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Sunday, March 31, 2013
Wooden Lamps Show The Light Within
Report: Saudi Arabia may try to end anonymity for Twitter users
Saudi Arabia may try to end anonymity for Twitter users in the country by limiting access to the site to people who register their identification documents, the Arab News daily reported on Saturday.
Last week, local media reported the government had asked telecom companies to look at ways they could monitor, or block, free internet phone services such as Skype.
Twitter is highly popular with Saudis and has stirred broad debate on subjects ranging from religion to politics in a country where such public discussion had been considered at best unseemly and sometimes illegal.
Early this month, the security spokesman for Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry described social networking, particularly Twitter, as a tool used by militants to stir social unrest.
The country's Grand Mufti, Saudi Arabia's top cleric, last week described users of the microblogging site as "clowns" wasting time with frivolous and even harmful discussions, local newspapers reported.
"A source at (the regulator) described the move as a natural result of the successful implementation of (its) decision to add a user's identification numbers while topping up mobile phone credit," Arab News reported.
That would not necessarily make a user's identity visible to other users of the site, but it would mean the Saudi government could monitor the tweets of individual Saudis.
The English-language daily and sister paper to the Saudi-owned pan-Arab Asharq al-Awsat newspaper did not explain how the authorities might be able to restrict ability to post on Twitter. Both newspapers belong to a publishing group owned by the ruling family and run by a son of Crown Prince Salman.
Internet service providers are legally obliged to block websites showing content deemed pornographic.
One of the big investors in Twitter is Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, a nephew of King Abdullah who also holds significant stakes in Citi Group, News Corp and Apple through his Kingdom Holding Company.
The country's telecom regulator, Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) did not immediately responded to requests for comment on the report. Last week it did not comment on the report it was seeking to restrict Skype use.
A spokeswoman for Kingdom Holding said Prince Alwaleed was not available to comment.
"There are people who misuse the social networking and try to send false information and false evaluation of the situation in the kingdom and the way the policemen in the kingdom are dealing with these situations," said Major General Mansour Turki, the security spokesman, at a news conference on Mar 8.
At a separate interview with Reuters this month, Turki argued that a small number of supporters of al Qaeda and activists from Saudi Arabia's Shi'ite minority used social media to stir wider sympathy for their goals and social unrest.
However, he also argued against banning the site.
Two weeks ago one of Saudi Arabia's most prominent clerics, Salman al-Awdah, who has 2.4 million followers on the site, used Twitter to attack the government's security policy as too harsh and call for better services. He warned it might otherwise face "the spark of violence".
Two leading Saudi human rights activists were sentenced to long prison terms this month for a variety of offences including "internet crimes" because they had used Twitter and other sites to attack the government.
Some top princes in the monarchy now use Twitter themselves and Crown Prince Salman, King Abdullah's designated heir and also Defence Minister, recently opened an official account.
(Reporting By Angus McDowall; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
Copyright 2013 Thomson Reuters.
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Veterinarians try artificial insemination on Giant Panda at National Zoo
Mei Xiang, the Giant Panda at the National Zoo was artificially inseminated Saturday after she and the zoo's male giant panda failed to breed naturally.?
Giant panda Mei Xiang looks over a stone wall in her enclosure at the Smithsonian's National Zoo during a spring snow in Washington, D.C. March 25.
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Mei Xiang?was put under general anesthesia and inseminated with a combination of fresh semen and frozen semen collected from the zoo's male giant panda Tian Tian. The scientists said they planned a second insemination later on Saturday.
Veterinarians detected a rise in hormone levels on Tuesday, indicating?Mei Xiang?was ready to breed but said "no competent breeding" between the panda pair had occurred.
"We are hopeful that our breeding efforts will be successful this year, and we're encouraged by all the behaviors and hormonal data we've seen so far," said?Dave Wildt, head of the?Center for Species Survival?at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute.
Scientists will continue to monitor?Mei Xiang's hormone levels in the coming months and conduct ultrasounds to determine whether she is pregnant. A pregnancy lasts between 95 and 160 days, they said.
Mei Xiang?has given birth to two cubs. One died a week after its birth last year. The other was born in 2005 and is now at the?China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda?in Wolong.
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Saturday, March 30, 2013
George Christy Talks About The Professional Dancers Society, Mitzi ...
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?Giant footsteps ? we?ve taken giant footsteps!?? With evangelical fervor, Ben Vereen was praising the progress of the arts.? The award-winning actor, singer, dancer, an international breakout star during the ?70s with his starring role in Pippin, was honored with the 26th annual Gypsy Award during the Professional Dancers Society luncheon at The Beverly Hilton?s Grand Ballroom. ? For more than four decades, Ben?s showcased his astonishing versatility, and today he and his band are touring his one-man show, Steppin? Out.
This looked-forward-to event hosted by the Professional Dancers Society sells out, recently honoring Julie Andrews.? For $170, there?s the three-course luncheon and a whale?s worth of entertainment, including a treasure trove of film clips starring fabulous dancers of yesterday and today. ? Did you know Carl Reiner, now 91, was a shake-your-booty dancer once upon a time?
