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  • To Feel Good, Mediterranean Diet is the Way to Go

    Environmental News Network
    1 Jun 2012 | 7:12 am
    Southern Europe has been getting a lot of negative attention lately due to the financial crisis in the Eurozone. At this time, it is important to remember much of the good which comes out of this region. This is especially true of the Mediterranean cuisine. It is not only delicious but also linked with a lower chance of illness and greater well-being. A new study has just been released by researchers from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the University of Navarra which shows how the Mediterranean diet is linked to both physical and mental health.

  • Hosni Mubarak Sentenced to Life Term by Egyptian Court

    NYT > Home Page
    By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
    3 Jun 2012 | 8:00 am
    Lawyers said former President Hosni Mubarak’s life sentence as an accessory in the killing of unarmed protesters was vulnerable to appeal, and charges of corruption were dismissed.

  • TV star Richard Dawson dies at 79

    BBC News - Home
    3 Jun 2012 | 8:36 am
    Richard Dawson, the English-born actor and TV host who found fame in the US at the helm of game show Family Feud and in sitcom Hogan's Heroes, dies.

  • Calle 13 talks beginnings, growth

    CNN.com - World
    3 Jun 2012 | 5:49 am
    All big ideas start small and Calle 13 -- a wildly popular, alternative urban band from Puerto Rico -- is no exception.

  • RNC chair: Obama hasn't kept his promises

    Breaking News: CBS News
    3 Jun 2012 | 8:55 am
    Reince Priebus says president "in love with the sound of his own voice"
 
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  • TV star Richard Dawson dies at 79

    3 Jun 2012 | 8:36 am
    Richard Dawson, the English-born actor and TV host who found fame in the US at the helm of game show Family Feud and in sitcom Hogan's Heroes, dies.

  • Thousands cheer Queen in pageant

    3 Jun 2012 | 8:29 am
    Britain's Queen Elizabeth takes to the River Thames in a special barge as part of a 1,000-boat flotilla celebrating her 60-year reign.

  • Injured Cahill out of Euro 2012

    3 Jun 2012 | 7:38 am
    Gary Cahill is ruled out of Euro 2012 with a double fracture of his jaw, with Liverpool's Martin Kelly called up.

  • Japan 'doomsday cult member' held

    3 Jun 2012 | 7:20 am
    A woman who may be a Japanese cult member wanted for the 1995 gas attacks on the Tokyo subway has been arrested, Japanese media say.

  • Egypt activists maintain pressure

    3 Jun 2012 | 7:12 am
    Egyptian protesters occupy Cairo's Tahrir Square in an effort to capitalise on popular anger following the trial of ex-President Hosni Mubarak.
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  • Calle 13 talks beginnings, growth

    3 Jun 2012 | 5:49 am
    All big ideas start small and Calle 13 -- a wildly popular, alternative urban band from Puerto Rico -- is no exception.

  • 9 militants in Pakistan killed in suspected U.S. drone strike

    3 Jun 2012 | 5:47 am
    A suspected U.S. drone strike killed nine militants in Pakistan's tribal region on Sunday, the second such attack in 24 hours in the region, a local government official said.

  • Egyptians mass for protest after Mubarak sentence

    3 Jun 2012 | 5:46 am
    Hundreds of people began gathering in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Sunday, foreshadowing a second day of protests after the country's deposed president Hosni Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison for ordering the killing of demonstrators in the revolution that toppled him last year.

  • Pomp, pouring rain for Diamond Jubilee

    3 Jun 2012 | 5:45 am
    Tens of thousands gathered to celebrate the diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II -- so perhaps it was only fitting that alongside all the Union Jacks, another British tradition was in evidence: gray skies and heavy rain.

  • Myanmar's Suu Kyi fears 'reckless optimism'

    2 Jun 2012 | 11:58 am
    From her seat on the stage at the World Economic Forum, Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi told a packed room what she was thinking as her plane prepared to land in Thailand for her first foreign trip in 24 years.
 
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  • RNC chair: Obama hasn't kept his promises

    3 Jun 2012 | 8:55 am
    Reince Priebus says president "in love with the sound of his own voice"

  • "Family Feud" host Richard Dawson dies at 79

    3 Jun 2012 | 8:40 am
    British entertainer known for '60s WWII sitcom "Hogan's Heroes" and hosting popular game show

  • Creating a masterpiece: "Porgy and Bess"

    3 Jun 2012 | 8:36 am
    Mo Rocca explores the history of what has been called the greatest American opera, and its latest production on Broadway, nominated for 10 Tony Awards   Video

  • The recall election of Scott Walker: A state divided

    3 Jun 2012 | 8:36 am
    Wisconsin's controversial Republican Gov. Scott Walker is embroiled in a fight to keep his office, in a contentious recall election that has divided the state. Proponents of labor and Tea Party fans are battling for a victory as much for the state's future as for what a Walker loss or win may mean for the November elections. Dean Reynolds reports.

  • Shopping for diamonds

    3 Jun 2012 | 7:38 am
    Michelle Miller takes us shopping for gems, from the jewelry stores of New York City's Diamond District to Costco   Video
 
 
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  • Plane Crashes in Nigeria's Largest City

    3 Jun 2012 | 9:33 am
    State official: Passenger plane crashes in Nigeria's largest city, unknown casualties

  • Photos: Kate Radiant in Red

    3 Jun 2012 | 9:11 am
    The Duchess of Cambridge takes part in The Thames River Pageant.

  • 3 Killed in Serb Nightclub Blast

    3 Jun 2012 | 8:59 am
    3 killed, 8 injured in Serb nightclub blast after man activates grenade when refused entrance

  • George Will Slams Bloomberg's Planned Soda Ban

    3 Jun 2012 | 8:54 am
    ABC News’ George Will this morning slammed Mayor Michael Bloomberg for his proposed ban on certain sizes of sugary soda in New York City restaurants, movie theaters and delis, calling it an “irritable gesture” on “This Week.” “In one sentence he’s got the essence of...

  • Pic Reveals Sun's Aging Effects

    3 Jun 2012 | 8:50 am
    William (Bill) Edward McElligott is two different ages, 66 and 86 years old. If you look at McElligott from the right, he looks like any 66-year-old would expect to, but from the left, wrinkles and sagging skin place him far beyond his years. He is...
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    In Focus

  • Afghanistan: May 2012

    1 Jun 2012 | 7:24 am
    This month, President Obama and members of NATO involved in Afghanistan formally agreed on a transition plan, preparing to hand over security responsibilities to Afghan forces by the summer of 2013. France's new president, François Hollande, restated an earlier pledge to remove all French combat forces from Afghanistan by the end of this year. Suicide bombings, IEDs, and a growing number of "green on blue" attacks (men in Afghan uniforms attacking coalition forces) continue to take a toll and limit security efforts. Gathered here are images of those involved in this conflict over the past…

  • The Unreal World

    31 May 2012 | 8:32 am
    Our modern world is full of simulations, from synthesized human voices to realistic security drills, representational art to CGI-filled blockbuster movies. Gathered below is a collection images of things that are real, but not quite real -- mockups, practice drills, lifelike works of art, simulators, puppets, models, prototypes, automatons, and more. [38 photos] A woman pretends to wait for a drop of water while standing under Simon McGrath's giant sculpture "Who Left The Tap On" at the Sculptures by the Sea exhibition in Sydney, Australia, on November 3, 2011. Sculptures by the Sea is the…

  • Olympic Portraits, Part II: Londoners

    30 May 2012 | 9:06 am
    Today's entry comes in the form of two separate portrait series relating to the upcoming London 2012 Summer Olympics. In Part II, below, I've collected photographs of locals in the host country. The Londoners pictured here were stopped in the streets and asked how they felt about having their city host the Olympics. Be sure to also see Part I: American Athletes, a look at members of the U.S. Olympic team. [23 photos] Paddy Fox, a 79 year-old Chelsea Pensioner who has lived in London for more than ten years, in Chelsea, London, on May 17, 2012. When asked what he felt about London hosting the…

  • Olympic Portraits, Part I: American Athletes

    30 May 2012 | 8:08 am
    Today's entry comes in the form of two separate portrait series relating to the upcoming London 2012 Summer Olympics. In Part I, below, I focus on athletes from around the United States. Many of the photos are from a recent media summit in Dallas, Texas, where members of the Olympic team posed for photographers before resuming their training. Be sure to also see Part II: Londoners, a look at the locals in the host country. [23 photos] Track athlete Bernard Lagat, during the 2012 Team USA Media Summit in Dallas, Texas, on May 14, 2012. (Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

  • The Golden Gate Bridge Turns 75

    29 May 2012 | 6:29 am
    Sunday marked the 75th anniversary of the opening of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge. Before 1937, the city's growth was hampered by a reliance on ferry traffic. The 8,981 ft (2,737 m) suspension bridge changed that, creating a link between San Francisco to Marin County. Its construction was completed under budget, but at the cost of 11 workers' lives. Collected here are images from the building of this iconic bridge, as well as scenes from its 75 years of service and from Sunday's celebration. [41 photos] High-power lights illuminate the Golden Gate Bridge as part of the span's 75th…
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  • 72 years together: The couple who died holding hands

    3 Jun 2012 | 4:00 am
    After 72 years of marriage, Norma and Gordon Yeager died within one hour of each other — and were buried in a single coffin Here's a love story for the ages — or the movies. Iowa couple Norma and Gordon Yeager were both in their 90s and had been married 72 years when they were hospitalized following a car accident. The nurses and doctor kept the two together in the intensive care unit, and they lay there, barely responsive but holding hands. Gordon passed away, and, exactly one hour later, Norma followed him, still holding his hand. "They just loved being together," says their son…

  • The guilt trip notepad

    2 Jun 2012 | 11:21 am
    How this missed Mother’s Day, we’ll never know, but there are plenty of other folks who could likely use this delightful shortcut to instilling feelings of guilt that will last a lifetime. The downside is creating a paper trail that’s sure to be referenced during future arguments that can’t be brushed away with a wave and assurance that there must have been a misunderstanding. Full story at Neatoshop. Guilt: The gift that keeps on giving. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

  • A dizzying 5-minute Disneyland adventure [video]

    2 Jun 2012 | 11:09 am
    A visit to Disneyland is expected to generate memories that last a lifetime, but when you’re actually in the Magic Kingdom, time goes by in a blur. Daniel Navarrete captured the essence of that mayhem in this time lapse video made from a 30,000 photos he took over a year’s time. Full story at YouTube via Laughing Squid. The dizzying world of Disney. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

  • A mobile storm in the cloud [infographic]

    2 Jun 2012 | 10:48 am
    With the explosion of app usage on mobile devices, the need for the cloud is also growing like a thunderstorm on the horizon as companies seek to cut costs and provide broader accessibility to information. Via Engine Yard. Forecasting infographics. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

  • Chagas: Not the American HIV/AIDS but a considerable health threat nonetheless

    2 Jun 2012 | 10:28 am
    Peter J. Hotez et al raised plenty of eyebrows with an editorial recently published in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases where they called Chagas “The New HIV/AIDS of the Americas,” but perhaps most importantly, this article raised awareness of a parasitic disease currently infecting 300,000 people in the U.S. in addition to millions suffering in Mexico, Central and South America. The disease is particularly problematic in poverty-stricken areas, where triatomine or “kissing” bugs hide in housing crevices and bite inhabitants at night, causing itching sores that, when…
 
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    Radio Times

  • Transit of Venus: its history & transit methods today

    Patty
    31 May 2012 | 9:02 pm
    AP Photo Hour 1 Each century Venus passes directly between the sun and the Earth twice, eight years apart. On June 5th or 6th 2012, depending on where on Earth you are, you may be able to see the last of the 21st century’s pair of transits of Venus. The next sighting will be in 2117. Writer ANDREA WULF returns to Radio Times to discuss her tale of the 18th century’s astronomers’ first attempt to measure the size of our solar system: how far the sun is away from the Earth. Her new book, “Chasing Venus: The Race to Measure the Heavens,” describes the scientific adventurers from many…

  • Liz Moore on her novel 'Heft'

    Patty
    31 May 2012 | 9:01 pm
    Hour 2 [REBROADCAST] The narrator in LIZ MOORE’s new novel,"Heft" is not your typical protagonist. Arthur Opp describes himself as being “colossally fat,” as he weighs over 500 lbs. and hasn’t left his house in years. "Heft" tells the story of this former history professor, and the unlikely friendship he forges with a 17-year-old baseball prodigy. This is Moore’s second novel – she’s also a musician and an assistant professor of writing at Holy Family University. Moore spoke with Marty this winter about writing and how she gets into the head of characters…
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  • Djokovic survives five-set scare

    3 Jun 2012 | 8:49 am
    Men's roundup: Top-seeded Novak Djokovic completed his third career comeback from two sets down Sunday to pull out a 4-6, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-5, 6-3 victory over No. 22 Andreas Seppi and keep his hopes alive to win a fourth straight Grand Slam tournament.

  • 'Family Feud' star Richard Dawson dies at 79

    3 Jun 2012 | 7:58 am
    Richard Dawson, the British actor and comedian best known for kissing every female contestant he could get his hands on in the television game show "Family Feud," has died his son said Sunday.

  • George Zimmerman back in Florida to surrender

    3 Jun 2012 | 7:11 am
    George Zimmerman, the man charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, has returned to Florida to surrender after a judge revoked his bail, Zimmerman's attorney said Sunday.

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    3 Jun 2012 | 7:11 am

  • Queen leads Jubilee flotilla on London's rainy Thames

    3 Jun 2012 | 6:59 am
    Britain's Queen Elizabeth joined a flotilla of 1,000 boats in a gilded barge down London's River Thames on Sunday as part of nationwide celebrations to mark her 60th year on the throne.
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    The Conversation

  • The West must quit the theatrics and tell the truth on Syria

    Fiona Hill, Honorary Fellow at Deakin University
    2 Jun 2012 | 3:55 pm
    Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr announced that Australia will lead the way in expelling Syrian diplomats in response to the Al Houla massacre. These theatrics are just another act in the shadow play over Syria. Western governments and Arab world allies declaim violence and at the same time support financial and logistical aid to an increasingly violent armed opposition, not all of whom are Syrian. We call for a ceasefire and push for military intervention without any intention of following through on either. The intentional killing of more than 100 civilians in Al Houla, including women…

  • Writing the Australian bush: DH Lawrence's wildflowers

    Christopher Pollnitz, Conjoint Senior Lecturer at University of Newcastle
    2 Jun 2012 | 1:52 am
    Welcome to the first essay in our series on how the Australian landscape has been described in literature. We start with an internationally recognised D. H. Lawrence scholar, Christopher Pollnitz, writing about Lawrence’s 1923 novel, Kangaroo. The indifference — the fern-dark indifference of this remote golden Australia. Not to care — from the bottom of one’s soul, not to care. Overpowered in the twilight of fern-odour. Just to keep enough grip to run the machinery of the day: and beyond that, to let yourself drift, not to think or strain or make any effort to consciousness…

  • Have some guts and help the environment

    Stephanie Pradier, Physics Laboratory Demonstrator at La Trobe University
    31 May 2012 | 10:49 pm
    I invited some friends to dinner recently for a little heart to heart. Little did they know, that I was being literal. For my guests that night, I served lamb heart stew. Offal. The word is enough to turn stomachs. But only a generation ago, it was a staple on many Australian dinner tables. Perhaps as a consequence of our parents’ mandatory consumption of liver, brains, tripe and the like, Generation X and Y have been denied its delights. But I’m on a one-woman quest to change all that. I love offal. There. I said it. Not only is it delicious, offal is also a solution to our fiscal,…

  • Jubilee Queens: Elizabeth and Victoria's diamond reigns

    Tamson Pietsch, Lecturer in Imperial & Colonial History at Brunel University
    31 May 2012 | 9:29 pm
    This weekend, Britain will celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. Bunting and cream cakes will turn neighbourhood roads into street parties and a flotilla of 1,000 boats will sail down the River Thames as a wave of nostalgia washes over the land. Only one other British monarch has reached such a milestone. Elizabeth’s great-great grandmother, Victoria, was Queen for more than 63 years, from 1837 to 1901. Although she was in frailer health than her great-great granddaughter, who at present shows no sign of slowing down, Victoria’s Jubilee was also an occasion for national –…

  • World competitiveness rankings: what do they tell us?

    Graham White, Senior Lecturer, School of Economics at University of Sydney
    31 May 2012 | 9:21 pm
    The IMD World Competitiveness Rankings released this week are worth reflecting on, not so much because of the relative positioning of various countries – including Australia – but rather because of the reasoning which underpins the rankings. The press release accompanying the rankings gives some indication of this reasoning. The first point worth noting is the potentially misleading use of the term competitiveness. When this term is used by economists it usually refers to the price competitiveness of a country’s exports and import-competing goods. And for many economists this would over…
 
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    Strombo

  • BEST STORY EVER: Idris Elba

    3 Jun 2012 | 8:00 am
    It's been a big year for our friend, actor Idris Elba reveals the story behind the name of his production company, 'Green Door'. BE WARNED: It contains adult-content. He was on the show earlier this season talking about his recent projects: 'Luther', 'Prometheus', 'Thor' and 'The Wire'.

  • Hey Canada - Let's All Watch The Transit Of Venus Together!

    3 Jun 2012 | 7:41 am
    Starting at 6:04 p.m. ET this Tuesday, June 5th, the planet Venus will pass in front of the sun, making it visible to us on Earth. Astronomers call this event the transit of Venus, and it's only happened seven times since 1631 (the last transit was in 2004). Tuesday's transit will be the eighth, and also the last time it's going to happen this century, so if you're interested in astronomy, you won't want to miss it. Gatherings are planned across Canada to view the phenomenon in action. Here's a list of a few of the meet-ups that are taking place. Some include talks either before or after the…

  • VIDEO OF THE DAY: Have I Heard This Song Before?

    3 Jun 2012 | 6:28 am
    Do you ever get the feeling that the melody of that tune you're listening to isn't exactly ... original? That Song Sounds Like is a whole website dedicated to identifying tunes that share the same melodic structure, and they created this video to break down one very specific melody that has been repeated pretty much identically in a bunch of songs, by artists as wide-ranging as Survivor, Cat Stevens, Coldplay and Joe Satriani. When Satriani noticed the similarity between his song and Coldplay's, he filed an unsuccessful lawsuit alleging the band had stolen his work, but listening to this…

  • MUSICAL PERFORMANCE: Mother Mother

    2 Jun 2012 | 8:00 am
    Mother Mother dropped by the studio in Vancouver with Nick Gilder, and while they were there they also treated the hometown crowd to one of their own tunes: the massive rocker 'Dirty Town'. BIO: Mother Mother hails from Quadra Island and are currently finishing up their fourth album, which is expected to drop this fall. Their exclusive blend of old and new should not be missed.

  • IMAGES OF THE DAY: Songs As Pictographic Posters

    2 Jun 2012 | 6:45 am
    The power of a great song can't be reduced to a single image. But sometimes a single image can sum up the central idea of a great song. That's the idea behind this series of pictographic posters by artist Viktor Hertz. To see more of his clever graphic takes on some other tunes, visit his site right here. Related stories on Strombo.com: PICTURES OF THE DAY: The Art Of Surprising Materials
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    The Big Picture

  • Centuries of traditional cheese making

    1 Jun 2012 | 1:15 pm
    Oscypek is a smoked cheese made of salted sheep’s milk, made exclusively in the Tatra Mountains region of Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. The first mention of cheese production in the Tatra Mountains dates back to the 15th century - in a document from 1416. The flavor of the cheese depends very much on herbs, grass (eaten by the sheep) and the time of year the cheese is made. Some people claim that it tastes best in the spring, because the milk is full of fat. Everything is made by hand by The Gorale (literally, highlanders), a group of indigenous people found along the southern…

  • Olympics 2012: Carrying the flame

    30 May 2012 | 11:07 am
    Earlier this month in Greece, the Olympic flame began its ceremonial journey to the site of the Summer Games in London. The flame is being carried in a relay by some 8,000 torchbearers to spread the message of peace, unity, and friendship over 70 days until it arrives at the opening ceremonies on July 27. -- Lloyd Young -- Editor's note: We'll be posting additional Olympic themed galleries leading up to and throughout the games. (29 photos total)Nadine Struijk of The Netherlands, carrying the Olympic flame during the torch relay through Brynmawr, Wales, on May 25. Struijk was in the Dutch…

  • Finding community in America's Appalachian region

    25 May 2012 | 12:46 pm
    Getty Images photographer, Mario Tama, spent time in and around Owsley County, Kentucky documenting the life and times of some of it's 5,000 residents. The 2010 U.S. Census listed Owsley County as having the lowest median household income in the country outside of Puerto Rico, with 41.5% of residents living below the poverty line. Familial and community bonds run deep, with a populace that shares a collective historical and cultural legacy uncommon in most parts of the country. The community struggles with a lack of jobs due to the decline in coal, tobacco and lumber industries. It's just a…

  • Joplin tornado: One year later

    23 May 2012 | 8:55 pm
    The city of Joplin, Mo., on Tuesday marked a year since a tornado struck, killing 161 people and destroying a third of city. Many people marched during a “Day of Unity’’ through the city’s hardest hit areas. The tornado destroyed or damaged thousands of structures, including the high school and St. John's Regional Medical Center, both of which are being rebuilt. The storm is reported to have caused some $2.8 billion in damage. -- Lloyd Young (25 photos total)Sarah Mcconnell-Pinjuv prays during a service in front of an iron cross that is all that remains of St. Mary's church after it…

  • Ring of Fire Eclipse: 2012

    21 May 2012 | 11:30 am
    A rare annular eclipse - a ring of sunlight as the new moon, passing between Earth and sun, blocks most, but not all, of the sun's disc. It is striking to see. Differing from a total solar eclipse, the moon in an annular eclipse appears too small to cover the sun completely, leaving a ring of fire effect around the moon. The eclipse cast its shallow path crossing the West from west Texas to Oregon then arcing across the northern Pacific Ocean to Tokyo, Japan. (Thanks to all Big Picture viewers for sending us your images of the eclipse.) -- Paula Nelson (49 photos total)A partial solar eclipse…
 
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    Slate Articles

  • The Longform Guide to Airplanes

    Max Linsky
    3 Jun 2012 | 3:49 am
    Every weekend, Longform shares a collection of great stories fromits archive with Slate. For daily picks of new and classic nonfiction, check out Longform or follow@longform on Twitter. Have an iPad? DownloadLongform’s brand-new app

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  • Meet the Most Fashionable Woman in the World

    Simon Doonan
    2 Jun 2012 | 9:45 am
    Anticipating Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee, Simon Doonan explained in March why she is the most fashionable woman in the world. The piece is reprinted below.

  • The Pharaoh Got Life! Long Live the Pharaoh!

    William J. Dobson
    2 Jun 2012 | 9:19 am
    A couple of years ago, there was a popular joke in Egypt that went like this. The day before the presidential election, the prime minister goes to see Hosni Mubarak. He tells the president, “Although I am sure you won’t need it, just in case, you should probably prepare a farewell address to the Egyptian people.”

