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US President Barack Obama has pledged more action on economic inequality in his annual State of the Union address. Obama called for cooperation and bipartisanship in order to achieve goals at home and abroad.
The speech, made to a joint session of Congress, was Obama's opportunity to try to breathe new life into his second term after a year plagued by a divisive Congress and international tensions.
Obama pledged to bypass a Republican-controlled House of Representatives and take action on his own without legislation, where he could, to strengthen America's middle class.
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"The cold, hard fact is that even in the midst of recovery, too many Americans are working more than ever just to get by – let alone get ahead. And too many still aren't working at all. Our job is to reverse these trends."
He called on Congress to pass a bill already introduced that would increase the federal minimum wage from 7.25 dollars (5.31 euros) an hour to 10.10 dollars. The measure would also, for the first time, tie the minimum wage to inflation.
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On one of his biggest priorities, immigration reform, Obama encouraged Congress to work together to achieve an overhaul of the law this year. He said reforms would create thousands of jobs and boost the economy by $1 trillion over two decades.
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Nat Rothchild has stepped down from the board of Barrick Gold after ten years, amid the escalating controversy engulfing UK-listed Bumi.
Mr Rothschild, who is one of the co-founders of Bumi, is fighting for control of the coal miner and is thought to want to devote more time to winning shareholders over to his plans.
Earlier this week, Mr Rothchild called for a shareholder vote at Bumi to remove 12 out of 14 of the company's directors, which will be decided at a February extraordinary annual meeting.
Mr Rothchild has been on the main board of Barrick since 2010 and on the advisory board before that. The Toronto-based company, where ex-Goldman Sachs chief executive John Thornton is co-chairman, is traded both in New York and Toronto.
It is thought that the Barrick's board meetings, based in Toronto, were too much of a distraction given Mr Rothschild's hopes of becoming executive director of Bumi after the EGM.
Barrick also owns 73.9pc in FTSE listed African Barrick Gold (LSE: ABG.L - news) (ABG), which saw its shares plunge almost 20pc on Tuesday after talks over a possible sale of the company fell away.
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Bike loading - for dummies....
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Bike loading - for dummies....
Hmmmmmmm....... a lot of them are Yanks
Nuff said
Those poor bikes!
I hate doing that
I dread it when I have to put the MV in the back of Tina Trannie
Quality Kam
what you trying to do to Tina the Tranny
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit
Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad
so many...
by-standers.just switch off the engine and hand ball 'em into the back.
Kindle not a fire that you cannot extinguish.
**There's a **
definite pattern there eh???
Half way up... fall off to left!!
I always load mine on the trailer standing at the side.. Gently.. slowly.. carefully.. The British way.. Not the yank method... Muppets!
most of them...
seem to catch the sump on the lip of the truck bed. But all of them are going up a far too steep ramp. Anything above knee high and you need to be finding a loading bay, or hand balling it.
Kindle not a fire that you cannot extinguish.
I have got a very long
ramp and the back of the van is quite low. It is also very wide so, into first and walk it up and straight into the chocs at the end hopefully!!!
agree with oldish...
most of those yank picks up are bloody high.......and the ramps are very short, and not secured. The plonker with the Thunderbird should have parked the other way to make it nice and low. Having said that I've driven one of these
onto a trailer using a couple of scaffold boards...very unnerving, crack, creak....


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Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh present the following special exhibits:
• Carnegie Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes Ave.: 'Teenie Harris Photographs: Focus on the Hair," through Sept. 15; Key holdings from the museum's modern and contemporary art collections, through March 16.
• Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 4400 Forbes Ave.: "Roads of Arabia," through Nov. 3.
• Carnegie Science Center, One Allegheny Avenue: "Bikes: Science on Two Wheels," through Jan. 1. Laser shows on Fridays: 7 p.m., Motown (also 3 p.m. daily); 8 p.m., Bob Marley (also 1 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays); 9 p.m., No Doubt; 10 p.m., Nirvana; 11 p.m., Skrillex; midnight, Pink Floyd; Omnimax films "To the Arctic," "Hubble" and "Flight of the Butterflies."
• The Andy Warhol Museum, 117 Sandusky St.: "Genesis Breyer P-Orridge: S/HE IS HER/E," "Caldwell Linker: All Through the Night" and "Nick Bubash: The Patron Saint of White Guys that Went Tribal and Other Works," through Sept. 15; Ongoing: "I Just Want to Watch: Warhol's Film, Video and Television."
For more information, call (412) 622-3131 or go to www.carnegiemuseums.org.
The Frick, 7227 Reynolds St., Pittsburgh, presents "Clayton Days Revisited: A Project by Vik Muniz," through Oct. 27. Visit thefrickpittsburgh.org for more information.
The Johnstown Flood Museum, 304 Washington St., Johnstown, is presenting "From Scholarships to Souvenirs: Telling the Story of the Johnstown Flood," an exhibit dedicated to the enduring place the flood has held in pop culture. For more information, call (814) 539-1889 or go to www.jaha.org.
Mattress Factory, 500 Sampsonia Way, Pittsburgh, presents a site-specific installation by Chihura Shiota, whose works focus on the body with relation to place and space, through summer 2014. For information, call (412) 231-3169 or go to www.mattress.org.
Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, presents "Alien She," Sept. 21 through Feb. 16, 2014. The exhibition examines the lasting impact of Riot Grrrl on artists and cultural producers working today. For more information, go to www.cmu.edu/millergallery. Hours are noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday.
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, 1 Schenley Park, Oakland, presents its summer flower show, Glass in the Gardens, through Oct. 6.
Regular hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Call (412) 622-6915 for more information or visit phipps.conservatory.org.
Sen. John Heinz History Center, 1212 Smallman St., Pittsburgh, presents:
• "Pittsburgh: A Tradition of Innovation," ongoing;
• "From Slavery to Freedom," ongoing;
• "Clash of the Empires: The British, French & Indian War, 1754-1763," ongoing;
• "Glass Shattering Notions," ongoing.
Regular hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Call (412) 454-6000 for more information.
Society for Contemporary Craft Satellite Gallery, Steel Plaza T-Station, One Mellon Center, downtown Pittsburgh, presents "Art Interprets Alzheimer's," with George Roby ceramics and Herbert Ascherman Jr. photography, through Oct. 27. For more information, call (412) 261-7003 or go to www.contemporarycraft.org.
The Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art presents the following exhibits:
• Altoona, 1212 11th Ave.: "Journey of a Lifetime: The Photography of Christian James," through Saturday; "Artists in Our Midst: Art in Common Annual Juried Exhibition," Sept. 13 through Jan. 11
• Johnstown, Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center at Pitt-Johnstown: Allied Artists of Johnstown 81st annual juried art exhibition, Friday through Dec. 14
• Ligonier Valley, 1 Boucher Lane, Route 711, Ligonier: "Frudakis: Two Generations of Sculpture," through Nov. 10
• Loretto: "Stories Joyfully Embroidered: Shaanix Folk Textiles from Northern China," through Oct. 12; "Seeing the Invisible: Paintings by Barbara Wachter," through Dec. 7
For more information, go to www.sama-art.org.
Benedum Center, Pittsburgh, presents Celtic Thunder: Mythology, 8 p.m. Oct. 6.
Tickets available by calling (412) 456-6666. For groups of 10 or more, call (412) 471-6930.
Consol Energy Center, 1001 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, presents:
• Muse, Sunday;
• Michael Bublé, Sept. 20;
• Pearl Jam, Oct. 11.
For more information, call (412) 642-1800 or go to www.consolenergycenter.com.
First Niagara Pavilion, Burgettstown, presents:
• Rascal Flatts, 7 p.m. Friday;
• Kid Rock, 7 p.m. Saturday, with ZZ Top and Uncle Kracker;
• Keith Urban, with Little Big Town and Dustin Lynch, 7 p.m. Sept. 13;
• Luke Bryan, 7 p.m. Sept. 28.
Tickets available at livenation.com or by calling (800) 745-3000.
Greenberg's Train and Toy Show, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 9 and 10, Monroeville Convention Center, Monroeville. Admission charged. Children 11 and younger admitted free. Go to TrainShow.com for more information.
Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh, presents Il Volo, Wednesday.
Call (412) 392-4900 for tickets, or the Heinz Hall box office.
The Harold Betters Jazz Quartet of Pittsburgh, has scheduled these performances:
• Sept. 16, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Storey Square, Main Street, Uniontown;
• Sept. 22, 1 to 4 p.m., Christian W. Klay Winery, 412 Fayette Springs Road, Chalk Hill. Wine, dine and dance.
The 21st Annual Meeting of the Marked, Pittsburgh's Premiere Tattoo Arts Celebration, Friday through Sunday at the Monroeville Convention Center and DoubleTree Monroeville. This year's convention includes more than 80 booths with nearly 100 tattoo artists and dozens of vendors from across the United States, Canada and Europe — all tattooing and selling their wares. Unique vendors will carry body jewelry, tattoo art and books, pin-up artists, tattoo memorabilia and much more. Go to the web site at http://meetingofthemarked.com for a complete schedule of events and list of artists.
Throwback Championship Wrestling presents "Evolution: The New Age of Professional Wrestling," on Sept. 28 at the Hastings Memorial Building, 270 Beaver St., Hastings. Doors open at 6 p.m. and bell time is 7 p.m. Among those events are a flag match featuring Diamond Troy Justice and the Russian Bear; a tag team revenge match featuring Paul Atlas and Pig Vomit vs. Bad Bubba Brewer and a mystery partner; the semi-main event featuring Robby Starr vs. Dirty Money; and the main event of Jimmy Nutts vs. Bobby Shields. Tickets are available at Box Seat Video, Northern Cambria and Pittsburgh Sports Connection at the Indiana Mall.
The Palace Theatre, 21 W. Otterman St., Greensburg, presents:
• Kenny Vance and the Planotones, 8 p.m. Sept. 26;
• Michael English, 2 and 8 p.m. Sept. 27, with Jeffrey and Sheri Easter;
• Peter Noone and Herman's Hermits, Oct. 24;
• Blue Man Group, 7:30 p.m., Nov. 6-7;
• Amy Grant, 8 p.m. Nov. 16;
• Trace Adkins, 7 p.m. Nov. 17;
• Michael McDonald, an evening of Christmas music and hits, 8 p.m. Dec. 6.
For ticket information, call (724) 836-8000 or go to www.thepalacetheatre.org.
Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival, 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, and Sept. 14 and15, 21 and 22 and 28 and 29, West Newton. The annual event features a variety of medieval-style entertainment, jousting, games of chance, crafts and foods for sale. For tickets, directions and more information, go to www.pittsburghrenfest.com.
Psychic medium and author John Edward will be appearing at 8 p.m. Oct. 2 at the Hyatt Regency Pittsburgh International Airport, 1111 Airport Blvd., Pittsburgh. The seminar lasts approximately two hours and includes a question-and-answer session and opportunities to experience messages from the other side. Readings are not guaranteed. Go to JohnEdward.net or ETix.com for more information.
Seven Springs Resort, 777 Waterwheel Drive, Seven Springs, presents a Polynesian Fire Show, from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sept. 30. Hawaiian men and women will perform and guests will enjoy a traditional Hawaiian luau. Call (724) 853-4050 for tickets, a week prior to the show. For more information, go to www.latshawproductions.com.
Stage AE, 400 North Shore Drive, Pittsburgh, presents Darius Rucker at 6 p.m. Friday.
Tickets are available at Ticketmaster outlets, www.ticketmaster.com or by calling (412) 323-1919.
Bedford's 49th annual Fall Foliage Festival, Oct. 5 and 6, downtown Bedford. More than 400 craftsmen will take part and there will be food and entertainment. www.bedfordfallfestival.com.
Fort Ligonier Days, Oct. 11-13, 120 East Main St., Ligonier. Live re-enactments, entertainment, crafts, food and more. www.visitligonier.com.
Pittsburgh Irish Festival, Friday through Sunday, Riverplex, 1000 Sandcastle Drive, West Homestead. Groups scheduled to perform include Gaelic Storm, Screaming Orphans, Carbon Leaf, Solas and Kevin Burke. Go to PghIrishFest.org for more information.
Rocktoberfest at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, Oct. 12, 1001 Lafayette Drive, Farmington. Visit www.nemacolin.com for details.
Benedum Center, Pittsburgh, presents:
• "The Lion King," through Sept. 29;
• "Defending the Caveman," through Oct. 20.
Tickets available by calling (412) 456-4800. For groups of 10 or more, call (412) 471-6930.
Byham Theater, Pittsburgh, presents "Potted Potter," Nov. 20-24. Go to trustarts.org for tickets or call (412) 456-6666.
