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[unable to retrieve full-text content]The Australian Businesswomen's Network has developed a number of small business courses - topics include branding, finance and social media.
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Apple patent reveals three-lens, three-sensor iPhone camera
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Your point-and-shoot is living on borrowed time. Recently released devices such as the Nokia Lumia 1020 and Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom have some of the most powerful cameras of any smartphone, and Apple may be planning their own optic innovation for future iPhones. According to a patent granted by the USPTO Tuesday, the California-based manufacturer secured the right to create a triple-lens, triple-sensor image capture device that would allow for unprecedented color quality.
The patent's abstract states that the technology will utilize one image sensor for luminance and two for chrominance. Each of these sensors will have an accompanying lens assembly that will help direct incoming light. This combination of sensors and lenses has the potential to eliminate "blind" spots in photos, since the chrominance and luminance sensors can create a composite image that would fill in color information that might normally be lost due to near field objects.
More: Apple iPhone 5S leaked specs show 12-MP camera, same CPU
Apple isn't likely to implement this new technology into the iPhone anytime soon, but it could become a major selling point for its smartphones in the future. This patent arrives on the heels of a variety of rumors regarding the future of the iPhone's camera, as the next iPhone could potentially launch with a 12MP lens.
With Nokia, HTC and Samsung consistently improving the power of their smartphone cameras, the iPhone faces some steep competition. Apple enthusiasts will have to wait until September to see if the iPhone will once again bring innovation to the realm of phone photography.
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Perseid meteor shower: Coming soon to a sky near you
Perseid meteor shower: Beloved by skywatchers, 2013 will be an excellent one for the Perseid meteor shower. The moon will set before midnight on the peak Perseids nights.
NASA Astronaut Ron Garan, Expedition 28 flight engineer, tweeted this image from the International Space Station on Sunday Aug. 14 2011 with the following caption: "What a 'Shooting Star' looks like from space, taken yesterday during Perseid Meteor Shower."
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For Northern Hemisphere observers, the latter half of July on into August is usually regarded as "meteor viewing season," with one of the best displays of the year reaching its peak in mid-August.
The annual Perseid meteor shower is beloved by everyone from meteor enthusiasts to summer campers, and 2013 will be an excellent one for the Perseids. The moon will set before midnight on the peak nights of Aug. 11 and 12, meaning dark skies for prospective observers. [See Amazing Perseid Meteor Shower Photos of 2012]
This week, however, let's concentrate on some of the lesser-known summer meteor displays.?
In general, Earth encounters richer meteoric activity during the second half of the year, and stargazers are more likely to see twice as many meteors per hour in the predawn hours as compared with the evening hours. During the premidnight hours, the United States is on the "trailing" side of the Earth due to our orbital motion through space. Any meteoric particle generally must have an orbital velocity greater than that of the Earth to "catch" the planet.
After midnight, when the United States is ?turned onto the Earth's "leading" side, any particle that lies along the Earth's orbital path will enter the planet's atmosphere as a meteor.? As such, objects collide with the atmosphere at speeds of 7 to 45 miles per second (11 to 17.7 kilometers per second), their energy of motion rapidly dissipates in the form of heat, light, and ionization, creating short-lived streaks of light popularly referred to as "shooting stars."
Summertime meteors, occasionally flitting across your line of sight, are especially noticeable between mid-July and the third week of August. Between Aug. 3 and 15, there are no fewer than six different active minor displays. These six meteor showers are listed in the table below.
The actual number of meteors a single observer can see in an hour depends strongly on sky conditions, but the only equipment you'll need to see them are your eyes and a modest amount of patience.
The rates given in the table are based on a limited star magnitude of +6.5 (considered to be the faintest star visible to the naked eye without the use of binoculars or a telescope), an experienced observer, and an assumption that the radiant is directly overhead.
The radiant is the place in the sky where the paths of meteors, if extended backward, would intersect when plotted on a star chart.? Your clenched fist held at arm's length is equal to roughly 10 degrees on the sky.? So if the radiant is 30 degrees ("three-fists") above the horizon, the hourly rate is halved; at 15 degrees, it is one-third.
While the hourly rates from these other meteor streams provide but a fraction of the numbers produced by the Perseids, combined, overall they provide a wide variety of meteors of differing colors, speeds and trajectories.?
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Asda Stores No Longer Stocking New Wii U Systems or Games - Wii ...
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Following the emergence of this story around various outlets, Asda has contacted MCV to state that Wii U consoles have only ever been available in around 100 stores, rather than all 555 around the UK. Wii U systems will apparently continue to play a part on Asda Direct ? the online store ? with limited availability currently the result of the reduced hardware going out of stock. The absence of 3DS hardware on Asda Direct is said to be a result of price promotions also selling out stock, with the chain stating that it's increasing support for the handheld. It's also reiterated that Wii U hardware can be picked up in store if ordered using Asda Direct's Click & Collect service.
As outlined in the original article below, the Asda Direct website doesn't currently demonstrate much support for Nintendo systems, with just eight Wii U products currently available.
Original article:
Earlier today we reported the happy news of Pikmin 3 making its UK chart debut at number two, as well as the continuing good performance of key 3DS games. However, some particularly bad news for the system's fortunes and publicity in the UK has arrived with confirmation that Asda, a major supermarket chain with over 550 stores, has stopped stocking new Wii U products, while Asda Direct ? its online store ? appears to be running down older products.
This applies to hardware, new games ? including Pikmin 3 ? and accessories, which aren't being included in stores, with the company saying the following to CVG in relation to products via the online-only Asda Direct.
Asda continues to offer customers a selection of Wii U games and accessories through Asda Direct, but these ranges are currently not on offer in Asda shops.
...Asda will stock [Wii U] games on a title by title merit basis as they come along through Asda Direct. We will continue to support Nintendo as a format holder partner.
