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Police brutality story heats up: Anaheim PD faces evidence-buying claims

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Officials have yet to comment on what may have caused one of the Submitted at 7/22/2012 10:43:00 PM officers to open fire. Image from twitter.com The incident has resonated @EdJoyce through the community, with Witnesses to the fatal police demonstrations Sunday outside shooting of an unarmed man in and briefly inside the Anaheim Anaheim, California say officers Police headquarters, as Police offered to buy up cell phone Chief John Welter prepared for a footage of the brutality that press-only news conference followed. The circumstances of regarding the assault. the shooting are currently under Demonstrators chanted "no investigation. justice, no peace" and "cops, pigs, murderers" as officers stood by. A few hours after shooting 24And now that the story has year-old Manuel Diaz as he ran gained national attention, the from police at around 4pm Anaheim PD claims the crowd of Saturday, officers unleashed w i t n e s s e s b e c a m e u n r u l y rubber bullets and an attack dog following the shooting, alleging on a crowd of witnesses most of t h a t t h e y s e t a f i r e a t a n them women and children who intersection in the neighborhood, c o n f r o n t e d p o l i c e o v e r t h e while others threw bottles and i n c i d e n t a s t h e y g a t h e r e d rocks at officers. evidence. However, a news video posted to Diaz later died in hospital. Y o u T u b e s h o w s l o c a l C B S
affiliate footage of what appears to be police storming a block filled mostly with women and children, many of them sitting in lawn chairs with no fire in sight. Local CBS reporter Jay Jackson confirms in the report that by shortly before 10pm Saturday, there was in fact a dumpster fire in the neighborhood after local residents formed a small protest, demanding answers from police. The Associated Press also now reports that dumpster fires were started on at least three occasions. In the YouTube video, police are clearly seen firing rubber bullets on a crowd of horrified women and children. Shortly thereafter a German Shepherd enters view, attacking a woman and her child and then a man sitting next to them. Towards the end of the video, Jackson says that "at least four"
people present during the fracas told him that officers on the scene offered to "buy" cell phone video footage of the incident from witnesses. Anaheim police officials are refraining from commenting on the circumstances of the attack or its aftermath, as the incident is still under investigation. The officer who shot Diaz has been put on desk duty. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Incinerating Assange - The Liberal Media Go To Work.
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Colorado town, Obama honor shooting victims - Reuters

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John Hickenlooper told a community memorial service at the municipal center in Aurora, Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:29am IST Colorado, a Denver suburb of * "...out of this darkness a brighter 325,000 people. day..."-Obama He captured a spirit of defiance * Town gathers for memorial in the blue-collar city that saw one service of the most innocent of American * Suspect to appear in court pastimes turn into a horror show. Monday, motive remains unclear Obama met with families at the * Gun control debate drives University of Colorado Hospital. Sunday talk shows (Recasts first In a televised address afterward, paragraph) he focused on the bravery of a By Mary Slosson and Chris young woman, Stephanie Davies, Francescani who saved her friend Allie Young A U R O R A , C o l o . , J u l y 2 2 by putting pressure on a gushing (Reuters) - President Barack neck wound with one hand while Obama met with friends and calling for help on her cellphone family of the Colorado movie with the other. theater shooting victims on "They assure us that out of this Sunday as the town of Aurora darkness a brighter day is going to mourned the 12 who died. come," Obama said. "Although Obama joined local officials and the perpetrator of this evil act has residents in refusing to utter the received a lot of attention over the name of the alleged shooter, last couple of days, that attention James Eagan Holmes. will fade away. And in the end, Police say Holmes, 24, was after he has felt the full force of dressed in body armor and toting our justice system, what will be three guns when he opened fire at remembered are the good people a midnight screening of the new who were impacted by this Batman movie. Fifty-eight people tragedy." were injured in the shooting. Among the thousands of people Holmes, who was apprehended spread across the lawn at the moments after the massacre, is to memorial were two-dozen friends make his first court appearance on of victim Micayla Medek, 23, all Monday. clad in bright shades of pink, her "I refuse to say his name. In my favorite color. house we're just going to call him Henry Miranda, 23, was sitting Suspect A," Colorado Governor with 'Cayla' when she was shot,
and declined to talk about the night. "Today is not about 'Why?'" Miranda said. "It's about celebrating the love she brought into all of our lives." Across the city, residents mourned. A dozen crosses with names of the dead now stand on a small hill across the street from the movie theater. Flowers have been placed in front of all the crosses and a giant teddy bear was placed next to one with the name of the youngest killed, 6-year-old Veronica Moser-Sullivan. A sign reading "7/20 gone not forgotten" was surrounded by balloons, flowers, American flags, Air Force hats and flags, and dozens of hand-written notes. The spray of bullets in the theater took the lives of victims ranging from the 6-year-old girl to a 51year-old man. Many of the wounded are still in the hospital. Iraq war veteran Christina Blache said she thought the shots were part of the show. But she was hit, and a friend who was celebrating his 27th birthday died. "Who expects to be shot in a movie theater? None of us did," she told CNN. "CALCULATION AND DELIBERATION" Josh Nowlan, also an Iraq war veteran, said he watched the shooter pick off victims - but then
his rifle jammed. "If that gun did not jam, I am full certain I would not be here," he told CNN. Holmes and his motives remained largely a mystery on Sunday, with his past associates saying he displayed no hints of a mental illness or violent tendencies. Holmes was until recently enrolled in a prestigious graduate program in neuroscience, and people who knew him struggled to comprehend the shooting. "It's absurd. It's so out of character for this young man," said Jerry Borgie, senior pastor at Penasquitos Lutheran Church in San Diego, where the Holmes family worshipped. Police said they had finished collecting evidence from Holmes's apartment, which was booby trapped with trip wires and explosives. While residents of nearby buildings were able to return home Saturday after police painstakingly dismantled the explosives, the three-story building where Holmes lived remained evacuated due to chemical hazards. Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates said the shooting was the product of months of "calculation and deliberation," with Holmes receiving a "high volume" of deliveries at work and home. Area shooting range owner Glenn
Rotkovich, 65, was among the few who found Holmes suspicious. Rotkovich said he received an emailed membership application from Holmes about a month ago and heard a "bizarre, freakish message" when he called to contact Holmes. "It was a very deep voice, a guttural rambling," Rotkovich, owner of the Lead Valley Range, told Reuters. "I couldn't understand it. I didn't try and understand it. That was all I needed to know." Hickenlooper, speaking on NBC television's "Meet the Press" program, said there were still no clues as to the motive for the shooting. But he said Holmes was "a twisted, really delusional individual" who had not been cooperating with authorities. "DIABOLIC, DEMONIC" "He was diabolical, demonic," Hickenlooper said. On Saturday afternoon, the local coroner's officer released the names of the 12 people killed, including an aspiring female sportscaster who had barely escaped a shooting in a Toronto mall earlier this summer. Those who witnessed the shooting told of a nightmarish scene, with dazed victims bleeding from bullet wounds, COLORADO page 6
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Colorado town, Obama honor shooting victims

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Obama met with families at the University of Colorado Hospital. In a televised address afterward, By Mary Slosson and Chris he focused on the bravery of a Francescani young woman, Stephanie Davies, AURORA, Colo.| Mon Jul 23, who saved her friend Allie Young 2012 2:05am EDT by putting pressure on a gushing (Reuters) - President Barack neck wound with one hand while Obama met with friends and calling for help on her cellphone family of the Colorado movie with the other. theater shooting victims on "They assure us that out of this Sunday as the town of Aurora darkness a brighter day is going to mourned the 12 who died. come," Obama said. "Although Obama joined local officials and the perpetrator of this evil act has residents in refusing to utter the received a lot of attention over the name of the alleged shooter, last couple of days, that attention James Eagan Holmes. will fade away. And in the end, Police say Holmes, 24, was after he has felt the full force of dressed in body armor and toting our justice system, what will be three guns when he opened fire at remembered are the good people a midnight screening of the new who were impacted by this Batman movie. Fifty-eight people tragedy." were injured in the shooting. Among the thousands of people Holmes, who was apprehended spread across the lawn at the moments after the massacre, is to memorial were two-dozen friends make his first court appearance on of victim Micayla Medek, 23, all Monday. clad in bright shades of pink, her "I refuse to say his name. In my favorite color. house we're just going to call him Henry Miranda, 23, was sitting Suspect A," Colorado Governor with 'Cayla' when she was shot, J o h n H i c k e n l o o p e r t o l d a and declined to talk about the community memorial service at night. the municipal center in Aurora, "Today is not about 'Why?'" Colorado, a Denver suburb of M i r a n d a s a i d . " I t ' s a b o u t 325,000 people. celebrating the love she brought He captured a spirit of defiance into all of our lives." in the blue-collar city that saw one Across the city, residents of the most innocent of American mourned. A dozen crosses with pastimes turn into a horror show. names of the dead now stand on a
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small hill across the street from the movie theater. Flowers have been placed in front of all the crosses and a giant teddy bear was placed next to one with the name of the youngest killed, 6-year-old Veronica Moser-Sullivan. A sign reading "7/20 gone not forgotten" was surrounded by balloons, flowers, American flags, Air Force hats and flags, and dozens of hand-written notes. The spray of bullets in the theater took the lives of victims ranging from the 6-year-old girl to a 51year-old man. Many of the wounded are still in the hospital. Iraq war veteran Christina Blache said she thought the shots were part of the show. But she was hit, and a friend who was celebrating his 27th birthday died. "Who expects to be shot in a movie theater? None of us did," she told CNN. "CALCULATION AND DELIBERATION" Josh Nowlan, also an Iraq war veteran, said he watched the shooter pick off victims - but then his rifle jammed. "If that gun did not jam, I am full certain I would not be here," he told CNN. Holmes and his motives remained largely a mystery on Sunday, with his past associates saying he displayed no hints of a mental illness or violent tendencies. Holmes was until
recently enrolled in a prestigious graduate program in neuroscience, and people who knew him struggled to comprehend the shooting. "It's absurd. It's so out of character for this young man," said Jerry Borgie, senior pastor at Penasquitos Lutheran Church in San Diego, where the Holmes family worshipped. Police said they had finished collecting evidence from Holmes's apartment, which was booby trapped with trip wires and explosives. While residents of nearby buildings were able to return home Saturday after police painstakingly dismantled the explosives, the three-story building where Holmes lived remained evacuated due to chemical hazards. Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates said the shooting was the product of months of "calculation and deliberation," with Holmes receiving a "high volume" of deliveries at work and home. Area shooting range owner Glenn Rotkovich, 65, was among the few who found Holmes suspicious. Rotkovich said he received an emailed membership application from Holmes about a month ago and heard a "bizarre, freakish message" when he called to contact Holmes. "It was a very deep voice, a
guttural rambling," Rotkovich, owner of the Lead Valley Range, told Reuters. "I couldn't understand it. I didn't try and understand it. That was all I needed to know." Hickenlooper, speaking on NBC television's "Meet the Press" program, said there were still no clues as to the motive for the shooting. But he said Holmes was "a twisted, really delusional individual" who had not been cooperating with authorities. "DIABOLIC, DEMONIC" "He was diabolical, demonic," Hickenlooper said. On Saturday afternoon, the local coroner's office released the names of the 12 people killed, including an aspiring female sportscaster who had barely escaped a shooting in a Toronto mall earlier this summer. Those who witnessed the shooting told of a nightmarish scene, with dazed victims bleeding from bullet wounds, spitting up blood and crying for help. For many, it evoked memories of the 1999 massacre at Columbine High School in Littleton, 17 miles from Aurora, where two students opened fire and killed 12 students and a teacher. The incident has also COLORADO page 7
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After Colorado theater shooting, Aurora seeks solace, unity - Los Angeles Times
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AURORA, Colo. They began arriving hours before the prayer vigil began Sunday, lugging shattered hearts as a thunderstorm crackled and light rain fell. By the time thousands had gathered outside Aurora's City Hall amid noticeably tight security, the sun had penetrated the clouds and the day's stifling heat had lifted. As authorities continued to amass evidence in Friday's massacre inside an Aurora movie theater, Coloradans sought strength in the face of madness, packing church services and coming together as a community to remember the 12 who died. PHOTOS: 'Dark Knight Rises' shooting They were joined by President Obama, who met with victims and families at the University of Colorado Hospital, a short drive from where their lives were upended. He quoted from the Bible, Revelation 21:4. "Scripture says that 'He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more. Neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away,'" Obama said. Obama thanked police for their
quick response and relayed the story of two friends, 19-year-old Allie Young and 21-year-old Stephanie Davies, who were watching "The Dark Knight Rises" when the gunman stormed the theater. As a man flung at least one gas or smoke canister and opened fire with an assault-style rifle, Young stood up, Obama said, and was immediately shot in the neck. Her wound spurting blood, she dropped to the floor. Davies dragged her out of the aisle, dropped down with her and stuck her fingers in the wound to apply pressure. Young told her to flee, Obama said, but Davies refused, staying until police arrived and arrested the suspect. Then, he said, Davies and others carried Young across two parking lots to ambulances. She's going to be fine, he said. "I don't know how many people at any age would have had the presence of mind that Stephanie did, or the courage that Allie showed," Obama said. People like them "represent what's best in us, and they assure us that out of this darkness a brighter day is going to come." Earlier, a federal law enforcement official told the Associated Press that the shooter's AR-15 rifle jammed, and he switched to another weapon and
begin firing again. Police have said they don't know how many rounds the shooter fired. As Obama finished speaking and left Colorado for previously scheduled events in the Bay Area, the somber crowd at the nearby Aurora Municipal Center listened as clergy and civic leaders talked of perseverance and remembrance. "It was almost like somehow God had come down and picked the most alive and vibrant people, and taken them from us," Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper said. But "history tells us the pain of something like this never goes away completely, but we do get stronger and it will get easier to move forward. It will take days, or months, or even longer." Responding to requests from victims' families who want their loved ones, not the shooter, remembered, Hickenlooper did not say the suspect's name. "In our house, we're just going to call him Suspect A," he said. Obama also refused to mention James E. Holmes. "Although the perpetrator of this evil act has received a lot of attention over the last couple of days, that attention will fade away, and in the end, after he has felt the full force of our justice system, what will be remembered are the good people who were
impacted by this tragedy," the president said. Many at the vigil wept. Others closed their eyes in prayer or looked on in a daze. People walked up to police officers, strangers, shook their hands and thanked them for their response. "Do you want some water?" asked a young boy, offering his bottle to police Det. Lance Dyer, who politely declined. "I want to thank you as well," said Mark Bogati, 59, a self-described biker who said he has had his share of trouble with the law. "God bless." One young boy drew gasps and tears with a simple handwritten placard: Roses are red Violets are blue This is a tragedy I'm so sorry for you "While our hearts are broken, our community is not," Aurora Mayor Steve Hogan told the crowd. "Our community will be with you as you leave this place tonight. The pain is still raw, and the healing has yet to begin, but know that [the community] will do whatever it takes for as long as it takes to help you. That is what families do. And we are a family." Nearby, a makeshift memorial formed a mass of pink in honor of victim Micayla Medek, who loved the pink-clad Hello Kitty. A boy
wearing baggy white jeans tucked a pink scrap of cloth into his pocket. His fedora was lined with Hello Kitty trim. Melissa Cutshaw's daughter, Kimber Avra, was in Theater 9 with Medek and five other friends. Medek, 23, was the only one of the group struck down. "It's hard," said Cutshaw. "It's hard to think my child almost didn't make it out. And then to know someone who died, it's heartbreaking. I need people. I need everyone here. They know how I feel." "It shows you're not alone," said Cutshaw's son, Jacob, 16. As prayers were offered at the vigil, many wiped away tears and parents held their children a little tighter. "I don't want to leave him out of my sight," said Brittnay Kilgore, who stood with her 12-year-old son, Tyler, at the back of the crowd. "All I can say is, God is probably as brokenhearted as I am." Others were equally shaken. Hickenlooper called out Medek's name and the names of the 11 other victims who died. With each name, the crowd responded: "We will remember." As the memorial ended, Ashley AFTER page 6
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Exclusive: Prosecutors, regulators close to making Libor arrests

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The letter ''B'' of the signage on the Barclays headquarters in Canary Wharf is hoisted up the side of the building in London July 20, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Simon Newman By Matthew Goldstein and Jennifer Ablan and Philipp Halstrick Mon Jul 23, 2012 1:25am EDT (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors and European regulators are close to arresting individual traders and charging them with colluding to manipulate global benchmark interest rates, according to people familiar with a sweeping investigation into the rigging scandal. Federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C., have recently contacted lawyers representing some of the suspects to notify them that criminal charges and arrests could be imminent, said two of those sources, who asked not to be identified because the investigation is ongoing. Defense lawyers, some of whom represent suspects, said prosecutors have indicated they plan to begin making arrests and filing criminal charges in the next few weeks. In long-running financial investigations it is not uncommon for prosecutors to
contact defense lawyers before filing charges to offer suspects a chance to cooperate or take a plea, these lawyers said. The prospect of charges and arrests means prosecutors are getting a fuller picture of how traders at major banks allegedly sought to influence the London Interbank Offered Rate, or Libor, and other global rates that underpin hundreds of trillions of dollars in assets. The criminal charges would come alongside efforts by regulators to fine major banks, and could show that the alleged activity was not rampant at the lenders. "The individual criminal charges have no impact on the regulatory moves against the banks," said a European source familiar with the matter. "But banks are hoping that at least regulators will see that the scandal was mainly due to individual misbehavior of a gang of traders." In Europe, financial regulators are focusing on a ring of traders from several European banks who allegedly sought to rig benchmark interest rates such as Libor, said the European source familiar with the investigation in Europe. The source, who did not want to be identified because the investigation is ongoing, said regulators are checking emails among a group of traders and
believe they are close to piecing together a picture of how the suspects allegedly conspired to make money by manipulating rates. The rates are set daily based on an average of estimates supplied by a panel of banks. "More than a handful of traders at different banks are involved," said the source familiar with the investigation by European regulators. There are also probes in Europe concerning Euribor, the Euro Interbank Offered Rate. It is not clear on which individuals and banks federal prosecutors are most focused. A top U.S. Department of Justice lawyer overseeing the investigation did not respond to a request for comment. Reuters previously reported that more than a dozen current and former employees of several large banks are under investigation, including Barclays Plc, UBS and Citigroup, and have hired defense lawyers over the past year as a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., continues to gather evidence. Activity in the Libor investigation, which has been going on for three years, has quickened since Barclays agreed last month to pay $453 million in fines and penalties to settle allegations with regulators and
prosecutors that some of its employees tried to manipulate key interest rates from 2005 through 2009. Barclays, which signed a nonprosecution agreement with U.S. prosecutors, is the first major bank to reach a settlement in the investigation, which also is looking at the activities of employees at HSBC, Deutsche Bank and other major lenders. HSBC declined to comment. Officials at Citigroup and UBS were not available for comment. The Barclays settlement sparked outrage and a series of public hearings in Britain, after which Barclays Chief Executive Bob Diamond announced his resignation from the UK bank. The revelations have raised questions about the integrity of Libor, which is used as a benchmark in setting prices for loans, mortgages and derivative contracts. Adding to concerns are documents released by the New York Federal Reserve Bank this month that show regulators in the United States and England had some knowledge that bankers were submitting misleading Libor bids during the 2008 financial crisis to make their financial institutions appear stronger than they really were. Among other details, the Fed
documents included the transcript of an April 2008 telephone call between a Barclays trader in New York and Fed official Fabiola Ravazzolo, in which the unidentified trader said: "So, we know that we're not posting um, an honest Libor." The source familiar with the investigation in Europe said two traders suspended from Deutsche Bank were among those being investigated. A Deutsche Bank spokesman declined to comment. The Financial Times said on Wednesday that regulators were looking at suspected communication among four traders who had worked at Barclays, Credit Agricole, HSBC and Deutsche Bank. Credit Agricole said it had not been accused of any wrongdoing related to the attempted manipulation of Libor by Barclays, but had responded to requests for information from various authorities related to the matter. Beyond regulatory penalties and criminal charges, banks face a growing number of civil lawsuits from cities, companies and financial institutions claiming they were harmed by rate manipulation. Morgan Stanley recently estimated that the 11 EXCLUSIVE: page 6
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spitting up blood and crying for help. For many, it evoked memories of the 1999 massacre at Columbine High School in Littleton, 17 miles (27 km) from Aurora, where two students opened fire and killed 12 students and a teacher. The incident has also reverberated in the U.S. presidential race. Both Obama and his Republican rival, Mitt Romney, toned down their campaigns on Friday, pulled ads from Colorado and dedicated scheduled events to the victims. In Rome on Sunday, Pope Benedict expressed dismay and sadness at the shooting. "I was deeply shocked by the senseless violence which took place in Aurora, Denver," he said in his regular Sunday Angelus address. Holmes was arrested in a parking lot behind the cinema. He was armed with a Smith & Wesson M&P .223 semi-automatic rifle, similar to an AR-15 assault rifle, a
12-gauge shotgun and a Glock .40 -caliber handgun. Police found an additional Glock .40-caliber handgun in his car. All the weapons had been bought legally in the previous 60 days. Arizona Senator John McCain told CNN on Sunday, the oneyear anniversary of a mass attack in Norway in which a lone gunman killed dozens, that he needed to be convinced that tighter gun control would solve the problem. "The killer in Norway was in a country that had very strict gun control laws, and yet he was still able to acquire the necessary means to initiate and carry out a mass slaughter," McCain said. But California Senator Dianne Feinstein questioned why a clip holding as many as 100 bullets, which police say Holmes bought, was available in the United States. "You don't need it for selfdefense. Why do you need it? Why do we make it available?" she said on Fox.
"THE JOKER" Authorities said Holmes had dyed his hair red and called himself "the Joker" in a reference to Batman's comic-book nemesis. His initial court appearance on Monday morning will be at the Arapahoe County Justice Center. Sources familiar with the investigation said some 30 softball-sized containers filled with gunpowder were found in Holmes' apartment, together with containers filled with "incendiary liquids" intended to fuel a fire from the initial explosions, as well as bullets meant to ricochet around the apartment. Holmes was being held in solitary confinement to protect him from other prisoners, a routine precaution in high-profile cases, said Grayson Robinson, sheriff of Arapahoe County. Until last month, Holmes was studying for a doctoral degree in neuroscience at the University of Colorado's Anschutz Medical School, a few blocks from his
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global banks linked to the Libor scandal may face $14 billion in regulatory and legal settlement costs through 2014. In the United States, the regulatory investigation is being led by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which has made the Libor probe one of its top priorities. (Reporting by Matthew Goldstein and Jennifer Ablan in New York and Philipp Halstrick in Frankfurt, with additional reporting by Emily Flitter in New York and Aruna Viswanatha in Washington, D.C.; Editing by Alwyn Scott, Maureen Bavdek and Dale Hudson) This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Incinerating Assange - The Liberal Media Go To Work.
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reverberated in the U.S. presidential race. Both Obama and his Republican rival, Mitt Romney, toned down their campaigns on Friday, pulled ads from Colorado and dedicated scheduled events to the victims. In Rome on Sunday, Pope Benedict expressed dismay and sadness at the shooting. "I was deeply shocked by the senseless violence which took place in Aurora, Denver," he said in his regular Sunday Angelus address. Holmes was arrested in a parking lot behind the cinema. He was armed with a Smith & Wesson M&P .223 semi-automatic rifle, similar to an AR-15 assault rifle, a 12-gauge shotgun and a Glock .40 -caliber handgun. Police found an additional Glock .40-caliber handgun in his car. All the weapons had been bought legally in the previous 60 days. Arizona Senator John McCain told CNN on Sunday, the oneyear anniversary of a mass attack in Norway in which a lone gunman killed dozens, that he needed to be convinced that tighter gun control would solve the problem.
"The killer in Norway was in a country that had very strict gun control laws, and yet he was still able to acquire the necessary means to initiate and carry out a mass slaughter," McCain said. But California Senator Dianne Feinstein questioned why a clip holding as many as 100 bullets, which police say Holmes bought, was available in the United States. "You don't need it for selfdefense. Why do you need it? Why do we make it available?" she said on Fox. "THE JOKER" Authorities said Holmes had dyed his hair red and called himself "the Joker" in a reference to Batman's comic-book nemesis. His initial court appearance on Monday morning will be at the Arapahoe County Justice Center. Sources familiar with the investigation said some 30 softball-sized containers filled with gunpowder were found in Holmes' apartment, together with containers filled with "incendiary liquids" intended to fuel a fire from the initial explosions, as well as bullets meant to ricochet around the apartment. Holmes was being held in
solitary confinement to protect him from other prisoners, a routine precaution in high-profile cases, said Grayson Robinson, sheriff of Arapahoe County. Until last month, Holmes was studying for a doctoral degree in neuroscience at the University of Colorado's Anschutz Medical School, a few blocks from his apartment. (Additional reporting by Stephanie Simon, Keith Coffman, Edith Honan, Dan Whitcomb and Donna Smith in the United States and James Mackenzie in Rome. Writing by Peter Henderson and Tom Brown. Editing by Jonathan Weber, Eric Walsh and Eric Beech) This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Incinerating Assange - The Liberal Media Go To Work.
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A F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet (Reuters/Gonzalo Fuentes) An American F-16 fighter jet went down in a Russian exclusive economic zone near the Kuril Islands on Monday. It is the second incident with an F-16 over the last 24 hours, as another jet crashed in Japans north on Sunday. The Kamchatsky territorial naval rescue center reported at 8:30 am local time (8:30 pm GMT) that an aircraft was in distress over the Pacific Ocean near the northern Kurils, Andrey Orlov, a spokesman for the Russian Border Guard Service in the Far East said. Later on it turned out to be an American F-16. The pilot successfully ejected before the jet plummeted into the
waters below. The Russian Antias border patrol vessel and an An-72 patrol aircraft were dispatched to the crash zone, though the pilot was ultimately picked up by the Japanese the Hokko Maru fishery research vessel about five hours after the crash. Orlov says the fighter jet sank almost immediately after the crash. The Antias patrol vessel that arrived at the scene has not found even a petrol spot on the surface of the ocean, so the crash site poses no threat to ecology, the Russian border guard reported. The crew of the Hokko Maru is expected to hand over the rescued pilot to an American patrol vessel in the Pacific. The 35th Fighter Wings F-16 fighter jet was reportedly hopping from Misawa Air Base in Japan to Alaska. The crash near the Kurils has
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BAGHDAD| Mon Jul 23, 2012 2:12am EDT (Reuters) - Car bombs in two towns south of Baghdad and in the Iraqi city of Najaf killed a total of 20 people on Sunday and wounded 80, police and hospital sources said, in one of the most violent days of the past two weeks. Three car bombs killed 11 people and wounded 38 in Mahmudiya, a town 30 km (20 miles) south of Baghdad, according to police. The first detonated in a car in a parking lot, the second in another car as police arrived at the scene and a third at the town's police
station, the police sources said. In Madaen, a town 30 km (20 miles) southeast of the Iraqi capital, two bombs killed five people and wounded 14 in a crowded market, police and hospital sources said. And car bombs planted in a busy trading street in Najaf, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad, killed four people and wounded 28, Interior Ministry sources said. Although violence in Iraq has eased since a peak in 2006-2007 when tens of thousands were killed, insurgents still carry out deadly attacks, especially around the capital. The past two weeks have seen a lull in violence in the lead-up to the Muslim holy month of
Ramadan, which started in Iraq on Saturday. Last month at least 237 people were killed and 603 wounded in attacks, making it one of the bloodiest months since U.S. troops withdrew at the end of last year. (Reporting by Kareem Raheem; Writing by Sylvia Westall; Editing by Kevin Liffey) This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Incinerating Assange - The Liberal Media Go To Work.
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Earnings season gets into full swing this week, when nearly 100 major firms report quarterly results. The reporters vary heavily, with announcements scheduled from names like Goldman Sachs, Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft, and General Electric. Below is this week's earnings announcement calendar along with consensus EPS estimates. Take stock of who you have stock in: Monday, July 23, 2012: Halliburton (HAL): $0.75 Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE): $0.73 Eaton (ETN): $1.09 Hasbro (HAS): $0.24 McDonald's(MCD): $1.38 Texas Instruments(TXN): $0.34 VMware(VMW): $0.66 CoreLogic (CLGX): $0.37 Steel Dynamics (STLD): $0.20 Tuesday, July 24, 2012: AK Steel Holding (AKS): $0.05 Lennox International (LII): $0.96 Six Flags Entertainment (SIX):
$0.73 EI du Pont de Nemours (DD): $1.46 Lockheed Martin(LMT): $1.91 Ryder System (R): $0.93 Simon Property Group (SPG): $1.81 Lexmark International (LXK): $0.93 Whirlpool(WHR): $1.69 Altria Group (MO):$0.57 Under Armour(UA):$0.05 United Parcel Service ( UPS): $1.17 AT&T (T): $0.63 Netflix(NFLX): $0.05 Panera Bread (PNRA): $1.43 Juniper Networks(JNPR): $0.16 Norfolk Southern (NSC): $1.53 TripAdvisor(TRIP):$0.42 Tempur-Pedic International (TPX):$0.38 Illumina (ILMN):$0.36 Apple(AAPL):$10.40 Broadcom(BRCM):$0.67 Aflac (AFL):$1.61 Spirit Airlines (SAVE):$0.47 Buffalo Wild Wings (BWLD):$0.68 Wednesday, July 25, 2012: Wyndham Worldwide (WYN): $0.84
IAC(IACI): $0.70 Eli Lilly& Co (LLY): $0.76 RadioShack (RSH): $0.05 Hess(HES): $1.39 Corning (GLW): $0.31 WellPoint (WLP): $2.08 Ford Motor (F): $0.29 Motorola Solutions (MSI): $0.69 PepsiCo(PEP): $1.10 NASDAQ OMX (NDAQ): $0.60 Caterpillar(CAT): $2.29 Boeing(BA): $1.12 Southern Co (SO): $0.68 ConocoPhillips(COP): $1.27
Delta Air Lines (DAL): $0.68 Level 3 Communications (LVLT): -$0.23 Nielsen Holdings (NLSN): $0.41 AOL(AOL): $0.20 Thursday, July 26, 2012: United Technologies(UTX): $1.42 National Oilwell Varco (NOV): $1.40 Dr Pepper Snapple Group (DPS): $0.82 Boston Scientific (BSX): $0.10 Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide (HOT): $0.62 Dunkin' Brands Group (DNKN): $0.33 Moody's(MCO): $0.71 Colgate-Palmolive(CL): $1.34 Visa(V): $1.45 Dow Chemical(DOW): $0.64 Zynga(ZNGA): $0.06 L-3 Communications Holdings Owens-Illinois (OI): $0.76 (LLL): $1.99 Las Vegas Sands (LVS): $0.60 Kimberly-Clark(KMB): $1.28 KBR(KBR): $0.57 Hershey (HSY): $0.61 Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF): Exxon Mobil (XOM): $1.95 $1.77 Sprint Nextel (S): -$0.41 Whole Foods Market(WFM): Raytheon(RTN): $1.23 $0.61 McGraw-Hill Cos (MHP): $0.76 Lorillard (LO): $2.32 McKesson Corp (MCK): $1.48 JetBlue Airways(JBLU): $0.16 Gilead Sciences (GILD): $0.95 Bristol-Myers Squibb(BMY): $0.49 COMPLETE page 11 US Airways Group (LCC): $1.55
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The Mega Rich Are Hiding At Least $21 Trillion In Offshore Tax Havens [Study]
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According to a new study published by the Tax Justice Network, the richest people in the world have at least $21 trillion and as much as $32 trillion sitting in offshore bank accounts to dodge taxes in their home countries. According to London's Observer, which got early access to the report, the findings were based on data from the Bank of International Settlements, the International Monetary Fund, and private sector analysts. From the Observer: In total, 10 million individuals around the world hold assets offshore, according to Henry's analysis; but almost half of the minimum estimate of $21tn $9.8tn is owned by just 92,000 people. And that does not include the non-financial assets art, yachts, mansions in Kensington
VeriSign (VRSN): $0.45 CA Inc (CA): $0.60 Amazon.com (AMZN): $0.03 Expedia(EXPE): $0.72 Starbucks(SBUX): $0.45 Royal Caribbean Cruises(RCL): $0.03 MetroPCS Communications (PCS): $0.22 Interpublic Group(IPG): $0.21 United Continental Holdings ( UAL): $1.70 Steven Madden (SHOO): $0.63 3M(MMM): $1.65 Facebook(FB): $0.11 Friday, July 27, 2012: Calpine (CPN): -$0.02 Newmont Mining (NEM): $0.96 Weyerhaeuser (WY): $0.10 LifePoint Hospitals (LPNT): $0.81 Merck(MRK): $1.01 KKR (KKR): $0.14 Newell Rubbermaid (NWL):
$0.45 Legg Mason (LM): $0.18 Chevron(CVX): $3.22 Pilgrim's Pride (PPC): $0.23 Companies are listed in the general order that they will report (before-the-bell announcements are first, with after-the-bell announcements towards the middle-to-end). Consensus estimates provided by Bloomberg. SEE ALSO: Click here to see what the world's largest companies are saying about the state of the economy > Please follow Money Game on Twitter and Facebook. Join the conversation about this story
that many of the world's movers and shakers like to use as homes for their immense riches. ... Assuming that super-rich investors earn a relatively modest 3% a year on their $21tn, taxing that vast wall of money at 30% would generate a very useful $189bn a year more than rich economies spend on aid to the rest
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Warning: This post contains major spoilers. With news of her parent's true cause of death last week, Sookie's in a downward spiral. She's just about had it with faeries, werewolves, vampires, and the rest of the supernaturals. Instead of dealing with her problems, she considers ridding of them, permanently. It may be a good idea because it looks like another man in her life is moving on with another girl. Meanwhile, we get to see more of Russell Edgington's return to the afterlife. Though things border on the extremewe witness reincarnations of the deadactor Denis O'Hare(Edgington) is a pleasure to witness on screen. Also, Pam rocks an '80s do,
Recognition Celebration on Sunday, July 22, 2012, at Ebenezer Baptist Church. DAVID Housing Authority scholarships T. offer 'chance for a better life' Charlotte Housing Authority: 94 Charlotte Observer students receive thousands in Terry Washington, left, shakes s c h o l a r s h i p m o n e y W S O C hands with John T. Crawford, C h a r l o t t e founder of the Charlotte Housing all 2 news articles Authority Scholarship Fund at the end of the 29th annual Awards &
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Tara's pole dancing, and we begin to witness Hoyt's slow descent into madness. Sookie learns she has a limited amount of magic. She learns that while she is half faerie, she can deplete her supply of magic. Translation: if she drains all her powers, she'll finally be a "normal" human.
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Family, Friends Remember Colorado Massacre Victims