Lee Hale?s the genius behind the thrilling video/film clip segments, featuring Busby Berkeley and Hermes Pan classics, along with fabled hoofers through the decades. ? His autobiography, The Lee Hale Story, traces a childhood from Tacoma, Washington to his brilliant career in Hollywood.? Producing, writing and directing with the best of the best. ? Gene Kelly, Dean Martin, Mitzi Gaynor, Florence Henderson, Bob Hope, Rita Hayworth, Rosemary Clooney, Tony Bennett. In 1971, Orson Welles declared, ?Lee put me where I am today in the world of music.?
Every spring, Mitzi Gaynor, the PDS president for nine years, pops the cork for the afternoon, regaling everyone with drop-dead comic timing.? The ballroom?s filled with loving warmth, and nonstop applause from the crush of dancers and friends of all ages, attesting to Sandi Johnson?s belief that ?we dancers are fun folk.?? Sandi received the Gypsy Robe this year, a tradition from the 1950s handed down from one dancer to another, each adding their personal memorabilia to Ret Turner?s raggedy-ass costume, a Mad Hatter?s ?hello, there!? hallucination.
After the luncheon of carrot soup, chicken with a mild chili sauce, and baked Alaska, underwritten by heiress Joni Berry, the big-hearted chairman of the PDS board, Michael Rooney (yes, the son of Mickey) was presented with the First Choreographers Award.? ? Comings and goings flourished, with loyalists Florence Henderson and Dick Van Dyke lighting up the stage, the best hotel ballroom stage in our town.
Mitzi had returned from Chicago, where Leonard Maltin interviewed her for Turner Movie Classics (?fell in love with him?). ? Indefatigable, she travels week after week performing her one woman show. ? ?Show business isn?t simply New York or L.A.,? she reminded.? ?It?s Muncie, Indiana and Spokane, Washington.?? We?ve never forgotten Mitzi?s remark that she was ?born to make people happy!?
Monies from the luncheon give life to dancers in need, as the Actors Fund?s Keith McNutt noted.? More than $150,000 was raised. ? ?We?re there for dancers whose talents contribute so much to our joyful memories,? says Joni,? and we?re there to help with medical expenses, low income housing and emergency concerns through our affiliation with the Actors Fund of America.?
The late PR veteran Dale Olson made the marriage between PDS and the Actors Fund, and he was remembered, as were Billy Barnes and those performers the entertainment community lost over the year.? ? Birthdays were also remembered. ? Among them were? designer Bob Mackie, Lee Hale, and Shane Rosamonda, Mitzi?s co-manager with Rene Reyes.
Debbie Reynolds, always a presence of sheer delight, presented Ben Vereen with his Gypsy Award.? Debbie brought back our recollection from a USC Town and Gown evening when she was honored.? Arriving from El Paso, Texas with her mom, she was Mary Frances Reynolds.? A spark plug of a singer, dancer, actress. ? Happily she and mom managed an appointment/audition with Jack Warner of Warner Bros. ? Driving to the studio in Burbank, they were delayed.? For more than an hour. ? A dog called Debbie bolted headlong into a truck.? A sympathetic crowd quickly clustered, halting traffic.
Mr. Warner was not amused by the Texas latecomers.? However, he was charmed by the mother and talented daughter, complaining that Mary Frances was no name for a movie star. ? In an inspired moment, mogul Warner decided to professionally rename Mary Frances as Debbie Reynolds.? After that dead dog named Debbie. ? So help us, we were there.? In that Town and Gown audience as a Sunday dinner guest of MCA founder Jules Stein and his wife Doris, who were the Emperor and Empress of Hollywood.
Debbie?s now published her memoir, Unthinkable.? We were floored with the naughty tale about Shelley Winters during a Malibu party.? She writes that the Rat Pack?s Sammy Davis Jr. has the ?smallest ass.?
?If Jay Leno were a Jewish (or Italian) mother, he?d know how to handle NBC,? writes the New York Post?s right-on television critic Linda Stasi about the network dumping Jay for Jimmy Fallon.? ?He wouldn?t use his scathing nightly monologues or his worldwide reach to cut them down for trying to cut him out ?
?He?d use something much more deadly.? He?d use that sentence ? the one that has felled millions of mighty men and women ? the deadly bullet of guilt ?
?Repeat after me: ?That?s the thanks I get for giving you the best 21 years of my life and making you so (pick one) rich/happy ? ??
Linda Stasi continued, ?For 21 years, Leno has made NBC gazillions by delivering almost consistently the top-rated show in late night.? For 21 years, he has been the best son any network could want.?
Television?s changing at a dizzying pace with archivists recalling the launch of the The Tonight Show during the ?50s.? Host Steve Allen described it as ?a mild little show in a New York theatre that sleeps 800 people.?? For his premiere night, Steve fried 100 eggs in a gigantic frying pan.