Despite the "title by title merit basis", Pikmin 3 isn't available on Asda Direct at the time of writing.
The poor performance of the Wii U in 2013 may explain reluctance from some retailers, but this Asda stance is surprising in light of Nintendo aggressive release schedule designed to revive the system in the second half of the year. Retailer concerns were particularly prominent earlier in the year, with Nintendo being moved to state that it would meet with retail partners to share strategies and outline the system's prospects in order to secure further support.
What seems peculiar about this Asda scenario isn't its loss of confidence, as low sales naturally drive stock decisions, but the continuing presence of hundreds of older products for other systems and hardware sales of the struggling PS Vita. At the time of writing there are also no 3DS systems for sale on Asda Direct, which is extraordinary considering its current software performance and it being the best selling hardware in the UK in recent weeks. Nintendo, for its part, has issued the following statement.
Nintendo UK does not comment on specific business practices with individual retailers. However, as we have seen with Nintendo 3DS, software sells hardware, and with titles such as Wonderful 101, Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD and Super Mario 3D World already announced for this year as well as the recently released Pikmin 3 and New Super Luigi U having reached number 2 and number 6 in this week's chart respectively, we are looking forward to the year ahead on Wii U.
Asda was one retailer to aggressively slash the price of the Wii U hardware earlier in the year, and fears that it'd be unwilling to refill stock have been realised. Perhaps the situation will be resolved in the coming months, but an absence and lack of presence in such a prominent, recognisable supermarket brand is a blow to the Wii U in the UK. Ongoing retail partnerships ? such as eShop cards at GAME and so on ? seem increasingly important.
Source: http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2013/07/asda_stores_no_longer_stocking_new_wii_u_systems_or_games
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Beam me up, Scotty! Would teleporting humans into space be possible?
[unable to retrieve full-text content]In the science fiction show, Star Trek, teleportation is a regular and significant feature. But how much time and power is required to send the data needed to teleport a human being?
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2UP Gaming To Spend $330m to Enter New Jersey Online Market ...
July 25, 2013
UK-registered, Curacao-licensed online gambling operator 2UP Gaming PLC is looking to break into New Jersey?s online gambling market by either acquiring or building a casino in Atlantic City. On Thursday, 2UP released a statement saying it had received a letter of intent from an unspecified ?Asian investment group? pledging to invest up to $330m in order to facilitate the acquisition of an existing Atlantic City gaming joint.
2UP, which began life in Melbourne, Australia a few years back, stated that it and its unnamed Asian sugar daddy planned to finalize their Definitive Agreement by Sept. 9, 2013. NorthJersey.com?s John Brennan quoted the company stating it was also considering the construction of a brand new facility in Atlantic City, but that language doesn?t appear in the press release on 2UP?s site, suggesting saner heads have since intervened.
2UP CEO Marino Sussich stated that his company had been ?working diligently for the past 12 months assembling the finest technology and strategy and necessary to be a global leader in the iGaming marketplace.? Sussich touted emerging markets as key to 2UP?s growth potential, and that the ?soon to be released launch of 2UP?s online gaming products into the United States? would factor large in this strategy.
Vincent Crandon, managing director of New York-based project finance outfit MidOil USA, was responsible for structuring the transaction between 2UP and its Asian partner. Crandon said MidOil, which will oversee 2UP?s New Jersey expansion, had ?assembled an amazing team of local New Jersey professionals who are looking forward to helping revitalize Atlantic City by creating new jobs and opportunity.?
2UP first revealed their New Jersey aspirations in January, as part of the presser the company issued to announce its ?25m acquisition of the DBG Poker Group. At the time, Crandon announced 2UP was looking at a ?real world hotel/casino acquisition? in Atlantic City.
2UP needs some connection to an AC casino in order to participate in New Jersey?s online market, but the notion that 2UP might consider building a new casino from scratch seems spectacularly unlikely, given Atlantic City?s uninterrupted six-year revenue death spiral and the fact that Revel, the last casino built in AC, filed for bankruptcy within a year of opening its doors. Despite Gov. Chris Christie?s boosterism, it?s unlikely that New Jersey regulators would even consider further diluting AC?s casino market via the addition of yet another brick-and-mortar gaming option.
That leaves acquisition, and there are currently only two AC casinos that have yet to announce partnerships with online gambling companies: the Atlantic Club Casino-Hotel and Revel. 2UP?s $330m bankroll won?t be nearly enough to cover Revel?s significant debt burden, making the Atlantic Club the far more likely acquisition target.
2UP?s next annual general meeting is scheduled for Aug. 9 in London, which may provide an opportunity to shed further light on its stateside plans, as well as the identity of its mystery Asian backer. Meanwhile, the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement has established a July 29 deadline for would-be online gambling service providers to file license applications if they wish to make the mid-November ?go-live? target for the state?s online market, so 2UP really has no time to lose.
Source: http://calvinayre.com/2013/07/25/business/2up-gaming-to-buy-into-new-jersey-online-market/
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You Can Thank Your Pet Cat, Dog For Five Science Innovations ...
(SCIENCE) While it?s easy to note the emotional impact pets have on humans, these animal companions have also influenced the science world on many occasions, being the inspiration behind numerous modern marvels and scientific breakthroughs.?Read on to unveil how dogs and cats have provided creative inspiration for some of the most recognizable products in our society, such as Velcro and road reflectors. ? Global Animal
A Swiss engineer conjured up the idea for Velcro when a burdock burr caught naturally onto his dog?s coat. Photo Credit: Fast Company
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What if you could create better design by studying how nature solves problems? Through the science of biomimicry, researchers have been doing just that. Looking to nature to inspire innovative solutions to human problems, scientists have found fascinating ways to rethink the man-made world, sometimes just based on how an animal?s eyes or legs move. These five ideas below demonstrate how the presence of dogs and cats have helped designers and scientists make significant breakthroughs and contributions to society.
