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Sunday, June 30, 2013
After Three Months Of Work, Digg Reader Officially Opens To The Public
Despite much wailing and gnashing of teeth Google Reader is finally set to go dark next week, and more than a few companies (including TechCrunch owner AOL) are shooting to fill the gap it's going to leave behind. Digg Reader is probably the most prominent of those reader replacements, and just a few minutes ago the team officially announced on the Digg blog that the long-running project is now open to the public.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/scfwWgC3Mhg/
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El Nino unusually active in the late 20th century: Is it because of global warming?
June 30, 2013 ? Spawning droughts, floods, and other weather disturbances world-wide, the El Ni?o -- Southern Oscillation (ENSO) impacts the daily life of millions of people. During El Ni?o, Atlantic hurricane activity wanes and rainfall in Hawaii decreases while Pacific winter storms shift southward, elevating the risk of floods in California.
The ability to forecast how ENSO will respond to global warming thus matters greatly to society. Providing accurate predictions, though, is challenging because ENSO varies naturally over decades and centuries. Instrumental records are too short to determine whether any changes seen recently are simply natural or attributable to human-made greenhouse gases. Reconstructions of ENSO behavior are usually missing adequate records for the tropics where ENSO develops.
Help is now underway in the form of a tree-ring record reflecting ENSO activity over the past seven centuries. Tree-rings have been shown to be very good proxies for temperature and rainfall measurements. An international team of scientists spearheaded by Jinbao Li and Shang-Ping Xie, while working at the International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, has compiled 2,222 tree-ring chronologies of the past seven centuries from both the tropics and mid-latitudes in both hemispheres. Their work is published in the June 30, 2013 online issue of Nature Climate Change.
The inclusion of tropical tree-ring records enabled the team to generate an archive of ENSO activity of unprecedented accuracy, as attested by the close correspondence with records from equatorial Pacific corals and with an independent Northern Hemisphere temperature reconstruction that captures well-known teleconnection climate patterns.
These proxy records all indicate that ENSO was unusually active in the late 20th century compared to the past seven centuries, implying that this climate phenomenon is responding to ongoing global warming.
"In the year after a large tropical volcanic eruption, our record shows that the east-central tropical Pacific is unusually cool, followed by unusual warming one year later. Like greenhouse gases, volcanic aerosols perturb the Earth's radiation balance. This supports the idea that the unusually high ENSO activity in the late 20th century is a footprint of global warming," explains lead author Jinbao Li.
"Many climate models do not reflect the strong ENSO response to global warming that we found," says co-author Shang-Ping Xie, meteorology professor at the International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa and Roger Revelle Professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego. "This suggests that many models underestimate the sensitivity to radiative perturbations in greenhouse gases. Our results now provide a guide to improve the accuracy of climate models and their projections of future ENSO activity. If this trend of increasing ENSO activity continues, we expect to see more weather extremes such as floods and droughts."
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American killed in Egypt protests, US official confirms
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Opponents of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi burn a Freedom and Justice Party office Friday in Alexandria, Egypt.
By M. Alex Johnson and Jeff Black, NBC News
A U.S. citizen killed on Friday in Alexandria, Egypt, site of anti-government protests, was identified as Andrew Pochter, the U.S. Embassy in Cairo told NBC News on Saturday.
Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, said the 21-year-old student was from Chevy Chase, Md.
In a statement, the school said Pochter was an intern at AMIDEAST, a nonprofit group not affiliated with Kenyon that is engaged in international education, training and development.
"We are providing appropriate consular assistance from our Embassy in Cairo and our Bureau of Consular Affairs at the State Department," a State Department said.
Al Jazeera and Reuters, both quoting doctors and Egyptian security officials, and the Egyptian state news agency MENA reported Friday that Pochter died from a stab wound to the chest in Alexandria.
Gen. Amin Ezzeddin, a senior security official in Alexandria, told Reuters that the American was using a mobile phone camera near an office of President Mohammed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood as it was being attacked by protesters. He died at a military hospital, Ezzeddin said.
At least 80 other people have been wounded in the Alexandria protests, MENA reported.
The protests are part of the buildup to nationwide "June 30" demonstrations marking a year since Morsi's election. Morsis opponents hope to force early presidential elections, citing a range of social and economic issues.
Morsi's supporters have promised that they will also take to the streets to defend the Muslim Brotherhood-backed government.
"There are no services. We can't find diesel or gasoline," Mohamed Abdel Latif, an accountant, told Reuters. "We elected Morsi, but this is enough."
Charlene Gubash of NBC News contributed to this report from Cairo, Egypt.
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Rate Deal of the Day: 66 Federal Credit Union Mortgage Rates at 4.50%
Searching for mortgage interest rates when looking for a home loan is an important part of house shopping. Keeping rates low, like a 30-year, 4.50% loan from 66 Federal Credit Union, is essential to buying a home that builds equity, keeps credit current and stays on budget.
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One of the most popular mortgage terms available, a 30-year home loan allows borrowers to repay their debt over an extended period, with fixed rates that won?t increase over time. So, if rates were to double or triple in a decade?s time, 66 FCU members stay locked in to their 2.87% rate from 2013, allowing them to plan out their mortgage payments into their regular expenses. Applying for this loan is also a click away online at the credit union?s website.
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In ensuring its members receive the best interest rates today,?66 Federal Credit Union?also gives back to the community. Among the organizations the credit union supports financially are the United Way, Relay for Life of Washington County, Big Brothers Big Sisters Oklahoma and a scholarship contest for local high school seniors. The credit union has branch locations in Texas, Arkansas, Kansas and Oklahoma.Save big with low?mortgage interest rates.
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The Post Arcade Weekend Hitlist ? Layton Arrives on the iOS in time for Canada Day
Every week independent video game studios release artistic, innovating, and challenging games.
Some are good, some are great, and some are just downright addictive, so here?s a roundup of the best games for your weekend from around the indie game community.
Layton Brothers Mystery Room
It?s not exactly Professor Layton, but it?s the closest you can get on the iOS.
Layton Brothers Mystery Room, developed by?Level-5 Inc., brings the series quality puzzles for the first time to mobile devices, but only on the iOS.
The game follows Inspector Alfendi Layton and Detective Lucy Baker as they research the extraordinary cases in the ?Mystery Room?.
It?s certainly new territory for the series, but it brings the depth of intrigue, narrative, and puzzles the Professor Layton games are known for.