Mountain Playhouse, Jennerstown, presents:
• "Let's Murder Marsha," Sept. 17-29;
• "Church Basement Ladies: A Second Helping," Oct. 1-13.
For more information, call (814) 629-9201 or go to www.MountainPlayhouse.org.


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Law on prices by weight has been left on shelf
People living in Malta have spent 10 years deprived of a consumer right which empowers them to compare prices.
According to an EU directive dating back to 1998, products should not only be displayed with their price but also their unit price.
The unit price is defined as the price for one kilogram, one litre, one metre, one square metre or one cubic metre of the goods.
For example, fruit and vegetables are usually sold by unit price calculated on weight. But the prices of pre-packaged goods, such as olive oil or jam, are rarely accompanied by their unit price, making it harder for consumers to compare between different brands and amount variations.
The EU directive on price indications, which was introduced to Maltese law in 2002, stipulates that the unit price be used for nearly all products.
But the Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority only plans to start enforcing the law next March, after consultation and more than 10 years after the law was introduced.
Meanwhile, the Maltese law only refers to "pre-packaged goods, including foodstuffs, sold in pre-established or variable quantities" – an interpretation the Consumers' Association disagrees with.
In fact, the Consumers' Association has written to the European Commission to report the Maltese authorities.
The association said it was "unacceptable" for the authority to open a consultation period 10 years after the law was introduced.
It also said that the law should be amended to better reflect the EU directive and not limit the use of unit prices to pre-packaged goods.
"By way of example, we have been insisting that the price of bread should also display the unit price (price per kilogram) rather than simply displaying the final price. The MCCAA has been arguing that the legal notice only requires that the final price should be displayed and does not require that the unit price be also displayed."
Only Lidl outlets were obeying the unit price indicators, according to association president Benny Borg Bonello. They did so even when it came to bread, he added.
Some pre-packed food, like cheese, is sometimes also displayed with the unit price, but many times it is written in such a small font that it is barely legible, he said. Questioned about the Consumers' Association's complaints, Consumers Minister Jason Azzopardi said the consultation period was not intended to re-open discussion on the regulation but to meet stakeholders and understand how the implementation of this regulatory regime will affect small outlets.
"All retail outlets would have to work out and exhibit the unit pricing (price per kg, or price per litre etc) of all the items in the shop/outlet. MCCAA will be meeting also wholesalers as it prefers that these unit prices will be provided by the wholesaler themselves wherever possible."
The MCCAA was set up last year and the issue of unit pricing was one of the major priorities. EU funds have been obtained to carry out an awareness campaign.
Dr Azzopardi refused to say whether the laws had to be improved, saying only that the process had been initiated for all sectors to be in line with current regulations.
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I am helping to update the harrylu Masterlist of HP/LM fanfics, but I am missing quite a few. If can help me find them: on their computers, websites, etc. I will be really greatful.
I have provided the list of stories I no longer can access:
Deadly Temptation, by knightmare_shad (NC-17, 7 chapters - NOT COMPLETE)
Having fled from the wizarding world and all things magical, Harry ends up trapped as a prostitute on the street. It's dangerous, but never so much so as when he catches someone's eye...
Destination Unknown, by knightmare_shad (NC-17, 22 chapters, NOT COMPLETE - also includes Harry/Draco/Lucius)
Voldemort is dead... what's left for Harry? Nothing, as he finds out, or so he thinks. Things are not always as they seem. Character death and suicide mentioned, but are not 'permanent'!
Dream Lover, by knightmare_shad (NC-17, complete)
Moving out is hard to do, cliche, but true. When Harry finally leaves for Godric's Hollow, his choice of a companion will affect his life more than he could ever guess. *spoilers for HBP*
Duty and Duality, by dracos_doll (NC-17, non-con, complete)
Lucius is a traitor and Harry is betrayed.
Gift, The, by knightmare_shad (NC-17, 5 chapters, complete)
Lucius wants Harry, even though he is involved with someone else. Who I don't care. Heck maybe even Draco? How does Lucius get his man? Bonus points if Lucius gets pregnant.
Green Lights, by underlucius (R, complete)
The Great Gatsby - Malfoy style written for hp_classic
Heart Full Of Love, A, by knightmare_shad (NC-17, complete - chapter 4 of a mutlipart H/D series)
How Am I Doin'?, by knightmare_shad (NC-17, 13 chapters, complete)
Lucius catches Narcissa in bed with another woman and seeks revenge by sleeping with the first man he comes across, one Harry Potter. Title from Dierks Bentley's "How Am I Doin' (Since You Did What You Did to Me)?"


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First, I want to introduce myself. My name is Jon, I am from Kansas City, MO. I am looking into getting my first BMW (We have a Mini, if that counts)
I am going to the dealership over the weekend, to see what kinda deal I can come up with. I am curious as to whats others are getting out of there with.
If you wouldn't mind sharing what MSRP was on your F30, and what you walked out paying. It would really help me in my efforts of finding a good deal.
I bought s 2013 328xi Imperial Blue, Sport Package, Premium Package, Technology Package with Heated Seats, MSRP $49,145. The BMW config site shows an invoice for this configuration of $45,370. My dealer priced this at $45.965 ($595 over invoice). I had applied a $1,000 certificate aquired from BMW summer Olympic Drive Event which put the cost to me at $44,965 ($405 under invoice). My goal was to have my car cost under $45K before tax and fees.
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Writing in The New York Times' "Week in Review," George Washington University law professor Jeffrey Rosen misrepresented an already misleading Republican poll to argue that the public "supports the principle of a filibuster, but not how it is practiced" by Democrats who have blocked a handful of President Bush's judicial nominees. As evidence for this suggestion, Rosen claimed falsely that a "recent Republican National Committee poll" showed that "80 percent of respondents said that each judicial nominee should get an up-or-down vote."
In fact, the poll to which Rosen apparently referred asked only about hypothetical "well-qualified" judicial nominees -- not any nominee. But only three of the ten nominees that Democrats have filibustered received unanimous well-qualified ratings by the American Bar Association.
As noted here and here, Ayres, McHenry & Associates, which conducted the Republican poll to which Rosen referred, has a history of posing misleading and loaded questions to gain favorable results. Additionally, other public polling casts doubt on those results. A Washington Post poll that Rosen cited as evidence of broad support for the filibuster also provides evidence of support for current efforts to block certain Bush nominations. By a margin of 48 percent to 36 percent, respondents said they thought Senate Democrats were "right" to "block these [10] nominations." Other independent polling also shows support for the right of senators to filibuster judicial nominees.