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Family, friends remember victims of Colorado massacre Though the victims came from all walks of life, many of their relatives expressed the same sentiment: the desire to share and reflect on the wonderful lives the victims led, not the accused madman who cut them short. Some have provided photos to the press, which have been compiled here. AURORA, Colo. As the names of the 12 victims of the mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater were released Saturday, friends and family flocked to social media, traditional media outlets and vigils to speak out about their loved ones who perished. Though the victims came from all walks of life, many of their relatives expressed the same sentiment: the desire to share and reflect on the wonderful lives the victims led, not the accused gunman who cut short their lives. Here are their stories, in alphabetical order: Jonathan Blunk, 26: Blunk was a certified firefighter, emergency medical technician and a veteran of the United States Navy who served three tours in the Persian Gulf and North Arabian Sea
between 2004 and 2009. He also was a father of two small children. Blunk would have wanted to die a hero, according to friends and family, and his friend Jansen Young, who was with him at the theater that night, says he was. When shots rang out, Blunk threw himself in front of Young
and saved her life, Young told the NBC's "Today" show. His estranged wife, Chantel Blunk, told NBC News she was not surprised to hear of Blunk's reported actions that night. He always talked about if he were going to die, he wanted to die a hero, she said, Blunk's close friend James Gill
agreed. "That's something he would do," Gill told The Associated Press. "If he was going to choose a way to die, that's how he wanted to go -defending someone from a (person) like that." Blunk, a 2004 graduate of Reno's Hug High School in Nevada, most recently worked at a hardware
store but wanted to re-enlist in the Navy. He dreamed of becoming a Navy Seal. In addition to his estranged wife, he leaves behind a 4-year-old daughter and 2-year-old son. Alexander "A.J." Boik, 18: An estimated 500 people gathered at FAMILY, page 14
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Gateway High School Saturday night to remember Boik, a recent graduate and talented artist who was headed to the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design in the fall. "He was a very big part of this community,'' Tami Avery, 41, whose son played sports with Boik, told Reuters. "He will be dearly missed." Boik's family, in a statement obtained by The Associated Press, said Boik was adored by all who knew him.They said Boik was dating a "beautiful young lady" who was with him at the theater but survived. A friend, Jordan Crofter, said Boik and his girlfriend were the "perfect couple," and people expected them to get married. "If he were still here, he'd try to make everyone have a positive outlook of the situation and not allow it to affect their outlook of life," Crofter said. Jesse Childress, 29: An Air Force cyber-systems operator based at Buckley Air Force Base, Childress was described by a coworker as "always positive and laughing." "Really just an amazing person, and I am so lucky to have been his friend," Ashley Wassinger told The Associated Press. Air Force Capt. Andrew Williams described Childress as knowledgeable, experienced and respectful. "We're going to miss him incredibly," he said. Another co-worker, Tech Sgt. Alejandro Sanchez, told the The Associated Press that Childress
was his good friend and they were on a bowling team together. "He would help anyone and always was great for our Air Force unit," he said. Gordon Cowden, 51: Cowden lived in Aurora, but his family described him as a "true Texas gentleman" in a statement. At 51, he is the oldest massacre victim. He was at the movie with his two teenage children, who escaped the shooting unharmed. "A quick-witted world traveler with a keen sense of humor, he will be remembered for his devotion to his children and for always trying his best to do the right thing, no matter the obstacle," his family said. His family declined to be interviewed in their request for privacy, but expressed appreciation for words of concern offered in the wake of the shooting. "Our hearts go out to everyone that has been harmed by this senseless tragedy," they said. Jessica Ghawi, 24: An aspiring sports journalist, Ghawi was one of the first victims identified. Ghawi, who went by the name Jessica Redfield in her on-air role, had narrowly escaped a June 2 shooting at a Toronto shopping mall that left one person dead and four others injured. Ghawi wrote a now-chilling post on her blog about how she left that scene just moments before that shooting took place. This empty, almost sickening feeling wont go away, she wrote. I noticed this feeling
when I was in the Eaton Center in Toronto just seconds before someone opened fire in the food court. An odd feeling which led me to go outside and unknowingly out of harms way. Its hard for me to wrap my mind around how a weird feeling saved me from being in the middle of a deadly shooting. Jordan Ghawi told The Associated Press his sister's death comes as a "complete and utter shock." Former colleagues described her as ambitious and hardworking. She went by the name "Redfield," a play on her red hair, because it was easy to say and remember, both professionally and on her social media accounts. She was a regular tweeter and her last post to the micro-blogging website stated in all capital letters, "movie doesn't start for 20 minutes." John Larimer, 27: A thirdgeneration member of the U.S. military, Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Larimer was at his first military post in Colorado, Fox 31 reports. I am incredibly saddened by the loss of Petty Officer John Larimer he was an outstanding shipmate, Cmdr. Jeffrey Jakuboski, Larimers commanding officer, told Fox 31. A valued member of our Navy team, he will be missed by all who knew him. My heart goes out to Johns family, friends and loved ones, as well as to all victims of this horrible tragedy. Larimer's family said in a
statement, "We love you, John, and we will miss you always." Larimer, who grew up in the Chicago suburb of Crystal Lake, joined the service just more than a year ago, the Navy said. Matt McQuinn, 27: As shots rang out in the theater, the Ohio native dove in front of his girlfriend Samantha Yowler, shielding her from the bullets, but losing his own life in the process. Yowler was recovering from surgery after she was shot in the knee at the theater. Her 32-yearold brother, Nick Yowler, who also shielded his sister, was not injured. "Unfortunately, Matt McQuinn perished from the injuries he sustained during the tragic events that unfolded in Denver, Colorado, and went home to be with his maker," Rob Scott, an Ohio attorney retained by the families of McQuinn and Yowler said in a statement. "As both families mourn the loss of Matt, they ask for everyone to give them distance and time. Again, the families thank everyone for their love, prayers and ask that we respect their families' wishes." McQuinn and Yowler met while working at an Ohio Target store a few years ago, Fox 31 reported. They moved to Denver in 2011. Micayla Medek, 23: A community college student who shared a love for the Green Bay Packers with her father, "Cayla" as she was known, came from a tight-knit family. "I hope this evil act ... doesn't shake people's faith in God," her
father's cousin, Anita Busch, told The Associated Press, saying her family was heartbroken. Busch said the family did not learn of Medeks death for 19 hours. We had been desperately trying to find her, she told CNN. Fox 31 reports a Facebook page attributed to Medek said she worked at Subway and studied at the Community College of Aurora. Im a simple independent girl whos just trying to get her life together while still having fun, she said on the page, according to the station. Veronica Moser-Sullivan, 6: The youngest victim, Moser-Sullivan was a "great little girl, excited about life," her great-aunt Annie Dalton told The Associated Press. "She should be at 6 years old." Her mother, Ashley Moser, remains hospitalized in critical condition with gunshot wounds to her neck and abdomen. She has been in and out of consciousness and asking for her daughter during moments of lucidity. "Nobody can tell her about it," Dalton said. "She is in critical condition, but all she's asking about is her daughter." Fox 31 reports a cousin of the family says the little girl's father had just died two months ago. It just feels like, oh, my gosh, part of our family has been wiped out, Katherine Young told the station. "Its just crazy. Alex Sullivan, 27: Sullivan's FAMILY, page 19
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Colorado town, Obama honor shooting victims

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Obama met with families at the University of Colorado Hospital. In a televised address afterward, By Mary Slosson and Chris he focused on the bravery of a Francescani young woman, Stephanie Davies, AURORA, Colo.| Mon Jul 23, who saved her friend Allie Young 2012 2:05am EDT by putting pressure on a gushing (Reuters) - President Barack neck wound with one hand while Obama met with friends and calling for help on her cellphone family of the Colorado movie with the other. theater shooting victims on "They assure us that out of this Sunday as the town of Aurora darkness a brighter day is going to mourned the 12 who died. come," Obama said. "Although Obama joined local officials and the perpetrator of this evil act has residents in refusing to utter the received a lot of attention over the name of the alleged shooter, last couple of days, that attention James Eagan Holmes. will fade away. And in the end, Police say Holmes, 24, was after he has felt the full force of dressed in body armor and toting our justice system, what will be three guns when he opened fire at remembered are the good people a midnight screening of the new who were impacted by this Batman movie. Fifty-eight people tragedy." were injured in the shooting. Among the thousands of people Holmes, who was apprehended spread across the lawn at the moments after the massacre, is to memorial were two-dozen friends make his first court appearance on of victim Micayla Medek, 23, all Monday. clad in bright shades of pink, her "I refuse to say his name. In my favorite color. house we're just going to call him Henry Miranda, 23, was sitting Suspect A," Colorado Governor with 'Cayla' when she was shot, J o h n H i c k e n l o o p e r t o l d a and declined to talk about the community memorial service at night. the municipal center in Aurora, "Today is not about 'Why?'" Colorado, a Denver suburb of M i r a n d a s a i d . " I t ' s a b o u t 325,000 people. celebrating the love she brought He captured a spirit of defiance into all of our lives." in the blue-collar city that saw one Across the city, residents of the most innocent of American mourned. A dozen crosses with pastimes turn into a horror show. names of the dead now stand on a
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small hill across the street from the movie theater. Flowers have been placed in front of all the crosses and a giant teddy bear was placed next to one with the name of the youngest killed, 6-year-old Veronica Moser-Sullivan. A sign reading "7/20 gone not forgotten" was surrounded by balloons, flowers, American flags, Air Force hats and flags, and dozens of hand-written notes. The spray of bullets in the theater took the lives of victims ranging from the 6-year-old girl to a 51year-old man. Many of the wounded are still in the hospital. Iraq war veteran Christina Blache said she thought the shots were part of the show. But she was hit, and a friend who was celebrating his 27th birthday died. "Who expects to be shot in a movie theater? None of us did," she told CNN. "CALCULATION AND DELIBERATION" Josh Nowlan, also an Iraq war veteran, said he watched the shooter pick off victims - but then his rifle jammed. "If that gun did not jam, I am full certain I would not be here," he told CNN. Holmes and his motives remained largely a mystery on Sunday, with his past associates saying he displayed no hints of a mental illness or violent tendencies. Holmes was until
recently enrolled in a prestigious graduate program in neuroscience, and people who knew him struggled to comprehend the shooting. "It's absurd. It's so out of character for this young man," said Jerry Borgie, senior pastor at Penasquitos Lutheran Church in San Diego, where the Holmes family worshipped. Police said they had finished collecting evidence from Holmes's apartment, which was booby trapped with trip wires and explosives. While residents of nearby buildings were able to return home Saturday after police painstakingly dismantled the explosives, the three-story building where Holmes lived remained evacuated due to chemical hazards. Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates said the shooting was the product of months of "calculation and deliberation," with Holmes receiving a "high volume" of deliveries at work and home. Area shooting range owner Glenn Rotkovich, 65, was among the few who found Holmes suspicious. Rotkovich said he received an emailed membership application from Holmes about a month ago and heard a "bizarre, freakish message" when he called to contact Holmes. "It was a very deep voice, a
guttural rambling," Rotkovich, owner of the Lead Valley Range, told Reuters. "I couldn't understand it. I didn't try and understand it. That was all I needed to know." Hickenlooper, speaking on NBC television's "Meet the Press" program, said there were still no clues as to the motive for the shooting. But he said Holmes was "a twisted, really delusional individual" who had not been cooperating with authorities. "DIABOLIC, DEMONIC" "He was diabolical, demonic," Hickenlooper said. On Saturday afternoon, the local coroner's office released the names of the 12 people killed, including an aspiring female sportscaster who had barely escaped a shooting in a Toronto mall earlier this summer. Those who witnessed the shooting told of a nightmarish scene, with dazed victims bleeding from bullet wounds, spitting up blood and crying for help. For many, it evoked memories of the 1999 massacre at Columbine High School in Littleton, 17 miles from Aurora, where two students opened fire and killed 12 students and a teacher. The incident has also COLORADO page 20
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Exclusive: Prosecutors, regulators close to making Libor arrests

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The letter ''B'' of the signage on the Barclays headquarters in Canary Wharf is hoisted up the side of the building in London July 20, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Simon Newman By Matthew Goldstein and Jennifer Ablan and Philipp Halstrick Mon Jul 23, 2012 1:25am EDT (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors and European regulators are close to arresting individual traders and charging them with colluding to manipulate global benchmark interest rates, according to people familiar with a sweeping investigation into the rigging scandal. Federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C., have recently contacted lawyers representing some of the suspects to notify them that criminal charges and arrests could be imminent, said two of those sources, who asked not to be identified because the investigation is ongoing. Defense lawyers, some of whom represent suspects, said prosecutors have indicated they plan to begin making arrests and filing criminal charges in the next few weeks. In long-running financial investigations it is not uncommon for prosecutors to
contact defense lawyers before filing charges to offer suspects a chance to cooperate or take a plea, these lawyers said. The prospect of charges and arrests means prosecutors are getting a fuller picture of how traders at major banks allegedly sought to influence the London Interbank Offered Rate, or Libor, and other global rates that underpin hundreds of trillions of dollars in assets. The criminal charges would come alongside efforts by regulators to fine major banks, and could show that the alleged activity was not rampant at the lenders. "The individual criminal charges have no impact on the regulatory moves against the banks," said a European source familiar with the matter. "But banks are hoping that at least regulators will see that the scandal was mainly due to individual misbehavior of a gang of traders." In Europe, financial regulators are focusing on a ring of traders from several European banks who allegedly sought to rig benchmark interest rates such as Libor, said the European source familiar with the investigation in Europe. The source, who did not want to be identified because the investigation is ongoing, said regulators are checking emails among a group of traders and
believe they are close to piecing together a picture of how the suspects allegedly conspired to make money by manipulating rates. The rates are set daily based on an average of estimates supplied by a panel of banks. "More than a handful of traders at different banks are involved," said the source familiar with the investigation by European regulators. There are also probes in Europe concerning Euribor, the Euro Interbank Offered Rate. It is not clear on which individuals and banks federal prosecutors are most focused. A top U.S. Department of Justice lawyer overseeing the investigation did not respond to a request for comment. Reuters previously reported that more than a dozen current and former employees of several large banks are under investigation, including Barclays Plc, UBS and Citigroup, and have hired defense lawyers over the past year as a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., continues to gather evidence. Activity in the Libor investigation, which has been going on for three years, has quickened since Barclays agreed last month to pay $453 million in fines and penalties to settle allegations with regulators and
prosecutors that some of its employees tried to manipulate key interest rates from 2005 through 2009. Barclays, which signed a nonprosecution agreement with U.S. prosecutors, is the first major bank to reach a settlement in the investigation, which also is looking at the activities of employees at HSBC, Deutsche Bank and other major lenders. HSBC declined to comment. Officials at Citigroup and UBS were not available for comment. The Barclays settlement sparked outrage and a series of public hearings in Britain, after which Barclays Chief Executive Bob Diamond announced his resignation from the UK bank. The revelations have raised questions about the integrity of Libor, which is used as a benchmark in setting prices for loans, mortgages and derivative contracts. Adding to concerns are documents released by the New York Federal Reserve Bank this month that show regulators in the United States and England had some knowledge that bankers were submitting misleading Libor bids during the 2008 financial crisis to make their financial institutions appear stronger than they really were. Among other details, the Fed
documents included the transcript of an April 2008 telephone call between a Barclays trader in New York and Fed official Fabiola Ravazzolo, in which the unidentified trader said: "So, we know that we're not posting um, an honest Libor." The source familiar with the investigation in Europe said two traders suspended from Deutsche Bank were among those being investigated. A Deutsche Bank spokesman declined to comment. The Financial Times said on Wednesday that regulators were looking at suspected communication among four traders who had worked at Barclays, Credit Agricole, HSBC and Deutsche Bank. Credit Agricole said it had not been accused of any wrongdoing related to the attempted manipulation of Libor by Barclays, but had responded to requests for information from various authorities related to the matter. Beyond regulatory penalties and criminal charges, banks face a growing number of civil lawsuits from cities, companies and financial institutions claiming they were harmed by rate manipulation. Morgan Stanley recently estimated that the 11 EXCLUSIVE: page 20
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Netanyahu Points to Iran, Hezbollah in Attacks

