shopping utility as CIBC Bank and Rogers Communications Inc. are joining up to embed a credit card into phone units.  The initial combo units (to be called mobile wallets) will be made by Research in Motion (RIM) handsets and then followed by other manufacturers.  RIM is already installing Near Field Communication (NFC ) hardware and software on all their new and upcoming phones which will allow the customer to simply tap their phone on the scanners currently prevalent in many Canadian retail establishments.  It makes sense to for RIM…

  • A lesson in evolution: Obama endorses same sex marriage

    Solitair/Silver Roland
    14 May 2012 | 7:40 am
    Obama now has claims to 2 enormous firsts in U.S. history. The first black president, and the first sitting president to go on record to support same sex marriage; or as Newsweek put it, Obama may now also be considered the first ‘gay’ president. Needless to say, this represents a huge turning point in the LGBT discussion about their rights and treatment in today’s society. But to ask the question ‘what took so long?’ would demonstrate a lack of understanding of the long journey that was, and still is, ultimately necessary to be able to really tackle such a complex issue in a…

  • A Quick History of Canadian Hip Hop (Info-Graphic)

    Zadishe Freeman
    14 May 2012 | 5:00 am
    The Canadian Hip Hop scene has been around in force for approximately 25 years (apologies to those who came before).  Though the Canadian genre doesn’t have the age of it’s kin south of the boarder, the history and origins have it’s own unique story that is continually being written.  From Maestro Fresh Wes to Kardinal Offishall to Drake, Canadian Hip Hop is alive and moving forward.  Take a look at this info-graphic outlining the History of Canadian Hip Hop.  See also A Quick History of Toronto Info-Graphic. (Click on Graphic to Enlarge) Tweet Use Facebook to Comment on…

  • Lifestyles @ ZF | Be Inspired

    Zadishe Freeman
    12 May 2012 | 11:01 pm
    If you are ever in the mood to look at some of the finer things in life in terms of design, architecture, automobiles or yachts; take a peek at Lifestyles @ Zf to meet your needs.  The new site is all about the posh and ostentatious goods that people spoil themselves with.  There may be many houses or items on there that you cannot afford at this moment, but why not use it as motivation.  Pop in from time to time and see what are the latest premium goods on the market and or on the realtor list.   Most posts have a detailed description of the item or items being featured and are sure to…
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  • Activists: Cambodian girl shot dead in mass eviction

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    16 May 2012 | 2:25 am
    PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian activists say a 13-year-old girl was shot to death Wednesday in the latest of several clashes between villagers and authorities trying to evict them to make room for development. Hundreds of armed police and soldiers tried to sweep out villagers in northeastern Kratie province from what authorities claim is state land, villager and activist Bun Ratha said. The villagers say the land has been ceded to a Russian company as a concession to be developed as a plantation, but they have been farming it for years and have nowhere else to go. Bun Ratha said the…

  • Beijing cracks down on expat community

    Asian Correspondent
    15 May 2012 | 11:06 pm
    CHINESE police began a 100-day campaign Tuesday, May 15, to lay a legal smackdown on any foreigner living or working in the country illegally. In an effort to crack down on the number of “illegal aliens” in the country who are working without the proper visas, have overstayed their visas or entered the country unlawfully, the police will reportedly be checking passports and residency registration documents. They’ve even enlisted the help of locals, using the Chinese microblogging service weibo to encourage people to report neighbors or colleagues known to be in the country under shady…

  • Accusations fly as SKorea Buddhist monk scandal deepens

    Nathan Schwartzman
    15 May 2012 | 9:16 pm
    Accusations are flying wild in the world of Korean Buddhism right now. Speaking with the MBC Radio program 손석희의 시선집중 on the 15th , the Ven. Seongho alleged that the Ven. Jaseung, the head of the Jogye Order, attempted to engage in prostitution and discussed other secrets of the Order. That same day the Ven. Jaseung responded in a press release, asked prosecutors to indict the Ven. Seongho for defamation and also accused him of trying to sexually assault a female monk in 2004. The Jogye Order published a document alleging that on December 25, 2004, the Ven. Seongho attempted…