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Kleiner-Backed Fisker Mulls Bankruptcy as Investor Search Persists ...
NEW YORK/DETROIT, March 28 (Reuters) ? Fisker Automotive, the U.S.-backed maker of luxury plug-in hybrid sports cars, has hired law firm Kirkland & Ellis to advise it on a possible bankruptcy filing, a source said on Thursday, while executives continue their search for a strategic investor.
The company, based in Anaheim, California, furloughed its U.S. work force this week to preserve cash.
Fisker, founded in 2007, has raised more than $1 billion in venture capital, according to Thomson Reuters (publisher of peHUB).?Most recently, the company raised $103.67 million in September 2012 from Advanced Equities Inc., Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, New Enterprise Associates and one undisclosed firm, Thomson Reuters reports. KP has participated in all but one of the company?s 14 financing rounds, while NEA has participated in seven, according to Thomson Reuters.
Anup Sathy, a bankruptcy lawyer at Kirkland who handled the Chapter 11 filings of General Growth Properties and Innkeepers USA Trust, is advising Fisker, the source said.
On Wednesday, two sources said the company was considering bankruptcy while it pursued alternatives.
All of the sources declined to be named because the matter is not public.
A Fisker spokesman declined to comment. Neither Kirkland & Ellis nor Sathy were immediately available to comment.
Fisker, which makes the $100,000-plus Karma plug-in hybrid, has not produced a car since July and is seeking a financial backer to help finish the development of a second plug-in hybrid, the Atlantic, and produce it at a Delaware plant.
The company?s cash crunch comes less than a month before it must make a payment on a U.S. Department of Energy loan that Fisker received in 2009. Fisker declined to divulge the amount of the payment, which is due April 22.
Fisker has faced many challenges this month, including the abrupt resignation of its founder, Henrik Fisker, over ?several major disagreements? with top management.
Its efforts to find an investor in China also stalled. The company had been in talks with Chinese automakers Dongfeng Motor Group and Zhejiang Geely Holding Group to gauge their interest in acquiring a majority stake in Fisker.
Both Geely and Dongfeng balked at the terms of Fisker?s loan agreement with the DOE. Fisker?s chief executive, Tony Posawatz, visited China this week to try to rekindle those deals, sources said this week.
?OVERLY AMBITIOUS? PLAN
Fisker was founded by Henrik Fisker and his partner Barny Koehler in 2007 shortly before a deep recession in the United States sapped consumer demand for vehicles.
Fisker has raised $1.2 billion since it was founded and has the backing of Ray Lane, a managing partner at venture firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers who is also a Fisker director.
The Karma quickly won accolades for its styling and cache with celebrities, including pop star Justin Bieber and actor Leonardo DiCaprio, who is also an investor in the company.
In 2009, the DOE awarded Fisker a $529 million loan as part of an Obama administration program to finance advanced vehicle development. Fisker used $193 million of the loan and earmarked the bulk of the funding for the Atlantic.
But the DOE froze its credit line partly due to Fisker?s delays in launching the Karma. The last payment from the DOE came in May 2011, government records show.
The resulting cash crunch made it tough for Fisker to meet what Posawatz described last year as an ?overly ambitious and aggressive? business plan.
Fisker has been flagging its interest in a strategic partner since at least April 2012, when then-CEO Tom LaSorda unveiled a concept version of the Atlantic at the New York auto show. LaSorda later left the company and was succeeded by Posawatz.
Sources said this week that Fisker now is open to selling off pieces of the company, including intellectual property rights for its plug-in electric hybrid technology.
The Wall Street Journal first reported the hiring of Kirkland & Ellis.
By Nick Brown and Deepa Seetharaman, Reuters
Additional reporting and editing by Lawrence Aragon, peHUB
Photo: The Fisker automotive electric Atlantic sedan is seen during its unveiling ahead of the 2012 International Auto Show in New York April 3, 2012. Photographed by??by?Allison Joyce, Reuters.?
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Charlie Daniels has successful pacemaker surgery
NEW YORK (AP) ? A representative for Charlie Daniels says the 76-year-old country singer is recovering after having a pacemaker implanted Thursday.
Daniels was diagnosed Monday with "a mild case of pneumonia." Tests at a Nashville, Tenn.-area hospital revealed that he needed a pacemaker to regulate his heart rate. He's scheduled to be released Friday.
Daniels said in a statement that he's feeling better and looking forward to spending Easter with his family.
His Saturday and Sunday performances at Middle Tennessee State University have been canceled. Concerts with his band on April 5 in Englewood, N.J., and April 6 in Newark, Ohio, have been canceled and will be rescheduled. His tour will resume April 11 in Lynchburg, Va.
Daniels has been a member of the Grand Ole Opry for five years. His hits include "The Devil Went Down to Georgia."
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Thursday, March 28, 2013
Will The Next iPhone Keep Ahead of Android?