  • Pros and Cons

    Dan Kois
    1 Jun 2012 | 9:10 pm
    “It is pretty to see what money will do,” Samuel Pepys wrote in his diary in 1667. It’s not happenstance that John Lanchester has named the fictional street at the center of his new novel, Capital,after Pepys. The money-obsessed residents of Pepys Road in South London—bankers and their wives, strivers from foreign lands, gadflies, homebodies, and troublemakers—would have seemed, despite the 300-year gap, pleasingly familiar to the great London diarist. As a shady businessman, a lover of ladies, a chronicler of a city already bursting at the seams, Pepys would have quite enjoyed…
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    ProPublica: Articles and Investigations

  • RIP, Marion O. Sandler

    ProPublica
    2 Jun 2012 | 11:44 am
    by Paul Steiger, Stephen Engelberg and Richard Tofel, ProPublica Marion O. Sandler's name isn't listed formally on this site, but ProPublica literally wouldn't exist without her. She died yesterday at 81, and we will, each and all of us, miss her deeply. Details of her amazing life can be found at a special website just set up: it's here. Marion shaped every key decision that brought ProPublica into being: joining her husband and longtime partner (in both business and life) Herb Sandler — our Founding Chairman — in selecting Paul Steiger to run it, interviewing key staff, crafting…

  • The Best Watchdog Journalism on Obama’s National Security Policies

    ProPublica
    1 Jun 2012 | 1:45 pm
    by Blair Hickman and Cora Currier Inspired by The New York Times’ expose on Obama’s “secret ‘kill list,’” we collected some of the best pieces of watchdog journalism on Obama’s national security policies. For a good introduction, and to see how they’ve evolved since Bush, see our timeline. One of our resident national security experts, Dafna Linzer, helped curate this list. If we missed any, please let us know by emailing MuckReads@ProPublica.org. ON OBAMA’S WAR ON TERROR Getting Bin Laden, New Yorker, August 2011 Twenty-three Navy SEALs,…

  • Cheat Sheet: Behind The U.S. Cyberattacks on Iran

    ProPublica
    1 Jun 2012 | 10:49 am
    by Megha Rajagopalan This morning, The New York Times published a report detailing how the Bush and Obama administrations created the cyberweapon known as Stuxnet and used it to disrupt Iran’s uranium enrichment program. Much has been written about Stuxnet, which, as ProPublica recently reported, remains a threat beyond Iran. But the Times account, based on interviews with unnamed U.S. and Israeli officials, is the most extensive account to date of U.S. cyberwarfare capabilities. Here’s our cheat sheet on what’s new and the fallout: Because of Stuxnet’s complexity,…

  • Video: Oscar Reunites With His Father

    ProPublica
    1 Jun 2012 | 9:41 am
    Video by Melanie Burford, Special to Propublica. Introduction by Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica. Last week, ProPublica, This American Life and Fundación MEPI produced in-depth stories about a father and son who’d been separated for nearly 30 years after a massacre at their Guatemalan jungle village. Tranquilino Castañeda, now 70, believed his youngest son Alfredo -- now called Oscar -- was dead. On Monday, they reunited -- and Castañeda met his grandchildren for the first time.   Note: Annie Correal helped with translations.

  • Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Drones

    ProPublica
    31 May 2012 | 9:39 am
    by Cora Currier Everyone is talking about drones. Also known as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, or UAVs, remote-piloted aircrafts have become a controversial centerpiece of the Obama administration's counter-terrorism strategy. Domestically, their surveillance power is being hyped for everything from fighting crime to monitoring hurricanes or spawning salmon. Meanwhile, concerns are cropping up about privacy, ethics and safety. We've rounded up some of the best coverage of drones to get you oriented. Did we miss anything? Let us know. A Little History The idea of unmanned flight had been around for…
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    CNN iReport - Latest

  • Plane Crash IN Lagos

    3 Jun 2012 | 9:27 am
    Dana Airline carrying 153 passengers crashed in lagos about an hour ago. the Dana passenger plane crashed into a 2 storey building.

  • Plan crash in Lagos/Nigeria

    3 Jun 2012 | 9:26 am
    Dana air crashes in Lagos killing 160 people onboard

  • jubilee reggae

    3 Jun 2012 | 9:25 am
    rompas reggae shack jubliee celebrations

  • Primera Asamblea #YoSoy132 en Guadalajara, Mexico

    3 Jun 2012 | 9:25 am
    Alrededor de 500 jovenes nos reunimos el dia de ayer sabado, para la Primera Asamblea del movimiento #YoSoy132 en Guadalajara. El evento se llevo a cabo en el Parque Revolucion (conocido coloquialmente como Parque Rojo) de las 5 de la tarde a las 9 de la noche, donde se organizaron 9 mesas de trabajo con distintos temas, entre ellos la democratizacion de medios, una nueva constitucion, democratizacion de la Universidad de Guadalajara, proteccion animal y medio ambiente, entre otras. Todo un exito, finalizo con la lectura de las propuestas de cada uno de las mesas y exposicion de la agenda de…

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  • Trader in Société Générale Debacle: Bank Shares Blame

    3 Jun 2012 | 7:43 am
    Jérôme Kerviel, the former Société Générale trader whose bets led to one of the largest trading losses ever, says the bank should share the blame. That is likely to be his strategy at an appeal set to start in Paris on Monday.

  • BP Shareholders Could See Proceeds From Stake Sale

    3 Jun 2012 | 7:17 am
    BP said it could return some of the proceeds from the sale of its stake in TNK-BP Holding to shareholders if such a divestment takes places.

  • Roche Cancer Drug Performs Well

    2 Jun 2012 | 11:02 pm
    A study involving an experimental cancer drug being developed by Roche showed it delayed disease progression in women with a specific type of breast cancer compared with conventional therapy.

  • Hormone Drug Slows Prostate Cancer Growth

    2 Jun 2012 | 5:04 pm
    Johnson & Johnson's drug Zytiga slowed the growth of prostate cancer in a clinical trial of men who hadn't undergone chemotherapy.

  • Dissident Shareholder Nominees Backed for AOL Board

    2 Jun 2012 | 4:59 pm
    Institutional Shareholder Services, the influential shareholder advisory firm, has recommended that AOL stockholders vote for two of the three board nominees put forward by dissident shareholder Starboard Value.
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  • The Contenders: Henry Clay

    3 Jun 2012 | 8:30 am
    Historians discuss the role of Henry Clay (1777-1852) in American politics. Known as the "Great Compromiser" but also as "The Dictator," he ran five unsuccessful presidential campaigns. Perhaps the most powerful politician of his time, he served as speaker of the House, U.S. senator, and secretary of state. This is the first of our 14-week series called "The Contenders: They Ran & Lost but Changed Political History."

  • Lectures in History - The Civil Rights Movement

    2 Jun 2012 | 8:00 pm
    University of Washington American History Professor Quintard Taylor looks at the Civil Rights Movement from the 1940s through the 1960s.  Professor Taylor focuses on the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court Decision on Brown v. Board of Education and the 1957 integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.

  • Washington Journal for Sunday, June 3

    2 Jun 2012 | 8:00 pm
    Our daily Live program provides a forum for leading journalists and public policy makers to discuss key events, and legislation.

  • The Environment in American History

    2 Jun 2012 | 7:15 pm
    Colorado State University (Fort Collins) History Professor Mark Fiege, and University of Wisconsin-Madison History Professor William Cronon specialize in teaching and writing about history as it is influenced by the environment.  In this American History TV interview, they discuss Fiege's book, "The Republic of Nature," and they explain and define the growing field of environmental history.  The interview was recorded at the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians.

  • Washington Journal for Saturday, June 2

    2 Jun 2012 | 7:00 pm
    Our daily Live program provides a forum for leading journalists and public policy makers to discuss key events, and legislation.
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  • Commentary: State Dept. promotes freedom abroad but supresses whistleblower here

    Special to McClatchy Newspapers (Dennis Jett)
    3 Jun 2012 | 3:25 am
    Secretary of State Hillary Clinton forcefully intervened recently on behalf of Chen Guancheng, the blind Chinese dissident, who has been hounded by his government for criticizing official policy. It's too…Click to Continue »

  • Commentary: Taking a cue from Sweden on taxes and spending cuts

    The Kansas City Star (E. Thomas McClanahan)
    3 Jun 2012 | 3:16 am
    There's little argument that the $800 billion-plus stimulus bill that was President Barack Obama's first "accomplishment" soon became one of his biggest political liabilities. The recovery that began in mid-2009…Click to Continue »

  • Thousands protest as Mubarak life sentence fails to satisfy Egypt’s revolutionaries

    McClatchy Newspapers (Nancy A. Youssef and Mohannad Sabry)
    2 Jun 2012 | 3:19 pm
    Tens of thousands of people converged on Cairo’s Tahrir Square Saturday night, not to celebrate the life sentence handed to deposed President Hosni Mubarak earlier in the day, but to…Click to Continue »

  • Coalition raid frees 4 aid workers in Afghanistan

    McClatchy Newspapers (Ali Safi and Jon Stephenson)
    2 Jun 2012 | 11:20 am
    Special forces from the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan stormed a mountain hideout in the remote northeastern province of Badakhshan early Saturday, freeing four aid workers and killing their captors.Click to Continue »

  • Commentary: Honoring the other veterans

    Special to McClatchy Newspapers (Ben Barber)
    2 Jun 2012 | 3:04 am
    Amid the celebration of the annual Memorial Day holiday, we have largely ignored the other veterans.Click to Continue »
 
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  • War of Words Over Grim Jobs Report

    3 Jun 2012 | 10:00 am
    Romney campaign adviser says Obama is 'hostile to job creators,' after release of latest dismal jobs report, but Obama camp fires back, saying unemployment would be worse without Obama policies. VIDEO: Obama, Romney Camps Trade Punches Over Dismal Jobs Report Romney Net Worth Remains Near $250MWolfe's Primary Run Against Obama Stumbles in Texas, But Continues

  • Syria's Assad Blames Terrorists for Massacre

    3 Jun 2012 | 10:00 am
    Assad denies government was behind Houla massacre, says not even 'monsters' would carry out the attacksMcCain Slams Obama on Syria, Lieberman Says Administration 'Moving Too Slowly'

  • A Year of Agonizing Mystery — and Hope

    3 Jun 2012 | 10:00 am
    Parents of Lauren Spierer, who disappeared in Indiana last year, still hold hope daughter could be alive PHOTOS: Where Is Lauren Spierer?

  • 2 Dead After Swarms of Spiders Invade Town

    3 Jun 2012 | 10:00 am
    Teams of experts unable to identify venomous spiders that have invaded Indian town and attacked residents

  • US strike kills 10 suspected militants in Pakistan

    3 Jun 2012 | 10:00 am
 
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  • 'Family Feud' host Richard Dawson dies at 79

    3 Jun 2012 | 8:25 am
    Richard Dawson, the longtime "Family Feud" game-show host and "Hogan's Heroes" actor, has died in Los Angeles. He was 79.

  • Pentagon seeks return to long-abandoned military port in Vietnam

    3 Jun 2012 | 7:35 am
    CAM RANH BAY, Vietnam -- Forty-five years ago, American cargo ships filled this vast harbor, unloading supplies day after day for U.S. troops fighting the Viet Cong.

  • 'Family Feud' TV host Richard Dawson dies at 79

    3 Jun 2012 | 7:29 am
    Former "Family Feud" TV game-show host Richard Dawson has died in California at age 79.

  • Stalled Grand Avenue development may get a second look

    3 Jun 2012 | 12:00 am
    Proposal to transform the downtown street into the Champs Elysees of L.A. foundered in the recession. Developer is revising plans to get the project off the ground.Bunker Hill is showing signs of life. A new 12-acre Civic Park is nearly complete, sloping down to the steps of City Hall in a cascade of stairs and lawns. Down the block, the skeleton of the Broad Museum is rising on Grand Avenue, set to take its place alongside the Museum of Contemporary Art, Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.

  • Kings win again in overtime to take 2-0 lead in Stanley Cup Final

    2 Jun 2012 | 8:40 pm
    Jeff Carter scores 13 minutes and 42 seconds into the extra period for a 2-1 win in Game 2 as well as a 10th road victory and fourth overtime win this postseason.NEWARK, N.J. - Jeff Carter scored 13 minutes 42 seconds into overtime Saturday to give the Kings a 2-0 lead in the Stanley Cup Final Saturday in the Prudential Center.
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  • WILL COLOMBO SUCCESSFULLY OUT-SMART THE WASHINGTON/DELHI COMBINE TO ESCAPE ACCOUNTABILITY IN UNHRC?

    2 Jun 2012 | 5:01 am
      WILL COLOMBO SUCCESSFULLY OUT-SMART THE WASHINGTON/DELHI COMBINE TO ESCAPE ACCOUNTABILITY IN UNHRC? Minister Keheliya Rambukwella responding to United States pressure on implementing the March 2012 UNHRC resolution boasted that ‘SL (is) working according to a plan’ (Daily Mirror 30, May). In effect SL is laying the ground work to successfully out-smart the international community including the US and India re-tuning those slogans that won SL’s war against the Tamils militarily and diplomatically. SL’s successful sloganeering portrayed the Tamil resistance to the…

  • Recognition Awards 2012 | The Truth About Debt: A Close Look at Ireland and Greece

    1 Jun 2012 | 8:51 am
     This article was chosen as one of the best published so far in 2012 on Ground Report. The winners received a prize of $60, which comes from an anonymous donor. The Truth About Debt: A Close Look at Ireland and Greece by J Iddhis Bing Of Odious Debt & Other Monstrosities: As Greece Goes, So Goes Ireland, Too INTERVIEW WITH TONY PHILLIPS Defeat is the battle that isn't waged. - Alex Tsipras Iddhis Bing Tony Phillips is an Irish journalist and political economist, editor of the online magazine DensidadRegional.org He contributed to the newly published What If Ireland…

  • Energy Crises will Overcome in Pakistan

    31 May 2012 | 10:31 am
     Pakistan will overcome on energy crises very soon. Chairman standing committee on power & Energy.   CHITRAL:  Chitral , Khyber Pahtonkhwa as well as Pakistan will overcome on energy crises very soon said Badshah Salih PMA chairman standing committee on Energy & Power during a high level meeting at Governor cottage.  The meeting was chaired by Badshah Salih while it was attended by Imtiaz Shagai, Aurangzeb Khan, Saleem Khan, Anwar Khan, Ghulam Muhammad (MP), members of standing committee as well as District Coordination officer Chitral Rahmatullah Wazir, leaders…

  • Recognition Awards May 2012 | The Saigon Horn: Part 2

    31 May 2012 | 8:52 am
     This article was chosen as one of the best published so far in 2012 on Ground Report. The winners received a prize of $60, which comes from an anonymous donor. By Michael Smith   Don’t believe everything you download               “Rhino horn with wine is the alcoholic drink of millionaires,” said the vietbao.com article. Anninhthudo.com said it is “like a luxury car”.               Quang Trung street in HCMC’s Go Vap District is a hot, dirty, dusty, noisy continuation of Hai…

  • Recognition Awards May 2012 | The Saigon Horn: Part 1

    31 May 2012 | 8:49 am
    This article was chosen as one of the best published so far in 2012 on Ground Report. The winners received a prize of $60, which comes from an anonymous donor. By Michael Smith   I was having coffee at Vasco’s with Phung the husband of an English friend of mine in the quiet backbar. Live music played in the background, but it was still too early in the evening for the club in downtown Saigon’s Hai Ba Trung St to get hectic. It was January 2011 during the weeks coming up to Tet or Chinese New Year and everything was winding down for the most anticipated holiday of the…
 
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  • Romney aide: 'Not a social issue election'

    3 Jun 2012 | 8:29 am
    WASHINGTON, June 3 (UPI) -- Mitt Romney's senior campaign strategist said Sunday the upcoming presidential election is not about social issues, but instead will focus on economy.

  • Grenade kills three in Serbian cafe

    3 Jun 2012 | 8:23 am
    IDVOR, Serbia, June 3 (UPI) -- Three people were killed and eight were injured Sunday when a hand grenade went off inside a crowded cafe in Serbia, police said.

  • Typhoon kills 2 children in Philippines

    3 Jun 2012 | 8:18 am
    MANILA, Philippines, June 3 (UPI) -- The rainy after-effects of a typhoon moving away from the Philippines killed two children, emergency officials said Sunday.

  • Wallaby found roaming NW Pennsylvania

    3 Jun 2012 | 8:16 am
    HARRISBURG, Pa., June 3 (UPI) -- Pennsylvania Game Commission officials say they found a wallaby, a marsupial native to Australia, roaming the northwestern part of the state.

  • Tintin cover fetches $1.6M at auction

    3 Jun 2012 | 8:15 am
    PARIS, June 3 (UPI) -- A private collector paid a record $1.6 million at a Paris auction for a rare 1932 cover drawing of a Tintin comic book, the BBC reported.
 
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  • Queen's diamond jubilee: Thames flotilla - live

    Ben Quinn
    3 Jun 2012 | 8:38 am
    All the latest news from celebrations across Britain marking Queen Elizabeth II's 60 years on the throne, including Sunday's centrepiece event – the royal pageant on the river Thames4.38pm: A Sainsbury's spokesperson has come back with a response to complaints from members of the public about Jubilee Family Festival in Hyde Park:We are very sorry to hear that a small number of people did not enjoy their day out with us yesterday. Overall we've had great, positive feedback about the vast array of entertainment on offer to celebrate the jubilee. There will inevitably be some queues at an…

  • Bin Laden 'saved his money for jihad'

    3 Jun 2012 | 8:20 am
    New al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahiri says predecessor stinted on luxuries but had herd of sheep ready for slaughter for visitorsOsama bin Laden spent all his personal wealth on jihad, stinting on meat and electricity as luxuries so he could save his money to help fund terror attacks, according to recollections by his deputy and successor .Yet, in the second of his Days With the Imam series of online videos, posted on Saturday, Ayman al-Zawahiri said Bin Laden would pay readily for hospitality for his guests – although the former al-Qaida leader lived mostly on bread and vegetables, he once…

  • Iran warns Israel of 'lightning' reply to any attack

    Julian Borger
    3 Jun 2012 | 7:29 am
    Supreme leader's remarks come amid international nuclear talks, dampening hopes for diplomatic end to impasseIran's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, has threatened a "lightning response" to any Israeli attack and warned that sanctions would fail to curb his country's nuclear programme and only deepen its "hatred of the west".The angry rhetoric is routine for Iran's clerical leadership but had particular significance as it came between rounds of negotiations between Tehran and the world's major powers over Iranian nuclear aspirations.Western officials were hoping to hear conciliatory notes in the…

  • Liverpool drug death: police arrest 16-year-old boy

    3 Jun 2012 | 6:28 am
    Drug poisoning suspected in death of 15-year-old Rose Farley after falling ill at a partyPolice investigating the suspected drug death of a 15-year-old girl in Liverpool have made an arrest.Rose Farley fell ill at a birthday party on Friday evening and was taken to Alder Hey children's hospital where she died just after 5am on Saturday.A 16-year-old boy from Liverpool has been arrested by Merseyside police on suspicion of supplying drugs.Farley, from the West Derby area of the city, had been to the party but returned home after becoming ill. She was then taken to hospital.Her death comes amid…

  • Five bodies found charred along Arizona drug smuggling route

    3 Jun 2012 | 5:53 am
    Drugs cartel suspected as bodies discovered in Vekol Valley, part of a well-known corridor for drugs and human smugglingAn Arizona sheriff says five bodies found burned beyond recognition inside the shell of a charred SUV are likely the result of drug cartel violence.The bodies and vehicle were found in the Vekol Valley, a rugged, mountainous desert area that's a well-known smuggling corridor for drugs and illegal immigrants headed from Mexico to Phoenix and the US interior.The bodies were so badly burned that investigators couldn't immediately determine their gender or ethnicity. While it's…
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  • A million attend Pope's open-air Milan Mass

    3 Jun 2012 | 8:30 am
    Pope Benedict XVI has celebrated an open-air Mass for a million followers, capping three days of activities in Milan, Italy, aimed at showing support for the family. Related StoriesSpain dreads return of the 'years of hunger'Greek far-right Golden Dawn party denies racist attack

  • Payday lender Wonga considering US stock market flotation

    3 Jun 2012 | 8:27 am
    Payday lender Wonga is reported to be considering a US stock market flotation that could value the business at more than £1 billion. Related StoriesMoves for extra £50bn from BankLotto owner to expand into AsiaJohnson Matthey profit driven by tighter emission controlsInvestors did not challenge banks in 2011Miner mulls London listing

  • Assad defends government and blames rivals for bloodshed

    3 Jun 2012 | 8:23 am
    Syrian President Bashar Assad defended his government's crackdown on opponents today, saying a doctor performing messy emergency surgery does not have blood on his hands if he is trying to save a patient.

  • David Cameron holds Downing Street Jubilee party

    3 Jun 2012 | 8:17 am
    The Downing Street Jubilee party was a great Big Society occasion despite the festivities being held inside, Prime Minister David Cameron said today.Related StoriesUK hostage recovers after special forces rescueCrowds start to build as drizzle dampens Jubilee celebrationsAnti-monarchy group 'Republic' stages Jubilee protest on the banks of the ThamesThames pageant draws crowds as public pays Jubilee tributeThames Diamond Jubilee pageant draws crowds as public pays tribute

  • Thames Diamond Jubilee pageant draws crowds as public pays tribute

    3 Jun 2012 | 8:09 am
    The Queen received a stadium-like roar of approval from onlookers as she arrived at Chelsea Harbour. Related StoriesUK hostage recovers after special forces rescueCrowds start to build as drizzle dampens Jubilee celebrationsAnti-monarchy group 'Republic' stages Jubilee protest on the banks of the ThamesThames pageant draws crowds as public pays Jubilee tributeDavid Cameron holds Downing Street Jubilee party
 
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  • Passenger plane crashes in Nigeria

    3 Jun 2012 | 8:38 am
    A state official says a passenger plane has crashed into a two-story building in Nigeria's largest city of Lagos.

  • Royals take to river to celebrate Queen's Diamond Jubilee

    3 Jun 2012 | 8:38 am
    Revellers have gathered in London to mark the Queen's 60 years on the throne and watch a theatrical pageant on the River Thames featuring the monarch and other key members of the royal family.

  • Toronto's Eaton Centre closed as police probe shooting

    3 Jun 2012 | 8:25 am
    The body of a man who was killed in the Eaton Centre has been removed from the scene as police continue to investigate a brazen shooting that injured seven others and caused panic in one of Toronto's busiest malls.

  • Spillover Syria fighting in Lebanon kills 15

    3 Jun 2012 | 8:21 am
    Lebanese soldiers have moved into the city of Tripoli where at least 15 people have died in spillover fighting between supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who denied Sunday his regime had a hand in the Houla massacre.

  • Anti-Mubarak protesters blocked from Tahrir Square

    3 Jun 2012 | 4:49 am
    Parts of Cairo's Tahrir Square have been blocked off, after big protests overnight. The demonstrators were unhappy about some of the rulings handed down Saturday following a trial for deposed president Hosni Mubarak.
 
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  • Household Flame Retardants - They Don't Work. They Aren't Safe.