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The tamilok, a wood worm which tastes like your familiar oyster, is a famous delicacy found in Palawan. Although it looks like a worm, it is actually a mollusk found inside rotting mangroves. The word 'tamilok' was surprisingly coined by two Americans. They started calling one of their friends - "Tommy, look!", after seeing the locals eating the tree worm. The locals adopted this term to refer to this wood worm delicacy.
How is it harvested?
If you're a Palawan local and you live near rivers and mangrove areas, most probably, you live off gathering these now elusive tamilok. They are very hard to come by so they sell like hotcakes – in wet markets, restaurants or to tourists who want a special pasalubong or take home.
Finding these wood worms among throngs of mangrove trees is not an easy feat. First, those scouting for tamilok need to locate a dead mangrove. When they find one, they need to be careful when trudging muddy parts of the mangrove – it can get very sticky and slippery in there so their steps have to be calculated. Plus, they have to evade sharp shells and tree branches. When they get to the prized rotting mangrove, they hack it open. They are lucky if they find a tamilok inside. Looking at a live wood worm is not for the faint-hearted – it is slimy, fat and long – it is bigger than a twelve-inch ruler.
Why is tamilok so popular?
Most locals are accustomed to the sight of tamilok served in a bowl. But, if you're a first-timer, seeing a bunch of intertwined slimy grayish worms won't really perk up your appetite. Although tamilok doesn't look appetizing with rice, it is actually a good dish for pulutan (food consumed while drinking). Most tamilok neophytes need about a minute and some jeering from their friends before anyone attempts to eat the dish.
Aside from the inquiring tourists and the usual adventure-seekers, the locals love eating tamilok as well because it tastes better than oyster especially when served fresh. Tamilok is usually consumed with hard liquor like vodka or local alcohol like tuba, but it can still be an experience even if you just down it with your normal draft beer.
Courage to eat this type of dish does not come with a fork. Eating tamilok just requires your picking out a fat strand of this wood worm. Swallowing the tamilok is a challenge – it is really slimy and feathery. It will stick to your esophagus like an extra slippery and long oyster. Make sure you have your alcohol in hand – you might not be that brave enough after all. It is also known as an aphrodisiac – maybe better consumed when you're with someone you can cuddle with.
Let's just hope the locals serve it in a different way other than the traditional 'kinilawing tamilok' so more people would be encouraged to try this exotic dish. The tamilok is increasingly becoming popular with both foreign and local tourists that would definitely put Palawan on the map making it one of the hottest tourist spots in the country.
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So, here is the recipe for a yummy green drink, should anyone want to use it after coming off the cleanse:
1 banana
2 oranges
1 Tablespoon Pure Synergy
2 cups spinach
1/2 cup frozen blueberries
1 oz aloe juice
enough water to blend
Since I'm modifying the cleanse, I think I will continue to post on my own journal page http://clearriver.livejournal.com/ so that people who are sticking to the MVDetox to the letter don't get annoyed. Hopefully, since I'm keeping up with the herbs and sticking to a mostly raw liquid diet (I don't think I'll puree all of my soups, unless I can find some better recipes), it will work just as well. Good luck all!


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Police Don't Need a Warrant to Track Your Cell Phone
The federal Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that police do not need a warrant to track suspects using location data from their cell phones. Mobile phone users, the court said, do not have any expectation of privacy for data that emanates from their phones.
The decision stemmed from a case in 2006 when law enforcement agents intercepted phone communications from a known drug trafficker without a warrant. The information gave them the location and vehicle information for a buy carried out by a courier known as Big Foot. Using information obtained from Big Foot's pay-as-you-go cell phone, police tracked the path of his RV from Arizona into Texas, then moved in to arrest him after he picked up a shipment of 1,100 pounds of marijuana.
Big Foot, also known as Melvin Skinner, was sentenced to over 19 years in prison. However, he appealed based on the fact that police tracked his phone without a warrant.
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It doesn't matter, the Sixth Circuit ruled, equating the phone tracking to more familiar methods of catching a crook. "If a tool used to transport contraband gives off a signal that can be tracked for location, certainly the police can track the signal," the opinion reads. "The law cannot be that a criminal is entitled to rely on the expected untrackability of his tools. Otherwise, dogs could not be used to track a fugitive if the fugitive did not know that the dog hounds had his scent. A getaway car could not be identified and followed based on the license plate number if the driver reasonably thought he had gotten away unseen. The recent nature of cell phone location technology does not change this."
Unsettled Law
Federal and state laws are still unsettled about exactly when law enforcement needs a warrant to obtain personal cell phone information. As far as location tracking, the United States Supreme Court ruled in February that police must have a warrant to attach a GPS device to a person's car. Although the decision did not extend to cell phones, a concurring opinion signed by four justices said that it should.
The Sixth Circuit Big Foot ruling takes the opposite tack, reasoning that suspects using phones are circulating in public areas where they might reasonably be observed anyway. "The court rejected Skinner's argument that the DEA agents never established visual surveillance of his movements, didn't know his identity, and didn't know the make or model of the vehicle he was driving," writes Steven Schwinn, a law professor at the University of Chicago, on the Constitutional Law Prof Blog. "It said that Skinner's movements could have been observed by any member of the public –and that he therefore had no reasonable expectation of privacy — even if they weren't actually observed by DEA agents."
Another professor notes that the court doesn't fully resolve a distinction between police actively and passively tracing cell location data. "The opinion seems pretty vague on the technological facts," writes George Washington University Law Professor Orin Kerr on the Volokh Conspiracy law blog. The court's ruling goes back and forth suggesting that the police used GPS data that the phone automatically transmits to the carrier, and/or "pinged" the phone to find its location.
"The murkiness of the facts are particularly unfortunate because the reasoning of the majority opinion relies heavily on cell phones broadcasting location information as just part of the way that they work," Kerr writes. "But if pinging the cell phone means actively sending a request to the phone to return its current GPS location, that's not just how cell phones work: That's the product of the cell phone provider setting up a mechanism by which the government can manipulate the phone into revealing its location."
The opinion could be headed to the Supreme Court for a final ruling, but in the meantime anyone who carries a cell phone, criminal or otherwise, is subject to police tracking — without a warrant.
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NEXT to the immortal achievements of its artists, writers and architects the Italian Renaissance is best known for the zestful amorality of many of its most celebrated personages and for the cynical duplicity of its ruling princes.