If Apple?s regular release schedule is to be trusted, we should expect a new iPhone this summer. Will it be called the iPhone 5S with small improvements over the iPhone 5? Or will the pressure from rival Android phones force Apple to go big and make a complete overhaul?
So far, the rumor mills point to an incremental upgrade ? no revolutionary changes. So let?s read the tealeaves and try to predict what will be changed. And remember, this is all conjecture with no official information forthcoming from Apple.
New Flash and Better Camera
I like to start with the fun stuff, like the camera. Certainly, the next iPhone could get a megapixel upgrade. There are some Android phones that brag 13 Megapixels, and while it?s possible Apple could increase the resolution of their camera, I think a more interesting upgrade would be the inclusion of a new, smart flash that incorporates Phillips multi-color LED. To match ambient light, the camera could elect to use a white flash (in fluorescent or colder lighting) or a yellow flash to match warmer room tones (candlelight, camp-fires, or accent lighting).
Faster
Now for the guts of the new phone: leaked photos published by iOSDoc imply the iPhone will be getting an upgrade from its current dual core A6 processor to a quad core A7 processor. Yes, more cores mean a faster phone, but is this a life-changing speed improvement? Um, no.
Bigger Screen is Doubtful
There have been tons of rumors about Apple increasing the screen size from 4 inches to 4.8 inches to compete with some of the Android ?Phablets? like the Note. But this rumor seems a little thin with CEO Tim Cook stating publically on Apple?s Q1 2013 Earnings Call that he thinks Apple made the right decision to stick with a smaller screen.
Wireless Charging
Unlike current wireless charging where you have to put a device onto a pad that?s plugged into a power source, Apple has applied for a patent to use something called Near Field Magnetic Resonance (NFMR). With this technology, a home base (a computer or larger device) serves as a hub that can charge the phone anywhere within a meter?s proximity. This could also be a boon for selling more Mac laptops if they become the primary vehicle for wireless NFMR charging.
Biometric Fingerprint Security
Rumors are flying about a fingerprint sensor on the home key to allow for biometric security. This could be a smart idea if Apple wants to shore up public perception of the device?s security before rolling out the Nea
r Field Communications (NFC) wave-to-pay technology that turns your phone into a credit card.
IOS 7
For the first time ever, I am including an IOS update in the ?Fun Rumors? category. While the iPhone operating system (currently IOS 6) is not usually an opportunity for big innovation, this portion of the company has recently been taken over by Jonathon Ive, Apple?s superstar design guru. He is no doubt feeling pressure to bring his genius to bear on software (good luck with that) and may surprise us with a few cool new tricks. I expect a Siri upgrade at the very least, and a determination to show that Apple?s maps have recovered from the debacle of the IOS 6 roll out.
Lower Cost iPhone
Where Android phones pose the greatest clear and present danger to the iPhone is on price. Many models are free with a 2-year contract. So the $199 price tag of the iPhone with a 2-year contract is just too steep for many. The biggest price pressure is coming from emerging markets like China and Brazil, where Apple has to lower the price of their only phone in the initial land grab for new smartphone users.
[Related: Do Apple Products Ever Go On Sale?]
If Apple introduces a free-on-2-year-contract phone, this lower cost version will almost certainly still be able to access faster LTE data networks. It will possibly have a slower Snapdragon System on a Chip (SOC) processor from Qualcomm. It might include a bigger battery, which could increase the phone?s thickness from the current 7.6 mm to a rumored 8.2 mm. It could have a lower resolution camera. And the most interesting possibility: its case could be from a cheaper plastic or fiberglass, which could allow for a multitude of colors.
Bottom Line
The inclusion of a cheaper iPhone could be a huge boon to consumers. If you?ve been holding out until Apple?s flagship device became more affordable, don?t let the slightly diminished technical specs deter you. The beauty of the iPhone is that it?s intuitive and fun to use ? but that?s a function of the operating system, not the hardware. If it were me, I?d wait to buy until the consumer testers run the cheaper iPhone through it?s paces and make sure there?s nothing glaringly wrong, and then I?d get it. That is, if Apple actually releases two versions as part of its traditional June release cycle.
Have predictions of your own? Let us know on our Facebook page.
[Related: Where to Get the Most Money for Your Old Gadgets]
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Shot Pakistani teen Malala Yousafzai writing book
FILE - In this undated file photo provided by Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England, Malala Yousufzai, the 15-year-old girl who was shot at close range in the head by a Taliban gunman in Pakistan, reads a book as she continues her recovery at the hospital. Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager shot in the head by the Taliban, is writing a memoir. Publisher Weidenfeld and Nicolson said Thursday March 28, 2013 it will release "I am Malala" in Britain this fall. Little, Brown will publish it in the United States.A Taliban gunman shot Malala on Oct. 9, while she was on her way home from school in northwestern Pakistan. (AP Photo/Queen Elizabeth Hospital, File)
FILE - In this undated file photo provided by Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England, Malala Yousufzai, the 15-year-old girl who was shot at close range in the head by a Taliban gunman in Pakistan, reads a book as she continues her recovery at the hospital. Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager shot in the head by the Taliban, is writing a memoir. Publisher Weidenfeld and Nicolson said Thursday March 28, 2013 it will release "I am Malala" in Britain this fall. Little, Brown will publish it in the United States.A Taliban gunman shot Malala on Oct. 9, while she was on her way home from school in northwestern Pakistan. (AP Photo/Queen Elizabeth Hospital, File)
LONDON (AP) ? Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager shot in the head by the Taliban as she returned home from school, is writing a book about the traumatic event and her long-running campaign to promote children's education.