Velcro: Inspired by Burrs and a Dog?s Coat
In 1941, Swiss engineer Georges de Mestral noticed a burdock burr had naturally caught onto his dog?s coat while they were walking in the Alps. In 1955, Mestral patented a synthetic version of the tiny seed whose hundreds of hooks had stuck onto microscopic loops in the fur. The innovation of?Velcro?became a sensation in the 1960s, when NASA?s astronauts used it to keep objects from floating away in spaceships. Now, Velcro is an everyday problem solver used in blood pressure gauges, athletic equipment, clothing, garden ties, as well as wall- and car- mounts for GPS equipment. And it?s not just used for practicalities. You can even have fun with it by jumping onto a Velcro wall.
A Safer Thumbtack: Inspired by Cats? Claws
Push pins?have been around since the 1900s, helping innovators and writers post ideas to thought boards, but there?s always that risk of poking yourself with the sharp end. Designer?Toshi Fukaya?s?biomimetic design of a newer, sleeker, and safer thumbtack was inspired by the way a cat exposes and withdraws its claws. Covered by a pill-shaped silicone sheath, the pin is not exposed until it?s pressed onto a hard surface like a corkboard or wall. Fukaya?s pin won a 2011?Red Dot Design Concept Award, giving cats a claw up in the world of biomimicry.
Better Robotics: Inspired by a Three-Legged Dog
When animals lose limbs, they find new ways to walk. When Martin Grob noticed that his brother?s?three-legged dog?moved faster than some four-legged dogs he observed, he was inspired to include three-legged dogs in the?LocoMorph Project, which aims to study the movement of animals and humans in order to help build more efficient and mobile robots. By putting the dogs on a treadmill and capturing their movements with 10 high-speed infrared cameras, his team saw that if a dog lacked a fore limb, it had more difficulty moving than a dog that lacked a hind limb. In fact, if a dog lacked a hind limb, its fore limbs continued to function normally because of the distribution of its body weight. This ongoing?study?will potentially allow scientists to create robots that could voluntarily adapt their movements to unexpected situations or difficult environments, like the surface of Mars.
Bedbug Detectors: Inspired by a Dog?s Nose
Because dogs have a keen sense of smell, exterminators often train them to detect bedbugs, which give off high levels of carbon dioxide and very specific pheromones with specific odors. Although termite inspector?Bill Moyer?has filed a patent on a bedbug detector that can detect carbon dioxide levels, it was mainly designed for pest control companies. Now innovators are attempting to make more affordable options that can be used by homeowners, inspired by the dog?s nose. In the meantime, you can hire bedbug detecting services that use dogs, like?Bed Bug Dog Roscoe.
Road Reflectors: Inspired by Cat Eyes
With ever-increasing traffic, road reflectors do a good job of keeping us safe on the road, and we can thank cats for that. In the 1930s, inventive Yorkshire repairman Percy Shaw had gotten on his motorcycle on a foggy night after spending the day asphalting a street. Unable to see the road well, he had almost plummeted over the edge of a twisting road, but the reflection of his headlight in a cat?s eyes stopped him. In 1935, Shaw developed the??Catseye? reflecting roadstud?and founded?Reflecting Roadstuds Ltd.?However, his invention wasn?t widely adopted in the United Kingdom until a blackout during World War II, about 10 years later. Now, Shaw?s invention has been modified and used on roads across the world.
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Health Benefits of Meditation in Daily Life | MeMetics
The pressures of daily life cause a lot of stress, especially for people who have to balance a job along with a family. With the extra demands that these place on one?s time, as well as the energy that is required for dealing with all the tasks that need to be completed, the end of each day normally sees us stressed out and tired.
This is an area of great concern, since too much pressure can lead to depression, lack of energy and lower immunity. This makes us more vulnerable to diseases and disorders, along with affecting the way we look and feel all the time. The question remains, how do we deal with all the demands on our time and energy without losing our health?
Many experts suggest using meditation and deep breathing exercises to calm our minds and release stress. Yoga, which combines the two, is becoming a very popular option since many people see the benefits of this routine.
Deep breathing and meditation have been gaining immense popularity, especially in the last decade, as a means of countering the ill-effects of stress and busy lifestyles. The beneficial results have been noticed to affect not only mental health, but physical fitness and health too!
Let?s take a look at some of the major benefits that even a few minutes of meditation can have on your all-round health:
- Relaxation ? This is the number one reason that most people turn to meditation and deep breathing. If you include even 10-15 minutes of deep breathing in your everyday routine, you will be able to feel your muscles relaxing and feel refreshed as a result.
- Improved Energy ? The effects of meditation on your physical energy are tremendous, since it leaves you refreshed and energized. Studies show that this also has a positive effect on immunity and physical fitness, especially with blood pressure and heart health.
- Clear Mind ? With a bit of practice, these techniques can help you clear your mind of all the stress and disturbance that you feel. This helps your mind feel fresh and improves your mood, so that you can deal with tasks more effectively.
- Concentration ? Meditation has shown that it can improve concentration and learning abilities in people of all ages. You will be able to focus on important details rather than being distracted by little things.
- Deeper Sleep ? We all know that a good night?s rest is essential for good health and meditation can help with insomnia or troubled sleep. Since it creates a sense of calm, even deep breathing before sleep will help you achieve deep and restful sleep every night.
Meditation has been the most preferred form of achieving mental calm and peace for centuries, so it?s only obvious that it would be revived for the modern day. While it was considered a fad when it was reintroduced a few decades back, people started seeing the results when they tried it and it is now being accepted as the simplest answer to stress!
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Service cuts were on the minds of voters during a debate between nine Ottawa South candidates as hundreds of residents crammed into the Canterbury Community Centre Wednesday night.
?I watched the healthcare system demoralize? under the Mike Harris government, said resident Pam Robin.
But Progressive Conservative candidate Matt Young said the Tories will ?prioritize the programs that matter to people.?