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Paintings looted by Nazi, recovered by Allies to be auctioned in NY
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Paintings looted by the Nazis during World War Two and retrieved by the Monuments Men, the Allied group tasked with returning masterpieces to their rightful owners, will be sold at auction on Thursday in New York.
The works, which will go under the hammer during Sotheby's sale of Important Old Master Paintings and Sculpture, were among the tens of thousands of works recovered by the art experts whose story is told in the George Clooney film "The Monuments Men," which opens in U.S. theaters on February 7.
"The scale of looting was absolutely extraordinary," said Lucian Simmons, Sotheby's head of restitution.
"In France, for example, 36,000 paintings were stolen from institutions and largely from individuals. The Monuments Men managed to recover and return the majority of those," he said in an interview.
Two small paintings in the sale, "La cueillette des roses" and "Le musicien" by the French rococo artist Jean-Baptise Pater, were chosen by Adolf Hitler's air force chief Hermann Goering for his personal collection.
The works were taken from the family of Baron James Mayer de Rothschild in Paris in 1940. After they were returned they remained in the family until the end of the 20th century. They will be sold as one lot with a pre-sale estimate of up to
Another work, "Venice, a view of the Piazzetta looking towards San Giorgio Maggiore" by Francesco Guardi, once belonged to the French fashion designer and art collector Jacques Doucet, who died in 1929. The Nazis looted the painting from the widow of the banker Andre Louis-Hirsch in Paris in 1941. It could fetch as much as $300,000. Continued...


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Marcel here from Johannesburg, South Africa, recently upgraded from a Golf MK1 (yes, these were recently discontinued in SA after 26 years, Still have my die hard 2004 Model with 150K miles on the clock) to a WRB MY10 WRX Sedan.
We have the Australian Spec Scoobs here and this would be a WRX with around 275 FlyHP (Stock), this is around 200HP WHP at one of the local dynos . I have recently fitted a Subaru approved Bosal exhaust and had OSS software map done. This was done more for safety than power as our fuel sucks. The map is for 95 Unleaded pump fuel.
Havent had it on the rollers yet but would expect gains of around 20%.
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With the birth of the Internet came the birth of SEO
In the early years of these algorithms, keywords were…well…key. The more keywords a website had, the higher up it would appear in the list of relevant sites. On the surface this appears to be reasonable. But, website designers soon found a way to trick the system. They'd load pages into a site with nothing but keywords. These pages had no information, just repeated keywords. This little cheat frustrated consumers, because it frequently meant the best sites fell lower in the list. So the search engine developers began to tweak the algorithms and make them more complex. But clever website designers continued to find ways around the system. For a while, content was king. It didn't have to be good content, just new articles loosely related to the subject of the website. This led to content mills and article spinning (rewriting the same information over and over again just enough so it qualified as new). There were also requirements of links to and from relative sites, number of hits, then number of unique hits, and hundreds of other little pieces to the algorithms.
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- Write from your passion. Passion is obvious in good writing. Don't follow the trends, follow your heart when you're finding a focus for your blog or website.
- Generate good, valuable content. This means correct grammar, as well as tightly focused relevant articles.
- Come up with targeted titles. Don't throw out the keywords completely. But use them to reflect the actual message of your post. Not sure how to use keywords correctly? Here's a post I wrote on Using Keywords Effectively.
- Format your site and your content with the READER in mind. This means an easy-to-read font, block formatting, and short—targeted—articles.
- Keep a regular schedule. This is so critically important. Everyone who creates a blog wants his readers to return. But how can we expect that, when we're never home. Meaning, we post sporadically and without apparent rhyme or reason. All that does is frustrate our readers and prove we're not trustworthy. There is WAY too much competition for us to be lazy.
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Close Encounters
by Berni Dymet
Matt. 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
I'm not sure if you ever saw that Steven Spielberg movie back in the late 70's called close Encounters of the Third Kind. It starred Richard Dreyfus and he played a man who came into contact with aliens. This was such a powerful experience for him and yet everyone else around him thought he was going mad. Maybe he was.
And frankly, that's a bit how people treated me when all of a sudden I had a close encounter with God, the living God, Jesus Christ. People thought, what's the matter with Berni? Has he got religion? Did the Moonies get him?
And it's not that I exhibited any weird or strange behavior. It's just that being close to God changed me profoundly.
In fact being close to Him is still changing me every minute of every day. There are so many people out there in this world who hunger to be close to God and yet never discover that sort of intimacy with Him. It's almost as though we have lost our way and we don't know how to get back.
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What if Equality is Misery?
Our self-styled intellectual equals at Jezebel have weighed in on what is for them a troubling question: "[What if equality™ is
You're going to die.
You will be buried, cremated, or left somewhere to rot.
Your name will fade into memory.
After enough years and enough people follow you in death, you will be forgotten.
How you lived your life will not change this ending. You face the same cold
Translation: After (Ron) Paul, Dildos.
Ron Paul, our generation's William Jennings Bryan, has largely run his course. The man who for decades bravely griefed Congress and disrupted Republican Primaries, now talks shit about dead people on twitter. He who lives by the troll dies by the troll, I suppose.


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Facebook changes irk some of its friends
Facebook's latest move is testing the patience of its friends.
The world's most popular social-media site, which is making a habit of making changes and tweaks with little or no advance warning to its 750 million users, set off tons of dislikes Wednesday, angering many with a redesign that alters the look and feel of its popular profile pages.
News stories under Facebook's News Feed now top the pages instead of fresh posts from friends. Event reminders such as birthdays and friend requests are squished under a ticker-like function, part of a broader effort to give more of a real-time feel à la Twitter and upstart rival Google+, which opened its invitation-only social network to the public Tuesday. There also are newly designated categories for "close" friends, family, co-workers and others.
Facebook is expected to announce even more changes today at its F8 developers conference in San Francisco, including next-generation media sharing allowing users to more easily share video and music.
Reaction to Wednesday's moves, however, was decidedly unfriendly.
"What pinhead dreamed up these unneeded changes to FB?" says Don Ross of Springfield, Va.
"I hate the interface. I hate all the changes," says Dinah Alobeid of New York. "I just got used to all the recent changes" (a few months ago).
"I feel like I'm now watching a business channel during trading hours of the stock exchange," says attorney Pamela Schuur of Concord, Calif. "Ridiculous."
Andrea Meyer, a 46-year-old communications professional from suburban Chicago, was surprised to see the changes when she logged on Wednesday morning.
