Obama campaign says it surpasses 4 million donors

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Usain Bolt goes for the gold (hair) on 'SNL'

By Susan Hornik, TODAY contributor

Turns out Usain St. Leo Bolt, can do (even!) more than win Olympic gold medals -- last night, he made millions of NBC?s ?Saturday Night Live? viewers laugh in his very first cameo experience on the show. The Jamaican sprinter sported an amusing accent in a quick scene as one of the blonds in the returning soap opera spoof about California freeways, ?The Californians,? (check out his Instagram pix!)

Bolt also did a cameo during the cold open?s vice presidential debate skit, where he had a few hilarious moments as Congressman Paul Ryan's (an Eddie Munster-looking Taran Killam) running partner.

?Don?t let anyone tell you something is impossible,? stated Ryan. (Killam) ?Take it from me -- not only have I run a sub-three hour marathon and a sub-four minute mile, but just this summer, with very little training, I competed in and won the 100-meters at the London Olympics!?

Paul Ryan recently made news when it was reported that his athletic achievements were exaggerated, which is why in the ?SNL? skit, Biden (Jason Sudeikis) countered: ?Aw, that?s not true!?

Ryan (Killam) replied: ?Yes it is true! If you don?t believe me, ask my running partner, Usain Bolt!?

Enter Bolt.

"Usain, please tell him who won the 100 meters!?"

Bolt (in a blank, deadpan voice): ?"I did."

Ryan then asked Bolt about his finish. "You didn't finish. You weren't even there!" Ryan thanks him and Usain gave a thumbs -up to the camera, much to the delight of the studio audience.

Other laugh-out-loud chuckles in the mock debate: Ryan (Killam) drinking water given to him from a hamster water bottle and being directed to not look directly at the camera, since he was ?frightening children.?

A nostalgic Christina Applegate returned to guest host the series, noting that the last time she had been hosted the show was in 1993, ?when she was 10!? It was also the same night as Chris Farley?s ?Matt Foley? character debuted, she noted.

Applegate showed a photo of her original skit with the dearly missed Farley and at the time, ?SNL? member, David Spade, along with a second photo of her from that 1993 show. ?Here?s a photo of me not in costume -- somehow my outfit was worse than (Farley's)!? she quipped.

Another satirical tongue-firmly-in-cheek skit featured "Tech Talk," ?a talk show hosted by Applegate, where three geeky technological reps from the computer news service CNET, Wired magazine and Gizmodo were interviewed about everything they were not happy about with the new iPhone 5. Namely, the mapping service does not work, the apps are too slow, the phone itself is too lightweight. They were then unexpectedly trapped, er joined, by three "peasant laborers" from the iPhone factory in China, who share their perspective on their whining complaints.

Mr. Cho ("SNL's" Fred Armisen in fake Chinese accent) "Talk about Apple Maps. It no work right? It take you to wrong place -- you want Starbucks and it takes you to Dunkin' Donuts. That must be so hard for you."

Adds another worker: "I guess we are just lucky. We don't need maps. We sleep where we work. But thank you for pointing out problem."

Asked if they would like to complain about a product made in America, ?Armisen said: "What does America make? Does diabetes count as a product? If not, we have to get back to you."

Did Usain Bolt look good as a blond? Which was your favorite skit? Tell us on our Facebook page!

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Source: http://theclicker.today.com/_news/2012/10/14/14431442-olympian-usain-bolt-goes-blond-for-laughs-on-saturday-night-live?lite

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Former senator Arlen Specter, 82, dies of cancer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Arlen Specter, a gruff, independent-minded moderate who spent three decades in the U.S. Senate but was spurned by Pennsylvania voters after switching in 2009 from Republican to Democrat, died on Sunday of cancer, his family said. He was 82.

Specter played a pivotal role in many of the major issues of his time, including the investigation into the assassination of President John Kennedy, disputes over controversial Supreme Court nominees, and the Senate vote not to remove President Bill Clinton from office for perjury after an affair.

Specter had announced in August a recurrence of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, cancer of the lymphatic system. His son Shanin Specter confirmed his death in Philadelphia.

Resilient, smart and aggressive, the former prosecutor frequently riled conservatives and liberals on his way to becoming Pennsylvania's longest-serving U.S. senator. He was elected to five six-year terms starting in 1980. He left the Republican Party because he said it had become too conservative.

"Arlen Specter was always a fighter. From his days stamping out corruption as a prosecutor in Philadelphia to his three decades of service in the Senate, Arlen was fiercely independent - never putting party or ideology ahead of the people he was chosen to serve," President Barack Obama said in a statement.

Former President George W. Bush said Specter "loved our country and served it with integrity."

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Specter participated in some of the most "consequential and historic debates" of his time. "His fight against cancer served as an inspiration to others battling this deadly disease," he said.

Specter steered a moderate course during an era when the two major U.S. political parties became increasingly polarized, and often broke with his party. His sometimes testy demeanor and opportunistic maneuvering earned him monikers like "Snarlin' Arlen" and "Specter the Defector."

In 2009, Specter left the Republican Party after 44 years when he concluded he could not win his party's primary in Pennsylvania in 2010 against a conservative challenger. But his bid for re-election in 2010 ended in failure when he was beaten by a liberal challenger for the Democratic nomination.

After Kennedy's assassination in 1963, Specter served on the Warren Commission that investigated the shooting, and he helped devise the disputed "single-bullet" theory" that supported the idea of a lone gunman.

During his lengthy Senate career, Specter was crucial in increasing U.S. spending on biomedical research.

He helped get one conservative, Clarence Thomas, confirmed as a Supreme Court justice in 1991, while torpedoing the Supreme Court nomination of another conservative, Robert Bork, in 1987. He infuriated liberals during the Thomas confirmation hearings with prosecutorial questioning of Anita Hill, a law professor who had accused Thomas of sexual harassment. At one point, Specter accused her of "flat-out perjury."