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday repeated his assertion that Iran and its terrorist proxy Hezbollah are behind the recent suicide attack in Bulgaria and other similar efforts, but avoided commenting on the U.S. presidential race and Mitt Romneys upcoming visit. Netanyahu said his assertion that Hezbollah is behind the attack last week at a Bulgarian bus station that killed five Israeli tourists is based on rock solid intelligence and its resemblance to other, recent attempted attacks across the world, included an attempt in Cyprus. Its the same modus operandi, he said on "Fox News Sunday." Its them and we know it. Netanyahu also called the Iran government the worlds most dangerous regime. He is set to meet Saturday with Romney as part of the GOP presidential candidates sevenday, international trip to England, Israel and Poland. The prime minister said only that he would express to Romney the same thoughts that he expressed to President Obama when he was
running for the White House in 2008 -- his citizens desire for peace and their concerns about Iran having nuclear weapons. Netanyahu said he agrees with Obama in principal about keeping Iran from having such weapons, but he declined to go further. Youre not going to draw me
into your politics, he said. Still. he pointed out that Iran's nuclear program remains intact four years since the last election. Iran has defended its nuclear program as peaceful and rebuffed international efforts to dismantle it. Officials have yet to identify the
homicide bomber in Bulgaria, but Netanyahu said his country will share its information with appropriate and friendly agencies. Just imagine what would happened if this regime got a hold of nuclear weapons, he said on CBS Face the Nation.
Netanyahu also said he thinks Syrian President Bashar Assad will soon be removed from power, but his bigger concern is what will happen to the countrys stockpile of weapons in the aftermath, when there is no control. NETANYAHU page 20
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Remembering the Victims With aVow: 'I Refuse to Say His Name'
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July 22, 2012: At a prayer vigil in Aurora, Colo., in honor of the victims of a movie massacre, Byron Allen, 11, holds a poster reading, "Real heros don't wear capes!" and Zac Wade, 8, holds sign that says, "Thank you police officers and firefighters." Fox News/Jana Winter AURORA, Colo. The names of the dead from Friday's midnight movie massacre were spoken, but that of their alleged killer was not as grief-stricken residents gathered for a vigil Sunday, just two days after a gunman shot up a crowded movie theater and plunged this Denver suburb into despair. With a helicopter circling high above and snipers watching from nearby rooftops, the specter of violence loomed even as young and old pulled together to speed the healing process. Boy Scouts passed out water and grim-faced police officers stood by as speakers, including Gov. John Hickenlooper, vowed that Aurora would honor its dead and care for its wounded following the horrific attack that left 12 dead and scores injured. "We will remember," the crowd
intoned with solemn determination after Hickenlooper ticked off the names of each of those killed. He drew thunderous applause when he said of suspect James Holmes, "I refuse to say his name." The crowd at Aurora Municipal Center saved its longest ovation for the police and rescue workers, and family members of the dead and wounded stood to acknowledge their gratitude. People of all ages were at the vigil, including 11-year-old Bryon Allen, who hoisted a sign saying "Real heroes don't wear capes."
"I was in the mountains when it happened I didn't know that it happened until my aunt told me when we were coming back," the boy told FoxNews.com. "We heard a little girl she got shot and, um, she died. I want to honor police and fireman." His friend Zac Wade, 8, from Arvada, said he wanted to "honor police and fireman that helped." Earlier in the day, President Obama visited with victims at area hospitals, listening to their harrowing stories of death at the sowing of te Batman movie The Dark Knight Rises," and quoting
scripture to offer inspiration to a town desperately in need of it. "He will wipe away every tear and death shall be no more, " Obama said at the University of Colorado Hospital Sunday evening, quoting the New Testament Book of Revelation. "I come to them not so much as president but as a father and a husband," Obama said. "I confessed to them that while words are always inadequate in these kinds of situations, my main task is to be a representative of the entire country and to let them know that we think about them
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family called him "their real life super hero," and he was at "The Dark Knight Rises" premiere celebrating his 27th birthday and his first wedding anniversary. "Alex was a gentle giant, known and loved by so many. He always had a glowing smile on his face and he made friends with everyone. Alex enjoyed all sorts of movies, was an avid comic book geek and loved the New York Mets," the family said in a statement. Sullivan had a warm smile and an innocence that endeared him to people, said Shelly Fradkin, whose son Brian was good friends with Sullivan. She sat next to a makeshift memorial Friday near the theater where an oversized birthday card with a photo of a smiling Sullivan was displayed. "He's amazing. He was just a big teddy bear. Great hugs," she said. She said Sullivan was such a big movie fan that he took jobs at theaters just to see movies. Fradkin and her son spent an "excruciating" day trying to find Sullivan before learning of his death, she said. "We're shocked. We're numb. We're sick," she said. "Our hearts are broken, and we're crushed." Alexander C. Teves, 24: The
Phoenix native, who had just graduated with his master's degree in counseling psychology in June from University of Denver, was called "the ideal grandson" by his grandfather. "He was a fun guy. He loved to eat," said Carlo Iacovelli of Barnegat, N.J. "He had a lot to look forward to." Teves, who was planning to become a psychiatrist, made friends quickly and had a lot of them, Iacovelli said. He was a wonderful nephew, said paternal aunt Barbara Slivinske of New Jersey told Fox 31. Rebecca Wingo, 32: Wingo's coworker at a mobile medical imaging company said she was always in a good mood. "I didn't really know her well, but she had a really bubbly personality," Shannon Dominguez told The Associated Press. "She was a pretty happy person. She just never really seemed ... like with work, she never got irritated. She was pretty happy to be here." Fox 31 reports Wingo's father wrote an emotional Facebook post after his daughter's death. I lost my daughter yesterday to a madman, my grief right now is inconsolable, I hear she died instantly, without pain, however
the pain is unbearable. Lord why, why, why????, Steve Hernandez wrote. I sit here and resist this entry however I feel I must, in disgust, in dismay, in prayer, I love you my daughter Rebecca, we all will miss you. Click for more from Fox 31. The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report. Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet Share This Article Newsletter Signup Sign up for free e-mail news alerts from FoxNews.com and FoxBusiness.com. Newsletter Signup This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Incinerating Assange - The Liberal Media Go To Work.
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reverberated in the U.S. presidential race. Both Obama and his Republican rival, Mitt Romney, toned down their campaigns on Friday, pulled ads from Colorado and dedicated scheduled events to the victims. In Rome on Sunday, Pope Benedict expressed dismay and sadness at the shooting. "I was deeply shocked by the senseless violence which took place in Aurora, Denver," he said in his regular Sunday Angelus address. Holmes was arrested in a parking lot behind the cinema. He was armed with a Smith & Wesson M&P .223 semi-automatic rifle, similar to an AR-15 assault rifle, a 12-gauge shotgun and a Glock .40 -caliber handgun. Police found an additional Glock .40-caliber handgun in his car. All the weapons had been bought legally in the previous 60 days. Arizona Senator John McCain told CNN on Sunday, the oneyear anniversary of a mass attack in Norway in which a lone gunman killed dozens, that he needed to be convinced that tighter gun control would solve the problem.
"The killer in Norway was in a country that had very strict gun control laws, and yet he was still able to acquire the necessary means to initiate and carry out a mass slaughter," McCain said. But California Senator Dianne Feinstein questioned why a clip holding as many as 100 bullets, which police say Holmes bought, was available in the United States. "You don't need it for selfdefense. Why do you need it? Why do we make it available?" she said on Fox. "THE JOKER" Authorities said Holmes had dyed his hair red and called himself "the Joker" in a reference to Batman's comic-book nemesis. His initial court appearance on Monday morning will be at the Arapahoe County Justice Center. Sources familiar with the investigation said some 30 softball-sized containers filled with gunpowder were found in Holmes' apartment, together with containers filled with "incendiary liquids" intended to fuel a fire from the initial explosions, as well as bullets meant to ricochet around the apartment. Holmes was being held in
solitary confinement to protect him from other prisoners, a routine precaution in high-profile cases, said Grayson Robinson, sheriff of Arapahoe County. Until last month, Holmes was studying for a doctoral degree in neuroscience at the University of Colorado's Anschutz Medical School, a few blocks from his apartment. (Additional reporting by Stephanie Simon, Keith Coffman, Edith Honan, Dan Whitcomb and Donna Smith in the United States and James Mackenzie in Rome. Writing by Peter Henderson and Tom Brown. Editing by Jonathan Weber, Eric Walsh and Eric Beech) This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Incinerating Assange - The Liberal Media Go To Work.
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The U.S. relationship with Israel, and what to do about Iran's nuclear program, represents one of the starkest contrasts between Obama and Romney. Romney has not explicitly threatened a U.S. military strike on Iran, if he is elected. But he has suggested he would take a tougher stance than Obama. "If we re-elect Barack Obama, Iran will have a nuclear weapon. NETANYAHU page 21
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And if you elect Mitt Romney, Iran will not have a nuclear weapon," Romney said last year in a Republican primary debate focused on foreign policy. Obama rejects the criticism that he has been weak in dealing with Iran, and his aides point to what they call unprecedented U.S.Israeli security cooperation. But Netanyahu -- who firmly controls a supermajority in the Israeli parliament and rides high in opinion polls -- has become a complication for Obama. Their frosty relationship has fueled the perception that U.S.Israeli relations have deteriorated -- a potential problem for Obama with Jewish voters in the swing state of Florida. Meanwhile, Romney's relationship with the U.S.educated Netanyahu dates back decades. Romney and the Israeli leader have a longstanding friendship stemming from their brief overlap in the 1970s at Boston Consulting Group. Both
men worked as advisers for the firm early in their careers, before Romney co-founded his own private-equity firm. Romney's visit to Israel is part of a broader foreign policy trip that includes stops in Britain and Poland. It is widely seen as his opportunity to shore up support among Jewish voters and evangelicals, bolster his credentials on foreign policy and test his prowess on an international stage. While in Israel, Romney is expected to meet with Netanyahu, U.S. Ambassador Daniel Shapiro and Israeli President Shimon Peres. Romney advisers won't say if he will visit the West Bank, but he does plan a meeting with Salam Fayyad, the Palestinian Authority prime minister. The trip will be Romney's fourth visit to Israel. He visited in 2011 and gave a speech at the Herzliya Conference in 2007 during which he said Iran's leaders "represent the greatest threat to the world
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Border Agency has 275000 case backlog - Channel 4 News

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Britain unleashed: it's not money that matters - it's markets

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HMRC to name and shame millionaire tax avoiders

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Millionaires who try to use complex schemes to avoid paying
methamphetamines into Bali hidden in his stomach has been sentenced to eight years in jail. Michael Rose (TUAW - The Edward Myatt, from Ballarat in Unofficial Apple Weblog) Victoria, was stopped as he arrived at Bali's Ngurah Rai Submitted at 7/23/2012 12:30:00 AM Airport in... If they're going to answer user and more questions, they probably need to be running it: AppleCare support representatives have been issued redemption codes to download OS X Mountain Lion, according to a report on 9to5Mac tonight. their fair share of tax could have This amplifies the anticipation their names given to the taxman for the new OS release, which by their accountants, ministers say many suspect could show up by midweek. In 2011, the release of today. OS X Lion followed on the heels
AppleCare support reps getting Mountain Lion this weekend

The build number on the version of Mountain Lion that the support reps are downloading is reportedly 12A269, which matches the developer GM build. Keep up with all TUAW's Mountain Lion coverage here. AppleCare support reps getting Mountain Lion this weekend originally appeared on TUAW The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Mon, 23 Jul 2012 00:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Source| Permalink| Email this| Comments
of Apple's quarterly earnings call by one day; the Q3 FY2012 call will be Tuesday July 24th at 2pm PT.
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Stanford Graduate School of Business and blogs about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business at NirAndFar.com. Follow him on Twitter@nireyal. The belief that products should always be as easy to use as possible is a sacred cow of the tech world. The rise of design thinking, coinciding with beautiful new products like the iPhone, has led some to conclude that creating slick interfaces is a hallmark of great design. But, like all attempts to create absolute rules about how we should interact with technology, the law that design should always decrease the amount of effort users expend doesnt always hold true. In fact, putting users to work is critical in creating products people love. Several studies have shown that expending effort on a task seems to commit us to it. For example, when buying a lottery ticket, players are able to either choose their own numbers or play a set of digits generated randomly. Certainly, choosing either option has no effect on the odds of winning. Traditional thinking would predict that the less effortful path would be the one users prefer. However, the opposite is true. Despite the considerable effort required to pick the lottery numbers, a process reminiscent of filling out multiple choice questions on the S.A.T., players who choose their own numbers play more. This phenomenon isnt
just about a skewed perception of luck. According to a classic study by Ellen Langler, even when players are explicitly told their chances of winning, they choose to trade worse odds for the ability to play the numbers they spent the time and effort picking. Examples of how escalations of commitment makes our brain do funny things abound. Its power makes some people play video games until they keel over and die. Its used to influence people to give more to charity. It has even been used to coerce prisoners of war to switch allegiances. Commitment is powerful stuff and it plays an important role in the things we do, the products we buy, and our perception of who we are. Totally Committed The last step of the Desire Engine, a framework I developed to help explain a pattern found in habit-forming products, is the investment phase. After a user has been triggered into action and duly rewarded, the investment phase is where the user is asked to do work and starts building commitment. It is here that the user is prompted to put something of value back into the system, typically in the form of time, money, physical effort, social capital, or personal data. As in any feedback loop, the cue, action, and reward cycle predictably condition a series of behaviors. Whenever users want the reward, the thinking goes, they do the intended action. For example, what prompted you to
start reading this article? You were probably feeling a bit bored and were looking for something stimulating to read. You took the cue (boredom), now youre doing the action (reading), and youre now anticipating the reward (keep reading, its coming). But this pattern differs slightly in products that truly hook users. The brain has a unique system for keeping us searching for rewards; it adapts. Soon, something that seemed novel and interesting becomes common and dull. To keep pace with the brains adaptation to stimulus, habitforming products improve with repeated use. It is here that the investment phase is critical. Bits of Work for Future Reward Unlike actions in the standard feedback loop, investments are about the anticipation of rewards, not immediate gratification. The investment is a bit of work, which makes the user more likely to use the product in the future. In Twitter, for example, the investment comes in the form of a follow. After a few flicks through the stream have primed the user with titillating tweets, the user will find someone new and interesting to invest in. While there is no immediate reward for following someone, doing so makes the service more valuable and more likely to be used next time. LinkedIn provides another example of a company that understands the power of asking users to make small investments in the site. As Josh Elman, an
early Senior Product Manager at the company told me, If we could get users to enter just a little information, they were much more likely to return. Elman continued, We made you type in your current title and position at sign up and then were able to use that to draw you back in. The tiny bit of effort associated with providing workplace information created a hook the system could use get users to return. Commitments as a Strategy Habit-forming technology creates an internal trigger, an itch to use the product, unprompted by an explicit call to action. The user engages with the service whenever cued by a particular emotion or context. The investment is the string that pulls the user back. The aim is to get the user to return unprompted. To do this, the habit-forming company increases the value of the product with each pass through the Desire Engine. Value is added to the system in two ways. Stored Value Every time users input data, they create stored value. Evernote, Salesforce, and Pandora provide examples of products which do not necessarily create burning desires, but create habits by getting users to do bits of work. A habit is a behavior without, or with very little, cognition, and thus these products meet this definition. People use these stored value products as part of their regular routines. The more users invest, the less they think about using them. Evernotes smile
graph demonstrates how over time users increased engagement with the service the more they used it over time. Other stored value technologies, like games, create rabid users by getting them to invest every time they play. Racking up higher scores, advancing to the next level, or earning and tending to virtual goods like a cow on a farm or the clothes on an avatar, are all examples of the power of commitment. These game mechanics disappear if the user stops playing, increasing the need to stay engaged. The stored value of these elements of the game are earned with time spent playing or purchased outright with real money. Network Value Products that increase in value as a greater number of people use them have a network effect. Companies which display this characteristic give investors joyful palpitations because of their ability to become industry standards and crowd-out rivals. Ebay, Skype, AirBnB, Pinterest and older technologies, like the fax machine and telephone, get better the more users join the network. The Killer Combo Where user investment really becomes valuable is when stored value meets a network effect. Facebook and Pinterest, both services which were useful as stored value products, exploded in use when the power of the network effect took hold. Both are habit-forming products, which MAKE page 30
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Apple vs Samsung Australia battle begins

Chris Burns (SlashGear)
Submitted at 7/22/2012 8:44:59 PM
The Australian chapter of the ever-epic court battles saga unfolding over the past year between Apple and Samsung has officially begun. This case will take place over the course of whats being reported as a likely three months or more set of backand-forth court dates for the tech titans. Australias set of forces between Apple and Samsung are unique in the fact that not only has Apple sued Samsung, Samsung has sued Apple and theyve both got a stack of patents a mile high to back their good names up. In this island continent court adventure weve got one count of Apple suing Samsung for their slide-to-unlock patent on Samsung products in general back in 2011 also before the Galaxy Tab 10.1 was announced and released. Apple then sought and won a preliminary injunction against the Tab 10.1 before it took the tablet to the stand here in 2012. Apple won, and the Galaxy
Tab 10.1 was facing a kick off the shelves until the case began, but the ruling was overturned by the Federal Court. Samsung then countersued Apple with a set of 3G patents, these patents being standards-essential patents for technology needed for a device to be known as 3G. Samsung is required to license the technologies at hand under FRAND terms reasonable and
non-discriminatory and the company says that Apple never obtained any of the licenses necessary to use them in the iPhone or iPad. Apple suggests that the licensing terms that Samsung required for Apple were not equal to those offered to all over third-party manufacturers. This case is being presided over by Justice Annabelle Bennett and
will take place on the following dates: July 22 29 August 6 10 September 10 14 September 17 21 September 25 28 October 2 5 October 8 12 Have a peek at a short timeline of related events below, and prepare for another battle royale in the
world of patent warfare. Story Timeline Samsung freezes Galaxy Tab 10.1 launch in Australia in Apple suit Samsung denies Australian Galaxy Tab 10.1 sales freeze [Updated] Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Australian launch further delayed under Apple assault Samsung accuses Apple of patent infringement in Australia Apple refuses Samsung settlement in Australian tablet case Apple wins Samsung tablet sales ban in Australia Australian court denies Apple appeal, Samsung Galaxy Tab sales ban lifted Samsung sues Australia's patent office over Apple IP [ via ZDNet] Apple vs Samsung Australia battle begins is written by Chris Burns& originally posted on SlashGear. 2005 - 2012, SlashGear. All right reserved.
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Dear Aunt TUAW: Should I buy lots of iPad 1 apps now?

Erica Sadun (TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog)
Submitted at 7/22/2012 8:30:00 PM
Redpoint e.ventures Closes On $130M For Brazil-Focused VC Fund

Colleen Taylor (TechCrunch)
Submitted at 7/22/2012 11:01:18 PM
Dear Aunt TUAW, As an iPad 1 owner, would now be the best time to make sure I load up on apps -- as the iPad 1 won't be supported in iOS 6? I assume that my purchases will be in the cloud for a bit but what happens when a new version is released? Will I still be able to download the version that runs on my iPad, or am I out of luck? Your loving nephew, Blake Dear Blake, Every time Auntie passes by her neglected iPad 1, it looks at her with sad eyes. It knows its days in the sun are limited. Should you buy iPad 1 apps now? Yes. Heck yes. Heck yes with a big bag of liniment and Werthers on top. Your tablet isn't eligible for iOS 6, so if you plan to accessorize -- do it now. Buy all the iOS 5.x apps you can foresee using, and get ready for the mass upgrade. iOS users are great adopters. Heck, if memory serves Auntie right, more people were illegally using iOS 6 beta releases than had
installed the latest legal version of Android. (Auntie loves this statistic, so please correct her gently if it is fabricated.) Back-supporting old iOS firmware versions can be a huge chore for iOS developers. The cost-benefit fallout for a few outlier users paints a bleak picture. So expect more and more of your favorite apps to move into "only supports iOS 6 and later" territory. (And expect your app upgrade bubbles to gain larger and larger numbers over time -Auntie wishes Apple would add a "don't bug me for upgrades after iOS" option.)
Will you be able to re-download the iPad 1 version after developers release new ones? No. Will you be out of luck? Yes. Can you back up the existing versions of the applications? Yes, they're living in your [home]/Music/ iTunes/Mobile Applications folder; you can copy the essential ones elsewhere in case you upgrade one by accident. Buy now, upgrade now, or just make the move to new hardware. If you can swing it, Auntie recommends hardware. There are some terrific deals on refurbished iPad 2s out there, and the new iPad, which Auntie calls the 3 (so there), is just spiffy. Hugs, Auntie T. Continue reading Dear Aunt TUAW: Should I buy lots of iPad 1 apps now? Dear Aunt TUAW: Should I buy lots of iPad 1 apps now? originally appeared on TUAW The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Sun, 22 Jul 2012 20:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Source| Permalink| Email this| Comments
Redpoint e.ventures, the venture capital fund pioneered by Silicon Valley VC firms Redpoint V e n t u r e s a n d e.ventures(previously known as BV Capital), has raised $130 million for its first dedicated venture fund. Redpoint e.ventures founding partners Yann de Vries and Anderson Thees will manage the fund together. According to the firm, this new raise makes Redpoint e.ventures the largest early-stage venture capital fund in Brazil. I recently sat down with Redpoint founding partner Jeff Brody and e.ventures co-founder and managing partner Mathias Schilling to talk about their firms collective interest in South American startups. This latest fund was closed within four months, they said, showing that limited partner investor interest in Brazil is quite strong at the moment. They also said that their firms joint venture will continue to invest in startups focused on
Internet, mobile, and the cloud. The startup ecosystem in Brazil is really starting to boom right now, they said but its in the early enough days for Redpoint e.ventures to see the potential for a huge upside, and also to help show some entrepreneurs for the first time how people do things in Silicon Valley. Brody said: There is a bit of an educational process. As Silicon Valley veterans we forget that everybody doesnt read TechCrunch, everybody doesnt necessarily know how early-stage technology businesses are built and structured here in Silicon Valley In many ways in Brazil, we have the opportunity to really be part of the formation of something from the very beginning. It will certainly be exciting to see how Brazils startup scene plays out, both for Redpoint e.ventures and the larger tech industry. Weve already seen a number of very compelling startups to come out of the country, and it seems that this is just the beginning of the boom.
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After Growing 80% Last Year, Vidyo TUAW Talkcast: Launches VidyoWay To Connect All Mountain Lion preview Conferencing Systems For Free show, 10pm ET
Ryan Lawler (TechCrunch)
Submitted at 7/22/2012 11:01:56 PM
Video conferencing startup Vidyo has been working over the past several years to provide a software-based, interoperable service that will allow companies with various disparate video conferencing systems to communicate with one another. Now its making that capability available to even more businesses, with the launch of VidyoWay, which provides free, multi-vendor and multi-party video conferencing. VidyoWay provides an easy way for users to connect their own video conferencing systems with those from industry leaders Cisco, Polycom, and Lifesize, as well as other H.323 and SIP-based room systems, Microsoft Lync clients, and mobile devices. The result is unified communications and interconnectivity without having to worry about legacy installed
systems from multiple vendors. The startup can do this because its meetings are cloud-based, which extends video conferencing beyond traditional point-to-point solutions. That also means it can provide conferencing services without having to worry about keeping a directory of video endpoints instead users can invite each other from their own address books, and they can join from legacy systems with Vidyos Click-to-Connect capability. Mobile or remote users are also able to connect through compatible mobile applications that are optimized for highquality, multiparty video conferencing. The main reason Vidyo is enabling this new functionality is to attract new users to its traditional VidyoConferencing system. Its seeing VidyoWay as an on-ramp for users who havent yet deployed its own hardware or software in their own businesses.
On that front, its seeing pretty incredible traction, and its growth continues to accelerate versus the competition. CEO Ofer Shapiro told me by phone that the company had grown revenue 80 percent from 2010 through 2011, and saw revenues in the first quarter increase 90 percent year-overyear. It now has more than 1,850 customers that have deployed its hardware, as well as 25 service providers and 300 resellers globally making sales for it. Vidyo has raised about $100 million to date, including a recent strategic investment from network equipment manufacturer Juniper Networks. Other investors include Menlo Ventures, Sevin Rosen Funds, Star Ventures, Four Rivers Group, and Rho Capital Ventures. Its headquarters are based in Hacckensack, NJ, and it has more than 225 employees in offices around the world.
Michael Rose (TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog)

Submitted at 7/22/2012 6:15:00 PM
Free enterprise should be cheered, not scorned

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Submitted at 7/23/2012 1:16:32 AM
Telegraph View: It has become fashionable to sneer at anything that smacks of making money. It is time to make the case
powerfully once again for free enterprise.
Tonight on the Talkcast, we're getting ready for the new top cat in town. The calendar is flipping past and the end of July is in sight, which means the release of OS X Mountain Lion is imminent. Our intrepid team has been helping you prepare your Mac for the new operating system via our ongoing Getting Ready for Mountain Lion series -- now it's your chance to call in and discuss, dissect, etcetera. We'll be welcoming a few special guests tonight, including Rene Ritchie of iMore and tech journalist Julio Ojeda-Zapata of the St. Paul (MN) Pioneer-Press. Bring your Mountain Lion musings -- and also your predictions for Apple's earnings call later this week. To participate in the call, you can use the browser-only Talkshoe client, the embedded Facebook app, or download the classic TalkShoe Pro Java client; however, for +5 Interactivity, you should call in. For the web UI, just click the Talkshoe Web button on our profile page at 4 HI/ 7 PDT/10 pm EDT Sunday. To call in on regular phone or VoIP
lines (Viva free weekend minutes!): dial (724) 444-7444 and enter our talkcast ID, 45077 -during the call, you can request to talk by keying in *8. If you've got a headset or microphone handy on your Mac, you can connect via the free XLite or other SIP clients -- basic instructions are here. Skype users with dial-out credit can call in via the service, or use those free iPhone minutes. Talk to you tonight! Continue reading TUAW Talkcast: Mountain Lion preview show, 10pm ET TUAW Talkcast: Mountain Lion preview show, 10pm ET originally appeared on TUAW The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Sun, 22 Jul 2012 18:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Source| Permalink| Email this| Comments
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Twitter, NBCUniversal to Apple foe Proview finds itself sued by team up for Olympics
Steven Musil (CNET News)
Submitted at 7/22/2012 8:00:09 PM
behind LinkedIn's 150 million and way behind Facebook's 900 million. Twitter is getting ready to join an "This is a way for new users to Olympic relay that it hopes will sample Twitter," Chloe Sladden, help it gain ground on Facebook. Twitter's vice president of media, The microblogging site is told the Journal. partnering with NBCUniversal to It's also a chance for the San help corral the millions of tweets Francisco-based company to expected to be sent during the prove it can make some serious Games in London by athletes, money. Research firm estimated fans, and NBC TV personalities in January that Twitter would onto a single Twitter page, generate $259.9 million in ad according to a Wall Street Journal revenue this year, but that is still a report. NBC will promote the distant second behind the$5.78 Web site on-air with links to billion in ad revenue Facebook is athlete interviews and videos as expected to generate. part of the partnership, expected General Electric and Procter & to be announced as early as Gamble are reportedly among the tomorrow, the Journal said. big brands buying ads on Twitter Twitter executives hope the to tout their association with the company's participation will help Olympics but NBCUniversal told it attract a larger audience to its the Journal it would not be getting microblogging service, which a share of Twitter's ad revenue. currently has about 140 million Twitter declined to estimate how monthly users -- putting it third much revenue it expects to
generate from the Olympics. "Twitter is positioning itself for strong growth over the next few years," eMarketer principal analyst Debra Aho Williamson said in a statement in January. However, "to achieve a trajectory similar to Google and Facebook, Twitter still needs a proven, turnkey ad platform and a significantly bigger user base to deliver the reach advertisers demand." CNET has contacted Twitter for more information and will update this report when we learn more. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Incinerating Assange - The Liberal Media Go To Work.
own legal counsel