Publisher Weidenfeld and Nicolson announced that it would release "I am Malala" in Britain and Commonwealth countries this fall. Little, Brown and Co. will publish the 15-year-old's memoir in the United States and much of the rest of the world.
"Malala is already an inspiration to millions around the world. Reading her story of courage and survival will open minds, enlarge hearts, and eventually allow more girls and boys to receive the education they hunger for," said Michael Pietsch, executive vice president and publisher of Little, Brown.
A Taliban gunman shot Malala on Oct. 9 in northwestern Pakistan. The militant group said it targeted her because she promoted "Western thinking" and, through a blog, had been an outspoken critic of the Taliban's opposition to educating girls.
The shooting sparked outrage in Pakistan and many other countries, and her story drew global attention to the struggle for women's rights in Malala's homeland. The teen even made the shortlist for Time magazine's "Person of the Year" in 2012.
Malala was brought to the U.K. for treatment and spent several months in a hospital undergoing skull reconstruction and cochlear implant surgeries. She was released last month and has started attending school in Britain.
Malala said in a statement Wednesday that she hoped telling her story would be "part of the campaign to give every boy and girl the right to go to school.
"I hope the book will reach people around the world, so they realize how difficult it is for some children to get access to education," she said. "I want to tell my story, but it will also be the story of 61 million children who can't get education."
Publishers did not reveal the price tag for the book deal, estimated by the Guardian newspaper at 2 million pounds ($3 million).
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Man pleads not guilty to extorting A&M professor
HOUSTON (AP) ? James Arnt Aune was regarded as a fine scholar, mentor and friend by students and his fellow professors at Texas A&M University, where he headed the school's Department of Communication.
But Aune, who jumped to his death from the roof of a campus parking garage in January, battled depression in recent years. He struggled with the administrative duties of being a department head, and he was badly shaken by his 2007 battle with prostate cancer, which he survived but which forced him to face his own mortality, his widow said.
"He never really came all the way back," Miriam Aune said of his surviving cancer.
He began drinking heavily, and in December he started a sexually explicit online relationship with what he thought was an underage girl, according to prosecutors. He was soon contacted by a man purporting to be her outraged father, who threatened to expose Aune unless he paid him $5,000.
Aune paid the man $1,500, but he didn't know if he could come up with the rest, authorities say. He confessed to his wife, who pledged to stand by him, but about a week later, the 59-year-old Aune jumped to his death after sending a final text: "Killing myself now. And u will be prosecuted for black mail."
The man who got that text, according to prosecutors, pleaded not guilty Tuesday in a Houston federal courtroom to an extortion charge. The 37-year-old Metairie, La., resident was ordered to remain in jail without bail, and his trial is scheduled for May 28. If convicted, he faces up to two years in jail. His court-appointed attorney, Marjorie Meyers, declined to comment about the case.
Authorities allege that Aune was one of many victims of a scheme in which the man used his daughter to lure men into sexually explicit online relationships and later blackmailed them. The Associated Press isn't naming the man to protect the identity of his daughter.
In the criminal complaint, prosecutors contend that the man's daughter told authorities in Louisiana in 2011 that her father took naked photos and videos of her and used them "to scam men" through MocoSpace, a social networking website mainly for mobile devices.
On the site, "she would meet men, get their phone numbers and send them pictures and videos then (her father) would call them and say how she was his daughter and how she would need counseling and they had to pay for it."
At the time of that 2011 interview, her father was facing two counts of oral sexual battery and two counts of aggravated incest. The charges were dropped in February 2012 due to a lack of corroborating evidence, said Rachael Domiano, a spokeswoman for the 21st Judicial District Attorney's Office in Louisiana.
Federal prosecutors on Tuesday declined to comment about certain details of the alleged scheme, and it wasn't clear from the criminal complaint if prosecutors believe the defendant's daughter actually interacted with Aune, or if her image was used to allegedly dupe him.
Miriam Aune, 56, told The Associated Press that investigators told her that the defendant was the person who communicated with her husband and other men, pretending to be his daughter. She said her husband told her he began the online chats sometime in December and that by the third or fourth day after the chats began, the defendant reached out to him asking for money.
According to court records, undated texts show Aune scrambling to put money on prepaid credit cards for the defendant and asking for his forgiveness, saying "I am very sorry. It was a weak moment."
