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Friday, 30 November 2012

'Pacific Rim' Viral Reveals Two Jaeger Blueprints

The viral campaign for "Pacific Rim" is officially underway, and today it's debuted two new blueprints for the giant robotic Jaegers. These reveal the designs for Jaegers in Russia and Japan, proving that this movie is going to be a worldwide war against the giant Kaiju monsters. It's interesting and exciting that the two blueprints [...]

Source: http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2012/11/29/pacific-rim-viral-jaeger-blueprints/

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Santa Clarita Relocation services by a Photographers point of view ...

Yesterday, we had the pleasure of working with Yoti ? a local Santa Clarita Photographer that has a lot of wisdom contained within his person as handed down from his grandparents. He was a true blessing to interview and we wish him many years of ?photogenic? service to his Friends, family and clients.

You have to ask yourself, when looking on line at the photos of real estate agents, who is the ?real agent?. Is this a photo depicting a time in the agent?s past? Is this a High school or a college photo that was taken 30+ years ago ? that was airbrushed back then? Then the truth strikes. You enter the agent?s office that you have seen on-line or in a news paper for Santa Clarita real estate. You think their mother or Father is going to be selling you a home. This could not be the agent you saw in the local rag.

But guess what, it is. A word from Yoti to Real Estate agents, whether working in the real estate relocation field or not, keep your photo updated. It is a very subtle thing, not having an accurate photo. In fact, I had no idea how ?subtle? it was.

However, according to Yoti, it could be viewed as being ?dishonest? by the consumer seeking the Santa Clarita Realtor or the relocation expert?s service. ?If they expected someone else ? their subconscious remembers the photo and looks at the situation as if they were mislead?? For a Salesperson ? this is a Bad Thing.

At the time, we were recording our Santa Clarita podcast, I could not help but wonder if that is the reason more agent?s don?t keep their photos updated or shoot video?s of themselves. Not that they want to be misleading, but because they don?t know how the public views them not having an updated photograph.

I had an idea that people have issues when things are revealed and are not as they appeared. I also know that trust is something that gets developed over time between a real estate agent and their client. In fact, it is something that should not be taken lightly. We have had more clients happy with the fact we did not rush them into some real estate deal, a deal they would have eventually regretted, only to tell them they should not move forward.

I think that if most sales people embraced this concept ? the world would be a better place. In fact, I think that sales people would, most likely, remove that ?negative world view? most people have of the ?Sales professional?. Thanks to Yoti for coming onto our Santa Clarita real estate Radio show ? You can listen to the show by clicking on our Santa Clarita radio show link.

Thanks for following The Paris911 Team on Google plus and within our other Social Media Pages. It is greatly appreciated and I know we all benefit from the relationships ? Be Safe ? Talk soon and don?t forget your way in life and what is most important.

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Qatar, Arab Spring sponsor, jails poet for life

DOHA (Reuters) - A court in Qatar, which has supported Arab uprisings abroad, jailed a local poet for life on Thursday for criticizing the emir and inciting revolt - a sentence that drew outrage and cries of hypocrisy from human rights groups.

In his verses, Muhammad Ibn al-Dheeb al-Ajami praised the Arab Spring revolts that toppled four dictators, often with the help of money and other support from the tiny, energy-rich Gulf state. But he also criticized Qatar's own absolute monarch and spoke, for example, of "sheikhs playing on their Playstations".

"This is a tremendous miscarriage of justice," said defence lawyer Nagib al-Naimi, who conveyed the verdict to Reuters after a trial held behind closed doors in the capital Doha.

At the prison where he has been held for a year, Ajami, 36, later told Reuters he believed the emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, to be "a good man" who must be unaware of his plight. Lawyer Naimi said the defence would appeal. A royal pardon may also be a possibility.

Ajami was not himself allowed in court and Naimi said the defence was barred from making oral arguments, although he contested the prosecution case that Ajami called for revolution in Qatar - an offence which carries the death penalty.

For Amnesty International, Middle East director Philip Luther said in a statement: "It is deplorable that Qatar, which likes to paint itself internationally as a country that promotes freedom of expression, is indulging in what appears to be such a flagrant abuse of that right."

Amnesty described Ajami's arrest in November 2011 as coming after he published a poem named "Jasmine" - for the symbol of the Tunisian revolt in January last year that launched the Arab Spring. In a broad criticism of Gulf rulers, he had written: "We are all Tunisia, in the face of the repressive elite."

"PLAYING WITH PLAYSTATIONS"

Ajami "did not encourage the overthrow of any specific regime", Naimi said. He described the charges as having been "inciting the overthrow of the ruling regime", a capital offence, and criticising the ruler, which is punishable by up to five years imprisonment under the Qatari penal code.

Among offending passages from the poem, translated from Arabic, was the line: "If the sheikhs cannot carry out justice, we should change the power and give it to the beautiful woman."

In another section, Ajami accused a fellow poet of being "with the sheikhs, playing with their Playstations."

Naimi, who has been largely in solitary confinement, spoke to Reuters in the presence of prison guards and others: "The Emir is a good man," he said. "I think he doesn't know that they have me here for a year, that they have put me in a single room.

"If he knew, I would be freed," he said, noting the Qatari ruler's past promotion of a more open society, including his hosting of the groundbreaking television channel Al Jazeera, which has given a voice to many opposition groups abroad.

"This is wrong," Ajami said. "You can't have Al Jazeera in this country and put me in jail for being a poet."

Qatar, a close U.S. ally and major natural gas producer with a large American military base, has escaped the unrest seen in other Arab countries. The emir has taken a high-profile role at times in calling for human rights - for example, when he went to Gaza last month, the first foreign leader there in years.