That will result in slashing programs in hospitals such as CHEO and firing doctors, teachers, and the like, Liberal John Fraser retorted.
PC leader Tim Hudak is ?going to bring us back to 1995,? Fraser said, adding he?s seen that movie before.
New Democrat Bronwyn Funiciello said the NDP will ?protect public services. It is of the utmost importance to do so.?
Financial restraint is another major issue for voters.
?I don?t like the overspending of McGuinty?s Liberals. I think they should consider it to be ?our money? rather than their own money,? said Terry Hay, an Ottawa South resident for 25 years.
Green Party candidate Taylor Howarth addressed the province?s mounting debt.
?This is the burden that we?re going to be carrying for the rest of our lives,? said Howarth.
Despite having nine candidates, ?I don?t feel there?s a lot of choice,? said Peggy Winstan.
?I can pretty much eliminate probably seven or eight of the nine.?
Advance polls run until Friday and byelection day is Aug. 1.
Five out of 107 seats in the Ontario legislature are currently vacant.
The Liberals hold 48 seats, the Progressive Conservatives snagged 36 seats while the New Democrats hold 18 seats.
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Array asthma drug meets main goal in mid-stage study
(Reuters) - Array Biopharma Inc said one of its drugs met the main goal of improving lung function in a mid-stage study among patients with mild to moderate persistent allergic asthma.
Array shares rose as much as 19 percent to $6.64 ? their highest in nearly five years ? on Tuesday morning.
Array said it was seeking a partner to develop the drug and Chief Executive Ron Squarer said there was substantial interest from key players in the field.
"In theory, with a partner we may look at higher doses of the drug. With the safety profile, there may be the potential to combine this drug with existing therapies," he said on a conference call with analysts.
Array, which develops drugs to treat cancer, diabetes and hepatitis C, has partnered with companies including AstraZeneca Plc, Amgen Inc and Eli Lilly and Co.
William Blair analyst John Sonnier said the study data looked comparable to a commonly used oral drug called Singulair.
Merck & Co Inc's Singulair generated more than $6 billion in annual sales before its cheaper generic versions became available in the United States last August.
Array said the mechanism of its drug, codenamed ARRY 502, had a potential role in allergic rhinitis and atopic dermatitis and the drug could be applied to the treatment of multiple diseases.
ARRY 502 inhibits a molecule that plays a part in increasing allergic inflammation.
The drug showed an improvement of 3.9 percent in pre-bronchodilator Forced Expiratory Volume in one second (FEV1), compared with a placebo.
FEV1 is the maximal amount of air that can be forcefully exhaled in one second and a measures of lung function.
The drug was well tolerated with fewer adverse events compared with the placebo.
The trial, which enrolled 184 patients in the Unites States, tested 200 mg of the drug dosed twice daily.
Asthma affects about 25 million people in the United States, and about 235 to 300 million worldwide, Array said.
Array shares were up nearly 12 percent at $6.23 in mid-morning trade on the Nasdaq.
(Reporting By Vrinda Manocha in Bangalore; Editing by Joyjeet Das)
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Dozens of New Oil Rigs Planned for Gulf of Mexico
By?John Upton?/ Grist 
It?s open season for drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
A?five-month moratorium?on deep-sea drilling was imposed after the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon disaster, but those days are long gone. Now a record-breaking number of rigs are coming to the Gulf to tap gas and oil beneath the sea floor.
More than 60 rigs are expected to be operating in waters deeper than 1,000 feet by the end of 2015, up from 36 today,?Bloomberg reports:
Demand is driven in part by exploration successes in the lower tertiary, a geologic layer about 20,000 feet below the sea floor containing giant crude deposits that producers are only now figuring out how to tap. Companies such as Chevron Corp. and Anadarko Petroleum Corp. must do more drilling to turn large discoveries into producing wells ? as many as 20 wells for each find.
?The Gulf had more than its fair share of discoveries,? Chris Beckett, chief executive officer at Pacific Drilling SA, said in an interview. ?Right now, the Gulf is the fastest growing deep-water region in the world.?
The revival will add to surging crude oil supplies from the U.S. shale boom, with Gulf production climbing 23 percent to 1.55 million barrels a day by December 2014 from 1.26 million in March, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
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EU move makes clear Hezbollah a 'terror' group: Israel
JERUSALEM: Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni praised the EU decision Monday to blacklist Hezbollah's armed wing, which she said made clear that the Lebanese group is a "terrorist organisation".
"I welcome this announcement by the EU, that Hezbollah is now included in the list of terrorist organisations," said Livni.
"Finally, after years of deliberations, the claim that Hezbollah is a legitimate political party has rightfully failed. Now it is clear to the entire world that Hezbollah is a terrorist organisation", she said in a statement.
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Monday, July 22, 2013
Trayvon Martin's parents speak to crowds as rallies are held across the U.S. demanding justice for dead Florida teenager
- Day of action calls for civil liberty charges to be made against Zimmerman
- Tracy Martin tells Miami crowd 'I will never stop fighting for my son - and yours'
- Teenager's mother speaks alongside the Rev Al Sharpton in Manhattan
By Jessica Jerreat
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One week after George Zimmerman was found not guilty in the death of teenager Trayvon Martin, people have started to gather for nationwide rallies to press for federal civil rights charges against the former neighborhood watch leader.
Beyonce and Jay Z joined the Florida teenager's mother as she spoke to crowds in Manhattan alongside the Reverend Al Sharpton.
The case has become a flashpoint in separate but converging national debates over self-defense laws, guns, and race relations.?
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High profile: Trayvon's mother Sybrina Fulton, third from left, was joined by Beyonce, Jay Z and the Rev Al Sharpton
Star support: Beyonce and Jay Z join a Justice for Trayvon rally in New York
Connection: Celebrity couple Beyonce and Jay Z say as parents they can understand the pain of the verdict
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The Rev Al Sharpton's National Action Network organized Justice for Trayvon rallies and vigils outside federal buildings from noon in at least 101 cities, from New York and Los Angeles to Wichita in Kansas and Birmingham, Alabama.