  • ‘Black box’ found of Russia jet in Indonesia crash

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    15 May 2012 | 9:04 pm
    JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian special forces have found the voice-and-data recorder of a new Russian passenger jet that slammed into a jagged, mist-shrouded cliff on a dormant volcano, an official said Wednesday. Rescuers prepare a body bag containing the remains of a victim of the crash of Sukhoi Superjet-100 on the peak of Mount Salak, West Java, Indonesia. Pic: AP. The “black box” could help explain the cause of the deadly crash of the Sukhoi Superjet 100, which had been on a short demonstration flight for potential buyers. Search and Rescue agency spokesman Gagah…

  • Blind China activist speaks by phone to Congress

    AP News
    15 May 2012 | 8:52 pm
    WASHINGTON (AP) — For the second time in less than two weeks, Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng has spoken by phone to a U.S. congressional hearing and alleged persecution of his relatives. Chen Guancheng. Pic: AP. Chen complained Tuesday that his elder brother and nephew had both been beaten by Chinese authorities since Chen fled house arrest in late April. Chen said a charge of homicide brought against his nephew was “trumped up” as he was acting in self-defense after being subjected to a three-hour beating that left him bleeding. “This is a pattern,” Chen said.
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  • Strauss-Kahn Calls for a Million Dollars to the Employee of the Hotel

    Johnson.J
    16 May 2012 | 1:08 am
    Former Managing Director International Monetary Fund (IMF) Dominique Strauss-Kahn has filed a lawsuit for a million dollars against Nafissatou Diallo, a New York hotel clerk who reported sexual assault a year ago and who is accused of defamation and false charges. Dominique Strauss-Kahn is seen at Manhattan Criminal Court Lawyers for the French politician at a New York court filed a lawsuit in which they ask Diallo “at least” a million dollars “for damages resulting from false accusations that willfully and knowingly” poured on him. ”It should surprise no one…

  • Rebekah Brooks,The Right Hand of Murdoch will be Charged. ‎

    Johnson.J
    16 May 2012 | 1:01 am
    Rebekah Brooks would have appeared on the cover of News of the World newspaper on Sunday if the director was not closed last summer by the scandal of illegal wiretapping. It is for this crime that the prosecution yesterday announced the allocation of three counts of obstruction of justice that was also CEO of News International (NI), owned by Rupert Murdoch, after considering that there is sufficient evidence of his guilt and of her husband, Charlie. Brooks called a “witch hunt” open judicial process against him. CARL COURT AFP Specifically, Brooks is accused of conspiring to…

  • Giant Asteroid Cuno 4183 Will Approach the Earth on 20 May’12

    Johnson.J
    15 May 2012 | 1:59 am
    Giant Asteroid 4183 Cuno (1959M) with an estimated diameter between 3.5 and 7.8 km approaching the Earth and will have its closest approach on 20 May. A Picture of Giant Asteroid 4183 Cuno in Space by NASA According to Programme International Near-Earth Objects NEO, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, NASA, May 20 is expected to Cuno asteroid reaches a distance of 0.14 AU from Earth a speed of 14.3 km / s. Considering that 1 AU is the distance Earth-Sun and is 150 million km, Cone will be on 21 million km from Earth . The asteroid was discovered on June 5, 1959 by astronomers…

  • Earthquake Hits Northern Chile is also Felt in Three Cities in Bolivia

    Johnson.J
    15 May 2012 | 1:52 am
    An earthquake of 6.2 magnitude on the Richter scale with epicenter in northern Chile was felt in the cities of La Paz, El Alto and Cochabamba of Bolivia, reported the Seismological Observatory of San Callisto. The earthquake, which originated 210 kilometers of Bolivia, tuvon in this country a magnitude of three degrees on the Richter scale, according to the expert of San Calixto Observatory, Teddy Griffith. The earthquake was felt at 6:10 local time (1010 GMT). The Centre had no reports of damage to the infrastructure of homes or buildings in La Paz, El Alto and Cochabamba, where many people…

  • THE AVENGERS DAMAGES to NY Would COST 160 BILLION in Real Life

    Johnson.J
    14 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    Did you (without you too spoiler) that New York takes a hell of a slap in The Avengers? A specialist firm has calculated the damage “proved” in the film, and IRL they would cost $ 160 billion … This is the first news of the day. HUGE is not it? The other news of the day is most unusual. Highly anticipated Avengers has attracted millions of viewers , all fans of heroic characters and humor.Yes but now you can not please everyone. The unhappy? The leaders of the U.S. Army. His spokesman, Phil Strub, even announced the collaboration with Marvel Films might even be…
 
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  • Urijah Faber will fight for an interim title at UFC 148; but against whom?