Al Jazeera has assiduously covered the Arab revolts, though it gave scant coverage to an uprising last year in neighboring Bahrain - ruled by another Gulf Arab monarchy.

The Qatari government has also taken a prominent role in the confrontation between, on the one hand, Sunni Muslim-ruled Arab states like itself and Saudi Arabia and, on the other, non-Arab Iran and its Shi'ite allies in Syria, Lebanon and elsewhere.

"DOUBLE STANDARDS"

Qatar is backing the rebels in Syria's civil war. It supported the NATO-backed uprising in Libya and street protests that ousted rulers in Egypt, Tunisia and Yemen. The emirate's maroon and white flag has been a common sight on the streets of Arab capitals where demonstrators have challenged autocracy.

But freedom of expression is tightly controlled in the small Gulf state, home to less than two million people. Self-censorship is prevalent among national newspapers and other media outlets. Qatar has no organized political opposition.

In October, Human Rights Watch criticized what it said was a double standard on freedom of expression in Qatar and urged the emir not to approve a draft media law penalizing criticism of the Gulf emirate and its neighbors.

In neighboring monarchy Saudi Arabia, human rights activist Ali al-Hattab said: "We are shocked by the verdict.

"Qatar has tried to help other countries like Libya and Syria become more democratic, but they won't accept it at home.

"It's shameful, and a double standard."

(Additional reporting by Rania El Gamal in Dubai and Dasha Afanasieva in London; Editing by Andrew Hammond, Mark Heinrich and Alastair Macdonald)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/qatar-arab-spring-sponsor-jails-poet-life-175836865.html

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Thursday, 29 November 2012

Twitter?s Response To PeopleBrowsr Lawsuit: ?This Is Contracts 101?

When the news broke earlier this evening that PeopleBrowsr had won a temporary restraining order protecting its access to Twitter's firehose of data, Twitter provided a terse response saying that it plans to "vigorously defend" itself in the broader legal case. Now the company has given me its actual filing in response to PeopleBrowsr ? technically, the filing focuses on the restraining order (an issue on which Twitter lost), but it also lays out the other side of the story, and some of Twitter's broader arguments.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/9_NHUC3W5GQ/

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Study points to potential new therapies for cancer and other diseases

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute (TRSI) are fueling the future of cancer treatment by improving a powerful tool in disease defense: the body's immune system. By revealing a novel but widespread cell signaling process, the scientists may have found a way to manipulate an important component of the immune system into more effectively fighting disease.

The study, recently published online ahead of print by the journal Blood, shows that disabling a particular enzyme, called ItpkB, in mice improves the function of a type of immune cell called Natural Killer cells.

"This is an exciting finding because it could possibly lead to the development of drugs that improve Natural Killer cell function," said TSRI Associate Professor Karsten Sauer, PhD, who led the study. "Natural Killer cells have gained clinical interest as innovative biological therapeutics for certain cancers and also in certain infectious diseases."

The Body's 'SWAT Team'

Natural Killer cells patrol the body and detect characteristic alterations on the surface of cancer cells or virus-infected cells. Through a complicated and little understood signaling machinery?a domino effect of molecular reactions in a cell that ultimately produces a certain signal?Natural Killer cells then destroy such "stressed" cells.

Compared to other types of immune cells, Natural Killer cells kill these cells quickly. This makes Natural Killer cells important early responders of the immune system. Not surprisingly, researchers have explored engaging this "SWAT team" of the body therapeutically, particularly in blood cancers.

However, to date, the therapeutic efficacy of Natural Killer cells has been limited. "A key bottleneck is our limited understanding of signaling mechanisms that dampen Natural Killer cell function," Sauer said.

Sauer and colleagues' new research reveals crucial details of this puzzle.

A Way to Prime the Attack

The Sauer group had previously identified ItpkB as a key regulator of immune function. ItpkB acts primarily by producing IP4, a small molecule messenger that controls the functions of various other important signaling molecules. IP4 can improve or inhibit signaling depending on the cell type in which it is produced.

The new research showed that Natural Killer cells from mice lacking ItpkB show elevated signaling and function better than Natural Killer cells that have the enzyme. As a result, mice lacking ItpkB are more effective than mice expressing ItpkB in attacking cells that display characteristic surface changes of cancer cells.

"The enzyme ItpkB has unique features that facilitate its highly specific inhibition by small molecules," said Sauer. "Our findings suggest that such compounds could possibly be used to improve Natural Killer cell function therapeutically. If successful, this could overcome a bottleneck and engage the body's SWAT team to fight cancer."

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Whispers in the Loggia: "We Must Without Fear": On Communicating ...

Whispers in the Loggia: "We Must Without Fear": On Communicating Faith

"We Must Without Fear": On Communicating Faith

From the Pope's catechesis at today's General Audience....

?How do we speak of God in our times? How can we communicate the Gospel to open the way to its salvific truth?

Speaking about God requires a continual growth in faith, familiarity with Jesus and His Gospel, a profound knowledge of God and strong passion for His plan for salvation, without giving in to the temptations of success....

We must not fear the humility of taking small steps, trusting in the leaven that makes the dough rise slowly and mysteriously. In speaking about God, in the work of evangelisation under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, we must return to the simple and essential nature of proclamation: the concrete Good News of God Who cares about us, the love of God which Jesus Christ brought close to us, even unto the Cross, and which in the Resurrection opens us to life without end, to eternal life....

To speak about God, we must make space for Him, confident that He acts upon our weakness. We must make space for Him without fear, with simplicity and joy, in the profound conviction that the more we place Him ? and not ourselves ? at the centre of our lives, the more fruitful our communication will be....

This also holds true for Christian communities. They are called to communicate the transforming action of God's grace, overcoming individualism, closure, selfishness and indifference, bringing the love of God to daily relationships. We must must act to ensure [that] we always announce Christ, not ourselves....