    21 May 2012 | 12:43 pm
    The Chicago Tribune is one of the few amazing journalistic resources left in the shrinking world of newspapers and news magazines.   Here is their latest investigative reporting effort - a comprehensive look at flame retardant chemicals, what they do and don't do, and how they got to be all over everything in our homes and inside our bodies.  This is not just an article.  It is a series of articles, each taking up one aspect of the current situation: The PR campaign by the chemical industry to make legislators afraid to ban the products as more and more negative health and…

  • Eat Less, Move More: The Official Health Equation That Won't Work

    8 May 2012 | 3:15 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 | 9:56 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 | 10:04 am
    "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 | 7:50 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…
 
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  • Peru: Mayor of Espinar Arrested Amid Mining Conflict

    Betsy Galbreath
    2 Jun 2012 | 5:23 pm
    Amid a heavy police deployment, the mayor of the province of Espinar, Óscar Mollohuanca, was arrested on May 30 about midday. The mayor had been in hiding after a state of emergency was declared in the area because of the conflict between the community of Espinar and the mining operation Xstrata Tintaya, and especially after learning there was an arrest warrant out for him. Even so, he granted a press interview at the town hall and it was then that the police arrested him. Following is the video of the exact moment when the mayor is arrested, as reported by Channel N: At this moment, the…

  • Tunisia: Protesting the Military's Lack of Transparency and Censorship

    Afef Abrougui
    2 Jun 2012 | 11:45 am
    This post is part of our special coverage Tunisia Revolution 2011. Camera in chains photo by Nawaat.orgTunisian Ramzi Bettaieb (aka Winston Smith) is a Nawaat.org journalist and an activist who has entered his sixth day of hunger strike. He is protesting against the Tunisian military justice's lack of transparency in its handling of the “Martyrs' Case”. The “Martyrs Case” refers to the military justice investigation into the murder of protesters during the Tunisian uprising which toppled the 23 year rule of Zeine el-Abidine Ben Ali. More than 300 persons died…

  • Kyrgyzstan: Challenging the Government-set ‘Subsistence Minimum'

    Alexander Sodiqov
    2 Jun 2012 | 9:41 am
    Is the 'subsistence minimum' a realistic measure of the goods and services that one needs to maintain a basic standard of living? Three Kyrgyz bloggers participate in an experiment to see whether they can limit their monthly spending on food and services to $100 - the country's official 'subsistence minimum' - without going hungry. The bloggers share their reflections and record progress on Survival.kloop.kg [ru]. Written by Alexander Sodiqov · comments (0) Share: Donate · facebook · twitter · reddit · StumbleUpon · delicious…

  • Argentina: The Return of ‘Cacerolazos', Pot-banging Protests

    Laura Schneider
    2 Jun 2012 | 8:20 am
    On May 31, 2012, the cacerolazo –a protest where people bang pots and pans– returned to Argentina as a measure of social protest. The same happened in 2001 [es] when citizens got President Fernando De La Rúa to resign from his position. The protest, organized through social networks, focused on insecurity, corruption and the recent measures taken by the government regarding foreign exchange, particularly the United States (U.S.) dollar. On Twitter the hashtag #cacerolazo [es] became a local trending topic, but the hashtag had been gaining popularity since May 28, as we can…

  • Uganda: Netizens Show Support for National Team on Twitter, Facebook

    James Propa
    2 Jun 2012 | 3:24 am
    The last time the Uganda Cranes participated in the Africa Cup Of Nations was in 1978 when it reached the finals but finished second. Last year Uganda almost made it, but lost it to Kenya when it was beaten 2:1 in the last qualifying match. This incident broke the hearts of many Ugandans. Many people thought there will be no more support for the Uganda Cranes, but surprisingly it seems people are not ready to give up supporting their team. This weekend the Cranes will be in Angola to start their 2014 World Cup qualifiers. The match will take place on the same date Uganda celebrates the Uganda…
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  • Study highlights food risk hotspots

    1 Jun 2012 | 11:32 am
    You might assume getting richer would always make a country safer from drought and famine, but that turns out not to be the case. Instead, the very poorest countries seem to become more vulnerable in the early stages of development. There's a crucial period before the benefits of modernisation start to kick in, during which they are more vulnerable to problems like drought than when they started.

  • Bat, Bee, Frog Deaths May Be Linked

    1 Jun 2012 | 11:15 am
    In recent years, diseases have ravaged through bat, honeybee and amphibian populations, and now animal experts suspect that shared factors may link the deaths, which are putting many species at risk for extinction.

  • Carbon dioxide hits 400 parts per million in Northern Hemisphere

    1 Jun 2012 | 7:21 am
    Concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have risen above 400 parts per million (ppm) in recording stations across the Arctic going as far south as Mongolia, reports the Associated Press. Such levels have not been seen in at least 800,000 years according to researchers. Carbon levels fluctuate depending on the region and the season and scientists say global concentrations will likely remain at around 395 ppm for the time being. Crossing the 400 ppm threshold "[is] a reminder to everybody that we haven't fixed this and we're still in trouble," Jim Butler, global monitoring director…

  • To Feel Good, Mediterranean Diet is the Way to Go

    1 Jun 2012 | 7:12 am
    Southern Europe has been getting a lot of negative attention lately due to the financial crisis in the Eurozone. At this time, it is important to remember much of the good which comes out of this region. This is especially true of the Mediterranean cuisine. It is not only delicious but also linked with a lower chance of illness and greater well-being. A new study has just been released by researchers from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the University of Navarra which shows how the Mediterranean diet is linked to both physical and mental health.

  • Geoengineering for Global Warming: Increasing Aerosols in Atmosphere Would Make Sky Whiter

    1 Jun 2012 | 6:45 am
    One idea for fighting global warming is to increase the amount of aerosols in the atmosphere, scattering incoming solar energy away from Earth's surface. But scientists theorize that this solar geoengineering could have a side effect of whitening the sky during the day. New research from Carnegie's Ben Kravitz and Ken Caldeira indicates that blocking 2% of the sun's light would make the sky three-to-five times brighter, as well as whiter.
 
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  • Chuck Norris enters 2012 political ring

    Joe Kovacs
    3 Jun 2012 | 9:19 am
    Legendary action star Chuck Norris says he’s entering the political ring in Tuesday’s recall election for the governorship of Wisconsin, to offset the influence of Democrat powerhouses looking to oust Republican Gov. Scott Walker. Norris himself is not seeking office, but he’s throwing his name and weight behind Walker. “When I saw [Democrats] also send in the big guns, former President Bill Clinton himself, against Gov. Walker, I knew I had to enter the ring, too,” Norris says in a brand-new column on WND. “There’s one primary reason that Clinton…

  • President Bill Clinton vs. Gov. Scott Walker and me

    Chuck Norris
    3 Jun 2012 | 9:17 am
    Wisconsin Democrats, Washington elite and insiders, and liberal special interests have joined together to fight for the recall of Gov. Scott Walker in Wisconsin in Tuesday’s election. But last Friday, when I saw them also send in the big guns, former President Bill Clinton himself, against Gov. Walker, I knew I had to enter the ring, too. The Los Angeles Times reported Thursday, “Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz announced Thursday that Clinton would be campaigning with Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett as he looks to unseat Gov. Scott Walker in next…

  • Romney could pick VP in early summer

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    3 Jun 2012 | 8:28 am
    (REUTERS) — Senator John McCain waited until just before the 2008 Republican convention to name his vice presidential pick, sticking to a timing tradition thought to pump up party activists before the big push to Election Day. This year, there is at least a small chance that Republican Mitt Romney might break with tradition and name his vice presidential choice earlier in the summer, according to people advising the campaign. Romney and a small circle of confidants are working quietly on a list of high-profile Republicans being considered for the No. 2 position. The confidants include his…

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  • This day in WND History: June 3

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    2 Jun 2012 | 9:05 pm
    Was Jesus Christ really a woman? June 3, 2005: A publisher of a new version of the Gospels, based on Thomas Jefferson’s selective editing of the New Testament, went one step further and changed the gender of the Messiah to female and named her Judith Christ. The new version, according to the publisher, revised familiar stories, tranforming the “Prodigal Son” into the “Prodigal Daughter” and the “Lord’s Prayer” into the “Lady’s Prayer.” The familiar passage on the crucifixion, from John 19:17-18, was changed to read: “And…
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  • Gaddis' Kennan Biography: Preliminary Musings

    25 May 2012 | 10:49 pm
    I have been meaning to discuss John Lewis Gaddis' biography of George Kennan here (George F. Kennan: An American Life), but as often have been unable to find the time. In the meantime, however, I wanted to highlight what I thought was the most judicious review I've seen to date (by Frank Costigliola, an academic who also edits Kennan's diaries). Costigliola's review appeared in the NYRB towards the end of 2011. While Gaddis' work has almost universally been praised as "magisterial" in its treatment of Kennan's life (make no mistake, it is an impressive biography, which rightfully earned…

  • The Folly of Afghanistan

    14 Mar 2012 | 8:33 pm
    It has been rather an eventful week in Afghanistan. The senseless massacre of villagers perpetrated by a U.S. serviceman. The security incident that occurred near Leon Panetta's plane. The skittish spectacle of having U.S. troops disarm before hearing their own Defense Secretary speak. All this on the heels of the Koran-burning debacle, among many other such troublesome episodes. The confluence of these events is richly symbolic, if we needed any reminding, of an increasingly futile and failed war effort (I say futile as why have 100,000 men in theater to engage in a fantastically unrealistic…

  • The Syria Conundrum

    26 Feb 2012 | 8:13 am
    Almost a year ago in this space, I wrote regarding the unfolding situation in Syria: It is impossible to predict with certainty, but I cannot see a turning back now or restoration of calm. The genie of increasingly insistent protests seems out of the bottle, and one now wonders whether Bashar is ultimately willing to kill, not scores, but thousands, in a desperate gambit to cow his populace, a terrible eventuality that will only lead to the regime's ultimate demise regardless…given promises of reform…are proving instead horrifying rivulets of blood on the streets of myriad cities, towns…

  • Brzezinski on Execution of the Asia "Pivot"

    18 Jan 2012 | 11:14 am
    Just by way of a quick follow up regarding the post immediately below, I did want to post this snippet from last weekend's "Lunch with the FT" feature, with Zbigniew Brzezinski. He states: I push him further on Obama. Shortly before our lunch, the president returned from Australia where he announced plans to deploy 2,500 Marines there to shore up alliances in Asia. This is exactly the kind of move that baffles Brzezinski. What’s wrong, I ask, with Obama’s so-called pivot to Asia? Doesn’t it make sense to wind down the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and shift attention to the rising east?

  • Donilon's Missing Word

    4 Dec 2011 | 5:09 am
    (Updated Below) Perhaps it is because I am writing this from Beijing, but I found it odd that this Tom Donilon (President Obama’s National Security Advisor) op-ed in a recent FT entitled “America is back in the Pacific and will uphold the rules” has not a single explicit mention of the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) and/or the word “China” (save embedded within the obligatory reference to the South China Sea). Odd because really the entire piece reads rather like a thinly veiled warning shot to the PRC that the U.S. still ‘means business’ in the Asia Pacific region,…
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  • Egypt: Mubarak verdict fails to deliver full justice

    2 Jun 2012 | 4:00 am
    Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak has been sentenced to life imprisonment for complicity in the killing of protesters last year. June 1, 2012

  • Three decades on, the search continues for El Salvador’s stolen children

    1 Jun 2012 | 6:00 am
    Decades after El Salvador's armed conflict, hundreds of families still search for children who were taken from them amid the fighting. June 1, 2012 It is 30 years since sisters Ernestina, 7, and Erlinda, 3, were stolen from their family by soldiers and to this day their whereabouts remain unknown.It was the height of the bloody conflict in El Salvador and members of the US-trained Atlactl army battalion had commenced ‘Operation Clean Up’.The scorched-earth campaign saw soldiers killing anyone and anything they came across, burning houses and razing crops.Like many others, the Serrano Cruz…

  • Amnesty International’s twenty years with Charles Taylor

    30 May 2012 | 7:00 am
    As Charles Taylor is sentenced to 50 years, Amnesty International looks at key dates in the organisation’s work on the former president. May 30, 2012 Former Liberian President Charles Taylor in the courtroom during his trial on May 16, 2012. EVERT JAN DANIELS/AFP/GettyImages Former Liberian president Charles Taylor has been given a 50-year prison sentence in the Hague by the Special Court for Sierra Leone for aiding and abetting war crimes. The prison term is for crimes committed in Sierra Leone between 1996 and 2002.Amnesty International looks at key dates in the organisation’s…

  • Exiled Syrian activist calls for international pressure on Assad

    30 May 2012 | 3:00 am
    An exiled member of the Syrian Non Violence Movement calls for increased international pressure to end human rights abuses in Syria. May 29, 2012 Ongoing deadly clashes in Syria have become so common that news of yet another blast or attack on protesters by security forces often fails to make it to the front pages of international media. But for Omar Assil, a leading member of the Syrian Non Violence Movement (SNVM) currently studying in the UK. each report of violence means one of his friends or loved ones could be at risk.“Every week I get news of the arrest of another of my friends. Last…

  • Swift U.N. Action Needed on Syria After Houla Assault

    Alex Edwards
    29 May 2012 | 2:12 pm
    More than 100 people -- including 50 children -- were killed in the Syrian military's assault on the town of Houla over the weekend. May 28, 2012 AIUSA Contact: Suzanne Trimel, strimel@aiusa.org, 212-633-4150, @strimelread more
 
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  • Tech Please! Austin-Born App Speeds Up Your Dining Experience

    Lydia Dishman
    3 Jun 2012 | 6:12 am
    Inspired by an hour wait to pay his check at a business lunch, Rick Orr came up with TabbedOut, a nationwide mobile payment software platform. Now Austin eateries are ordering apps from him! UNITED STATES OF INNOVATION New Ideas, New Markets, New Insights All around the country, Americans are dreaming big. Their boldest ideas are changing their communities--and having a ripple effect throughout the world. CLICK HERE to read about hotbeds of innovation in other U.S. cities.  Rick Orr got the idea for TabbedOut back in 2002 when he was stuck waiting for a check for almost an hour during a…

  • Top 10 Most Popular Stories Of The Week

    Dan Asadorian
    2 Jun 2012 | 6:20 pm
    We love 'em. You loved 'em. Unless you missed 'em. Here's your chance to catch up. This week Robyn Benincasa analyzed different leadership styles and offered advice on the best times to use them. We also called for the execution of certain UIs (we're looking at you, Apple). And Austin Carr reported on the inside story of Google X’s Project Glass. 1. 6 Leadership Styles, And When You Should Use Them Fast Company Robyn Benincasa enumerates on different leadership styles and when to use each for maximum yield. 2. Steve Jobs Almost Named The iMac The MacMan, Until This Guy Stopped Him Co.Design…

  • This Week In Bots: How Robots Could Teach Your Kids A Thing Or Two

    Kit Eaton
    1 Jun 2012 | 3:24 pm
    While some robotics research pursues freaky tech suggesting Terminator-like powers, other scientists are putting robots to good work, helping teachers in the classroom. Yep, just like Walt Whitman, bots contain multitudes!Bot Vid: Pebble Bots Replicate PatternsRemember the murderous liquid-metal T-1000 robot from Terminator 2? Well, it can't be built--yet. But Automaton blog tells us about an MIT effort to make a robotic "smart sand" that will be able to move into different shapes and lock together, even replicating something like a tool on the fly--once it has a pattern to follow. Thus far…

  • Netflix Overtakes Apple In Online Movie Business

    Christina Chaey
    1 Jun 2012 | 2:45 pm
    News updates all day from your Fast Company editors.2011 was a rough year for Netflix. One bright spot? The company surpassed Apple to become the leader in the U.S. online movie business, according to a new report from IHS Screen Digest out today. Netflix's revenue share of the U.S. online movie business jumped from 1% in 2010 to 44% in 2011 (the company grossed $992 million last year). Apple, previously the market's landslide leader, dropped from 60.8% to just 32.3% during the same time period. Though that may not look great for Apple on the surface, the study points out that Apple and…

  • Mass Transit Cameras Spot Bad Guys, No Human Judgment Required

    Neal Ungerleider
    1 Jun 2012 | 2:34 pm
    A new camera system for San Francisco's MUNI system will use algorithms and machine learning to track and monitor commuters. Can computer programs predict bad guys... and what will they be looking for?A new breed of security cameras can supposedly detect terrorism and crime without a human judgment call--and mass transit agencies are shelling out big bucks for the product. San Francisco's Municipal Transit Authority, which oversees the city's MUNI trains, has signed a contract with security firm BRS Labs to deploy cameras to 12 subway stations that use algorithms and machine learning…
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  • 'Family Feud' TV Host Richard Dawson Dies

    3 Jun 2012 | 7:51 am
    Richard Dawson, the wisecracking British entertainer who was among the schemers in the 1960s sitcom Hogan's Heroes and a decade later began kissing thousands of female contestants as host of the game show Family Feud has died. He was 79.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

  • 'Like Our Own Mother': Aung San Suu Kyi In Thailand

    3 Jun 2012 | 6:53 am
    Myanmar's opposition leader dazzled in her first trip abroad in more than two decades, but her attention to Burmese refugees showed her political situation at home remains precarious.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

  • How Homes Structure The American Dream

    3 Jun 2012 | 5:00 am
    Home ownership has long been considered a key part of the American Dream. The dream has taken a beating in recent years, but polls show the desire to own remains extremely high. NPR's Chris Arnold discusses the state of home ownership and reviews the latest housing news with host Rachel Martin.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

  • The Economy From The People's Perspective

    3 Jun 2012 | 5:00 am
    Disappointing. Dismal. Bleak. These are just a few of the words used to describe the latest employment report. It showed that the U-S economy added just 69-thousand jobs in May, less than half of what economists expected. With the unemployment rate now at 8.2 percent, we asked people in Athens, Ohio, and Washington, D.C., how they're faring in this economy.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

  • 'Theater' On The Thames Marks Queen's 60 Years

    3 Jun 2012 | 5:00 am
    The queen of England this year marks 60 years on the throne, and Buckingham Palace is coordinating a week of events, including a concert at the palace and a 1,000-boat flotilla along the River Thames. NPR's Philip Reeves reports.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us
 
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  • Tech Trends Affecting the Future Digital Landscape

    1 Jun 2012 | 5:30 pm
    A discussion on Current Tech Trends Affecting the Future Digital Landscape with Esther Dyson and Anjali Joshi. Moderated by Blaise Zerega.World Entrepreneurship Day is the internationally-recognized day for the celebration of the world's entrepreneurial heroes. Create your own WED celebration on April 16th: Join WED Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:30:00 -0700 Location: http://fora.tv/2010/04/14/Tech_Trends_Affecting_the_Future_Digital_Landscape Program and discussion: http://fora.tv/2010/04/14/Tech_Trends_Affecting_the_Future_Digital_Landscape

  • Developing the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs

    1 Jun 2012 | 5:29 pm
    A discussion on Developing the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs: Innovating Primary & Secondary Education in America with Marc Ecko, Don Moody, John Petry, Leonard Brody. Moderated by Ira Sockowitz.World Entrepreneurship Day is the internationally-recognized day for the celebration of the world's entrepreneurial heroes. Create your own WED celebration on April 16th: Join WED Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:20:00 -0700 Location: http://fora.tv/2010/04/14/Developing_the_Next_Generation_of_Entrepreneurs Program and discussion: http://fora.tv/2010/04/14/Developing_the_Next_Generation_of_Entrepreneurs

  • Funding the Big Idea: Lessons from an Investor

    1 Jun 2012 | 5:29 pm
    Funding the Big Idea: Lessons from the Investor Who's Heard a Lot of Them delivered by Howard Lee Morgan.World Entrepreneurship Day is the internationally-recognized day for the celebration of the world's entrepreneurial heroes. Create your own WED celebration on April 16th: Join WED Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 13:50:00 -0700 Location: http://fora.tv/2010/04/14/Funding_the_Big_Idea_Lessons_from_an_Investor Program and discussion: http://fora.tv/2010/04/14/Funding_the_Big_Idea_Lessons_from_an_Investor

  • The Art of Innovation from the Hacker's Perspective

    1 Jun 2012 | 5:29 pm
    The Art of Innovation from the Hacker's Perspective delivered by Pablos Holman.World Entrepreneurship Day is the internationally-recognized day for the celebration of the world's entrepreneurial heroes. Create your own WED celebration on April 16th: Join WED Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 13:00:00 -0700 Location: http://fora.tv/2010/04/14/The_Art_of_Innovation_from_the_Hackers_Perspective Program and discussion: http://fora.tv/2010/04/14/The_Art_of_Innovation_from_the_Hackers_Perspective

  • Innovation at the Highest Levels: GE and Google

    1 Jun 2012 | 5:27 pm
    A discussion on Championing an Innovative Culture & Embracing Disruptive Ideas in a Global Corporation with Maria Bartiromo, Beth Comstock, and Anjali Joshi.World Entrepreneurship Day is the internationally-recognized day for the celebration of the world's entrepreneurial heroes. Create your own WED celebration on April 16th: Join WED Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:00:00 -0700 Location: http://fora.tv/2010/04/14/Championing_Innovation_and_Embracing_Disruptive_Ideas Program and discussion: http://fora.tv/2010/04/14/Championing_Innovation_and_Embracing_Disruptive_Ideas
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  • Looking Beyond Chicago: How to Revitalize NATO

    1 Jun 2012 | 12:58 am
    Memo 41: NATO's Chicago Summit left many people disappointed. Going forward, the Alliance should focus on concrete and achievable policy objectives. This Memo offers a number of recommendations that could strengthen the Alliance's unity and overall ability to deal with a changing world.

  • The Future of the Arab Spring

    31 May 2012 | 1:27 am
    Yasir Kuoti: The Arab Spring is not over yet and is far from the simple narrative of peace and democracy. In these underdeveloped societies, there are many difficulties to overcome and different paths to be chosen. The West should respect any democratic elections or decisions, even if Islamic-inspired.

  • Egyptian Election Results Reflect a Precarious Democratic Transition

    30 May 2012 | 12:58 am
    Gillian Kennedy: Instead of lifting spirits, the recent elections in Egypt reflected the depressed mood amongst a people demoralized by their current situation. However, the elections were not a complete loss. Egyptian liberals still have an opportunity to bring much needed change to their country.

  • NATO Summit Disappoints Despite Rosy Rhetoric

    27 May 2012 | 3:54 pm
    Joshua Clapp: With the Chicago Summit wrapped up, the pundits are weighing in about what they think the Summit accomplished and what it means for NATO. If most of the commentators are correct about the Summit, then the Alliance should not be congratulating itself too much.

  • The Buzz about "Your Ideas, Your NATO"

    25 May 2012 | 4:39 pm
    Editorial Team: Our 2012 policy workshop competition has been a big success, generating a number of innovative policy recommendations and with an exciting event in Berlin coming up on May 21. The competition has also gotten plenty of recognition throughout the online foreign policy community.
 
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  • SAILING TO THE DIAMOND JUBILEE

    2 Jun 2012 | 4:54 am
     ~ Posted by Samantha Weinberg, June 1st 2012 At 8am yesterday morning, the "Jolie Brise" slipped out of Ramsgate harbour, and her crew (11 of us) unfurled her brown sails, hauled them up the wooden mast and pointed her nose in the direction of the mouth of the Thames. It was our third day’s sail from Hamble and—on the port and starboard side—historic boats were making their way to London, like us, to join 1,000 other boats for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.  I am no sailor, nor great royalist, but the invitation to join the "Jolie Brise" on her…

  • GOLD CHANGES ITS LOOK

    Isabel Lloyd
    1 Jun 2012 | 11:50 am
    ~ Posted by Isabel Lloyd, June 1st 2012 In Paris earlier this week, queues of traffic inched past building works on the Place Vendôme, the heart of the haute joaillerie quarter. Around the edges of the empty square, half-hidden behind scaffolding poles and fluttering red-and-white safety tape, diamond tiaras, cabuchon sapphires and tsavorite rings winked from the windows of Van Cleef & Arpels, Dior and Boucheron. There were far more stones to be seen than customers. Yet at the high end of the jewellery market, the sleek salespeople behind their velvet-lined counters will tell you,…

  • VOWS AND WOWS

    Will Smith
    1 Jun 2012 | 8:46 am
    In his latest mission to learn a new skill, Will Smith plans a wedding...  read more »

  • THE THIRD RENAISSANCE MAN

    Olivia Weinberg
    1 Jun 2012 | 4:58 am
    This Season: Olivia Weinberg selects late work by Raphael as her pick of the exhibitions...  read more »

  • THE DESIGNER WHO MAKES BUILDINGS

    31 May 2012 | 2:29 pm
    He makes pavilions from seeds and breathes life into buses. Bryan Appleyard meets Thomas Heatherwick, whose quirky style points to a new kind of architecture ...  read more »
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  • Were the Israelites a 'Melian'-like group on whose world view our culture stands?