The Post Arcade will be bringing you a review of the full game from yours truly next week.
Until then you can find Layton Brothers Mystery Room on the?iTunes store?and there is a free version as well.
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Oh man, I?ve been waiting for this one to be released on mobile.
XCOM: Enemy Unknown,?developed by Firaxis Games, is a PlayStation Network turned iOS title that features some of the best turn-based action available today.
It has a bold presentation and even bolder characters, and for the price it?s a great find on the mobile platform.
Enemy Unknown?has been available for almost a year now, but it?s been hailed as one of the most critically acclaimed turn-based strategy games last year.
For more be sure to check out our very own Controller Freak Chad Sapieha?s review of the game on the Post Arcade.
You can find?XCOM: Enemy Unknown?on the iTunes store.
Magic 2014
Remember those days playing Magic: The Gathering in the school cafeteria? I do, and I remember the competition and the sense of loss at being decked.
Magic 2014, developed by Wizards of the Coast, brings just that to the iPad, Xbox, PS3 and Steam with a whole collection of cards at your disposal including the Planeswalkers.
Its amazing to see the interactive special effects when the cards attack and ?holding? a Black Lotus, which is normally a few hundred dollars, is pretty awesome.
There are a number of in-app purchases available to players:
- Magic 2014 Premium Content Pack$9.99
- ?Sliver Hive? Deck Key$0.99
- Magic 2014 Sealed Play Slot$1.99
- ?Avacyn?s Glory? Deck Key$0.99
- ?Mind Maze? Deck Key$0.99
It makes building you own deck almost like building a real one, and it?s a far less expensive. Our very own Download Code coloumnist Dan Kaszor is hard at work writing up a review of this one, so be sure to check back at the Post Arcade for all the details.??(ED note: Early micro review from DK ? Much like the other ?Duels of the Planeswalkers? games this one is great for about 10 hours then starts kicking you to play the tabletop game.)
You can find Magic 2014?on the iTunes store, XBLA, the PSN store and Steam.
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Pacifica shark attack: why we don't need to be afraid
Pacifica shark attack: Shark attacks are on the rise, but odds of becoming a shark attack victim are still very close to nil.
A great white shark near Mexico drags buoys after taking bait.
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The victim, Micah Flansburg, was fishing some 100 yards off from the beach at 3:30 p.m. when a Great White shark rose up under the boat and then took it in its teeth. The man was frightened, but unharmed.
"It was intense. It was just like the Discovery Channel where you see the eyes roll to the back of the head and the pink gums and his teeth bared," Flansburg told ABC.
Shark attack news reached a decade high in 2012, with about 80 unprovoked shark attack reports?worldwide, seven of which were fatal. Some eight of those attacks were off the US Pacific coast and another 26 were in Florida, the state that accounts for about half of all shark attacks in the United States, mostly because that state?s appealing beaches are so heavily trafficked. North America as a whole also accounts for about half of all shark attacks worldwide, but researchers are unsure what combination of meteorological, oceanographic, economic, and social factors are to blame for that trend.
Attacks that are considered provoked, such as when a shark attacks someone trying to pet or fish it, are not included in those tallies. Attacks on already drowned humans are also not included.
On the whole, shark attacks have been on upswing over the last century, but scientists have said that those worrying numbers are largely due to increased efforts to document those incidents. Rates have also climbed as people spend more recreational time in the water, especially so in remote areas where sharks once reigned supreme. Other factors in shark attacks, such as climate change, have not yet been adequately studied to be linked to climbing reports of attack rates.
Some 60 percent of all shark attacks are on surfers, since that category of water users are more likely to be in the surf zone, where sharks sometimes lurk. Surfers are also more likely than swimmers to be kicking up water and alerting sharks to their presence.
In the event of a shark attack, scientists at The Florida Museum of Natural History recommend an aggressive response, like hitting its snout or clawing at its eyes or gills.
But that?s a tip we?re unlikely to ever need to use. The odds of becoming a shark attack victim, based on beach attendance rates in the US, is about one in 11.5 million. The odds of dying in an attack are about 0 in 264.1 million ? or, about nil.?
For perspective:
Odds of getting crushed by a vending machine are about 1 in 112 million.
Odds of becoming president are 1 in 10 million.
Odds of dating a supermodel are 1 in 88,000.
Odds of finding a pearl in an oyster are 1 in 12,000.
Odds are, these things are more likely to happen to you than a fatal shark attack.
Odds are, none of these things will happen to you.
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Saturday, June 29, 2013
Press TV should take legal action against Intelsat: Intl. lawyer
An international lawyer says the English-language news channel, Press TV, should take legal action against the communications satellite services provider, Intelsat, over its latest decision to take Iranian channels off the air.
In an exclusive interview with Press TV on Wednesday, Paul Wolf stated that the Tehran-based news channel reserves the right to free speech, and the recent move by the Luxembourg-based company to suspend its services to Iranian television channels is a clear example of censorship.
He further noted that Press TV should take the case to a court and sue Intelsat over its measure to cease the signal of a news channel that has millions of viewers.
Wolf added that Press TV must explore all available means to win the case and expressed hope that the channel would receive massive support in the case.
On June 19, Intelsat announced its decision to stop the services to Iranian channels including Press TV, citing the illegal sanctions against the president of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) as pretext.
Intelsat said that it has been ordered by the US government to avoid extending IRIB?s license, noting that it will stop providing services as of July 1.
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Obama meets privately with Mandela family
U.S. President Barack Obama gestures during a news conference with South African President Jacob Zuma, not pictured, at the Union Building on Saturday, June 29, 2013, in Pretoria, South Africa. The president is in South Africa, embarking on the second leg of his three-country African journey. The visit comes at a poignant time, with former South African president and anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela ailing in a Johannesburg hospital. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
U.S. President Barack Obama gestures during a news conference with South African President Jacob Zuma, not pictured, at the Union Building on Saturday, June 29, 2013, in Pretoria, South Africa. The president is in South Africa, embarking on the second leg of his three-country African journey. The visit comes at a poignant time, with former South African president and anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela ailing in a Johannesburg hospital. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
JOHANNESBURG (AP) ? President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama met privately Saturday with the family of Nelson Mandela.
The meeting was held in Johannesburg at the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, which is part of the former South African president's foundation.