A week before his suicide, James Aune confessed to his wife. Miriam Aune said her husband never told her why he did it.
She pledged her support for him, but said he became despondent after his confession.
"I was just telling him there was nothing that we couldn't get through. We have two autistic children we have raised to adulthood. We've been through rough stuff. I thought we could get through this," Miriam Aune said.
According to a criminal complaint, the defendant continued bombarding Aune with profanity laced emails, texts and voicemails, including a Jan. 7 email in which he warned Aune that he had until noon the next day to pay or else "the police, your place of employment, students, ALL OVER THE INTERNET ...ALL OF THEM will be able to see your conversations, texts, pictures you sent ...."
On Jan. 8 at 9:21 a.m., the defendant texted, "3 more hours. If i don't hear from you the calls start," according the criminal complaint by FBI agent Nikki Allen.
At 10:29 a.m., Aune replied, "Killing myself now And u will be prosecuted for black mail."
He jumped from the parking garage roof about a minute later, shocking the A&M campus, which is about 100 miles northwest of Houston.
Miriam Aune doesn't excuse her husband's actions. She said it was his decision to go online and begin the conversations.
"It just shows you anybody can slip off the path. I know a lot of people are very surprised by this. He was very human with flaws, just like all of us," she said.
But she said it saddens her to know that some people will only remember her husband for what happened at the end of his life.
"To him, being a professor, it was a sacred duty to him. And he cared so much about his students," she said as she cried. "The people who know him, who loved him, they are not going to feel any differently about him."
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?After Love?
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Click the arrow on the audio player to?hear Alan Michael Parker read this poem. You can also download?the recording or?subscribe?to?Slate's Poetry Podcast on iTunes.
I wrote letters of introduction
and sent them to every embassy
of every future
just in case you need something
when you get there
including to all the outposts of wind-up afternoons
and to all the banquets where the gods disagree
and to all the bees muscling in all the flowers
and of course to every color.
In the letters I share a couple of our secrets
the story of our argument on the way to Toronto
how we drove by Toronto arguing
because you were wrong
and later the sweet closing of your body
on my Niagara Falls my Maid of the Mist my Sea World
and how in love
you breathe in as though you were laughing.
Your right hand rubs my scalp
scratching without thinking
after love
as though my head were your own.
I put that in a few of the letters.
I hope this is all okay.
Now wherever you go they?ll know you
and you?ll be asked to accompany
all of the presidents
every grain of blue
and all of the ministers
every knife of every poplar
and all of the other world?s ambassadors
every cogitating groundhog.
I wouldn?t mind being there
to see.
Although my first obligation is right here
as you rise after love
to dress back-lighted and so slowly
as each gesture rounds off
how the light feels about the room.
Everyone should know?I will tell everyone.
I can do this much.
I will write more letters more letters
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Dana White?s latest video blog shows he is a fan of shooting guns, riding motorcycles and apple-picking
With no fight this week, UFC president Dana White released a video blog that shows what he and his "idiot friends" do when visiting his place in Maine. Yes, there's plenty of NSFW language. Take a look and see what White and his friends are up to, including:
1. Talk one friend into trying the spiciest hot sauce ever.
2. Blow things up.
3. Shoot guns while calling each other a nickname for a cat.
4. Apple-picking, though it doesn't look like they're picking honeycrisp apples, the finest of all apple varieties.
5. Milk goats in a way that looks pretty uncomfortable for the goat.
6. Drive motorcycles.
[Also: Nick Diaz can cry foul all he wants, but he's not getting a rematch with GSP]
And a little advice for Nick the Tooth. I was once told at an Indian restaurant, after eating very spicy food, that beer or soda pop are your best bets to cool a burning mouth.
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Tuesday, March 26, 2013
CBO lowers personal loan ceiling to 35%Financial Services - Zawya
By A.E. James
Muscat: The Central Bank of Oman (CBO) yesterday decided to bring down the upper ceiling of personal loan portfolio of commercial banks to 35 per cent from 40 per cent of a bank's total credit, while increasing the housing loan limit to 15 per cent from 10 per cent now. The decision was taken by the board of governors, which met under the chairmanship of Dr Ali bin Mohammed bin Moosa, Deputy Chairman of the board here yesterday. It is not clear whether the decision will be implemented immediately or a grace period will be granted to local banks to comply with the revised upper limit.
Market analysts said that the increase in upper limit of mortgage finance will help real estate sector, although banks will get a lower margin compared to personal loan.
"Since it is backed by assets, the loan quality will improve and will help the growth of real economy," noted Sankar Kailasam, Head of Asset Management at Gulf Baader Capital Markets. The CBO decision was aimed at bringing in discipline among those who take personal loan. There have been concerns that a sizable amount of personal loan is used for conspicuous consumption, which include luxury cars, mobile phones and leisure travel.