Specter annoyed fellow Republicans by voting "not proven" on impeachment charges against Clinton in 1999, helping prevent the Democrat from being ousted from office over his affair with a White House intern.

Specter unsuccessfully sought the 1996 Republican presidential nomination.

He had several health scares, undergoing open-heart surgery and surgery for a brain tumor, as well as chemotherapy for two bouts of Hodgkin's lymphoma.

In February 2009, a month after the Democrat Obama took office, he became one of three Republican senators to vote for Obama's economic stimulus bill that Specter said was needed to avert a depression like that of the 1930s.

Specter was reviled by some conservatives for giving Obama an important early political victory. In April 2009, Specter at age 79 abandoned the Republicans - saying his party had moved too far to the right - and was welcomed by Obama and Vice President Joe Biden as a Democrat.

Incumbent senators rarely face stiff challenges for their party's nomination for re-election, but Specter barely survived conservative Pat Toomey's challenge in 2004. Pennsylvania Republican primary voters are more conservative than the state's overall electorate, and Specter calculated that he could not win the Republican primary in 2010.

'DECIDED BY THAT JURY'

"I am not prepared to have my 29-year record in the United States Senate decided by the Pennsylvania Republican primary electorate - not prepared to have that record decided by that jury," Specter said in April 2009 in explaining his defection.

In the 2010 Democratic primary, Specter had the support of the Democratic establishment, including Obama, Pennsylvania's governor and labor unions. But liberal challenger Joe Sestak, a retired Navy admiral and two-term congressman, painted Specter as a political contortionist concerned only about himself.

A Sestak TV ad featured a clip of Specter telling a news interviewer: "My change in party will enable me to be re-elected." Sestak thumped Specter in a May 2010 primary.

"He has been a serious and consequential senator for three decades, yet mostly ungenerous words come to mind: driven, tenacious, arrogant, self-righteous, opportunistic," Congress expert Thomas Mann of the Brookings Institution think tank told the New York Times after Specter's defeat.

Toomey, who currently represents Pennsylvania in the Senate, called Specter "a man of sharp intelligence and dogged determination."

Democrat Bob Casey, the state's other senator, said he was "a statesman and a problem solver who was able to work with Democrats and Republicans in the best interest of our commonwealth and our country."

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat, said Specter was "a man of moderation; he was always passionate, but always easy to work with."

Specter was born in Kansas in 1930 during the Great Depression. His father was a Russian Jewish immigrant who owned a junkyard. Specter moved to Philadelphia at age 17 to attend the University of Pennsylvania. He graduated in 1951, then served in the Air Force before attending Yale Law School.

He was a Democrat until age 35, when the Republicans offered their nomination for district attorney of Philadelphia. He served as the city's district attorney from 1966 to 1974.

He is survived by his wife and two sons.

(Reporting by Will Dunham; Editing by Vicki Allen and Stacey Joyce)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/former-senator-arlen-specter-dies-cancer-reports-171617466.html

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SECITC 2013 ? first announcement | 6th International Conference ...

On 14th October 2012, SECITC 2012 Conference is already history. Based on the success of the previous five editions and on the determination to establish a tradition in the ICT Security events, the organizing committee has decided to launch the SECITC 2013 conference.

The International Conference on Security for Information Technology and Communications (SECITC) is a two day conference aimed at specialists that are researching, developing solutions or practitioners in the field of information and communications security. SECITC brings together industry, university and research centers visionaries to discuss cutting edge topics in the ?IT Security Eco-System?.

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Source: http://www.secitc.eu/secitc-2013-first-announcement/

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There can never be a society without crime - Channels Television

On Sunrise today, anchors Alero Edun and Kayode Akintemi were joined by John Kolawole; Secretary General of the Trade Union Congress, Dare Ogunlana; a former NANS President and now a security expert and lastly a former student union leader and now a PR Consultant Olusanya Awosan to dissect issues concerning the spate of violence in Nigeria.

That there will be a society with violence, also a crime-free society is not impossible to be achieved.

Source: http://www.channelstv.com/home/2012/10/13/there-can-never-be-a-society-without-crime-sec-gen-trade-union-congress/

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Venezuela's Chavez shuffles cabinet, then tweets about it

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Thirteen Canada Research Chairs valued at $11 million appointed ...

University of British Columbia research in areas ranging from physical therapy, to conservation ecology, to climate change received a boost today with the appointment, advancement or renewal of 13 Canada Research Chairs.

The chairs ? eight new appointments, three renewals and two advancements from Tier Two to Tier One ? are valued at $11 million.? UBC holds the second largest complement of CRC allocations ? 186 ? at any university in the country.

?The Canada Research Chairs program supports leading edge and innovative research across disciplines,? says Helen Burt, Associate Vice President Research and International at UBC. ?The chair holders represent some of the brightest minds in their respective fields and their contribution to knowledge and impact to society cannot be overstated.?

UBC?s chairs are among 155 federally funded research positions awarded or renewed today, representing a total investment of $121.6 million distributed to 42 post-secondary institutions, research institutes and hospitals across Canada. Seventeen B.C.-based chairs were announced in Vancouver by James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages.

?The research conducted by Canada Research Chairs ? including that of my own at UBC and Vancouver Coastal Health ? makes real differences in people?s lives,? says Teresa Liu-Ambrose, an assistant professor at UBC, physical therapist at Vancouver Coastal Health and the newly appointed Canada Research Chair in Physical Activity, Mobility, and Cognitive Neuroscience. ?I am honoured to join this group of leading investigators.?

BACKGROUND | Thirteen CRCs appointed at UBC

The federally funded Canada Research Chair program was launched in 2000 to build Canada?s research capacity. An investment of $900 million supports the establishment of 2,000 Chairs at universities across the country. Learn more about the Canada Research Chairs program at: http://vpacademic.ubc.ca/canada-research-chairs/

Newly appointed CRCs at UBC are:

Amy Angert, Canada Research Chair in Conservation Ecology, will use targeted experiments to determine how climate, species interactions, and dispersal create range edges and quantify evolutionary potential of range-edge populations. Ultimately, this research will help to guide management and policy decisions concerning climate change adaptation and mitigation.