It lasted for about a half hour, enough time for a small crowd to gather outside in time for Obama's departure.
The White House didn't say which Mandela family members the Obamas met with.
The president and first lady will not meet with the ailing 94-year-old Mandela, who is hospitalized with a lung infection. The White House says that decision was made in accordance with the wishes of Mandela's family.
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Upcoming Food & Drink Events in Windsor-Essex: July 2013 ...
The Main Opens New Patio, Releases New Menu
The Main Grill & Ale House in Kingsville is opening a patio at the beginning of July. To help celebrate, they will also be releasing a revamped menu.
Jack?s Gastropub Launches New Menu
Jack?s Gastropub will not only be rockin? their great patio this summer, but come July, they?ll also be sporting their brand new summer menu.
Serenity Lavender and North 42 Degrees Estate Winery are Now Bicycle Friendly
The bike rack arrived, is installed and both Serenity Lavender and North 42 Degrees Estatate Winery are officially a member of the Welcome Cyclists network!
The 2 establishments will have healthy snacks ?including locally made Victory power bars, Perrier, flavoured San Pelligrino, coconut water and local nuts which can be enjoyed by their cycling visitors?at their picnic tables.? Bring on the cyclists!
Stowaway 1812 Wine Launch
Colio Estate Wines, Cooper?s Hawk Vineyards, Pelee Island Winery, Oxley Estate Winery and Sprucewood Shores Estate Winery cordially invite you to the launch of Stowaway 1812, a regional collaborative line of wines commemorating the Bicentennial of the War of 1812. The launch will be at the Provincial Marine Commissariat located at 224 Dalhousie Street, Amherstburg, Ontatrio on Thursday July 4, 2012 at 11:30 am. This signature line of 6 distinct wines within 1 region are limited edition collectors items that will augment the experience of visitors to both our wine region and our 1812 region.
From July 19 to September 1, 2013 a special barrel of one Stowaway1812 varietal will be stowed away aboard Liana?s Ransom, one of the Tall Ships participating in the August 30-September 2 Coastal Trails: Sails to See Tall Ships Festival in Windsor, Amherstburg, Kingsville and Pelee Island. This special barrel will travel the great lakes throughout the Tall Ships 1812 Tour.
Each winery will produce a different wine varietal, with each winery highlighting an 1812-era Tall Ship. Each wine is one of a collection of six and can be purchased starting July 4, 2013 at participating wineries.
The six participating wineries will launch and provide tastings of the STOWAWAY 1812 wine line.
Klassen Blueberries Opens Store
Friday, July 5, 2013, the store on the Klassen Blueberry farm will open with frozen?yogourt?and pies available.? No blueberries until?Blueberry Season to Start July 18, 2013
The 2013 Klassen Blueberry Season will July 18.?This?is, of course, all dependent on Mother Nature.
Fork & Cork 2013
Brought to you by Liuna Local 625 and Protenders Inc., International Blues Rock Legends, Big Sugar, will be headlining Windsor?s Fork and Cork food and drink festival on July 5-7, 2013 in the Riverfront Plaza.
6 local wineries and 20 restaurants and various merchants will be on hand at Fork and Cork showcasing the best that Windsor and Essex County have to offer. Windsor?s Fork and Cork is free to attend all weekend long and is family friendly with an expanded Kids Zone with activities for all ages from water rides, inflatables, face painting and more.
Drinks of Walkerville walking tour
On Saturday, July 6, 2013,?enjoy a fan favourite walking tour in Old Walkerville as we start off at the Canadian Club Brand Centre as we take in the history of the building and brand before sampling the Mad Men character?s drink of choice, Canadian Club Whisky.
After learning all the about history full of famous (and infamous) characters that were big fans of the Canadian Club brand, we take a stroll through Olde Walkerville discovering it?s architecture as well as some well known and not?so well known tales associated with the area.
We then will visit Walkerville Brewery and sample their beers while being walked through the facility and learning about the brewing process.
From the brewery we head to The Willistead where we?ll be treated to some more beverages. Scotch perhaps? Bourbon? Much like the ever changing menu at the popular restaurant, it?ll be a surprise!
By joining our tour you?ll receive an experience and some extras that you won?t be able to have on your own.
Tickets can be purchased here:?http://www.windsoreats.com/shop/#!/~/product/category=4586003&id=16478049
WindsorEats Live Cooking Demo at Downtown Windsor Farmers Market
Join WindsorEats at the Downtown Windsor Farmers Market as we bring in a local chef to cook live to an audience using ingredients from the market vendors. The demonstration begins at 11:00am.
EPIC Lavender Festival
Yes, Windsor Essex County, in the deep south of Ontario?has a lavender festival!? Sunday July 7, 2013 at?Serenity?Lavender Farm from 10:00am to 5:00pm ?Enjoy a fun filled sensory experience to remember with the colours, the aromas and flavours of lavender while being entertained by local musicians. Stroll the artist and artisan alley and participate in art and crafting demos, harvest demos, pick your own lavender or just enjoy the sounds of the busy bees.? Come have a ?scentsational ? day and learn the language of lavender! Admission $2.00 for adults (over 16).
Beach Yoga at Sprucewood Shores Estate Winery
On Sunday July 7, 2013, come join Sprucewood Shores Estate Winery for yoga on their beautiful beach front. Allow yourself to practice a gentle class under the warmth of the sun and the breeze of our beautiful Lake Erie. Class will be beginner friendly. Partial Proceeds will go to Yoga 4 Hope. Cost is $25. Please contact Bee Yoga atbeeyoga@hotmail.ca, text or call 519-300-3173. Class will be from 12-1:30. Wine, sangrias and tapas will be available for purchase after event to enjoy with live music under the shade of the tents nestled in the vineyard.
Pizza and Music on the Patio at Mettawas Station
Also on July 7, dig in to some wood fired pizza and live entertainment at Mettawas Station in Kingsville. This event will also be on August 4 and 25.
Love and Theft Concert at Bull N Barrel
The Bull n? Barrel Urban Saloon, one of Canada?s premier country rock entertainment venues, is proud to announce their first show of their Summer Concert Series with national recording group, Love and Theft, on Friday July 12 2013.
Proudly boasting a Number 1 Hit, and a CCMA Award Nomination, you?ll know them by their #1 hit single ?Angel Eyes? and their other big singles ?Runaway? which was a top 10 and their latest single ?Running Out Of Air?.