Steven Musil (CNET News)
Submitted at 7/23/2012 12:38:40 AM
Apple from using the iPad trademark on its products and keep the iPad off retailer shelves. Proview, the Chinese company A p p l e a c c u s e d P r o v i e w that sued Apple over the iPad "misleading" Chinese courts by trademark, is on the receiving end tricking it signing a carefully of a lawsuit from its own lawyers. crafted agreement in 2009 that has The Grandall Law Firm is suing r a i s e d q u e s t i o n s o v e r t h e P r o v i e w f o r i t s 4 p e r c e t trademark's rightful owner in commission on Apple's $60 China. million settlement, about $2.5 However, while Proview was million, according to a Sina Tech battling Apple over the trademark, report. it was also fighting to stay in Proview founder Yang Rongshan business. Taiwan-based Fubon characterized Grandall's lawsuit Insurance, looking to recoup as "nonsense," according to the millions in outstanding debt, filed report. He claimed that Proview is an application in March to declare not currently under "normal Proview bankrupt and have its operations" and should not be assets liquidated. b o u n d b y t h e t e r m s o f i t s This entry passed through the obligation to Grandall. Full-Text RSS service if this is The lawsuit comes less than a your content and you're reading it month after Apple settled its on someone else's site, please read dispute over ownership of the the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentname that graces its line of wildly only/faq.php#publishers. Five popular tablets. Proview had filed Filters recommends: Incinerating numerous lawsuits in China and Assange - The Liberal Media Go even the U.S. that sought to stop To Work.
Els wins British Open after stunning Scott collapse

Submitted at 7/23/2012 1:08:44 AM
LYTHAM ST ANNES, England (Reuters) - South African Ernie Els won the British Open by one stroke from Adam Scott on
Sunday after the Australian suffered an extraordinary late collapse on an incident-packed final day. World number 13 Scott,
chasing his first major championship, started the last round with a four-shot lead and seemed to be cruising to victory
as he maintained that cushion with six holes to play. ...
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Steam Summer Sale enters final day

Eric Abent (SlashGear)
whopping 75% off, with indie gem Bastion at $3.74, Space Pirates and Zombies at $2.49, This is it, folks. The Steam Football Manager 2012 at $7.49, Summer Sale has entered its and Splinter Cell: Conviction at eleventh and final day, so in less $4.99. Indie Bundle XI which than 24 hours, itll be time to say features Hydrophobia: Prophecy, goodbye. While that will likely be ORION: Dinosaur Beatdown, Star a relief for most Steam users, Ruler, Waveform, and World of there are some tempting featured Goo is down to $9.99, while the deals on offer for those who Double Fine Bundle brings havent purchased quite enough Psychonauts, Stacking, and yet. As always, there are also Costume Quest together for $7.49. flash deals and community choice BioShock, Operation Flashpoint: deals up for grabs, so even though Red River, and Jagged Alliance: weve entered the final hours of Back in Action round out todays the event, there are still plenty of featured deals, with BioShock sales to take advantage of before looking especially good at $4.99. things wrap up entirely. At the time of this writing, Just All of todays featured deals are a C a u s e 2 i s $ 3 . 7 4 a s t h e
Submitted at 7/22/2012 9:16:38 PM
community choice deal. Legend of Grimrock(which we highly recommend) is $5.99 for the next three hours as a flash deal, while other flash deals include Modern Warfare 3 for $29.99 and
Assassins Creed: Revelations for $13.59. Youll need act quick though, because all of those deals are ending in just a few hours. Its been a pretty exciting ride, but we have to admit that well be
thankful for an opportunity to put our wallets away and give our credit cards a much-needed rest. It wont be long before were back at it again, however, as this means that the inevitable Steam Holiday Sale is now just five short months away. What did you pick up during the Steam Summer Sale this year? Leave us a comment detailing your haul below! Steam Summer Sale enters final day is written by Eric Abent& originally posted on SlashGear. 2005 - 2012, SlashGear. All right reserved.
iPhone 5 production begins in Shanghai, says report

Brooke Crothers (CNET News)
version of the iPhone at its factory in Shanghai, according to Submitted at 7/23/2012 1:11:00 AM Digitimes, citing "industry iPhone 5 mockup.(Credit: sources in Taiwan." Overdrive Design) This follows a week-earlier iPhone 5 production reports are report claiming basically the same rolling in from Asia with more thing -- though that report did not frequency. This time, a Taipei- specify the manufacturer. based report claims that Pegatron That earlier report did get has started making the next specific about the phone itself, iPhone. however, saying the back of the iPhone 4S sports glass coverings The Taiwan-based manufacturer new iPhone has both glass and on the front and back. has begun production of a new aluminum. By comparison, the
The iPhone 5's most anticipated feature is a larger 4-inch class Retina display with a 16:9 aspect ratio. Previous iPhones have had a 3.5-inch display with a 3:2 aspect ratio. Digitimes also mentioned that Pegatron will be a second production source for the "new version of the iPad." Foxconn has been the primary manufacturer of Apple's iPad and is also expected to make the
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Googles Nexus 7 stops orders due to demand

Mark Raby (SlashGear)
Submitted at 7/22/2012 11:23:38 PM
Google has decided to stop taking orders from its online store, assumedly because it has such a huge backlog it doesnt even know when it will be able to fulfill new customer purchases. The 16 GB $249 tablet had been showing up as being delayed for one to two weeks. As of now, though, its impossible to place an order. The 8 GB model, at $199, is still available for orders. It has also already sold out at
major retailers, including Costco, Gamestop, Sams Club, Office Depot, and Staples. The online versions of all the above stores list the 16 GB device as either backordered, coming soon, in -store only, or simply out of stock. Your in-store chances arent much better. Among retailers that allow consumers to check item inventory at local stores, youll have a devil of a time finding any location in a major metropolitan area that lists the Nexus 7 as available. Obviously, for Google and the
Nexus 7, price was the number one concern. It let the market play out for a while before it stepped in and stamped its seal of approval on its own tablet. And during that
emails, play a mobile game every now and then, and maybe read an ebook on the go, they want something as cheap as possible. The Nexus 7 is now filling that need. [ via Mashable] Googles Nexus 7 stops orders due to demand is written by Mark Raby& originally posted on SlashGear. time, it realized that if consumers 2005 - 2012, SlashGear. All want a 10-inch, fully-functional, right reserved. graphically intensive tablet, theyll buy an iPad. But if they just want something to check their
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bring large numbers of users back unprompted. The combination of stored value and a network effect, along with continual investment from users who regularly add content, has created a strong pull for a large percentage of their users. Habit-forming technologies take hold when a pattern of trigger, action, reward, and investment, creates desire in the user while providing increasing amounts of value. The more users invest in a way of doing things through tiny
bits of work, the more valuable the service becomes in their lives and the less they question its use. Of course, users dont stay hooked forever. Though these companies have a good ride, the next big thing inevitably comes along and creates a better way to start building user commitment. While the mantra of making the experience easier to use certainly has its place, the rule must be followed with a strategic purpose in mind namely increasing the value of the service the more
people use it. Note: If you liked this post, and committed to reading this far, you should follow me on Twitter or signing-up to be the first to receive future essays like this one free via email. Its a wise investment. Thanks to Josh Elman, Jules Maltz, and Max Ogles for reading early versions of this essay.
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The Russian Default Scenario As Script For Europe's Next Steps

Tyler Durden
"solution" pivot points. The Russian issues were structural and therefore immune to halfhearted S u b m i t t e d b y N i c h o l a s solutions--the Euro Crisis is no Bucheleres of NJB Deflator different. This timeline analog Russian/Euro Credit Crisis serves as a guide to illustrate to Analog what extent world leaders can Below is the second half of a delay the inevitable and just how timeline on the Russian/Asian significant "black swan event" Credit Crisis of the late-90s that I probabilities are in times of amended with what I think are the structural crisis. analogous happenings of the Euro It seems that the next step in the Crisis. Italicized text is the Euro unfolding Euro Crisis is for Crisis equivalent of the Russian sovereigns to begin to default on analog; full Russian Crisis their loan payments. To that timeline can be found here. No effect, Greece must pay its next e v e n t h a s b e e n r e a r r a n g e d , round of bond redemptions on removed, or edited, so there are August 20, and over the weekend some temporal discontinuities the IMF stated that they are between the months leading up to suspending Greece's future aid the Russian default and the tranches due to lack of reform. current Euro Crisis, but the August 20 might be the most resemblance is remarkable. important day of the entire Russia and the southeast Asian summer and very well could turn countries are analogs for Greece, into the credit event that breaks Spain, and Cyprus, with no the camel's back. particular association between *UPDATE: Over the weekend t h e i r r e f e r e n c e s w i t h i n t h e Germany's Roesler said he was timeline. The timeline runs "very skeptical" that Greece can through the Russian pain; things be rescued. begin to turn around after the Analog runs through August 13, timeline ends. 1998--the point to where I believe This is meant to serve as a the Euro Crisis has evolved. reference point: In retrospect it What happens after that in Russia was clear throughout the late-90s may stand as a strong indicator of that Russia would default on its where things will head in the d e b t a n d s p a r k f i n a n c i a l coming weeks/months in Europe. pandemonium, yet there were May 21, 1998 cheers at many of the fake-out [Indonesian President] Suharto
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resigns after 32 years in power. Vice President Habibie succeeds as president. Greek leadership shake-up over lack of confidence in government, wherein prime minister Papandreou steps down (Spring 2012). May 22, 1998 The IMF indefinitely postpones aid disbursement to Indonesia of $1 billion scheduled for June 4. US Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin says the aid should be delayed until the political situation stabilizes. The US, UK, and Canada refuse to add to the IMF's bailout package for Europe (Spring 2012). May 27, 1998 Russia's financial system is stretched to the breaking point as panic-striken stock and bond markets continue to plunge, forcing the central bank to triple interest rates to 150% to avert a collapse of the ruble. The Athens Stock Exchange drops 27% from May 1 through June 1. May 27-28, 1998 A two-day, nation-wide strike is held in South Korea by union workers to protest the growing wave of unemployment in the country. Since February, South Korean companies have been laying off 10,000 workers per
day. One of the many strikes within the EMU as companies shed jobs as a result of high-unemployment driven drop in demand. International shipping companies halt business with Greek ports due to uncertainty over the nation's finances (Spring 2012). June 1, 1998 Russia's stock market crashes and Moscow's cash reserves dwindle to $14 billion amid unsuccessful attempts to prop up the ruble and pay off burgeoning debts. President Clinton pledges support for Yeltsin. Greek bond yields rise throughout 2012 reaching a peak coupon of 30% on the 10yr. President Obama urges European leaders to handle the situation swiftly (Spring 2012). June 12, 1998 Japan announces that its economy is in a recession for the first time in 23 years. The UK enters double-dip recession (April 2012). June 17, 1998 The yen's fall to levels near 144 to the dollar rattles Wall Street, prompting the US Treasury and Federal Reserve to intervene to prop up the yen. Japan and the US spend some $6 billion to buy yen in order to strengthen it. Clinton calls on Tokyo to quickly resolve its banking problems and
stimulate the economy. The Bank of International Settlements (BIS) supports the euro, especially the EURUSD cross, throughout the summer of 2012 through intervention in the foreign exchange market. June 24, 1998 Russian Prime Minister Sergei Kirienko submits a budget austerity plan to the IMF, which releases a previously held loan installment of $670 million. Becoming clear that Germany will be on the hook for financing further bailouts, Merkel filibusters all aid plans that don't include strict austerity measures (Spring 2012). June 25, 1998 Indonesia and the IMF announce a fourth agreement to rescue an economy quickly sinking into chaos. The IMF agrees to restore subsidies for food and fuel and provide another $4 billion to $6 billion for basic necessities. The ECB OKs LTRO2 worth 529.5billions euros to save "an economy quickly sinking into chaos" (February 2012). July 1, 1998 Russia's lower house of parliament, the Duma, postpones action on spending and tax reforms needed to close the budget deficit and qualify for IMF RUSSIAN page 33
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Paul Krugman and the New Austerity: Get Used to It

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facing a grim future as excessive salaries and headcount are being brought back into line with American voters are being given private industry and true need. a choice between a representative A growing number of cities in the of the public sector and a US seeking protection in representative of the financial bankruptcy, for example, and are sector, when they want less of doing so in order to reduce wages what both groups are doing. to something like parity with John Dizard similar levels in the private sector. Financial Times When you recall that public July 22, 2012 sector workers in the US and EU London Traveling in the EU in alike make 2x the level of these days of economic crisis is a compensation paid to comparable surreal experience. The Summer workers in private industry, the Olympic Games in London are in task ahead to bring the global full swing, with hundreds of fiscal situation back into balance p r i v a t e c o r p o r a t e s p o n s o r s becomes clear. seeking to achieve branding Six of the 17 countries that use nirvana before the millions of t h e e u r o c u r r e n c y a r e i n people expected to watch the recession, CBS News reports summer games between now and ominously. The U.S. economy is September. Belying claims in s t r u g g l i n g a g a i n . A n d t h e many quarters that the economic economic superstars of the world is about to end, the UK developing world China, India seems ready to achieve yet and Brazil are in no position to another triumph when it comes to come to the rescue. They're sales and marketing. slowing, too. And this is all true, Politicians in the UK fret about but our friends in the Big Media austerity, but as in the US, the rarely point out that it is in the cost cutting is mostly falling on public sector in the US and other the public sector. Non-financial nations where most of the pain is corporations in the EU and the US being felt. are in relatively good shape, In nations such as China, India suggesting that growth in 2013 and the EU where the state sector and beyond may be better than is is predominant, the perceived commonly expected. In the economic pain is obviously worse public sector in the UK and especially if you are a politician elsewhere, however, workers are whose future livelihood is tied in
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some way to an endless increase in public spending and related economic activity. The bailouts in the US and EU alike are not so much for the holders of bad debt as for the politicians whose careers will end as and when the debt defaults. Of course, nations like China and India still claim to be growing at rates that American politicians can only dream about that is, if you believe the bogus economic statistics issued by these corrupt regimes. In a world where political fortunes are tied to perceived economic vitality, statistics regarding rates of growth in employment and output should be suspect. Yet for reasons that are all too obvious, institutional investors seem too willing to accept the self-serving economic nonsense as a good pretext for making asset allocation choices into nations that neither respect property rights nor international legal norms. In the US, luminaries such as Paul Krugman complain about an economic depression and suggest massive new public spending programs to address it. Again, our esteemed Nobel laureate is correct, but somehow he fails to explain that most of the economic pain is being felt among the public sector constituencies that underpin the Democratic
Party. Since the Great Depression and subsequent New Deal, the liberal tendency in American politics has embedded itself in the public sector. The poor imitation of Euro-fascism created by FDR with the New Deal is all about creating mandates for bureaucracy and public sector workers and unions. But the New Austerity so fearful to Krugman and his liberal comrades is really about ridding America, at least, of the terrible legacy of FDRs love affair with European models of political economy. When you hear about a city or county rolling back excessive wages or retirement benefits for public sector workers, remember that this is the bedrock foundation of American liberalism. Or as I told my friend and diehard New Dealer Bill Janeway many years ago, being an American liberal is a cowards route to socialism. Needless to say, Bill has stopped speaking to me. As the US public sector is forced to realign its economic load from 25% of GDP down to something closer to the 18% actually covered by tax revenues, the political fortunes of American liberals will shrink accordingly. With the shrinkage of the public sector, so too the political fortunes of the Democratic Party will also
evaporate. Krugman and his fellow Democrats are haunted by the ghost of Al Smith, the hapless Democratic presidential candidate who unsuccessfully sought the White House three times prior to the ascension of FDR and the New Deal. And the saddest part of all is that it was Barack Obama, a supposed liberal Democrat from Illinois, who set in motion the end of the New Deal. By supporting a temporary holiday for employer contributions to the bankrupt Social Security trusts funds, Obama has started the unraveling of the financial fraud foisted upon Americans 80 years ago by FDR. Indeed, you have to feel sorry for Krugman and his ilk. Far from achieving a second New Deal under Barack Obama, American liberals have instead faced something that looks like the blessed era of Calvin Coolidge in the 1920s, when the Money Trusts controlled American politics. After winning the White House four years ago, the paragons of the progressive fascism we know as American liberalism have been forced to watch as the large banks have continued to call the shots. Obama is no progressive, Krugman whines, PAUL page 34
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loans. Spanish citizens continue to emigrate from Spain in droves to countries like Argentina to avoid looming austerity measures (Spring 2012). July 6, 1998 Moscow's markets get pummeled as the government fails to raise cash by selling government shares of a state-owned oil company. Moscow hints that an IMF loan agreement is near. Spain's IBEX 35 falls 30% from March 19 through June 1 as the austerity versus growth debate intensifies within Europe. Political entropy paralyzes Europe. July 10, 1998 President Clinton calls on the IMF to quickly conclude negotiations over emergency loans for Russia after getting a call for help from Boris Yeltsin, sparking a rally in Moscow's markets. Treasury Secretary Geithner reminds Europe's public financiers that currency swap lines are open, which offers little respite to markets (Spring 2012). July 13, 1998 The IMF announces a package of $23 billion of emergency loans for Russia. The international lender dips into an emergency line of credit to provide its share of financing. Russian stocks and bonds soar. The ECB shores up a 100billion euro bank bailout for Spain, though Spain publicly denied it would need such a bailout until hours before its announcement.
Markets rallied on the rumor of the bailout and promptly sold-off once the bailout was officially announced (June 2012). July 16, 1998 Russia's Duma approves some of Yeltsin's $16 billion proposed tax reforms needed to meet conditions for IMF loans. But it rejects higher sales and land taxes. Spain lays out a plan to lower its public deficit by 65billion euros by 2015 that includes harsh austerity measures (July 2012). July 19, 1998 Yeltsin vetoes tax cuts approved by parliament and issues decrees imposing a 3% tax on imports and quadrupling land taxes to close the budget deficit and secure IMF loans. He also pledges renewed efforts to collect taxes. In an attempt to raise up more public money, the Spanish government plans the sale of 100 government-owned commercial real-estate properties (July 2012). July 20, 1998 The IMF gives final approval to a $22.6 billion loan package to Russia. However, because the Duma fails to enact some of the austerity measures mandated in the loan agreement, the first two planned installments are reduced from $5.6 billion to $4.8 billion. Finland, an opponent of a nostrings-attached Spanish bailout, votes to officially support the rescue package, and the bailout is OKed by the Eurogroup. At the same time, more trouble is detected within Spain's regional governments, who were
supposedly well capitalized (July 2012). July 28, 1998 The IMF announces that it will ease conditions on its $57 billion aid package to South Korea which had been blamed for rising unemployment and overburdened welfare programs. While negotiating stimulus versus austerity, Merkel eases a bit on her reform timeline, which offers little relief to GIPSI government debt yields, which continue to scream higher (Summer 2012). August 3, 1998 Wall Street reacts to the deepening crisis; the Dow plunges 300 points in its third-biggest loss. Cyprus requests a bailout worth 10% of its GDP; Cyprus is the fifth European nation to formally request a bailout. Trader commitments reach all-time bearish levels(June 2012). August 4, 1998 Amid speculation that China will be forced to devalue its currency, Hong Kong's dollar and stock market come under attack. Global markets begin to sell-off again amid consistent global GDP growth downward revisions and sovereign European credit downgrades after a short-covering rally in June (July 2012). August 6, 1998 The World Bank approves a $1.5 billion loan for Russia as Moscow puts pressure on striking miners and tax deadbeats in an effort to put its finances in order. Asian markets plummet as Hong Kong and China step in to defend their
currencies against attack. Even after the 100billion euro Spanish bailout is approved, Spain's 10yr government bond yields still flirt with the 7% threshold that would banish them from the debt market by making borrowing costs unsustainable (July 2012). August 11, 1998 The Russian market collapses. Trading on the stock market is temporarily suspended. World markets are rocked by fears of a financial meltdown in Asia and Russia. Greece admits to not adhering to reforms attached to their bailout; the IMF plans to stops loan tranches to Greece. Global markets close July 20, 2012 in the red across the board, erasing the week's gains. August 13, 1998 Russia's markets collapse on fears that Moscow will run out of money and default. Catalonia, in addition to Valencia, will need a regional Spanish bailout (July 2012) August 14, 1998 Yeltsin calls for an emergency session of parliament and declares that "there will be no devaluation" of the ruble. In Hong Kong, authorities spark a stock rally by moving to foil speculators with surprise purchases of stocks and dollars. August 17, 1998 Russia announces a devaluation of the ruble and 90-day moratorium on foreign debt repayment, triggering panic in Moscow as Russians line up to
buy dollars. Western leaders denounce the Russian default. Latin American stock and bond markets plunge on fears of default and devaluation in South America. August 19, 1998 Russia fails to pay its debt on GKO or treasury bills, officially falling into default. The IMF and Group of Seven (G-7) say they won't provide additional loans to Russia until it meets existing promises. August 21, 1998 Russia's economic crisis shakes world markets, bulldozing stocks and bonds in Latin American and reverberating through the US and Europe. Russia's Duma calls for Yeltsin's resignation. Investors pile into US Treasury bonds as a safe haven from the storm, causing yields to drop to record lows. August 24, 1998 Yeltsin dismisses Kirienko and names Viktor Chernomyrdin as primeminister. August 31, 1998 After weeks of decline, Wall Street is overwhelmed by the turmoil in Russia and world markets. The Dow Industrial average plunges 512 points, the second-worst point loss in the Dow's history. Sept. 4, 1998 Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan says that the US is ready to cut interest rates to keep the crisis from snuffing out US growth. "It is just not credible that RUSSIAN page 37
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but instead the errand boy of the big bank financial cartel that controls much of the US economy. The truth about American liberals like Krugman is that they are really defenders of big banks and the corrupt corporate state. The latest Krugman rant in the New York Review of Books,Getting Away with It, is notable because it documents the control of the too-big-to-fail banks over the US political process. In particular, Krugman and his sidekick Robin Wells nicely confirm our view that former Citigroup Chairman, Treasury Secretary and Goldman Sachs CEO Robert Rubin continues to call the political shots inside the White House. In a perhaps too revealing review of Noam Scheibers new book, The Escape Artists: How Obamas Team Fumbled the Recovery, Krugman and Wells note: Scheiber starts with the influence Wall Street exerted over the assembly of that economic team. In its early stages, Scheiber tells us, Obamas campaign relied for policy advice on obscure academics, contrarian gadflies, and past-their-prime bureaucrats, like Austan Goolsbee, a young economics professor from the
University of Chicago, and Paul Volcker, the octogenarian though still vigorous former chairman of the Federal Reserve. But by September 2008, another economic group had formed and begun competing for influence, composed of well-heeled insiders. Most [of them] had worked for former Clinton Treasury secretary Robert Rubin. Rubin had been a partner at Goldman Sachs before joining the Clinton administration; after leaving, he became a director and counselor, and then chairman, of Citigroup. The reason political creatures like Rubin and his colleagues at Goldman Sachs care about exercising control over the White House is that politics has always been the mothers milk of the Boys of Broad Street. Start to reduce the size and scope of government, both at the state and federal level, and the Goldman banksters will have to find a new game to play. End the ability of all the TBTF banks to obtain bailouts in Washington and second-rate investment banking firms like Goldman Sachs may cease to exist altogether. Without a steady flow of bailouts and subsidies from Washington, all of the large New York banks are in serious trouble but the
smaller firms will die first. At the end of the day, Goldman Sacks is a customer of JPMorgan Chase just as Bear, Stearns was once upon a time. As the flow of largesse from Washington ebbs, look for JPMorgan to focus more and more attention on taking revenue and market share away from the Goldman bankers and other smaller firms. The difference between, say, Barclays or UBS, and Goldman and its larger cousin Morgan Stanley, is that these latter investment banks are not really banks. They lack the secure deposit funding base and large balance sheet necessary to compete with the universal banks in the brave new work of Basel III. We should look for Morgan Stanley to eventually spin off Smith Barney and then sell the rest of itself to the Japanese. But like Lehman Brothers, who wants or needs to own Goldman Sachs? As Jamie Dimon looks to rebuild his reputation and income statement, just watch the bankers at JPMorgan go after what remains of the Goldman franchise. Have you heard the joke about Goldman getting into private banking? This seems to be yet another indication that the visibility on revenue and liquidity at Goldman Sachs is growing
worse with each passing day. And notice that Citigroup, which has recently been adding to its banking and trading staff, is right behind JPMorgan in terms of attacking the market share of Goldman and other relatively small non-bank financial firms. So when you hear Paul Krugman and his analogs in Europe complain about the lack of a response to the New Austerity, remember that their pain is mostly political. Krugman worries that his fellow progressives, really fascists in sheeps clothing, are most worried about their loss of political power rather than the economic standing of their fellow citizens. When you hear Krugman and the other New Dealers at the New York Review of Books whining about the lack of federal spending, there is a simple answer: Get used to it. And as the flow of subsidies from Washington slowly ebbs, the TBTF banks will begin to feed upon one another to win the remaining private business on Wall Street. Look for the largest universal banks such as JPMorgan and Citi to eventually win that contest, with Morgan Stanley likely getting sold and Goldman Sachs, like Bear and Lehman before them, being fed to the proverbial wolves.
In the event, we can take some small comfort that most of the folks at Goldman Sachs are really no different that the Krugmanite socialists who populate the world of American economics. They want something for nothing, this something stolen from the pockets of working Americans via the coercive power of the state. The New Austerity, far from being a disaster, is really about restoring American values and ending the liberal political choke hold of Washington over all facets of American life. Despite the very real pain that the coming adjustment entails, individuals who believe in personal and economic freedom should rejoice at the New Austerity. Average: Your rating: None This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Incinerating Assange - The Liberal Media Go To Work.
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A Complete Checklist For This Week's Big Earnings Announcements (HAL, CCE, ETN, HAS, MCD, TXN, VMW, CLGX, STLD, AKS, LII, SIX, DD, LMT, R, SPG, LXK, WHR, MO, UA, UPS, T, PNRA, JNPR, NSC, TRIP, TPX, ILMN, AAPL, BRCM, AFL, SAVE, BWLD, WYN, IACI, LLY, RSH, HES, GLW, WLP, F, MSI, PEP, NDAQ, CAT, BA, SO, COP, V, ZNGA, OI, LVS, KBR, CLF, WFM, LO, JBLU, BMY, LCC, DAL, LVLT, NLSN, AOL, UTX, NOV, DPS, BSX, HOT, DNKN, MCO, CL, DOW, LLL, KMB, HSY, XOM, S, RTN, MHP, MCK, GILD, VRSN, CA, AMZN, EXPE, SBUX, RCL, PCS, IPG, UAL, SHOO, MMM, FB, CPN, NEM, WY, LPNT, MRK, KKR, NWL, LM, CVX, PPC)
Eric Platt (Money Game)
Submitted at 7/22/2012 11:15:00 PM
Earnings season gets into full swing this week, when nearly 100 major firms report quarterly results. The reporters vary heavily, with announcements scheduled from names like Goldman Sachs, Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft, and General Electric. Below is this week's earnings announcement calendar along with consensus EPS estimates. Take stock of who you have stock in: Monday, July 23, 2012: Halliburton (HAL): $0.75 Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE): $0.73 Eaton (ETN): $1.09 Hasbro (HAS): $0.24 McDonald's(MCD): $1.38 Texas Instruments(TXN): $0.34 VMware(VMW): $0.66 CoreLogic (CLGX): $0.37 Steel Dynamics (STLD): $0.20 Tuesday, July 24, 2012: AK Steel Holding (AKS): $0.05 Lennox International (LII): $0.96 Six Flags Entertainment (SIX):
$0.73 EI du Pont de Nemours (DD): $1.46 Lockheed Martin(LMT): $1.91 Ryder System (R): $0.93 Simon Property Group (SPG): $1.81 Lexmark International (LXK): $0.93 Whirlpool(WHR): $1.69 Altria Group (MO):$0.57 Under Armour(UA):$0.05 United Parcel Service ( UPS): $1.17 AT&T (T): $0.63 Netflix(NFLX): $0.05 Panera Bread (PNRA): $1.43 Juniper Networks(JNPR): $0.16 Norfolk Southern (NSC): $1.53 TripAdvisor(TRIP):$0.42 Tempur-Pedic International (TPX):$0.38 Illumina (ILMN):$0.36 Apple(AAPL):$10.40 Broadcom(BRCM):$0.67 Aflac (AFL):$1.61 Spirit Airlines (SAVE):$0.47 Buffalo Wild Wings (BWLD):$0.68 Wednesday, July 25, 2012: Wyndham Worldwide (WYN): $0.84
IAC(IACI): $0.70 Eli Lilly& Co (LLY): $0.76 RadioShack (RSH): $0.05 Hess(HES): $1.39 Corning (GLW): $0.31 WellPoint (WLP): $2.08 Ford Motor (F): $0.29 Motorola Solutions (MSI): $0.69 PepsiCo(PEP): $1.10 NASDAQ OMX (NDAQ): $0.60 Caterpillar(CAT): $2.29 Boeing(BA): $1.12 Southern Co (SO): $0.68 ConocoPhillips(COP): $1.27
Delta Air Lines (DAL): $0.68 Level 3 Communications (LVLT): -$0.23 Nielsen Holdings (NLSN): $0.41 AOL(AOL): $0.20 Thursday, July 26, 2012: United Technologies(UTX): $1.42 National Oilwell Varco (NOV): $1.40 Dr Pepper Snapple Group (DPS): $0.82 Boston Scientific (BSX): $0.10 Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide (HOT): $0.62 Dunkin' Brands Group (DNKN): $0.33 Moody's(MCO): $0.71 Colgate-Palmolive(CL): $1.34 Visa(V): $1.45 Dow Chemical(DOW): $0.64 Zynga(ZNGA): $0.06 L-3 Communications Holdings Owens-Illinois (OI): $0.76 (LLL): $1.99 Las Vegas Sands (LVS): $0.60 Kimberly-Clark(KMB): $1.28 KBR(KBR): $0.57 Hershey (HSY): $0.61 Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF): Exxon Mobil (XOM): $1.95 $1.77 Sprint Nextel (S): -$0.41 Whole Foods Market(WFM): Raytheon(RTN): $1.23 $0.61 McGraw-Hill Cos (MHP): $0.76 Lorillard (LO): $2.32 McKesson Corp (MCK): $1.48 JetBlue Airways(JBLU): $0.16 Gilead Sciences (GILD): $0.95 Bristol-Myers Squibb(BMY): $0.49 COMPLETE page 39 US Airways Group (LCC): $1.55
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German Vice Chancellor "Very Skeptical" Greece Can Be Rescued, Euro Exit has "Lost its Terror"; Will Defeat Be Snatched From the Jaws of Victory Once Again?
noreply@blogger.com (Mike Mish Shedlock) (Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis)
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At long last, everyone is willing to wave the white flag on a Greece exit from the eurozone. Please consider German Vice Chancellor Very Skeptical Greece Can Be Rescued. German Vice Chancellor Philipp Roesler said hes very skeptical that European leaders will be able to rescue Greece and the prospect of the countrys exit from the euro had lost its terror. Roesler, who is Germanys economy minister, told broadcaster ARD that Greece was unlikely to be able to meet its obligations under a euro-area bailout program as its international creditors hold talks this week in Athens. Should that be the case, the country wont receive more bailout payments, Roesler said. Whats emerging is that Greece will probably not be able to fulfill its conditions, Roesler said today in an ARD summer interview. What is clear: if Greece doesnt fulfill those conditions, then there can be no more payments. Greece Behind on Asset Sales, Spending Cuts, Deficit Targets Adding additional details to the above story, Bloomberg makes a nice understatement with Greece Back at Center of Euro
Crisis as Exit Talk Resurfaces Greece retakes its position at the heart of the European debt crisis this week as its creditors assess how far off course the country is from bailout targets, raising again the specter of its exit from the euro. Greeces troika of international creditors -- the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund -- will arrive in Athens tomorrow amid doubts the country will meet its commitments and reluctance among euro-area states to put up more funds should it fail. Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samarass three-way coalition, formed last month after a June 17 election ended a six-week political deadlock in the country, has scrambled to assemble budget cuts to convince troika officials. Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras has identified about 8 billion euros of spending cuts and savings for the next two years out of 11.5 billion in additional cuts required. The Greek government is also behind on state asset sales, having so far brought in 1.8 billion euros, a fraction of the 50 billion euros it aims to raise by 2020, half from sales in company stakes and half from real estate. The state is unlikely to generate more than 300 million euros this year, short
of the about 3 billion euros targeted for 2012, according to the outgoing chief of the states assetsales fund, Costas Mitropoulos. Once taboo, the possibility that Greece could exit 17- member monetary union has been voiced by European officials this year who consider the fallout from such a scenario would be the lesser evil against a seemingly perpetual crisis. Roesler, who is Germanys economy minister as well as the Free Democratic chairman, told ARD that a curtailment of aid to Greece would lead to a sovereign default, which would in turn lead to Greeks coming to the conclusion that it is probably wiser to leave the euro area. Will Defeat Be Snatched From the Jaws of Victory Once Again? The ducks for a Greece eurozone exit are lined up once again. Admittedly, every time the ducks had been lined up for default previously, defeat has been snatched from the jaws of victory. I say that because Greece really does not belong in the euro. Of course, no other country belongs there either because the euro was fatally flawed from the beginning and the sooner this mess goes down the toilet the better off Europe will be. Comparatively Speaking I was asked earlier today if I thought Greece would recover if it
returned to the Drachma. My answer was something along the lines of "At least it has a chance". For comparison purposes, Greece has no chance of a meaningful recovery in the euro. In that regard, there is absolutely no point in any further delays, something I correctly said three years ago as well. In the short-term Greece is likely doomed either way. In the longterm Greece has a chance once it rids itself of the shackles of the euro. Hyperinflation may be Greece's destiny, but if so, I see no point in delaying it. Mike "Mish" Shedlock h t t p : / / globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot. com Click Here To Scroll Thru My Recent Post List Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction. Visit http:// www.sitkapacific.com/ account_management.html to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific.
All the Stars on the Teen Choice Awards Carpet!