    Administrator
    10 May 2012 | 9:13 pm
    Due to UFC Bantamweight Champion Dominick Cruz’s injury, former WEC champ Urijah Faber will have to fight for an interim bantamweight title at UFC 148 in July instead, but he doesn’t have an opponent to face off against. Here are some potential bantamweights that can fill-in for Cruz and make for an entertaining match-up against ...Continue reading

  • Akiyama out of UFC 149 due to injury

    Administrator
    10 May 2012 | 10:52 am
    UFC Welterweight Yoshihiro Akiyama has been pulled out of his bout against former welterweight contender Thiago Alves due to injury, leaving Alves to face off against a knockout artist. Coming off an outstanding 42 second knockout victory over Paulo Thiago in his UFC debut, Siyar Bahadurzada will step into the octagon as a replacement for ...Continue reading

  • UFC on FOX 3: Fighters’ picks

    Administrator
    5 May 2012 | 5:38 pm
    For this Saturday’s event –UFC on FOX 3: Diaz vs. Miller- in East Rutherford, NJ, three MMA pros have hopped onto the judge’s seats to make a call on who they think will be victorious in the co-main and main events –Josh Koscheck vs. Johnny Hendricks and Nate Diaz vs. Jim Miller, respectively. On Dana ...Continue reading

  • Edmonton light heavyweight to make debut at UFC 149

    Administrator
    4 May 2012 | 10:18 am
    UPDATE: MMAWeekly.com confirmed on Thursday that Michael Bisping and Tim Boetsch has been officially moved to UFC 149. UFC 149 is coming along nicely as another bout has been added to the first Ultimate Fighting event in Calgary. Sportsnet reported on Wednesday that a source has revealed to them that Edmonton light heavyweight Ryan Jimmo ...Continue reading

  • The aftermath of the Harper government’s budget cuts

    Administrator
    3 May 2012 | 7:59 pm
    The aftermath of the federal government’s budget cuts are causing many important cultural components to either be eliminated or privatized. Along with that, hundreds of people have loss or will lose their jobs. A CBC News report said that Parks Canada has plans to privative the hot springs in Radium, B.C., and Jasper and Banff, ...Continue reading
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  • Fears of Syrian civil war deepen; U.S. aids opposition

    Aravind Kumar S
    8 May 2012 | 10:26 pm
    UNITED NATIONS/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Security forces killed at least 10 people in fighting across Syria on Tuesday, activists said, in a 14-month-old revolt that international mediator Kofi Annan, the Red Cross and Arab League warned was deteriorating into a civil war. Clashes between government forces and rebels fighting to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad raged overnight in Syrian towns and flared again during the day, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.Despite an initial pause in fighting on April 12, a promised ceasefire has not taken hold. Nor has the carnage in Syria stopped,…

  • Qaeda bomber adept at breaching aviation security

    Aravind Kumar S
    8 May 2012 | 10:25 pm
    LONDON (Reuters) - A Saudi bombmaker believed behind several failed but ingenious attempted attacks on the West is the most likely creator of an improved "underwear bomb" discovered in a plot foiled by U.S. and allied authorities, security experts and officials say. Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri, who once provided the bomb for a suicide mission by his younger brother, a fellow militant, is described by security officials as one of the most dangerous and innovative explosives experts ever to serve al Qaeda. Believed to be in his early 30s, Yemen-based Asiri became an urgent priority for Western…

  • More than 50% of U.S. mobile users own smartphones

    Aravind Kumar S
    8 May 2012 | 10:24 pm
    The majority of mobile subscribers in the United Stated now own a smartphone according to the latest numbers from Nielsen. The research firm found that 50.4% of all U.S. mobile subscribers owned smartphones in March, up from 47.8% in December 2011. Consumers purchasing new phones picked smartphones more often than featured phones, with Apple called the top manufacturer and Android as the top platform. During the first quarter of 2012, 48% of smartphone owners had an Android-powered device, while 32% of devices ran iOS and 11.6% were on the BlackBerry platform. The dated Windows Mobile OS…