Teresa Liu-Ambrose, Canada Research Chair in Physical Activity, Mobility, Cognitive Neuroscience, focuses her research on understanding how exercise can prevent both neurocognitive and physical decline in older adults. Her work to date has shown that exercise improves both cognitive performance and brain function in older adults.

Nicholas Harvey, Canada Research Chair in Algorithm Design, is looking for the most efficient algorithms for problems involving large-scale networks: communication networks, social networks, and transportation networks. He uses cutting-edge mathematical tools to create practical applications for real-world networks.

Michele Koppes, Canada Research Chair in Glacier Studies, examines relationships between climate change, ice dynamics, and the production of glacial sediment and meltwater. Her research will provide new insights into the interaction between ice and warming ocean waters and its impact on ice sheet stability, and the role of changing moisture and temperature on mountain glaciers and freshwater resources.

Brian Kwon, Canada Research Chair in Spinal Cord Injury, focuses on ?translation? of discoveries from the laboratory into the clinical setting for individuals with spinal cord injuries and taking what we learn from human patients and using it to direct and focus scientific research in the laboratory.

Steven Martell, Canada Research Chair in Quantitative Fisheries Science, is developing unique tools and testing alternative fisheries management procedures for Canadian fisheries in order to improve our ability to manage risk and make more informed decisions about the impacts of policy on society.

Carla Nappi, Canada Research Chair in Early Modern Studies, examines how translation shaped knowledge and use of the natural world and human bodies in early modern China, with an emphasis on better understanding culture and society amid global exchange with the Asia-Pacific.

Evan Wood, Canada Research Chair in Inner City Medicine, is proposing unique approaches to address substantial health and community concerns in low-income neighbourhoods where poverty, mental illness and drug addiction converge for the betterment of society (more info).

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Three CRC appointments have been renewed

William Pinar, Canada Research Chair in Curriculum Studies, is engaging scholars in South Africa, Brazil and Mexico, whose colonial histories render them compelling to Canadian and U.S. scholars with an interest in social justice. Projects in China and India are also underway.

Christian Schoof, Canada Research Chair in Global Process Modeling, is using simulations to address the dynamics of subglacial melt water drainage and its effect on ice flow speeds ? a key process in both, Antarctica and Greenland.

Robert Shadwick, Canada Research Chair in Integrative Animal Physiology, is studying the biomechanics in fishes, particularly the specializations that power high-speed and unsteady maneuvers ? and in turn, better understand the evolution of large body size in whales.

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Two CRCs have advanced from Tier Two ($500,000 over five years) to Tier One ($1.4M over seven years):

Nicholas Coops, Canada Research Chair in Remote Sensing, is focused on using remote sensing technologies to improve our understanding of forest structure and function, and their impacts on forest productivity and the maintenance of biodiversity.

Weihong Song, Canada Research Chair in Alzheimer?s Disease, has established a world-class Alzheimer research program and made significant discoveries on how gene expression is regulated and influences Alzheimer?s Disease. He will establish a Canada-China translational medical research program for Down Syndrome and Alzheimer?s Disease.

Related topics: arts, business, Canada Research Chairs, CRC, health, research excellence, sustainability

Source: http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/2012/10/12/thirteen-canada-research-chairs-valued-at-11-million-appointed-at-ubc/

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Internet Outsourcing Mastery and Your Business -

Internet Outsourcing Mastery

Many people look to online businesses as a way to finally leave the nine-to-five job that they find themselves stuck in. ?However, running an online business is just as difficult and time-consuming as any other business. ?There are many tasks and projects that must be completed, and you may find yourself working long hours even if you are at home.

Outsourcing is one resource you can utilize to help you grow your online business without spending all of your time working. ?Learning how to outsource can take some time and trial and error. ?There are many books written on the subject that can serve as outsourcing tools to help you. ?Author and businesswoman Heather Hyvarinen has written a book called Internet Outsourcing Mastery to detail the methods and steps to outsourcing your online business.

The Author

Back in 2007, Heather Hyvarinen decided to quit her job in retail and start an online business as an Internet marketer so that she could be at home with her children. ?After trying methods that failed, she has finally become a success where her mortgage is paid by her business income. ?Her book is the culmination of what she has learned from her efforts. ?By writing it, she gives other outsourcers the benefit of her knowledge so they don?t have to make the same mistakes.

What Internet Outsourcing Mastery Teaches You

While the book is geared towards other online marketers, the principles can apply to any online business. ?Hyvarinen explains the myths surrounding outsourcing and common mistakes that outsourcers make and how to avoid making them. ?She explains the two methods of outsourcing and how to use each one.

You will learn how to train your freelance workers to handle your tasks; the book will show you the tools you need. ?Hyvarinen discusses leveraging pay rates so that you can still make money with your business while hiring qualified people. ?Internet Outsourcing Mastery is one of the unique outsourcing tools that teach you how to treat freelancers and gain their trust just as they need to gain yours. ?You will also learn tips on how to outsource single projects or tasks. ?There may be times when you need one job done and outsourcing is an ideal method.

How You Can Benefit

Internet Outsourcing Mastery will provide a complete blueprint to outsourcing certain tasks to make your Internet business successful. ?You will learn how to find, hire, and train freelancers to help you grow your Internet business. ?The book is only 41 pages, which makes it quick reading so that you can quickly put the teachings into practice. ?It?s packed full of valuable information that has been tried by the author and proven to work.
You can not only learn how to outsource correctly, but how to make it fun.

Many tasks in being an Internet marketer are not enjoyable. ?These can include writing articles, creating links, and adding regular content to your website to get more traffic. ?Such tasks are time-consuming and things that can easily be done by others. ?By hiring freelancers, you can increase your online presence quickly. ?If your goal is to work from home like it was for Heather Hyvarinen, hiring outside help can make that happen faster and outsourcing tools like this book will show you how.