Tickets are only $30 (plus tax) in advance and are available?online at?www.ticketweb.ca?or at The Bull n? Barrel 7 days a week. There are also a very limited amount of VIP Tickets on sale at The Bull n? Barrel which includes admission to the concert, and access to the VIP Area front row to watch the concert.
Bikes & Beers Cycling Tours
Cycle through Windsor sampling beers at local restaurants on the Bikes & Beers Cycling Tour. Hosted by WindsorEats, participants will be visiting at least 3 establishments in Windsor, Ontario.
Participants are to provide their own bikes. Helmets are mandatory. Guests are encouraged to bring locks to secure bikes when we enter establishments. Bike rentals are available.
Join us on July13, 2013 as we cycle our way through the city, stop at local restaurants and breweries and sample some suds and grub.
Tickets are $60 each. Tickets are limited and will sell quickly.
Visit?http://www.windsoreats.com/shop/#!/~/product/category=5296477&id=17925279?to purchase tickets.
Poppin? Corks for Prostate Cancer
On July 13 and 14, 2013, from 11:00am to 5:00pm, head out to?Colchester Ridge Estate Winery?to give to a?great cause and enjoying a day of fun with the whole family!
Summer Sundays at Pelee Island Winery
Take in some summer fun in the sun at Pelee Island Winery on July 14, 2013. Enjoy local food, music and Pelee?s award winning wines for a relaxing Sunday afternoon on their patio under the tent. The event takes place from 12:00pm to 4:00pm.
Skin Arts at Walkerville Brewery
The idea of ?Skin? was created on the notion of freeing ourselves from outside influence and celebrating independence while showcasing how unique and outstanding Windsor?s arts community is. Held at Walkerville Brewery on July 19th, 2013, Skin will highlight various forms of art throughout the evening including:
- 12+ artists including painters, photographers and sculptors
- Tattoo artists demonstrating their work live
- A two part fashion show
- Part 1: Featuring fashions from local designers
- Part 2: Featuring body painting done by local artist, Christy Litster, and visiting artist Marie Fox
- An end of the evening Burlesque performance by Roxi D?Lite!
Show is 19+ and tickets are $15 in advance. Buying a ticket may not guarantee entrance after 7:00pm, so please show up early!
Wine Trail Ride Cycling Tour
Enjoy a scenic ride on your bike to Essex Pelee Island Coast wineries for tastings and enjoy a meal at the final stop.
Route for July 20 is approximately 20km and includes: Colio Estate Wines, Oxley Estate Winery, Colchester Ridge Estate Winery.
Each Wine Trail Ride includes tastings at each winery, tours and a really great meal. A support vehicle will also be on hand and will be able to bring back the wine purchased from the wineries back to our starting point. Tickets are limited and sell quickly.
Tickets include tastings, tours, guide, a support vehicle and a long table dinner made from locally grown products.
Visit?www.winetrailride.ca?for more info or to purchase tickets visit?http://www.windsoreats.com/shop/#!/~/product/category=156101&id=17925293
Luv Local Windsor-Essex Creates
July 20, 2013, visit Walkerville Brewery as they host Luv Local Windsor-Essex Creates, a?show and sale of work by local artisans and crafters in conjunction with the Annual Walkerville Art Walk & Rock.
Oxley Estate Winery?s Vintage Showcase
Join?Oxley Estate Winery?for a?song filled summer afternoon?featuring the artists patrons selected during their 2013 Friday Concerts series.
Fine Art & Craft Show at Pelee Island Winery
The Arts Society of Kingsville will be holding its inaugural members? show and sale of fine art and fine crafts on the lawn of Pelee Island Winery in Kingsville, 10:00am. to 4:00pm both days. Live entertainment Saturday afternoon into the evening. Wine and barbecue available. Free admission.
Sandwich Town Walking Tour
On July 27, 2013, take a walk through history. Considered one of the oldest, most historically significant settlements in Ontario, Old Sandwich Town, is home to some of Ontario?s oldest and most historically important buildings. Visit sites where General Isaac Brock and Chief Tecumseh planned strategic battles in the War of 1812 including having a pint at one of the oldest remaining and continuously run taverns in Ontario, The Dominion House.?http://www.windsoreats.com/shop/#!/~/product/category=5520270&id=23301959
Source: http://www.windsoreats.com/2013/06/upcoming-food-drink-events-in-windsor-essex-july-2013/
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Work a Non-Standard Schedule to Avoid Consumer Traps and Laziness
Most people work a 9-to-5 job, Monday through Friday. That leaves a very specific amount of free time on the weekend and little time during the weekdays. David Cain, writing for the creative digital magazine Thought Catalog, argues that this specifically designed lifestyle funnels us into a pattern that makes us lazy, inactive consumers.
The ultimate tool for corporations to sustain a culture of this sort is to develop the 40-hour workweek as the normal lifestyle. Under these working conditions people have to build a life in the evenings and on weekends. This arrangement makes us naturally more inclined to spend heavily on entertainment and conveniences because our free time is so scarce.
Businesses create services to help us do the things we can't find the time or desire to do on our own because we're almost or actually burnt out. Entertainment takes place on the weekend because most people have the time to indulge then. When we have time off, we're supposed to fill it with entertainment because that requires only as much time as we have and costs something. Physical activity, relaxing, and other free activities often have a higher time cost, plus we're tired, and so we opt for what is advertised to us. It's just easier.
A non-standard work schedule, however, helps to solve this problem. If your "weekend" falls during the week?at least partially?you get to spend your free time when advertisers don't expect it. You end up with less direction in your day. That said, you still suffer from limits. That's why it's so important to set time boundaries at work?so you don't burn yourself out. You can also ask your boss to let you work four days instead of five. If you can get just as much done and keep your quality of work equally high, you don't need to work for 40 hours. Instead, you can use that time to stay healthier, happier, and start to avoid sinking into the standard workplace trap. It isn't a perfect solution, but it's a start.
Your Lifestyle Has Already Been Designed | Thought Catalog
Photo by Andrey Arkusha (Shutterstock).
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William B. Bradshaw: America's Greatness
The Fourth of July is a great day in the history of the United States of America. On this coming Thursday, July 4, we will celebrate the 237th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia in 1776 officially declared the independence of our country on July 2, when it approved a resolution by Virginia's Richard Lee declaring that from that time on the United States would not be subject to England or to any other country. Two days later that the same congress approved the written statement, the Declaration of Independence, proclaiming to the nations of the world the reason for, and theories behind, our determination on being independent.
