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Fiscal Deficit, National Saving and Sustainability of Economic Growth in Emerging Economies: A Dynamic GMM Panel Data Approach
The neoclassical growth models argued that the movement to steady states; technology, exogenous rate of savings, population growth and technical progress stimulate higher growth levels (Solow, 1956). Contrary to the neoclassical argument, endogenous growth model argues that, in the theory of endogenous growth, government play a significant role in promoting accumulation of knowledge, research and development, public investment, human capital development, law and order can generate growth both in the short and long run. Moreover, they assumed technical progress as endogenous variable for growth (Barro, 1995). This study analyze the effects of fiscal deficit on sustainability of economic growth and provided new empirical evidence on the effects of fiscal deficit on saving and sustainability of economic growth based on the assumption of endogenous growth model. We estimated using the reduced form of GMM method for dynamic panels covers 1990-2009 for three emerging countries that includes China, India and South Africa.
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Home affairs - Chris Huhne
One of a batch of ambitious MPs elected in 2005, Chris Huhne's profile soared when he challenged for the party leadership, coming second to both Sir Menzies Campbell and, more recently, Nick Clegg.
His campaign was widely acclaimed, and Mr Clegg, who pipped him by just over 500 votes, appointed him home affairs spokesman in his first front bench team.
In March 2008 the role of justice spokesman was transferred to his portfolio when David Heath resigned his frontbench role after defying the party whip in a parliamentary vote on the controversial EU referendum.
A former economics journalist and businessman, Mr Huhne was the Lib Dems' deputy economics spokesman before moving to environment.
He was an MEP from 1999 to 2005, before becoming MP for Eastleigh.
Educated at Westminster School, the Sorbonne and Magdalen College, Oxford, he has written four books.
Attorney general - Lord Thomas
The former barrister and judge ran for Parliament eight times without success between 1964 and 1987, before becoming a life peer in 1996.
He has been a party spokesman on Welsh and home affairs.
Lord Thomas of Gresford is also qualified rugby coach and a member of the parliamentary choir.
Solicitor general - David Howarth
The former Cambridge University law lecturer became MP for the city in 2005, having been leader of the city council.
Before he was given the job of shadowing the solicitor general, he was a party spokesman on energy policy and community affairs.
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sks gun question
its really starts to stress me out . i don't know the topic belongs here but anyway.
does the sks gun fire at it self when it vibarates some gang leaved a sks gun in the back seat of their car when they turned on the music very loud the gun went of and shot one of the gangs dead i did belive this was even on mythbusters
I doubt very much if the sound had anything to do with this incident. Probably first of all I would assure the safety was OFF! And it probably vibrated against something like a seat belt buckle or something causing it to discharge. When it comes to the Gang Banger "Good SKS!!!
You're absolutely correct. It wAS on Mythbusters... And they couldn't get the sks to go off no matter how much they tried. I think they ended up putting the gun in a room with a hand grenade and then it went off.
If you attached an SKS to a jackhammer, used by construction crews to break up concrete, you MIGHT get it to fire. Having your stereo turned up? No.
Mythbusters busted this a while back. I forget the ending, but I know that even some crazy booming system wouldn't set it off.
If your worried about it, don't drive around with a chambered round in your SKS with the safety off. :D
a properly cared for gun that hasnt had someones brother's cousin's sister's boyfriend do a "trigger job" on it, will not go off unless someone sticks a body part in the trigger guard and yanks.
the mythbuster episode the stacked a bunch of sks in a circle that they modified to have super light triggers and set of some explosives near them. they got exactly ONE to go off by the shockwave of a powerful explosion.
for that to happen in a car stereo sound system it would turn anyone within 15yards to a red gooey paste. and you prolly still wouldnt set one off
No way. Not without something bad wrong with the triggers going on.
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Qantas Airways is not considering major asset sales despite growing pressure to raise capital after this week's shock profit downgrade.
Qantas shares have slipped further after it slashed its 2012 profit forecast on Tuesday. The stock has fallen another 2.6 per cent on top of Tuesday's 19 per cent drop to remain at a record low of $1.12.
Analysts have suggested the group may be forced into asset sales to keep its investment-grade credit rating and avoid a capital raising.
Morgan Stanley said
Qantas could also raise cash by selling some of its 737-800 or A320 aircraft and leasing them back to boost cash, analysts said. Selling 16 aircraft could raise up to $640 million, according to Macquarie.
But it understood Qantas is confident it does not need to raise additional cash for the time being.
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Qantas is in talks with Sydney Airport over the possible early reversion of long-term leases on Terminal 3 and the Qantas Jet Base under a plan to reconfigure the airport's operations which analysts expect could fetch the carrier more than $300 million.
It is understood there are no plans to revisit the idea of floating Qantas's profitable Frequent Flyer business. Qantas halted plans to list the program in 2009 because of volatile sharemarket conditions. It held exploratory talks with private equity houses interested in taking a stake in 2008 but did not reach a deal.
Nevertheless, analysts remain worried about risk of a credit downgrade as competition intensifies in the domestic market. Peter Harbison, chairman of the Centre for Asia-Pacific Aviation, said the domestic market war was moving "to another dimension" as Tiger re-established itself following last year's suspension and Virgin became more powerful.
Qantas is also embroiled in a court battle with the Australian Taxation Office over goods and services tax on fares forfeited by passengers for missed or cancelled flights.
Qantas wants to keep the amounts – about $71 million over eight years – on the basis that without a flight, there is no service. The Tax Office argues that GST is due.
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Celebuzz Spotlight: Jennifer Aniston's Oscar Smile
If a picture is worth 1,000 words, what did Jennfier Aniston's smile mean on the Academy Awards telecast?
In a pop-culture-defining moment, Aniston confronted her ex-husband Brad Pitt and his partner Angelina Jolie last Sunday for the first time in four years, standing on feet from the couple as she presented animation trophies with comedian Jack Black.
This week the tabloids gathered to dissect what Aniston's million dollar really meant—daggers for Angie, sadness for Brad or maybe she just wasn't that into presenting?
OK! Magazine emblazoned their cover with "Her Smile Was Only For Him," referring to Jen's awkward moments center-stage with Brange just before her.
"Once her eyes met Brad's that night, it rekindled all the old feelings," a source tells the mag. "Just because Brad was swept off his feet by Angelina, it didn't mean he ever stopped loving Jen."
Patti Wood, a body language expert, evaluated the show footage in real time where she noticed upon Aniston's entrance that "her chin is down, her mouth is tense, her shoulders forward, it's just not her normal position."
OK!'s source adds that in that moment, "she gave [Brad] a bit of a wink, too."
InTouch magazine, who reported Jen had a complete breakdown before entering the Kodak, one that required make-up retouching, says she turned colors and welled with tears.