    Thomas E. Ricks
    1 Jun 2012 | 3:22 am
    One of my side projects this year has been reading the entire Bible cover-to-cover for the first time. Starting at the beginning and staying with it throughout, I find, makes the whole thing more coherent. (It also sometimes feels surprisingly current: "Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her." -- Jeremiah 49:24.) I mean, ripped from today's headlines. The other day I was struck by Jeremiah 46:13, which offers an aside about the Lord telling the prophet that the "king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt." That…

  • Missouri National Guards looted a Wal-Mart while searching for tornado survivors

    Thomas E. Ricks
    1 Jun 2012 | 3:19 am
    A general once told me that a small but significant percentage of soldiers in any unit are criminals at heart, and that one job of small unit leaders is to prevent them from spreading the rot to other members of the unit. I thought of that when I read this article revealing that a sergeant and three other members of the National Guard pocketed some electronic gear at Wal-Mart in Joplin, Missouri, when sent there to provide aid after part of the town was smashed by a huge tornado May in 2011.   Speaking of criminal activity, the former command master chief of the USS Fort McHenry was…

  • Rebecca's War Dog of the Week: May claims two K-9 handlers, MA2 Brazas and Cpl. Coffey, KIA in Afghanistan

    Thomas E. Ricks
    1 Jun 2012 | 3:17 am
    MA2 Sean Brazas holding MWD Sicario at Yuma Proving Ground. By Rebecca Frankel Best Defense Chief Canine Correspondent Shock and sadness rippled through the MWD world this week with the news that handler U.S. Navy Master at Arms 2nd Class Sean Brazas died on May 30th. He was killed by a single bullet while helping a fellow serviceman into a helicopter during "combat operations in Panjwa'l, Afghanistan." MA2 Brazas's working dog and partner, Sicario, was reportedly treated for heat exhaustion that day but was not injured in the attack. Brazas is survived by his wife, Allie, and their…

  • COIN at Yale

    Thomas E. Ricks
    31 May 2012 | 3:37 am
    Yale political scientist Nicholas Sambanis and a couple of his homeys had an article in Science magazine (May 18, 2012 issue) titled "Parochialism as a Central Challenge in Counterinsurgency." I am pretty sure I don't understand the article well, because I am not familiar with the political science literature on parochialism. But I can read, and it seems to me that  core conclusions of the article are that: --Counterinsurgency is harder and more complex than it looks. -- It was only partially responsible (at best) for the decrease in violence in Iraq in 2007. --It didn't work in…

  • Quote of the day: If you are looking for what ails America, look in the mirror

    Thomas E. Ricks
    31 May 2012 | 3:35 am
    David Rothkopf on the American search for enemies abroad: "The United States is a bit like a 375-pound, middle-aged man with a heart condition walking down a city street at night eating a Big Mac. He's sweating profusely because he's afraid he might get mugged. But the thing that's going to kill him is the burger."
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  • Unemployment kills and the CDC can prove it

    Carla Miles
    1 Jun 2012 | 5:12 am
    Looking at overall suicide rates between the years 1928–2007, the Center for Disease Control reports suicide rates will rise or fall depending on the economy. The “Impact of Business Cycles on the U.S. Suicide Rates, 1928–2007″ study, released by the CDC last year, finds that suicide rates are connected to the economy. Researchers examined relationships between age-specific suicide rates and business cycles, and discovered the strongest association between business cycles and suicide among people in “prime working ages,” considered to be the 25-64 year old range.

  • French journalist freed from Colombian rebel captivity

    Erica Stapleton
    31 May 2012 | 11:22 am
    After being held in captivity for 33 days, a French journalist was finally released Wednesday from the Colombian rebel group who took him hostage during an attack in the southern province of Canqueta. “Apart from the fact that I was held for a month, everything went very well. I cannot complain,” French correspondent Romeo Langlois told reporters with a smile as he arrived safely in the village of San Isidro.  ”They treated me like a guest, they were always very respectful,” Langlois said, also noting that his captors never tied him up. The rebel group, known as the…

  • Victim of face-eating attack faces threat of infection

    Erica Stapleton
    31 May 2012 | 11:22 am
    The homeless man from Miami who had his face mostly eaten off by another man on Saturday afternoon is at risk for infection from his injuries. Ronald Poppo, 65, was lounging in the shade when Rudy Eugene, 31, approached him.  Eugene pulled the homeless man up, stripped and beat him, and proceeded to chomp on his face.  Eugene was shot and killed by a responding police officer after he refused to stop gnawing on his victim’s face.  The attack, which lasted about 18 minutes, was captured on a surveillance camera outside of the Miami Herald building. Doctors explain that the mouth is…

  • Obama criticized by Polish prime minister after ‘death camp’ gaffe

    Erica Stapleton
    31 May 2012 | 11:20 am
    President Barack Obama was the target of some heavy Polish criticism after he referenced “Polish death camps” in a ceremony honoring a resistance fighter during World War II. “When someone says ‘Polish death camps,’ it is as if there were no Nazis, no German responsibility, as if there was no Hitler,” Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk explained. “That is why our Polish sensitivity in these situations is so much more than just simply a feeling of national pride.” The president used the “factually incorrect slur” while honoring Jan…

  • Human foot mailed to Canadian Conservative party in Ottawa

    Erica Stapleton
    30 May 2012 | 4:58 am
    A blood-stained box containing a severed human foot arrived at the headquarters of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative party in Ottawa on Tuesday. A secretary first attempted to open the package but refrained upon the sight of the blood on the box.  A haz-mat team was called to the scene and held 12 people in quarantine before determining that the foul-smelling package did not pose as a health hazard to those around it.  A coroner later determined that the package content was a human foot. The address on the box only listed the Conservative Party of Canada, not…
 
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  • Face the Nation on the Radio: 05/27

    27 May 2012 | 11:00 am
    In this edition of "Face the Nation," CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent Bob Schieffer speaks with Robert Gibbs and Ed Gillespie about the Obama camp's attacks on Romney's record at Bain Capital. Indiana Republican Senator Richard Lugar reflects on how Congress and campaigns have changed. Plus, a roundtable discussion on the presidency with Douglas Brinkley, Nancy Gibbs, Michael Duffy and Robert Merry.

  • Face the Nation on the Radio: 05/20

    20 May 2012 | 11:00 am
    In this edition of "Face the Nation," CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent Bob Schieffer examines the debt limit with Senators Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham and Mark Warner. Clarissa Ward and Tom Friedman discuss foreign policy. Plus, Bob sits down with Norah O'Donnell and John Dickerson to talk politics.

  • Face the Nation on the Radio: 05/13

    13 May 2012 | 11:00 am
    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 | 12:00 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 | 12:00 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.
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  • GirlsinTech: The Top 100 Women in Tech in Europe 2012

    Simone Brummelhuis
    1 Jun 2012 | 8:28 am
    Girls in Tech London announces the top 100 women in tech in Europe. Girls in Tech, the international network that seeks to empower and promote women in technology and entrepreneurship, released a ranking of the top 100 women working in tech in Europe. Yes, to all of these female heroes! (and - as media partner of GIT- we will interview them all in our exclusive GIT Interview Series)After receiving hundreds of nominations from across Europe, Girls in Tech and 14 partner judges have selected women from 19 different countries – including the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Norway,…

  • I Dare You: Attend A Women’s Event And Call Us Victims

    Watermark
    1 Jun 2012 | 1:00 am
    A few weeks ago, a major controversy bloomed over Jack Welch’s comments at The Wall Street Journal’s Women in the Economy Conference. His remarks included the following statements: To get ahead, focus laserlike on performanceMentoring programs are a bad idea; everyone on staff should be your mentorSupport groups, such as women’s employee groups, can be likened to “victims’ units,” which the best women tend to avoidThere is no such thing as work-life balance, there are only work-life choices that have consequences you need to acceptread more

  • The NextWomen Book Review: "Even Par. How Golf Helps Women Gain the Upper Hand in Business"

    Bethpitts
    31 May 2012 | 1:00 am
    If Virginia Rometty, CEO of IBM, Can’t Get on the Golf Course, What is the Average Businesswoman to Do?   Virginia Rometty’s exclusion from the member ranks of Augusta is a sad commentary on gender equity in 2012, but it belies a much bigger problem—the exclusion of women from the entrenched social networks that are key to business success.  According to a study by Catalyst, the leading research organization dedicated to expanding opportunities for women and business, 46% of businesswomen cite “exclusion from informal networks” as the single biggest impediment to…

  • Women-Led Companies in Media or Tech Sought for Accelerator Program

    Bethpitts
    30 May 2012 | 1:00 am
    Venture-catalyst Springboard Enterprises is a platform where entrepreneurs, investors, and industry experts meet to build great women-led businesses. Springboard educates, sources, coaches, showcases and supports high growth companies seeking equity capital for expansion. Since 2000, Springboard has helped 480+ women-led companies raise $5.5B in equity financing and offered ongoing support to program participants through access to its vast network of industry experts, investors and seasoned entrepreneurs.read more

  • Nathalie Gaveau to Give Keynote Speech at The NextWomen Summer Kitchen Dinner

    Bethpitts
    29 May 2012 | 1:00 am
    We are delighted to announce the eagerly awaited next event in the hugely popular Kitchen Dinner Series. Nathalie Gaveau (Founder & CEO, Shopcade.com, Co-founder, PriceMinister) will be giving the keynote speech at the Summer Kitchen Dinner, taking place in London on 19th June.The Kitchen Dinner formula is simple: a group of leading, founding and investing women and men will get together for a veritable feast of culinary delights and fine wine in a carefully selected venue in London for an inspiring keynote speech and the chance to exchange ideas with the whole party.read more
 
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  • Covering the UEFA EURO 2012 final tournament

    skyreid
    31 May 2012 | 9:52 am
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  • Short-Term Job Available for a Weekday Publisher / Sub Editor at Demotix

    StephenSidlo
    29 May 2012 | 8:59 am
    Demotix is growing fast. We're looking for a weekday 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 short-term but other roles may come available as we grow. 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. We want someone who understands what we stand for and can really grow with us. read more

  • Scheduled maintenance - NO UPLOAD

    a_c_m
    28 May 2012 | 9:32 am
    29 May, 5:00 - 10:00 BST (GMT+1) Our tech team has been working more hours than are healthy to bring 7 new servers online to power demotix.com! That work is now complete and we are about to smash the champagne over the lot of them... but to do this we need to do some “scheduled maintenance”. We plan to do this tomorrow, starting at 5am and finishing at around 10am (all time UK, BST). During this time, you won’t be able to login, upload or buy images direct from the website. read more

  • Demotix partners with Sudan Tribune

    skyreid
    23 May 2012 | 8:30 am
    Demotix’s Chief Editor/Editorial News Manager Wais Bashir has partnered Demotix with the newly launched Sudan Tribune, a website that has been covering East Africa since 2003, to bring you the latest news from Sudan and South Sudan. read more

  • Seeking information regarding the death of Fabio Polenghi

    skyreid
    23 May 2012 | 8:08 am
    A community member has reached out to us to ask for your help. Fabio Polenghi was shot and killed while covering the Red Shirts protests in Thailand two years ago. Shortly after he was shot, a man who appears to be a reporter took his camera. Fabio's sister would like to find this man, NOT for the equipment itself but to see what the last photographs Fabio took were and to see if the man would be willing to testify to the events of that day. read more
 
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  • Zimmerman back in Sanford to surrender, attorney says

    KYLE HIGHTOWER,Associated Press MIKE SCHNEIDER,Associated Press
    3 Jun 2012 | 6:35 am
    SANFORD, Florida (AP) — George Zimmerman has returned to Florida and will turn himself in to authorities by Sunday’s deadline after a judge revoked his bond in the Trayvon Martin case, an attorney said. Attorney Mark O’Mara announced Zimmerman’s return on his website Sunday, saying Zimmerman arrived late Sunday evening. Zimmerman, who is charged with second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of the 17-year-old Martin, was ordered by a judge Friday to return to jail. The press release on the website said the deadline for his surrender is 2:30 p.m. Sunday. The judge revoked…

  • President Obama gives fifth grader best absence note ever

    theGrio
    2 Jun 2012 | 7:42 pm
    A Minnesota fifth grader will head back to school on Monday with what could be the best absence excuse possible: a note from the president of the United States. Tyler Sullivan attended an official presidential visit to a Honeywell factory in a suburb of Minneapolis on Friday with his dad Ryan, a new employee, who introduced President Obama at the event. By doing so, he missed a day of school. But a note handwritten by the president explaining Tyler’s absence to Mr. Ackerman, who we’re guessing is his homeroom teacher, should more than make up for it. The president wrote:…

  • Donald Trump on birtherism, employs the ‘black friend’ defense

    Joy-Ann Reid
    2 Jun 2012 | 7:30 pm
    Faced with questions over whether his obsession with President Barack Obama’s birth certificate might be based on Obama being black, Donald Trump on Saturday employed a novel defense: he can’t be racist, he just picked a black guy as the “Celebrity Apprentice.” The black guy in question is Arsenio Hall, the former late night talk show host and comedian who won  this season’s “Celebrity Apprentice.“ From NBC’s First Read on Friday: Speaking at the North Carolina GOP Convention, Trump praised Romney for his business experience and promise to…

  • US economy souring, so what’s a Democrat to do?

    DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent
    2 Jun 2012 | 6:12 am
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Five months before the elections, the uneven economic recovery is sputtering and job growth is anemic. Stock prices are down to 2011 levels and news on the European debt front is menacing. What’s a Democrat to do? Ride it out, as President Barack Obama tried to do on Friday in the aftermath of particularly dreary economic reports. “We will come back stronger,” he said in Golden Valley, Minn. “We do have better days ahead.” Or conjure fears of an even worse fate. The Republicans’ “only plan is to hand more tax breaks to…

  • Trayvon Martin case: George Zimmerman faces credibility questions

    KYLE HIGHTOWER, MIKE SCHNEIDER, Associated Press
    2 Jun 2012 | 6:05 am
    SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — The credibility of Trayvon Martin’s shooter could be an issue at trial after a judge said that George Zimmerman and his wife lied to the court about their finances to obtain a bond, legal experts say. That’s because the case hinges on jurors believing his account of what happened the night the 17-year-old was killed. Zimmerman wasn’t charged in the case until more than a month after the shooting, saying he shot Martin in self-defense under Florida’s so-called stand your ground law. Protests were held across the nation, and the case spurred debate…
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    The Faster Times

  • Five Ways To Celebrate National Doughnut Day

    Erik Oster
    1 Jun 2012 | 2:03 pm
    Today is National Doughnut Day. As a good American you are probably thinking to yourself: “I love doughnuts but I haven’t made any plans and National Doughnut Day is already almost over. What can I do to celebrate?” Well, friend, you have options, five of which I’ve outlined below. You’re welcome. I will accept a box of Krispy Kremes for your gratitude. Use Donut Lip Gloss Yes, this exists. Not only is the lip gloss doughnut flavored, but it comes in these ridiculous doughnut-shaped containers. Burn Donut Candles For when you just want the smell of a fresh batch of jelly…

  • Art Show: Valerie Carpender and the National Foundation for Veteran Redeployment

    Kyle Kouri
    1 Jun 2012 | 10:19 am
    I. M., the art dealer, needed a writer. He was curating an event, sponsored by the National Foundation for Veteran Redeployment, that was showing artist/model Valerie Carpender’s work. NFVR is a nonprofit helping veterans establish sustainable careers after their tours of duty. Valerie’s art is inspired by her life in the modeling industry. M. said, “There will be veterans. And models.” An intriguing pair, I thought. “An open bar, too.” I met Valerie on Thursday afternoon in the founder of NFVR’s New York loft, where the show was being held later that night. She was in New…

  • An Apple is Not Okay

    Deborah Gordon
    1 Jun 2012 | 9:07 am
    As I said in my last blog, simple rules don’t always translate to simple implementation. The straightforward principles of our Weight Loss Eating Plan are not difficult to explain. Presented with the plan, some people can cut grains and sugar out of their diet with relief rather than resistance. They finally have permission to eat the meat and fat they crave, and their joints no longer hurt. With this set of instructions, success rates in my practice are higher than ever before, but success is not universal. Other people struggle with the concepts, the implementation or both.

  • High Jinks at the Ballet: “The Bright Stream” Returns to A.B.T.

    Marina Harss
    30 May 2012 | 5:18 pm
    The ballet season in New York is in full swing; at this point, there is no hope of keeping up with the many dance options around town. New York City Ballet, usually the last bastion of abstract ballets–no plot, just dance–is throwing down the gauntlet to the more theatrically-inclined American Ballet Theatre by putting on a few storybook evenings of its own. Last week it was “Double Feature,” an homage to silent films by the Broadway veteran Susan Stroman. (Next week, the company brings back Balanchine’s magical “Midsummer Night’s Dream,” just weeks before A.B.T.

  • Weight Loss Miracle of the Week

    Deborah Gordon
    30 May 2012 | 10:06 am
    Every week in the health news, there is at least one story that strives to unravel the mysteries of weight loss. One week dark chocolate claims effectiveness in normalizing weight, what will it be next week? News outlets love this kind of story because people are, pardon the pun, hungry for some serious answers. The problem is that the reigning wisdom about weight loss (Eat less! Exercise more!) is exactly what we’ve all been hearing for decades while we watch our national waistline get bigger and bigger. The only thing that is clear is that evidently it’s not clear to most of us…
 
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    LA Weekly | News

  • Richard Alarcon: Good Riddance and Hello

    31 May 2012 | 12:00 am
    There's plenty in the two-decades-long relationship between term-limited-out Los Angeles City Councilman Richard Alarcon and his northeast San Fernando Valley constituents that a political analyst might find dysfunctional. As popular as term limits are among voters, who say they want fresh...

  • Howard Berman's Last Stand

    31 May 2012 | 12:00 am
    The chickens are coming home to roost for U.S. Rep. Howard Berman and his little brother, Michael. For four decades, the Berman brothers dominated California's backroom gerrymandering — a much-pilloried process in which politicians drew up their own voting districts in order to guarantee vi...

  • Finally: Gay Bullying Gets Recognized as a Civil Rights Issue

    31 May 2012 | 12:00 am
    Bottle-blond bangs swept over one eye — this, the other boys whispered, was not a man's haircut. One of them — a popular, handsome specimen — grew particularly incensed at his classmate's new look. He formed a posse and found a pair of scissors. After locating the blond boy, the...

  • Eric Bauman v. Gloria Romero in Assembly District 46

    31 May 2012 | 12:00 am
    It is truly a curiosity of the June 5 primary that an obscure California state Assembly race in the San Fernando Valley has become a proxy war over which wing of the Democratic Party controls school reform in America. "This is a battle for the heart and soul of the Democratic Party," says ...

  • Comments: Race to the Finish

    31 May 2012 | 12:00 am
    Last week's paper was a hotbed of controversy — everyone was pissed off about something! For starters, readers had lots to say about our take on the battle between Betsy Butler and Torie Osborn in the new Assembly District 50 in Sacramento ("Democratic War for L.A.'s Richest," by Pat...
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    InToon.com: Keefe Editorial Cartoons

  • - Syria Targets Children

    1 Jun 2012 | 1:00 am
    TITLE: Syria Targets Children PUBLICATION DATE: Fri, 01 Jun 2012 KEYWORDS: syria, assad, children, massacre, rebel, civil, war Editorial cartoon by Mike Keefe of the Denver Post

  • - 21st Century Playground

    25 May 2012 | 1:00 am
    TITLE: 21st Century Playground PUBLICATION DATE: Fri, 25 May 2012 KEYWORDS: 21st, century, playground, text, social, media, children, facebook, twitter Editorial cartoon by Mike Keefe of the Denver Post

  • - Domestic Drone Spying

    18 May 2012 | 1:00 am
    TITLE: Domestic Drone Spying PUBLICATION DATE: Fri, 18 May 2012 KEYWORDS: drone, spy, domestic, surveillance, privacy, security Editorial cartoon by Mike Keefe of the Denver Post

  • - Obama on Same-Sex Marriage

    10 May 2012 | 1:00 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 | 1:00 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
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    LA Weekly | Complete Issue

  • Finally: Gay Bullying Gets Recognized as a Civil Rights Issue

    31 May 2012 | 12:00 am
    Bottle-blond bangs swept over one eye — this, the other boys whispered, was not a man's haircut. One of them — a popular, handsome specimen — grew particularly incensed at his classmate's new look. He formed a posse and found a pair of scissors. After locating the blond boy, the...

  • Howard Berman's Last Stand

    31 May 2012 | 12:00 am
    The chickens are coming home to roost for U.S. Rep. Howard Berman and his little brother, Michael. For four decades, the Berman brothers dominated California's backroom gerrymandering — a much-pilloried process in which politicians drew up their own voting districts in order to guarantee vi...

  • Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

    31 May 2012 | 12:00 am
    Thursday, May 31 The New Beverly continues with its David Lynch retrospective, screening his most recent feature, the nightmarish, three-hour Inland Empire. It stars Lynch favorite Laura Dern as an actress for whom reality becomes...

  • Eric Bauman v. Gloria Romero in Assembly District 46

    31 May 2012 | 12:00 am
    It is truly a curiosity of the June 5 primary that an obscure California state Assembly race in the San Fernando Valley has become a proxy war over which wing of the Democratic Party controls school reform in America. "This is a battle for the heart and soul of the Democratic Party," says ...

  • Children of Paradise in a New Restoration

    31 May 2012 | 12:00 am
    What's left to be said about Marcel Carné's towering, intimate epic of early 19th–century love and the lives of performers, often heralded as the greatest French film of all time? That Children of Paradise, being shown at the Playhouse and Royal theaters June 1-7 in a new 4K...
 