In other words, the increase in will help to create more appreciating assets, than depreciating assets. Of late, the Majlis A'Shura also discussed the issue in detail. The aggregate personal loan portfolio of all banks touched OMR5.8 billion (which include mortgage finance) by end-December, 2012. This constitutes 41 per cent of the total loan portfolio of all banks at OMR14.36 billion. "So, there is ample room for banks to grow their mortgage finance portfolio," added Kailasam.
Kailasam said those commercial banks, which have already reached their upper ceiling (of 40 per cent personal loan and 10 per cent housing finance) can not grow their retail portfolio, which is generally a high margin business. However, if corporate loan grows at a faster pace, banks will be able to increase its personal loan portfolio as well.
In principle approval
The CBO board also gave an in principle approval for ahlibank to take over the assets and liabilities of Taageer Finance Company.
Further, the board approved the application of National Bank of Oman to expand its business in the United Arab Emirates by opening additional branches. In addition, the board discussed the scope for investments of Islamic banking, besides the personal and housing finance in the context of Islamic Banks.
The apex bank last year brought down interest rate ceiling on new personal loan to 7 per cent from 8 per cent, offering relief to bank borrowers. The interest rate cut was aimed at bringing down the repayment burden or indebtedness of bank borrowers, at a time interest rates across the board have witnessed a substantial fall.
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Source: http://www.zawya.com/story/CBO_lowers_personal_loan_ceiling_to_35-ZAWYA20130325041021/
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Mar 26 (Reuters) - Leading money winners on the 2013 PGATour on Monday (U.S. unless stated): 1. Tiger Woods $3,787,600 2. Brandt Snedeker $2,859,920 3. Matt Kuchar $2,154,500 4. Steve Stricker $1,820,000 5. Phil Mickelson $1,650,260 6. Hunter Mahan $1,553,965 7. John Merrick $1,343,514 8. Dustin Johnson $1,330,507 9. Russell Henley $1,313,280 10. Kevin Streelman $1,310,343 11. Keegan Bradley $1,274,593 12. Charles Howell III $1,256,373 13. Michael Thompson $1,254,669 14. Brian Gay $1,171,721 15. Justin Rose $1,155,550 16. Jason Day $1,115,565 17. Chris Kirk $1,097,053 18. ...
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Musharraf returns to 'save Pakistan,' but nation skeptical
General Pervez Musharraf ruled Pakistan for nine years until pushed into self-imposed exile. He returned today to stand for parliamentary elections in May.?
Pakistan's former ruler General Pervez Musharraf waves to supporters as he arrives at Karachi airport on Sunday.
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Mr. Musharraf left Pakistan as a retired general, but returns as a politician whose party is planning to contest parliamentary elections this May while he has a number of legal notices to respond to.?While Musharraf says that he has returned to "save Pakistan," analysts believe that the former army chief will have a "minimal" impact, if at all, on the elections.
After several years of living in exile in London and Dubai, Musharraf announced that he would come back to Pakistan after the parliament ? that threatened to impeach him in 2008 ? completed its term and a caretaker government was in place. This was largely met with by skepticism, given that his return has often been delayed. He arrived in Karachi on Sunday and spoke briefly with supporters amassed at the airport.
?I have come back for the poor people,? he said, despite the threats to his life. ?I will be addressing rallies all over Pakistan, please come and listen to me again.? His planned rally on Sunday evening in Karachi was abandoned after the provincial police cancelled a no-objection certificate issued to his party for using the venue.
In 2010, Musharraf formed a political party called the All Pakistan Muslim League while living in London. But his career as a politician in exile has not been successful. Several members left the party after being disillusioned by Musharraf?s reluctance to come back to Pakistan. His party has little infrastructure or a membership base, and has not been an active political force to reckon with. Party spokesperson Aasia Ishaque said that ?Musharraf is a brave man? for opting to return and would be given a "grand welcome" by his supporters.
Musharraf and the All Pakistan Muslim League say they will be participating in the May 11 polls. However, analyst Ikram Sehgal says Musharraf would have a ?minimal? impact on the elections. The insurgent politician capturing attention isn't Musharraf, but cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan.?According to Mr. Sehgal, ?The two main parties [the Pakistan Peoples Party and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz] are worried about Imran Khan coming up in the stretch before the elections.?
Columnist Cyril Almeida says that ?Musharraf the politician today evokes the memory of Imran Khan from a decade ago: a high-wattage name, lots of media coverage, and absolutely no impact on the electorate. Perhaps the best punishment for Musharraf is the one he's chosen for himself: to court a voting public that has entirely moved on from the man and his era.?
Mr. Sehgal adds: ?At the end of the day, Musharraf?s supporters ? with or without his consent ? will end up supporting Imran Khan."
While Musharraf was once an ally of the US in the fight against Al Qaeda, his appeal has waned at home and abroad. Influential figures in Pakistani society, politics, and the military that used to back Musharraf have found other candidates to support, including Imran Khan and his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party.
Despite this, Sehgal says that Musharraf would get a ?warm welcome in Karachi,? the country's business capital.