"Full of conflicted emotions, Jen's eyes teared up slightly and she flubbed one of her first lines."
The folks at Life & Style quote a source as saying "everyone was craning their necks to see how Brad and Angie watched Jen…it was the moment everyone had been waiting for."
Alas, Star magazine was only fixated on Angelina, who found her response to John Mayer's gal phony at best.
According to the mag, the three were arranged to meet at the awards presentation, plans that were kiboshed by Angelina.
"It's a stunning—and hypocritical—statement coming from Angie, who has claimed she'd 'welcome' a meeting with Jennifer."
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We roll on with the draft threads, this time analyzing the Indiana University standout forward, D.J. White. White seems to be headed for a long and uncertain draft night on Thursday, as he could be selected anywhere between 26 and 50. Like many players who have simialr games and talent level, landing in a spot with the right "fit" for him will be the key to his future success.
When you think of DJ, more often than not you think of his high character and intangibles. He was a noble leader for his time here in Bloomington, coming back through all sorts of adversity and injuries and turmoil to be one of the favorite IU players among the fanbase in the last 10 years or so.
White hits the NBA as the classic "slightly undersized" power forward. He will never have the height to play center, and will never have the quickness or skills to play alngside 2 bigger players. In this way, he is a player with "position purity."
Offensively, he has some assets. He shows a decent post up game, with nice touch around the rim. He elevated well and has strong hands in terms of catching the basketball. He gets position well, as he has the move I like so well of driving his back leg in between the feet of the defender playing behind him. He finishes putback attempts with authority, no worries about this player going up soft trying to score in the paint, he much prefers to gather himself and flush the ball with 2 hands. He is a bit slow to jump, and takes some time to gather himself, but those aren't fatal weaknesses in a backup power forward/role player, which is what White really projects to be.
He projects to be a pretty good jump shooter from the high post/short corner area, from about 12-15 in. His release is kind of slow and weird, but he usually has enough basketball savvy to only take jump shots from this distance that he clearly has time to get off unhurried. He won't be able to make tough contested shots like Kevin Love can, but if open he will be able to make the mid range jump shot.
He has a huge gigantic weakness in his offensive game, but it isn't one that will likely ever be an issue in the NBA. DJ White is terrible at trying to pass out of the post when double teamed. He seems to really struggle to tell where the "doubler" is coming from, and is slow to recognize who among his teammates is open. He lacks the leaping ability or dexterity to either jump over/through/slide between a double, so he often grinds your offense to a halt when he faces 2 defenders. However, at this level very few times will present themselves where DJ will be drawing that kind of attention anyway, so this major weakness is rendered meaningless mostly.
What he ends up doing to avoid a double team is to simply dribble back out toward the perimeter, which of course creates all sorts of advantages for the defensive team. Rarely have I seen such a smart, effective player be this bad at this particular area. It's very weird actually.
DJ never played with another good post player at IU really, and the system his various coaches played didnt really lend itself to this, but I think DJ might develop into a nice post FEEDER from the short corner or high post/elbow area. Occasionally, when having the ball in these areas, DJ will really crouch low and seem like he'd be in good position to make a pass, except Indiana had no one decent for him to feed really. As noted, White is not a good ballhandler or passer in any other way, so me projecting him to be an excellent post feeder someday could be totally wrong. In the least, I think DJ will be extremely coachable in this area and be a WILLING passer of the basketball, and that's really all you can ask of him at this point.
White was not taught very well at IU to be a very good screener. At this point, Id say that bothers me more about him than anything else. He stands almost straight up when screening, and narrows his stance instead of widening it, letting the man he is screening get around him way too easily. This compounded the problems Eric Gordon had as a cutter that I wrote about in the draft thread about Eric. Gordon wasnt a good cutter at all, White was a bad screener, so that really hindered the IU offense in my opinion. I think in the NBA level he projects to be taught much better than he was at IU, so I think he can overcome this. I blame it much more on the staffs he played under than DJ himself.
DJ rebounds well. He blocks out physically, and really does a nice job of pulling the ball down hard and keeping it high after he gets his paws on it, keeping elbows out to protect the ball and himself. He isn't the quickest player into the air, which is why he won't ever be a great rebounder at the NBA level, but he will always put in the effort and give you what he has. He will get the ones a 100% of the time that come to him or near him. He also shows decent form on making a great 2 handed outlet pass, except it seems to take him forever to **** the ball into position to pass. He doesnt show super alertness or "feel" to just KNOW where his teammates might be, he normally has to look and actually SEE them before firing the ball ahead. This often means he loses some chances to start fast breaks because he doesnt quite recognize advantages soon enough. I liken this to a quarterback who waits to his reciever is open to release the football, instead of reading the defense and ANTICIPATING he will be open, and throwing it then.
Defensively, DJ will give you an honest day's work. He will fight for position, is willing to take charges, and can block some shots occasionally when the opportunity presents itself. I see him taking more and more charges as his body wears down, and his leaping ability, which already isn't anything great due to all the injuries, begins to fade even more. Occasionally when he gets tired, he will let up just a bit and let a man post him too easily and score on him. When this happens to him no one takes it harder than DJ himself, which is one of the traits so many IU fans liked about him.
So much of White's future depends on where he goes Thursday night. In an ideal world, he would go to a team with some veteran guys to mentor him and who would appreciate his lunch pail work ethic. He'd be best suited to play alongside a true legitimate big man, not a power forward masquerading as a center, and with a team that plays a more traditional, half court, power brand of basketball. White will be useless in my opinion to New York, Golden State, Denver, Seattle, Orlando, and teams like that.
But, put him on a team like Boston (I think DJ is better than Glen Davis), or Detroit (lots of halfcourt sets, good teammates) Cleveland (playing next to Ilgauskus), Houston (next to Yao, splitting time with the similar Carl Landry), and I think he makes some nice contributions potentially.
I grew to be a big fan of White in his days here in Bloomington, so I want the kid to make it. I think the most likely scenario for White is also one I think would be great for him and his future development: Being drafted by Portland in the early second round, and then being sent to play overseas for a couple of years like Antonio Davis did.
If Portland does this like I think they might, it would be an ideal marriage of smart roster management for them, and a chance to have a bright future for White. Over in Europe, he could play many more minutes earlier, and make alot of money developing his game. After an "apprenticeship" there, he could come back to Portland and be a sidekick for Greg Odon.
That is what I would do if I were Portland, and I think it is a real possibilty to happen. I hope it does.
If the Pacers need to use Ike Diogu as a sweetener to move back into the first round (another thing I find likely to happen), with his local ties and intangibles, White wouldn't be a bad fit for the Pacers at #41, if he slips that far. There are alot of guys I'd pick ahead of White, but I couldn't argue much with a selection of a great teammate that DJ is.