Meghan Rooney (PopSugar)
Submitted at 7/22/2012 6:52:50 PM
Stars got dressed up to walk the carpet at tonight's Teen Choice Awards in LA. Taylor Swift showed some skin in a backless Maria Lucia Hohan, and Lea Michele looked sexy in a strapless dress. Nina Dobrev, in J. Mendel, and boyfriend Ian Somerhalder posed separately, while Ellen DeGeneres had Portia de Rossi before picking up the night's first surfboard. Justin Bieber celebrated girlfriend Selena Gomez's 20th birthday with her at the star-studded event as well. Many of your other favorite celebrities stepped out for the night's festivities - click through the rest of the red-carpet snaps! View Slideshow
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the United States can remain an oasis of prosperity," he says. Latin stocks and bonds plummet. Sept. 7 or 8, 1998 Russia's Duma rejects Prime Minister-designate Chernomyrdin and the central bank chairman resigns, deepening the country's political and economic turmoil. Russian investors and lenders estimate their losses at $100 billion. The Dow surges 381 points after Greenspan suggests that policy makers are considering an interest cut. Sept. 10, 1998 The Dow loses 249 points as Brazilian stocks fall 16%, adding to drops that have erased half the Brazil market's value. In Mexico, the Central Bank sells some $50 million in its first attempt to buoy the peso in three years. Yeltsin nominates Yevgeny Primakov as prime minister. Sept. 11, 1998 The IMF announces that the debacle in Latin American markets is "an overreaction to Russian events" and that it is ready to lend Latin American countries, using an emergency line of credit. Investors flee Brazil, drawing out more than $2 billion a day despite an interest rate rise to 50% by the Central Bank.
Sept. 17, 1998 Tokyo's Nikkei index hits a 12year low amid steep declines in Hong Kong, France, Britain and the US. The Dow drops 216 points. Congress blocks Clinton's request for $18 billion in funding for the IMF. Sept. 23, 1998 Pushed by the New York Federal Reserve, a consortium of leading US financial institutions provides a $3.5 billion bailout to Long Term Capital Management, one of the largest US hedge funds, amidst fears that a collapse could worsen the panic in the financial markets. Sept. 24, 1998 Stocks on Wall Street and in Europe swoon amid fears that the losses suffered by the world's largest banks in the Long Term Capital debacle could put the entire banking system at risk. Sept. 29, 1998 The Fed cuts interest rates by a quarter point. Sept. 30, 1998 Worries that the Fed isn't doing enough to rescue the US and global economies cause a 238point drop in the Dow, for a loss of more than 500 points in a week. Investors around the world flock to US Treasury bonds for safety, causing the yield on 30-
year bonds to drop below 5% for the first time in three decades. Oct. 3, 1998 Japan announces a $30 billion aid package for Southeast Asia to help the region recover from recession. G-7 ministers create a rescue plan for Brazil. Oct. 5-8, 1998 In Washington, the IMF and World Bank hold a joint plenary session to debate the global economic crisis. Oct. 15, 1998 The Fed cuts interest rates for a second time to prevent weak financial markets from tripping the US into a recession. The Dow shoots up 331 points and world markets rally. Oct. 22, 1998 Amid warnings of winter food shortages in Russia, Moscow creates an emergency food reserve and approves an emergency spending plan that will require the central bank to print at least $1.2 billion to help pay back wages, rescue banks and bring food to desperate regions. Oct. 27, 1998 Brazil's President Fernando Cardoso announces an austerity plan of $80 billion in tax increases and spending cuts over three years in order to secure an IMF
assistance package. Oct. 31, 1998 The IMF refuses to disburse to Russia a $4.3 billion installment of the $22.6 aid package it agreed to in July, and says it will not resume negotiations about disbursement until Russia produces a realistic budget for 1999. Nov. 5, 1998 Russia strikes an agreement with foreign investors to accept repayment in rubles of $40 billion of debt frozen in August, but says it will not be able to repay $17.5 billion of debts due in 1999 and will reschedule them. Russia also wins an $800 million loan from Japan, originally part of the IMF rescue deal. Average: Your rating: None Average: 4.1( 10 votes) This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Incinerating Assange - The Liberal Media Go To Work.
Russia's Top Cyber Sleuth Foils US Spies, Helps Kremlin Pals

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These Pictures Offer A Rare Glimpse Into North Korea's Changing World
Adam Taylor (Money Game)
Submitted at 7/22/2012 9:00:00 PM
From outside, it's hard to ever really know what is going on in North Korea the Hermit state is one of most secretive nations on earth. However, there are reports that things are changing in the country. Click here to take a tour of North Korea >
Stephanie T. Kleine-Ahlbrandt, the China and North East Asia Project Director of the International Crisis Group (ICG), was recently visited North Korean capital Pyongyang, and then journeyed to South Hyanghan and Kangwon provinces. Stephanie has been kind enough to provide us with pictures of her trip, which we have published with her
captions. Stephanie describes her experience: In comparison with previous visits (this was my fourth), the city of Pyongyang displayed greater signs of relative prosperity. Cellphones have now become the latest accessory (there are apparently one million). New buildings and stores have popped
up everywhere, some stores even well-stocked with luxury items. There is a lot of new construction. An increase in the number of cars is leading to mini traffic-jams, unheard of just a few years ago. At night, parts of Pyongyang are lit up like a Christmas tree, in contrast to solid darkness. However, despite these changes, the countryside remains
desperately poor, with scant signs of improvement or investment. There is almost no mechanization: people are still using ox carts and wheelbarrows. Electricity is highly erratic. Life outside of Pyongyang is certainly still very harsh. The urban/rural divide has become even starker. THESE page 39
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(If you'd like to see more of Stephanie's photos, check out her website) "A land of stunning contrasts." "Rush hour in Pyongyang." "A North Korean child 'shooting' American visitors with plastic gun." See the rest of the story at Business Insider Please follow International on Twitter and Facebook.
T-30 Days To 10Y Treasuries Yielding Less Than 1%

Tyler Durden
Submitted at 7/22/2012 5:57:16 PM
the Fed can control this herding of cats (by forcing everyone to frontrun it) and what the hyperWhile many have discussed the inflating solution to assetextreme analogs of the last few deflation expectations will look y e a r s i n e q u i t y m a r k e t like this time. performance, few have looked at Absolute performance of 10Y the relative performance of the Treasury yields for each of the most explicitly impacted asset last 3 years... class of Central Bank largesse - Charts: Bloomberg Average: Woot (Woot) was June. The hot new United the US Treasury bond market. Your rating: None Average: 4( 6 States Supreme Court decision of Based on the almost perfect votes) Submitted at 7/23/2012 12:00:00 AM the moment was United States v. correlation between 2010, 2011, This entry passed through the You know what one of the Woot Santos. And everyone was boppin' and this year's yield movements Full-Text RSS service if this is Podcast Team's favorite meals is? to the sounds of a hip, fresh Woot over the past few months, traders your content and you're reading it Warmed-up leftovers! In that podcast: "National Accordion could be forgiven for considering on someone else's site, please read s p i r i t , a l l t h i s w e e k w e ' r e Awareness Month Is Here." that the 10-year yield will be the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentreheating bits of the filler we used Hearing it again, it really takes below 1% by the end of August- only/faq.php#publishers. Five to pad out our recent Wootathon. you back, doesn't it? OmiGAWD, no matter how many times they Filters recommends: Incinerating "Enjoy" a "new" video every why were we doing our hair like are told "but rates cannot fall any Assange - The Liberal Media Go weekday! It's a Podcast Listening that? more" or this time it's different. To Work. Party! One has to wonder just how long The year was 2008. The month
Where to Buy Appliances from Consumer Reports

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Robert, Kristen, and Selena's Birthday: Teen Choice Awards Highlights!

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The Weekend Is Over, And Markets Are Getting Slammed

Sam Ro (Money Game)
Submitted at 7/22/2012 7:15:00 PM
Markets are selling off early in the Asian trading session. Japan's Nikkei is down 1.0%. Korea's Kospi is down 1.5%. Australia's S&P/ASX is down 0.9%. According to Germany's Der Spiegel newspaper, the IMF is seeking to pull the plug on bailout aid to Greece, which could send the debt-laden country into bankruptcy by September. Separately, German economy minister Philipp Roesler said that
Demi Lovato and Kevin McHale opened the Teen Choice Awards as the evening's hosts. She was treated to greetings from her fellow X Factor judges Britney Spears and Simon Cowell before the first presenters, Selena Gomez and Zooey Deschanel, handed off the choice comedian to Ellen DeGeneres. Choice sci-fi TV series went to The Vampire Diaries, and the cast of choice TV drama Pretty Little Liars handed off movie actor to The Lucky One's Zac Efron. Ian Somerhalder and an absentee Miley Cyrus took the thought of a Greek exit from home choice male and female the euro has " lost its horror." hottie nods, respectively. Ian sent Roesler is also skeptical about thanks to Miley's parents, Tish G r e e c e ' s a b i l i t y t o m e e t and Billy Ray Cyrus, on her requirements to get its bailout behalf. Other absentee honors funds. went to The Hunger Games's U . S . f u t u r e s a r e d o w n i n choice male scene stealer Liam electronic trading. Dow futures are down 55 points. SEE ALSO: How The Markets Reacted To 13 Mega Disasters In US History > Please follow Money Game on Twitter and Facebook. Join the conversation about this story
when the crowd sang "Happy Birthday" for her. Jonah Hill made a cameo to accept a surfboard for 21 Jump Street, and Taylor Swift took the stage to accept choice female artist. The Twilight gang of Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, and Taylor Lautner accepted the ultimate choice prize for Breaking Dawn Part 1, and Rob even passed his surfboard into the crowd! To wrap things up, Justin Hemsworth and choice actress in Bieber performed a medley of his a sci-fi movie Jennifer Lawrence. songs from Believe. The last Emma Stone received two prizes honor went to choice Summer for Crazy Stupid Love and The male movie star Chris Help, Rihanna got love for Hemsworth, for both Snow White Battleship, and One Direction had & The Huntsman and The their boards airmailed to London. Avengers. It was a big evening for Birthday girl Selena, who's newly young Hollywood - make sure to 20, won choice music group for catch up on all the Teen Choice Selena Gomez & the Scene. Awards fashion! View Slideshow Winning a surfboard was for Selena "the best birthday present ever," and things only got better
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Phoenix Pastor Jailed Over Home Bible Study to Serve 3 Years?

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July 17, 2012| 3:38 pm The Arizona pastor who is currently imprisoned for hosting regular Bible studies at his home may have to serve up to three years for violating his probation. Michael Salman, an ordained pastor of Church of God in Christ and the founder of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Phoenix, appeared in court Monday on charges that he violated his probation by continuing to hold Bible studies on his 4.6 acre property with more than 12 people, and for failing to pay over $12,000 in fines. The Phoenix Municipal Court had earlier ruled that Salman was not to have more than 12 people at his home until he met the city's building codes, fire codes and other safety codes. "He was found guilty of violating that (12 people limit) today. So in two to four weeks supposedly the court will decide what they are going to do in terms of his violation," said John Whitehead, Salman's attorney and founding president of the legal group The Rutherford Institute, to The Christian Post after the Monday court hearing. "The prosecutor is arguing for more jail time." READ FACT SHEET FROM THE RUTHERFORD
INSTITUTE Whitehead noted that 15 to 20 people were meeting in Salman's home for Bible study after the court's order of a 12-persons limit. "[They brought him to court] to see if they are going to extend the 60 days in jail," he said. "He is on three year probation, which means that he could get up to three years in jail." Follow us Last Monday, Salman began his 60-day jail sentence at Maricopa County Jail for hosting Bible studies twice a week in his home. A Phoenix court found him guilty of 67 code violations in connection to failing to comply to the city's building, fire, safety, and zoning codes. The city of Phoenix argues that Salman's case is not about religious freedom but about public safety. In an interview with CP, the city prosecutor or chief prosecutor for Phoenix, Aaron J. Carreon-Ainsa, noted that five judges have looked at Salman's case, including two U.S. district judges and an appellate judge, and have affirmed the conviction. "We are interested in ensuring that people are provided a safe place in which they can worship," said Carreon-Ainsa. "We don't want a tragedy that we sometimes read about in third world countries where people are
gathered for whatever purpose and they perish because of a fire or some other situation that they are not able to protect themselves [from]..." READ FACT SHEET FROM THE CITY OF PHOENIX Salman, who is a father of six, has been hosting Bible studies on his property for the past 7 years. The city of Phoenix began interacting with Salman about zoning concerns starting in 2006, when the Zoning Administrator informed him that his property was analogous to a church and therefore he should adjust his home to comply with the Zoning Ordinance. According to the City of Phoenix Prosecutor's Office, the city has repeatedly asked Salman to comply with the safety codes and "he chose to ignore these requests for voluntary compliance prior to the commencement of any proceedings." But Brad Dacus, founding president of the Pacific Justice Institute which has defended several home Bible study cases weighed in and disagreed with the city's argument. "The city is dealing with a 5-acre parcel of land. Based on the information we have received, there are no bona fide health or safety concerns that have been brought to light," said Dacus to
CP on Tuesday. "There have been no injuries incurred by any individuals that have come to gather for this purpose. There are no imminent risks of injuries for anyone gathered for this religious purpose. And there are no bona fide nuisances that have arisen since its usage. "This attempt by the city of Phoenix is an overbearing usage of their authority in a manner that is clearly not warranted." In a YouTube video, the Salmans give a tour of their large property, emphasizing that the dozens of cars that come to their home for the Bible study are parked behind their private gate on their property and not on the streets. A notable discrepancy is that while Salman says around 30 to 40 people usually gather at his home, the city says that up to 80 people with seating for a hundred is common. Salman and his attorney decry the city's harsh punishments meted out over a home Bible study to be in violation of the defendant's religious freedom. Dacus also commented on the most recent court hearing, "To the extent to which the city of Phoenix has placed this limitation of only 12 people being able to meet in this home, such a narrow limitation is suspect as necessary and it seems arbitrary in terms of the number selected and as well as
who they chose to enforce it." PJI recently successfully defended a local Christian Bible group meeting in San Juan Capistrano, Calif., that was vulnerable to a controversial city code that required all religious, fraternal or nonprofit organizations of three people or more to obtain a conditional-use permit for hosting meetings, including Bible studies. The couple hosting the Bible group faced a $300 fine for violating this code. PJI successfully convinced the city of San Juan Capistrano to adopt a new policy that now allows up to 40 people to meet in a private residence without a permit. But the news is not as positive for Salman, who still faces a $12,180 fine and may have his 60-day jail sentence extended in a few weeks by the court. Clarification: July 17, 2012: An article on July 17, 2012, about an Arizona pastor who is currently serving a prison sentence for hosting a weekly Bible study held in a building that violated the city's building safety codes originally reported that five judges found Michael Salman guilty. Aaron J. Carreon-Ainsa of the City Prosecutor's Office in Phoenix clarified that there was PHOENIX page 42
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Pat Robertson Tells Christian Viewer to Dump Muslim Girlfriend