From the Gospel we see how Jesus was interested in every human situation He encountered, He immersed Himself in the lives of the men and women of His time, with complete trust in the help of the Father.... In Him, proclamation and life were entwined: Jesus acted and taught, always taking as a starting point His intimate relationship with God the Father. This approach gives fundamental indications to Christians: living in faith and charity is a way of speaking about God in our times, because it demonstrates the credibility of what we say in words through a life lived in Christ. We must take care to grasp the signs of our times, and thereby to identify the potential, the desires and the obstacles we encounter in contemporary culture, in particular the desire for authenticity, the yearning for transcendence, the sensibility for protecting creation. And we must communicate without fear the answer offered by faith.?

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Source: http://whispersintheloggia.blogspot.com/2012/11/on-communicating-faith.html

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Wednesday, 28 November 2012

Les Miles and LSU agree to raise, extension

Les Miles has a new seven-year contract at LSU that also will result in a pay raise for one of the most successful coaches in the history of the Tigers' football program.

"I'm an LSU head coach and will be an LSU head coach for as long as I can be," Miles said Wednesday. "Hopefully we'll look up seven years from now and I'll be looking for another seven-year extension."

The new contract runs through 2019, which amounts to a two-year extension. LSU athletic director Joe Alleva said financial details were still being worked out and will be released after LSU plays in a still-undecided bowl game to close out this season.

A person familiar with the contract said that Miles' new annual pay would be in the range of $4.3 million. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because financial details of Miles' deal were not released.

Miles' previous contract paid about $3.75 million annually through 2017. He has not received a raise since 2008, after LSU's last national title, though he has since received an extension and raises for assistants.

"Les Miles is one of the premier coaches in the country and has LSU in contention for championships year in and year out," Alleva said.

Miles is 85-20 at LSU since arriving in 2005, with one national title in the 2007 season and two BCS championship appearances. LSU's victory over Arkansas last Friday clinched Miles' fifth 10-win season with the Tigers.

"The coaching business is a competitive one and it is important to compensate our coach for his accomplishments and his worth," Alleva said. Miles "has continued to keep LSU on the national stage."

Miles said representatives from Arkansas had reached out to him in a preliminary way, but he also said reports of a five-year, $27.5 million offer to take over the Razorbacks was "not true."

"I can tell you that this Miles family is awfully comfortable in southern Louisiana," Miles said. "I think home is what we'd call this place."

Alleva said LSU already planned to offer Miles an enhanced contract after this season, but decided to close the deal now to snuff out speculation that Miles could be lured elsewhere.

"Speculation about other job opportunities accelerated our process a little," Alleva said. "I think we have accomplished the important step of securing Les Miles as our head coach for the long-term good of the program."

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Bryan Lazare contributed to this story from Baton Rouge, La.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/les-miles-lsu-agree-raise-extension-211129691--spt.html

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Wedding: Cupcake Mountain

For our wedding, we decided to go the cupcake route instead of a traditional cake. Wedding cupcakes may not be as unique as they once were, but I've always viewed them as fun and lighthearted, which was the vibe we were going for. Plus my good friend and bridesmaid, Ella Golding, is a cupcake master, and can make a million vegan cupcakes in a hundred delicious flavors. Which she did. And delicious they were! (For more of Ella's gorgeous and delectable creations, check out her blog.) (And once again, all photos by my sister, Susan Hennessey. I know so many talented people!)

Although we were happy to feast on cupcakes, Ella wanted us to have something to cut in front of our guests, as well as something to freeze and eat on our one year anniversary. Thus, in addition to a mountain of cupcakes, Ella also made us a small, two-tiered wedding cake, which she decorated to look as if it were covered in lace (just like my dress!). She also built the cupcake stand from foam and cardboard and scraps of fabric the night before the wedding. It looked great, but was only somewhat stable. Luckily, it never tipped or crashed - not even when we cut the cake! - and all our desserts survived intact. (Well, until they were devoured by eager guests. Which is about how long desserts should survive.). To top it all off, she handcrafted each of the flowers on every single cupcake. Simply amazing.

(I should also note that in order to make all this cake magic happen, Ella and her ever-supportive and patient fiancee drove to Wilmington from New York three days early, pulled an all-nighter to finish everything, and then she served as a gorgeous bridesmaid while dancing her ass off at the reception. We're talking TRUE FRIEND.)

But enough about Ella. On to the cakes!

All the cupcakes were vegan, and only a few of the icings contained egg - everything was dairy free from start to finish. Flavors included: pumpkin chocolate chip; apple cider; red velvet; chocolate stout; and lemon meringue. I'm sure there were one or two others, but I can't remember them now. The pumpkin chocolate chip was my personal favorite.

A very special and public thank you to Ella for putting so much time and effort into our cupcakes and mini-cake. You're an amazing artist, a great baker, and a true professional (even if Seamus had frosting on his nose come morning). Every bite was sweeter because of the love and friendship you contributed, and we're forever grateful that you played such? a big and delicious role in our wedding. I love you!

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Physiological Evidence of ?Cancer Brain? Found | Ovarian Cancer ...

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Source: http://www.ovariancancer.org/2012/11/27/physiological-evidence-of-cancer-brain-found/

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Dannielynn Birkhead Models for GUESS Kids

Anna Nicole Smith's little girl is the new face of GUESS Kids spring 2013 campaign.

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Islamists silence the musicians who guide rural Mali

For centuries, griots have directed ceremonies, smoothed over disputes, and served as repositories of history and genealogy. Now in northern Mali they are out of a job.

By John Thorne,?Correspondent / November 27, 2012

Down a street of red earth near the outskirts of the Malian capital, a family is preparing for the naming ceremony of its newest member ? an event now forbidden in their northern home region by Islamist militants who seized control there earlier this year.