"I just looked at my stream and felt it was too early to deal with this. Social media is about engagement, loyalty and relationship building. Their tactics don't support it. … Facebook isn't playing well with their friends."
It isn't the first time. Greg Sterling of Internet consultant Sterling Market Intelligence notes that Facebook has a reputation for redesigns and rollouts that upset users.
"Some episodes of outcry caused the company to backtrack. Others were simply assimilated over time," Sterling says. "People don't like change as a rule, especially on sites they regard as fundamental utilities."
Facebook says the changes were designed to keep users better updated and provide an easier way to see and chat with friends in real time. "Our goal with these improvements is to make it easier for people to keep up with their friends no matter how frequently or infrequently they visit Facebook — and to make sure they never miss important updates," says Facebook spokesman Jonathan Thaw. "We're constantly working to make Facebook better. We're gathering and evaluating feedback on all of our products and will continue to make improvements over time."
Dave Fleet, vice president of digital at public relations giant Edelman, says users will likely take the latest changes in stride, eventually. "Whenever Facebook makes changes, people react strongly. Historically, the company hasn't done a great job communicating change. This is another round that people weren't expecting."
Google's advances are driving much of the change at Facebook, says Brian Blau, research director for consumer technology and services at Gartner Group. "There's a lot of tit-for-tat going on in this emerging social war between Google and Facebook. There's been a bunch of news this week from Google+, and I expect more" from F8.
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Dobbs referred to San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom as a "little darling," a "precious darling," and a "precious fraud"
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On his CNN program, Lou Dobbs referred to San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom as a "little darling" three times and as a "precious darling" and a "precious fraud" while criticizing him over San Francisco's policy regarding undocumented immigrants.
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On the July 7 edition of CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight, host Lou Dobbs referred to San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom as a "little darling" three times while criticizing him over San Francisco's policy regarding undocumented immigrants. Dobbs also referred to Newsom as a "precious darling" and said that Newsom "owes the folks of San Francisco, all of us, an apology for his immaturity, his irresponsibility, and for just being such a precious fraud."
Dobbs has repeatedly used the phrase "little darling" or "precious darling" to describe people and organizations:
- On the June 23 edition of Lou Dobbs Tonight, Dobbs referred to an environmental group suing to stop the building of a border fence between the United States and Mexico as a group of "little darlings."
- On the June 16 edition of Lou Dobbs Tonight, discussing a 5-4 Supreme Court decision, Dobbs referred to justices in the majority as "little darlings." He also referred to them as "liberal darlings."
- On the June 10 edition of CNN's The Situation Room, Dobbs referred to "the little darlings at The New York Times."
- On the May 28 edition of Lou Dobbs Tonight, Dobbs referred to "so-called mainstream journalists" as "little darlings."
- On the April 24 edition of Lou Dobbs Tonight, after a report on contaminated doses of the prescription drug heparin imported from China, Dobbs said: "Well, what are the little darlings going to do about it?" Dobbs added:
I mean, we've heard this story year after year after year. Eighty-one people have died as a result of those heparin contaminants, and we have this kabuki dance that goes on in Washington. We've got retired official after retired official. Why aren't people being fired? Why aren't resources being added to the FDA and to other agencies who have regulatory responsibilities? And why in the world is anyone seriously taking self-regulation as some sort of reasonable approach when lives are at stake?
From the July 7 edition of Lou Dobbs Tonight:
DOBBS: And the idea that this mayor, this -- a man I've referred to as a "little darling" because he's so doggone precious, Gavin Newsom, thinking somehow that a illegal alien is somehow free of responsibility for paying off human smugglers, that drug dealers are somehow free of responsibility for breaking our laws and devastating lives throughout this country. It is incomprehensible that a community and a city as wonderful as San Francisco could support that kind of just utterly intellectually fraudulent and irresponsible action on the part of any public official. It's extraordinary.
CASEY WIAN (CNN correspondent): Even in San Francisco, they're questioning this policy, this decision. The San Francisco Chronicle, the hometown paper there, was the one who broke this story first, Lou.
DOBBS: Our congratulations and commendation to the Chronicle for outstanding journalism. Thank you. Appreciate your terrific reporting as always, Casey. Casey Wian.
Well, Gavin Newsom, the good mayor, finally forced to set things straight concerning the absurd sanctuary policy. Newsom, of course, has launched a number of attacks against me as well for opposing San Francisco's sanctuary city status and because he doesn't like the fact apparently that I support the rule of law. Listen to what the mayor, the precious darling, had to say about me, a short while back.
NEWSOM [video clip]: We have been very concerned in the last year and a half or two years with the renewed vigor by the federal government and ICE to adopt more aggressive strategies for immigration raids. We are very concerned about a lot of the language, the incendiary language, that has been used in the last number of years, both in Congress and on right-wing radio and on cable TV, where careers are literally being saved and salvaged like Lou Dobbs.
DOBBS: Well, obviously, it's Mayor Newsom who's focused on his career. And it is a career that apparently needs some salvaging since he is so irresponsible and immature as to carry out intelligent and principled public policy.
So, the man I can't really refer to in much of any other expression rather than just little darling. I could use other language, but he just strikes me as a little darling, Mayor Newsom does. He, in my judgment, owes the folks of San Francisco, all of us, an apology for his immaturity, his irresponsibility, and for just being such a precious fraud. It doesn't really work, Mayor Newsom. You can forget about it. It worked for a while in San Francisco, but I believe your time is up.
That brings us to the subject of our poll tonight and the question: "Do you believe Mayor Gavin Newsom of San Francisco should publicly apologize for endangering the safety of U.S. citizens by shielding criminal illegal aliens?" Yes or no? Cast your vote at LouDobbs.com. We'll have the results here later in the broadcast.
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According to Cobb's website, the V3 is compatible up to 2013, and I have been unable to determine whether or not it is compatible with the 2014 WRX.
I know the 13-14 are generally the same, but that's not to say there isn't some ECU differences that go generally unnoticed.
I attempted to contact Cobb last week, but as of this post I have not heard any response from them.