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July 18, 2012| 9:06 am (Photo: YouTube via The Christian Post) Pat Robertson appears on "The 700 Club" Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011. During the Q&A segment of the program, a man named Brad wrote in explaining that he had been in a relationship with a Muslim woman for three years and that they were planning to get married. "No way! No way! She's going to want to do her Muslim thing and you're going to want to do your Christian thing. There will be constant struggle and strife. Walk away," said Robertson. "In the Old Testament they were forbidden to intermarry with the heathen." Glenn Stanton, director of global family formation studies for Focus on the Family, told The Christian Post that he agreed with Robertson's views on interfaith marriage. "The wisdom of God's Word is quite clear on believers being unequally yoked. And marrying someone who is not a Christian
who is not a daily disciple of Christ is being unequally yoked, regardless of what their beliefs might be," said Stanton. "And the wisdom of Scripture is, not surprisingly, backed up by social science, which finds that interfaith marriages are significantly more likely to be unstable, even leading to higher levels of divorce." According to a 2008 survey performed by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, about 25 percent of married Americans have a spouse of a different religious sect. When considering Protestant denomination s as different religious groups, the number rises to 37 percent. Stanton told CP that he believed this large percentage of interfaith marriages was because couples in America are not taking faith in practice as seriously as previous generations. "A serious commitment to faith and the practice of that faith is not as important to many couples these days," said Stanton. "Less than 50 years ago, an interfaith marriage was when a Presbyterian married a Methodist. That was when distinct belief, practice and identity was taken
more seriously." The example that Robertson commented on focused on a Christian-Muslim couple. According to Kamal Nawash, president of the Free Muslims Coalition, Robertson's remarks fit with what many religious leaders preach. "While I am not a fan of Robertson, he cannot be blamed for his latest statement. He is merely preaching generally accepted Christian orthodoxy. Most religious leaders, of any faith, adopt the same rule as Robertson," said Nawash in an interview with The Christian Post. Nawash explained that with Islamic practice there is some room allowed for interfaith marriages, but only between a Muslim and someone who is either Jewish or Christian. Further, most Muslims assume that only men can marry outside the religion. "Textual Islam is unique among the Abrahamic faiths. It allows interfaith marriages and prohibits husbands from even asking their wives to convert to Islam," said Nawash. "However, Muslims are not allowed to marry people outside
only one trial and the other judges reviewed the case and affirmed the conviction. READ: FEDERAL COURT ERODES RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS of Christianity or Judaism. This entry passed through the Meaning, Muslims cannot marry Full-Text RSS service if this is Hindus, Buddhists and the like. your content and you're reading it This is because Islam sees on someone else's site, please read Christianity and Judaism as godly the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentreligions." only/faq.php#publishers. Five Nawash also said that in the Filters recommends: Incinerating United States Muslim men have Assange - The Liberal Media Go been known to marry nonTo Work. Muslims and that increasingly Muslim women in America have been doing likewise. "It is becoming very common for Christian-Muslim marriage s in the United States. The trend has been common with men for decades," said Nawash. "However, now it is becoming common with Muslim women I anticipate this trend to continue at a rapid speed and there is nothing that can be done about it." READ: WHAT DOES IT MEAN (Christianpost.com > Most TO BE UNEQUALLY YOKED? Popular) This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is July 17, 2012| 9:41 am your content and you're reading it "I've been there and I've done it on someone else's site, please read all. I did the drugs, I've been with the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content- men, I've been with women. All only/faq.php#publishers. Five of it," she said July 13 on the Filters recommends: Incinerating "Frank & Wanda in the Morning" Assange - The Liberal Media Go radio program. To Work. Host Frank Ski immediately responded with: "Are you serious?" The unexpected confession was made as the self-professed
Televangelist Juanita Bynum Confesses: I've Been With Women
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prophetess was on the Atlantabased station to discuss her "Get Your Life Back" theater production. The stage play starring Bynum, Anthony Dalton and Miss Venetia "Princess" Lewis tackles true life issues, shame and guilt, according to a description of the show. Bynum was asked by Ski to speak on the power of purpose and how to bounce back from struggles or trauma. She responded, "I've been there ... but I think the minute I allowed somebody to help me to take full responsibility for my life and not doing the blame game to say 'oh, this is their fault;' I took full responsibility in every area because every choice that I made, nobody put a gun to my head. I made those choices due to a lack of wisdom." Follow us Continuing, she stated, "I'm not insecure about being around people who have issues and struggles because I've been there and I've done it all." That's when she disclosed her past sexual relations with women. Following Ski's "are you serious" question, she answered, "Every bit of it." "It's my life." "That abuse I suffered was
because I attracted after my own kind," Bynum added. "That abuse was already sitting in me. I had already abused myself mentally and emotionally for years trying to fill a void that only the power of purpose can fill. "You can have sex with 50,000 people, you can do drugs until the cows come home. But the void that you're trying to fill is a void that's been put there by the Creator and it's called purpose and destiny and until you accept that you're going to walk around the living dead." Following the brief interview, a listener, Lisa Lewis, tweeted, "@SandraRose Did you hear @DrBynum (Juanita Bynum) admitt to having sex with women on @V103Atlanta? Another closet confession. I am shocked." A couple of days later, Bynum also made several follow-up comments on her Twitter account. "If my life's testamony offends you then good ..now you can go serve christ for real because he will Never dissappoint you ever!!!" she tweeted on July 15. "Testamony is what you get after something has been put to death!.Maybe that's why we don't see a lot of them. You got to kill it to tell it!" The 53-year-old also posted:
"And they OVER CAME him(SATAN) by the blood of the lamb and by their TESTAMONIES!!! When we expose the enemy we OVER THROW HIM FOR GOOD!!" "You don't get anointed because God likes you ..you get anointed when he breaks junk out of your life!" "A Life of Transparency causes people to see christ in you and thru you!!!" Bynum was married twice and was the victim of domestic abuse in both marriages. Her latest divorce occurred in 2008 after Bishop Thomas W. Weeks III pleaded guilty to assaulting Bynum in a hotel parking lot. READ: MY STORY HOMOSEXUALITY, DRUNKENNESS, GRACE AND REDEMOTION This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Incinerating Assange - The Liberal Media Go To Work.
Watch Live Now: Giant Asteroid Flies By Earth

Adam Mann (Wired Top Stories)
ago by Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research(LINEAR). It is a fairly large near-Earth asteroid Submitted at 7/22/2012 6:10:00 PM about 3,000 feet wide and Beginning at 4:30 Pacific (7:30 will come within about 3.2 Eastern) you can watch a live million miles of Earth, or roughly embed feed from the Slooh Space 14 times the Earth-moon distance. Camera. Because of its size and distance, The show will start with images t h e o b j e c t i s c l a s s i f i e d a s from the Slooh telescope in the potentially hazardous, though it C a n a r y I s l a n d . F o r a l l t h e has zero chance of hitting Earth. latecomers, another telescope in This entry passed through the Arizona will start tracking the Full-Text RSS service if this is asteroid at around 8 p.m. Pacific your content and you're reading it (11 Eastern) as well. Slooh will on someone else's site, please read have discussion with their very the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentown Patrick Paolucci, Astronomy only/faq.php#publishers. Five magazine columnist Bob Berman, Filters recommends: Incinerating and astronomer Matt Francisco Assange - The Liberal Media Go from Prescott Observatory. To Work. The asteroid, known as 2002 AM31 was discovered 10 years
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A Google-a-Day Puzzle for July 23

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That's a Wrap - Teen Choice Awards Fun, Fashion, and Beauty!

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Submitted at 7/22/2012 9:15:03 PM
Also, with the knowledge that because others may publish their answers before you do, if you Submitted at 7/22/2012 11:01:00 PM want to be able to search for Our good friends at Google run a information without accidentally daily puzzle challenge and asked seeing the answer somewhere, us to help get them out to the you can use the Google-a-Day geeky masses. Each days puzzle sites search tool, which will will task your googling skills a automatically filter out published little more, leading you to Google answers, to give you a spoiler-free mastery. Each morning at 12:01 experience. a.m. Eastern time youll see a new And now, without further ado, we puzzle, and the previous days give you answer (in invisitext) posted here. TODAYS PUZZLE: SPOILER WARNING: This plant from the nightshade We leave the comments on so family was believed to have people can work together to find magical powers. A person who the answer. As such, if you want uprooted it was said to die from to figure it out all by yourself, its scream. To pull it, people DONT READ T H E would tie the plant to what before COMMENTS! running away to safety?
YESTERDAYS ANSWER (mouseover to see): Search [five basic tastes] to learn that salt, sweet, bitter, sour, and umami (recognized as the fifth taste in 2000) are the five basic tastes. Search [salt sweet bitter sour umami soy sauce] to find that umami best expresses that flavor. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Incinerating Assange - The Liberal Media Go To Work.
Red carpet fashion and beauty coverage: Vote on the best dressed from the night Find out who wore what The best beauty looks from the night See all the stars on the red carpet A closer look at Lea Michele's sparkly dress Hot couples and sexy Teen Choice Awards guys you may have missed: Rob, Kristen, and Taylor pick up surfboards for Twilight Justin Bieber celebrates Selena Gomez's birthday Nina Dobrev and Ian Somehalder couple up at the
awards The list of all the winners and more MTV Movie Awards fun: Highlights from the whole show See even more pictures from the big night Gwen Stefani shows off new No Doubt music The complete list of winners
Use Medicated Body Powder to Quickly Heal Poison Ivy Rashes [Poison Ivy]
David Galloway (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 7/22/2012 3:00:00 PM
If you've managed to brush up against the oils secreted by the poison ivy plant and have a
painful itchy rash, you can take the sting out by using medicated body powder along with rubbing
alcohol, gauze, and cotton swabs. More
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"What's a good Facebook client for Android?" [Ask The Commenters Roundup]
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How is it possible for a phone, a laptop & a PC to have an "excellent" connect to a wireless router, yet, still unable to access What's a good Facebook client t h e i n t e r n e t i n n u m e r o u s for Android? browsers, apps, etc? I am looking to get an iPhone in Does anyone use robocopy to the fall, moving from Android to back up videos/music/pictures/etc. iOS. Can someone tell me how on windows? well contact syncing is working Does anyone have any advice these days with Gmail? on how to find a coding project I need recommendations for a that "fits?" Or put another way, cheap device to watch videos on advice on how to weed out m y l o c a l n e t w o r k , N e t f l i x , projects that won't keep my YouTube, and HBO Go. interest?
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Just got a Samsung Galaxy SIII, and I'm now looking for some awesome games that can use that quad core horse power in my
phone. Any suggestions? So I have my bedroom closet and there's no light or outlets in there. I'm looking for a way to put
a regular light source in without any electrical work. I've tried LED lights, but they're not strong enough. Any ideas? What's the most efficient way to keep music on iPods in multiple cars synced to one iTunes library for stereo playback on the road? Is there any way to contact google about more expeditiously removing outdated search results? More
VIBE USB Turntable with Speakers

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Hawthorne at a slumber party? Or for the parent looking to digitize those out-of-print soul records so The Medium Is Not The Message the kids can listen in the car? Hey, Be honest: you're not the "spend this ain't so bad. half your salary on speaker Facts are facts: if you take this to cables" type. So this Vibe USB a DJ battle, they're gonna laugh Turntable with Speakers is for you off the stage. If you take this you. to an audiophile's house, they'll Hey, we're right there with you. probably ask you to leave. But, Some vinyl snob who only buys hey, go look in the mirror. ARE acetates and white labels... okay, y o u a D J ? A R E y o u a n well, if that's your thing, more audiophile? Because we're sort of power to you, Cap'n Hi-Fi. But for thinking you might just be a the novice vinyl enthusiast who person who wants some music. just wants to play the new Mayer This here Vibe USB Turntable
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with Speakers also has an extraspecial secret that lets you go head-to-head with the hipsters: it plays 78s. Of course it also plays 33s and 45s (or as they say in the biz, "a 7-inch") and guess what? It
has these tiny speakers so you can listen any time, any where. Of course, if you're not the sock hop type, the Vibe USB Turntable with Speakers still might help you out. Plug it into your computer and you've got a way to convert your "vinyls" into MP3s. That means you've got access to all of Dad's weird 80's new wave synth pop, and your iPod can be full of (get this) ALL THE ORIGINAL SONGS YOUR FAVORITE ARTISTS HAVE SAMPLED! Pretty cool, right? And also, maybe you can burn them to CD
and give them to Dad as a Christmas gift. It's not a cheap cop-out if you do it with love. The Vibe USB Turntable with Speakers isn't about meeting some imaginary threshold in some acoustic paradise. It's about lookin' good, having' fun, and loving your records until you play a hole through one of the tracks. Take it from a bunch of old music lovers: it's not about the hording. It's about the playing.
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Japan nuclear plants 'still not safe'

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Clean Metal Appliances with Cream of Tartar [Kitchen Hacks]

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Submitted at 7/22/2012 4:00:00 PM
If your toaster, coffee maker, or other metal-surfaced appliance is a bit grimy from years of being near your range it can be difficult to remove the sticky buildup. One easy way is to use a pinch of cream of tartar, the citric acid in the tartar will help break up the buildup. More
A government-appointed inquiry has delivered a damning assessment of Japanese nuclear regulators and the operator of the Fukushima nuclear power plant, raising further fears that despite new rules, the country's nuclear sector still does not meet safety requirements. The 450-page report by a 10member panel of independent experts was released on Monday, and comes as anti-nuclear activists continue a vociferous campaign against the restarting of two nuclear reactors in the country. The government is currently readying a new energy policy, due next month. The panel suggested that postFukushima safety steps taken at nuclear power plants across the country have not been enough to cope with a complex catastrophe, a combination of human error and natural causes, such as the one that struck the country after an earthquake and tsunami last year. "We understand that immediate safety measures are being further detailed and will materialise in the future. But we strongly urge the
people concerned to make continued efforts to take really effective steps," said the panel, chaired by University of Tokyo engineering professor Yotaro Hatamura. Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco), the operator of the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant, and regulators failed to plan for a massive natural disaster, the panel said, blaming them for being lulled by the same "safety myth" blasted by a parliament-appointed team of experts earlier this month. "Both the government and companies should establish a new philosophy of disaster prevention that requires safety and disaster measures against any massive accident and disaster ... regardless of event probability," the report said. The inquiry did not go as far as accusing regulators and TEPCO of "collusion", as a parliamentary panel had done earlier this month. Reactors restarting The decision to restart two reactors operated by the Kansa Electric Power Company has energised Japans' anti-nuclear movement, with more than 100,000 people taking to the streets in Tokyo a week ago. All 50 of Japan's nuclear reactors
were shut down for safety checks after the Fukushima disaster. Critics say that the two restarted reactors do not meet the government's new safety criteria, announced this April. The panel has called on the government to take immediate action on certain issues, such as ensuring off-site nuclear accident management centres are protected against the kind of massive radiation leaks that rendered the one at Fukushima unusable. The Fukushima Dai-ichi plant, located 240km north of Tokyo, was hit on March 11 last year by an earthquake and tsunami that knocked out power and cooling systems. Three of its six reactors went into meltdown, and about 150,000 people were forced to flee the area as radioactive material leaked into the surroundings. The panel said that there was no proof that the earthquake was a key factor in the disaster, but added that a certain degree of impact could not be ruled out. TEPCO's own investigation put the blame for the accident solely on the tsunami. The panel, however, called on TEPCO to review data that had been presented to it, saying that it
believed that it contained errors. It said that further investigations should be carried out. The report also blamed the country's nuclear regulators for not paying sufficient attention to improvements in nuclear safety standards, as recommended by the Interantional Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). It said that the Japanese Nuclear Industrial and Safety Agency had been promoting nuclear energy without being open about the inherent risks. It said that a culture of complacency about nuclear safety and poor crisis management had led to the nuclear disaster. The panel's investigation concludes the last of a series of probes into the worst atomic accident since the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. 604 This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Incinerating Assange - The Liberal Media Go To Work.
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Obama grieves with victims of Colorado attack

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Barack Obama, the US president, has told families of the victims of the Aurora cinema shooting massacre, that the whole country is thinking of them. Obama arrived at Buckley Air Force Base on Air Force One at around 3:30pm (21:30 GMT) on Sunday. He first visited the University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora to console survivors and families of victims. The president said he shared hugs and tears and vowed that "out of darkness a brighter day is going to come". Obama's visit comes as investigators are deepening a probe into James Holmes, the man accused of planning and carrying out the attack, which killed 12 and injured 58. Colorado police piece together what led to shooting He is alleged to have opened fire during a packed Batman premiere of "The Dark Knight Rises" shortly after midnight on Friday, dressed in black and wearing body armour and a gas mask. Holmes, currently being held in solitary confinement for his own safety, is reported not to be co-operating with authorities. Dan Oates, Aurora police chief, said Holmes had "lawyered up"
and is not talking. Thousands have gathered for a vigil, organised by civic, community and religious leaders, in front of Aurora City Hall on Sunday. "We can now start the natural process of grieving and healing," Aurora Mayor Steve Hogan said at a memorial late on Saturday for one young shooting victim: "We're still reeling". On Saturday, local and federal authorities disarmed explosives in Holmes' booby-trapped apartment. A small boom from a "controlled detonation" could be heard by reporters outside the apartment block and pieces of debris were blown out of one of the windows through which police had been assessing the booby-trap set-up inside. "Police reached one of those explosive devices, but they did not feel comfortable disabling [it] so they had a controlled explosion, which was heard around the area," said Al Jazeera's John Hendren, reporting from Colorado. "It sounds like [the suspect] had a web of tripwires and explosives that made things very difficult and dangerous for police when they went in inside." 'Calculation and deliberation' Holmes, 24, a graduate school
dropout, was arrested immediately after the fatal spree in a car park near the scene of the shooting. He offered no resistance when he was arrested. Oates said the shooting followed months of "calculation and deliberation," as Holmes received a "high volume" of deliveries of weaponry to both his work and home. James Holmes is currently being held in solitary confinement for his own protection, according to authorities [Reuters] "Make no mistake, this [Holmes'] apartment was designed to kill whoever entered it. And who was most likely to enter that location after he planned and executed this horrific crime? It was going to be a police officer," Oates said on Sunday
night. Residents of several nearby buildings were allowed to return home on Saturday, while the redbrick apartment block remained under evacuation as local and federal authorities completed the painstaking process of disarming the explosives and sifting through evidence. Sources familiar with the probe said that some 30 shells filled with gunpowder were found in the apartment, together with containers filled with "incendiary liquids" intended to fuel a fire from the initial explosions, as well as bullets meant to ricochet around the apartment. On Saturday afternoon, the local coroner's officer released the names of the 12 people killed,
including those of a six-year-old girl, a young man celebrating his 27th birthday and an aspiring sportscaster who had barely escaped a shooting in a Toronto mall earlier this summer. The incident stunned the nation and evoked memories of the 1999 massacre at Columbine High School in Littleton, 27km from Aurora, where two students opened fire and killed 12 students and a teacher. The attack also revived the debate over gun control in the US, and drew condemnation by Obama and his Republican White House rival Mitt Romney. 'Deranged individual' The shooter, dressed in black and wearing body armour and a gas mask, had burst into the cinema barely 20 minutes into the screening of The Dark Knight Rises on Friday, throwing two tear-gas type devices before opening fire with several weapons. Suspect profile James Holmes, 24, was a PhD student of neuroscience at the University of Colorado He lived in an apartment in the north of Aurora, only eight kilometres from the cinema He has no previous criminal record and is in police custody Raymond Kelly, New York City OBAMA page 49
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Syrian forces regain Damascus district

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fighting in that city is the worst to date. I travelled to Salahedin Syrian troops commanded by the neighbourhood. I was shocked to brother of President Bashar al- s e e t h e r e v o l u t i o n f l a g s Assad and backed by helicopter everywhere, in the streets, on gunships have driven rebel buildings, at the balconies. I also fighters out of a district of saw a large number of Free Syrian Damascus a week after the Army members, he said by insurgents launched a major phone. assault on the capital. 'Psychological impact' Members of the Syrian army's Syrian forces regained control of F o u r t h D i v i s i o n u n d e r t h e one of two border crossings command of Maher al-Assad seized by rebels on the frontier executed several young men on with Iraq, Iraqi officials said, but the weekend during the operation rebels said they had captured a to regain control of the northern third border crossing with Turkey: Damascus district of Barzeh, a Bab al-Salam, north of Aleppo. witness and activists said. "Seizing the border crossings does G o v e r n m e n t f o r c e s h a v e not have strategic importance but launched a determined fightback it has a psychological impact since rebels brought their battle to because it demoralises Assad's overthrow Assad to the capital force," a senior Syrian army and killed four of the president's d e f e c t o r i n T u r k e y , S t a f f closest associates in a bomb Brigadier Faiz Amr, told the attack on a meeting of senior Reuters news agency by phone. security officials last Wednesday. "It's a show of progress for the Activists told Al Jazeera that the revolutionaries, despite the m i l i t a r y w a s s e n d i n g superior firepower of Assad's reinforcements into the Syrian troops." capital. The army has set up new Rebels also seized an army checkpoints on one of the main infantry school in the town of roads into the city, they said. Musalmiyeh, 16km north of In a further escalation of a Aleppo, and captured several conflict rapidly becoming a civil loyalist officers, while others war, fighting raged around the d e f e c t e d , a s e n i o r m i l i t a r y intelligence headquarters in defector in Turkey and rebel Syria's biggest city, Aleppo, and sources inside Syria said. In-depth in Deir al-Zor in the east. coverage of escalating violence Jad Al Halabi, an activist in across Syria Syria's largest city Aleppo, said "This is of big strategic and
traffic - although more than in the past few days. Some police checkpoints, abandoned earlier in the week, were manned again. Many petrol stations were closed, having run out of fuel, and those that were open had huge lines of cars waiting to fill up. Residents reported long queues at bakeries. symbolic importance. The school "I saw men stripped to their Elsewhere, Iraqi officials said has ammunition depots and underwear. Three buses took Syrian forces had regained control armoured formations and it d e t a i n e e s f r o m a l - F a r o u k , of the Syrian side of the Yarubiya protects the northern gate to including women and whole border crossing, briefly seized by Aleppo," Brigadier General families. Several houses have rebels on Saturday. Iraq has said it Mustafa al-Sheikh said by phone been set on fire." cannot help Syrians fleeing the from the town of Apayden on the 'Safe passage for Assad' violence, and the border was Turkish border. Opposition and rebel sources say sealed by the Iraqi army on The bombardments in Damascus the guerrilla fighters in the capital Friday. and Deir al-Zor were some of the may lack the supply lines to Arab League ministers meeting fiercest yet and showed Assad's remain there for long and may in Doha urged the opposition and determination to avenge the bomb h a v e t o m a k e t a c t i c a l the rebel Free Syrian Army to attack, the most spectacular blow w i t h d r a w a l s . form a transitional government, in a 16-month-old uprising against The neighbourhood of Barzeh, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh four decades of rule by the Assad one of three northern areas hit by Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani told a family. helicopter fire, was overrun by news conference in Doha. Rebels were driven from Mezzeh, troops commanded by Maher al- He said Arab countries would t h e d i p l o m a t i c d i s t r i c t o f Assad, 41, who is widely seen as help to ensure safe passage out of D a m a s c u s , r e s i d e n t s a n d the muscle maintaining the Assad Syria for Assad if he stepped opposition activists said, and family's Alawite minority rule. down quickly - something he has more than 1,000 government Rare insights into life in Homs shown no inclination to do. troops and allied militiamen under daily shelling 882 poured into the area, backed by Syrian state television quoted a This entry passed through the armoured vehicles, tanks and m e d i a s o u r c e d e n y i n g t h a t Full-Text RSS service if this is bulldozers. helicopters had fired on the your content and you're reading it Three people were killed and 50 c a p i t a l . " T h e s i t u a t i o n i n on someone else's site, please read others, mostly civilians, were Damascus is normal, but the the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentwounded in the early morning security forces are pursuing the only/faq.php#publishers. Five bombardment, said Thabet, a remnants of the terrorists in some Filters recommends: Incinerating Mezzeh resident. "The district is streets," it said. Assange - The Liberal Media Go besieged and the wounded are Most shops in Damascus were To Work. without medical care," he said. closed and there was only light
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police commissioner, said on Friday that the gunman "clearly looks like a deranged individual". "He has his hair painted red. He said he was the Joker, obviously the enemy of Batman," Kelly told reporters. Holmes is currently being held in solitary confinement for his own protection from other inmates, according to officials. Oates declined to speculate on any motive for Holmes, who is to make his first court appearance on Monday. "We're not going to talk about motive," he said. He said that out of "an abundance of caution," bomb-sniffing dogs
had made a sweep of buildings at the University of Colorado medical school, which Holmes attended until last month, but did not find anything unusual. Holmes had no criminal record aside from a citation for speeding in October 2011, according to police. Raised in a middle-class San Diego neighbourhood, he earned a degree in neuroscience from the University of California at Riverside before seeking his graduate degree from the University of Colorado. Holmes was described by acquaintances as bright but was in
the process of dropping out of his graduate programme at the time of the shooting, according to the university. 1077 This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Incinerating Assange - The Liberal Media Go To Work.
Rangers end road trip 4-4 after 7-4 loss to Angels Seattle Times
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ANAHEIM, Calif. Matt Harrison has allowed just four home runs over his last 13 starts, and three of them have been by the Los Angeles Angels. Bobby Wilson hit his first of the Mike Suszek (Joystiq) season leading off the seventh Submitted at 7/22/2012 9:00:00 RANGERS page 50
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Guthrie impresses Yost in Royals debut - YAHOO!