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"They say sharia forbids it," says Rakiatou Wallet Tannal, an aunt of the newborn girl, referring to Islamic law. "That's their sharia, not the sharia of Muslims."

The stricture hits especially hard for families like Ms. Wallet Tannal's, part of a hereditary caste of bards and storytellers found across West Africa and commonly known by their French name, "griot."

For centuries, griots have directed ceremonies, smoothed over disputes, and served as repositories of history and genealogy. Now in northern Mali they are out of a job. Yet their troubles highlight a larger problem: Having taken control of northern Mali, hard-line Islamists are smothering social interaction with religiously motivated bullying and brutal punishments.

A Sept. 25 report by Human Rights Watch on Islamist repression in northern Mali cited cases of hands amputated for alleged theft, beatings for listening to music, and women flogged for failing to cover themselves in public. At least one couple accused of adultery was reportedly stoned to death.

Until this year, northern Mali was known for music ? spare melodies that recall the desert. Tourists went to festivals, men and women mixed freely, and Islam was a personal affair.

"Now there are no more birth [ceremonies], no more weddings," says Wallet Tannal of her family's hometown of M?naka, on the fringe of the Sahara near Mali's border with Niger. Like most people there, they belong to the Tuareg, a nomadic people akin to North Africa's Berbers.

After M?naka fell to the Tuareg rebels of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), Wallet Tannal's family fled to the city of Gao. Soon Gao fell to a mixed force of MNLA and Islamist fighters from the Movement for God's Unity and Jihad in West Africa.

For several weeks in Gao, Wallet Tannal and other women stayed indoors while gunmen swaggered in the streets. Then in April the family fled to Bamako.

"We've come to Bamako, and we don't know Bamako," she says.

Bamako is a low, dusty, crowded city. The Niger River flows sluggishly between reed-choked banks. A successful griot must know and be known, but in a new city one easily gets lost.

For the family, the new birth recalls their hometown, where they are used to conducting ceremonies like this.

"We will have the naming ceremony here in Bamako, because Bamako is where we are," says Fatima Wallet Mhamadikinan, the baby's mother, with a wistful air.

It is the eve of the ceremony. Women are slicing vegetables in the courtyard where a goat is tethered. Inside, Ms. Wallet Mhamadikinan is cradling her daughter, as her infant son Touhami toddles about.

Tomorrow there will be guests and feasting. The main dish will involve the goat and a sauce of potatoes, onions, tomatoes, green peppers, carrots, bouillon cubes, and spices.

Wallet Tannal, a tall hearty woman in a blue-and-yellow gown, will superintend the festivities in true griot fashion. She must round up the guests, direct the music, and generally keep things lively.

"We will dance, we will sing, we will ululate," she says, referring to a high fluttering cry made by wailing while flicking the tongue.

If it were not her own family, she says, she would expect some remuneration ? perhaps money, perhaps dates or cola nuts.

Family members have proposed names, but Wallet Tannal's mother will make the final choice, in line with custom.

"In the north, this would be impossible now," says Wallet Tannal.

The next day the family and their guests assembled down the street of red earth, said Moussa Ag Tannal, the baby's father. They sang, they danced, and they ululated, and Fatimata Wallet Moussa received her name.

Source: http://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/feeds/csm/~3/4P7ofOzld7w/Islamists-silence-the-musicians-who-guide-rural-Mali

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Tuesday, 27 November 2012

Video: Thousands flee as Congo rebel fighters dig in??

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Network Marketing Recommended by Experts - Recorded by Doris ...

?Network Marketing Recommended by Experts

Network Marketing has its stamp of approval by experts as a business model for people looking for a home based business idea.

Some well known authorities that recognize the value of network marketing, mlm, or multilevel marketing include:

Paul Zane Pilzer

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Economic advisor to two presidential administrations

Trend forecaster and best selling author

Jack Canfield

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#1 Best selling author of ?Chicken Soup for the Healthy Soul?

Robert Kiyosaki

Donald Trump & Robert Kiyosaki

#1 Best Selling Author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad and The Cashflow Quadrant

Warren Buffett

Bought three direct marketing companies

John Gray, Ph.D.

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#1 Best selling author of Mars and Venus Diet & Exercise Solution

Network Marketing Facts:

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It also has the capability of creating multiple streams of income.?

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Network Marketing is a good choice, taking into account the cost factor of a franchise, no employees to handle, and no insurance cost for employees.

Hidden costs of ?Network Marketing:

Sometimes, not always, there are some hidden costs of network marketing that the beginning networker may not be are of, depending on the company they choose as their primary product.

Product Sales Requirements ?

In addition to product purchase commitments, some network marketing companies include a ?sales commitment? requirement. ?Some, but not all mlm companies require that you sell a certain level or amount of their product per month.

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Of course your plan is to sell a certain volume just for your own income commitments, but it may take some time to get your business to the point where you can begin selling the product. ?Find out if this is one of the distributor commitments required by the company you are evaluating; every company is different regarding this.

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Checklist of what to look for in a network marketing company:

Evaluate some critical indicators before joining a company.? Ask yourself:
Who is the Leadership?
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Do you keep your options open to creating income?

Bottom line, Systems are critical to making money online, especially in one of the best business models? that of network marketing.?

I have been marketing online for four years on the internet, and have seen a lot of companies come and go.? Based on my personal experiences, events and the decisions I have made, I genuinely recommend this particular system.?

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Monday, 26 November 2012

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Sunday, 25 November 2012

Demi Moore: Delaying Divorce to Spite Ashton Kutcher?