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    Wildfire Today

  • Video of the BAe-146 jet air tanker dropping on Whitewater-Baldy fire

    Bill Gabbert
    2 Jun 2012 | 8:56 am
    Video of the BAe-146 jet air tanker dropping on Whitewater-Baldy fire Here is the description that the Southwest Area Type 1 Incident Management Team posted with the video on May 30, which is titled Tanker 40-Bae-146 Retardant Drop Whitewater-Baldy Fire: Air Tanker puts down a line of fire retardant on Whitewater-Baldy Fire off of the 141 road. This drop was to help pretreat the north side of the road so fire crews could do their burn out on the south side of the road. It’s not a great shot of the air tanker, but if you look carefully you can see two engines hanging below the right…

  • Idaho man charged for shooting helicopter which was flying on prescribed fire

    Bill Gabbert
    2 Jun 2012 | 5:08 am
    Idaho man charged for shooting helicopter which was flying on prescribed fire An Idaho man has been charged with shooting at and hitting a helicopter that was being used for aerial ignition on a prescribed fire in the fall of 2010. As Wildfire Today told you then, the pilot was 69-year old Vietnam War veteran Earl Palmer, operating the ship for Hillcrest Aircraft Company out of Lewiston, Idaho, assigned to a prescribed fire near Clarkia in Shoshone County Mr. Palmer said there were four shots, two of which struck the helicopter. He was quoted as saying that a control tube was struck and…

  • Tim Allen in a 1994 fire prevention message

    Bill Gabbert
    2 Jun 2012 | 4:48 am
    Tim Allen in a 1994 fire prevention message Do you remember how in 1994 Tim Allen told us to avoid starting fires with power tools? Neither do I, but here is a blast from the past, courtesy of CAL FIRE. Wildfire Today - News and commentary about wildland fire

  • It is our 4th Twitter birthday

    Bill Gabbert
    2 Jun 2012 | 3:14 am
    It is our 4th Twitter birthday Today, June 2, is our Twitter birthday — our first Tweet was exactly four years ago. Since then we have sent out 3,895 messages on Twitter, which is an average of 2.7 a day. We don’t blast out tons of messages, but try to limit them to stuff that is actually interesting. So if you want to follow us, we won’t fill up your Twitter inbox with drivel. If you are not already one of our 2,252 followers (whom we really appreciate!) check us out at Twitter.com/wildfiretoday. Wildfire Today - News and commentary about wildland fire

  • Wildfire potential, June through September, 2012

    Bill Gabbert
    1 Jun 2012 | 4:12 pm
    Wildfire potential, June through September, 2012 The Predictive Services section at the National Interagency Fire Center has issued their National Wildland Significant Fire Potential Outlook for June through September, 2012. If it is correct, firefighters in portions of Nevada, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Minnesota, Michigan, Hawaii, Oregon, Idaho, and Utah could be busier than usual. Significant Fire Potential Above Normal Significant Fire Potential is expected across most of the interior mountains and foothills of Southern California; the Sierras; much of…
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    Salon.com

  • Your words matter

    3 Jun 2012 | 8:00 am
    Everyone’s had the experience of leaving a conversation feeling frustrated, convinced the other person didn’t understand a word of what they were saying. Whether it’s a bad meeting with a coworker or an argument with a spouse, ineffective or negative communication may lead to more than just a bad day; new research has shown that it can change the neural pathways in our brains and foster long-lasting negativity. On the other hand, there’s evidence to suggest that positive words expressing values such as kindness and respect can go a long way toward building a better brain.That’s the…

  • Anonymous strikes back

    3 Jun 2012 | 6:00 am
    Excerpted from "WE ARE ANONYMOUS: Inside the Hacker World of LulzSec, Anonymous, and the Global Cyber Insurgency" by Parmy Olson.Across America on February 6, 2011, millions of people were settling into their couches, splitting open bags of nachos and spilling beer into plastic cups in preparation for the year’s biggest sporting event. On that Super Bowl Sunday, during which the Green Bay Packers conquered the Pittsburgh Steelers, a digital security executive named Aaron Barr watched helplessly as seven people whom he’d never met turned his world upside down. Super Bowl Sunday was the day…

  • A BDSM blacklist

    2 Jun 2012 | 6:00 pm
    The accusations range from "he told me I didn't need a safe word" to "[they] inserted a knife into my vagina without getting my permission." In recent months, allegations of sexual abuse in the BDSM community have popped up on Fetlife, which is basically Facebook for the kinky community. But site administrators have begun to remove message board posts that actually name names, igniting a debate over whether it's right to publicly reveal the identity of alleged abusers and about how to best deal with BDSM crimes that many survivors are resistant to take to police.Earlier this year, I reported…

  • Our new era of anxiety

    2 Jun 2012 | 3:00 pm
    Fears, worries, and apprehensions are painful and ubiquitous aspects of human existence, whether they are common or idiosyncratic, specific or diffuse, rational or irrational. Studies of the U.S. population indicate that the most common forms of psychiatric disturbances by far are various fears that, when intense, psychiatry currently classifies as “anxiety disorders”: fear of public speaking, heights, or meeting new people; fear of snakes or rodents; and many other conditions where people experience intense anxiety.Moreover, it might seem as if a startling increase in the number of…

  • Paul Krugman, European celebrity

    2 Jun 2012 | 12:00 pm
    Paul Krugman is not a name you’d expect to see plastered onto the sides of Madrid’s buses. But last we heard, his Spanish publisher was planning to use the rolling billboards to sell the Nobel laureate’s new book, “End This Depression Now.” Titled “¡Acabad ya con esta crisis!" in Spanish, it’s already in its fourth printing in a country where more than 50 percent of workers under 25 cannot find a job. They know firsthand why Krugman calls it “economic suicide” to cut public spending massively when the economy is taking a nosedive. Germans, who tend to see such cuts as only…
 
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    FBR - News

  • Recycled Energy Development to set up CHP projects at Dean Foods

    1 Jun 2012 | 5:23 am
    Recycled Energy Development (RED) has announced that it has won a contract to set up combined heat and power (CHP) projects at Dean Foods’ facilities in City of Industry, California, and Franklin, Massachusetts.

  • G Willi-Food Q1 sales up 4.6%

    1 Jun 2012 | 5:10 am
    G Willi-Food International, an Israel-based kosher food company, has reported that its sales for the first quarter of 2012 increased 4.6% to NIS73.7m ($ 19.8m), compared to the first quarter of 2011.

  • HPA reports increase in gastrointestinal infection cases in UK

    1 Jun 2012 | 5:09 am
    The UK’s Health Protection Agency (HPA) has reported that it is investigating a recent increase in cases of the gastrointestinal infection – cryptosporidiosis.

  • Wendy's launches Berry Almond Chicken Salad

    1 Jun 2012 | 3:24 am
    Wendy's, the quick-service hamburger company, has launched seasonal Berry Almond Chicken Salad in the US, just in time for summer.

  • AarhusKarlshamn acquires Crown-Foods

    1 Jun 2012 | 3:21 am
    AarhusKarlshamn (AAK), a Swedish-Danish producer of high value-added specialty vegetable oils and fats, has acquired Crown-Foods, a Scandinavian market leader producing sauces and dressings for food service customers.
 
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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 | 2:45 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 | 12:11 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 | 12:39 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 | 2:18 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 | 8:39 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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    Odd News | newslite.tv

  • BBC use game logo for United Nations Security Council

    30 May 2012 | 5:13 pm
    When BBC News needed an image to represent the United Nations Security Council on the News at One bulletin they presumably did an image search to find the logo … unfortunately they didn't do it too well.We know this because rather than used the actual logo for the United Nations Security Council, they ended up using logo of the fictitious United Nations Space Command from Microsoft's Halo computer game.So while Sophie Raworth talked about Amnesty International's criticism of the UN, the image behind her was one for United Nations Space Command. Oops.A BBC spokesperson said: "BBC News makes…

  • Maru the Japanese cat celebrates his birthday

    30 May 2012 | 5:01 pm
    We've previously met Maru, the Japanese cat who became an internet star by modeling haircuts with the aid of a cardboard box. Videos of the hit moggie have each been viewed more than a million times and he has more than 10,000 Facebook fans and 15,000 followers on Twitter.So when it became time to celebrate his 4th birthday, there was only one way to do it… with a compilation video featuring his highlights of the past 12 months.As such you can see him fighting himself in a mirror and playing with paper bags and cardboard boxes. Happy Birthday Maru!

  • Would you use salt made from tears on your food?

    28 May 2012 | 5:52 pm
    A range of salts said to be collected from crying humans experiencing a range of emotions have gone on sale in London, for you to season your food.The £7 salts - sold by Hoxton Street Monster Supplies - is billed as coming from tears of sorrow, tears shed while sneezing, tears shed while chopping onions, tears of laughter, and tears of anger.Each salt is said to distinctly different flavour and could certainly add an interesting element to your next dinner party.A spokesperson said: "Salt Made From Tears combines centuries-old craft with the freshest human tears which are gently boiled,…

  • Mark Zuckerberg makes accidental cameo on Chinese TV

    28 May 2012 | 5:46 pm
    Eagle-eyed viewers have spotted Mark Zuckerberg and his new wife Priscilla Chan making an accidental cameo appearance in a Chinese TV documentary.The pair - who had been strolling through Shanghai on March 27 - were filmed by a crew from China Central Television filming and episode of Chinese Police.A grinning Zuckerberg can be seen looking at two uniformed officers who are walking in front of him.

  • Police called to zombie staggering by canal

    28 May 2012 | 5:42 pm
    When police in West Yorkshire were called out to reports of a man covered in blood staggering close to a canal, they didn't know what to expect.But when they got to the scene in Wakefield, they couldn't believe their eyes … because the 'injured' man was actually an actor filming a zombie movie.Cops had initially been dispatched when a member of the public had spotted the zombie at around 7.45pm in the evening. An ambulance was also sent out.But the soon discovered what was really happening and tweeted: "PC Saxon and PC Winfield have attended the canal between Stanley Ferry and Eastmoor in…
 
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    Information Is Beautiful

  • Final Call for Entries to our Infoviz Awards

    david
    29 May 2012 | 2:34 pm
    The final entry date for our visualization awards is 31st May.If you haven’t already submitted some work, here are five reasons to enter:1) Entries will be judged by a stellar jury which includes Brian Eno. 2) There’s over $30,000 in prize-money to be handed out. 3) It’s the world’s first global information visualization awards. 4) Longlisted entries will be exhibited online. 5) It only costs $10 to enter.Submit your entry now.And feel free to nominate any pieces of work you think should be entered. Comment below or email.Big thanks to Kantar for such a generous prize…

  • Chicks rule?

    david
    22 May 2012 | 3:35 pm
    Back in 2010 we calculated there were 74 million more women on social networks than men. We’ve had a fresh look at the data. In the age of Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram, do chicks still rule?» See the new diagram » See the old diagram DESIGN: David McCandless RESEARCH: Dan Hampson ADDITIONAL DESIGN: Piero Zagami, Tatjana Dubovina SOURCE: Google Ad Planner DATA: BIT.LY/CHICKSRULE

  • Brian Eno to judge our $30,000 data visualization awards

    david
    12 Apr 2012 | 1:20 am
    So we’re running the world’s first global awards, celebrating excellence in data visualizations, infographics and information art. Yeah!Kind sponsors Kantar have laid $30,000 on the table to reward the winners and celebrate the field.Who are the judges?Excitingly, we’re super-honoured to welcome Brian Eno to our judging panel. He joins senior curator at the MoMA Paola Antonelli, The Guardian Datablog’s editor Simon Rogers and um, myself David McCandless.Here’s the complete roll call. See their bios and details. Yes, the final judge is you! We’ll be inviting you…

  • Rhetological Fallacies

    david
    27 Mar 2012 | 9:57 am
    A brain-blending categorisation and visualisation of errors and manipulations of rhetoric and logical thinking. How many do you use?The word ‘rhetological’ is made up. Just so I can munge two types of entity: rhetorical techniques and logical fallacies.Both are used heavily by institutional powers – governments, religions, political parties, across the entire spectrum to sway opinion, confuse and obfuscate. And, unfortunately, we internalise them, like bad habits, into our own decision-making and mental processes.How many you recognise? Or use?UPDATE 11th April: We now have…

  • 3D Infographic Projection Mapping in Grand Central Station!

    david
    26 Mar 2012 | 8:58 am
    Fancy seeing the world’s first 3D projection-mapped infographic animations?Along with ad agency DDB London and the Financial Times, we helped gather data and shape some of the stories for three short infographic films which will be projection-mapped on the inside of Grand Central Station in New York! Go see!(Projection-mapping throws a 3D model of an environment or space back on itself in order to pull off some incredible visual effects).I’ve not seen the finished films yet. They’ll be unveiled tomorrow (Tuesday 27th March) and run continuously for three days. Hashtag #FTGW.
 
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    Top News

  • Myanmar, China good friends: Suu Kyi

    1 Jun 2012 | 11:19 pm
    Myanmar and China will become even better friends as the Southeast Asian country deepens its political and economic reforms, leader of Myanmar's opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) party Aung San Suu Kyi said here Friday.

  • Romney outsourced jobs to India: Obama campaign

    1 Jun 2012 | 10:39 pm
    With the US presidential campaign heating up, President Barack Obama's re-election team targeted his Republican rival Mitt Romney, alleging that he outsourced jobs to India when he was Governor of Massachusetts.

  • US welcomes UNHRC resolution on Syria

    1 Jun 2012 | 10:37 pm
    The US has welcomed the UN Human Rights Council's resolution that called for an independent probe into the massacre in the Syrian town of Houla where more than 100 people were killed last week.

  • Egypt: Verdict today; Mubarak may face death penalty

    1 Jun 2012 | 10:32 pm
    An Egyptian court may announce its verdict on Saturday in the landmark trial of ousted president Hosni Mubarak, 15 months after a popular mass uprising forced him out of power.

  • DA case: Court to pronounce order on Jagan 's bail plea

    1 Jun 2012 | 2:59 am
    A special court here today will decide on the bail plea filed by YSR Congress leader Jaganmohan Reddy, who is currently in jail in connection with the alleged disproportionate assets case.
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    Bahamas Press

  • Bahamas Press page discontinued on Facebook…

    media
    2 Jun 2012 | 7:26 pm
    Dear Reader, After years of building our page on Facebook, the social media site has decided to cancel our page and has given it over to some fictitious group/person. We at Bahamas Press apologize to all our readers for the inconvenience caused. We advise readers that we have made an editorial decision to decline further use of the social media and regret the loss to our over fourteen thousand friends there. We advise all readers of Bahamas Press that news, updates and information can be found on www.bahamaspress.com as we provide up-to-the-minute breaking news in and around the Bahamas. We…

  • Young woman takes former FNM MP on wild sex ride?

    media
    2 Jun 2012 | 1:00 pm
    Former Cabinet Minister in big row with his brother-in-law over sweetheart Nassau, Bahamas — Bahamas Press has damming information breaking out of the Free National Movement that saw the crashing defeat of a former minister in the government. BP can tell you a war has now erupted in the former minister’s family, where it is discovered he is cheating on his wife. Sources are scratching their heads and are left wondering how the former MP lost his election bid in the party last week, but details now reaching BP are revealing shocking details. We can report the brother-in-law of the…

  • Man detained for murder, rape and arm robbery escapes police and shoot officer

    media
    2 Jun 2012 | 11:41 am
    This man of NASSAU VILLAGE Reginald Chase is described as having dark brown complexion, medium built and stands at 5’10” tall. Police on high alert for 25-year-old Reginald Chase Nassau, Bahamas – A manhunt is now underway for 25-year-old Reginald Chase after he escaped the Princess Margaret Hospital early this morning and shot a police officer to make good his getaway. Chase, who was under arrest for armed robbery, rape and murder, was at PMH for medical attention when he asked to use the restroom. It was then when he, with one hand free of cuffs, snatched the officer’s revolver…

  • Former Worker’s Party Leader Rodney Moncur goes MIA – What happen to DNA?!

    media
    1 Jun 2012 | 7:02 pm
    PLP marched and line the streets in the thousands to greet the country's new Prime Minister Perry G. Christie as he marched with workers Labour Day. It was the first time a Prime Minister marched with workers in years... DNA leader Branville McCartney and Rodney Moncur at the DNA's Grill and Chill last year. Where were the DNA and FNM on LABOUR DAY? Nassau, Bahamas — Is he well? Or was he afraid to dawn his ‘dingy’ red t-shirt? After leading the Worker’s Party for many, many years, Comrade Rodney Moncur was invisible on Labour Day. “It’s UNBELIVABLE! In fact, his DNA…

  • New FNM Chairman failed to get supporters out to support workers?

    media
    1 Jun 2012 | 4:14 pm
    Poor showing for the FNM at the Labour Day 2012 parade. Nassau, Bahamas – Hardcore FNMs are expressing concern following the dismal turnout of supporters at the annual Labour Day march. Bahamas Press is reporting less than 60 supporters showed up for the parade this morning, which led its way up the East Street hill. One hardcore supporter told BP, “I am disappointed at the poor turnout by FNMs, who were called upon by our new Chairman to stand ready over a week ago for the event. It is clear no one listened to the Pillsbury who has his own personal problems and cannot handle the…
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    The New Yorker

  • Emily Nussbaum: “Doctor Who,” “Community,” and cult TV fans.

    Emily Nussbaum
    27 May 2012 | 9:00 pm
    The NBC series “Community” was created by Dan Harmon, a mad scientist of sitcoms—so divisive a figure that he was just run out of town by his own studio. (The show was re-upped for a fourth season, but Harmon was replaced with new showrunners.) Even . . .

  • Alex Ross: Two heirs to Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.

    Alex Ross
    27 May 2012 | 9:00 pm
    The German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, who died on May 18th, at the age of eighty-six, loomed so large in the world of classical music that he became something like a city monument—a statue that no longer fully registers with the crowds hurrying by. His death came . . . (Subscription required.)

  • Ursula K. Le Guin: The gender gap in science fiction.

    Ursula K. Le Guin
    27 May 2012 | 9:00 pm
    For a long time, critics and English professors declared that science fiction wasn’t literature. Most of them spoke from the modernist-realist basis of never having read any science fiction since they were twelve. They were comfortable with a judgment that allowed them to remain both superior and . . . (Subscription required.)

  • Books: Thomas Penn’s “Winter King” review.

    newyorker.com
    27 May 2012 | 9:00 pm
    In this exhaustively researched and often engrossing history of Henry VII, the founder of the Tudor line, Penn sees Henry’s reign as being marked by a “taint of illegitimacy”—his predecessor, Richard III, having been deposed and killed in battle. Henry worked to shore up . . . (Subscription required.)

  • Theatre: Summer Preview.

    newyorker.com
    27 May 2012 | 9:00 pm
    goatTitle-->GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY Shakespeare in the Park celebrates its fiftieth year at the Delacorte with two shows: first, the comedy “As You Like It,” starring Lily Rabe, Stephen Spinella, and Oliver Platt and directed by Daniel Sullivan, with an original bluegrass score by Steve Martin (June 5-30 . . .
 
 
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  • Prague Fringe starts its second decade

    Raymond Johnston
    1 Jun 2012 | 5:31 am
    This year, the Prague Fringe Festival goes up to 11 — at least, it is the 11th edition of the alternative theater festival. read more

  • Ex-Czech EU Affairs minister charged

    Brian Kenety
    1 Jun 2012 | 3:24 am
    Czech career diplomat Juraj Chmiel, a former minister for European Affairs, has been charged in connection with contracts he signed off on when ambassador to Australia, the Czech daily Právo reported on Friday, citing an unidentified source close to the investigation. read more

  • Czech PMI at near 3-year low in May

    Brian Kenety
    1 Jun 2012 | 1:16 am
    Czech manufacturing new orders dropped sharply in May contributing to “the greatest overall worsening in business conditions in the goods-producing sector since August 2009,” an industry gauge said Friday. read more

  • Brussels rebuffs ‘free’ Czech carbon allowances bid

    Chris Johnstone
    31 May 2012 | 9:58 pm
    A series of Czech power companies will not be receiving the “free” emissions allocation they have been counting on after the European Commission rebuffed aspects of the Ministry of Environment’s multi-billion crown bid. read more

  • Crepuscular: the ruins of modern times

    Michael Stein
    31 May 2012 | 6:59 am
    The depiction of ruins has a prominent place in the history of European art. From the Renaissance artists who sketched the crumbling remnants of Ancient Rome to the Romantic era’s painters who never missed a chance to paint an atmospheric and abandoned castle set off against a foreboding sky, artists have led the way in expanding the definition of beauty. read more
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  • Arts & Letters Daily (03 Jun 2012)

    2 Jun 2012 | 9:00 pm
    Some are green, some have fangs, some have no bodies at all. But when it comes to aliens, only this matters: Can we coexist or not?... more August Strindberg was a novelist, painter, alchemist, and believer in the occult. He was also a feminist, but his relationships with women foundered... more What is the lesson of culture? That it is a precious but precarious inheritance, more difficult to achieve than destroy. And once destroyed, it's irretrievable... more

  • Arts & Letters Daily (02 Jun 2012)

    1 Jun 2012 | 9:00 pm
    Some are green, some have fangs, some have no bodies at all. But when it comes to aliens, only this matters: Can we coexist or not?... more August Strindberg was a novelist, painter, alchemist, and believer in the occult. He was also a feminist, but his relationships with women foundered... more What is the lesson of culture? That it is a precious but precarious inheritance, more difficult to achieve than destroy. And once destroyed, it's irretrievable... more

  • Arts & Letters Daily (01 Jun 2012)

    31 May 2012 | 9:00 pm
    Why did Neandertals die off while humans survived? Our species may owe a giant debt of gratitude to our four-legged best friends... more Immortal ennui. Does eternal life sound appealing? Well, it isn't. In fact, it's a bad idea. Living forever isn't good for your soul...more Linguists vs. The New Yorker. Language conventions are desirable, even if all of them are arbitrary and many are spurious. Steven Pinker explains.. more

  • Arts & Letters Daily (31 May 2012)

    30 May 2012 | 9:00 pm
    Amazon's world. The book industry's woes are largely self-inflicted. "This is a business run by English majors, not business majors"... more Slang exists to communicate identity and attitude, not meaning. Terms can be witty and appealing, but those who use slang often are not... more Can a literary interview be a weapon? What if the magazine in which it appears - The Paris Review - is part of a CIA-financed campaign of psychological warfare?... more

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    29 May 2012 | 9:00 pm
    The "happy novel" is an oxymoron; the suburban novel is out of touch. What Americans want is to read about the end times... more The devaluation of ideas and intellectual tradition is real. One symptom: Colleges are in the midst of a fiscal, ethical, even existential crisis... more Psychology's most misunderstood visionary. B.F. Skinner's ideas about behavior modification have been maligned as morally bankrupt, even fascist. A bum rap?... more
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  • Thailand's largest refugee camp welcomes Aung San Suu Kyi - CNN

    3 Jun 2012 | 1:50 am
    CTV.caThailand's largest refugee camp welcomes Aung San Suu KyiCNNMae Sot, Thailand (CNN) -- In a valley in the misty hills of Mae Sot sits Thailand's largest refugee camp -- a maze of mud alleyways stuffed with bamboo and wood huts. The camp is filled with people who fled Myanmar before the country's regime signaled ...Myanmar sees the dawn of the opinion pollAFPAung San Suu Kyi asks for help to meet Burma's needsBBC NewsSuu Kyi returns home after 1st trip in 24 yearsFox Newsall 1,934 news articles »

  • Divided Egypt Awaits Mubarak Verdict

    3 Jun 2012 | 1:50 am
    The verdict in former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's murder and corruption trial is expected on Saturday, at an especially volatile moment in the country's transition from his reign.

  • Poll Monitors Stand By in Egypt

    3 Jun 2012 | 1:50 am
    Independent poll monitors including Jimmy Carters' Carter Center have raised concerns about the first round of Egypt's presidential election and few believe the outlook will change for the runoff, but no foreign observer has threatened to pull out of the process.

  • UK hostage recovering after rescue - The Guardian

    3 Jun 2012 | 1:50 am
    CBC.caUK hostage recovering after rescueThe GuardianHelen Johnston, 28, was dramatically rescued on Saturday in an early morning raid following her 12-day ordeal. Prime Minister David Cameron later commended the soldiers who carried out the "extraordinarily brave, breath-taking" operation and returned ...Hostage recovers after rescue dramaThe Press AssociationAfghanistan: Aid workers saved after death threatKTAR.comFour kidnapped aid workers freed in AfghanistanBBC NewsLos Angeles Times -Washington Postall 986 news articles »

  • Plane Crash in Ghana's Capital Kills 10

    3 Jun 2012 | 1:50 am
    A spokesman for Ghana's fire service says at least 10 people died when a cargo plane crashed in the country's capital.
 