There are bunch of guys with DJ's skill level and size who havent made it in the league. There are also a bunch of guys who have. So much depends on who picks him and the situation he lands in. Some similarities I think White could potentially become like include Clarence Weatherspoon, Corliss Williamson, or Antonio Davis. Or, he could end up being Marcus Fizer, who pretty much was a NBA washout.
I'm hoping for the best for DJ White, one of the best character guys I've seen come thru Bloomington in a long while.
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I'm very interested in art, industrial design, antiques, architecture, scavenging and scrapping, video and tabletop games, science fiction and fantasy, history, science, and space exploration and exploitation.
I'm open minded and I spend a lot of time observing and mentally documenting the world around me, to hopefully make it into something interesting later on.
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I'm also a total nerd tabletop gamer/DnD DM/ transient Pokemon player.
I want to build things and take them apart (sometimes the same things) have adventures and explore.
B) So many things. My current favorite is probably The Man with the X-Ray Eyes? I like a lot of classics, a lot of sci-fi, huge star trek/star wars nerd (why fight?)
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WATERTOWN -- Funeral services are set for 1 p.m. Wednesday Nov. 10 at Hunter Funeral Home for Mrs. McMinn, 93, of Lebanon and formerly of Watertown.
Retired from Lebanon Garment Company after 45 years of service, she died Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010 at Quality Care Health Center in Lebanon.
She attended Lebanon First United Methodist Church.
Visitation will be one hour prior to the service Wednesday at the funeral home.
Services will be conducted by Rev. David Hesson. Interment will be in Greenvale Cemetery.
Survivors include: sister Hilda McMinn of Lebanon; sister-in-law Laura McMinn; nieces Valorie (Charles) Bond and Linda (Charles) Miller -- both of Lebanon; great-niece Lauren (Justin) Lee of Brush Creek; and great-nephews Billy Huff and Robert Bond -- both of Lebanon.
She was preceded in death by parents, Julian and Ona Jennings McMinn; siblings Julia Marie McMinn and Robert Louis McMinn.
Pallbearers: Charles and Robert Bond, Charles Miller, Billy Huff, Justin Lee and John Hailey.
Arrangements by Hunter Funeral Home, Watertown.


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Last year tickets for WWDC sold out about as quick as a Justin Bieber concert with Taylor Swift and Bruno Mars opening up. And this year, I see no reason to expect any less, despite the wonky logo on the website. For more, check out the WWDC site at:
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Over the next few articles, I will be going over possible X-Factors on offense and defense for the 2011 Jaguars. This first article will put the spotlight on the wide receiving corps.
During this offseason, when someone mentions the Jaguars receiving corps, they immediately bring up the fact that there is not an established playmaker in the bunch and that Mike Thomas is the only receiver with promise. This article will shed a bit of light on the other guys at wide receiver, so stick around; you might learn something about the dark horses who could become the X-Factor that could turn the Jaguars into an elite offense.
The first receiver that will be looked at is Jason Hill. It is only fitting, since he is projected to be starting opposite of Mike Thomas once the season starts. Jason Hill was selected in the third round of the 2007 NFL Draft, by the San Francisco 49ers. He was considered a disappointment in San Francisco when they put him on waivers on November 16.
However, since he joined the Jaguars on November 17, he emerged as a deep threat making 11 catches for 248 yards, resulting in a 22.5 yards per catch For years, the Jaguars have searched for a deep threat since the departure of Jimmy Smith, To many die-hard Jaguar fans like me, this evokes bad memories of John Broussard, Chad Owens, and Troy Williamson. Trust me, I know you've heard it all before, but this guy can actually catch, and if he starts off well through training camp and the preseason, I have no doubt that this could be a special year for him and the team.
The second receiver that will be examined is Jarett Dillard. Dillard was selected in the 5th round of the 2009 NFL Draft from RICE. Unfortunately for Dillard, he has sustained season-ending injuries in both of the previous two seasons. However, he has good hands, he has a 42-inch vertical leap, and he has a smooth running style that has reminds Jaguar fans of Keenan McCardell. Perhaps he can finally shake off the injury bug this year and take some of the pressure off of Mike Thomas and dazzle the fans with spectacular catches this year.
The third receiver that will be inspected is Tiquan Underwood. He was a 7th round selection in the 2009 NFL Draft from Rutgers. At 6-1, 183, Underwood seems a bit slight of frame to become a big play receiver, but it is possible. It did not stop him from making two big catches in the Week 4 game against the Colts, making Scobee's legendary 59-yard kick possible. He has deep speed, but he needs to work on his hands, plus, he makes a decent kick returner.
Free Agent WR X-Factor: Malcom Floyd.
I know what you're thinking: "No Sidney Rice?!!!!" However, let's face the facts, Gene Smith goes for safe picks that can contribute almost immediately (especially with a shortened offseason and training camp) and while Sidney Rice put up awesome number in 2009, that is his only year of significant success and he is still recovering from that hip injury he sustained last year. Malcom Floyd might not be what some call a sexy pick, but he with his speed and size (6-4, 225), he can contribute immediately as a starter.
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Brandon University biology Prof. David Greenwood has played a pivotal role in discovering two new prehistoric mammals which roamed North America 52 million years ago.
Greenwood's important finds have just been published as cover story in the July edition of the U.S.-based Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
"This is very exciting," said Greenwood. "A real career highlight!"
University officials said that Greenwood made the discoveries while leading fossil digs in Driftwood Canyon Provincial Park, near Smithers, B.C., in 2010 and 2011. A plant and ancient climate specialist, Greenwood called in fossil mammal experts Prof. Jaelyn Eberle from the University of Colorado and Natalia Rybczynski from the Canadian Museum of Nature to identify ancient jawbones.
"What we have discovered are an ancient tapir relative, about the size of a large dog, and a hedgehog relative, smaller than a mouse," said Greenwood. "This is remarkable because very few fossil mammals of this geological age have been described before in Canada."
The fossil discoveries are also significant because the early Eocene epoch when these mammals lived marked the height of prehistoric global warming, a period involving significant reorganization of the world's plant and animal life. "We can gain insight into how the Earth was coping with a problem then that's re-emerging now," said Greenwood, who used fossils to reconstruct the forest setting and climate where the ancient animals lived.
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Microsoft sued over patents concerning Live Tiles in Windows 8 and Windows Phone
0. phoneArena posted on 31 Oct 2012, 15:45
When we first saw this headline, we had two thoughts in quick succession: 1) Of course someone has a patent on squares and rectangles that deliver information to users!, and 2) Why wasn't this lawsuit filed against Microsoft when Windows Phone 7 was released?...
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1. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
Thank you for yet another well-presented article, Michael. The first paragraph mirrored my thoughts.