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I had a fascinating inquiry this morning with a government securities commission (not the SEC and not in the US). The client had a classic question about how to navigate the new data economy. The commission produces and consumes large volumes of data but continue to struggle to answer persistent business questions like how well they are doing or even who they are doing it for. Yes, securities commissions regulate securities markets; they monitor publically traded companies, investment houses, and brokerage firms. Howevver they continue to ask, "for whom?" Who are the investors that they are protecting with their regulation? As they expressed the question, "How do we know what Mrs. Smith is investing in?" They currently work with several large data providers who provide financial information on companies but that information wasn't exactly what they were looking for. Essentially, in this Age of the Customer, they want to know who their "customers" are. This was a question about how to best serve their customers, in this case the investors.
They wanted to know how to source additional third-party data that would give them a clearer picture of the investors that they are serving. Census data provides a wealth of information about households and individual finances. But the data teams at the commission are not experts in navigating census data. Data providers like Thompson-Reuters provide data on the financial services industry. Others such as Experian or Acxiom provide information on consumers. What kinds of other data providers can help them with their data strategy to answer that basic question of how to better serve their customers, and who they are?


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Its mostly mall ninja stuff - a marketing tool.
Sometimes, "tactical" is used to refer to 5" barrelled handguns or pistol gripped rifles...
What defines a "Tactical" firearm.
I've heard the term "tactical" used to describe different handguns, but not others.
Could someone give me some examples of what determines which handguns are "tactical" and which are not?
Thankx, Wooddogg.
Its mostly mall ninja stuff - a marketing tool.
Sometimes, "tactical" is used to refer to 5" barrelled handguns or pistol gripped rifles...
tactical= colored black and something on it is checkered or serrated in an unusual place or fashion,most often in a totally useless place, Got it??
I once had a Springfield TRP 1911 - and it had "Tactical" written on it - it turned out to be a tactical mistake of a purchase, though
Some times just a gun you hang a lot of junk on. Oh I forgot, expenseive junk. Sales,sales, and more sales. It's the American Way....Can't git enought.
I shoot a Canon Rebel XT camera that is black. I guess I could call it tactical too. I also have some tactical serving spoons and spatulas. But the best tactical piece I have are my tactical socks with matching belt. They are the cats meow.
Everyone will have a different definition of "tactical" but I agree with the others it is mostly a marketing gimmik.
I suppose I will go against the grain...
I confess that I like the "true" tactical gear, not the pseudo tac junk passed off at the local gun shows.
I have a some experience with this particular category of firearms & weapons... maybe just a little more than your "average gun-show junkie" because I was a purchasing agent for a county facility down in Central FLA & I spent tax payers $$$ all sorts of gear for SOG units & other departments.
Also speaking of tactical ....
I was at the FWC Marine Facility a few days ago and the guys prepping 1 of 2 TACTICAL RESPONSE VESSELS ... It is a twin engine 31-O Contenders (a high end offshore fishing boat) painted Battleship gray & yeah, some black trim now that I think of it. They were constructing a forward gun mount for her 5.56 to be added later. And the Skipper said with a BIG poop-eating grin & a cigar in his teeth "She gonna be FAST & MEAN, just like I like my women" . ...
Oh' I suppose we were talkin about handguns , I read tactical & this was the latest tactical experience I've had lately....sorry I got carried away, I like boats just as much as I do guns & when ya put the 2 together...
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When I was on the Air Force Emergency Services Team (EST) which is basically a military SWAT team our only extra, tactical gear was a bullet resistant vest. Beside that, it was everything we carried day in and day out as Security Policeman. I was the team marksman and used my issue M16 with open sites. We also carried a .38 for some entries. Oh, I did add a small mirror for peeking around corners to avoid getting an extra hole in my head. Im sure much has changed since I was active duty. Ive heard SPs now have MP5s the lucky dogs.
OK, RC.........where's the damn pics of this bad ass boat?
I didn't have a camera on me. I was there on an interview & discussing future job opportunities. The Maintenance Superintendent took me over & let me check them out up close. It's this boat spayed Battleship gray & black rigged for marine emergency situations with blue lights and all. Just a wicked looking law enforcement vessel..
MY APOLOGIZES to Camo cowboy for the derail & anyone else with no interest in boats... :smt003
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It's mostly a marketing ploy. However the common traits seem to be:
- a full size pistol, but one that is still generally concealable, ie. no Desert Eagles or 8" revolvers
- Black in color
Is gray considered a "tactical" color? Seems to be more gray colored accessories, etc. showing up lately. Maybe to match the bead blast finishes of the stainless or alloy parts of a gun. "Urban" tactical? Anybody else notice?


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Critics of Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO)'s recent ban on telecommuting say the policy will hurt productivity, while supporters say that making employees come into the office will help the struggling company.
But the decision, issued by Marissa Mayer, the chief executive officer, makes a larger point: Technological progress makes face-to-face contact more, not less, important. A complicated world needs personal interactions, and the cities that enable those interactions, to promote innovation.
Telecommuting itself is neither always right nor always wrong. Many commentators point to a recent study in which Chinese call-center workers were randomly chosen to work at home. The study, by Stanford University economist Nicholas Bloom and three co-authors, found that telecommuters were 13 percent more productive, with 9 percent of the increase coming from working more minutes per shift and 4 percent from handling more calls a minute.
The workers who stayed home were also more satisfied with their jobs, which isn't surprising given China's arduous commutes and often difficult working conditions.
Yet manning a call center can be simple, and simple tasks provide the best case for telecommuting. Productivity is easy to measure, especially if you care more about speed than customer satisfaction. Typically, companies don't ask their call-center workers to be wildly creative. The relatively routine nature of these jobs explains why these places are often located in low- density areas of the U.S., such as Sioux Falls, South Dakota, or are outsourced across the planet.
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One company -- Zappos.com Inc. -- has a different vision for its call centers. It has embraced face-to-face connections within the company and has close ties to the urban area where it is based. (Disclosure: I have given a paid talk at Zappos.) Zappos expects its salespeople to turn every phone conversation into a personalized interaction that cements the tie between customer and company.
That is specialized, even innovative work. It made sense that the company chose the Las Vegas area, with its cluster of hospitality and entertainment workers trained in personal interactions, over California's Silicon Valley as its base.
Employees work closely together, and the chief executive officer, Tony Hsieh, thinks that the company will become even more creative by moving into the city center.
Humans can function perfectly well at home, but our greatest gift is the ability to borrow knowledge from the people around us. I can write sitting in my bedroom, but every decent idea I've ever had was the result of conversations with colleagues and students.
Experiments show that face-to-face contact makes it easier to resolve conflict and increase cooperation. I have collaborators across the planet, but those interactions all began in person.