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Saturday, 24 November 2012

'Dallas' star Larry Hagman dies in Texas

In this Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008 photo, actor Larry Hagman listens to a reporter's question while visiting the Southfork Ranch in Parker, Texas, made famous in the television show "Dallas." Actor Larry Hagman, who for more than a decade played villainous patriarch JR Ewing in the TV soap Dallas, has died at the age of 81, his family said Saturday Nov. 24, 2012(AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

This 1981 file photo provided by CBS shows Larry Hagman in character as J.R. Ewing in the television series "Dallas." Actor Larry Hagman, who for more than a decade played villainous patriarch JR Ewing in the TV soap Dallas, has died at the age of 81, his family said Saturday Nov. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/CBS, file)

FILE - This 1967 file photo shows Barbara Eden, left, and Larry Hagman in a scene from the television show "I Dream of Jeannie." Actor Larry Hagman, who for more than a decade played villainous patriarch JR Ewing in the TV soap Dallas, has died at the age of 81, his family said Saturday Nov. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/NBC, file)

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2003 file photo, actor Larry Hagman sits in front of a poster of himself during a news conference in Berlin during a tour to promote the German translation of his autobiography. Actor Larry Hagman, who for more than a decade played villainous patriarch JR Ewing in the TV soap Dallas, has died at the age of 81, his family said Saturday Nov. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2011 file photo, actor Larry Hagman pauses during an interview on location during the filming for the upcoming new television show "Dallas" in Dallas. Actor Larry Hagman, who for more than a decade played villainous patriarch JR Ewing in the TV soap Dallas, has died at the age of 81, his family said Saturday Nov. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Larry Hagman, whose predatory oil baron J.R. Ewing on television's long-running nighttime soap opera "Dallas" became a symbol for 1980s greed and coaxed forth a Texas-sized gusher of TV ratings, has died. He was 81.

Hagman, who returned as J.R. in a new edition of "Dallas" this year, passed away Friday afternoon due to complications from his battle with cancer, according to a statement from the family provided to The Associated Press by Warner Bros., producer of "Dallas."

"Larry was back in his beloved hometown of Dallas, re-enacting the iconic role he loved the most," the family said. "Larry's family and closest friends had joined him in Dallas for the Thanksgiving holiday."

Linda Gray, his on-screen wife in the original series and the sequel, was with Hagman when he died in a Dallas hospital, said her publicist, Jeffrey Lane.

"He brought joy to everyone he knew. He was creative, generous, funny, loving and talented, and I will miss him enormously. He was an original and lived life to the fullest," Gray said in a statement.

Hagman was diagnosed in 1992 with cirrhosis of the liver and acknowledged that he had drank heavily for years. In 1995, a malignant tumor was discovered on his liver and he underwent a transplant.

Years before "Dallas," Hagman had gained TV fame as a nice guy with the fluffy 1965-70 NBC comedy "I Dream of Jeannie," in which he played Capt. Tony Nelson, an astronaut whose life is disrupted when he finds a comely genie, portrayed by Barbara Eden, and takes her home to live with him.

He also starred in two short-lived sitcoms, "The Good Life" (NBC, 1971-72) and "Here We Go Again" (ABC, 1973). His film work included well-regarded performances in "The Group," ''Harry and Tonto" and "Primary Colors."

But it was Hagman's masterful portrayal of the charmingly loathsome J.R. that brought him his greatest stardom. The CBS serial drama about the Ewing clan and those in their orbit aired from April 1978 to May 1991.

The "Who shot J.R.?" story twist, in which Hagman's character was nearly murdered in a cliffhanger episode, fueled international speculation and millions of dollars in betting-parlour wagers. It also helped give the series a ratings record for the time.

When the answer was revealed in a November 1980 episode, an average 41 million viewers tuned in to make "Dallas" the second most-watched entertainment show of all time, trailing only the "MASH" finale in 1983 with 50 million viewers.

It was J.R.'s sister-in-law, Kristin (Mary Crosby) who plugged him ? he had made her pregnant, then threatened to frame her as a prostitute unless she left town ? but others had equal motivation.

Hagman played Ewing as a bottomless well of corruption with a charming grin: a business cheat and a faithless husband who tried to get his alcoholic wife, Sue Ellen (Linda Gray), institutionalized.

"I know what I want on J.R.'s tombstone," Hagman said in 1988. "It should say: 'Here lies upright citizen J.R. Ewing. This is the only deal he ever lost.'"

On Friday night, Victoria Principal, who co-starred in the original series, recalled Hagman as "bigger than life, on-screen and off. He is unforgettable, and irreplaceable, to millions of fans around the world, and in the hearts of each of us, who was lucky enough to know and love him."

Ten episodes of the new edition of "Dallas" aired this past summer and proved a hit for TNT. Filming had been completed for five of the episodes for the second season and work on the sixth episode was in progress, the network said.

There was no immediate comment from Warner or TNT on how the series would deal with Hagman's loss.

In 2006, Hagman did a guest shot on FX's drama series "Nip/Tuck," playing a macho business mogul. He also got new exposure in recent years with the DVD releases of "I Dream of Jeannie" and "Dallas."

The Fort Worth, Texas, native was the son of singer-actress Mary Martin, who starred in such classics as "South Pacific" and "Peter Pan." Martin was still in her teens when he was born in 1931 during her marriage to attorney Ben Hagman.

As a youngster, Hagman gained a reputation for mischief-making as he was bumped from one private school to another. He made a stab at New York theater in the early 1950s, then served in the Air Force from 1952-56 in England.

While there, he met and married young Swedish designer Maj Axelsson. The couple had two children, Preston and Heidi, and were longtime residents of the Malibu beach colony that is home to many celebrities.

Hagman returned to acting and found work in the theater and in such TV series as "The U.S. Steel Hour," ''The Defenders" and "Sea Hunt." His first continuing role was as lawyer Ed Gibson on the daytime serial "The Edge of Night" (1961-63).