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  • Natural and Simple Ways on How to Stop Babies Cough

    kim
    30 May 2012 | 7:11 am
    Whenever your infant boils down having a cough, you desire to do anything you may to make your little one more comfortable. However, simultaneously, you do not wish to get over-the-counter medicine, because you will find generally unwanted effects as well as chemical substances which you like not to really reveal your infant in the event that it may be prevented. In addition, current research showed that cough syrups tend to be useless and the sugars that included in these kinds of medicines may even extend sickness. Fortunately you will find a number of natural treatments that you can try on…

  • Simple Ways on How to Get a Diabetes Test

    ivory
    30 May 2012 | 7:03 am
    The normal life of the person coping with the persistent sickness like diabetes has already been filled with problems. However, the scenario may become even more complicated when paying for the correct tool is really a battle. The majority of diabetes sufferers must purchase several trips to their doctor with regard to blood function as well as examinations, and also the medicines needed in many cases are very costly.  How to get a diabetes test is really something to consider of especially if you are battling with this kind of condition. The truly higher expenses come into play whenever an…

  • Five Simple Steps on How to Fix Auto Transmission

    kim
    24 May 2012 | 3:59 am
    You will be able to perform a Do-It-Yourself maintenance with regard to typical automated transmission difficulties of your car. Contemporary vehicles have automatic transmission and therefore, these types of problems are extremely typical as well as costly. Knowing how to fix auto transmission difficulties, you will decrease your costs and when the concern requires an auto technician, you will prevent becoming overcharged. The important thing components in an automatic transmission program will be the bell real estate, the actual gears, the transmission liquid, and also the filtration…

  • Three Ways on How to Find Out if You Have Diabetes

    Jaybee
    24 May 2012 | 3:56 am
    It is difficult to express for sure the number of people in America suffered from diabetes because it has been believed that as much as 6. 3 million individuals are undiscovered that they have this kind of disease. You may be diabetic if you are too much dehydrated as well as starving constantly, urinate often, experience uncommon pounds obtain or even weight reduction, really feel worn out to absolutely no cause at all, generally endure nausea or vomiting, possess blurry eyesight, create genital or even Candida bacterial infections, have dried out mouth area, consider quite a long time to…

  • Simple Ways on How to Cope When a Loved Ones Has Cancer

    kim
    23 May 2012 | 6:54 am
    Of all kinds of diseases, cancer is promoting the meaning to as being a deadly phrase, by itself. It is a solitary phrase that individuals have feared completely and not actually jokingly it. It is a severe issue, and when the one you love may be identified to become getting this illness, this is often a very hard trip for you personally, if you do not go gently with bravery. That is why you must know on how to cope when a loved one has cancer so that you can aid them to be braved as well with their condition. Most cancers or even what must people called cancerous neoplasm is really a…
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    Bible Prophecy Blog

  • Israel Won't Be Fooled by Iran

    BibleProphecyBlog.com
    2 Jun 2012 | 1:05 pm
    By Chad Groening OneNewsNow.com Unlike the United States, the former mayor of an Israeli village says his home country is not naïve enough to accept Iran's claim that it is pursuing a nuclear program for "peaceful" purposes.President Obama recently sent word to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameni that the United States can accept a peaceful Iranian nuclear program. That led to the

  • This Week on 'The Hal Lindsey Report'

    BibleProphecyBlog.com
    2 Jun 2012 | 10:43 am
    By Hal Lindsey The Hal Lindsey Report Several recent archaeological discoveries in Israel have confirmed the veracity of the Scriptures.The journal, "International Geology Review," recently reported on an investigation of earthquake activity around the Dead Sea, just a few miles east of Jerusalem. Geophysicists studied three core samples taken from the shores of the Dead Sea that offered

  • The Harbinger—A Matter of Critical Discernment

    BibleProphecyBlog.com
    1 Jun 2012 | 9:46 am
    By T. A. McMahon The Berean Call The Harbinger is a novel that is becoming very popular among both Christians and non-Christians, even reaching the top of the New York Times best-seller list at this writing. What makes it worthy of review, like other books that we have addressed is that it offers an important opportunity for believers to exercise critical discernment. In this case,

  • The Duel Covenant Fallacy

    BibleProphecyBlog.com
    31 May 2012 | 1:41 pm
    By Dr. Todd D. Baker B'rit Hadashah Ministries Q. My wife and I are born-again evangelicals with a heart for Israel. However, we disagree on a very important point: Romans 11:26. She believes this to mean that the Jewish people do not need to accept Jesus before they die, that the Jewish people have a different covenant with God by which they will be in Heaven.Can you help me show her that

  • Natural Gas Could Overtake Coal if Well Managed

    BibleProphecyBlog.com
    31 May 2012 | 9:57 am
    By Dr. Chuck Missler Koinonia House Drill deep into beds of shale, direct the drill to move horizontally, offer a few small, shale-cracking explosions, pump in water, sand, and chemicals, and pump out enough natural gas to give the Middle East and Russian gas some serious competition. If its production is not stymied by environmental concerns, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said
 
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  • How To Check The Transmission Fluid Of A Truck

    stevesmart
    2 Jun 2012 | 12:22 am
    Vehicles are usually made up of many parts. Each of them must operate properly so as to ensure that it runs properly. One example of these parts is the gear box. When people come across the word gear box, they first think of knob that is move around when the vehicle is being driven. However, it is a very complex system of gears and levers that facilitate movement of all the wheels. Therefore, it is important that it is kept in good condition. That is why one must check the transmission fluid regularly. The gear system is the part that balances the way power is transferred to the wheels.

  • Hassle Free Cheap Flights

    abbyjpinckney920l
    2 Jun 2012 | 12:20 am
    Looking for vacation or trip of any type can rapidly become expensive and hard to coordinate on multiple levels. For under various circumstances, there are various purchases required and also numerous decisions to make that will be carefully coordinated and planned. Passengers who are contemplating this procedure need to be knowledgeable in easily purchasing cheap flights to be certain they receive as much as possible from their cost saving efforts. Looking for vacation or trip of any type can rapidly become expensive and hard to coordinate on multiple levels. For under various circumstances,…

  • Use The Proper Coolant For Your Pickup Truck

    stevesmart
    2 Jun 2012 | 12:19 am
    As a vehicle runs, the engines parts experience a lot of friction. This leads to the production of excess heat that might damage the parts. Furthermore, it makes the truck uncomfortable to travel in. It is due to these reasons that you should use the proper coolant in your vehicle. Coolants have several functions in the vehicle. When the weather is hot, they remove heat from the combustion area. This prevents the engine from overheating. When it is cold, for example during winter, they keep the engine running by maintain the heat that is produced by the engine. Moreover, they help eliminate…

  • Garden Maintenance for Pampering Your Gardens:

    Henry Smalling
    2 Jun 2012 | 12:18 am
    A garden with good landscaping is not only attractive but relaxing. All houses do not have space for a garden, but those who have are lucky ones then try to make it appealing. A garden with good landscaping is not only attractive but relaxing. All houses do not have space for a garden, but those who have are lucky ones then try to make it appealing. It will add a fresh look and good ventilation to your surroundings. And it is even nice to have a garden tour with a pleasing landscape. Garden design is something is needs creativity. Depending on the rigors of your timetable, you want to be sure…

  • Orthopedic Care : What it Takes

    Adam Jones.
    2 Jun 2012 | 12:17 am
    Choosing an orthopaedic specialist could be a daunting one when you don’t have the necessary information. However, with the necessary referrals and reliable information you will be good to access an orthopedic care quite easily. Choosing an orthopaedic specialist could be a daunting one when you don’t have the necessary information. However, with the necessary referrals and reliable information you will be good to access an orthopedic care quite easily. The information entails credentials, and specialities. In addition, you must also know the right questions that should ask.
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    Deadline.com

  • ‘Snow White’ $56.1M Domestic Breaks Box Office Slump: $95.4M Global; ‘Prometheus’ On Fire In UK Ahead Of Domestic Opening; ‘Marvel’s The Avengers #3 Film Of All Time

    NIKKI FINKE
    2 Jun 2012 | 9:44 pm
    SATURDAY PM, 6TH UPDATE: Based on new numbers coming in, my sources now say Universal’s #1 film Snow White And The Huntsman (3,773 theaters) came in at $20.3M Friday and bumped up to $21.5M Saturday. That makes for $56.1M this domestic weekend. The result is better than expected for the 2D original fantasy actioner that cost $172M and didn’t have the benefit of a 3D premium or franchise recognition. Despite decent reviews, audiences gave the PG-13 movie a so-so ‘B’ CinemaScore which could have affected word of mouth but didn’t. (As evidenced by the Friday…

  • No Retrial For Nicollette Sheridan ‘Desperate Housewives’ Case, Appeals Court Rules

    DOMINIC PATTEN
    2 Jun 2012 | 7:21 pm
    The pending retrial of Nicollette Sheridan’s Desperate Housewives wrongful dismissal case has been put on ice by the California Court of Appeals. In a ruling issued Friday the court said, “it is further ordered that the retrial currently set for September 10 is hereby stayed pending further order of the court.” The appeals court ruling seems to agree with defendant Touchstone Television Productions and ABC Studios that it is not wrongful termination under state law when a contract renewal is not exercised. However, Sheridan’s lawyer Mark Baute points out the court order…

  • EMMYS: ‘Homeland’ Showrunners Looking For A Breakthrough For Showtime

    THE DEADLINE TEAM
    2 Jun 2012 | 6:17 pm
    Diane Haithman contributes to Deadline’s TV coverage. If critical acclaim carries weight at Emmy time, then Showtime’s Homeland, developed by Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa — also producers of Fox’s Emmy-winning drama 24 — is sure to make a showing when the 2012 Emmy nominations are announced on July 19th. The conspiracy thriller stars Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison, a bipolar CIA agent with suspicions bordering on paranoia about the loyalties of a Marine returning home from eight years as an Iraq POW (Damian Lewis as Sgt. Nicholas Brody). Among the reviews that earned it a…

  • EMMYS: ‘The Good Wife’ Creators Aim To Remain True To Their Characters”

    THE DEADLINE TEAM
    2 Jun 2012 | 2:13 pm
    Diane Haitman contributes to Deadline’s TV coverage. Robert King, co-creator of CBS’ The Good Wife with wife Michelle King, called star Julianna Margulies’ 2011 Emmy win for best actress in a drama series the highlight of their year. When you lose the Emmy competition, Robert jokes, “you dismiss the awards and say those don’t matter anyway. And then when you win, it’s ‘damn right – everything’s right with the universe.’ Everybody understands art.” The series is already lobbying hard for another Emmy win in 2012. This year, TV Academy voters are receiving seven…

  • R.I.P. Kathryn Joosten

    THE DEADLINE TEAM
    2 Jun 2012 | 2:03 pm
    Character actress Kathryn Joosten, who played the snoop Karen McCluskey on Desperate Housewives and the president’s secretary on The West Wing, died today in Los Angeles after battling lung cancer for years. She was 72. She won two Emmys for the Desperate Housewives role. Her character also battled cancer and passed away in the series finale in May. In addition to her other major role as Mrs. Landingham on The West Wing, she had a recurring gig in Dharma & Greg and guest starred in Ally McBeal, Scrubs and My Name Is Earl. Joosten, who had a career as a psychiatric nurse before…
 
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    The Conversation

  • The West must quit the theatrics and tell the truth on Syria

    Fiona Hill, Honorary Fellow at Deakin University
    2 Jun 2012 | 3:55 pm
    Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr announced that Australia will lead the way in expelling Syrian diplomats in response to the Al Houla massacre. These theatrics are just another act in the shadow play over Syria. Western governments and Arab world allies declaim violence and at the same time support financial and logistical aid to an increasingly violent armed opposition, not all of whom are Syrian. We call for a ceasefire and push for military intervention without any intention of following through on either. The intentional killing of more than 100 civilians in Al Houla, including women…

  • Writing the Australian bush: DH Lawrence's wildflowers

    Christopher Pollnitz, Conjoint Senior Lecturer at University of Newcastle
    2 Jun 2012 | 1:52 am
    Welcome to the first essay in our series on how the Australian landscape has been described in literature. We start with an internationally recognised D. H. Lawrence scholar, Christopher Pollnitz, writing about Lawrence’s 1923 novel, Kangaroo. The indifference — the fern-dark indifference of this remote golden Australia. Not to care — from the bottom of one’s soul, not to care. Overpowered in the twilight of fern-odour. Just to keep enough grip to run the machinery of the day: and beyond that, to let yourself drift, not to think or strain or make any effort to consciousness…

  • Have some guts and help the environment

    Stephanie Pradier, Physics Laboratory Demonstrator at La Trobe University
    31 May 2012 | 10:49 pm
    I invited some friends to dinner recently for a little heart to heart. Little did they know, that I was being literal. For my guests that night, I served lamb heart stew. Offal. The word is enough to turn stomachs. But only a generation ago, it was a staple on many Australian dinner tables. Perhaps as a consequence of our parents’ mandatory consumption of liver, brains, tripe and the like, Generation X and Y have been denied its delights. But I’m on a one-woman quest to change all that. I love offal. There. I said it. Not only is it delicious, offal is also a solution to our fiscal,…

  • Jubilee Queens: Elizabeth and Victoria's diamond reigns

    Tamson Pietsch, Lecturer in Imperial & Colonial History at Brunel University
    31 May 2012 | 9:29 pm
    This weekend, Britain will celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. Bunting and cream cakes will turn neighbourhood roads into street parties and a flotilla of 1,000 boats will sail down the River Thames as a wave of nostalgia washes over the land. Only one other British monarch has reached such a milestone. Elizabeth’s great-great grandmother, Victoria, was Queen for more than 63 years, from 1837 to 1901. Although she was in frailer health than her great-great granddaughter, who at present shows no sign of slowing down, Victoria’s Jubilee was also an occasion for national –…

  • World competitiveness rankings: what do they tell us?

    Graham White, Senior Lecturer, School of Economics at University of Sydney
    31 May 2012 | 9:21 pm
    The IMD World Competitiveness Rankings released this week are worth reflecting on, not so much because of the relative positioning of various countries – including Australia – but rather because of the reasoning which underpins the rankings. The press release accompanying the rankings gives some indication of this reasoning. The first point worth noting is the potentially misleading use of the term competitiveness. When this term is used by economists it usually refers to the price competitiveness of a country’s exports and import-competing goods. And for many economists this would over…
 
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    ShortFormBlog

  • Under the radar in the U.S., but reaching a big scale:...

    3 Jun 2012 | 8:35 am
    Under the radar in the U.S., but reaching a big scale: Quebec’s “grand awakening” Canada’s big protests: Perhaps a bit under the radar for Americans, but last week saw a new peak for major student protests in Quebec, upset with Premier Jean Charest’s plans to raise tuition rates 75 percent. Quebec has long been home to public protests, but the current set, which has been going on for weeks, appears to be hitting a bit of a peak, as talks have broken down between the two sides, and protesters have slowly widened their reach into other issues. Even if the tuition issue is solved, it…

  • In honor of both Richard Dawson’s passing and a certain...

    3 Jun 2012 | 7:51 am
    In honor of both Richard Dawson’s passing and a certain Kevin Costner-starring miniseries on The History Channel, here’s the greatest individual moment in television history: The descendants of the Hatfields and McCoys playing one another on Family Feud. You’re welcome.

  • breakingnews: ‘Family Feud’ host Richard Dawson dies at 79 ABC:...

    3 Jun 2012 | 7:45 am
    breakingnews: ‘Family Feud’ host Richard Dawson dies at 79 ABC: Richard Dawson, best known for hosting ‘Family Feud’ and starring in ‘Hogan’s Heroes has died at 79, ABC News confirms. He died Saturday, June 2, due to complications from cancer. Photo credit: Denise Truscello / WireImage /Getty Images Your mediation skills will be missed, Richard.

  • "When your client is out on bond, the pressure is much lighter to rush to trial … because your client..."

    3 Jun 2012 | 7:38 am
    “When your client is out on bond, the pressure is much lighter to rush to trial … because your client is sitting at home. When your client is sitting at the Seminole County Jail, your client is going to want this resolved.” - Orlando-based former prosecutor Randy McLean • Discussing the George Zimmerman trial. Zimmerman returned to Sanford, Fla. Sunday morning to turn himself in. His bond was revoked Friday on evidence he hid a passport and financial gains received from a Web site he put up in the wake of allegations against him. This constituted evidence that he was a flight risk.

  • The prosecutor in the Mubarak trial will likely appeal the case, even though he received a life sentence, partly because others in the trial were acquitted, and partly because Mubarak's conviction itself was not for corruption charges.

    3 Jun 2012 | 7:23 am
    The prosecutor in the Mubarak trial will likely appeal the case, even though he received a life sentence, partly because others in the trial were acquitted, and partly because Mubarak's conviction itself was not for corruption charges.: An Egyptian official says the top prosecutor will appeal the verdict in Hosni Mubarak’s trial, which acquitted the former leader and his two sons on corruption charges and cleared senior police officers of complicity in killing protesters during last year’s uprising. The prosecutor must appeal the entire verdict, which also included convictions and life…
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  • California: Glendale and Pasadena Public Libraries Begin Testing 3M Library Cloud

    Gary Price
    3 Jun 2012 | 9:18 am
    From the Glendale News-Press: When libraries began applying to be part of the cloud test last year, Pasadena Public Library Director Jan Sanders said she “started nagging people.” “Both Pasadena and Glendale are driven to piloted projects and moving ahead,” she said. It also helped that the libraries have been using self-check-out machines made by 3M. “The best thing about the cloud — it’s just so easy to access,” Glendale libraries director Cindy Cleary said. “It’s all about the ease of use.” [Clip] Since 3M first went live with its cloud program in January, he said 40…

  • OpenMetadata.org Scheduled to Launch on Wednesday

    Gary Price
    3 Jun 2012 | 9:04 am
    The OpenMetadata.org launch will take place during the IASSIST (International Association for Social Science Information Services and Technology (IASSIST) Conference in Washington, DC. IASSIST 2012 will also mark the launch of OpenMetadata.org, a new web portal, supported and operated by Metadata Technology and its partner Integrated Data Management Services (IDMS), aiming to provide online access to standards based data/metadata services and to development tools and libraries for the management of statistical data. The initial release of the OpenMetadata.org portal includes: A DDI based…

  • Cool! Mapping Texts: Interactively Visualize Trends Found in 230 Years of Texas Newspapers

    Gary Price
    2 Jun 2012 | 8:12 am
    From The Stanford Report: An all-consuming public interest in family, religion and football in modern rural Texas is just one of the cultural snapshots that can be culled from Mapping Texts, a new interactive database that generates graphical interpretations of language trends embedded in over 230,000 pages of Texas newspapers from the late 1820s through the early 2000s. A collaborative initiative between the University of North Texas and Stanford’s Bill Lane Center for the American West, Mapping Texts is sponsored by a Digital Humanities Start-Up Grant from the National Endowment for…

  • University of Illinois Library: Addition of Historic Agriculture Newspaper to Ag Digital Repository

    Gary Price
    1 Jun 2012 | 2:23 pm
    From the U of I Library: A gift from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign alumna, M. Christine Wicklein Schwartz, through the T & C Schwartz Family Foundation, has made it possible to digitize issues of Farmer’s Weekly Review (Joliet, IL) from 1929 to 2010. This collection of historic agricultural newspapers is now accessible through Farm, Field and Fireside, a digital repository created and hosted by the History, Philosophy and Newspaper Library at Illinois. Schwartz was five when her father, Andrew A. Wicklein (1920 – 1985), was appointed Will County Farm Adviser to the…

  • New Report: Publishers Association & ALPSP Release: “Detailing Potential Effect of Making Journals Free After 6 Month Embargo”

    Gary Price
    1 Jun 2012 | 1:53 pm
    The Publishers Association and Association of Learned, Professional and Society Publishers [ALPSP] are both based in the UK. ‘The potential effect of making journals free after a six month embargo’, a report commissioned by The Publishers Association and the Association of Learned, Professional and Society Publishers [ALPSP], found that an across-the-board mandate might have a material effect on libraries’ subscriptions; and that the impact on publishers’ revenues would be considerable. Higher Education Institutions’ libraries may be impacted by the collapse or scaling down of…
 
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  • Helping Hospitals Deliver Better Care: A New Toolkit for Quality Improvement

    fulltextreports
    3 Jun 2012 | 8:33 am
    Helping Hospitals Deliver Better Care: A New Toolkit for Quality Improvement Source:  RAND Corporation A team from RAND and the University HealthSystem Consortium developed a toolkit to help hospitals enhance their quality improvement efforts using quality indicators from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Filed under: health and health care, hospitals, RAND Corporation

  • Understanding Child Abuse in Rural and Urban America: Risk Factors and Maltreatment Substantiation

    fulltextreports
    3 Jun 2012 | 7:26 am
    Understanding Child Abuse in Rural and Urban America: Risk Factors and Maltreatment Substantiation (PDF) Source: Carsey Institute Key Findings Approximately one-fourth of all cases investigated by CPS are substantiated. Across America, 25 percent of supervisory neglect cases, 24 percent of sexual abuse cases, and 22 percent of physical neglect are substantiated. Caregivers’ risk factors, including [...]

  • Individual Retirement Account Balances, Contributions, and Rollovers, 2010: The EBRI IRA Database

    fulltextreports
    3 Jun 2012 | 6:31 am
    Individual Retirement Account Balances, Contributions, and Rollovers, 2010: The EBRI IRA Database Source:  Employee Benefits Research Institute Executive Summary In 2010, IRA owners were more likely to be male, especially those whose accounts originated from a rollover or were a SEP/SIMPLE. Among all IRA owners in the database, nearly one-half (45.8 percent) were ages 45–64. [...]

  • Center to Advance Palliative Care

    fulltextreports
    3 Jun 2012 | 5:29 am
    Center to Advance Palliative Care Source:  Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Dates of Support: 1999–2011 Field of Work: Palliative and end-of-life care Problem Synopsis: Advances in public health, preventive medicine, and medical technology have led to dramatic increases in the number of Americans living longer. While many people over age 65 enjoy good health for some [...]

  • Military Benefits — Action is Needed to Improve the Completeness and Accuracy of DEERS Beneficiary Data

    fulltextreports
    2 Jun 2012 | 9:28 am
    Military Benefits — Action is Needed to Improve the Completeness and Accuracy of DEERS Beneficiary Data (PDF) Source:  U.S. Department of Defense, Office of Inspector General We are providing this report for your information and use. The Defense Manpower Data Center lacked controls to identify when Real-time Automated Personnel Identification System personnel failed to maintain supporting documentation. [...]
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  • York Prep Recommends Planning Early for College

    admin
    25 May 2012 | 11:19 am
    A CBS News article recommends that students start planning for college during their freshman year of high school. This is corroborated by the policies of York Prep, a New York-based preparatory school whose college guidance program is respected nationwide. In an article entitled “High School Freshman: Getting Ready for College”, CBS MoneyWatch’s Lynn O’Shaughnessey provides a list of steps for students to follow in order to realize their college and career dreams. York Prep, a collage preparatory school in New York City, is lauded for its college guidance program. It’s directed by…

  • Houston Attorney Craig Seldin Reflects on New York Divorce Laws

    admin
    10 May 2012 | 2:36 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

    admin
    9 May 2012 | 6:47 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

    admin
    9 May 2012 | 6:27 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

    admin
    26 Apr 2012 | 9:56 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…
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  • This Week in Automotivators, May 28-June 3

    TrogloPundit
    3 Jun 2012 | 8:20 am
    Just a few stories from the previous week (and one, technically, from next week), whether or not I blogged about them at the time. Click the link under each one for more explanation. Link: Hot Air. Link: American Thinker. Link: Trog. Link: The Wyblog. Link: View from the Porch. And: Previously: This Week in Automotivators, May 14-20 This Week in Automotivators, May 21-27 Make your own automotivators.