  • World's Smallest Mammoth Discovered

    Aravind Kumar S
    8 May 2012 | 10:22 pm
    The smallest dwarf mammoth, standing at under 4 feet (about 1 meter) at the shoulders, has been uncovered on the Greek island of Crete, researchers say. These findings could help yield insights as to how giant animals can shrink to tiny sizes over evolutionary time, scientists added. Dwarfism often happens to species of large animals when they get trapped on islands, including dinosaurs. Scientists think dwarfism helps giants survive within the limits imposed by islands. Ancient Mediterranean dwarf elephants are especially extreme examples of island dwarfism. Over the course of less than…

  • 'Dagger Penises' Cause Early Death of Female Bugs

    Aravind Kumar S
    8 May 2012 | 10:21 pm
    Violent sex is taken to an extreme in warehouse pirate bugs, where the male uses his daggerlike penis to break though the female's body wall and insert sperm directly into her abdomen. Now researchers have found that after enduring bouts of traumatic insemination, the females live fast and die young. Those female warehouse pirate bugs take advantage of what life they have left and produce more eggs quicker than other pirate bugs. "These multiply mated females died at a significantly younger age, but they started laying eggs earlier and at a higher rate to compensate," study researcher Thomas…
 
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  • Low Impact General Motors Aims no More Advertising via Facebook

    admin
    16 May 2012 | 12:36 am
    General Motors is one of the famous automaker in the market and is well known auto parts supplier all around the globe. In past General Motors Co was using Facebook famous social networking platform to [...]

  • Yahoo Inc Looking for New CEO

    admin
    11 May 2012 | 1:44 am
    Scott Thompson CEO of Yahoo is suffering with seniors trials now days. He said on Thursday that he never provided a resume or wrong information to company. He held a meeting with his seniors to [...]

  • Communication Bill in United Kingdom Holds Conflicts

    admin
    10 May 2012 | 2:42 am
    There should be more access for U.K police and intelligence when they are willing for internet communication records for security and for this purpose some plans have been submitted for review. Bill states that there [...]

  • Google T.V by L.G Till the End of May in U.S.A

    admin
    7 May 2012 | 3:17 am
    L.G is world’s number 2 television maker company and will launch an internet enabled T.V till the end of this May in United States of America. T.V by LG will be based upon Google platform [...]

  • Facebook 95 Billion Dollar Worth Website

    admin
    4 May 2012 | 1:32 am
    If you ask me personally that what is the value of Facebook website, I will say may be it will cost you about $2000-3000. These are my personal thinking but realities are far away from [...]
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  • Chicago Cops Seek Groom in Bride's Slaying

    John Johnson
    16 May 2012 | 1:43 pm
    Police near Chicago have issued an arrest warrant for a bridegroom whose new wife was found stabbed to death in a bathtub on their wedding night, reports the Chicago Tribune . Arnoldo Jimenez, 30, hasn't been seen since the family of Estrella Carrera found her body in the tub on Sunday,...

  • The Third-Party Movement Is Dead—as Is Our System

    Evann Gastaldo
    16 May 2012 | 1:27 pm
    Americans Elect , the movement to select a third-party presidential candidate, started off so ambitiously, hoping to fix our broken two-party system by recruiting someone exciting to challenge President Obama and the eventual GOP nominee. The only problem? No one on its massive "dream team" of potential candidates—people like Mike...

  • At Last: Virgin Offers In-Flight Cell Phone Service

    Kevin Spak
    16 May 2012 | 12:54 pm
    Has the glorious day finally arrived? The day when travelers can resign "airplane mode" to the dustbin of history and text, tweet, and call their way through a trans-Atlantic flight? Well, no. Not really. But Virgin Atlantic has announced plans to allow passengers flying from New York to London to...

  • Meat Cutters Discover a New Steak

    John Johnson
    16 May 2012 | 12:48 pm
    Good news for carnivores and not so good news for cattle: People who specialize in such things say they've found a new cut of beef from a cow called the "Vegas strip steak." Business Insider picks up on the weird scoop from the Drovers Cattle Network , which proclaims that the...