He called his 2001 memoir "Hello Darlin': Tall (and Absolutely True) Tales about My Life."

"I didn't put anything in that I thought was going to hurt someone or compromise them in any way," he told The Associated Press at the time.

After his transplant, he became an advocate for organ donation and volunteered at a hospital to help frightened patients.

"I counsel, encourage, meet them when they come in for their operations, and after," he said in 1996. "I try to offer some solace, like 'Don't be afraid, it will be a little uncomfortable for a brief time, but you'll be OK.' "

He also was an anti-smoking activist who took part in "Great American Smoke-Out" campaigns.

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AP Television Writer Frazier Moore in New York contributed to this report.

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Friday, 23 November 2012

yahsat gears up to launch ka-band satellite broadband ... - iBotswana

Thursday, 22 November 2012 Staff Author | Published in: World News JUBA, South Sudan, November 22, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Yahsat (http://www.yahsat.ae), the Abu Dhabi, UAE, based satellite operator, is gearing up to launch its innovative YahClick ?broadband everyone? satellite service in South Sudan over the coming months. The hotly anticipated service is set to provide wide reaching, high performance, satellite broadband Internet to unserved and underserved locations and communities across the country.

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Yahsat selected local based Internet Service Provider RCS-Communication as their Service Partner for South Sudan based on RCS-Communication's in-country experience, proven track record of delivering new and innovative services and a common focus to bring faster and more affordable Internet connectivity to a wide range of users.

Commenting on the upcoming launch, Tareq Abdul Raheem Al Hosani, Yahsat CEO, stated,

?As the world's youngest country, South Sudan is facing multiple infrastructure building priorities. YahClick brings internet connectivity instantly to the population, irrespective of the state of the local telecommunications infrastructure that is within their reach. YahClick therefore fast tracks connectivity to this young country beyond what is humanly possible with the time and expense it takes to expand fixed or wireless internet solutions.

?Providing much needed internet connectivity to a new nation presents YahClick with tremendous opportunity as well as pride in helping address at least one of the many requirements of this young country. Having affordable, reliable and instantly available high performance internet will be a fundamental tool to help new and established businesses and individuals in South Sudan achieve their full potential.?

Flippie Odendal, RCS-Communication, Republic of South Sudan, Managing Director stated, ?YahClick is the first Ka-band satellite internet service in Africa that offers true broadband speeds at affordable prices. We are proud to bring the service to South Sudan and anticipate a wide interest across the country.?

?Based on anticipated growth we will be adding and training VSAT technicians and support staff (with a focus on South Sudanese candidates) to our existing team. Parallel to this process we will be running extensive tests of the new service and processes over the next months to ensure all aspects are working well before the service is made available to clients.?

Yahsat believes in providing individuals with a platform to access information no matter their geographical location, thus enabling them, through the power of information to enhance and help change their world in order for them to have a positive economic and societal impact on the world around them.

Al Hosani added, ?Our YahClick service aims to bring broadband to everyone and deliver the power of Internet collaboration to individuals and global communities across three continents. We believe it is the right of every individual to have high speed and reliable Internet. Our team is excited about the prospect of helping connect a portion of the world's un-served communities in the Republic of South Sudan and providing them with the tools to aid their own success.?

Distributed by the African Press Organization on behalf of Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PrJSC ?Yahsat?.

For more information on the YahClick service log onto http://www.yahsat.ae/YahClick or write to [email?protected]

About Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PrJSC ?Yahsat?

Yahsat (http://www.yahsat.ae) provides multipurpose satellite solutions (commercial and government) for broadband, broadcast, military, and communications use across the Middle East, Africa and South West Asia. Based in Abu Dhabi, UAE and wholly owned by Mubadala Development Company PJSC (http://www.mubadala.ae), the investment vehicle of the Government of Abu Dhabi, Yahsat is the first company in the Middle East and Africa to offer multi-purpose satellite services:

? YahClick - the satellite broadband service

? YahSecure - the government satellite service

? YahLink - the satellite connectivity service

? YahService - end to end managed satellite solutions

? YahCarrier ? satellite solutions for telecommunications carriers

Yahsat's first satellite Y1A was successfully launched in April 2011 and its second satellite Y1B was successfully launched in April 2012. YahClick began roll out in July 2012, serving 28 countries across the Middle East, Africa, Central and South West Asia with reliable and cost effective satellite broadband connectivity in urban, rural and remote areas.

About RCS-Radio & Satellite Communication Ltd ?RCS-Communication?

The RCS business group consists of different legal entities operating in a number of African countries. The first business entity was established in Uganda in 1996.

RCS-Communication (http://www.rcs-communication.com) is a professional ICT (Information Communication Technologies) company that offers a wide range of Internet connectivity, mobile satellite and other ICT solutions in partnership with selected suppliers and service partners across East and Central Africa.

RCS-Communication's focus is on businesses and organisations looking for a service provider that understands the terrain, accepts responsibility for performance and ensures future relevance for clients in a fast-changing world.

Press contacts

Yahsat:

Sarah Mheidly

Hill + Knowlton Strategies, Abu Dhabi

Phone: 971 55 217 7011

Email: [email?protected]

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LONDON, United-Kingdom, November 23, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Minister for Africa, Mark Simmonds, arrived in Kigali today for meetings following the joint communiqu? agreed by Presidents Museveni, Kagame and Kabila yesterday in Uganda. Following his meeting with His Excellency President Paul Kagame, Mr Simmonds said: "I welcome the leadership?

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Thursday, 22 November 2012

Microsoft vs. Google trial over patents ends

SEATTLE (Reuters) - A Google expert witness testified on Tuesday that Microsoft will make roughly $94 billion in revenue through 2017 from its Xbox game console and Surface tablet that use Google's patented wireless technology.