Trading floors epitomize that kind of contact in a knowledge-intensive industry. In most sectors, people as wealthy as traders occupy comfortable offices with large desks, oak paneling and executive assistants. But trading floors eschew all that privacy because knowledge trumps space. There is no industry where insight can be transformed into a fortune more quickly than finance, which is why traders put up with dense workplaces and dense cities.
Although companies in all sectors can get good value out of stay-at-home workers, evidence shows that these employees often find that their work-related human capital hits a plateau. Spatial isolation means intellectual isolation from the experiences and ideas that circulate in office buildings and flow in client meetings.
Urban Advantage
Hundreds of studies have documented how globalization and new technologies have increased returns in skill and education. My own work finds that while newcomers to cities don't earn higher wages immediately, they experience faster wage growth, year by year, as they acquire skills.
Similarly, the Bloom study of the Chinese call-center workers also found that stay-at-home workers were less likely to be promoted, holding productivity constant, perhaps because they were less likely to acquire the knowledge that comes from being in the office. As ideas become more complicated, they are easier to lose in translation.
Thirty years ago the cyberseers predicted that new technology would make face-to-face contact, and the cities that facilitate that interaction, obsolete. The technoprophets were just as wrong as the geniuses who thought telephones would halt urban growth.
If technology made in-person contact unnecessary, then Mayer's former employer, Google Inc. (GOOG), would have gotten rid of crowded working quarters. Instead, the company developed the Googleplex -- a vast office complex that physically connects its workers. The Googleplex provides amenities, such as volleyball courts and laundry rooms, meant to keep workers together for as long as possible in the hope that ideas continue to flow.
Facebook (FB) Inc. is building what Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg calls "the perfect engineering space: one giant room that fits thousands of people, all close enough to collaborate together."
Mayer's telecommuting ban at Yahoo builds on her experience at Google. Although the ban is extreme -- telecommuting would still make sense for some of the company's workers some of the time -- it enabled Mayer to dramatically stress the advantages of face time. And a broad ban is easier to enforce than a more nuanced policy. To make it work, she may be pushed to provide more family-oriented amenities in the workplace.
The new Facebook site, the Googleplex and Yahoo's telecommuting ban all demonstrate the technology industry's awareness of the value of human connection within companies. But are they sufficiently attentive to this interaction outside their walls? The researcher AnnaLee Saxenian's account of the rise of Silicon Valley emphasizes the importance of links across companies.
Outside Inspiration
Jane Jacobs made a strong case that cities have long thrived by enabling intellectual exchange across industries and companies. A dressmaker invents the brassiere. A financier becomes an information-technology magnate. These leaps are easier in a dense, diverse metropolis, because there are many sources of insight and inspiration.
Maybe high technology is different, and it needs only learn from its own experts. Maybe Yahoo already has access to all the creative people it needs within its Sunnyvale, California, headquarters, as long as they don't telecommute.
But history hasn't been kind to big companies that looked inward. I suspect that to succeed in the long run, Mayer is going to be at least as focused on having Yahoo's workers learn from outsiders as from insiders.


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I've recently discovered that Deva's Ultra Defining Gel does great things for my hair, even giving me good second-day hair (miracle of miracles!). The thing is, on a grad student's budget (and considering how much product I use at one time), the price tag is off-putting. I know it's a relatively new product, but have any of you tried it, and then found something more affordable that performs similarly?
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(CNSNews.com) - Even though some details still need to be worked out, many House leaders are predicting that all 13 spending bills will be finished this week allowing Congress to adjourn for the year.
House GOP leaders claim they have reached an agreement with the White House on an across the board one percent spending cut, but Democrats are apparently downplaying such talk.
One House Republican explained why a one percent spending cut is needed as he denounced what he called "fraud and clerical errors within the federal government."
Rep. Jim Gibbons (R-NV) in a House floor speech Monday cited a General Accounting Office (GAO) report issued last week of a voluntary survey that GAO took of nine federal agencies. "That survey showed that the US government lost $19.1 billion due to fraud and clerical errors last year. And yet some of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle (Democratic) still maintain that our federal government cannot reduce wasteful government spending by one percent."
"Based on these (GAO) findings," according to Gibbons, "common sense tells us that we can reduce wasteful spending by almost $20 billion and probably even more. We can reduce, eliminate the amount wasted on costly overpayments by simply addressing the fraud and minimizing clerical errors. Wasteful spending in Washington does exist and it needs to be stopped."
Gibbons also said, "My question is this. Is it too much to expect efficiency and accountability in the federal government?"
Additional action taken by Congress includes last week's approval of the foreign operations spending bill. House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) on Friday said he was delighted that the House approved the $15.3 billion spending bill. The bill had been held up by negotiations between Republican leaders and the White House for several days.
However, foreign aid is still a hot topic among many House members. Rep. James Traficant (D-OH) denounced aid to North Korea Monday in a House floor speech.
"The biggest recipient of American aid in East Asia is not our friends, the Philippines, South Korea or East Timor," according to Traficant, "the big bucks go to a brutal dictator called North Korea. Unbelievable, North Korea got $650 million from us. Now, if that's enough to prop up communism."
Traficant went on to say, "Not only can North Korea launch 100 missiles at America, North Korea is scheduled to get over a billion dollars in aid from our taxpayers next year. Who dreamed up this policy? Mao Tse-Tung. North Korea will not be building schools and hospital nor peace academies with our money."
Last week, a House advisory group on North Korea selected by House Speaker Hastert issued a report about American policy toward North Korea.
The report said, "US aid to North Korea has grown from zero to more than $270 million annually, totaling $645 million over the last five years. Based on current trends, that total will likely exceed $1 billion next year. During that same time, North Korea developed missiles capable of striking the United States and became a major drug trafficking and currency counterfeiting nation."


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Gainesville Residents Wait to Hear From Their Family in the Philippines
GAINESVILLE -The unofficial death toll in the Philippines after typhoon Haiyan stands close to 10,000...as some people in Gainesville wait to hear from their family members.
Members of the U.S. marines and the Navy have been sent to help in the devastation.
Though it's an area that's typically hit by 20 typhoons a year...they were not prepared for a typhoon of this magnitude, and some are calling it the worst in history.
One University of Florida student has family in the hard hit city of Tacloban; she hasn't heard from them yet and her family is worried, but she says that her faith will keep them strong.
Andrea Espulgar, family is from the Philippines: People from the Philippines are very hard working and humble and they keep a smile on their face because they know its in God's hands."
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