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walks in five innings. He threw 30 of his 91 pitches in the third inning, when the Twins scored Right-hander Jeremy Guthrie four runs after two outs. That made his Kansas City Royals probably was not what manger debut Sunday. It was not great, Ned Yost wanted to see from his but it was better than what left- newly acquired veteran righthander Jonathan Sanchez had hander. "Actually, it was," Yost given the Royals. The Royals said. "I thought he threw the ball acquired Guthrie on Friday in a OK. He had a rough third inning, trade for Sanchez with the but I didn't think he made a Rockies. Working on three days' horrible pitch. He kept the ball rest, Guthrie allowed five runs on down in the zone and I don't think four hits, including a Ryan he elevated all day. "He was Doumit home run, and three throwing his breaking balls down
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and kept his stuff down all day. He made good pitches, and I thought they hit good pitches. I was impressed. "We'll get him on normal rest and get him built up to go 100, 110 pitches the next start. That's very workable with the stuff he's got. He could have pitched a little further, but he was pretty good." Guthrie's record dropped to 3-10. "It was great to get back in the routine," Guthrie said. "I've been in the bullpen some and it's great to get back in the rotation. I want to build up my
arm strength, but I felt strong. I could have continued. "I was disappointed. I wanted to come out and help get a win." Guthrie's next start will be Friday at Seattle. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Incinerating Assange - The Liberal Media Go To Work.
The folks at Node Studios recently took the audio from the Total Recall (2012) movie trailer and set it to scenes from the Mass Effect trilogy. The result is legendary, and makes us yearn for either more Total Recall, or more Mass Effect. Total Recall meets Mass Effect in this trailer mash-up originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 22 Jul 2012 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| Email this| Comments
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inning against Harrison on Sunday night, sending the Texas Rangers' left-hander to the showers in a 7-4 loss. "The biggest mistake was that fastball to Wilson in the seventh," Harrison said. "I dropped my guard on him and tried to throw a strike in there on 2-0." Harrison (12-5) gave up four runs and eight hits in six-plus innings after going the distance in his previous two outings, including a five-hit shutout last Sunday at Seattle. He was attempting to tie fellow All-Stars R.A. Dickey and David Price for the major league lead in victories and become the first Rangers pitcher with three consecutive complete games since Kenny Rogers in May 1994. "There were a lot of pressure atbats, with guys on base pretty much every inning," Harrison said. "I had to battle the whole game. They were swinging the bats tonight, and I was just trying to minimize the damage as much as possible and keep the game close." Rookie sensation Mike Trout led off the Angels' first with a triple into the right-field corner and came home on Albert Pujols' ground-rule double into the left field corner. The Angels increased their lead to 3-0 in the second when Alberto Callaspo scored on a passed ball and Maicer Izturis
came home on Wilson's single. "Harrison put up four zeros up after that and kept us in the ballgame, but the bullpen just couldn't shut it down," manager Ron Washington said. The Angels tacked on three runs in the seventh - including Pujols' 18th homer, a two-run shot off Alexi Ogando that followed a single by Torii Hunter. "I was just looking for a zone," Pujols said. "I faced him yesterday and he threw me some tough pitches. So I just tried to be aggressive, like I always am, and look for a pitch to hit that was up. I was able to put my best swing of the night on it, and it gave us a little cushion." Michael Young's RBI single in the eighth off Scott Downs got the Rangers a run closer, but Hunter got it back with an RBI single in the eighth. Angels closer Ernesto Frieri, in a non-save situation, relieved Downs with one on and no outs in the ninth after David Murphy reached on Downs' throwing error. Frieri walked two of his first three batters, loading the bases, and Elvis Andrus drove in a run with a sacrifice fly. But Frieri came back to strike out Josh Hamilton for the final out. Hamilton came up empty in four opportunities with runners in scoring position during the series,
and is 0 for 15 this month in those situations. "He just wasn't very good tonight, but I'll take him in that situation every single night, whether he's struggling or swinging well because he can make a difference with one swing of the bat," Washington said. "We were in a good position with the right guy up there, and he just didn't get it done. But you've got to give Frieri credit. He did what he had to do to get out of it." The two-time defending AL champion Rangers ended their road trip 4-4 and their lead over the Angels in the AL West was reduced to five games. The teams play each other 10 more times during the regular season, including a four-game series at Texas beginning July 30. "We're still in first place, so we're all right," Washington said. "They won the series, but I don't have to worry about them again until next week. We've got Boston coming into our place, and that's where our focus is." Dan Haren (7-8) pitched effectively for the Angels in his first start off the disabled list. The three-time All-Star threw 95 pitches over six innings, allowing two runs, three hits and three walks while striking out three. Haren, whose streak of 254 consecutive starts ended because
of tightness in his lower back after his outing on July 3, had to contort himself to get out of the way of a vicious line-drive single by Michael Young that buzzed past his head with one out in the fourth. "I actually saw it come off the bat, and I don't know how it missed me," Haren said. "I don't know how close it was, but I could hear it go by me. When I was laying on the ground, I took a deep breath and got back up there. It was scary. That ball was coming at me at over a hundred miles an hour. But if I get hit, I get hit. I can't think about that." Three pitches later, Nelson Cruz drove his 12th homer halfway up the batter's eye in center field to cut Texas' deficit to 3-2. It was Cruz's first homer on the road since June 3 at Angel Stadium, when he hit a mammoth two-run shot to left-center against reliever Bobby Cassevah that was estimated at 484 feet and reached the championship flagpoles on the fly. Trout scored a run in his 14th consecutive game, setting an AL rookie record and an overall Angels franchise mark. The 20year-old outfielder, who played in his first All-Star game less than two weeks ago, leads the majors in runs (70) and stolen bases (31), and is hitting an AL-best .355 -
despite spending almost the entire first month of the season in the minors. "He's not Willie Mays," Washington said. "How long has he been in the big leagues? I mean, he's a pretty good player, but I think the comparisons have got to stop. Let that kid play. When he's been here about five or six years, then you can start doing that." NOTES: Rangers RHP Roy Oswalt was scratched from his scheduled start on Monday against Boston because of tightness in his lower back, and will be replaced by RHP Scott Feldman. ... Angels RHP David Carpenter was optioned to TripleA to free up a roster spot for Haren. ... Pujols's 463rd career homer put him ahead of Jose Canseco for 32nd place all-time. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Incinerating Assange - The Liberal Media Go To Work.
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Mike Kern: Only Joe Paterno is responsible for Paterno statue's downfall - Philadelphia Daily News
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Submitted at 7/23/2012 1:04:20 AM
The only person responsible for Joe Paterno's statue coming down was Joe Paterno. It was his actions, or lack of them, that made the removal painfully necessary. It was put up for all the right reasons, to honor and celebrate the contributions of a man to an institution and a community. Now it had to go because it symbolized something else. It had become a constant reminder of an uprecedented tragedy, a stain that never will be forgotten. Nor should it. Penn State president Rodney Erickson, in a statement, said the statue had become a source of division...an obstacle in healing a university and beyond...a recurring wound to the multitude of victims of child abuse. Is he wrong? If you're going to try and begin the process of moving on, there's no other way to proceed. Joe Paterno obviously did many more good things in his long public life. But what happened with the ongoing Jerry Sandusky scandal will ultimately outweigh
all of that, regardless of how much you think the person who built Penn State football had to do with enabling his former assistant to continue a pattern of monsterous behavior. Given the many lives that were ruined, that's how it should be. There is never going to be another story written about Paterno that won't include, in the first sentence, a reference to what has become the worst thing to ever hit college athletics. And his part/role in that failure. Whatever your allegiance, it's really that simple. He was a legendary figure. And there are those who want to obviously protect that. But at this point that's just no longer possible. He was Penn State. And everything it supposedly stood for. And if you'd asked 100 Penn State people on the day before Sandusky was arrested last November, how many would've told you the same thing. If you don't think Joe was the most influential figure on campus, then why couldn't the so-called powers that be get rid of him when they wanted to back in the early 2000s? Because Joe, and his supporters, wouldn't allow it. Fair enough. Maybe he'd earned that
right. But then why, the day after the Sandusky news broke, did so many try to paint Joe as a guy who was only doing what any solider in the chain of command would, which was pass along what assistant Mike McQueary had witnessed in a locker-room shower back in 2001 to his "superiors." And then pretty much absolve himself of any additional responsibility. How could Paterno have gone on for the next decade, seeing Sandusky on a fairly regular basis, often with youngsters from the First Mile program, and not do or say anything else? Did he believe that the people higher up on the institutional food chain had done their due diligence and therefore everything was being handled in the proper manner? And is that any kind of reasonable explanation? It sure seems hard to digest, given the scope of who he was. If McQueary had come to Joe and told him he'd seen Sandusky with Paterno's grandson, or the son of someone Joe knew, do you think his reaction would have been the same? And if not, then why was the welfare of the child who was with Sandusky any less important? Do you think Joe
would have been content with merely reporting the incident to his "boss." I wouldn't think so, especially for someone in his position of authority. But the reasons don't matter any more. Children got abused. And it could have been prevented. But people chose to protect Penn State football instead. There's certainly more than enough blame to go around. He certainly has to share in it, to whatever degree. Emotions aside, there's no getting around that reality. And given Joe's status, and what he meant to so many, it's his name that will remain attached to this long after those of the other parties involved fade into historical footnotes. When McQueary went to Paterno 11 years ago, couldn't Joe have at the very least met immediately with Sandusky to try and get some answers? That doesn't seem like a lot to ask. And at the most Joe could've contacted the police or child-welfare officials. Again, if that were his grandson who'd been involved, is there any denying he would've proceeded much differently, both at the time and throughout the aftermath? Why? This isn't about anyone's legacy. Something terribly wrong was allowed to take place. And
Paterno will forever be associated with that. So there's no reason for his statue to remain. Because nothing good can come of it, only more polarization. And that's the last thing Penn State, or anyone else that was touched by any of this, needs. With everything that has come out in the last 9 months, it just doesn't make sense to leave such a symbol standing. Because what Paterno represented seems like another lifetime ago. He built it up. And he took it down. Sadly, but appropriately, that's what history will remember most. Contact Mike Kern at kernm@phillynews.com We invite you to comment on this story by clicking here. Comments will be moderated. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Incinerating Assange - The Liberal Media Go To Work.
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Stiq Figures, July 9 - 15: Carmen Sandiego edition

Mike Suszek (Joystiq)
Submitted at 7/22/2012 11:30:00 PM
Lucky to Launch PinterestLike Aggregator for Style Content

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Submitted at 7/22/2012 11:16:18 PM
Welcome to Stiq Figures, where the sales data is after the break and the posts don't matter. Every week, we take a look at, uh, something- meanwhile, the previous week's Japanese hardware sales figures are posted after the jump, and a discussion of said figures takes place in our comments. It may not be conventional, but it's a timehonored Joystiq tradition. Keeping in line with yesterday's Webcomic Wrapup theme of kleptomania, we're looking back at one of gaming's greatest thieves: Carmen Sandiego. The mysterious and crafty lady in red first appeared on Apple II computers in 1985 as the main villain of Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? by Broderbund Software. Broderbund kept its hit educational series going through 2001, though it saw a series of tumultuous corporate changes in the mid-90's, when the company pulled out of a merger agreement
Every day, thousands of stylish women upload pictures of their outfits, their hair, their nails -essentially, expressions of their style -- to personal blogs. Those images are viewed, collected and spread across aggregation sites like Pinterest, Tumblr and Lookbook.nu -- and soon, on the website of Lucky magazine. The Conde Nast-title is planning to launch a vertical powered by with Electronic Arts in 1994. In go through a few hands before in late June 2012. June 1998, Broderbund was landing with Ubisoft. Continue reading Stiq Figures, user-generated content in mida c q u i r e d b y T h e L e a r n i n g Carmen Sandiego solidified her July 9 - 15: Carmen Sandiego August. The vertical, dubbed "Community," will pull from a Company (ironically, the same place as one of gaming's greatest edition company Broderbund attempted thieves early on. In the 1989 title Stiq Figures, July 9 - 15: Carmen pool of bloggers who have to purchase three years earlier). W h e r e i n T i m e i s C a r m e n Sandiego edition originally applied to have their content T h e L e a r n i n g C o m p a n y Sandiego?, Sandiego's henchmen appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 22 f e a t u r e d o n l u c k y m a g . c o m . p r o c e e d e d t o l a y o f f 5 0 0 are responsible for the theft of Jul 2012 23:30:00 EST. Please Lucky's web editors, using an app Broderbund employees before Napoleon's hat and Paul Revere's see our terms for use of feeds. called Tidal, will then be able to being purchased by Mattel. The horse. The games even spurred on Permalink| Email this| Comments sort through contributions to find the ones that are most likely t Learning C o m p a n y ' s a series of educational TV game Continue reading... entertainment holdings, which shows (seen in the video above). More About: Media, fashion included the Carmen Sandiego In fact, a movie adaptation of the bloggers, lucky, lucky magazine, and Myst series of games, would educational series was announced magazines
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(Dave Winer)
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Darksiders 2 presents Death's soundtrack, pre-order now

Mike Suszek (Joystiq)
There was a op-ed in the NY Times a few weeks ago about people who are busy. It's worth reading, whether or not you are busy. There are busy people and notbusy people. I don't know which kind you are but I am not busy. I don't have a calendar full of appointments. On most days I don't have anything to do. I make it up as I go along. I'm not boasting, I would like to be more involved. I find it almost impossible to
communicate with busy people. A busy person is a whirlwind of communication when he's decided to pay attention to me. Not really to me. To my email account and voicemail. We never actually talk, and my emails are never responded to. When he leaves a voicemail he's always on his way to a meeting. No point calling back. Thing is, this could describe twenty people I know. It sometimes seems the whole world is this busy and I am the only one who's standing still. I'm reading an excellent book, very dense, beautifully written and conceived. It's about two
species that are foreign to each other, who don't have enough common experiences to be able to communicate, even though they speak each others' language. Busy people and not-busy people are like that. A busy friend resented the op-ed as being elitist. I said I thought it was good and that I was not busy myself. He corrected me. You are busy, he said, and briefly explained how he knew this. I could say I'm male and he might as easily have said I'm female. I am in fact not busy. (And male.) What else? I'll let you know when I figure it out.
a lot like the beyond, but with fewer horsemen of the Submitted at 7/22/2012 10:30:00 PM Apocalypse and, you know, death The Darksiders 2 soundtrack, a in general. two-disc extravaganza featuring Continue reading Darksiders 2 b e a t s b y A s s a s s i n ' s C r e e d presents Death's soundtrack, precomposer Jesper Kyd, will be order now available the same day as the Darksiders 2 presents Death's game, on August 14. The soundtrack, pre-order now soundtrack is available now for originally appeared on Joystiq on pre-order and will hit retail and Sun, 22 Jul 2012 22:30:00 EST. d i g i t a l d o w n l o a d s i t e s v i a Please see our terms for use of Sumthing Digital, Amazon MP3, feeds. iTunes and others. Permalink| Email this| Comments The entire track listing can be found beyond the break, which is
Verse of the Day - Ezekiel 7:23

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faithful followers and administer justice to those who have abused or harmed other people -- if not in Prepare chains, because the land this life, for sure in the life to is full of bloodshed and the city is come. My Prayer... Father, thank full of violence. Ezekiel 7:23 you for assuring me that your Thoughts on Today's Verse... God justice will ultimately be done hates it when the innocent are with those who are violent, afflicted with violence and corrupt, wicked, and abusive. bloodshed. He hates evil and Give us patience to wait in hope political corruption. He hates until that day of ultimate justice is courts that are false and leaders done. In Jesus' name I pray. who are abusive of their power. Amen. We need to rest assured that he The Thoughts and Prayer on will provide deliverance for his Today's Verse are written by Phil
Submitted at 7/23/2012 12:00:00 AM
Ware. You can email questions or comments to phil@heartlight.org. 1998-2012, Heartlight, Inc. Verseoftheday.com is part of the Heartlight Network. All scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House.
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David Frum
(David Frum)
Andrew Sullivan complained yesterday that I had engaged in a McCarthyite attack on Ron Paul by writing the following: A politician isnt answerable for the antics of every one of his supporters. But theres surely a reason, isnt there, that racists, anti-Semites, 9/11 Truthers, and Holocaust deniers are so strongly attracted to the Paul campaign. They hear something. They continue to hear it too, no matter how firmly Ron Pauls more mainstream supporters clamp their hands over their own ears. Andrews riposte: Notice how pure the smear is, enabled and not diminished by the first sentence. Notice the key concept of Beltway ideological policemen: there is a mainstream and a non-mainstream. Dabble with the latter at your peril. Since David has perished by the cult of the mainstream, its odd he should deploy it against others. But to throw in Holocaust denial and 9/11 Truthers for good measure! Really. And notice how particularly cheap and easy it is to use such tactics against a libertarian. The traditional left is often based on collective associations, building a movement out of oppressed groups and their grievances, whether it be class or race or even
sexual orientation. Libertarianism is the opposite. Its about dis associating. When you listen to Paul saying he will not turn anyone away from supporting his platform regardless of their motives or beliefs, you are hearing a reflection of his libertarianism, not his bigotry. He will accept support from any quarter and compared with the corporate money flowing into the other candidates coffers, he is about as independent as a presidential candidate can be. Because he is a radical individualist, he doesnt even understand why he should somehow explain the belief of others, or justify their support. You should ask them, not him. This kind of gotcha-association game is particularly easy because libertarians favor liberty above all, and that will necessarily mean liberty for bigots as well as others. A principled belief in states rights will doubtless lead to more racist and homophobic policies in many states but also, of course, more enlightened and successful inclusive states like Oregon or New York or Massachusetts or California. A rejection of statism might lead to more discrimination in the private sector. But it doesnt mandate it. And it need not encourage it. A noninterventionist foreign policy will allow evil to triumph elsewhere in
the world, because it believes its none of our business or too riddled with unintended consequences to try extirpating. That may be right or wrong, but it is not an approval of the evil of Assad or Ahmedinejad or the North Korean junta. And again, it is actually much deeper an American tradition than permanent warfare. But if you can trot out David Duke or Ayatollah Khamenei as potential Paul supporters, you have a very easy, cheap and essentially McCarthyite target. It saddens me that this kind of tactic works. I still believe that the newsletters, because they were in Pauls name, require a clearer explanation from Paul than the muddled ones he has given. He should not be left off the hook. And his proposals deserve a thorough vetting and discussion. But there is something awry when a candidate is assessed not on his arguments and proposals but on the shadiness and ugliness of some of his fringe supporters. Ron Pauls supporters ask that their candidate not be judged by his associates. Or by the people he chose to employ. Or by the newsletters he published. Or by the book he wrote. Or by the way he earned the largest part of his living when out of office in the 1990s. Or by his purchase of the mailing list of the Holocaust-
denying Liberty Lobby. Or by the radio shows he chooses to appear on. Or by his strategic decision to reach out to racist voters. Or by the conspiracy theories to which he lends credence, from government creation of AIDS to Israeli culpability for the 1993 bombing to a putative 9/11 coverup. And here I thought that libertarianism was a doctrine of personal responsibility? May Ron Paul at least be judged by the words he has spoken with his own mouth within the current campaign? The supporters say no again. When Ron Paul tells an interviewer that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 made race relations worse, were not supposed to consider what he might mean by better. When Ron Paul warns that a border fence would be used to prevent fleeing American citizens from exiting the country, were not supposed to conclude that hes a paranoid crank. Andrew deploys what might be called the ontological defense of Ron Paul, as follows: 1) Ron Paul is a libertarian. 2) Libertarians espouse individualism. 3) Racism is a form of antiindividualism. 4) Therefore Ron Paul cannot be a racist. That is a demonstration of what
might be called the deductive method of reasoning. But theres another way to study reality: induction. Like this: 1) Ron Paul has again and again exploited bigotry, paranoia, and hate as fundraising devices. 2) Ron Paul is a libertarian. 3) So yes, I guess it is possible for a libertarian to do that. Heres my question for Ron Paul supporters: why the denial of the undeniable? Perhaps you like Pauls message of legalized marijuana? Why not just say so? You dont think its important to stop Iran from gaining nuclear weapons? Argue it forthrightly. If you regard Social Security and Medicare as literally the moral equivalents of slavery, go ahead, make your case. But all this excuse-making, special pleading and jiggering of the rules of evidence so as to exculpate Ron Paul from the record of his whole political life? For what? This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Incinerating Assange - The Liberal Media Go To Work.
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Aurora & Fort Hood: A Tale of Two Massacres

Bruce Thornton (FrontPage Magazine FrontPage)
Submitted at 7/22/2012 11:21:18 PM
The murder victims of James Holmes, who slaughtered 12 and wounded 50 at the Dark Knight Rises movie premier in Aurora Colorado, were still sprawled in the theater when ABC News chief investigator Brian Ross on-air tried to link the killer to the Tea Partywithout even a modicum of vetting the information, as ABCs apology later admitted. A quick fact-check would have revealed that the Colorado Tea Party James Holmes is a 52-yearold Hispanic, not a 24-year-old white PhD candidate. Indulging another left-wing narrative clich, CNNs Piers Morgan tweeted, America has got to do something about its gun laws. Now is the time. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg chimed in as well with the gun-control meme, seemingly oblivious to the lack of evidence that shows strict gun control laws reduce murder-rates. Over at the Huffington Post, Michael Shank fingered Americas highest income inequality rates in the rich world, which correlate strongly with high rates of social-health
problems, from homicide and violent crime to mental illness and drug addiction. This is a variation of the poverty-madeem-do-it argument that the current recession, which has seen rates of violent crime go down, not up, refutes. Here we see the enduring banality of the progressive mind, mired in discredited psychological, social, and economic theories like a fly in amber. Yet progressives fancy themselves the product of enlightenment and reason, with knowledge about human nature and behavior superior to those Neanderthal conservatives who get bitter and cling to guns or religion, as Obama said during the 2008 campaign. Those benighted, racist reactionaries are consumed with repression and fear of the other, full of resentment over the declining power of their white-skin privilege, and fiercely resistant to the improving changes engineered by their betters to achieve social justice. Psychotic as they are, its no surprise they endorse policies that compensate for their insecurities and ignorance by seeking to exclude the historical victims of
Commission investigation into the FBIs handling of that evidence shows, several months before his rampage at Fort Hood, the FBI and anti-terrorism task force agents had perused 18 emails Hasan had sent to Anwar alAwlaki, the American-born jihadist consigliore later killed in Yemen. In these emails, Hasan displayed his eagerness for supporting terrorist outfits like Hamas, and inquired about the theological arguments for killing his fellow soldiers and other innocents. I would assume, he wrote in one email, that a suicide o p p r e s s i o n . A n d t o t h e p r o g r e s s i v e p r e t e n s i o n s t o bomber whose aim is to kill progressive its an obvious truth superior intellect. The irony, of enemy soldiers or their helpers that a few such souls will course, is that such reflexive but also kill innocents in the occasionally explode into the sort assertions are the sign of a mind process is acceptable. Other o f v i o l e n c e p e r p e t r a t e d i n woefully lacking in critical evidence for Hasans inclinations Colorado. capacity and hence vulnerable to was available as well, including a The fact that most of these mass- p o l i t i c a l l y a n d p e r s o n a l l y Power-Point presentation at murderers are loners and lunatics g r a t i f y i n g f a i r y t a l e s . Walter Reed hospital that quoted with no political agenda at all Which brings us to the second Mohammads famous great hasnt deterred progressives like massacre, equally revealing of commission to his disciples: I Brian Ross from jumping to the progressive addled thinking. was told to fight all men until they same conclusions. It was just last Major Nidal Hasan, the jihadist s a y t h e r e i s n o g o d b u t year that their zeal to link the who in 2009 murdered 13 fellow Allahquoted as well by the s h o o t e r o f C o n g r e s s w o m a n soldiers at Fort Hood to cries of Ayatollah Khomeini and Osama Gabriel Giffords to the Tea Party Allahu Akbar, had left a super- bin Laden as justification for their blew up in their faces. No matter, highway of evidence about his own jihadist murders. the narrative, as they like to call t e r r o r i s t i n c l i n a t i o n s a n d it, of conservative psychosis is too eagerness to kill for Allah. As the politically useful, too flattering of r e c e n t l y r e l e a s e d W e b s t e r
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Why Michele Bachmann Is Right About Keith Ellison

Robert Spencer (FrontPage Magazine FrontPage)
enough. Not content with that, he accused her of petty attention-seeking: Submitted at 7/22/2012 11:22:20 PM But you have to ask yourself, C o n g r e s s w o m a n M i c h e l e you know, why did she make this Bachmann (R-MN) has accused so public? Why did she seem to Congressman Keith Ellison (D- be seeking public attention for MN) of having a long record of these allegations she was making? being associated with the Hamas If she really had actionable -linked Council o n intelligence, why wouldnt she go AmericanIslamic Relations to the agencies that investigate ( C A I R ) a n d t h e M u s l i m these things? I think the answer is Brotherhood. clear that she wanted attention. E v o k i n g t h e d a y s o f That was her goal all along. McCarthyism, a common charge The only problem with Ellisons being leveled at Bachmann these wounded-martyr stance toward days, Ellison responded: I am not Bachmanns accusations is that now, nor have I ever been, what she said is true: Ellison associated with the Muslim really does have a long record of B r o t h e r h o o d . H e a c c u s e d being associated with HamasBachmann of religious bigotry: linked CAIR and the Muslim I think she has a very narrowly Brotherhood. prescribed definition of who As long ago as 2006, Ellisons belongs and who doesnt. And closeness to Nihad Awad, cotheres a whole bloc of people she founder of Hamas-linked CAIR, dont like. I think she thinks that was a matter of public record. were evil because we dont Awad, who notoriously said in understand God the way she 1994 that he was in support of d o e s . I t s a l s o a b o u t the Hamas movement, spoke at marginalizing and alienating a fundraisers for Ellison, raising certain group of Americans who considerable sums for his first she does not view are American Congressional race. According to
to the FBI. Poole explains that according to Justice Department, Awad is a longtime Hamas operative. Multiple statements made by federal prosecutors identify Awad as one of the attendees at a 1993 meeting of US Muslim Brotherhood Palestine Committee leaders in Philadelphia that was wiretapped by the FBI under a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant. The topic of discussion during that 1993 meeting was how to help Hamas by working in the U.S. to help sabotage the Oslo Peace Accords. But none of that fazed Ellison. CAIR is also linked to the Muslim Brotherhood. Awad and CAIRs cofounder, Omar Ahmad, investigative journalist Patrick Several former CAIR officials were officials of the Islamic Poole, Ellison has appeared have been convicted of various Association for Palestine (IAP) frequently at CAIR events since crimes related to jihad terror. b e f o r e f o u n d i n g C A I R . A then, despite the fact that CAIR is CAIRs cofounder and longtime c a p t u r e d i n t e r n a l M u s l i m an unindicted co-conspirator in a Board chairman (Omar Ahmad), Brotherhood document lists the Hamas terror funding case so as well as its chief spokesman IAP as one of the Brotherhoods named by the Justice Department. (Ibrahim Hooper), have made allied groups in the U.S. CAIR operatives have repeatedly Islamic supremacist statements. refused to denounce Hamas and Its California chapter distributed Hizballah as terrorist groups. posters telling Muslims not to talk
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Alex Cockburn: A Bitter Life