In that same year, 1776, John Adams declared that each year thereafter we as a country should celebrate our independence by using fireworks. We also celebrate the birthday of our country by doing such things as flying the American flag, listening to political speeches highlighted with patriotic phrases, and gathering in backyards for family cookouts and in parks for picnics.
I'm a patriotic United States citizen, and I like flying the flag, gathering for a family cookout or picnic, followed by attending a fireworks show. And for as long as I can remember my family has celebrated the Fourth of July in those ways. But this year I am going to add a new feature to my Fourth of July celebration. When I gather with my family to celebrate, I'm going to tell them about an experience I've had over the past week that makes me even prouder of being a United States citizen. Here's what happened.
The French and Untied States Governments brought sixteen young French adults, all in their twenties, from France to spend two week in the United States to learn about how NGOs (non-governmental organizations) in the United States provide various social services. They spent their first week in the Washington, D.C., area and the second week in St. Louis, and I was the St. Louis, Missouri, coordinator for the program.
Among other things, it was my responsibility to make arrangements for the two French women and fourteen men to visit non-governmental organizations in the Greater St. Louis Area that provide various kinds of social services and to learn how they are organized and how they raise the money needed to fulfill their respective missions. It was a rewarding experience that makes me even more patriotic than ever.
I learned about the many heartwarming services that these various not-for-profit organizations provide for people in need. I learned about the services provided for people who, for whatever reason, have been unable to take care of and provide adequately for themselves. For example, I learned about the protective services they provide for women who have fled from abusive relationships and are trying to find a safe haven for themselves and any children they have, and the assistance they provide these same women in seeking permanent housing and adequate employment.
I learned about the services provided the expectant mother--the wed and unwed--who is without support from family or friends and who is without food and shelter and proper pre-natal care and has no idea about where she will live after her baby is born and how she will be able to care and provide for herself and her new child.
I observed the volunteers at work in following the system that had been developed over a long trial-and-error time frame in providing clothes for people who stood in a block-long line in the hot sun working their way up to the door that led to the room where they were given clothes that had been donated to the agency and whose volunteers had mended and cleaned and sorted by sizes.
I learned about the help being given to returning veterans who are finding it difficult to adjust to civilian life, who got hooked on alcohol or drugs while in the service, or who are unable to give up the fighting ways they learned in the military and are abusive to family members, or who are having trouble finding and keeping suitable employment.
I learned about the terrible difficult task of working with the homeless who suffer from mental disease, and drug addiction. I learned about the AA Meetings they have in their agencies and the twenty-four hour support systems they have for the addicted person who has kicked the habit but is in constant danger of backsliding.
I learned about the great number of services provided for mentally handicapped children and their parents. I learned about the medical facilities and schools and colleges provided for our children and young adults. I learned about the adoption services provided for children without a home.
I learned about the services provided for our aged people, including the special services for those suffering with Alzheimer's.
I learned about the truck loads of goods collected and delivered to flood and hurricane and fire victims nearby and far away.
I learned about the work some of these agencies are doing in rebuilding deteriorated urban neighborhoods.
I learned about the services provided immigrants and refugees and their families, some of whom arrive with very little of anything other than themselves.
And I have been reminded of the many federal and state laws that make it possible for not-for-profit organizations to exist and receive tax-deducted contributions. And I learned about their many board members, volunteers, and contributors who make this all possible. Do I need to go any further?
We often hear about the bad things going on in our cities, and there are many bad things happening. But what I witnessed this past week, day after day and visit after visit, was kindness, love, and generosity--Americans giving to Americans. And, in my opinion, it would be good for all citizens to take the time really to learn about the menu of loving and caring services that are made possible by the generosity of Americans.
Yes, I am a proud and patriotic United States citizen, and this Fourth of July I will fly the American flag just a little higher than in past years.
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NASA launches sun-watching satellite from Calif.
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) ? NASA launched a satellite late Thursday on a mission to explore a little-studied region of the sun and to better forecast space weather that can disrupt communications systems on Earth.
Unlike a traditional liftoff, the Iris satellite rode into Earth orbit on a Pegasus rocket dropped from an airplane that took off around sunset from the Vandenberg Air Force Base on California's central coast. About 100 miles off the coast and at an altitude of 39,000 feet, the airplane released the rocket, which ignited its engine for the 13-minute climb to space.
Mission controllers clapped after receiving word that Iris separated from the rocket as planned, ready to begin its two-year mission.
"We're thrilled," NASA launch director Tim Dunn said in a NASA TV interview.
The launch went smoothly, but there were some tense moments when communications signals were temporarily lost. Ground controllers were able to track Iris by relying on other satellites orbiting Earth. It also took longer-than-expected for Iris to unfurl its solar panels.
In a statement, NASA said it received confirmation that the satellite deployed its solar panels and was generating power.
Previous sun-observing spacecraft have yielded a wealth of information about our nearest star and beamed back brilliant pictures of solar flares.
The 7-foot-long Iris, weighing 400 pounds, carries an ultraviolet telescope that can take high-resolution images every few seconds.
Unlike NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, which observes the entire sun, Iris will focus on a little-explored region that lies between the surface and the corona, the glowing white ring that's visible during eclipses.
The goal is to learn more about how this mysterious region drives solar wind ? a stream of charged particles spewing from the sun ? and to better predict space weather that can disrupt communications signals on Earth.
"This is a very difficult region to understand and observe. We haven't had the technical capabilities before now to really zoom in" and peer at it up close, NASA program scientist Jeffrey Newmark said before the launch.
The mission is cheap by NASA standards, costing $182 million, and is managed by the space agency's Goddard Space Flight Center.
Engineers will spend a month making sure Iris is in perfect health before powering on the telescope to begin observations.
The launch was delayed by a day so that technicians at the Air Force base could restore power to launch range equipment after a weekend outage cut electricity to a swath of the central coast.
The Pegasus, from Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Va., is a winged rocket designed for launching small satellites. First flown in 1990, Pegasus rockets have also been used to accelerate vehicles in hypersonic flight programs.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/nasa-launches-sun-watching-satellite-calif-023136734.html
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Roads, rail top targets as Britain seeks economy boost through infrastructure
By William James
LONDON (Reuters) - The government promised on Thursday to upgrade roads and carry out what it said was the biggest rail investment in more than 100 years in a strategy to get the economy growing while keeping spending tight.