Best guess: Microsoft will have the patents invalidated, pay royalties, or buy the company. Or have it thrown out for being 2 years late
28. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
There is a bit of prior art that could give SurfCast some problems - Windows v. 2.0 was a tiled OS (developed under license from Apple, of all companies...). Adding a tiled OS to a phone doesn't exactly meet the novelty threshold.
Net-net, don't expect MS to be rushing to negotiate a license any time soon.
35. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2720; Member since: 26 May 2011)
It's not just a tiled layout, it's a tiled layout that pulls information from various sources and presents it.
50. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
The Windows 2.0 UI pulled information from various sources and displayed it. One window could display a telnet session, another window could be a Word session, yet another Window could be a Solitaire game. And, and, and.
See where I am going? Just adding a telephone to the mix doesn't meet the novelty test.
29. AnTuTu (Posts: 1580; Member since: 14 Oct 2012)
Does anyone know about Surfcast before? Hell No
And now? Hell yes.
Lets buy this company MS :p
54. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
I doubt the company is for sale.
30. XPERIA-KNIGHT (unregistered)
I agree, good job Michael :)
I know alot of these lawsuits tend to be based off of jealousy or pride but I get the feeling some of these lawsuits are necessary. I only hope things continue to come to a balance in the mobile world and competition can thrive the way it was intended to be...
Keep up the good work Michael I can sense a bit of "passion" in your articles which is a very good thing to see...
2. Mxyzptlk (unregistered)
Why do companies abuse lawsuits with FRAND patents?
4. wassup (Posts: 565; Member since: 23 Jun 2011)
this isn't FRAND.
Although it is dumb, like ALL of apple patents, it isn't FRAND. Sadly this is the state of affairs when it comes to the US.
5. Non_Sequitur (Posts: 1111; Member since: 16 Mar 2012)
God, I hate the US patent system.
46. plgladio (Posts: 314; Member since: 05 Dec 2011)
But I love when they are agains Apple and MS :P
13. VZWuser76 (Posts: 4783; Member since: 04 Mar 2010)
Not every patent is FRAND. You're like a child who discovered a new word. A patent has to be granted FRAND status, and it's usually has to be something that is essential and will become an industry standard. Prime examples patents dealing with voice/data transmission & reception, or audio/video codecs. Try understanding what you read before you parrot it.
23. theBankRobber (Posts: 682; Member since: 22 Sep 2011)
If its anything against Microsoft and Apple its FRAND PATENTS with you, if its the other way around against Google, Motorola, Samsung, or ANY Android OEM then its, they are copycats and deserve what they get. You really are something else.
34. xtremesv (Posts: 298; Member since: 21 Oct 2011)
FRAND is unfair, technologies selectively are chosen, these techs are normally the ones more technical and more innovative and by default the ones that have required more resources to be produced. With FRAND those REAL patents are given a generic status and the companies which created them cannot control ownership completely and that's good for technology progress. The problem is those garbage patents like design and utility ones which aren't FRAND, didn't involve a lot of intellectual resources and are used as litigation weapons by the companies that completely (without restriction) own them, just to threat the most innovative enterprises that can't use their own patents to protect themselves because they're FRAND.
42. VZWuser76 (Posts: 4783; Member since: 04 Mar 2010)
I agree with your thought that the patents that usually fall under FRAND are more technical and valuable. But I believe the reason FRAND was brought about is two fold. First if these patents were not available at a reasonable price to everyone, the company that came up with them would have a stranglehold on the industry. Second, to reward the company that came up with them, the FRAND process guarantees that anyone who does use it must pay to license the tech or face injunctions. So the original company shouldn't have to litigate to get compensation. The problem is they don't seem to be enforcing it. And before anyone goes off about how nothing has been proven in the cases involving apple vs the android oems, they were found guilty for violating Nokia's FRAND patents, but Nokia had to bring the case to the courts. In another story apple has said they would be willing to pay $1 per phone for Motorola's patents. The problem is if that's less than what other companies are paying for those same patents, that would violate the terms of the FRAND process. It's supposed to be the same cost for EVERYONE, regardless of who they are.
What really makes me angry is apple wants to lowball companies they have to pay, whose patents are essential to operate as a mobile device, but want to charge exhorbitant amounts for things that while are a convenience, are not essential for operation. What needs to happen, & I've been saying this since these stories started, is that they need to have a standard for what companies can charge for patents. They could have a tiered system based on the importance of the patent. Why they haven't enacted something like that is beyond me, but there it is.
44. stealthd (unregistered)
FRAND is an agreement between the inventor and a standards body. Nothing becomes FRAND without the inventor's approval. There's absolutely nothing unfair about that. FRAND is important because certain technologies need to be standard across an industry, like cellular technology, and it would be ridiculous if one or a few companies could dictate or discriminate prices. Design and utility patents aren't garbage, they're important too, they're just a completely different category. There's no point in comparing them, they're both useful for different reasons.
43. JunkCreek (Posts: 407; Member since: 13 Jul 2012)
Mxyzptlk, you're Appler120%!
Reminds me Alcohol120% software...
45. JunkCreek (Posts: 407; Member since: 13 Jul 2012)
Why do companies abuse lawsuits with RECTANGULAR SHAPE patents?
3. thief-thief (Posts: 3; Member since: 31 Oct 2012)
look like Microsoft doesn't get it even after when samsung got sued the hell out of them... talk about embarassing
6. daddysbeenabadgirl (Posts: 157; Member since: 26 Jul 2012)
Microsoft and Joe Belfiore look like idiots right now, after saying a few days ago that Andoid copied Apple.
All this shi t is starting to look like a kindergarden playground. All these companies need to shut up and focus on making consumers happy and stop trying to throw feces at each other because everyone stinks now.
41. nobelset (Posts: 270; Member since: 17 Oct 2012)
I'm a windows and windows phone fan, especially Nokia, but I got real pissed when Joe said that. It seems quite clear that he dun know anything about what he's talking.
48. metoyou (Posts: 279; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)
Joe has become "BLOW JOE" naughty me ^_^
47. plgladio (Posts: 314; Member since: 05 Dec 2011)
Well said.
Don't understand why you got these many thumbs down.
Your comment wasn't biased atleast the second paragraph..
7. SleepingOz (unregistered)
Who said Google copied Apple? LMAO! In your face, Ballmer!
8. mas11 (Posts: 1034; Member since: 30 Mar 2012)
Never thought I'd feel this sorry for Microsoft. Maybe this will be the trial that brings about patent reform.
31. lyndon420 (Posts: 5002; Member since: 11 Jul 2012)
Feel sorry for ms? Seriously? It would make my day if ms had to pay over a billion dollars for something stupid like this. You know...like what apple did to Samsung.
38. weinerslav (Posts: 126; Member since: 31 Jul 2012)
So, microsoft should pay because of what apple did to samsung... it makes sense...