  • NY Times: Obama’s Pretty Much Blameless For Horrible Economic News

    William Teach
    3 Jun 2012 | 5:31 am
    You truly have to admire the NY Times and writers Jamie Calmes and Nicholas Kulish, who work themselves into Gordian Knots as they attempt to tell us that “Obama’s hands tied on weak economy”. That was the original web title, changed to Weak Economy Points to Obama’s Constraints The bleak jobs report on Friday predictably had heads snapping toward the White House, looking to President Obama to do something. Yet his proposed remedies only underscore how much the president, just five months before he faces voters, is at the mercy of ...

  • “An Audacious Promise: The Moral Case for Capitalism”

    Craig Newmark
    3 Jun 2012 | 3:15 am
    James R. Otteson: Even if we do not all get rich at the same rate, we all still get richer. To see the importance of this point, ask yourself: If you could solve only one social ill—either inequality or poverty—which would it be? Or suppose that the only way to address poverty would be to allow inequality: Would you allow it? This seems a no-brainer: poverty is a far larger factor in human misery than is inequality. If we could have steadily fewer people suffering from grinding poverty, is that not ...

  • Three on Mitt Romney

    Craig Newmark
    3 Jun 2012 | 3:02 am
    “Meet the Real Mitt Romney“. “Mitt Romney, Community Organizer“. “The Men Who Love Mitt Romney“.

  • Romney Follows Obama’s Footsteps to Solyndra

    Debra Saunders
    2 Jun 2012 | 9:01 pm
    Mitt Romney came to stand on a weed-infested patch of dirt in front of the shuttered Solyndra plant in Fremont, Calif., Thursday. If you stood at the right angle, you could look past Romney’s shoulder and see a big red “for sale” sign draped on the building, dubbed by Romney the “Taj Mahal of corporations.” Two years ago, President Barack Obama came to Solyndra under very different circumstances. The solar-power corporation was completing a second factory, which created about 3,000 temporary construction jobs and was expected to provide 1,000 permanent production…
 
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  • A Detroit Casino of dreams

    JA Staes
    3 Jun 2012 | 7:25 am
    TweetLong before the three gaming casinos we know of today became a reality, there was one on Belle Isle. However, it wasn’t a “casino” in the sense of what most of us think of today. In parks or garden areas like Belle Isle a “casino” was often built as a covered structure to provide a shady resting place in summer or a place to hold dances and other entertainment. This Italian Renaissance-style casino was completed in 1907 and is another Albert Kahn structure. But I didn’t think about its origins when I was a kid. To nine-year-old me, it was right by the pond where my dad and I…

  • Salt and Cedar letterpress studio: Craft, community, conviviality in Eastern Market

    Ashley Hennen
    2 Jun 2012 | 5:47 am
    Tweet It’s been an exciting couple months for art-lovers in Eastern Market. Between the Red Bull House of Art’s recent opening, Signal Return, and Germack Coffee launching to fuel all of this gallery-hopping, Eastern Market is now home to a second letterpress studio. Co-owners Megan O’Connell and Leon Johnson quietly opened Salt and Cedar on Riopelle St., behind Vivio’s. As their name suggests, the duo plans on using the space to connect art and food. Their Book and Bread events, hosted every few weeks, are workshops teaching book binding, printing, and letterpress techniques, but…

  • Detroit rolls out the welcome mat for the Grand Prix

    Andy Davis
    2 Jun 2012 | 2:51 am
    Tweet The quiet tranquility of Belle Isle has risen to 120 decibels this weekend driven by the sound of raw horsepower. The Detroit Chevrolet Belle Isle Grand Prix is back and has turned out in full force. The transformation of the island has happened rapidly with enthusiasm and gusto. Today was practice day at the Grand Prix and the weather took a turn for the worse, with rain falling for a good part of it. Even so that did not discourage nor dishearten anyone who came to the race today. But it’s not just the cars that are looking good. Even under overcast skies, Belle Isle has been…

  • Your summer assignment: Try to see, eat and live more of Detroit than ever before

    Karen Dybis
    1 Jun 2012 | 4:53 am
    TweetHere’s my “What I Plan to Do on Summer Vacation” essay. I will explore Detroit. I will go fearlessly into this great city and see places I have never seen before. And, based on my first outing, I’m going to have a full stomach, a wicked tan and some proud memories of the voyage. I throw down to a challenge to every Singleton, Newly Married, Parents with Kids or Baby Boomer out there. I dare you to see more than I’ll see over the next three months. I’ll challenge your Facebook check-ins with mine. I’ll match you on Foursquare. You pick the social-media medium, and I’ll…

  • So who’s going to win the Grand Prix? Detroit for sure

    Cindy Pasky
    30 May 2012 | 9:42 am
    TweetThere is no doubt I want one of Roger Penske’s drivers … Helio Castroneves, Ryan Briscoe or Will Power … to win the Detroit Chevrolet Belle Isle Grand Prix. It would be terrific … like winning on the home court. But bringing the race back to Belle Isle is so much more than a win. It’s an opportunity to show off Detroit and its people. It’s about doing something you love and following through with it. I love racing and I love Detroit. The Grand Prix, and all that leads up to it, focuses on what can be done, not what can’t. What will make the Grand Prix a success is not who…
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  • The relaunch of Green Lantern has him coming out as a gay superhero

    1 Jun 2012 | 1:25 pm
    Well I’m sure this will raise some eyebrows. DC Comics is relaunching the Green Lantern series, which has been a staple of comic book history for the past 70 years. Green Lantern is coming back, or shall I say coming out, and he is arriving with a twist. In an interview with the NY Post, the comic book writer James Robinson decided to bring back Green Lantern as a gay superhero, making it extremely obvious with the opening sequence where Green Lantern is kissing his boyfriend. Robinson insists that the superhero will still be the “pinnacle of bravery and idealism.” The…

  • Co-Founder of Google Sergey Brin live demos Project Glass on TV

    1 Jun 2012 | 12:43 pm
    On The Gavin Newsom Show, Google co-founder Sergey Brin brought along with him the top secret Google Glass (not glasses since it’s one lens only). In the hour long interview, Brin let Gavin Newsom try on the glasses and test them out on live TV. So far the glasses have been pretty hush-hush with images only, and one recent video that was a short clip of someone on a trampoline. Well now, we get more of a tease with a better up close and personal look at them.

  • The state of the Internet and Internet trends

    31 May 2012 | 2:33 pm
    At the annual D10 Conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, tech and industry analyst Mary Meeker did her now famous slide show of Internet Trends. Last year in her slides at the Web 2.0 Summit she told us how the future is all about mobile. This year, she came up with some more interesting stats, but nothing too mind-numbing.  As I would say at this point, which many already realize, technology is booming and the future is completely re-defined every day. Meeker’s slides cover a lot from Internet to mobile to finance, so for the full slide show I embedded it below. Some…

  • How to turn a banana into a piano

    31 May 2012 | 8:22 am
    If you think it would be impossible to turn a banana into a piano, you may want to think again. Or maybe try turning Play-doh into a game controller, and being able to actually play a game with it? The possibilities are endless with this new amazing and fun invention kit called Makey Makey. Makey Makey is a Kickstarter project that can turn any every day object into a touchpad. The invention kit is super easy to use, which would make it fun and enjoyable for anyone of any age. To use it, it’s as simple as opening the computer program on your computer, and clipping the kit’s…

  • Skywiper, the ghost in the machine

    30 May 2012 | 12:16 pm
    I don’t claim to know a lot about malware, or spyware for that matter, other than I know it’s bad shit and if your computer gets infected it can really mess things up. It’s also a pain in the ass to try to remove a virus, which I have had to do on an occasion or two. Which is also why I run virus scans often and am very careful about my web browsing and the sites I visit. Suffice to say, when I saw this post shared by Ellie K on Google+, I was taken aback. The post is linked to McAfee, who is an anti-virus software company. In the post, they are talking about the newest…
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  • Good Driver or Bad Driver?

    lukesewell
    25 May 2012 | 4:10 am
    Ford drivers consider themselves the politest people on the road – and white van men admit to being the rudest, a study revealed yesterday. Researchers found those behind the wheel of a Ford are the most likely to indicate, let other drivers out at junctions and give fellow motorists plenty of room. Other courteous drivers on the road include Audi, Citroen Vauxhall and Peugeot owners. It’s very clear we have preconceptions about other drivers based on the type of car they are driving and insurers also take the make and model of your vehicle into account when pricing for car insurance.

  • Inside the McLaren MP4-12C factory

    Adrian Hearn
    24 May 2012 | 9:28 am
    These stunning photographs give a rare insight into the £40 million facility which McLaren hopes will make them the supercar world’s market leader. David Cameron gave the McLaren Production Centre facility its grand opening last November after 18 months of design and construction. And now, six months after its official opening, McLaren invited teenage photographer George Williams along to see the factory outside Woking in full flow. The talented 19-year-old watched the whole process for building the ultra-quick supercar. Cars are assembled and then painted before being passed through a…

  • Video: How MI6 spy Gareth Williams could have locked himself inside bag

    SWNS Reporter
    9 May 2012 | 4:34 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 | 9:38 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 | 6:20 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…
 
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  • Rupert Watch, Tony Blair Lying at the Leveson Inquiry

    Michael Collins
    28 May 2012 | 3:11 pm
    By Michael Collins (Washington, 5/28/2012) Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair testified before the Leveson Inquiry today. He retains that familiar fatuous exuberance

  • Rebekah Brooks, Witness for the Prosecution

    Michael Collins
    16 May 2012 | 11:13 pm
    By Michael Collins Criminal charges against Rupert Murdoch insider and favorite Rebekah Brooks may be a prelude to looming charges arising out of

  • Rupert Watch - the Kiss of Death

    Michael Collins
    3 May 2012 | 1:14 am
    By Michael Collins When things don't work out, doing business with Murdoch can be the kiss of death. No matter how hard you try, how loyal

  • Rupert watch - signaling the end

    Michael Collins
    22 Apr 2012 | 4:14 pm
    By Michael Collins Rupert Murdoch's reign over the $33 billion News Corporation hinges on events surrounding the company's ownership share of Britain's dominant

  • Rupert watch - Apocalypse when?

    Michael Collins
    13 Apr 2012 | 10:37 pm
    By Michael Collins Rupert Murdoch is in big trouble.  It is not a perfect storm but we're getting there. British attorney Mark Lewis is in New
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  • Consumers continued to take on student loan debt, reduce credit card balances

    1 Jun 2012 | 6:00 am
    During the first quarter of the year, consumers continued to cut the balances they carried overall, particularly slashing their credit card debt and mortgage balances, but still sought out new lines of student loan financing. The total amount of money consumers owed on all their outstanding lines of credit slipped once again in the first quarter of 2012, falling by roughly $100 billion to a total of $11.44 trillion, down 0.9 percent from the final three months of last year, according to the latest Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

  • Consumers may become more cautious about taking on credit card debt

    31 May 2012 | 5:00 am
    A number of economic factors may lead more consumers to curtail their spending and in doing so make continued efforts to reduce their outstanding credit card debt.Recent statistics from the Conference Board shows that consumer confidence fell between April and May, and that might have a negative impact on borrowers' credit card use in the coming months, according to a report from Fitch Ratings. However, broadening lending standards granting some subprime borrowers access to new lines of credit might help to prevent a larger drop in spending.The good news for lenders is that if consumers…

  • Do consumers now prefer travel rewards?

    29 May 2012 | 5:00 am
    These days, millions of Americans are seeking new types of accounts that will reward them more handsomely for taking on credit card debt, and some of the most popular cards now have increased rewards for airline miles and other travelarrangements. The airline and hotel industries alone now issue more than $50 billion worth of credit card rewards points and miles to consumers as a larger number are now on the lookout for more valuable benefit programs, according to a report from the luxury travel company Alpha Flight Guru. In many cases, the accounts being issued nowadays grant consumers as…

  • Consumers successfully cutting credit card debt since downturn ended

    25 May 2012 | 5:00 am
    Consumers have been very conscientious in making sure to reduce their outstanding credit card debt over the last few years and now stand in far better financial positions since the end of the recession.Balances on consumer credit cards issued by financial institutions stood at $531 billion in April, according to the latest National Consumer Credit Trends Report from the credit monitoring bureau Equifax. That's down roughly 28 percent from the all-time high of more than $730 billon observed in January 2009.Meanwhile, the amount owed on retail credit cards has largely remained the same, at…

  • Americans want to use credit card rewards in summer plans

    24 May 2012 | 5:00 am
    Millions of Americans are now happily taking on credit card debt because their accounts will grant them points, cash back or airline miles for doing so, and half of those making summer travel plans will redeem those perks to make their vacations more affordable. About 50 percent of all consumers planning to take a trip this summer will use their credit card points to finance at least part of it, up from 42 percent at this time last year, according to the latest Rewards Barometer from Capital One Financial, which tracks how borrowers are feeling about their rewards cards. The majority of those…
 
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  • Louisville mayor approves ‘Brownsboro Road Diet Project’

    Thomas McAdam, Louisville City Hall Examiner
    1 Jun 2012 | 1:09 pm
    In 2001, Louisville city alderwoman Tina Ward-Pugh began working on a project to add sidewalks on a small portion of Lower Brownsboro Road in the Clifton and Clifton Heights neighborhoods. The sidewalks were needed to improve pedestrian, bicycle...

  • Louisville mayor announces Innovation Delivery Team

    Thomas McAdam, Louisville City Hall Examiner
    30 May 2012 | 2:45 pm
    Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer announced today that a special team of city employees is hard at work on five projects that combine data and innovative approaches to urban challenges. The projects range from reducing the number of vacant and...

  • Louisville mayor asks college graduates to join "Count Me In!" campaign

    Thomas McAdam, Louisville City Hall Examiner
    29 May 2012 | 2:07 pm
    Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer today announced an expanded effort to dramatically increase the number of college graduates by 2020. The Count Me In! campaign – part of the 55,000 Degrees movement – invites businesses, schools, community...

  • Unemployment declining in Metro Louisville

    Thomas McAdam, Louisville City Hall Examiner
    24 May 2012 | 12:18 pm
    The unemployment report released today in Frankfort contains some good news for folks here in Metro Louisville; and some fairly good news for the rest of the state. Here in Derby City, the annualized unemployment rate fell last month...

  • Kentucky has new job training program for veterans

    Thomas McAdam, Louisville City Hall Examiner
    23 May 2012 | 2:43 pm
    Unemployed veterans aged 35 – 60 may qualify for up to 12 months of job training through the new Veterans Retraining Assistance Program (VRAP). VRAP will provide training for programs of education that lead to a high-demand occupation. The...
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  • Black Hair: I’m Going to Miss Dominican Hairdressers [Essay]

    EURpublisher03
    3 Jun 2012 | 8:37 am
    Guille's Dominican Hair Salon *One of the many discoveries African American women who move to New York have made is Dominican hair salons. Many African American women swear by Dominican women and their salons so much so, that they have forced Dominicans to move across the country, open their own business and create their own communities outside of the East Coast where they mainly reside. Many black women point to the affordability of Dominican salons. In this column from our partner site, MadameNoire, the writer speaks about having to leave these salons as she moves out west. Check out an…

  • How Does Janet Jackson Stay So Fit? She Never Weighs Herself

    BlackBee
    3 Jun 2012 | 7:05 am
    *Some women (and men) are obsessed with their weight and at every chance, get on the scale. But superstar Janet Jackson doesn’t have that problem. The singer admitted her weight has been something like a yoyo, but she does not step on that scale. “I don’t know how much weight I’ve lost, only because I stay away from the scale,” Jackson told PEOPLE at Marco Glavianos “Supermodels” exhibit in New York recently. “I don’t think [stepping on the scale] is healthy. You’re setting yourself up to fail and women’s bodies fluctuate every…

  • NBA Baller DeShawn Stevenson Installs ATM in His House

    EurPublisher
    3 Jun 2012 | 5:20 am
    DeShawn Stevenson next to his household ATM machine We’re not sure if this is really cool or really stupid. When New Jersey/Brooklyn Nets guard DeShawn Stevenson saw MTV reality show star Rob Dyrdek put an ATM in his house (see video below), he know – right then and there – that he had to do the same thing, says TMZ. We’re told he paid $3,500 for the machine and lets his rich NBA friends use it for last-minute cash withdrawals before they go out. But the service ain’t free — DeShawn says he charges his pals a steep $4.50 ATM fee. DeShawn says the machine…

  • Donald Trump Proves He’s Not Racist: ‘I Just Picked Arsenio Hall!’

    EurPublisher
    3 Jun 2012 | 1:00 am
    *Well now, this should make Arsenio Hall feel special. Donald Trump, speaking to the North Carolina Republican Convention, explained that his interest in proving that President Obama was not born in the US, has nothing to do with him being black. In other words, he can’t be a racist/birther because he picked Arsenio Hall as the his “Celebrity Apprentice” champion. Trump was there to discuss Mitt Romney‘s presidential chances and his treatment of the media, but the birth certificate issue, as always, came up. This time, he had a ready response to the claims that his motives…

  • Michael Jackson’s Estate to Re-Release ‘Bad’ the Anniversary Edition

    BlackBee
    2 Jun 2012 | 8:35 pm
    *Michael Jackson’s “Bad” is making a blast from the past 25 years after it’s original release, along with some never-before-seen concert footage. The “Bad 25” deluxe package will commemorate the King of Pop and will include original music, demos, and songs that didn’t quite make it to the general public. The new songs were recorded in Jackson’s studio while he was making the album, and the package also offers a DVD of Jackson’s performance for Britain’s Prince Charles, Lady Diana and 72,000 fans at London’s Wembley Stadium in 1988, say reports. [GET…
 
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  • A Video Tour of the SpaceX Launch Pad

    admin
    24 May 2012 | 2:08 pm
    CTTechJunkie toured the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station launch facility maintained by SpaceX. The tour was conducted a few days before the Falcon 9 rocket lifted off for the International Space Station. Links: CTTechJunkie.com

  • Hartford Students to Launch Experiment to the Space Station Aboard SpaceX Dragon

    admin
    7 May 2012 | 9:26 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 | 2:03 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 | 6:42 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

    admin
    19 Dec 2011 | 5:02 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.
 
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  • Altercation in Parking Lot That Leads to Stabbings; Police Seek Additional Information

    Editor
    1 Jun 2012 | 11:30 am
    On Monday, May 28, 2012, at approximately 2:10 a.m., officers were dispatched to a parking lot in the 5500 block of East Spring Street regarding a stabbing that resulted in a man suffering serious injuries. When officers arrived at the scene, they located an adult male on the ground who had been stabbed multiple times in the lower body. He was transported to a local hospital with serious injuries, and is now listed in stable condition.Read the rest of Altercation in Parking Lot That Leads to Stabbings; Police Seek Additional Information

  • Kid-Friendly Pre-Event Outdoor Eatery Offers Treats and Food Trucks Your Kids Will Love

    Editor
    1 Jun 2012 | 10:00 am
    Photo by Patrick Giblin Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center is thrilled to announce the launch of the new Kid-Friendly Pre-Event Outdoor Eatery at the Terrace Theater Plaza. The venue’s new hot spot will offer a food court with a selection of gourmet food trucks serving delectable mouth-watering kid-friendly foods and treats. The Kid-Friendly Outdoor Eatery is launching just in time for Sesame Street Live performing at the Long Beach Terrace Theater from Friday, June 15th through Sunday, June 17th.  For more information contact Alyssa at (562) 436-3636, x 690.Read the rest of…

  • Westerly School Visual Art Exhibition, Poetic Images Celebrated the Works of Students

    Editor
    1 Jun 2012 | 8:30 am
    Neil Kinney, and Megan, 3rd grade Westerly School unveiled its second annual Visual Art Exhibition, entitled Poetic Images this week in the Pinckert Family Art Studio on the Westerly campus. The exhibition celebrated the exquisite work and performance art of Westerly’s kindergarten through fifth grade artists, under the instruction and direction of Mr. Kevin Doherty, Westerly’s lower school art instructor and his wife, Penelope. Westerly’s goal was to give these passionate young artists a stage and gallery to celebrate a year’s worth of hard work. For more information about Westerly…

  • Pacific Gateway Workforce Investment Network Kicks Off Annual Hire-A-Youth Summer Internship and Employment Program

    Editor
    1 Jun 2012 | 7:00 am
    The Pacific Gateway Workforce Investment Network today kicked off its Hire-A-Youth Summer Internship and Employment program, which benefits young job seekers as well as businesses. The program provides hundreds of young people with valuable work experience, and also provides businesses with flexible workers who have attained a National Work Readiness Credential (NWRC). “Summer jobs are critically important to young people, who learn to be responsible, develop good work habits and move toward independence,” Mayor Bob Foster said. “We’re asking employers to again provide jobs or…

  • Wrigley Hosts Annual Pizza Pig Out Before This Weekend’s River Run

    Editor
    31 May 2012 | 11:30 am
    Help find the best pizza in Long Beach at the annual Pizza Pig Out in Wrigley. It’s that time again. The Wrigley Association and the Long Beach Neighborhood Foundation will gather to answer the age-old question, “What is the best pizza in Long Beach?” Help them decide at the Third Annual Pizza Pig Out on Friday, June 1. The fundraiser is being held in conjunction with the Wrigley River Run, which takes place the next day. Pizza Parlors throughout Long Beach will provide pizza. All you can eat pizza will cost $5 per person, $3 for Wrigley Association members. Participants…
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  • The biology of a Hangover (Info-Graphic)

    Zadishe Freeman
    31 May 2012 | 9:01 pm
    This info-graphic explores what exactly a hangover is and how it can be prevented (besides not drinking of course).  Figured I would post it on a Friday since it is usually the biggest culprit for hangovers. Use Facebook to Comment on this Post

  • Porn actor suspected of murder and mailing victim’s body parts

    Zadishe Freeman
    31 May 2012 | 3:00 am
    It seems that when it rains it pours when it comes to heinous crimes. Perhaps they may also occur in threes, like is said to happen in the case of death or other calamities. Just a few days after a naked man was shot after he was discovered to be eating another man’s face off, Luka Rocco Magnotta has been named a suspect in a crime that involves murder, dismemberment, and the Godfather-esque action of mailing pieces of the dismembered body to various locations, including the Conservative party headquarters. There hasn’t been any indication as to the motive(s) for the killing.

