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Sunday, June 30, 2013
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Holographic TVs Are Getting Closer To Reality
New methods for producing color holographic video are here, and they could lead to cheaper, higher res and more energy efficient TVs. Daniel Smalley, a researcher at MIT, built a holographic display with about the same resolution as a standard-definition TV, which is able to depict motion because it updates its image 30 times a second. The display is run by an optical chip that Smalley made in his lab for about $10.
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Digg Reader web, iOS apps are open for the public
As we stand on the precipice of the shutdown of Google Reader the search for replacement RSS clients is more frantic than ever, and now Digg has opened access to its app for any users interested. Currently available on the web and as an iOS app (Android coming soon), importing ones Google account is just a few mouse clicks away. The experience as it exists now is pretty barebones, and Digg says it plans to add a "View unread items only" option, "Mark as unread" button and the always crucial "accurate" unread counts for feeds and folders in the near future. Hit the source link below to give it a shot, and then let us know if it's a contender for the throne.
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98% Before Midnight
All Critics (147) | Top Critics (38) | Fresh (144) | Rotten (3)
Hawke and Delpy remain as charming as ever, and their combined goofiness is more endearing than annoying.
Love is messy here, life cannot be controlled, satisfaction is far from guaranteed. Romance is rocky at best. But romance still is.
Though "Before Midnight" is often uncomfortable to watch, it's never less than mesmerizing - and ultimately, a joy to walk with this prickly but fascinating couple again.
"Before Midnight" is heartbreaking, but not because of Jesse and Celine. It's the filmmakers' passions that seem to have cooled.
Before Midnight is fascinating to watch, and so long as Celine and Jesse are communicating, there's still hope.
How (Jesse and Celine) try to rekindle that flame is what drives Midnight, a film that feels so authentic it's like overhearing a conversation you're not sure you should be hearing.
I'm not sure this is the end of Richard Linklater's 'Before' trilogy. It's perfection just as it is, but then again, Linklater has nine more years to work on the sequel.
Loving words mix with personal attacks, the magic moments with the unintended slights, as we witness the occasional desperation of imperfect people doing the best they can when life moves beyond meet-cute and courtship. That's authentic.
Linklater and his players bring an end to the fantasy and welcome the thrilling ups and bitter downs of reality to this love story.
Like the first two films, it reflects the real world in a way that seems almost preternatural. It's just that, here, the real world is a harsher, more disappointing place.
The duo, clearly so comfortable in their characters' skin, indulge in intelligent banter, sharp humour and emotional truths.
So much better written than contemporary novels, this film is a literary as well as cinematic achievement to cherish. For grown-ups.
As before, it's often very funny, with Jesse and Celine swapping Woody Allen-esque one-liners - nicely snarky, appealingly abrasive.
The acting, the dialogue and direction are superb.
None of the films is faultless in itself, but, tinted with complementary tones, the complete cycle comes as close to perfection as any trilogy in cinema history.
Marvelous. It's impossible to shake the feeling that we are merely eavesdropping on reality. Witty, wise, and -- most important of all -- truly romantic in ways that movies usually aren't.
It's been 18 years since Hawke, Delpy and Linklater introduced us to Jesse and Celine, and their story just gets richer, funnier and more punchy each time we see them. In 1995's Before Sunrise, they were idealistic 23-year-olds.
Hawke and Delpy are as believably real as any screen couple can ever be.
This is one of the few sequels for which the cliche 'eagerly awaited' is truly applicable.
Predictably, it's just as great as the first two.
By the end, Before Midnight inches towards a dawn of charm. But it's a troubled trip.
As an organic experiment in collaboration between actors and director, it is a triumph, co-created and co-owned by Delpy, Linklater and Hawke.
Hawke and Delpy, who are both credited on the script too, have never found co-stars to bounce off more nimbly or bring out richer nuances in their acting.
The performances and dialogue are wonderfully naturalistic; a reminder that the best special effects are often the cheapest.
Before Midnight is about the nature of long-term relationships, and the way love deepens and grows but also finds itself subject to the complications of maturity. Smart, insightful, and poignant.
For those who witnessed Jesse and Celine's tentative getting together as inter railing students almost twenty years ago, it's reassuring to see them still in love.
Source: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/before_midnight_2013/
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Good News, Hitler lookalikes - History Channel needs you
FURNACE CREEK, Calif. (AP) ? Associated Press photographer Chris Carlson is no stranger to heat. He grew up just outside Palm Springs, Calif. On Friday, he returned to his desert roots, leaving his home near Los Angeles and driving to the hottest place on earth on one of the hottest days of the year. Below, he describes what it is like to be in triple digit heat in Death Valley:
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/good-news-hitler-lookalikes-history-channel-needs-203605716.html
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Rolocule turns your iPhone and Apple TV into a Wii-style gaming system (video)
If you've ever wanted to hurl your iPhone through your TV while enthusiastically playing tennis, now's your chance. This week, Rolocule Games launched an iOS app -- Motion Tennis -- that turns your Apple TV into a Wii-esque gaming console. To connect devices to Apple TVs, the game relies on AirPlay Mirroring, which can be toggled on in the settings menu. Once your iOS device has been transformed into a tennis racket, you can control the action on your screen -- just be sure to strap the phone to your wrist, lest you become the poor sod to launch a new meme. If Wimbledon's whetted your appetite for more tennis, you can find the game on iTunes or watch the video after the break.
Via: AllThingsD
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Saturday, June 29, 2013
Obama tells leaders to follow Mandela's example
JOHANNESBURG (AP) ? President Barack Obama encouraged leaders in Africa and around the world Saturday to follow former South African President Nelson Mandela's example of country before self, as the U.S. president prepared to pay personal respects to relatives who have been gathered around the critically ill anti-apartheid icon.