David Horowitz (FrontPage Magazine FrontPage)
Submitted at 7/22/2012 11:20:29 PM
Alex Cockburn is dead of cancer at the age of 71. Alex was an influential voice in a generation of leftists who did an enormous disservice to this country and the world at large by carrying on a political tradition and promoting a political cause that killed 100 million people in the 20 th Century in peacetime and consigned more than a billion others to immeasurable and unnecessary poverty, even starvation, by imposing on them the crackpot socialist schemes of Karl Marx and his misguided disciples. Alexs father Claud was also a noted writer and both an agent of and propagandist for Stalins bloody regime. Alex exhibited in his own person many of the worst Stalinist traits. He was personally vicious in attacking political opponents and even friends, such as Christopher
Hitchens, about whom he wrote one of the most disgusting columns I have ever read although in fairness it must be said that Christopher himself was a master of this particular form of literary abuse. On the other hand, Alex had worthy sense of humor, which even a target like myself could appreciate, and was a clever
writer though inferior as a stylist to Christopher whom he obviously envied and paid back with insults. It could be said of Alex that he was also a gutsy individual who, like Christopher, on occasion displayed independence of mind a rarity among leftists who are normally incapable of challenging the progressive herd. Alexs most
notorious deviation from orthodoxy was his refusal to support the idea that human beings are responsible for climate change, a cardinal tenet of the progressive faith. This caused the obituary writer for the Los Angeles Times,[1] which like most of our metropolitan papers has become a left-wing tabloid, to say of him his thoughts on global
warming aligned him with the far right as though matters of science should be subject to a political party line. Needless to say, the Times obit failed to mention the fact that Alex and his father were shills for Communists, or that Alex was anti-American and an anti-Semite and a cheerleader for the Islamofascists of Hizbollah, Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood who are bent on destroying us. Despite the unfortunate resurgence in our time of the vile ideologies of the 1930s and 1960s to which he devoted his life, Alex was at the end a bitter and spiteful man. This was the predictable fruit of a life spent badly in recrimination and anger. Notes: [1] http://www.latimes.com/ features/books/jacketcopy/la-jcalexander-cockburn-has-died-rip20120721,0,3038441.story Freedom Center pamphlets now available on Kindle: Click here.
10 Weirdest Things for Sale on eBay

Christine Erickson (Mashable!)
Submitted at 7/22/2012 10:15:57 PM
Click here to view this gallery. As online shopping becomes more dominant than ever, Internet 1. Civil War Foot Prop users seek incredibly creative This isn't just any foot it's a entrepreneurial opportunities. Civil War soldier's infected, These are not your typical Etsy severed foot. Well, it's actually a arts and crafts. Some people find handmade prop. And it's all yours w h a t e v e r t h e y c a n s e l l o n SEE ALSO: 10 of the Weirdest for just $39.99 plus shipping. ecommerce sites like eBay. Pins on Pinterest
Whether a handcrafted Civil War soldier's infected, severed foot or a voodoo spell for one's exboyfriend, eBay arguably houses the weirdest things you can imagine and they're all for sale. Take a look at 10 of the strangest things we could find. What would
you spend your money on? Let us know in the comments below. More About: Small Business, ebay, ecommerce, features, lifestyle
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UKBA faces 275,000 case backlog

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Submitted at 7/23/2012 12:10:07 AM
10 iPhone Cases Youll Never Fit in Your Pocket

Matt Petronzio (Mashable!)
Submitted at 7/23/2012 1:21:24 AM
Have To Sometimes case designs can stray far, far beyond utility. We found 1. Hand iPhone Case 10 iPhone cases so impractical This case from Japan offers an that they can't even fit in your extra hand when you need one. pocket. From a cover with wheels Click here to view this gallery. to a case that replicates a human The iPhone accessory market is a hand, check out our gallery for large and increasingly creative some truly strange and bulky one. Whether they feature bunny cases. ears or secret compartments, cases Would you actually buy any of have evolved beyond simple t h e s e ? L e t u s k n o w i n t h e protection. They've become toys, c o m m e n t s b e l o w . u t i l i t i e s a n d e v e n f a s h i o n More About: Mobile, accessories, statements. apple, cases, design, features, SEE ALSO: This iPhone Case iphone Holds RFID Cards, So You Dont
The troubled UK Border Agency faces a backlog of cases equivalent to the population of Newcastle, MPs have warned. Missing foreign criminals, failed asylum seekers, illegal immigrants and others refusing to leave the country make up more than 275,000 cases which the agency still needs to deal with, the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee said. Keith Vaz, the committee's chairman, said the backlog, which will take years to clear, was unacceptable, adding that the agency seems to have "acquired its own Bermuda triangle". "It's easy to get in, but near impossible to keep track of anyone, let alone get them out," the Labour MP said. "This is the first time that the committee has collated all the cases at the UK Border Agency that await resolution. This backlog is now equivalent to the entire population of Newcastle upon Tyne." The latest damning report on the agency's work also said the committee did not believe the Government's aim of cutting the
260,000 student visas issued each year by a quarter would benefit the UK. Students should be excluded from the net migration figures instead, it said. Britain would then continue to attract international students, a market worth 7.9 billion, and still be able to aim to meet Prime Minister David Cameron's pledge to cut net migration from 250,000 to the tens of thousands by 2015, the report said. University chancellors and campaigners have urged Mr Cameron to class international students as temporary rather than permanent migrants, removing them from the figures. But Immigration Minister Damian Green has said students staying for more than a year are not visitors and their numbers affect communities, public services and infrastructure. The report, looking at the agency's work between December last year and March, also called for the agency to make all its inspections of colleges unannounced, rather than giving them advance notice so key people and documents can be ready. A Home Office spokesman said:
"This report highlights the improvements we have made to tackle the huge backlog of cases we inherited. Over 2,000 overstayers have recently been removed following targeted enforcement activity, foreign national offenders are being removed more quickly and we are performing well against visa processing targets. "Talented students are welcome in the UK, but we have introduced new powers to toughen up the system, keeping out the fraudulent and unqualified while ensuring genuine students continue to benefit from our excellent educational facilities. The report has raised some legitimate concerns about issues that we are aware of and are already tackling." This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Incinerating Assange - The Liberal Media Go To Work.
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Obama comforts massacre families

Photos: A look inside the 2012 Teen Choice Awards in Universal City - Examiner.com
(news photos - Google News)
Submitted at 7/22/2012 11:02:34 PM
Mr Obama said that he told the families of the victims that "all of Submitted at 7/23/2012 12:10:08 AM America and much of the world is Barack Obama broke off from thinking about them". Republican political campaigning to comfort challenger Mitt Romney said Mr families in the Colorado town Obama's decision to meet the where 12 people were massacred families was "the right thing". at a midnight Batman film The senseless killings screening. apparently the work of an Air Force One touched down at unhinged former doctoral student Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora - briefly silenced the presidential for the US President's hastily- campaign over the weekend. Both arranged two and a half-hour visit, Mr Obama and Mr Romney cut which included a private meeting short their schedules late last with families and a public week and closed down their comment about Friday's shooting television advertising in Colorado at a busy multiplex cinema which out of respect for the victims and was showing The Dark Knight their families. Rises. Two of the victims served The president planned just a brief at the base. visit to the Denver suburb, where C o l o r a d o g o v e r n o r J o h n the shots rang out. "I think the Hickenlooper, Aurora mayor P r e s i d e n t c o m i n g i n i s a Steve Hogan and Aurora police wonderful gesture," said mayor chief Dan Oates were among Mr Hogan. "He's coming in, those who greeted Mr Obama at r e a l l y , t o h a v e p r i v a t e Buckley. conversations with the families. I T h e P r e s i d e n t m e t f a m i l y think that's totally appropriate." members at the University of He told ABC television's This Colorado Hospital in Aurora, Week that it "certainly means a lot which treated 23 of the 58 people to Aurora to know that the injured in the mass shooting. Ten president cares". remain there, seven in a critical Aides said Mr Obama received condition. updates on Saturday from his
homeland security adviser John Brennan, on the investigation into the shooting and the attempts by authorities to gain access to the suspect's apparently boobytrapped flat nearby. For Mr Obama, the Colorado visit was to be his second to the state in just over three weeks. Last month, he flew to Colorado Springs to share the pain of homeowners whose houses had been razed by a record outbreak of wildfires. Mr Romney told a previously scheduled event in Bow, New Hampshire, that he joined with the president and first lady in offering condolences for those "whose lives were shattered in a few moments, a few moments of evil in Colorado". This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Incinerating Assange - The Liberal Media Go To Work.
New Zealand Herald Photos: A look inside the 2012 Teen Choice Awards in Universal City Examiner.com On Sunday evening, in Universal City, California, the 2012 Teen Choice Awards was officially held, with Fox airing the festivities. With viewers from the age of thirteen to nineteen voting to honor the year's biggest
achievements in film, music, sports... Teen Choice Awards Fashion: Highlights From The Red Carpet ( PHOTOS) Huffington Post Twilight wins big at Teen Choice Awards (+ photos) New Zealand Herald Teen Choice Awards 2012: Taylor Swift Steps Out in Hot Style ( PHOTOS) Celebuzz Global Grind- WetpaintSocialite Life all 1,123 news articles
Photos: Rockies vs Padres July 22, 2012 - Denver Post

Submitted at 7/22/2012 11:25:27 PM
USA TODAY Photos: Rockies vs Padres July 22, 2012 Denver Post SAN DIEGO The longer Jim Tracy spoke Sunday morning the worse it sounded. Catcher Ramon Hernandez tried to talk himself into the lineup, but his body looked like a California grape,
said Tracy, referring to the bruises on his right forearm, elbow,... PHOTOS: Rockies honor Aurora shooting victims USA TODAY Photos: Rockies honor theater shooting victims CBSSports.com (blog) Colorado Shooting Victims Honored by Rockies Before Game ( Photos) NESN.com (blog) all 950 news articles
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Tax avoidance firms face crackdown

Submitted at 7/23/2012 12:10:09 AM
Vallejo Bankruptcy: California City Emerges From Financial Disaster (PHOTOS) - Huffington Post
Submitted at 7/23/2012 12:45:15 AM
Promoters of aggressive tax avoidance schemes will be forced to disclose their client lists to inspectors under a government crackdown, ministers are to announce. Following a wave of revelations about the financial loopholes used by the rich and famous to legally side-step hefty tax bills HM Revenue and Customs is set to target companies who offer deals that stretch the law to its limits. Treasury Minister David Gauke will tell the Policy Exchange think tank scheme operators will be "named and shamed" for sharp practice. Officials often hit a dead-end when investigating schemes that are based off-shore but under the proposals UK promoters will be made to hand over customer
databases. That information will be used to formally warn clients directly about the deals they have signed up to and to work out how much tax they owe if the scheme fails. Under the reforms, which will go out to consultation, a promoter who has been penalised for not complying with the rules will also have to provide extra information to HMRC on all of their schemes, not just the one they were reprimanded for. Mr Gauke will say: "We are building on the work we have already done to make life difficult for those who artificially and aggressively reduce their tax bill. "These schemes damage our ability to fund public services and provide support to those who need it. They harm businesses by distorting competition. They damage public confidence. And they undermine the actions of the
vast majority of taxpayers, who pay more in tax as a consequence of others enjoying a free ride." Last month comedian Jimmy Carr admitted to making a "terrible error of judgment" after it emerged he used a complex scheme to reduce his tax bill. The K2 tax-avoidance scheme Carr is said to have used enables members to pay income tax rates as low as 1%. Tax avoidance represents nearly 14% of the UK tax gap, according to the Treasury. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Incinerating Assange - The Liberal Media Go To Work.
Vallejo Bankruptcy: California City Emerges From Financial Disaster ( PHOTOS) Huffington Post VALLEJO, Calif. -Cobblestones show through the
decrepit pavement in Sheila Dodson's downtown neighborhood, prostitutes ply the sidewalks in broad daylight and many of the century-old Victorians stand empty. Yet this is where Dodson wants to raise her... and more
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Quotes of the day

Erika Johnsen (Hot Air Top Picks)
Submitted at 7/22/2012 7:01:42 PM
posted at 8:01 pm on July 22, 2012 by Erika Johnsen Israel has bolstered its security presence for the London Olympics amid fears that an Iranian terror squad in Europe may be planning an attack on its athletes, according to a press report Sunday. Scotland Yard and Britains domestic intelligence service MI5 are believed to have raised their assessment of the threat against the Israeli delegation following last weeks suicide attack on an Israeli tourist bus in Bulgaria, the Sunday Times reported. The Israeli government has reportedly dispatched agents from its internal security service Shin Bet to protect its team of athletes. *** Agents from Israels elite intelligence organisation, Mossad, are hunting Iranian-backed terrorists in Europe, who are allegedly planning an anniversary attack 40 years after the Munich massacre, Britains The Sunday Times reports. The fears come as tensions rise over the International Olympic
Committee refusal to commemorate the killing of 11 Israeli athletes and coaches by Palestinian terrorists on September 5, 1972. In preparation for an Olympic terror assault, panic rooms for VIPs and spectators have been set up beneath Londons Olympic Stadium to protect them from being taken hostage or killed, according to The Sunday Times. *** Taking into account the possibility of an Israeli attack on Iran during the 2012 Summer Games, the Olympic committee in charge of the London event has formed a special team to prepare for the contingency. England is thought to be within the range of Iranian missiles and UK officials believe that a military confrontation between Jerusalem and Tehran could involve the country against its will. The special team listed a number of steps that would need to be taken in the event of such a conflict, among them: opening a special command center, providing secret safe houses for foreign leaders wishing to meet for diplomatic purposes, and preparing for emergency evacuations of dignitaries.
*** International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge wont budge: There will be no minutes silence for the Israeli victims of the 1972 Munich massacre at the opening ceremony of the London Olympics. Rogge rejected the latest calls Saturday for a special observance to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the murder of 11 Israeli athletes and coaches by Palestinian gunmen at the Munich Games. We feel that the opening ceremony is an atmosphere that is not fit to remember such a tragic incident, Rogge said. *** Organisers of the Olympics hit back on Sunday at cynics after weeks of negative headlines, saying criticism over planning mistakes and costs were being outweighed by a surge in public excitement as the gala opening ceremony nears. Britains famously caustic media, which have highlighted security and transport problems before the July 27-Aug. 12 Games, also seemed to adopt a more positive stance as thousands turned out to cheer the Olympic torch relay through London. I think possibly what were
going through as a nation, as a city is that necessary, pre-curtainup moment of psychological selfdepression before the excitement begins on Friday when the curtain goes up, London Mayor Boris Johnson told the BBC. The mood is perceptibly changing. People are starting to get really excited here in London about the arrival of the torch . The last remaining clouds of dampness and Olympo-scepticism are going to be banished, he later told Sky News. *** The athletes and the Olympic torch have arrived in London and so has the party. For those keener on celebrityspotting or dancing the night away than medal counting, the British host city has plenty of action to offer during games time. Away from the track and field, Hollywood royalty such as Brangelina and Nicole Kidman will be rubbing shoulders with diplomats and businessmen at the citys glitziest clubs and grandest historic buildings. Meanwhile, Dizzy Rascal, Snow Patrol and other musicians will keep crowds entertained at outdoor concerts across the capital ***
Olympic athletes are giving up their personal physical data in exchange for the latest gadgets that record sleep, diet and exercise patterns as they try to boost their performance in this years games. Several health technology companies plan to use the athletes data to help re-engineer the tracking devices and later reposition the products for the amateur sports performance market or the $61bn weight loss market. These are early-phase trials to see how it works, said Kevin Sayer, president of DexCom, which has donated its continuous glucose monitors to several US athletes. Were open to learn. Many of the technologies have been developed since the last Olympics and executives at a number of health-tracking companies are looking to the London games to increase their exposure. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Incinerating Assange - The Liberal Media Go To Work.
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Is the election already over?

Jazz Shaw (Hot Air Top Picks)
Submitted at 7/22/2012 4:01:14 PM
posted at 5:01 pm on July 22, 2012 by Jazz Shaw Could it be true? Is all of this endless campaigning, a billion dollars in advertising and 24/7 blanket coverage of every word, gesture and sneeze by the candidates all a gigantic waste of time in an election which has essentially already been decided? Thats one possibility suggested by Dave Helling of McClatchy Newspapers who suggests that, Peoples minds are made up, unlikely to change. [A] growing number of political scientists and campaign consultants backed by the latest polling data think the daily campaign back-and-forth is having no significant effect on voters. Most Americans have locked in their presidential decisions, polls released Thursday suggested, and the already small number of persuadable voters shrinks by the hour. Put another way: America could vote for president next week, and the outcome would probably be the same as it will be in November. Thats accurate, barring some really big, big event or change in the political environment, said
Alan Abramowitz, a political science professor at Emory University in Atlanta, who has studied presidential voting patterns. OK so if the election is over, tell us who won so we can all get back to the important business of getting ready for the NFL preseason games. Sadly, the analysis breaks down at that point, saying only that a rolling index of poll averages shows that the numbers are so tight that theyre within the margin of error. (And if youll pardon my saying, I think we already knew it was going to be close.) Not for nothing, but telling us that the election is over but its going to come down to a handful of voters is pretty much akin to saying that the gun pointed at you is really close to being on target, so the bullet may or may not hit you. I think youd want to have that information at hand in advance so you could still duck. The author also goes on to point out that all of this depends on things staying pretty much as they are. A big mistake or a critical change in either domestic or foreign circumstances could still tilt the scale. I found that admission to be a rather blunt blow to the premise of the entire article. But there is still a valid and
interesting phenomenon being described in this study which is worth mulling over. Are Americans making up their minds much earlier than they did as little as fifteen years ago, and if so, why? Its possible, at least for a percentage of the available voting pie. One reason cited by Helling is that campaigns and their well funded surrogates have the money to begin running saturation advertising much earlier in the cycle than in the old days, when candidates would jealously hoard much of their war chest for the critical final weeks and then launch an all out ad blitz. If the voters are already living in a deeply divided nation (politically speaking) and begin seeing reinforcing messages on a daily basis as much as a year in advance, Im guessing it can have an effect. If youre already leaning one way or the other, the constant flood of information can serve to bolster those feelings. If youre already leaning in Romneys direction, all those ads from Obama about Mitts shady overseas dealings, investments and outsourcing will probably roll off your back as little more than poorly spun side effects of a successful, competent business career. If youre pretty well leaning toward Obama, ads talking about massive spending,
debt and unemployment will probably be interpreted as just the way things are now after the GOP broke the system before Obama took office and the way they wont work with him to fix anything. Its easy to see how the undecided vote could be pared down to a far slimmer margin much earlier than it used to. And those unfortunate enough to live in the roughly ten or so swing states have doubtless grown accustomed to the constant presence of the candidates on their TV screens and in their public squares as little more than a bothersome fact of life. Sure, the election may be over for a vast majority of Americans possibly as much as 90 to 95 percent. But its that last little bit who will decide which side of the razor this election lands on. And with that in mind, the two sides are going to be fighting all the harder from now until election day morning. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Incinerating Assange - The Liberal Media Go To Work.
Obama: When I try something that doesnt work, I dont try it again except when I do
Erika Johnsen (Hot Air Top Picks)
Submitted at 7/22/2012 5:31:26 PM
posted at 6:31 pm on July 22, 2012 by Erika Johnsen I realize I already discussed this moment in an earlier post, but there are just so many juicy ways to interpret it I hope youll forgive me for being unable to resist the temptation to use it just once more. At a campaign event in Ohio last week, President Obama lectured the crowd about all of the ostensibly failed policies that landed us in this economic mess, and smugly declared that when he does something boneheaded, hes not stubborn enough to try it again. Mm hmm. Funny you should mention that, because I cant even count the number of times that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result has sprung to my mind throughout President Obamas tenure. Case in point: What, pray tell, is his administration doing to relieve the pain in the housing market? With studies showing home OBAMA: page 63
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foreclosures hitting blacks and Latinos hardest, the Obama administrations answer is baffling as well as destructive to lend them more money, repeating the cycle of easy credit that led to the housing boom and bust. A new AARP report finds that even elderly minorities are facing serious mortgage delinquencies. Fifty-and-over AfricanAmericans, for example, are almost twice as likely to lose their home as older whites. President Obamas solutions, however, look a lot like the original problems that landed minorities in the financial mess theyre in today. For starters, his new consumer credit watchdog agency has quietly adopted weaker, minorityfriendly mortgage underwriting guidelines first published in a landmark 1994 policy statement released by the little-known Interagency Task Force on Fair Lending. The 20-page Policy Statement on Discrimination in Lending
signed by the heads of 10 federal agencies, including then-Attorney General Janet Reno warned banks that the agencies will not tolerate lending discrimination in any form. It was a noble goal undercut by the fact that the statement also set lower standards by which banks could qualify low-income minorities with spotty credit. The policy planted the seeds of the mortgage crisis, as lenders abandoned prudent underwriting standards altogether. Yet the 1year-old Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which was created by the Dodd-Frank financial overhaul, has dusted off the Clinton-era regulation. Oh, I see: More marketdistorting, interfering, socialagenda pushing, big-government crapola. As wont as the president is to blame big finance for the problems of the financial crisis, he never seems to give the federal government any credit for their many programs and entities that incentivized private institutions to take on more risk. And yes, I
know President Obama didnt start a lot of these programs, but he sure as heck isnt finishing them, and the consequences are enormous. If the government doesnt get off its ideological tear and stop trying to help people, using our money in an attempt to remake the world based on how the current political regime thinks that world should look, were just going to be stuck with more of the same financial and regulatory rigmarole thats currently holding us back. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Incinerating Assange - The Liberal Media Go To Work. Zach Honig (Engadget)
Canon unveils EOS M mirrorless: 18 MP APS-C, EF compatibility, $800 in October with 22mm lens
Submitted at 7/23/2012 12:00:00 AM
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and 12,800 (extended) when shooting video -- captured in 1920 x 1080 format at 24, 25 or 30 progressive frames per second. There's also a continuous shooting mode at 4.3 frames per second with fixed focus and exposure. The EOS M's control layout should be more familiar to Canon point-and-shoot owners than DSLR users -- as one component
of the size compromise, dedicated buttons are replaced with touchscreen options and a bit of menu diving. There's also no electronic viewfinder, though a full-size hot shoe is included with full support for Canon's lineup of Speedlite flashes, including the new $150 90EX strobe and ST-E3 -RT Transmitter, and the GP-E2 GPS Receiver. Though the
camera lacks certain direct controls, it still supports full manual shooting, even in video mode. There's also a built-in stereo mic with manual level adjustment. In addition to that 22mm kit optic, Canon is offering an EF-M 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM lens for $300, or you can CANON page 64
Rumors of a Canon mirrorless camera have circled the web since long before Nikon's foray into the compact ILC space. And while that manufacturer's model fell far short of some expectations, it appears that Canon's iteration may in fact have been worth the not-so -insignificant wait. Unlike the Nikon 1 Series, Canon's new EOS M isn't a drastic departure from the company's existing mid-range DSLR lineup. In fact, under the hood it's quite similar to the Rebel T4i, with an 18-megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor, DIGIC 5 processor, 3-inch 1.04MP smudge -resistant touchscreen and the
T4i's new hybrid autofocus system, which pairs both contrast and phase-difference AF for speedier, more accurate performance. Externally, however, the EOS M looks more like a cross between the PowerShot G1 X and S100, tipping the scale at 14.2 ounces with the included EF-M 22mm f/2 STM kit lens, compared to 27.4 ounces for the T4i, and 19 for the G1 X. It's physically smaller than the G1 X as well, and only slightly larger than the pocketable S100. The camera offers a sensitivity range in line with the competition, ranging from 100 to 25,600 (extended) in still mode CANON page 63
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Financial Times: Nokia mulling revenue split with carriers for Windows Phone 8
Steve Dent (Engadget)
Submitted at 7/23/2012 1:03:00 AM
The Financial Times has reported that Nokia is in "exploratory" talks with several European carriers to share revenue for its upcoming Windows Phone 8 handsets in exchange for dedicated support. This would be a shift from its normal modus operandi, which is to sell as many phones as it can across all carriers
at once, in favor of an approach which resembles Apple's deal with AT&T for the iPhone in 2007. The Finnish company could be hoping to create the same level of excitement for its WP8 phone that Cupertino did back then-- and may also be trying to offer a more profitable carrier alternative to Apple and Samsung, who use their dominance to grab the lion's share of handset revenue. While operators like France Telecom
(Orange) and Deutsche Telekom are said to be involved, all parties have declined to comment. So, take this for what it is -- just a
rumor at the moment -- but based on deals it made in the US with AT&T and the Lumia 900, it wouldn't be a shocker for Nokia to
at least consider it. Filed under: Cellphones Financial Times: Nokia mulling revenue split with carriers for Windows Phone 8 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 23 Jul 2012 01:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink Reuters| Financial Times| Email this| Comments
Kyocera Rise linked to Sprint and Virgin Mobile in leak, clue vanishes in a hot minute
Jon Fingas (Engadget)
Submitted at 7/23/2012 2:22:00 AM
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Kyocera has already committed to launching the Hydro with Boost Mobile next month, but the Rise is still the bridesmaid, and not a bride -- at least, not until a blink-and-you'll-miss-it leak that emerged this weekend. A Twitter update by EV leaks has the Android 4.0 QWERTY slider attached to Sprint and Virgin Mobile, with a press photo of the
Sprint version as evidence. Unfortunately, that's about all we'll get to see in the near future: the post and the whole account ceased to exist not long after they first appeared, which makes permanent proof a little hard to come by other than through an Unwired View recap. Still, we already know the Rise is destined for CDMA providers in the US, the carrier's next on-the-cheap a n d S p r i n t ' s l o n g s t a n d i n g messaging device -- the image partnership with Kyocera makes may just give our hunches some the Rise an obvious candidate as
meaning. Filed under: Cellphones Kyocera Rise linked to Sprint and Virgin Mobile in leak, clue vanishes in a hot minute originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 23 Jul 2012 02:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| Unwired View| Email this| Comments
add the $200 EF-EOS M mount adapter to enable use with existing lenses. The $800 EOS M kit is set to ship in October, and will be available in retail stores in black, though Canon's online store will also stock a white model (which will be paired with the same black lens). You can peek at both configurations, along with the new lenses and accessories in the gallery below. Then shoot past the break for the full PR from Canon. Gallery: Canon EOS M mirrorless camera Michael Gorman contributed to this report. Continue reading Canon unveils EOS M mirrorless: 18 MP APSC, EF compatibility, $800 in October with 22mm lens CANON page 65
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