On Saturday morning he told supporters in Manhattan he wanted a rollback of stand-your-ground self-defense laws.
'We are trying to change laws so that this never, ever happens again,' he said.
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'We have the strength to wipe our tears away. Last Saturday we cried. This Saturday we march.'
Trayvon's mother, Sybrina Fulton, also spoke at the New York rally, telling the crowd: 'Today it was my son. Tomorrow it might be yours.'
Emotional: Trayvon's mother Sybrina Fulton is joined by her son, Jahvaris, left, and the Rev Al Sharpton
Speech: Trayvon's father, Tracy Martin, tells crowds in Miami he will continue to fight for his son
Rally: Crowds gather outside the federal courthouse in Miami as part of a nationwide response to the verdict in the George Zimmerman case
She added: 'Of course we are hurting. Of course we are shocked and disappointed, but that just means we have to roll up our sleeves and continue to fight.'
Ms Fulton, her son Jahvaris, and the Rev Al Sharpton joined the rally as it marched to One Police Plaza at noon, where they were joined by Jay Z and his wife Beyonce, according to the New York Post.
Although they did not speak at the rally, the Rev Al Sharpton told the crowd: 'Jay Z told me, "I'm a father. Beyonce is a mother". We all feel the pain and apprehension - the laws must protect everybody, or it doesn't protect anybody.'
He added: 'We do not come from hate, we come from love of children,' according to the Huffington Post.
Beyonce had shown her support for the case last week, asking for a moment of silence at a concert after the not guilty verdict was recorded.
While Trayvon's mother was in New York, the dead teenager's father took part in a Miami rally on Saturday morning, according to?NBC News.
Support: People march through Oakland, California, as part of the Justice for Trayvon rally
Verdict: George Zimmmerman, right, was found not guilty in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, left
Debate: The rallies, including this one in Los Angeles, were organized to call for civil liberty charges to be brought against Mr Zimmerman
Wide spread: Philadelphia residents took part in the day of action
Campaign: In Austin, Texas, crowds marched while carrying banners
United: In Salt Lake City residents gathered outside the Wallace Bennett Federal Building for the rally
Tracy Martin told supporters outside Miami's federal courthouse: 'I vowed to Trayvon, when he was lying in his casket, that I would use every ounce of energy in my body to seek justice for him.'
He added: 'I will fight for Trayvon until the day I die. Not only will I fight for Trayvon, I will fight for your child as well.'
The Rev Sharpton and other supporters want the Justice Department to pursue federal civil rights charges against Mr Zimmerman.
He told the rally on Saturday: 'They will not say that was the young man killed in Sanford. They will say that was the young man who helped change the laws in the United States of America.'
Former Governor Eliot Spitzer, who attended the New York rally, said: 'Regardless of how you view the legality of the verdict in isolation, justice here was denied. An innocent young man was shot and killed and that is a tragedy.'
Protection: Eight-month-old Tyleigh Gould in Florida was one of many children taken to the rallies as parents voiced concern at the trial verdict
Presidential backing: At the New York rally a woman holds a sign of President Obama, who said he could have been like Trayvon Martin
Icon: Members of the crowd wore hoodies or held up packets of Skittles in reference to Trayvon being shot as he returned from buying the candy
National outcry: Rallies were due to be held in about 100 cities across the U.S. including Midland, Texas
Attorney General Eric Holder announced this week that the department would investigate whether the Hispanic neighborhood watch man could be charged under those federal civil rights laws, which would require evidence that he harbored racial animosity against Trayvon.
Most legal experts said it would be a difficult charge to bring.
Mr Holder added that the shooting demonstrated the need to re-examine stand-your-ground laws nationwide.
The Rev Jeffrey Johnson told about 200 people in Indianapolis that the rally was about making life safer for young black men.
Continuing protests: Posters announcing a future rally for Trayvon Martin in New York
United in cause: 8-year-old Anthony Simbler, left, and dentist Nicole Ray, right, wear similar suits that unite them in their cause for justice for Trayvon, though they protested today in separate cities (Simbler in Chicago and Ray in Miami)
Father and son supporters: Ulysses Diaz, holds his son, Armani Hinton, as they listen to a speech at a rally in Las Vegas.
The Rev Johnson said there were still endangered by racial profiling, and he compared Mr Zimmerman?s acquittal to that of four white officers in the beating of black motorist Rodney King in 1992, according to the Boston Globe.
'?The verdict freed George Zimmerman, but it condemned America more,' the pastor who is a member of the board of directors of the National Action Network, said.
On Friday President Obama said it was still common for black men to ?'be followed in a department store' while shopping or to walk down the street and 'hear the car doors lock'.
He added that he had experienced both scenarios before he rose to social and political prominence.
Network: The rally in Miami was one of many held on Saturday, to mark a week since the not guilty trial verdict
Change: The trial has led to calls for renewed debates on Florida's stand your ground law
Mass action: Large crowds gather in Atlanta, Georgia, at one of the Justice for Trayvon rallies
Protest: A young girl joins a protest outside a Philadelphia court house
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Sunday, July 21, 2013
Administrators doing their jobs for schools
We would like to correct the assumptions made by the writer of the letter ?CPS rehiring staff who weren?t needed before? (July 14).
The 72 Cincinnati Public Schools? administrative employees who were notified in March, for budgetary reasons, that their contracts would not be renewed have continued to work and do their jobs for the past four months. These employees? contracts were scheduled to expire July 31. The superintendent, the CPS Board of Education and CPS staff used those four months to create a balanced budget that allowed CPS to keep most of the nonrenewed administrators. Their contracts were renewed at the July 8 board meeting.