A day after Chancellor George Osborne announced the latest round of budget cuts, his deputy, Danny Alexander, detailed 100 billion pounds in capital investment plans, calling them "the most comprehensive, ambitious and long-lasting" ever.
Britain's economy is still struggling to generate growth to help narrow one of Europe's biggest budget deficits. Living standards suffered their biggest drop in a generation at the start of 2013, data showed on Thursday.
Alexander said 28 billion pounds would be spent by the government on improving roads from 2014 to 2020 - including enough cash to resurface 21,000 miles - and that it would support 30 billion pounds in rail investments.
A long-awaited announcement of a guaranteed electricity price for renewable energy investors was aimed at making investments in technologies such as wind power and biomass more attractive and less risky to private operators.
The government also announced a guarantee to help build a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point in the south-west of England, for which French utility group EDF won planning permission in March.
The overall spending plan put some flesh on the bones of 300 billion pounds in capital spending commitments set out until 2020. Thursday's announcement was not a new injection of cash; the significance was in the details of where it would be spent.
The Conservative party, which dominates the ruling coalition, wants to persuade voters it is not just focused on spending cuts as it prepares for the 2015 general election. Its tough austerity drive has been criticised by the International Monetary Fund while two of the three main credit rating agencies have downgraded Britain's prized triple-A status.
PRIVATE INVESTMENT
Much of Thursday's announcement was aimed at drawing in private sector investment, a key tenet of Conservative plans to get maximum economic benefit out of scarce public cash.
But it did not clear up doubts about how quickly Britain could start to get new projects up and running.
"The construction industry and the broader economy will be disappointed in today's announcement as we will only see an economic boost when the shovels hit the ground on these projects," said Nick Prior, head of infrastructure at business advisory firm Deloitte.
The opposition Labour party, which has called for more short-term spending to revive the economy but has been wary about committing itself to increased borrowing, said no investment had been brought forward to 2013 or 2014.
"When is the government going to pull its finger out and actually start to build some of these things?" said Chris Leslie, a Labour spokesman for economic issues.
The government also promised an injection of 3 billion pounds into building new affordable housing - enough, it said, for 165,000 new homes - along with a 12-year rent guarantee to encourage private housing associations to build new projects.
Alexander said 16 billion pounds from 2015 onwards had been earmarked for rail expenditure, including the government's flagship high-speed rail project, designed to improve links between London, the Midlands and the north of the country.
On Wednesday, Britain's transport secretary said the cost of the rail project had risen by almost 10 billion pounds, highlighting the pitfalls of long-term capital projects.
(Additional reporting by William Schomberg and Rosalba O'Brien Editing by Jeremy Gaunt)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/government-pledges-invest-roads-boost-power-101016515.html
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State of Social Media Advertising - Business Insider
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How can you solve this problem??Social media offers a solution.
Social networks like Facebook and Twitter are daily destinations for millions of consumers. Increasingly, their ad products offer targeting according to specific demographics, social connections, interests, and habits.?
In a new report?from?BI?Intelligence,?we analyze the state of social media advertising and where it is heading, offering a comprehensive guide and examination of?the advertising ecosystems on?Facebook and Twitter, offer a?primer on Tumblr as an emerging ad medium, and detail how mobile is an important part of this story as mobile-friendly as?native ad formats?fuel growth in the market.
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Here's an overview of some major players in the mobile advertising ecosystem:
- The lure of social media advertising is massive:?As brands look across a fractured media landscape, social networks offer them an interesting proposition. Social networks have scale - ?enormous user bases and deep databases. They have high engagement - Americans were spending an average of 12 hours per month on social networks as of July 2012, with 18-24 year olds averaging 20 hours.?And potentially, social media gives brands offer a uniquely captive audience for their content.
- Guaranteed placement is getting advertisers to pay up: Brands are paying to get their content or copy in front of a quantifiable audience, an increasingly rare feat in an era of scattered consumer attention.?This desire for guaranteed attention also helps to explain social media's move away from traditional display ads ? like Facebook's right-rail ads?? and toward so-called native ads that surface in a user's stream, either as a tweet or a Facebook post.?A consensus seems to be forming around in-stream advertising as the most promising social advertising format.?
- Social media advertising is set to explode:?Social media advertising is a young market and so far, it only represents 1% to 10% of ad budgets for a wide majority of advertisers. There's significant opportunity for that share to grow.?BIA/Kelsey recently came out with a study that offers one view -?forecasting $11 billion of social ad spend in 2017, up from $4.7 billion last year.?That estimate is large - but still seems pessimistic, because...
- Increased mobile usage will be a huge growth driver: The BIA/Kelsey prediction calls for mobile to account for only $2.2 billion of that in 2017 - a 20% market share. This could easily be surpassed. Both Twitter and Facebook have passed the 50% mobile usage mark and,?given the continued growth of mobile devices, it will only rise.?Mobile accounted for 11% of Facebook's ad revenue last year even though it didn't release mobile ads until the tail end of the second quarter. By the fourth quarter, it was up to 23%. And now, Twitter is reporting that its mobile ad revenue now regularly outpaces its desktop ad revenue. Social media advertising is therefore uniquely positioned to grab an increasing share of the fast growing mobile advertising market.?
In full,?the?report includes:
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Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/state-of-social-media-advertising-2013-6
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Tesla wins in North Carolina, paves the way for direct-to-consumer sales
Tesla Motors continues to buck the odds, celebrating a major victory in the North Carolina Senate this week. The North Carolina Automobile Dealers -- concerned about competition -- set its sights on the green car company last month when it endorsed a bill that would've significantly curtailed Tesla's ability to sell vehicles in the state. The legislation, supported by the Senate's Commerce Committee, targeted direct-to-consumer sales which eliminate the need for dealerships. But Elon Musk and friends proved that it wouldn't be quite so easy to squeeze them out of NCAD's territory -- Tesla took both North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory and House Speaker Thom Tillis on test drives to show off the car's capabilities. Musk's strategy seems to have paid off, as the North Carolina House of Representatives struck down the bill on Tuesday. With another victory under its belt, Tesla's upward momentum shows few signs of slowing down anytime soon.