Internet Outsourcing Mastery Explains Why You Should Outsource

Outsourcing can save you time. You will gain traffic to your sites much faster if you have more content and links built to the sites. ?This can take you months if you try to do it all yourself. ?By hiring freelancers, you can build that online presence in less time.

Outsourcing can save money. ?Think of all the money you could be making while you are slowly developing your website. ?By outsourcing the work and getting your product or service known to more customers sooner, you can start to see a profit earlier.

One of the biggest deterrents for business owners to outsourcing if that they are afraid. ?Fear of hiring the wrong person, fear of getting inferior work, fear of not knowing how to manage freelancers are all issues that prevent your growth. ?Whatever fears you have, Internet Outsourcing Mastery deals with them.

Before you begin outsourcing, you need a blueprint to show you what to do and what not to do. ?This book is one of the outsourcing tools you can use to learn without making the mistakes yourself. ?Isn?t it much better to learn from others? mistakes?

Source: http://www.freelancerselite.com/internet-outsourcing-mastery-and-your-business/

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Media Business and the Future of Journalism (JEM499): Internet's ...

Kaila Colbin has an interesting piece today on what the Internet has meant, and may mean, for the future of journalism. She starts with the argument that

The need for speed is not only killing your company, it is destroying any standards of accuracy and integrity that remain, resulting in, for example, media outlets publishing reports on Supreme Court decisions before said Court has even finished reading said decision.

That's hardly news, though, or solely the fault of the Internet.? From journalism's earliest days, being first with the news has been an important focus. As newer media forms develop, particularly those that can package and disseminate their news products more quickly, the tempo of journalism speeds up.? Before the Internet was widely diffused, cable news networks 24/7 news cycle and potential for real-time coverage of events, critics say, transformed the focus on speed to a critical need for immediacy.? Another outside influence is money - specifically the commercial nature of most news outlets, and the need to generate sufficient customers to subsidize news (directly through subscription or indirectly through advertising or other subsidies).? When money was flush in news, it had little impact on journalism; but digital technology and the Internet expanded competition and shifted revenue streams to the point where most news organizations have shifted from serving audiences to battling for audiences.? And getting and keeping your audience becomes a primary focus.
?? The problem for journalism, though, is not the simple facts of a faster news cycle or commercialism - it's the concern that the push to be first and to attract audiences is trumping core journalistic principles of verification and accuracy. Colbin illustrates the concern with a quote from Jeremiah Owyang, an analyst for research firm Forrester.

??the way today?s world is set up is that 1) whoever publishes first (whether it's accurate or not) 2) whoever is the most interesting (and thereby gets the most social shares and rewarded by Google) wins? the only way for journalism to focus on fact checking and accuracy is to change the business model, and if the two requirements listed above (fast and interesting) get page views (and thereby ad dollars)? this will only persist.?

To be fair, I'd argue that the Internet isn't directly responsible for any decline in journalism, at least not in that way.? In terms of speed and money, the rise of the Internet has provided a platform for greatly expanding the level of competition traditional news outlets face - and pushed a need for them to try to make their news products more competitive, and more valuable to potential news consumers.? But shifting focus to speed and entertainment over traditional news values isn't the only option news organizations have to try to be more competitive or valuable to the market.? In fact, I'd argue that doing so lessens the core news value of their product and makes them less competitive.? For journalism and those organizations that are first and foremost "news outlets," those are bad business practices and business models.? For "gossip" or entertainment outlets, not so bad.
? I would add that I think that the Internet's most significant negative impact on news and journalism - or at least people's perception of news - comes from a different pair of structural features: interactivity and disintermediation.? By opening up the range of news and information sources, the Internet allows news consumers to bypass the traditional gatekeepers of news.? They no longer have to rely on journalists' judgements on what's newsworthy, or more critically, their accuracy.? Internet news consumers can independently authenticate or verify news and information, or its falsehood.? And the more the Internet news consumer finds discrepancies in news judgements and reporting, the less faith and trust they place in journalism and the less value they place in those news products.
? Interactivity contributes to that spiral in a couple of ways.? First, news consumers can themselves become news producers - adding their perceptions of events they witness, or contributing specialized expertise in topics addressed in news reports. Second, when people do so in good faith, the response of the "real journalists" is often dismissively arrogant, and sometimes openly hostile.? That's not going to help build faith and trust.

? But the impact of the Internet on news and journalism does not need to be significantly and relentlessly negative.? For instance, journalists and editors could, in most cases, employ the Internet and digital telecommunication to quickly and easily authenticate and verify information - meaning that those traditional journalistic principles do not necessarily need to be sacrificed at the altar of speed and immediacy. In addition, providing access to background information, original source materials, and other supporting information can add value to the basic news story.
? Journalists could also take advantage of the Net's interactivity to seek out, identify, and work with relevant experts when covering stories outside their own level of expertise. Colbin notes one such effort - The Conversation - that pairs journalists with academic experts to the benefit of both.? Academics get more, and more accurate, reporting on research results, and journalists get access to the expertise to allow them to better evaluate the information they get from outside sources and to provide a fuller understanding of the background and context of breaking news.
? In addition, the Internet offers the potential to explore new business models and funding sources.? The news industry collectively bemoans the fact that online advertising revenues have not yet been sufficient to replace declines in traditional advertising revenues, and are unsure about the potential for subscription or direct purchase revenue potential.? True, but beside the point - online news outlets have a cost advantage in that their distribution costs are minimal.? Besides, online advertising revenues are the fastest growing sector in advertising/marketing spending, and online news outlets are increasingly considering and testing pay/subscription models.? Currently, there are enough successful online pay/subscription models out there to suggest that they could be reliable revenue streams, if the outlets can develop a mix of content, a market segment that recognizes that value, and a pricing scheme that works for that mix.? But the real opportunity of the Internet is that it enables so many other revenues sources and streams, including donations/subsidies, pre-pay models, crowdsourcing, etc.? Earlier this year, the Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism looked at a range of alternative online funding sources.? Colbin discusses the background for Avaaz Daily Briefing, funded through donations from more that 20,000 people.