Elizabeth Holtzapple, President, Cincinnati Association of Administrators and Supervisors
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Tags: administrative costs, Cincinnati Public Schools, contracts
Source: http://cincinnati.com/blogs/letters/2013/07/21/administrators-doing-their-jobs-for-schools/
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San Diego County Sues to Revive California's Gay-Marriage Ban
San Diego County Clerk Ernest Dronenburg sued to block a state directive ordering him to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, saying California?s Proposition 8 marriage ban is still valid.
Governor Jerry Brown and Attorney General Kamala Harris, both Democrats, don?t have supervisory control over county clerks and a San Francisco federal judge?s 2010 ruling that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional doesn?t apply to Dronenburg, according to a petition filed with the California Supreme Court today.
?On the one hand, respondents have ordered him not to enforce state law and are threatening to punish him if he does not comply with that order,? Dronenburg?s lawyers said in a court filing. ?On the other hand, petitioner has an independent statutory obligation to enforce California law defining marriage as a union of a man and a woman.?
Dronenburg asked for an immediate injunction blocking the directive and letting him refuse to issue gay couples marriage licenses until the lawsuit is decided.
?The filing offers no new arguments that could deny same- sex couples their constitutionally protected civil rights,? Harris said in a statement. ?The federal injunction is still in effect, and it requires all 58 counties to perform same-sex marriages. No exceptions.?
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[BNW] XCOM Unit: Beckoning for a Fully-Fleshed out Futuristic Military
Part of the Brave New World expansion was the XCOM unit, futuristic soldiers which specialize in paradropping, plundering, and destroying. It upgrades from the Paratrooper, but has almost two times the strength [65 str vs. 110 str]. However, that's not even the best part: it can paradrop forty hexes away, making it the fastest unit in the game. The XCOM opens up new strategies that makes end-game conquering much more interesting. This is where the XCOM comes in handy...
When you have run out of Uranium/Oil/Aluminum but need a powerful unit.
When you want to jump behind enemy lines and knock out their relatively vulnerable artillery units.
When you want to launch a surprise attack on the enemy's capital before they can react.
When you need a unit that can reach the action quickly.
When you want a unit that can heal itself easily (paradrop and pillage!).
When you want a unit that can destroy tile improvements very easily (paradrop, then pillage aluminum mines, oil wells, uranium mines, to weaken the enemy's units which require these resources).
I could list many more things, but I think I've made my point: the XCOM is very useful, and opens up many strategic possibilities. With that having been said, the XCOM could be the first of many new, unique futuristic units being added to the game. The information era could be the most interesting era to wage war in, with plenty of new strategies unique to that era alone. This would improve Civilization V's endgame, along with BNW's new features.
TL;DR: Giant Death Robots and XCOM units? Why stop there? :-)
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US promises to declassify more information on surveillance programs
US intelligence officials are working to declassify information on programs that have been partially disclosed, a senior official said on Friday.?
Robert Litt, general counsel in the Office of Director of National Intelligence, testifies during a House Judiciary Committee meeting.
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Robert Litt, general counsel of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence,?said he was optimistic that the intelligence community could make "a lot of progress" in declassifying the information.
US officials faced a public uproar after Snowden began leaking classified information about telephone and email collection programs. Intelligence officials have been on a push to justify the programs as legal under the law, particularly the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which requires a secret court to approve the programs.
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court?on Monday sided with Yahoo Inc and ordered the Obama administration?to declassify and publish a 2008 court decision justifying Prism, the data collection program revealed last month by Snowden.
The ruling could offer a rare glimpse into how the government has legally justified its spy agencies' data collection programs under FISA.
"One of the hurdles to declassification earlier was that the existence of the programs was classified," Litt said in response to questions following a speech at the Brookings Institute. "It's very hard to think about releasing the opinion that says a particular program is legal if you're not going to disclose what the program is. Now that the program has been declassified we're going back and we're looking at these opinions."
Litt said intelligence officials were looking across the entire spectrum of its activities to see what could be declassified.
"We're trying to prioritize things that we think are of the greatest public interest," he said. "The highest priority is getting out fuller information about the programs about which partial information is already out."
The 2008 ruling mentioned by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court stemmed from Yahoo's challenge of the legality of broad, warrantless surveillance programs like Prism.
A number of major US Internet companies, including Microsoft, Google,?and Facebook, have asked the government for permission to disclose the number of national security-related user data requests they receive.
Snowden, who faces espionage charges for releasing the classified information, has been holed up at a Moscow airport for three weeks trying to avoid prosecution. This week he sought temporary asylum in Russia.
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Across US, people rally for 'Justice for Trayvon'
FILE -This combo image made from file photos shows Trayvon Martin, left, and George Zimmerman. The jury in the trial of neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman began deliberating his fate, Friday, July 12, 2013, on charges in the 2012 shooting death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin. (AP Photos, File)
FILE -This combo image made from file photos shows Trayvon Martin, left, and George Zimmerman. The jury in the trial of neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman began deliberating his fate, Friday, July 12, 2013, on charges in the 2012 shooting death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin. (AP Photos, File)
ATLANTA (AP) ? One week after a jury found George Zimmerman not guilty in the death of unarmed teen Trayvon Martin, people began to gather for nationwide rallies to press for federal civil rights charges against the former neighborhood watch leader.
The Florida case has become a flashpoint in separate but converging national debates over self-defense laws, guns, and race relations. Zimmerman, who successfully claimed self-defense, identifies as Hispanic. Martin was black.
The Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network organized the "Justice for Trayvon" rallies and vigils outside federal buildings in at least 101 cities: from New York and Los Angeles to Wichita, Kan., and Atlanta, where people stood in the rain at the base of the federal courthouse, with traffic blocked on surrounding downtown streets.