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Friday, June 28, 2013
U.S. boss held hostage now free
BEIJING (AP) ? An American boss detained nearly a week by his company's Chinese workers left the Beijing factory Thursday after he and a union representative said the two sides reached agreement in a pay dispute.
Chip Starnes, who said he was "saddened" by the experience, told The Associated Press a deal was reached overnight to pay the scores of workers who had demanded severance packages similar to ones given to laid-off co-workers in a phased-out division, even though the company said the remaining workers weren't being laid off.
Remaining workers at the medical supply plant in Huairou district, on the outskirts of Beijing, had said they believed the entire factory was shutting down, saying the company owed unpaid salary and that they saw equipment being packed and itemized for shipping to India.
Neither Starnes nor district labor official Chu Lixiang gave details of the agreed compensation. Chu said all of the workers would be terminated, and Starnes said some of them would be rehired later.
"It has been resolved to each side's satisfaction," Chu told reporters at a conference room at the plant in late morning. She said they had been sorting out paperwork until 5 a.m. and that 97 workers had signed settlement agreements.
Starnes, a co-owner of Florida-based Specialty Medical Supplies, had quietly departed the factory grounds by the time Chu spoke. He has returned to his hotel.
About 80 workers had started blocking all exits starting last Friday, and Starnes had spoken to reporters in recent days through the barred window of his factory office.
Earlier Thursday, he said in a telephone interview that he had been forced to give in to what he considered the workers' unjustified demands. He summed up the past several days as "humiliating, embarrassing." At the beginning of his captivity, workers had deprived him of sleep by shining bright lights and banging on windows of his office, he said.
"We have transferred our funds from the U.S.," he said. "I am basically free to go when the funds hit the account here of the company."
Police in Huairou district had made no moves to halt the labor action but guarded the plant and said they were guaranteeing Starnes' safety while local labor officials brokered negotiations.
It is not rare in China for managers to be held by workers demanding back pay or other benefits, often from their Chinese owners. Police are reluctant to intervene, as they consider it a business dispute.
Starnes told the AP he planned to get back to business, and even rehire some of the workers who had been holding him. "We're going to take Thursday off to let the dust settle, and we're going to be rehiring a lot of the previous workers on new contracts as of Friday," he said.
Starnes previously said the company had been winding down its plastics division, with plans to move it to Mumbai. He arrived in Beijing last week to lay off the last 30 people. Workers in other divisions started demanding similar severance packages.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/us-boss-held-china-leaves-plant-payout-044656354.html
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Obama jabs Russia, China on failure to extradite Snowden
By Jeff Mason and Mark Felsenthal
DAKAR (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday he would not start "wheeling and dealing" with China and Russia over a U.S. request to extradite former American spy agency contractor Edward Snowden.
Obama, who appeared concerned that the case would overshadow his three-country tour of Africa begun in Senegal, also dismissed suggestions that the United States might try to intercept Snowden if he were allowed to leave Moscow by air.
"No, I'm not going to be scrambling jets to get a 29-year-old hacker," he told a news conference in Dakar, a note of disdain in his voice. Snowden turned 30 last week.
Obama said regular legal channels should suffice to handle the U.S. request that Snowden, who left Hong Kong for Moscow, be returned to the United States.
He said he had not yet spoken to China's President Xi Jinping or Russian President Vladimir Putin about the issue.
"I have not called President Xi personally or President Putin personally and the reason is ... number one, I shouldn't have to," Obama said sharply.
"Number two, we've got a whole lot of business that we do with China and Russia, and I'm not going to have one case of a suspect who we're trying to extradite suddenly being elevated to the point where I've got to start doing wheeling and dealing and trading on a whole host of other issues."
Snowden fled the United States to Hong Kong in May, a few weeks before publication in the Guardian and the Washington Post of details he provided about secret U.S. government surveillance of Internet and phone traffic.
The American, who faces espionage charges in the United States and has requested political asylum in Ecuador, has not been seen since his arrival in Moscow on Sunday. Russian officials said he was in a transit area at Sheremetyevo airport.
A Russian immigration source close to the matter said Snowden had not sought a Russian visa and there was no order from the Russian Foreign Ministry or Putin to grant him one.
CHARGES OF U.S. HYPOCRISY
Snowden's case has raised tensions between the United States and both China and Russia. On Thursday, Beijing accused Washington of hypocrisy over cyber security.
Obama's remarks in Senegal seemed calibrated to exert pressure without leading to lasting damage in ties with either country.
"The more the administration can play it down, the more latitude they'll have in the diplomatic arena to work out a deal for him (Snowden)," said Andy Smith, director of the University of New Hampshire Survey Center.
Obama indicated that damage to U.S. interests was largely limited to revelations from Snowden's initial leak.
"I continue to be concerned about the other documents that he may have," Obama said. "That's part of the reason why we'd like to have Mr. Snowden in custody."
Still, Snowden's disclosures of widespread eavesdropping by the U.S. National Security Agency in China and Hong Kong have given Beijing considerable ammunition in an area that has been a major irritant between the countries.
China's defense ministry called the U.S. government surveillance program, known as Prism, "hypocritical behavior."
"This 'double standard' approach is not conducive to peace and security in cyber space," the state news agency Xinhua reported, quoting ministry spokesman Yang Yujun.
In Washington, the top U.S. military officer dismissed comparisons of Chinese and American snooping in cyber space.
"All nations on the face of the planet always conduct intelligence operations in all domains," Army General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told an audience at the Brookings Institution.
"China's particular niche in cyber has been theft and intellectual property." Dempsey said. "Their view is that there are no rules of the road in cyber, there's nothing, there's no laws they are breaking, there's no standards of behavior."
In Ecuador, the leftist government of President Rafael Correa said it was waiving preferential rights under a U.S. trade agreement to demonstrate what it saw as its principled stand on Snowden's asylum request.
Correa told reporters Snowden's situation was "complicated" because he has not been able to reach Ecuadorean territory to begin processing the asylum request.
"In order to do so, he must have permission of another country, which has not yet happened," Correa said.
In a deliberately provocative touch, Correa's government also offered a multimillion dollar donation for human rights training in the United States.
The U.S. State Department warned of "grave difficulties" for U.S.-Ecuador relations if the Andean country were to grant Snowden asylum, but gave no specifics.
"USEFUL" CONVERSATIONS
Obama said the United States expected all countries that were considering asylum requests for the former contractor to follow international law.