  • High-Fructose Corn Syrup Can Also Make You Dumb

    Evann Gastaldo
    16 May 2012 | 12:34 pm
    Too much high-fructose corn syrup could do more than just make you fat : It could also make you stupid. A new study on rats found that after just six weeks on a high-fructose diet, the rats’ brain synaptic activity had been so affected that they had trouble recalling a maze...
 
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  • Barrack Obama’s Financial Assets Exposed

    suzank
    16 May 2012 | 10:19 am
    Barack and  his wife Michelle Obama have assets worth up between $2.6m and $8.3m. Obama released the annual report in the middle of a presidential campaign that has brought attention to the wealth of his Republican opponent, Mitt Romney. The former Massachusetts governor is worth $190 million to $250 million, with much of his money [...]

  • Man Sets Himself Ablaze Outside Anders Behring Brevik Trial

    suzank
    16 May 2012 | 10:08 am
    A man set himself on fire outside the Oslo courthouse where Anders Behring Brevik is undergoing trial for mass murder and terrorism. The man was seen pouring liquid over himself before igniting the liquid and trying to gain access to the court building. Officials  said  the man was  stopped by security officials when he reached [...]

  • Anti-Putin Protest in Moscow Park Silenced

    suzank
    16 May 2012 | 9:55 am
    Police in Russia manged to disperse crowds  protesting against President Vladimir Putin at  Moscow Park on Wednesday . Russian riot police forced dozens of people out of a central Moscow park where they had staged a sit-in for a week and  manged to detain 15 people. “People were ready to gather their stuff and move, but [...]

  • Island Authorities Chain Wrongdoers For Days

    Sandra Birungi
    16 May 2012 | 9:21 am
    By Mirembe Martina Island authorities were confronted by residents who claimed they took drastic measures in punishing the wrong doers. The complaint was made after a man was chained for two days at one spot for owing the son of the chairman a sum of sh70, 000. He was shivering from the cold after rain [...]

  • Primary Teacher Caught Stealing Matooke

    Sandra Birungi
    16 May 2012 | 8:52 am
    By Jane Nambi A primary school teacher was caught after stealing matooke and was trying to sell it to get a little money in Lyantonde. Ayena, a primary school teacher in Kaliro was caught after trying to sell matooke which he had stolen from a market vendor in the market. Ayena was made to walk [...]
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  • Pakistan Signals Finish to Barrier of Nato Provisions

    Faiz Hassan
    15 May 2012 | 3:00 am
    Top Pakistani cream of the crop will on Tuesday (today) talk about finish a barrier of foreign military provide routes into Afghanistan and repairing US relations, signaling a rapprochement in front of a Nato summit. Islamabad put down the lid its Afghan boundary to Nato supplies subsequent to US air strikes killed 24 armed forces in November, frustrating a innovative catastrophe in relationships on crown of the quarrel from the US incursion that killed Osama bin Laden the prior May. But Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar supposed on Monday that it was occasion to “move on”, yielding a…

  • Prime Minister Gillani and President Zardari meets COAS Gen Kayani

    Faiz Hassan
    2 May 2012 | 10:02 am
    President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani were gathering at the President’s residence on Wednesday. Prior today, General Kayani had held a detach convention with Prime Minister Gilani at the Prime Minister domicile. Matters connecting to defense and safety came under dialogue for the period of the foremost get-together which also discuss the local state of affairs and US-Pakistan associations in the light of parliamentary recommendations. Last week, US officials visited Pakistan for meeting on rejuvenation ties…

  • Powerful Explosion Rip Through Quetta, Kills Five

    Faiz Hassan
    2 May 2012 | 1:24 am
    A potent blast ripped through Quetta’s Sariab street on Tuesday, killing as a minimum five people while injuring 10 others. Rescue officials established that as a minimum five people had been kill in the occasion. The dead in addition included Frontier Corps (FC) employees, according to reports. The deafening detonation, which was report to be so potent that it shake more than a few buildings in the provincial capital, took place at about 2:15pm by the Sariab grid station on the fringes of the conurbation. The neighborhood, situated near Quetta’s Irrigation Colony, is acknowledged to be a…