? Certainly, the Internet, along with the explosion of digital technology and telecommunications, has, and continues to, radically reform media and news markets, principally by radically increasing the options for news consumers and increasing competition for traditional news outlets that, for the most part, hadn't faced intense competition in decades.? But the same forces increasing competition are creating new opportunities for creating and disseminating news and information, for traditional news outlets as well as other individuals and organizations.? Admittedly, not all of these new and alternative outlets will be financially successful, or will produce accurate and trustworthy information.? But there's nothing that would inherently prevent the production and distribution of journalism in its highest and proudest traditions.? In fact, the Internet makes doing that much more possible - it will be up to news organizations to take advantage and compete successfully in the news/journalism market.

Source -? Internet Creates Media Problems, Seeks to Solve Them,? OnlineSPIN
The Search for a New Funding Model,? Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism report

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The Engadget Podcast is live tonight at 4PM!

Tim's back! Remember him? We're so excited to get the old team back together that we just couldn't wait until 5:00 to do this week's show. So join Tim, Brian and Dana tonight at 4PM ET tonight for gadgety goodness.

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AMD could slash up to 30 percent of its workforce according to reports

AllThingsD and CNET are reporting that 30 percent of AMD's workforce could be laid off, though one of several unnamed sources notes the cuts could be as low as 10 percent. If these reports hold true, this would be the second round of layoffs for AMD within a year's time. The reductions will reportedly affect the firm's engineering and sales employees, and may be serious enough to cause a paring back of product lines. The silicon giant could potentially reveal its plans as early as next week, which would coincide with the announcement of its third quarter financial results. With the company expecting a ten percent revenue drop in Q3, it looks like the latest figures will continue the trend of less than ideal results.

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Truth Wins Out - Complaint Challenges Illinois 'Ex-Gay' Therapist's ...

The Southern Poverty Law Center, the Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health, and the American Psychoanalytic Association filed a complaint today against Paul McNulty, a state-licensed clinical social worker who practices scientifically-discredited ?reparative therapy? in Bloomington, Illinois. The groups lodged their complaint with the?Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, the agency that oversees professional licensing in that state.

In the complaint, SPLC Deputy Legal Director Christine Sun notes that the department ?has the authority ?to suspend or revoke a license, refuse to issue or renew a license or take other disciplinary action, based upon its finding of unethical, unauthorized, or unprofessional conduct.?? She also points out that bringing bias into the patient-counselor relationship is is prohibited, concluding:

?By offering and embracing scientifically unsound and potentially harmful services that reflect prejudice, Mr. McNulty appears to be in violation of the State?s licensing standards.?

Metro Weekly?has further information:

During a conference call with reporters on Thursday, ICAH Executive Director Yamani Hernandez said McNulty?s state license could be construed as an endorsement by the state of reparative therapy.

?This social worker is offering a practice that is harmful to the health of young people,? Hernandez said.

Unlike many other so-called ?ex-gay? therapists, McNulty (left) quite openly peddles his fraudulent ?pray away the gay? snake oil. He has a profile on the website of People Can Change, an ?ex-gay? business whose cash cow is the $650 Journey into Manhood weekend, where participants hug?and caress each other in an attempt to become straight. McNulty?s profile boasts of his memberships in Exodus International and NARTH and says that he is ?passionate? about his therapy with males ??in the areas of relationships, sexuality, same-sex attraction, and various addictions.?

Today?s complaint comes exactly one year after the SPLC and Truth Wins Out launched a nationwide campaign targeting reparative, or ?conversion,? therapy.

Source: http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/2012/10/30511/

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Zero Motorcycles Refreshes Lineup With Faster and Longer-Range ...

With few units actually produced and sold, the electric motorcycle business has, by and large, been more hype than horsepower. The 2013 model line for Zero Motorcycles, recently introduced at the Interm?t Motorcycle, Scooter and Bicycle show in Cologne, Germany, indicates the company?s determination to make owning and riding an electric bike more appealing to the riding public.

Zero is clearly working to make its offerings look, feel and ride more like full-size motorcycles and less like the lightweight machines descended from mountain bikes that the company, based in Santa Cruz, Calif., initially sold. Abe Askenazi, the company?s chief technology officer and a former designer at the Buell Motorcycle Company, is credited with many of the new features reflected in the 2013 lineup.

All 2013 Zero models feature a more powerful Z-Force radial-flux, permanent-magnet motor, which uses higher voltage and a new passive air-cooling system, eliminating the need for a noisy cooling fan. And though one electronic gadget has been eliminated, one has been integrated: all 2013 models allow the rider to interface with their Zero using a smartphone app. The rider can remotely monitor the battery?s charge state, adjust power characteristics and even customize the dashboard display with a iPhone or Android device.

The company?s street-oriented Zero S and more versatile Zero DS are the bigger, faster and more expensive models, with full-size features like a passenger seat and foot pegs, along with a redesigned chassis and bodywork. Zero claims 54 horsepower for the S and DS, and a top speed of 95 miles per hour. A choice of two lithium-ion battery packs is available. The S model, with the larger 11.4-kilowatt-hour pack, yields a claimed range of 137 miles in slow city going and 70 miles at a steady 70 m.p.h. With the 8.5-kWh pack, those range projections respectively drop to 103 miles and 53 miles.

Achieving a full charge of the 11.4-kWh pack takes roughly eight hours with a standard 110-volt house current, though Zero said it would offer an optional charger that followed the CHAdeMO standard, which would allow a 95 percent charge in under an hour at certain high-power charging stations.

A new model, the Zero FX Stealth Fighter, is a street-legal model for on- and off-road use derived from the off-road-only Zero MX. It is designed to optimize acceleration and response at the expense of highway speed and range, with a maximum of 44 horsepower and 70 pound-feet of torque. The Zero FX, Zero MX and the lightweight, lower-cost Zero XU feature modular battery packs that allow for quick changes. Swapping in a fresh battery, of course, doubles the bike?s range.