The White House said last week that Hong Kong's decision to let Snowden leave would hurt U.S.-China relations. Its rhetoric on Russia has been somewhat less harsh.
Putin has rejected U.S. calls to expel Snowden to the United States and said the American should choose his destination and leave the Moscow airport as soon as possible.
Obama acknowledged that the United States did not have an extradition treaty with Russia, but said such a treaty was not necessary to resolve all of the issues involved.
He characterized conversations between Washington and Moscow as "useful."
Washington is focused on how Snowden, a former systems administrator for the contractor Booz Allen Hamilton, gained access to National Security Agency secrets while working at a facility in Hawaii.
NSA Director Keith Alexander on Thursday offered a more detailed breakdown of 54 schemes by militants that he said were disrupted by phone and internet surveillance, even as the Guardian newspaper reported evidence of more extensive spying.
In a speech in Baltimore, Alexander said a list of cases turned over recently to the U.S. Congress included 42 that involved disrupted plots and 12 in which surveillance targets provided material support to terrorism.
The Guardian reported that the NSA for years collected masses of raw data on the email and Internet traffic of U.S. citizens and residents, citing a top-secret draft report on the program prepared by NSA's inspector general.
(Additional reporting by Brian Ellsworth and Alexandra Valencia in Quito, Lidia Kelly and Steve Gutterman in Moscow, Sui-Lee Wee in Beijing, Deborah Charles in Baltimore and Steve Holland, Laura MacInnis and Mark Hosenball in Washington; Writing by Jeff Mason and Christopher Wilson; Editing by Mike Collett-White and Tim Dobbyn)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/obama-jabs-russia-china-failure-extradite-snowden-142851006.html
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Clashes as Egypt leader's backers, foes rally
Supporters of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi fill a public square outside the Rabia el-Adawiya Mosque in Cairo, not far from the presidential palace, during a rally in Cairo, Friday, June 28, 2013. Tens of thousands of backers and opponents of Egypt's Islamist president held competing rallies in the capital Friday and new clashes erupted between the two sides in the country's second largest city, Alexandria, in a prelude to massive nationwide protests planned by the opposition this weekend demanding Mohammed Morsi's removal.(AP Photo)
Supporters of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi fill a public square outside the Rabia el-Adawiya Mosque in Cairo, not far from the presidential palace, during a rally in Cairo, Friday, June 28, 2013. Tens of thousands of backers and opponents of Egypt's Islamist president held competing rallies in the capital Friday and new clashes erupted between the two sides in the country's second largest city, Alexandria, in a prelude to massive nationwide protests planned by the opposition this weekend demanding Mohammed Morsi's removal.(AP Photo)
Opponents of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans as fire rages at the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in Alexandria, Friday, June 28, 2013. Thousands of backers and opponents of Egypt's Islamist president held competing rallies in the capital Friday and new clashes erupted between the two sides in the country's second largest city, Alexandria, in a prelude to massive nationwide protests planned by the opposition this weekend demanding Mohammed Morsi's removal.(AP Photo/Heba Khamis)
Opponents of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans as fire rages at the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in Alexandria, Friday, June 28, 2013. Thousands of backers and opponents of Egypt's Islamist president held competing rallies in the capital Friday and new clashes erupted between the two sides in the country's second largest city, Alexandria, in a prelude to massive nationwide protests planned by the opposition this weekend demanding Mohammed Morsi's removal.(AP Photo/Heba Khamis)
Supporters of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi hold a rally in Cairo, Friday, June 28, 2013. Thousands of backers and opponents of Egypt's Islamist president held competing rallies in the capital Friday and new clashes erupted between the two sides in the country's second largest city, Alexandria, in a prelude to massive nationwide protests planned by the opposition this weekend demanding Mohammed Morsi's removal. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)
Opponents of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi wane national flags as they demonstrate in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, June 28, 2013. Thousands of supporters of Egypt's embattled president are rallying in the nation's capital in a show of support ahead of what are expected to be massive opposition-led protests on June 30 to demand Mohammed Morsi's ouster.(AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
CAIRO (AP) ? The health department says one person has died and at least 85 others were injured in clashes between supporters and opponents of Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria.
Thousands of anti-Morsi protesters marched toward the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters Friday, where up to a 1,000 supporters of the president's political group were deployed. Fighting erupted when someone on the Islamist side fired birdshots on the marchers, according to an Associated Press cameraman at the scene. Later, opposition protesters broke into the headquarters and torched it.
The health department reported one death in the fighting, without elaborating. It was not immediately known which side the victim belonged to.
Backers and opponents of Egypt's Islamist president held competing rallies Friday ahead of massive protests planned Sunday demanding Morsi's removal.
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Man charged in scheme involving Romney tax returns
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A Tennessee man was charged Wednesday in a scheme involving former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's income tax returns during the 2012 campaign.
The U.S. Justice Department said a federal grand jury in Nashville indicted Michael Mancil Brown, 34, of Franklin, and charged him with six counts of wire fraud and six counts of extortion.
Brown is accused of having an anonymous letter delivered to the PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP accounting firm in Franklin last August, demanding that $1 million in digital currency be deposited to a Bitcoin account to keep some of Romney's income tax returns from being released. The Justice Department said Brown falsely claimed that he had gained access to the PricewaterhouseCoopers internal computer network and stolen tax documents for Romney and his wife, Ann Romney, for tax years before 2010.
A phone number listed for Brown had a message saying it was not receiving incoming calls. He did not immediately return an email message sent Wednesday evening.
The letter said interested parties who wanted the purportedly stolen returns released could contribute $1 million to another Bitcoin account. Bitcoin is a hard-to-trace form of electronic cash.
The Justice Department statement said similar letters were delivered to Democratic and Republican party offices in Franklin.
The letters claiming two decades' worth of the Romneys' tax returns had been stolen came amid last year's Republican and Democratic conventions.
At the time, Romney had steadfastly declined to release more than one year of tax returns, for 2010, and Democrats were trying to portray him as so wealthy he was out of touch with middle-class voters. Last fall, Romney also released his income tax returns for 2011.
Computer thumb drives were delivered with the demand. The letter said the tax returns delivered on the thumb drives were encrypted and more copies would be sent to "all major news media outlets" with the passwords to be released if payment wasn't made.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/man-charged-scheme-involving-romney-131322316.html
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