  • Lyari ‘Grand Operation’ Entered its Fifth Day

    Faiz Hassan
    1 May 2012 | 10:45 am
    In spite of more than a few claims by police officials, safety forces in Lyari have not been clever to steps forward beyond than Cheel Chowk, as the ‘Grand Operation’ entered its fifth day. Clashes between police force agencies and a great deal carrying weapons criminals constant on Tuesday, as miscreants resorted to the utilize of hand-grenades and rocket propelled grenades (RPGs) in adding together to by means of complicated regular arsenal against safekeeping armed forces. Establishment had installed jammers on Monday night to block cellular right of entry in the district. The move was…

  • British PM ‘intensely saddened’ by murder of assist employee in Pakistan

    Faiz Hassan
    30 Apr 2012 | 6:39 pm
    British Prime Minister David Cameron on Sunday remunerated compliment to the kidnap British Red Cross employee originate departed in Pakistan, profession his assassinate a “shocking and merciless act”. Cameron supposed he “was deeply saddened” to perceive sound about the bereavement of Khalil Dale, and accuse the attacker of having “no admiration for human life and the regulation of law”. “Khalil Dale has devoted many existence of his life to serving some of the most susceptible populace in the world and my opinion today are with his associates and family,” he said in a…
 
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  • S Korean leader wins Myanmar promise

    15 May 2012 | 2:00 pm
    YANGON: South Korea s president won a promise from Myanmar to refrain from military cooperation with nuclear-armed North Korea during a two-day trip t

  • Russia launches astronauts

    15 May 2012 | 2:00 pm
    BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan: Two Russians and an American on Tuesday blasted off for the International Space Station (ISS) on a Soyuz rocket in Russia s firs

  • SL mulls freeing ex-army chief

    15 May 2012 | 2:00 pm
    COLOMBO: Sri Lankan authorities are mulling a pardon for jailed former army chief and defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka amid internationa

  • Brooks, husband charged

    15 May 2012 | 2:00 pm
    LONDON: Rebekah Brooks, one of Rupert Murdoch s closest confidantes, and her horse trainer husband Charlie are a high-society couple who are part of B

  • Chinese urged to report on illegal foreigners

    15 May 2012 | 2:00 pm
    BEIJING: Police in Beijing on Tuesday launched a 100-day campaign urging citizens to report on foreigners illegally living or working in the capital,
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  • LG Optimus 3D Max

    fr3quenzy
    23 Apr 2012 | 1:14 pm
    There is a good news for European countries and bad news for UK citizens. LG has anounced the launch of Optimus 3D Max 2nd generation. LG Optimus 3D Max has got all new glasses free 3D display. LG has anounced that the mobile will be launched in Europe, but the bad news is, it wont be launched in UK atleast for now. LG Optimus 3D Max Specificaiton :- CPU - 1.2 Gbz Dual-core TI OMAP 4430 chipset. RAM - 1 Gb (boosted up from 512 Mb in previous version) Camera - 5 Mega-pixel dual camera for 3D recording with 1080p Screen - LCD 4.3″ WVGA The main feature which LG Optimus 3D Max has got is…

  • Samsung Galaxy S III : Pre Order On Amazon Germany

    fr3quenzy
    22 Apr 2012 | 5:02 am
    We are always careful when discussing item leaking from pre-order webpages, but since the store in concern is Amazon, this one is as serious as it gets. Amazon Germany has detailed the new Samsung Galaxy S III for pre-order, thus perhaps disclosing some of the future flagship’s specifications, to go with its €599 cost tag. New Samsung Galaxy S III is detailed as a 4.7″ Super AMOLED display and a 12MP camera. The cell phone’s storage is detailed as 16GB, which can be further extended up to 32GB, while the OS is, of course Android 4.0 ICS. In situation you can’t delay…
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  • Adorable Puppies Learning to Skate (Video)

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    16 May 2012 | 12:22 am
    "A couple of puppies stand on the skateboard whereas the remaining ones give them a drive. With the help of this video you can easily apply ways of teaching your own dog how to skate. "

  • The Fastest Amphibious Vehicle In The World

    Admin
    14 May 2012 | 4:35 am
    Besides for flying cars, vehicles that can travel on land and sea have been a long time dream for drivers. There have been a couple homemade amphibious vehicles in the past, but none like Project Sea Lion. AppliedVideoDesign published the video of the the amphibious sports car, which claims to be the fastest Amphibious vehicle in the world. Watch the video below:

  • Crazy Man Implants Magnets Into His Wrist To Hold iPod Nano (Video)

    Admin
    14 May 2012 | 4:14 am
    There’s always one person taking body modifications to the next level. If you thought the girl who works at Starbucks with a couple tattoos and piercings on her face was ‘extreme,’ then get ready for this. Tattoo artist and body modifier Dave Hurban wanted to make a name for himself, and gosh did he succeed. He implanted four magnets on his wrist to hold his iPod Nano straplessly. Read more on Time, DigitalTrends, and NJ.