Saving the world, or appearing as if you want to, does not come cheaply. The high-end Zero DS with the 11.4-kWh battery pack has a retail price of $16,445, inclusive of $450 shipping. At the lower end, the Zero XU lists for $8,445. But with a range of just 24 miles in combined city and highway riding on the single-battery specification, and 27 horsepower on tap, the XU is designed to appeal to people who don?t need to go far and are in no big hurry to get there.

Source: http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/11/zero-motorcycles-refreshes-lineup-with-faster-and-longer-range-electric-rides/

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Animals' microbial communities linked to their behavior

ScienceDaily (Oct. 11, 2012) ? New research is revealing surprising connections between animal microbiomes -- the communities of microbes that live inside animals' bodies -- and animal behavior, according to a paper by University of Georgia ecologist Vanessa O. Ezenwa and her colleagues. The article, just published in the Perspectives section of the journal Science, reviews recent developments in this emerging research area and offers questions for future investigation.

The paper grew out of a National Science Foundation-sponsored workshop on new ways to approach the study of animal behavior. Ezenwa, an associate professor in the UGA Odum School of Ecology and College of Veterinary Medicine department of infectious diseases, and her coauthors were interested in the relationship between animal behavior and beneficial microbes.

Most research on the interactions between microbes and their animal hosts has focused on pathogens, Ezenwa said. Less is known about beneficial microbes or animal microbiomes, but several recent studies have begun to explore these connections.

"We know that animal behavior plays a critical role in establishing microbiomes," she said. "Once they're established, the microbiomes then influence animal behavior in lots of ways that have far-reaching consequences. That's what we were trying to highlight in this article."

Bumble bees, for example, obtain the microbes they need through social contact with nest mates, including consuming their nest mates' feces-a not uncommon method for animals to acquire microbes. Green iguanas establish their intestinal microbiomes by feeding first on soil and later on the feces of adult iguanas.

"There are a lot of behaviors that animals might have that allow them to get the different microbes they need at different points of their lives," Ezenwa said.

Microbes, in their turn, influence a wide range of animal behaviors, including feeding, mating and predator-prey interactions.

One recent study found that fruit flies prefer to mate with others that have microbiomes most similar to their own. Another found that African malaria mosquitoes were less attracted to humans who had a greater diversity of microbes on their skin, possibly because certain microbes produce chemicals that repel these mosquitoes.

Other studies have focused on understanding the mechanisms by which microbes influence behavior.

"Recent experiments have been able to assess the molecules that are involved in communication between microbes in the gut and the brain of mice, showing that microbes are associated with shifts in things like depression and anxiety in these mice," she said. "There are huge implications in the role these microbes play in regulating neural function."

Ezenwa's own work involves investigating how social behavior and interactions between organisms might increase their likelihood of acquiring parasites and pathogens. She is starting a new project examining animal behavior and microbiomes in relation to infectious disease.

"As in the example of the bumble bees, behavior might control the microbes an animal acquires, and those microbes might then influence the animal's vulnerability to pathogens," she said.

The authors conclude that it will take a combination of molecular and experimental approaches to answer questions about the complex interactions between microbiomes and animal behaviors.

"This is a new, emerging topic that's worthy of much more investigation," Ezenwa said.

The article's coauthors are Nicole M. Gerardo of Emory University; David W. Inouye of the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory and the University of Maryland; Monica Medina of the University of California, Merced; and Joao B. Xavier of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

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Ryan to Biden: ?I know you?re under duress to make up for lost ground?

As the vice presidential debate shifted to domestic issues on Thursday night, the vice presidential candidates were asked to weigh in on Medicare.

"They got caught with their hands in the cookie jar, turning Medicare into a piggybank for Obamacare," Ryan said of his assertion that seniors would lose Medicare access under the president's plan.

Biden interrupted Ryan several times, attempting to argue with his assertions. "That didn't happen. ... More people signed up for Medicare Advantage after the change," Biden said.

Ryan then addressed the first presidential debate, taking an ironic verbal shot at Biden. "I know you're under a lot of duress to make up for lost ground," Ryan said.

"Well, don't take all the four minutes, then," Biden shot back.

For the record, however, at the time of the exchange, Biden had been speaking for over two minutes longer than Ryan in total debate time.

When it was officially Biden's turn again, he chose to address the debate cameras directly, saying that seniors are not denied choices.

"All you seniors out there, have you been denied choices?" he asked.

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/ryan-biden-know-under-lot-duress-lost-ground-014741509--election.html

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How will Nobel Prize handle Higgs hassle?

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The Large Hadron Collider's CMS Collaboration gets its collective picture taken in front of a full-scale picture of the CMS detector at Europe's CERN particle physics lab. More than 3,000 scientists, engineers and students are involved in the CMS Collaboration, and just about that many more are involved in the collaboration for the LHC's other primary detector, ATLAS.

By Alan Boyle

The Higgs boson received nary a mention at this year's Nobel Prize proceedings ? and although the Higgs hunt has been the biggest news in physics over the past year, there are good reasons for the silence. Next year, however, the Nobel committee could have a huge Higgs hassle on its hands. And maybe that's a good thing.

Some observers think the conundrum surrounding a potential physics prize for the Higgs boson could lead the Nobel committee to make some long-overdue changes. And that, in turn, could change the public perception of how science is done.

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First, here's the main reason why this year's discovery of a "Higgs-like particle" wasn't Nobel-worthy this year, even though it validated a 40-year quest: The key breakthrough came to light in July, when the teams behind the Large Hadron Collider's two main experiments ? ATLAS and CMS???declared that they had enough data to merit an official discovery of a new subatomic particle. That's well past the traditional deadline for nominations, and although deadlines can be bent, the findings still need to be firmed up.

MIT physicist Frank Wilczek, who won a share of the 2004 Nobel Prize for his theoretical work on the strong nuclear force, said as much in an interview with LiveScience's Clara Moskowitz: "There are ways to stretch the rules, but evidently the relevant decision-makers felt that there was not sufficient reason to do so in this case."