53. fervid (Posts: 183; Member since: 22 Nov 2011)
I thought the same thing when Apple became popular. I hated Microsoft and everyone complained about their practices for years and sued them. Then Apple came along and did the exact same things and worse, but people allowed it like it was no issue and expected behavior. Microsoft was just started 15 years too soon. Had they came into play 15 years later and they'd be Apple. Now they are scraping for every little thing they can and people are treating them like the bad guy again.
9. Topcat488 (Posts: 1396; Member since: 29 Sep 2012)
This has nothing to do with FRAND, as it is not necessary to run your product, Microsoft copied, they'll have to pay... They could however change their icons to circles O, but that's probably patent too. But like who was now, I think Tim Cook said, after a few months, those rectangles will be boring and stale.
10. vvelez5 (Posts: 623; Member since: 29 Jan 2011)
It looks like an old bookmarks display I had on one of my older phones. I don't see this holding much water but let's see how it plays out.


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He saved Optimus Prime from the Battlechargers in his own... unique style (Tastes great! Less filling!). Gnaw took Prime to his resistance group, but when Prime awoke, his first sight was Gnaw, who he thought was trying to eat him, and attacked. Wheelie took this poorly, and bit Prime's foot. Obviously the little guy and the Sharkticon have been hanging around each other for too long. Gnaw was last seen working with Wheelie under Ultra Magnus' command on Cybertron.
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Indie-rap duo Atmosphere is back at it again as they get ready to release their next album The Family Sign on April 12th.
Starring in the new video for the lead single "Just For Show" is a neglected, albeit brave and courageous golden retriever. But don't be fooled. This video ain't for the dogs at all. Because, as usual, rapper Slug's lyrical storytelling and underlying message is cunning, creative and curious.
Yes, as expected, the canine star's tribulations evoke empathetic smiles and heartfelt awhs as the mix of classic hip-hop beats and reggaesque grooves guide you through the dawg-centric plot.
But knowing Atmosphere's sneaky ways and proven gift for crafty rhymes and sly songwriting, watching this video assures me that there's more to this song's inspiration than meets the eye. And I'm hoping that the rest of The Family Sign is just as good and won't leave us howling at the moon.
On their forthcoming tour, MC Slug and producer Ant, will be accompanied by keyboardist Erick Anderson and guitarist Nate Collis as well as label-mates Blueprint, Grieves with Budo, Sab the Artist & DJ Abilities. A notable stop of the excursion will take place at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, CA and will include the addition of Aesop Rock with Rob Sonic & DJ Big Wiz.


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About a month ago we gave you a gallery from Bay Area photog Grady Brannan. Well Mr. Brannan has had quite a month since then, with a full-length interview and residency as the current featured artist over on (HY.GEN.IC). There's a whole album's worth of the kid's pics over there, alongside an eloquent introduction by Seth Millstein and Corbin Cones doing the dirty work.
(HY.GEN.IC) is a site committed to exposing the great artists of our time, no matter which medium they choose. Once you get done with Grady's interview it'll be well worth your while to click around and get inspired by some of the great people they feature on the site. And if you're as sold on him as we are, be sure to bookmark his page, gradybrannan.com.
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I am trying to utilize the History API on a rather high profile project. At http://diveintohtml5.info/history.html Mark Pilgrim links to an example he created to show how it works. The example is at: http://diveintohtml5.info/examples/history/fer.html In the example when you use the "Previous" and "Next" buttons in the image gallery it brings up a picture of a different dog and the URL in the address bar makes it appear to the user that the browser has advanced a page. In reality the History API is just bringing in photo and caption information for a different dog while keeping the rest of the page content the same.
Now, the problem is that when I put the same files on my server and make no change to them (apart from a reference in the JavaScript to my own server space) the page now works when clicking on next (going from "Fer" to "Casey"; you'll see what I mean when you see the page) but then when you go back instead of going to a normal "Fer" page it now shows the "Fer" page with all of its content duplicated and stuck into the photo frame. Kind of mystified how this would happen when no code has been changed. I don't think changing nothing but the server space reference would do that, but maybe for some strange reason it does?
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The reality show, a trilogy, shows life behind the scenes for the glamour model and her singer husband. It already becomes a hit in the UK and will be a favorite as well among US audiences after E! Entertainment bought all three series.
The channel is set to screen the first of the trilogy, "When Katie Met Peter," next month, followed by "Jordan And Peter Laid Bare" and "Jordan and Peter: Marriage and Mayhem."
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Dana White is quite the polarizing figure, in the world of mixed martial arts. You either like his style, or you hate his attitude.
He can be brash. He can be rude. He can be vulgar, bluntly honest, and vitriolic with his statements, if you get him upset. But this is a man who spent the last decade, fighting tooth and nail for the success he now has. Of course he can be a bit apathetic… a bit crass.
But he can also be quite generous.
Two weeks ago, the UFC decided to change the post-fight bonus structure. It was doing away with "Submission of the Night" and "Knockout of the Night", instead opting for the much more ambiguous "Performance of the Night" bonus, which will now accompany the "Fight of the Night" bonus.
Why, you ask?
To make sure that UFC fighters get every dime that they can get.
When an event has a lot of decisions, like UFC 169 (10 decisions), or UFC Fight Night 36 (also 10 decisions), the bonus money that would have gone to "Submission of the Night", or sometimes "Knockout of the Night", is kept in the UFC's coffers, instead of it going out to a fighter who could really use that added payday.
Dana White told MMAjunkie that while it's a rarity that bonus money stayed behind like that, the new method (which White came up with alongside CEO Lorenzo Fertitta) is a guarantee that all the money set aside for the awards will end up in a fighter's pocket.
"It only happened a couple times," White told MMAjunkie following Saturday's UFC 170 pay-per-view at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. "I started playing with this thing and started to realize, because we're doing so many fights, how much money it was – it's like $9.8 million. I want every dime of that $9.8 million to go out the door."
"The way it works (now) is, money goes out the door," White said. "I don't want there to be a situation where there was no submission, there was no this, there was no that. In this setup, it's impossible for a bonus not to go out – unless the fights suck so bad one night."
Both of the "Performance of the Night" bonuses will be set at $50,000, although the UFC has the ability to raise the bonus from that watermark for special occasions.
And while the words "Submission" and "Knockout" have been swapped out for the more modest "Performance", a fighter's best chance at a bonus is still a submission or a knock out.
Hopefully the fighters assist Dana in emptying that coffer quickly.
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The credit crunch sent Bank of America's quarterly profits plunging 77% after weak trading on Wall Street and in retail banking. Bank of America, which has the largest branch network in the US, wrote off more than $5bn (£2.5bn) in trading losses and provisions against bad debts. First-quarter earnings fell from $5.26bn to $1.21bn.