?The business community likes him,? he says. Pakistan's growth rate?picked up post-9/11, after Musharraf led the country into an alliance with the US in the war in Afghanistan.?
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Monday, March 25, 2013
Google's Global Impact Challenge Will Award $3M To 4 UK Social Entrepreneurs, With Tim Berners-Lee And Richard Branson Among The Judges
Google, the world's largest search engine and one of the most powerful tech companies around, is now using its muscle to search for something new: social entrepreneurs. Today, the company is announcing the Global Impact Challenge, a new prize that will award ?2 million ($3 million) between four non-profit startups based in the UK that are using technology for social good in areas like education, economic development, health, environment and community service. Judges for the award include Tim Berners-Lee, Richard Branson, and we the people via a public vote. If successful, the prize could serve as a template for future social enterprise competitions in other countries.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/Ks-3E4yroiI/
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Spotify launches first ad campaign
(Reuters) - On demand music service Spotify said it is launching its first advertising campaign on Monday, focusing on U.S. television to hook additional listeners.
Spotify is spending more than $10 million on commercials that will debut during the new season of "The Voice," a talent show for singers on NBC.
The commercials, created by the advertising agency Droga5, include a concert-goer crowd surfing in an endless sea of people and a guy dancing at a party.
When Spotify was founded in 2006 by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon, the music service depended heavily on its integration with Facebook
With more 20 million active users - including 5 million subscribers who pay to listen the service ad-free and on different mobile devices - Spotify is seeking to gain share as competition from other streaming music services like
Streaming and on demand music services are popular with consumers though the business model requires lots of capital for royalty rights. Spotify said in December it has paid more than $500 million to the music industry since its launch and that roughly 70 percent of its revenue goes back to music rights holders.
Meanwhile on Monday, Business Insider reported that Spotify is looking to expand to a video on-demand service similar to that of Netflix's
Spotify CEO Ek said in an interview with CNET that it is something it will not be doing anytime soon. "I won't rule it out because we're a company that looks at what we're doing incredibly long term. But right now, we're all focused on music."
(Reporting by Jennifer Saba in New York; Editing by Marguerita Choy)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/spotify-launches-first-ad-campaign-210243221--sector.html
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Michael Dell May Lose Control Of PC Maker After Two Competing Buyout Bids Emerge
Dell's board is looking at two surprise takeover bids from Blackstone Group and billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn, reports Reuters citing sources close to the discussion. A special committee is deciding whether either proposal would trump an existing $24.4 billion buyout offer from the PC maker's founder Michael Dell and private equity firm Silver Lake.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/GoLZgnhHmWc/
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Sunday, March 24, 2013
T-Mobile's new no-contract rate plans now available
T-Mobile has been planning on moving solely to no-contract plans for several months now, and today is the day they go into effect. Clicking on over to T-Mobile's website reveals no-contract plans as your only option to receive service, with some seriously competitive pricing. The default plan setup is one that offers 1 line of service, with unlimited talk, text, and data -- which is throttled (to 2G speeds) after 500MB -- for $50 per month. You can then slide up the scale of data in 2GB increments from 500MB to 12GB. Each bump in data adds $10 to the monthly plan, so the range is $50 for 500MB up to $110 for 12GB of data, with hotspot/tethering included in the price at each level. Hit the break for more details
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NLRB requires Oakland employer to release confidential docs ...
In a potentially far-reaching decision, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ruled an employer must turn over confidential employee witness statements to a union as part of a grievance procedure.
The statements were part of a work??place investigation that resulted in the firing of an employee at the Pied??mont Gardens Nursing Home in Oak??land. The nursing home ob??tained some statements with a promise of confidentiality. Other employees, however, provided statements without requesting confidentiality. Pied??mont Gardens used the statements to justify the man?s firing.
He complained to the United Health??care Workers-West, the union representing Piedmont Gardens employees. It requested ?all statements? taken during the in??ves??ti??ga??tion.? The nursing home refused on the grounds that doing so would ?breach witness confidentiality.?
The union complained to the NLRB, which ruled that witness statements taken during workplace investigation may be turned over under certain con??ditions. The case is Piedmont Gar??dens (359 NLRB No. 46, 2012).
A previous NLRB ruling gave employers a safe harbor from providing statements in order to protect confidentiality.
The NLRB set out a two-part test for requiring release of confidential witness statements:
- The information requested must be relevant to the grievance at hand.
- The employer asserting the confidentiality argument must turn over witness statements unless it can prove that a ?legitimate and substantial confidentiality interest exists and that it outweighs? the union?s need for the information.
The NLRB recommends that parties attempt to work out accommodations that allow the union to perform its function while limiting breaches of confidentiality.
Advice: Faced with similar circumstances, consult your attorney. You don?t want to mislead witnesses about the degree to which you can guarantee confidentiality.
Note: This and many other recent NLRB rulings may be overturned if the U.S. Supreme Court upholds a recent federal appeals court decision that the NLRB has not been properly constituted since January 2012.
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