Wilczek added that a Nobel Prize recognizing the theoretical underpinnings behind the Higgs boson was "the odds-on favorite for next year."

Too soon?
Usually, the committee in charge of awarding the physics prize waits until a breakthrough becomes so much a part of the scientific mainstream that there's no doubt about its truth and its value. That's the way it was this year, when French physicist Serge Haroche and American physicist David Wineland were honored for work in quantum optics that they pioneered 20 years ago.

When it comes to the Higgs, however, the clock is ticking: British physicist Peter Higgs ?who lent his name to the theory, the field and the particle that would explain the origins of particle mass?? is 83 years old. Other contributors to the theory are of a similar age. The theory itself was developed in the 1960s, and the real marvel is that Higgs and his colleagues were proven so right, so long after they came up with the idea.

But tradition dictates that the prize can be shared by no more than three individuals, who all have to be alive (although that rule was bent last year). Besides Peter Higgs, who should be in on the glory? Caltech theoretical physicist Sean Carroll, who has just finished a book about the Higgs quest titled "The Particle at the End of the Universe," says Belgian physicist Francois Englert is the best candidate for the second spot. Several others have valid claims on the third spot, however. And then, how about recognizing the thousands of physicists who worked on the LHC collaborations?

This is the sort of quandary that has tied physicists in knots for years. Wilczek himself has said he's using the "no more than three" rule as a key plot device in a murder mystery he's writing, tentatively titled "The Attraction of Darkness." It's about a team of four physicists who discover the true nature of dark matter, and find themselves up for a Nobel Prize. "One of the four dies, supposedly a suicide, but then, maybe not," he told The New York Times.

Do the right thing
The way Carroll sees it, the Higgs hassle provides a perfect opportunity for the Nobel committee members to change their tradition ? and ruin the premise of Wilczek's novel in the process.

"They can do the right thing, and stop insisting that only three people can win it," Carroll told me. "Maybe that's something they can talk about over the next 365 days."

Carroll isn't alone on this: This week, Scientific American's editors urged the Nobel Foundation to change its ways, either by merely throwing out the "no more than three" rule, or by allowing the prize to be awarded to groups as well as individuals. Etienne Klein, a physicist at France's Atomic Energy Commission, was quoted as saying the Nobel committee should "take a gamble" and award a Nobel to Higgs, Englert and Europe's CERN particle physics center, which manages the LHC. Columbia University's Peter Woit, the blogging mathematician behind "Not Even Wrong," favored going with CERN plus the ATLAS and CMS collaborations.

Some might think recognizing groups rather than individuals would represent a dilution of Nobel prestige?? but it can easily be argued that the change would bring the scientific prizes in line with the practice for the Nobel Peace Prize, which is routinely awarded to organizations ranging from the International Committee of the Red Cross?(1917, 1944, 1963)?to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change?(2007).

The change could also shift the popular perception of the scientific process ??away from the image of a scientist slaving away alone in a basement lab, and toward a more complex picture of scores, hundreds or thousands of researchers working together, connected via global networks. In short, the picture that actually reflects how science is usually done nowadays.

Do you agree? If not, why not? If so, what's the best way to convince the Nobel committee to make a noble change? Feel free to weigh in with your comments below.

Correction for 4:40 p.m. ET Oct. 11: I originally wrote that Belgian physicist Francois Englert was French. That error has been corrected. Pardonnez-moi s'il vous pla?t!

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Verizon to shutter 2G and 3G CDMA networks by ... - Know Your Cell

Verizon Wireless plans to shutter its 2G and 3G CDMA networks by 2021, according to Verizon Wireless' vice president of global strategy Aparna Khurjekar. Khurjekar apparently revealed the details Thursday during a meeting at the CTIA MobileCon trade show.

News of the plan comes as the wireless operator is moving more and more customers to 4G LTE and away from CDMA.?Verizon has said it plans to blanket its entire CDMA network with 4G LTE and get full-on voice-over LTE running by the end of next year.?

For those in the dark, Verizon currently has the largest 4G LTE network nationwide. Just today, the carrier announced its 400th market and plans to soon hae over 75 percent of the population covered with LTE. By comparison, Sprint and AT&T's 4G LTE networks are quite small.

Wireless operators routinely phase out older networks and refarm their spectrum to support newer networks, so the announcement isn't really surprising. Expect to hear more on other carriers doing the same thing over the next couple of years.

Anyway, I'm sure we'll hear more details about the phase out quite soon, so stay tuned and be patient Verizon faithful.?

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Communication Brick Wall Hearing Or Blabbing Lips

People make a huge mistake when communicating. Huge! HUGE!

After you understand that men and women communicate quite differently, intimate relationships are easier. If we learn, however, how to communicate like a dog, those same relationships grow even stronger.

But we don?t just make this HUGE communication mistake when we are talking to our significant other. With each ongoing relationship, it is important to learn the natural communication style of the listener. Once that is down pat, communication with anyone is easier and more effective.

There is still a HUGE communication problem.

The problem isn?t that we don?t know how to communicate properly that makes us fail at communicating. Brace yourself because I?m going to tell you the big problem.

We don?t communicate.

Yes, that was the earth-shattering revelation.

People half-heartedly listen to conversations or totally ignore each other. Often the woman is a set of non-stop blabbing lips speaker and the man is a brick wall listener. Communication isn?t happening. One won?t shut up and the other won?t listen.

Then what happens?

The silent treatment. Sleeping in the doghouse. Storming out of the house. Arguing. Screaming. Sleeping back to each other. Ignoring phone calls. Deleting texts.

In a less intimate relationship, the non-communicators stop every attempt at talking to each other. All phone calls go to voice mail. No lunch meetings. Job changes are made to get away from each other. Any semblance of a relationship dies.