Kenneth Lewis, chief executive, said: "The first quarter was much worse than our expectations three months ago." The bank joins several top financial institutions struggling with collapsing credit markets and a downturn in the US economy. The bank raised provisions against loan defaults by $4.78bn to $6.01bn and wrote down the value of its mortgage-related instruments by $1.47bn. Its shares dropped by 2.2% to $37.72 in New York.
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A GOVERNMENT cash boost for road repairs worth more than £2million to Lancashire county and Blackburn with Darwen councils has sparked a political row.
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin said it would make a real difference to drivers, but Labour politicians said the money was 'too little too late'.
Lancashire county, responsible for roads in Hyndburn, Burnley, Pendle, Rossendale, Ribble Valley and Chorley, will receive £2,279,110.
Blackburn with Darwen, in the middle of a £17.5 million four-year road network road recovery programme, gets £171,935.
Councils in the North West will receive £13.1 million out of a national £183.5 million pot confirmed in this Wednesday's budget, After the wettest winter on record, the Department of Transport said the money would repair 3.3million potholes across the country.
Mr McLoughlin said: "Damage to roads causes misery for drivers and local communities and the severe weather has made the problem worse.
"This extra money will help make a real difference to millions of road users, giving them safer and smoother journeys."
Lancashire county highways boss John Fillis said: "For the Government to propose that £140million for the entire country could even scratch the surface of the work that needs doing is completely out of touch with the reality on the ground.
"It is too little too late."
Blackburn with Darwen finance chief Andy Kay said: "The money will be added to our Network Recovery Programme. The scale of that shows this extra cash is just a drop in the ocean."


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Madrid – Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi said Friday he felt far too emotional to face the media glare at coach Pep Guardiola's farewell announcement.
"I want to thank Pep with all my heart for everything he has given me in my professional career and personally," the 24-year-old Argentinian said on his Facebook page.
"Because of the emotions I feel I preferred not to be present at Pep's press conference and to stay away from the press because I know they will look for the pain on the players' faces.
"It is something I have decided not to show."
More than 100,000 fans clicked the 'Like' button on Messi's comment to demonstrate their support and 10,000 left comments, the vast majority backing him.
Defender Gerard Pique, who left hospital just two days earlier after a bash to the head during Barcelona's Champions League semi-final defeat to Chelsea, praised his departing coach.
"Many thanks Pep for giving us so much," he wrote on his Twitter account.
"Four years full of victories, of good times and above all lessons in football."
Only on Monday, the 25-year-old Pique had said he was convinced Guardiola would stay on as coach because of his love for the club and the profession.
However the 41-year-old coach announced Friday he was bringing his four-year reign over one of the greatest eras in club football to an end.
"Four years is an eternity as coach of Barca. Time wears everything down, I feel drained and I need to replenish," said Guardiola, who cited exhaustion as the reason for his departure.
"I cannot replenish if I coach again immediately, I don't want to."
Barcelona president Sandro Rosell appointed Francesc "Tito" Vilanova, a former Barcelona player and Guardiola's assistant for the past four years, as the new coach.
Cesc Fabregas, who returned last year to childhood club Barcelona from Arsenal, said on Twitter: "Even though I was only with him for one year it felt like a lot more. For me Pep was my hero as a kid."
The Spain international gave a vote of confidence to Vilanova, who came through Barcelona's youth ranks as a player before joining other sides, rejoining the Catalans as a youth coach in 2007.
"For Tito, I wish the best in this new opportunity that football has given to him. We were together when I was a kid," Fabregas said. – Sapa-AFP


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Milo Cleveland Beach's The Imperial Image: Paintings for the Mughal Court has been published by Mapin Publishing.
Books have been treasured for centuries in the Islamic world, as precious objects worthy of royal admiration. This was especially true in Muslim India, where generations of Mughal emperors commissioned and collected volumes of richly illuminated manuscripts and lavishly illustrated folios. They assembled workshops of the leading artists and calligraphers to produce the books that filled their extensive libraries. Today, those works remain a vibrant part of India?s cultural and artistic history in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
In this revised and expanded edition of his popular 1981 book, Dr Milo Beach presents the superb collection of Mughal painting in the Freer Gallery of Art. He adds many of the outstanding works that entered the collection with the opening of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in 1987. Together, the Freer and Sackler Galleries, the Smithsonian's museums of Asian art, have the distinction of being one of the world?s leading repositories of Mughal art. An introductory essay examines the Mughal art of the book and traces the contributions of a succession of rulers in Muslim India. Brief artist biographies and an extensive bibliography complete this updated volume.
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After Christine Lagarde won the top job at the International Monetary fund, the first non-economist in that post Now must sort through a world of baffling problems.
Christine Lagarde took the top helm at the International Monetary Fund at one of the worst times in its history – not because of the rape charges against former managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, but because of reputational damage to the IMF itself. Lagarde, the Fund's first ever director who is not an economist, has had to work her way through a number of top priorities.
Her most public challenge: to restore the Eurozone's future and strengthen the standing of European sovereign debt. Less publicly, but just as important, she must improve the IMF's reputation in the emerging market economies – especially by reforming its governance to include more of them. Overall, the new director must restore countries' confidence in the IMF's ability to predict – and then contain — the kinds of crises that have been rattling the international financial system for more than 20 years.
As a European – and former finance minister of France, a country at the heart of the Eurozone — can Lagarde take an objective view about the long term sustainability of Europe's common currency? Some worry about whether these inherent conflicts of interest keep Lagarde from ushering Europe out of its crisis.
And even before the international financial crisis, many emerging market economies made bold statements about how they would never return to the IMF for financing again. It was believed then that the IMF's reputation had reached rock bottom. Fast forward to today and the IMF has done little to actually improve its reputation among many of the key emerging market economies – Brazil, Korea, Turkey, Thailand, etc.,. Throughout Lagarde's so called campaign tour in emerging market economies, she identified this crisis of confidence and noted her desire to improve bilateral relationships. Beyond the obvious politicking, Lagarde surely realizes that the future of IMF financing will come from the emerging market economies.
To tame the fires in Europe with IMF funds, she will need the emerging market economies that are holding much of the world's surplus capital to have faith in the organization's ability to devise appropriate policies, to understand the reasons behind these continued economic crises, and to better predict fault lines and prevent contagion in the global economy. While a number of capitals in emerging market economies have argued that this requires the IMF to transfer decision making power to rising economies- most notably through shifting IMF quotas and giving an added number of IMF Executive Board seats to emerging market economies to countries like Brazil, China, Turkey, and others- there will be a lot more fundamental and internal reform before Lagarde.