Most rallies were scheduled for noon local times. Hundreds of people ? including music superstars Jay-Z and Beyonce, as well as Martin's mother, Sybrina Fulton ? gathered in New York.
Fulton told the crowd she was determined to fight for societal and legal changes needed to ensure that black youths are no longer viewed with suspicion because of their skin color.
"I promise you I'm going to work for your children as well," she said to the rally crowd.
At a morning appearance at Sharpton's headquarters in Harlem, she implored people to understand that the tragedy involved more than Martin alone. "Today it was my son. Tomorrow it might be yours," she said.
In addition to pushing the Justice Department to investigate civil rights charges against Zimmerman, Sharpton told supporters he wants to see a rollback of stand-your-ground self-defense laws.
"We are trying to change laws so that this never, ever happens again," Sharpton said.
Stand-your-ground laws are on the books in more than 20 states, and they go beyond many older, traditional self-defense statutes. In general, the laws eliminate a person's duty to retreat in the face of a serious physical threat.
Zimmerman did not invoke Florida's stand-your-ground law, instead relying on a traditional self-defense argument. Nor was race discussed in front of the jury that acquitted Zimmerman. But the two topics have dominated public discourse about the case, and came up throughout Saturday's rallies.
In Indianapolis, the Rev. Jeffrey Johnson told about 200 attendees that the nationwide effort is about making life safer for young black men. Johnson said young black men still are endangered by racial profiling.
Part of Sharpton's comments echoed those made by President Barack Obama on the case yesterday. "Racial profiling is not as bad as segregation, but you don't know the humiliation of being followed in a department store," Sharpton said.
Attorney General Eric Holder announced this week that his department would investigate whether Zimmerman could be charged under federal civil rights laws. Such a case would require evidence that Zimmerman harbored racial animosity against Martin. Most legal experts say that would be a difficult charge to bring.
Holder said the shooting demonstrates the need to re-examine stand-your-ground laws.
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Associated Press writers Verena Dobnik in New York and Charles Wilson in Indianapolis contributed to this report.
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'RED 2? Review - Screen Rant
In RED 2, Frank Moses (Bruce Willis) is happily retired (again), living an uncomplicated life in the suburbs?with girlfriend?Sarah Ross (Mary-Louise Parker), shopping at big box warehouse stores, and trying his best to avoid killing anyone. However, when his former partner Marvin Boggs (John Malkovich) makes a surprise appearance while the couple is out buying groceries, Frank is thrown back into the cutthroat world of espionage and assassins ? which is a welcome change of pace for Sarah, who has become bored with their ordinary lives.
Boggs informs the couple that, in the wake of a WikiLeaks-like scandal, a failed government operation has been brought to light and the former U.S. operatives have become wanted terrorists ? with a group of the world?s top assassins on their tail. Forced to flee for their lives, Frank and Sarah (along with a number of returning faces) must uncover the truth behind the long-forgotten mission in order to save the world, clear their names ? and (maybe) learn a few things about love in the process.
Bruce Willis and John Malkovich in ?Red 2?
Dean Parisot (Galaxy Quest)?takes over director duty from RED helmer?Robert Schwentke ? and, like its predecessor, RED 2 makes very liberal use of its DC Comics origins. Instead of using a specific storyline from the graphic novel, RED 2 is an entirely original storyline (once again penned by Jon and Erich Hoeber) that relies on the ?Retired, Extremely Dangerous? source material mixed with the first film?s light-hearted and slightly-less-violent tone. Whereas RED offered a fun (as well as surprising) mix of comedy and slick action, the sequel is merely a competent but not exceptional follow-up. Die-hard fans of the original will find enjoyment in?RED 2, as the movie?successfully continues the setup from the first installment and presents plenty of engaging character moments. That said, less-committed casual filmgoers expecting another surprise hit will likely find the film does little to iterate or evolve on the previously established format (or action genre in general).
The story fuels a globe-trotting adventure that allows for a wide-range of familiar but satisfying action beats. Most scenes play to the fan base ? placing the quirky characters in a series of diverse and entertaining set pieces. However, the actual narrative through-line and individual plot arcs are thin, punctuated by several very predictable twists that lack suspense or worthwhile payoff. Even though a lot of interesting story material is thrown into the mix, very little is done to develop any of the threads beyond pushing likable characters onto the next action setup.
Bruce Willis is solid in the sequel, riffing on similar roles from his expansive filmography. The action icon continues to prove that, despite his age, he?s still a likable lead ? delivering plenty of tongue-in-cheek one-liners and hard-hitting fight choreography. Still, Willis isn?t doing anything fresh with the role, and the character?s larger storyline isn?t quite as well-defined this round. Moreoever, on more than one occasion?RED 2 sacrifices the integrity of the Frank character for cheap laughs or predictable plot beats that force unnecessary twists and turns into the story.
Helen Mirren and Byung-hun Lee in ?Red 2?
In general, Frank is most entertaining when paired with one of his two supporting players, Sarah and Marvin ? who, similar to the original, steal most of the scenes.?Malkovich returns for another round of eccentric camp (along with a few downright badass moments) as Marvin ? and many of the film?s most quotable lines and memorable scenes belong to his character. Yet, even when Marvin is at his best in RED 2, few of his contributions are anywhere near as enjoyable as his irreverent and playful debut in RED. Conversely,?Mary-Louise Parker is actually more entertaining this round, and the actress is given a significantly wider range of material to explore, especially when the plot sees Sarah embrace the?Retired, Extremely Dangerous lifestyle.
The rest of the cast are competent additions to the?RED 2 story, but most of their characters are short-changed, with only a few key scenes to shine in. As usual,?Anthony Hopkins is a stand-out and his scientist character, Edward Bradley, is one of the more intriguing (albeit still thinly-drawn) members of the film.?Helen Mirren?s Victoria,?Neal McDonough?s?Jack Horton,?and?Byung-hun Lee?s?Han Jo-Bae are fun foils for Willis and?Malkovich, but none of their respective characters are offered much to do beyond filling out action scenes ? which is especially disappointing after the original RED successfully incorporated strong and relevant story arcs for nearly every side character. In spite of a few laughs, the romance triangle between Frank, Sarah, and former love-interest Katja (Catherine Zeta-Jones) is especially weak, often muddling the connection between Frank and Sarah instead of providing meaningful insight or growth.