Michael Dansky, an expert for Google's Motorola Mobility unit, testified on the last day of a high stakes trial over patents between Microsoft and Google in Seattle. The $94 billion figure he cited also includes a wireless adapter that Microsoft no longer sells. It was not clear how far back he was counting past revenues.

Microsoft declined comment on the figure.

The week-long trial in a Seattle federal court examined how much of a royalty Microsoft Corp should pay Google Inc for a license to some of Motorola's patents. Google bought Motorola earlier this year for $12.5 billion, partly for its library of communications patents.

Motorola had sought up to $4 billion a year for its wireless and video patents, while Microsoft argues its rival deserves just over $1 million a year.

If U.S. District Judge James Robart decides Google deserves only a small royalty, then its Motorola patents would be a weaker bargaining chip for Google to negotiate licensing deals with rivals.

The rapid rise of smartphones has sparked an explosion of litigation between major players disputing ownership of the underlying technology and the design of handsets.

Apple Inc and Microsoft have been litigating in courts around the world against Google and partners like Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, which use the Android operating system on their mobile devices.

Apple contends that Android is basically a copy of its iOS smartphone software, and Microsoft holds patents that it contends cover a number of Android features.

In return, Motorola and some other Android hardware makers launched countering legal action.

Before trial, Robart said testimony about patent license agreements between Microsoft, Motorola and other tech companies could be disclosed to the public, along with other sensitive financial information.

However, the judge reversed himself this week and said he was bound by appellate precedent to keep that information secret. On Tuesday he cleared the courtroom and heard two hours of testimony in secret.

During the open session, Dansky said Motorola's video patents are crucial to Microsoft and other tech companies, and deserve a high royalty.

"You will have a difficult time selling smart phones or tablets," Dansky said, without Motorola's technology.

Robart is not expected to release a ruling for several weeks as both companies must file further legal briefs.

The case in U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington is Microsoft Corp. vs. Motorola Inc., 10-cv-1823.

(Reporting by Lisa Dembiczak; Writing by Dan Levine; Editing by Richard Pullin)

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Avoid early bird remorse: 10 Black Friday gadget do's and don'ts

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Avram Piltch , Laptop

With many stores opening Thanksgiving evening, this year you won?t even have to digest your turkey before you put on your elbow pads and line up outside your favorite big box store. But to make body checking your fellow shoppers worthwhile, you?ll need a plan.?You don?t want to spend 12 hours wearing adult diapers to avoid losing a place in line, only to find out that the camera you snatched takes terrible pictures and costs $20 less on the Web.?

Don?t get early birds remorse! Use these tips make sure you really are getting a good deal on Black Friday gadgets.?

1. Do research online prices before you go out
On a normal day, retail stores charge a lot more for electronics than their online competitors. On Black Friday, you may find something that looks like a fantastic sale in the store, but is hardly less than the regular price you would have paid online.?

For example, Best Buy is selling a Windows 8 Professional upgrade disc for $54.99, but before you smash through the plate glass door, you should check and see that Microsoft?has been selling the ?same version of Windows 8 as online download for $40 for several weeks now. Target has a 6-foot HDMI cable on sale for $9.99, even though Newegg sells similar cables for $2.99 at any time of year.

More: Top 8 Black Friday Apps

2. Don?t leave the house for less than $200 in total savings
Let?s do some math to guestimate the cost of standing in line for the possibility, but not the certainty, of a bargain. Assume you will be spending a minimum of 5 hours on travel and waiting in lines for a single store, though for the good deals, you may need to wait in front of the store much longer. If you value your free time at even a low rate of $10 per hour, that?s $50 plus the cost of transportation to and from the store, which we?ll estimate at $4, the cost of one gallon of gas.

The worst part of this equation is that the $54 cost buys you a raffle ticket, where bargains are the prize, because even after spending that money, you could walk away empty handed. With stores often stocking less than a dozen units of their featured deals, there?s a very good chance that you won?t run fast enough or have good enough line position to get what you came for.

If you?re young and bored, maybe it?s worth gambling 5 hours of your life on the possibility that you?ll get a $400 TV for $180, but don?t do it if you?re going to save less than $200 in total on all purchases. When you have a family around, even that amount of savings might be too small and you might value your time at a higher rate. With my luck, I?d wait in line for 12 hours, the store would be out of TVs and my infant son would have taken his first steps while I was standing outside Best Buy. ?

3. Do use bargain aggregrators to find deals online
Shopping online is a much more civilized and time-efficient way to buy gifts and fill out your gadget collection this Black Friday. With dozens of sites, including those for the major brick and mortar retailers, offering sales and coupon codes, it?s easy to miss the best sales. Fortunately, there are a number of deal blogs that do nothing but find and report on the best prices.

My favorite deal aggregators include?LogicBuy,?Tech Bargains,?Ben?s Bargains?and?Fat Wallet. I usually check all four several times a day during the holiday season, just to see what?s for sale before it sells out.

4. Don?t buy an?outdated phone
Many retailers use Black Friday as an excuse to dump outdated products from their inventories. When it comes to phones, just say no, because last year?s mobile devices have slower CPUs, lower-res screens and, in the case of Android devices, often have old versions of the operating system.?

Take for example, the Samsung Galaxy S II that Radio Shack is giving away for free with a two-year contract on Sprint. Yes, free sounds like a good price, but this 2011-era phone feels ancient in comparison to the Galaxy S III which will be available for $50 on Sprint at the same store. ?Not only does the newer model have a sharp 720p screen and a faster processor, it also provides an NFC chip and custom software that lets you transfer files justby tapping phones.