  • Revenge of the Nerds: Study shows why women date Weaklings

    Zadishe Freeman
    29 May 2012 | 9:01 pm
    For any of you wondering why sometimes you see the finest woman with seemingly the nerdiest guy out there, maybe this new research and study from University of Tennessee-Knoxville and published in PNAS.  The study used mathematical models to find out when humans first started getting into monogamous relationships.  As it turns out, the research shows woman started gravitating towards the beta male around the same time that humans began living in larger social groups. The rationale behind this movement from the stronger, tougher Alpha male to the Beta male was that, once in the larger…

  • Cardinal Collins upset with the naming of gay/straight alliance clubs in Catholic high schools

    Zadishe Freeman
    29 May 2012 | 1:41 pm
    A recent ruling about high school students being allowed to name their support group clubs ‘gay-straight alliances’ in Ontario has raised the ire of Cardinal Thomas Collins. Apparently the existence of these clubs that have been developed to counter the bullying that some students experience, particularly gay students, should be enough to deal with the issue. Adding the word ‘gay’ to the title is only a distraction, according to the Ontario Catholic School Trustees Association. Catholicism is strictly against homosexuality in terms of same sex relationship being…

  • Words that could get you spied on by Homeland Security

    Zadishe Freeman
    28 May 2012 | 6:57 am
    The Department of Homeland and Security (DHS) has released their 2011 Analyst-Desktop Binder and within it has revealed hundreds of words that will get you flagged and potentially spied on by the U.S. Government if used by you.  The document was released following a freedom of information request under the Freedom of Information Act in conjunction with a lawsuit revealing how analysts monitor social networks and the media for comments that ‘reflect adversely’ on the U.S. government. Within the document are instructions and guidelines for workers at The National Operations Center…
 
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  • Panetta open to military relations with Burma

    AP News
    3 Jun 2012 | 3:15 am
    SINGAPORE (AP) — The U.S. is open to improving military ties with Burma if the country continues to enact political and human rights reforms, Pentagon chief Leon Panetta told Asian leaders Saturday. His comments at a defense conference in Singapore reflected new efforts by the Obama administration to ease penalties against the Asian nation, also known as Myanmar, as it moves to put in place democratic reforms. Assuming Burma is able to make such changes and continue efforts to open up its political system, the Pentagon would be willing to have discussions about how the countries can improve…

  • 844 evacuated after land sinks in southern China

    AP News
    3 Jun 2012 | 3:04 am
    BEIJING (AP) — More than 800 villagers have been evacuated after land sank in southern China’s Guangxi province, which is known for its karst topography. The official Xinhua News Agency reported Saturday that the land subsidence occurred near a middle school in Nanning city’s Xixiangtang district after the school dug a well to ease a water shortage. Xinhua says the sink hole is 1.5 meters (5 feet) deep and 2.5 meters (8 feet) wide and has caused one building to collapse, six to tilt and another to crack. There were no reports of injuries, but 844 villagers were evacuated.

  • Suu Kyi says Myanmar refugees won’t be forgotten

    AP News
    3 Jun 2012 | 3:01 am
    MAE LA REFUGEE CAMP, Thailand (AP) — Burma’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi got an up-close look at her nation’s long-standing refugee crisis for the first time Saturday, visiting a sprawling sea of thatched huts on the Thai border to tell those who fled here: “You will not be forgotten.” Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is presented with flowers by cheering Karen refugees at Mae La refugee camp in Tha Song Yang district, Tak province, northern Thailand Saturday, June 2, 2012. Suu Kyi turned her attention to Burma's long-standing refugee crisis…

  • NATO: 4 aid workers rescued from Afghan insurgents

    AP News
    3 Jun 2012 | 2:49 am
    KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Two female foreign aid workers and their two Afghan colleagues were rescued in a pre-dawn raid Saturday after being held by militants for 11 days in a cave in northern Afghanistan, the U.S.-led military coalition said. The women — Helen Johnston and Moragwe Oirere — and the two Afghans were kidnapped on May 22 in Badakhshan province. The four work for Medair, a humanitarian non-governmental organization based near Lausanne, Switzerland. U.S. Gen. John Allen, the top commander of American and NATO forces in Afghanistan, said that coalition forces conducted the…

  • What Thailand’s PAD protesters are really about

    Andrew Spooner
    3 Jun 2012 | 1:27 am
    The political agenda of Thailand’s PAD (People’s Alliance for Democracy) yellow shirt movement has always been explicit – fascism. In fact, they’ve publicly screamed their profoundly anti-democratic agenda so many times it would need a willful and deliberate act to ignore the explicit neo-fascism of the PAD. From wanting to “destroy democracy” through to “shutting down the country” to “cleansing Thailand of our enemies,” the PAD’s agenda is very clear and has been since at least 2008. PAD thugs want dictatorship to replace democracy So what kind of person or group…
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  • The Journalist Romeo Langlois Aveyron expected to Land in France this Morning

    Johnson.J
    1 Jun 2012 | 12:10 am
    VIDEOS – Released Wednesday by the FARC after a month of detention in Colombia, France 24 journalist Romeo Langlois now intends to return to work in France. Moreover, it is announced in Paris this morning on a flight from Bogota, on a regular Air France. Before leaving the capital of Colombia, the journalist said it had received the guerrillas a letter to President Francois Hollande, appealing to “friendly countries” to help a “negotiated solution” to the Colombian conflict. The letter also contains “public apology” for the FARC have called the…

  • Kaspersky: A Digital Security Company identifies new Cyber Threat

    Johnson.J
    30 May 2012 | 10:27 pm
    Display showing alterations caused by Worm.Win32.Flame in a computer system. The digital security company Kaspersky identified a malicious program (malware) whose complexity and functionality “beyond all known cyber threats so far.” malware known as Worm.Win32 . Flame was discovered by Kaspersky Lab, a research driven by the specialized agency of the United Nations Information and Communication Technology (ITU, for its acronym in English). explained that the malicious code appears to be designed for cyber espionage, and which has the ability to steal valuable information,…

  • Facebook is Trying to Create Its Own Smartphone

    Johnson.J
    28 May 2012 | 9:48 pm
    Facebook is working on a smartphone is a story that has been mentioned a while. For months rumors heated up about what Facebook could be developing a smartphone for the masses with all functions integrated into the Facebook social operating system. And although the rumor is dragged from 2010 it appears that the project was put aside by all the problems involved in creating your own hardware and operating system, although at that time, even in 2011 it was noted that HTC could be responsible for creating hardware. The rumor, now comes from the Los Angeles Times and the industry seems to…

  • Rule in Favor of Google in its Patent Dispute with Oracle for the Use of Java in Android

    Johnson.J
    24 May 2012 | 4:06 am
    The jury found that Google did not infringe patents held computer language Java, Oracle. In total, Oracle presented seven claims against Google at the beginning of the trial and it was victorious in six of the cases .. A federal court in California ruled Wednesday in favor of Google in the long legal dispute it has with the Oracle technology regarding the use of Java in developing the operating system Android for mobile devices, according to technology blog CNET . The jury felt Google does not infringe patents of computer language Java in possession of Oracle, a company that sued…

  • The First Private Spacecraft to the ISS was Launched at the Second Attempt

    Johnson.J
    22 May 2012 | 3:27 am
    The American company SpaceX on Tuesday at the second attempt had a successful rocket launch “Falcon” in order to deliver the cargo ship “Dragon” on the International Space Station. The first launch of “Falcon” was canceled on Saturday for just half a second before the start due to a small technical problem. The next launch was held on Tuesday at 8.44 GMT. Upon successful completion of the mission will be the first California-based company in the history of a private company that launched to the ISS spacecraft. Until now, the private sector have been beyond…
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  • Quick MMA report: UFC 149 hit with injury plague

    Administrator
    2 Jun 2012 | 9:45 pm
    American Top Team teammates Thiago Silva and Thiago Alves have both been hit with the injury bug floating around in the UFC.

  • Quick MMA report: Kenny Florian announces retirement

    Administrator
    1 Jun 2012 | 6:55 pm
    During the “The Ultimate Fighter: Live” weigh-ins on Thursday, a special announcement was made by UFC President Dana White. (The weigh-in results are after the break.)

  • News on the fly: Copyright board wants to charge you for music at weddings, parades

    Administrator
    1 Jun 2012 | 5:25 pm
    The Canadian Press reported on Friday that The Copyright Board of Canada has authorized new duties thatSOCAN will force individuals to pay a fee for music used at karaoke bars, conventions, ice shows, fairs and even weddings, i.e. live events. They say the fees, which will be collected by a non-profit called Re:Sound (formerly known ...Continue reading

  • The case of Diane Tran

    Administrator
    1 Jun 2012 | 1:50 am
    17 year old Diane Tran, an honor student from Texas, was sent to jail for one night and fined $100 for missing too many classes. The Young Turks discuss the case further.

  • Quick MMA report: Silva has a new opponent

    Administrator
    31 May 2012 | 7:26 pm
    Due to fellow “The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil” coach Vitor Belfort’s hand injury, Wanderlei Silva was left with no opponent for the main event at UFC 147. But with such great matchmakers in the organization, Silva did not have to speculate for long on who his next opponent will be. The UFC looked at their middleweight ...Continue reading
 
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  • New Mexico's largest wildfire ever is 10 percent contained

    Aravind Kumar S
    1 Jun 2012 | 8:56 pm
    SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - Firefighters gained some containment on Friday of a blaze that has torn through the mountains of southwestern New Mexico and this week became the largest wildfire in the state's history.The Whitewater-Baldy Complex fire has grown to 216,650 acres but is now 10 percent contained, Fire Information Officer Nancy Guerrero said.Higher humidity levels and calmer winds allowed firefighters to begin containment efforts on Thursday for the first time since the blaze was started by lightning on May 16."Fire crews…

  • Transit of Venus Offers Last-Chance Views

    Aravind Kumar S
    1 Jun 2012 | 8:55 pm
    Look skyward, space-lovers: Tuesday, June 5 is the last chance in your lifetime to see the transit of Venus across theface of the sun.Venus won't visibly pass between the Earth and the sun again until 2117, so get your special sun-viewing glasses now. In North America, the transit will start in the hours before sunset on June 5. Viewers in Asia, Australia, Africa and Europe can catch the transit at sunrise on June 6. The transit will begin at about 6:03 p.m. EDT, 5:04 p.m. CDT, 4:05 p.m. MDT and 3:06 p.m. PDT.From Earth, Venus will appear to cover just 1/32 of the face of…

  • 2 New Elements on Periodic Table Get Names

    Aravind Kumar S
    1 Jun 2012 | 8:54 pm
    Two of the heaviest elements on the periodic table were officially named on Thursday (May 31).The man-made elements 114 and 116, which contain 114 and 116 protons per atom, respectively, are now officially calledflerovium (Fl) and livermorium (Lv).The names were chosen to honor the laboratories that first created the elements: the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions in Dubna, Russia, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, Calif.Scientists at the two institutions collaborated to synthesize both of these heavy elements by…

  • Venus takes center stage in upcoming rare sky show

    Aravind Kumar S
    1 Jun 2012 | 8:53 pm
    LOS ANGELES (AP) — It's a spectacle that won't repeat for another century — the sight of Venus slowly inching across the face of the sun.So unless scientists discover the fountain of youth, none of us alive today will likely ever witness this celestial phenomenon again, dubbed a "transit of Venus."It's so unique that museums and schools around the globe are hosting Venus viewing festivities — all for a chance to see our star sport a fleeting beauty mark. Even astronauts aboard the International Space Station plan to observe the event.The drama unfolds Tuesday afternoon from…

  • The Milky Way Is on a Crash Course; Get Ready for a Nasty Hurricane Season

    Aravind Kumar S
    1 Jun 2012 | 8:52 pm
    Discovered: Our galaxy is on a crash course, get ready for a nasty hurricane season, the poor butterflies, and chocolate is now healthy.Our galaxy is going to crash right into another galaxy, eventually. Oh shoot. Science has something grave it needs to tell us. "After nearly a century of speculation about the future destiny of Andromeda and our Milky Way, we at last have a clear picture of how events will unfold over the coming billions of years," explains researcher Sangmo Tony Sohn. And that picture looks kind of violent. Our galaxy, the Milky Way, will run…
 
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  • Losses, Liberia, and the Era of Human Rights

    mgopin
    1 Jun 2012 | 9:11 am
                        I think today a great deal about the conviction of Charles Taylor, the first head of state to be convicted by the Hague. Mr. Taylor was the first head of state convicted by an international court since the Nuremberg trials after World War II. Prosecutors had sought an even longer sentence of 80 years. If carried out, the term decided on Wednesday would likely mean the 64-year-old Mr. Taylor will spend the rest of his life behind bars. Asked to stand as the sentence was read,…

  • French anti-Semitism must share the blame for the murders in Toulouse. – Slate Magazine

    mgopin
    23 Mar 2012 | 4:29 am
                        French anti-Semitism must share the blame for the murders in Toulouse. – Slate Magazine.   This is an excellent article. But it is not secularism that is at issue, it is simple intolerance and bigotry hiding behind an Enlightenment veil. I saw that same thing among Ba’athist secular anti-religious ‘enlightened’ elites in Damascus. Now we see the hatred they were covering up. Let’s not insult secularism and the Enlightenment, and the…

  • Price tag attack on J’lem church provokes religious condemnation

    mgopin
    21 Feb 2012 | 7:02 am
                              Price tag attack on J’lem church provokes religious condemnation.   Here is in excerpt from my latest article co-authored with Aziz Abu Sarah. …So now we have Christian funds from the United States that have effectively supported the misguided second and third generation settler youth who are actively attacking churches and referring to Jesus as a son of a whore. If this is what Pastor John Hagee and other radical Christians intended, then…

  • Dont trust the world

    mgopin
    14 Feb 2012 | 6:51 am
                          Dont trust the world – Israel Opinion, Ynetnews. What will you do if we assume risks and sacrifice victims and put our trust in you – and then something goes wrong? “What if the other side does not act as it is expected to, and instead hurls at us fire and plagues and poisons and possibly even nuclear weapons? “What will you do then? Will you ask for forgiveness? Will you say ‘we were wrong’? Will you send us bandages? Will you open orphanages for the…

  • With Tyrants On All Sides

    mgopin
    12 Feb 2012 | 5:03 am
                        Al-Qaida calls on Muslim world to support Assad opposition forces – Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News. A senior Iraqi intelligence official says al-Qaida-linked fighters already are flowing from Iraq to Syria. Human rights, human decency of the Syrian people, assaulted from all sides. But perhaps this has always been the challenge of constructing the good society, and we cannot shrink back from the challenge. It is the same now with the outrageous support of…
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  • Passenger Plane Crashes Into Nigeria Building

    3 Jun 2012 | 8:48 am
    A state official says a passenger plane has crashed into a two-story building in Nigeria's largest city of Lagos. The Lagos state emergency manager said today that casualty numbers are unknown. Harold Denuren, head of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, confirmed the crash, and said that the Dana Air flight...

  • Obama Bails Out Truant 5th-Grader

    Polly Davis Doig
    3 Jun 2012 | 8:33 am
    Kids cut school every day, but usually for reasons like "Meh, I didn't feel like going," not "I was hanging with the leader of the free world." Such is the life of 5th-grader Tyler Sullivan, who got a written excuse from none other than President Obama after he skipped out...

  • 17 Hilarious Super PAC Names

    Dustin Lushing
    3 Jun 2012 | 8:13 am
    Stephen Colbert launched the first satirical super PAC—"Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow— but he's got a growing amount of company, especially since it's relatively simple to register a super PAC with the FEC. A sampling of Politico's favorites:

  • Family Feud's Richard Dawson Dead

    Polly Davis Doig
    3 Jun 2012 | 7:44 am
    Not a good morning for the small screen : Longtime Family Feud host Richard Dawson died late yesterday of complications from esophageal cancer, reports TMZ . He was 79. Known as "the Kissing Bandit" during his first run as host, from 1976 to 1985, Dawson later returned to host the show from...

  • Prosecutor Will Appeal Mubarak Verdict

    3 Jun 2012 | 6:42 am
    An Egyptian official says the top prosecutor will appeal the verdict in Hosni Mubarak's trial, which acquitted the former leader and his two sons on corruption charges and cleared senior police officers of complicity in killing protesters during last year's uprising. The prosecutor must appeal the entire verdict, which also...
 
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  • Kenya’s Camp Mulla for BET Awards

    Uganda News Picks
    3 Jun 2012 | 12:41 am
    By Maureen Nakigozi The youthful group Mulla which burst onto the scene hardly a year and half ago are going places with their music that strategically focuses on the international scene. And to cement their place among the African elite, the Party don’t stop singers have been nominated in this year;s BET awards. The three [...]

  • Nodding Disease Linked to Poverty

    suzank
    1 Jun 2012 | 11:48 pm
    The  principle medical officer, Mental Health and Control of Substance ,Dr Sheila Ndyanabangi, has linked the nodding disease syndrome to poverty. Ndyanabangi said  on Friday that poverty  comes along with severe malnutrition  due to failure buy the right foods . She noted that malnutrition is greatly related to the  nodding disease  because it leads to [...]

  • Uganda Cranes Vs Angola Match

    Uganda News Picks
    1 Jun 2012 | 11:16 pm
    By John Kibirige Uganda Cranes is in Angola preparing to play against the Angola football team in the African cup qualifier. The match is set to kick off at 06:00pm Angola time on Sunday June 3  in the capital city of Luanda. The 18 member team arrived in the country safely and are currently being [...]

  • Amy Winehouse’s House on Sale

    Sandra Birungi
    1 Jun 2012 | 11:15 pm
    By Sandra Birungi The house of the late singer, Amy Winehouse is up for sale after her parents put it up on the market. The house, located in London, Borough of Camden has been put on market for $4.2million. “Amy and I worked hard on this house, and she adored him,” her father said. “I [...]

  • Exodus-Ganja Man: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Him

    Sandra Birungi
    1 Jun 2012 | 10:35 pm
    By Jane Nambi His real name is George Timothy Lubega. Exodus got saved in 2001 He goes to club to promote his music Exodus’s father disowned him after the death of his mother which made him resort to drugs like weed, sniffing petrol and glue before getting saved in 2001. He used to be a [...]
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  • US Drone Smack Kills Two Militant in South Waziristan

    Faiz Hassan
    2 Jun 2012 | 2:08 am
    US drone hit target a motor vehicle in Pakistan’s South Waziristan ethnic area killed as a minimum two militants on Saturday. The thump occur in the Doog village inside Sheen Warsak neighborhood of Wana, the chief town in South Waziristan. Two weaponry were fired up on an automobile and two militants belonging to the Mullah Nazir grouping were killed, intelligence source held. Furthermore, one of the militants killed in the strike was acknowledged as Rahmanullah, a key commandant of the Mullah Nazir assemblage and a brother of commander Malang of the identical group.

  • Rs 545 Billion Allocated for the Pakistan’s Defense Budget

    Faiz Hassan
    2 Jun 2012 | 1:35 am
    Pakistan’s defense financial statement has see a considerable rush forward of further than 50.171 billion rupees in the central budgetary allocation for the year 2012-13 unveil by the administration on Friday, while the defense minister see the escalate price on conflict on fear as a main issue causal to the defense budget’s boost. According to the administrator figures, the defense finances stand at Rs 545.386 billion, which make 20 per cent of a sum budget of Rs 2.96 trillion compare to the preceding year’s original defense portion of Rs 495.215 billion revise at Rs 510,179 million,…

  • A Tribute to the Shaheeds of Gayari Sector

    Faiz Hassan
    30 May 2012 | 2:43 am
    First of all, let’s pray for all those who sacrifice their life to defend the prospect of our country. These Heroes of Pakistan must be privileged and respected on a daily basis by the country. Their achievement should be kept alive to remain them and their reminiscence living in the mind of the populace of Pakistan who are obliged to them for time without end. It have got to always be bear in intelligence that the country is at warfare and face intimidation from all four direction; consequently we must situate with our defense armed forces to make sure them of our unremitting sustain at…

  • A Day Of Pride And Remorse, All Gayari Victims Declared as Shaheeds

    Faiz Hassan
    30 May 2012 | 2:33 am
    The left over soldiers covered beneath a enormous snow slide in the Gayari sector of Siachen from the time at what time April 7, have been affirmed as “Shuhada” (martyrs). “This is being done with mixed feelings of pride, grief and above all unflinching resolve to continue all-out efforts to recover the bodies of all Shuhada”, said an ISPR press. It further said, environment and the scale of the disaster suggest no likelihood of recuperating any human being breathing. “In this background, religious leaders of distinction from all sect and faction were consulted. “From this…

  • Three Soldiers Bodies Recovered From Siachen

    Faiz Hassan
    30 May 2012 | 2:27 am
    Three bodies of defense force have consequently far-off been recovered following they came beneath a enormous snowfall glide at Gayari sector, Siachin on April [Reported by ISPR] As per an ISPR spokesperson here on Monday, body of two militia were recovered throughout the most recent 24 hours. All body recovered from Check Post area have been recognized. One Shaheed soldier Muhammad Hussain was obscured at his inhabitant municipality (Skardu) yesterday at the same time as bodies of lingering two soldiers Rashid from District, Sudhnoti, Azad Kashmir and sepoy Ilyas from District Ghanche were…
 
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  • Britain’s queen sails in 1,000-boat jubilee flotilla

    AFP
    3 Jun 2012 | 9:19 am
    Hundreds of thousands of people have lined the banks of the Thames to see the queen/AFP LONDON, Jun 3 – Queen Elizabeth II sailed on Sunday on a ceremonial barge at the centre of a spectacular 1,000-boat river pageant on the Thames in the set-piece of celebrations marking her diamond jubilee. The queen, dressed in a white hat and silver and white coat, was carried down the river on the red and gold barge, with an eclectic collection of boats of all shape and sizes following behind. As the 86-year-old queen and her husband Prince Philip boarded the barge, the banks of the Thames were…

  • Saitoti assures of security, calls for vigilance

    MARGARET WAHITO
    3 Jun 2012 | 8:23 am
    Internal security minister George Saitoti on Sunday said his ministry has put enough measures that will ensure no more attacks in the country/FILENAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 3 – The government has once again assured Kenyans enough security, despite the recent threats by the Al Shabaab militia. Internal Security Minister George Saitoti on Sunday said his ministry has put enough measures that will ensure no more attacks in the country. He has called on leaders and Kenyans at large to have faith in the Kenya’s security force, adding that the increase in the attacks especially in the major cities…

  • Mudavadi acquires a state-of-the-art armoured vehicle

    Capital FM
    3 Jun 2012 | 7:04 am
    Mudavadi’s white Toyota Land Cruiser is one of the sturdiest and most reliable armoured cars for security professionals worldwide/SOKOANALYST NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 3 – Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi has acquired a Sh36m bulletproof state of the art vehicle as he prepares himself for a bruising battle in campaigns to succeed President Mwai Kibaki whose term expires after next general elections. Insiders say apart from the state-of-the-art vehicle, the government recently assigned the one-time Vice President security officers from an elite squad that guards VIPs at the highest…

  • Raila wants Kenyans to vet his opponents

    PM PRESS SERVICE
    3 Jun 2012 | 5:02 am
    The Premier warned the citizens on Sunday when he joined faithful for a Sunday mass at the Jesus Is Alive Ministry/FILENAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 3 – Prime Minister Raila Odinga wants Kenyans to vet those aspiring for leadership positions by their deeds and not the public pledges they make. He cautioned Kenyans to be wary of some political hypocrites whose campaign statements were not in tune with their actions. The Premier made the remarks on Sunday when he attended Sunday mass at the Jesus Is Alive Ministry (JIAM) in Nairobi. He told the congregation that most of those outspoken about the…

  • Dalai Lama envoys resign

    AFP
    3 Jun 2012 | 4:44 am
    It's all in the mind The Dalai Lama seems to be saying/AFPIndia, June 3 – Two top envoys of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama have resigned citing frustration over the stalled dialogue process with China, Tibet’s government in exile said on Sunday. Lodi Gyari and Kelsang Gyaltsen submitted their resignations to Lobsang Sangay, prime minister of the government in exile, following a meeting of the Tibetan Task Force in the northern Indian town of Dharamshala. The duo had led the Tibetan negotiating team in nine rounds of talks with representatives of the Chinese…
 
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