Arguably, the IMF will require a serious rethink of how things are done and the perspectives the Fund brings to understanding how to repair the global economy. Clearly the Fund's current toolkit has been inadequate – generally a strict adherence to neoclassical economics. Lagarde may be bold enough, possibly, to address the serious challenges posed by existing staff paradigms. As a lawyer, she may just bring a fresh perspective into how the organization can change and move beyond the narrow prism of neoclassical macroeconomic analysis.
Lagarde has a full plate of issues to address, but hopefully she will overcome her Eurocentric perspective and realize the interrelated nature of challenges before the IMF: fixing Europe, repairing IMF reputation, and freshening IMF analysis.
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text: American servicemen and servicewomen, who were shipped out abruptly to the Persian Gulf last year, compelled to spend months waiting in the desert or on the sea, obliged to fight a war against Iraq and then kept waiting some more to come back home, have discovered there is one more item of business to be disposed of before they are allowed to return to the blessed sanctuary of normal life. That`s the host of parades in which their attendance is expected. Chicago held its procession last month; Washington`s was on Saturday; New York`s was Monday. The list of others that have been or will be held include San Francisco, Hollywood, Louisville, Oakland, Ft. Lauderdale, Atlanta and more. Presumably there will be even more on the Fourth of July.


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Personnel, board changing at Pittsburgh Public Schools
At least three Pittsburgh Public Schools board members will not seek re-election this year, creating the greatest turnover on the board since 1999, as the district faces continuing academic and financial hurdles.
Key administrators are leaving as well, taking other jobs or retiring.
The stakes are high during this change: A $30 million deficit looms in 2014, and the district is trying to boost enrollment and student achievement, and eliminate racial disparities.
"We've got some big stuff we're trying to get done," said Superintendent Linda Lane, whose contract expires in January. "How you do that while experiencing a transition is where my head and heart has to be right now."
Floyd "Skip" McCrea, Jean Fink and Theresa Colaizzi confirmed they will leave the board.
Chief financial officer Peter Camarda will retire June 29; Jan Ripper, chief of student and support services, retired Feb. 1; Paulette Poncelet, chief of research, assessment and accountability, leaves Feb 26; and chief of staff Lisa Fischetti is taking a job with a health system, Lane said.
Two school directors are up for re-election: board President Sharene Shealey, who said she will announce her decision on a re-election bid March 12, the last day to get on the ballot, and Thomas Sumpter, who could not be reached.
"It is certainly possible that (turnover) could change the direction of the school district," said Carey Harris, executive director of the watchdog group A+ Schools.
Voters first elected Fink, a former board president, in 1976 and she has served since except for a four-year break.
Colaizzi, another ex-president, and McCrea each is marking 12 years on the board.
"I just think it's time for someone else to carry that torch," Colaizzi said.
McCrea, who retired about a year ago from the city's Fire Bureau, said he wants to go fishing.
"I'm tired," said Fink, 68, who joined the board at age 32.
Robert Strauss, professor of economics and public policy at Carnegie Mellon University, said the turnover may be healthy.
"I can imagine if there's a new majority on the board, there's a whole bunch of issues that will be addressed. That would include matters such as textbooks, curriculum, the alignment of testing and curriculum, and also the integrity of the testing process," said Strauss, who has researched the district.
The state ordered Pittsburgh to develop a plan to improve test security after investigating suspicious math and reading standardized test scores in 48 districts.
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Rio said the reduction in the amount of natural gas available from the Northern Territory government for the plant and the scrapping of its plans to spin off its Pacific Aluminium business, of which the Gove plant was part, are additional factors that make the decision more complicated.
"This adds further complexity to our decision-making," Rio's Pacific Aluminium business said on Monday.
The statement comes as federal Industry Minister
Mr Macfarlane told The Australian Financial Review on Sunday before leaving for northern Australia that his aim was to keep Gove open for another 20 years.
Mr Giles last week voiced frustration with the length of time it is taking Rio to decide on the future of the plant.
Pacific Aluminium, 100 per cent owned by Rio, said it recognised that employees, the local community and other stakeholders want the matter resolved.
"Given the complexity and significance of this decision, we need to take some time to make a thorough assessment," the company said.
"The business is working through this as quickly as possible."
In a memo sent to employees at Gove last Friday, Ryan Cavanagh, general manager of Gove operations, said Rio "accepts the ball is in its court" and sought to assure workers the company understands the significance of the decision.
NT government offer reduced
The NT government originally offered about 300 petajoules of gas for Gove, mostly from a contract that the NT utility Power and Water Corporation holds with Italy's Eni, which owns the Blacktip field off the NT coast. But that offer was reduced after Mr Giles took over as NT Chief Minister from his predecessor Terry Mills, because it exposed the NT economy to too large a risk, Mr Giles said.
After the original gas offer by the NT government in February, Rio made a commitment to keep operating the Gove refinery while the gas-to-Gove project progressed.
"The volume of gas being offered by the Northern Territory government has been reduced and Pacific Aluminium is considering what this means for the refinery," Pacific Aluminium said in Monday's statement.
PacAl said five options were being considered for Gove: the full conversion of the refinery to gas; operating the plant on a combination of heavy fuel oil and gas; continuing to run the refinery on fuel oil; a partial curtailment of refinery production; or a full curtailment of refinery production.
"The curtailment options includes understanding the complexity and cost of restarting the refinery when economic conditions improve," it said.
Mr Macfarlane said on Sunday he was aiming to increase the volume of gas available for Gove to 400 petajoules. He said he would meet with a company that holds exploration licences in the NT during a visit to Perth on Tuesday after his Gove trip.
Mr Giles has also sought assurances for more gas supplies from Eni and from Magellan Petroleum, and has also been approached by a WA venture that could provide a "mobile facility" for gas.
Mr Cavanagh said Rio appreciated the NT government's efforts, but the company is understood to harbour doubts about the latest potential increases to the gas offer, given none of the additional volumes are firm. Rio has also been in discussions with potential gas suppliers but has been unable to reach any agreements on gas supply.
During his Perth trip, the minister will also be meeting privately with Western Australian Premier
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What a spectacle it was. Performing at this year's Super Bowl halftime show, Madonna went to the greatest lengths imaginable to make sure that her hotly-anticipated spot on the most watched television event of the year was an unforgettable one – and she largely pulled it off.
With tightrope walkers, voguing Roman soldiers, b-boy breakdancers, a marching band, an army of cheerleaders and guests ranging from Nicki Minaj, M.I.A. and Cee Lo Green to LMFAO, Madge performed a medley of old hits as well as her new single.
M.I.A, ever the one to sneer in the face of opportunity, tossed a middle finger to the cameras during the new track 'Give Me All Your Luvin',' but the Material Girl otherwise played it safe with a fun show.
Opening with 'Vogue,' Madonna climbed atop the shoulders of one of the one members of LMFAO for a moment, before a momentary slip on 'Music,' then through 'Give Me All Your Luvin',' with Minaj and M.I.A. working pom-poms and running cheer routines.