Anthony Hopkins as Edward Bradley in ?Red 2?
The strong cast helps?RED 2 provide intriguing moments and fun gags, but the movie fails to stitch it all together with solid character drama and a captivating over-arching plot ? both of which served to elevate the original film above otherwise standard action genre offerings. Similarly, while this second installment offers a few unique twists on typical spy movie tropes (i.e. infiltration and chase scenes), fast-cuts, choppy choreography, and some noticeable CGI shots prevent the movie from succeeding as a must-see for action lovers.
As a result, RED 2 is an adequate but not stellar follow-up. It checks the necessary boxes to be worthy of recommendation ? a solid cast, fun character banter, and decent action. Yet, the sequel does not elevate the series in any meaningful or particularly satisfying way and lacks the same broad appeal as its predecessor.?Fans of the last?RED?adventure will enjoy seeing their favorite characters back on the big screen but less-devoted moviegoers will find that, in spite of some amusing elements,?RED 2?is only an average action experience.
If you?re still on the fence about?RED 2, check out the trailer below:
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RED 2?runs 116 minutes and is Rated PG-13 for pervasive action and violence including frenetic gunplay, and for some language and drug material. Now playing in theaters.
Let us?know what you thought of the film in the comment section below.
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Saturday, July 20, 2013
Obama extols health care law amid public doubts
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Facing public doubts and embarrassing setbacks to his signature health care law, President Barack Obama stepped forward Thursday to extol the program's benefits, emphasizing that some Americans already are receiving insurance rebates and lower premiums.
Obama said the program is working the way it was supposed to with "better benefits, stronger protections, more bang for your buck." The assertion was ridiculed by Republicans, with House Speaker John Boehner calling the Affordable Care Act "a train wreck" that he will keep working to repeal.
Obama dismissed the GOP's so-far-futile votes ? the House logged its 38th attempt to repeal or scale back the law on Wednesday ? with an exasperated sigh and shake of his head during a White House speech.
"What I've heard is just the same old song and dance," Obama said of his critics. "We're just going to blow through that stuff and just keep on doing the right thing for the American people."
While the fate of the health care law will play a major role in defining his legacy, Obama has not devoted much time or energy to selling it to the country, speaking on the subject only occasionally as Republicans have pressed a determined campaign to undermine the program. Obama is returning to the subject now because enrollment begins Oct. 1 for subsidized private coverage through new online markets.
Goals of the overhaul are to provide coverage to nearly 50 million uninsured people and restrain skyrocketing costs, but Americans remain skeptical about how their coverage may be affected. Even Obama's allies in the labor unions have turned around their former support of the law out of fears that it will jeopardize benefits for millions of their members by increasing costs. Union leaders also say companies are scaling back work time to avoid providing coverage required for employees who work 30 hours or more. Some labor leaders are now calling for repeal or reform of the law.
Obama launched an impassioned defense of the law at the White House in front of several families who have received refund checks under a provision that requires insurers to spend at least 80 cents of every premium dollar on medical care and quality improvement or reimburse the difference. The president said rebates are being sent for 8.5 million Americans this summer, averaging $100 each. However, much of the money goes to employers who provide insurance and are required to use the money to benefit employees in some way.
Meanwhile, Obama said lawmakers are "trying to make political hay" out of health care and should be worrying about fixing other problems the country faces.
"Instead, we're refighting these old battles," Obama said. "Sometimes I just try to figure out why. Maybe they think it's good politics, but part of our job here is not to always think about politics."
The problem isn't politics, the Republicans counter.
"The picture that the president paints of his health care law looks nothing like the reality facing struggling American families," Boehner said in a statement responding to Obama's event. "They know that the law is turning out to be a train wreck."
Obama said Americans saved $3.4 billion last year in lower premiums as a result of the efficiencies required by the law. But for many Americans who don't get their insurance through an employer but will be required to buy it next year, the financial impact of the law is still unclear as the government scrambles to launch an online marketplace for them.
Not everyone who is uninsured is expected to take the opportunity to get coverage, and that could have vast consequences for the economics of the system. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that about 6 million people of various ages will instead pay the tax penalty for not having insurance in 2014. It's hard to estimate how many of those will be the young and healthy adults that insurers need in the system to offset costs for older, sicker beneficiaries.
Obama acknowledged "glitches" in implementing the sweeping law on a massive industry. Earlier this month the administration announced a one-year delay in a major provision requiring companies to provide coverage for their workers.
Obama noted with approval that some states are anticipating lower premiums because of the health insurance marketplaces that are being set up so consumers can comparison shop for the coverage. Among those states are California, Oregon, Washington and New York.
But in other states there are issues, including Mississippi where in 36 of 82 counties, so far, no insurers are offering plans through the federal online marketplace scheduled to begin enrolling customers Oct. 1. It's unclear whether people in those counties will be held in violation of the law that says they must have coverage.
Gallup found 52 percent of Americans disapproved of the Affordable Care Act when asked about it in late June. Forty-four percent approved. Gallup found 42 percent saying the law would affect their families' situations in a negative way, 22 percent positive and 33 percent saying it won't make a difference.
Obama urged Americans to think about how the law could provide a free mammogram to catch a grandmother's breast cancer before it spread or help a little girl who could have heart surgery now that there's no lifetime cap on her coverage.
"I recognize that there are still a lot of folks in this town at least who are rooting for this law to fail. Some of them seem to think this law's about me. It's not. I already have really good health care," Obama said, to laughter.
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