Listening attentively is a skill, but it starts with a DESIRE to listen. Where there isn?t mutual respect, the desire to communicate doesn?t exist. In a marriage, lack of communication is like a dagger to the heart of the relationship. When sharing stops, the marriage ends. Maybe the people stay together because ?something is better than nothing? and they settle, but the marriage as a true bond dies. Not many things are worse than a marriage ending. It is full of sadness and a loss of dreams. I know because I?ve been there.

I value a solid two way conversation and put it high on the list of important things in a relationship ? any relationship. Let me tell you one personal story for you to ponder that illustrates the importance of valuing communication.

I will start by saying that I love my dad and miss him desperately since his death. I?m so glad that during the last seven years of his life we patched our relationship. All was forgiven and I cherished every second of his presence and voice coming over the phone line. I seriously can?t tell you how much I miss his phone calls. So bearing that in mind, I will share this story with you.

When I was young and my parents were married, Dad would get home from work at 5:00 p.m. every day. Like a good wife, my mother had dinner waiting on the table for him as soon as he walked in the door. My inner clock was programmed for him to come home at the same time each day and I would wait with anticipation for Dad to walk through the front door.

The key in the door would click and I would run as fast as possible to greet Dad as he walked into the house. I grabbed his leg with both arms and hugged him with all my might. Dad would walk into the house dragging me on his leg and never say a word. He never swooped me up in his arms. He never leaned down and kissed my face. He didn?t ruffle my red bouncy curls. Dad just kept walking and ignored my presence on his leg. When he sat down at the table, I obviously had to let go of my grip, but I had been completely ignored.

That experience along with a few others is why I feel communication, sincere communication, is vital in a relationship. Being ignored can crush a soul and lead to a lifelong journey of low self-esteem. For me, if my dad didn?t think I was worth acknowledging and listening to, my ?brain? thought that I must not have much value.

There is a fine line between brick wall hearing and non-stop blabbing lips. Neither is right, but both can be corrected by simply having the desire to communicate.

Honestly, I can still feel the material of his pants leg on my cheek as I clutched him so tightly and begged in my heart for his attention. Obviously, now that I?m grown, I like to be greeted at the door wholeheartedly just the same as I wholeheartedly greet people who come through my door. Maybe that is why I?m such a hugger. Hmmm?I never thought of that aspect of my affections.

How important do you think communication is in a relationship? If you have brick wall hearing or blabbing lips, do you see the impact your behavior has on the relationships that you engage in each day? I?d love to hear your thoughts.

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Source: http://www.theredheadriter.com/2012/10/communication-brick-wall-hearing-or-blabbing-lips/

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Evolve dives in ? Crystal clear future for Australian swimming pools

Clontarf based Evolve Composites Pty Ltd (Evolve) today announced the addition of Poolrite?s Magnapool product range to their ever growing stable of quality innovative products.

The company has the exclusive rights to manufacture, market, sell and distribute the Magnapool range of mineral water swimming pool equipment and associated Poolrite products.

Evolve is based in Brisbane and manufactures and distributes the Australian-made Polyslab and Evo-Crete range.

Evolve has an extensive distribution network and well established sales and marketing channels into the largest wholesale and retail plumbing, irrigation and home improvement stores across Australia, New Zealand and the USA.

Evolve managing director Ty Hermans continues to buck the growing trend which has seen manufacturing move offshore. Evolve will continue to use its business model which focuses on Australian-made products, through innovative design and manufacturing, using Australia?s largest wholesalers and retailers as distributors.

?We are proud to ensure the ongoing supply of Australian-made Magnapool and Poolrite products well into the future,? said Mr Hermans.

Magnapool was started in 2005 by entrepreneur Ross Palmer and, with over 7000 Australian swimming pool installations using the mineral science therapy, Magnapool went on to find success in international markets.

?Evolve shares similar philosophies with Mr Palmer and Magnapool in regard to continued innovation and its critical importance to the ongoing development of Australia?s economy and export opportunities.?

Evolve will immediately start production to ensure that all customers receive stock.

?Leading up to what looks like a nice and hot summer we want to make sure that existing Magnapool owners have all the supplies they need to ensure their pool is crystal clear for the holiday season,? said Mr Hermans.

?All of our plans are long-term for the ongoing success of the Magnapool range of products. Most importantly, the changes that are made now will ensure that the business is even bigger in years to come. We have plans for rapid growth both here in Australia but also internationally through our vast distribution network.

?Mineral pools offer considerable benefits over conventional chlorine and saltwater systems. We believe that every pool owner in Australia should have access to the Magnapool system and we now look forward to expanding its market and making this possible.?

Queensland will benefit from the expected growth with additional jobs created in the future with Evolve as all manufacturing operations are planned to remain in Brisbane.

Source: http://www.redcliffecitynews.com.au/evolve-dives-in-%E2%80%93-crystal-clear-future-for-australian-swimming-pools/

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Theme parks offer frightfully good fun for Halloween

Halloween is still a month away, but it seems the bloodsuckers and flesh munchers are already on the prowl. For now, though, they?re not showing up on people?s doorsteps, but rather, in theme parks from Orlando to Anaheim.

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Been looking for new construction homes in Greenville/Greer - Zillow

Houses are not sold on a square foot basis, but instead as a unit.?? The square foot calculation falls out of the total sales price.??

What affects price per square foot???

- size: larger homes have lower cost per square foot from the moment of start of construction assuming everything else is equal

- finish:? higher end finishes add to construction cost.?? Is the flooring builder's grade carpet (less expensive) or hardwood (more expensive).?? Is the roof 10 year shoddy shingles or 400 year slate??? There are hundreds of other finish possibilities that add or subtract from costs.

- is the home in a desireable location vs unwanted location in the subdivision???

- does the home have a view or not???

If prices are $90 to $110 per square foot, you've got the answer.? That's the range, narrowing it down further depends on the individual house you are examining.

Source: http://www.zillow.com/advice-thread/Been-looking-for-new-construction-homes-in-Greenville-Greer-SC-area-for-about-4-weeks/461999/

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