Cee Lo then played drum major, helping lead through snippets of 'Open Your Heart' and 'Express Yourself' before donning a monk's robe and assisting on the grand finale: 'Like a Prayer,' complete with a massive gospel choir.
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2013 has been the year of the "new" Miley Cyrus. With her short hair and scandalous performances, Miley pushed the boundaries and stirred up a lot of talk this year. We still can't stop thinking about her VMA performance! Her transformation from the sweet Disney star into a sexy songstress has been controversial and shocking. Looking back, everything about Miley has changed, from her looks to her opinions.
Old Miley definitely had some pretty strong statements on topics that we think new Miley would cringe at today! Take a look at these 7 quotes from old Miley that we think the new Miley would absolutely hate! Then tell us, what do you think of these old Miley quotes? Let us know in the comments below!
1. On her 2008 controversial Vanity Fair shoot:
"I feel so embarrassed. I hope my fans understand that along the way, I am going to make mistakes, and I am not perfect. I never intended for any of this to happen, and I am truly sorry if I have disappointed anyone." -Miley said in a statement to People magazine.
The new Miley has definitely shown much more skin since the 2008 shoot.
2. Miley talking about putting love before work:
"No. 1 is my relationship with Liam. That's what I feel the most confident in because you never know; there's so much hype behind my new record, but it could come out and, worst-case scenario, everyone f***ing hates it." -In an interview with Cosmopolitan.
New Miley is all about putting work first.
3. Old Miley talking about drugs:
"Drugs are for idiots. I'm never going to be that person." -Miley told Ryan Seacrest on his radio show back in 2010.
New Miley is singing about drugs and lighting up at award shows!
4. On quittting Twitter back in 2009:
"There has been so much controversy sometimes about what I've said or done because I believe there are no mistakes - God is the only one who can judge us. That's the reason I deleted my Twitter account."-Miley to Parade Magazine.
Miley is now back on Twitter.
5. On her relationship with Nick Jonas:
""Maybe he'll be my best friend for the rest of my life or maybe I'll end up marrying Nick Jonas!" -Miley to Seventeen Magazine.
Could you see new Miley together with Nick Jonas?
6. On wanting to act vs. sing:
"I just want to do films 'cause I like being someone else. My music is kind of like my diary. I'll always do that... I just feel like the music industry isn't as positive as I'd like it to be." -In a 2010 interview on The View.
Miley clearly changed her mind and is now only focusing on her music career.
7. A 2009 quote from Miley on her wardrobe.
"You don't show your personality by what you wear—it's about how you present yourself, by always having a smile." -Miley to Teen Vogue.
We think this one speaks for itself.
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Perhaps it's because Milan in February is the greyest city on the planet, with a daytime sky that seems to eat light rather than radiate it - but bishop purple and moss green did not offend the eye on the first day of big-name shows here this fashion week.
These normally unwelcome tones appeared from such diverse designers as the showman Antonio Berardi, the ultra-feminine Alberta Ferretti and even Giorgio Armani himself.
When the man credited with inventing the colour "greige" - a shade halfway between beige and grey - turns on such vibrant colour, fashion followers know something is happening.
Mind you, the rest of his collection was strictly monotone, with stark black emphasising the interesting shapes and volumes of expert tailoring.
Jackets were historical in feel, neatly waisted and flaring out like 18th-century frockcoats, with trumpet-pleats round the hips, and bell sleeves. Others had wide necklines, reminiscent of the 1950s styles of the Spanish designer Cristobel Balenciaga.
There were some odd pants - "skousers" with a half skirt surmounting trousers legs - but, that aside, this was a strong statement which cogently explored new ideas, without compromising the winning formula of the Armani look.
Alberta Ferretti also looked good doing what she does best - which is making clothing of exquisite femininity and sophistication. It doesn't matter how many takes on the princess coat Ferretti does, they are always instantly desirable - this time in black and white tweed, high-belted with a flame red leather tie, or in pea green with wide sleeves, oversized buttons and a puritan collar.
Such 1950s shapes looked strong, but most alluring of all were the simple silk cocktail dresses, in gorgeous shades of green and mauve, as well as classic black.
For his first show for several years Rifat Ozbek seemed to take inspiration from Tibet for his collection for the Milanese fashion house Pollini.
The lama's Mohican-style head piece was perhaps overselling the idea a little, but the capes with tightly pleated ruff necks, and a Pucci-esque print, were exquisite.
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The Bundestag's vote yesterday to abolish the statute of limitations may enable the West German authorities to open criminal proceedings against known. Nazi war criminals who up to now have evaded prosecution, Nazi-hunter Serge Klarsfeld said here today. According to Klarsfeld; an attorney, most of these wanted Nazi war criminals are in West Germany but others are hiding out in Latin American or in Arab countries.
Heading the list of wanted men abroad is Dr. Josef Mengele, the Auschwitz physician responsible for mass murders and inhumane experiments on some 200,000 children and a like number of other inmates. Mengele is believed to be in Paraguay. Other wanted men are former SS Col. Walter Rauff, last seen in Santiago, Chile, who was in charge of the mobile gas chambers in Nazi-occupied areas of the Soviet Union, and Alois Bruner, Adolf Eichmann's deputy for Austria, Greece and France.
Three war criminals definitely known to be in West Germany are Kurt Lishka, who was Gestapo chief in France from 1940-43 and was responsible for the deportation of French Jews; Herbert Hagen who was a special advisor to the SS in France and Ernst Heinrichson, who was deputy head of the Gestapo's "Jewish section" in France "According to Klarsfeld, several hundred war criminals are believed to be alive and to have escaped detection until now More than 6000 war criminals have already been tried and sentenced by. West German courts.


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Attack ad awaits Obama in Orlando
UPDATE: Bill Clinton releases statement saying his comments in the ad have been distorted. See the jump.
American Crossroads, the Karl Rove-operated group, says it's paying for this ad to run in Orlando, where President Obama will visit today. It began last night and will run through Wednesday on local networks stations and cable news, the group said.
Bill Clinton:
The Republican Group American Crossroads has used a quote from me in a video opposing President Obama's jobs plan and the "Buffett Rule." The advertisement implies that I opposed the "Buffett Rule." In fact, I support both the American Jobs Act and the "Buffett Rule." I believe that it's only fair to ask those of us in high-income groups -- who have received the primary benefits of the last decade's economic growth and the majority of its tax cuts as well -- to contribute to solving our long term debt problem. What I did say was that the "Buffett Rule" cannot solve the problem alone. Reducing the debt requires three things: more economic growth, more spending cuts, and more revenue. Right now, the most important thing is to put America back to work. That's why I support the American Jobs Act.