  • Dancers Among Us by Jordan Matter

    Admin
    12 May 2012 | 2:15 am
    New York photographer Jordan Matter’s project “Dancers Among Us” features performers from the Paul Taylor Dance Company performing guerrilla dance moves in iconic Manhattan locations.

  • Project by Dane Shitagi: New York City Ballerina

    Admin
    12 May 2012 | 2:04 am
    Phоtоgrapher Dane Shitagi brings thе bеаuty оf outdoor ballet in thе New York City Ballerina Project. Throughout thе eight years thаt Shitagi hаs bееn bringing this collection tо life, thе New York City strееts served аs his bаckdrop.
 
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  • Activists in court to block County Commissioners

    LABAN WANAMBISI
    16 May 2012 | 10:03 am
    President Mwai KibakiNAIROBI, Kenya, May 16 – The row over the naming of 47 County Commissioners has now been dragged to the courts, after two activists filed a suit against the Attorney General and Internal Security Minister seeking to bar them from effecting the appointments. Patrick Njuguna and Charles Omanga say the appointments made by President Mwai Kibaki last Friday did not take into consideration gender, regional balance, public participation, competitive recruitment and representation of the marginalised communities. The applicants argue that the appointments are in breach and…

  • Court stops anti-graft czar in his tracks

    BERNARD MOMANYI
    16 May 2012 | 9:46 am
    Mumo Matemu was appointed to head the EACC on May 11NAKURU, Kenya, May 16 – The High Court in Nakuru on Wednesday temporarily blocked the appointment of Mumo Matemu as the chairman of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC). Nakuru High Court Judge Mathew Emukule ruled that there were serious allegations raised against the Executive and Parliament over Matemu’s appointment, hence the need to halt it. He referred the matter to Chief Justice Willy Mutunga who will now appoint a special bench to hear the case. Matemu was appointed by President Mwai Kibaki to head the EACC…

  • Tough traffic rules soon to be a reality

    LABAN WANAMBISI
    16 May 2012 | 8:45 am
    An accident scene in Muguga along Nairobi-Nakuru rd which claimed lives of 7 people in Dec 2011NAIROBI, Kenya May 16 – Parliament on Wednesday commenced debate on changes proposed to the Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2012 which, among other things, seeks to impose life imprisonment for any motorist who causes death by dangerous driving. Similarly, any person found driving under the influence of alcohol faces a jail term of up to 10 years, Sh1 million fine or both. Speaking while introducing amendments to the House, Joint Government Chief Whip Jakoyo Midiwo said the move is to curb the…

  • Kenya facing BCG vaccine shortage

    CATHERINE KARONGO
    16 May 2012 | 8:25 am
    In Kenya, BCG vaccine is administered within the first two weeks of birth/ FILENAIROBI, Kenya, May 16 – The government has confirmed a severe shortage of the BCG vaccine that protects children against tuberculosis. The Head of Immunisation at the Ministry of Public Health Tatu Kamau said the vaccine has been out of stock for the last one month. She however revealed that the country was expecting a consignment later in the week from the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, to last the next three months. “The shortage is global and is caused by production delays,” she told…

  • Injured man in Mombasa attack was assailant

    BERNARD MOMANYI
    16 May 2012 | 8:19 am
    Police cordoned off the blast scene. One person died after the grenade attacks at club Bella VistaNAIROBI, Kenya, May 16 – It has now emerged that one of the people who was injured in Tuesday night’s grenade attack at a Mombasa nightclub was among the attackers. Police Commissioner Mathew Iteere said the suspect was identified by officers in Mombasa as a wanted man who comes from Kibera in Nairobi. “Soon after the attack occurred an investigation was launched and as a result, our officers were able to establish that one of the wounded people who had been taken to hospital was…
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