Since you?ll own this phone for at least 20 months before you?re eligible to upgrade, you want a device that?s as current as possible. ?How dumb will you or your giftee feel in 2014 when everyone else is running Android 6 on 1080p screens while you?re stuck with a remnant from 2011?

More:Top Smartphone Gifts for 2012

5. Do buy hard drives, SSDs and other storage / memory upgrades
Whether you?re buying SD memory cards, more RAM, an external hard drive or an SSD upgrade, you can find some incredible deals online this Black Friday. We expect to see 128GB SSDs selling for $50 or less and 256GB models approaching the $100 mark. What better way to say ?I love you?than with an upgrade that doubles or triples the speed of your most important tasks?

You should also be able to find external USB back up drives hovering around $50 for 500GB and $85 for 1TB, maybe less. SD cards and microSD cards make great stocking stuffers and you?ll find 16GB versions of each for under $10 with 32GB capacities for well under $20. RAM is getting a lot cheaper these days so expect to pay $60 for 16GB of laptop memory and around $25 for 8GB. ?

6. Don?t buy a cheap notebook for people you like

Want to punish your teenager for posting inappropriate things to Facebook? Still have a grudge against mom for recycling your comic books? Get revenge by purchasing them low-end Black Friday notebooks that will ruin their computing experiences.?

For under $300, you can find such clunkers as this $179 Compaq door buster?from Walmart??that comes with a sluggish 1.3-GHz AMD C-60 processor, just 2GB of RAM and a low-res 15.6-inch screen. Put away your door busting pepper spray, because a computer like this will be bulky, slow and annoying, even though it can connect to the Internet and run basic apps.

If you?re shopping for a notebook for yourself or someone you actually like, accept nothing less than an Intel Core i3 CPU, 4GB of RAM and a speedy 7,200 rpm hard drive or SSD. Go for a 13 to 14-inch screen for maximum portability or, if you want a larger computer, look for one with a high-res screen (1600 x 900 and above) and good audio playback.

More: 5 Reasons to Spend More Than $500 on Your Next Laptop

7. Do use coupon codes to configure your ideal laptop for less
Rather than buying the cheapest piece of junk notebook you see advertised, look for coupon codes for vendors that let you configure a notebook to your liking such as Dell, Lenovo, Toshiba and HP. With the appropriate price reduction, you can build just the ThinkPad or Inspiron you need and get a hefty chunk off the list price. Find the coupon codes on deal aggregation sites like Logicbuy and Techbargains.?

For example, with the right coupon codes, you can buy the awesome Lenovo ThinkPad T430s with a 1600 x 900 screen and discrete graphics for just $806.

8. Don?t even consider buying a cheap, low-end tablet?
What?s the point of buying a tablet if it can?t run your apps and the picture is such a low resolution that all the pixels are so big that they look like Ben-Day dots. So please for the love of Jobs or the admiration of Android avoid low-cost craplets like the Ematic eGlide EGL25BL that Walmart sells. With its 7-inch resistive touch screen and 1-GHz processor, this sad slate is likely to send you screaming back to your PC.

Even some Black Friday tablets from reputable brands are a rip-off, because they?re way out of date. Take, for example, the $179 Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7-inch that Best Buy is advertising. Yes, we gave the Galaxy Tab 2 7-inch a rating of 4 stars when we reviewed in back in April, but back then a 1024 x 600 display, a 1-GHz dual core CPU and Android 4.0 were fine specs.

Today, you can get the Google Nexus 7 with a quad-core CPU, an HD screen and the latest Android 4.2 OS for $199, well worth the $20 splurge.?

If you can possibly afford it, go for a 7-inch tablet with at least a 720p screen (1280 x 720) or a 9-?to 10-inch tablet slate with a resolution higher than 1080p (1920 x 1080).

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9. Do buy accessories and peripherals, especially monitors
On Black Friday, we often see better deals on gadgets you attach to your computer than on the computer itself. So, if you?re planning to purchase a mouse, keyboard, Wi-Fi router or all-in-one printer, Black Friday could be a good time to act.?

Because you can never be too rich, too thin or have too many pixels, an external HD monitor makes a great gift or splurge for yourself. You can grab a 23-inch, 1080p screen for well under $150. This $110 23-inch Dell LED monitor is a great example.

10.?Don't make a major purchase you didn't plan for
That $279 10-inch tablet at Best Buy seems like a steal, but you didn't plan to buy a tablet for yourself this year. Stay away. The easiest way to blow your budget is to buy something you don't really need, just because it seems like a good deal. Make a list of major items you need before you look at the sales listings. Remember, the cheapest gadget is the one you didn't buy.

Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/technolog/avoid-early-bird-remorse-10-black-friday-gadget-dos-donts-1C7185474

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Syrian planes bomb building near hospital, kill 13

In this Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012 photo, a Syrian woman walks in front of a destroyed hospital where heavy clashes took place between rebel fighters and the Syrian army to seize control over the area, on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria. There is a struggle for power among rebel factions in Syria with Islamists rejecting the country's new Western-backed opposition coalition and unilaterally declaring an Islamic state in the key battleground of Aleppo, though all of the groups are fighting to topple President Bashar Assad. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)

BEIRUT (AP) ? Syrian activists say warplanes have flattened a building next to a hospital in the northern city of Aleppo, killing at least 13 people.

Rami Abdul-Rahman from the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says a doctor and two children were among those killed in the bombing Wednesday night that struck near the city's Dar al-Shifa hospital.

The hospital was once a private clinic and now operates as a rebel field hospital that also treats civilians.

Abdul-Rahman says at least 10 fighters were killed, a doctor who worked at the hospital and two children who were on the street.

Another activist group, the Local Coordination Committees, confirmed the bombing and said 40 people died in airstrikes in Aleppo Wednesday. It did not say how many died in the hospital strike.