"We as leaders occupy these spaces temporarily and we don't get so deluded that we think the fate of our country doesn't depend on how long we stay in office," Obama said.
Obama spoke at a news conference with South African President Jacob Zuma in the midst of a weeklong tour of the continent that also included stops in Senegal and Tanzania. But many other African nations are embroiled in religious, sectarian and other conflicts.
Obama decided to avoid stopping in his father's home nation of Kenya because of international disputes there. The International Criminal Court is prosecuting Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta for crimes against humanity, including murder, deportation, rape, persecution and inhumane acts allegedly committed by his supporters in the violent aftermath of Kenya's 2007 elections.
"The timing was not right for me as the president of the United States to be visiting Kenya when those issues are still being worked on, and hopefully at some point resolved," Obama said. He noted he's visited Kenya several times previously and expects he will as well in the future.
Obama and Zuma appeared at the Union Buildings that house government offices and the site of Mandela's 1994 inauguration as the country's first black president after 27 years behind bars for his activism.
The 94-year-old Mandela has been in a nearby hospital for three weeks after being admitted with a lung infection. Zuma told reporters that Mandela is in critical but stable condition and the whole nation is praying that he will improve.
Obama and his wife visited with some of Mandela's relatives Saturday at the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, part of the former president's foundation. The White House didn't say which relatives were meeting with Obama. In accordance with the family's wishes, Obama doesn't plan to visit with Mandela.
Obama revered Mandela as "one of the greatest people in history," referred to him by his clan name as he praised South Africa's historic integration from white racist rule as a shining beacon for the world.
"The struggle here against apartheid for freedom, Madiba's moral courage, this country's historic transition to a free and democratic nation has been a personal inspiration to me, it has been an inspiration to the world," Obama said.
"The outpouring of love that we've seen in recent days shows that the triumph of Nelson Mandela and this nation speaks to something very deep in the human spirit, the yearning for justice and dignity that transcends boundaries of race and class and faith and country," Obama said. "That's what Nelson Mandela represents, that's what South African at its best represents to the world, and that's what brings me back here."
Zuma told Obama he and Mandela are "bound by history as the first black presidents of your respective countries."
"Thus, you both carry the dreams of millions of people in Africa and in the diaspora who were previously oppressed," Zuma said, reading from a prepared statement.
On other topics, Obama declined to commit to supporting South Africa's bid for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council. He said the U.N.'s structure needs to be updated and it would be "odd" for an expanded Security Council not to have African representation.
"How we do that and what fashion is complicated, it's difficult and it involves all kinds of politics," Obama said.
"Everybody wants a seat at the table, but when it comes time to step up and show responsibility, sometimes people want to be free riders," Obama said, adding he wasn't referring to South Africa specifically.
Zuma responded that he wishes the process of change at the U.N. would speed up.
Obama also said he wants to boost trade with Africa and plans to renegotiate an African trade pact to improve it for American businesses. He said he welcomes competition from other nations who have been aggressive in pursuing commercial opportunities in Africa, including China.
"I don't feel threatened by it. I think it's a good thing," he said. He added: "Our only advice is make sure it's a good deal for Africa." He said that includes making sure foreign investment employs Africans and doesn't tolerate corruption or take its natural resources without compensation for Africans.
Obama also is paying tribute to South Africa's fight against apartheid by visiting the Soweto area Saturday afternoon for a town hall with students at the University of Johannesburg. At least 176 young people were killed in Soweto township 27 years ago this month during a youth protest against the apartheid regime's ban against teaching local Bantu languages. The Soweto Uprising catalyzed international support against apartheid, and June is now recognized as Youth Month in South Africa.
The university plans to bestow an honorary law degree on the U.S. president.
Protesters under police watch demonstrated outside the university against Obama's record on surveillance and foreign policy. Demonstrators from a range of trade unions and civil society groups chanted, "Away with intelligence, away," holding posters depicting Obama with an Adolf Hitler moustache.
"People died in Libya. People are still dying in Syria," said 54-year-old Ramasimong Tsokolibane. "In Egypt, in Afghanistan in Pakistan drones are still killing people. So that's why we are calling him a Hitler. He's a killer."
Obama has been trying to inspire the continent's youth to become civically active and part of a new democratically minded generation. Obama hosted young leaders from more than 40 African countries at the White House in 2010 and challenged them to bring change to their countries by standing up for freedom, openness and peaceful disagreement.
Obama wraps up his South Africa stay Sunday, when he plans to give a sweeping speech on U.S.-Africa policy at the University of Cape Town and take his family to Robben Island to tour the prison where Mandela spent 18 of his 27 years behind bars.
Obama has visited the island before, but said it's a particular privilege to bring his daughters back to learn its lessons.
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Associated Press Television News reporter Bram Janssen contributed to this report.
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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/obama-tells-leaders-mandelas-example-112000386.html
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T-Mobile to acquire 10MHz of LTE spectrum from US Cellular in $308 million deal
LTE spectrum is a hot commodity, and if you're hurting for cash, it might not be a bad time to let some go. US Cellular just inked a deal to unload 10MHz of Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) spectrum, padding its pocketbook with a whopping $308 million in cash. Pending FCC approval, that wireless load will be making its way over to T-Mobile, which would then own the vast majority of AWS. It's good news for T-Mobile customers, no doubt, especially those in the Southeast -- according to a press release, the spectrum T-Mob just snatched up covers 32 million people in cities like St. Louis, Memphis, Little Rock and New Orleans.
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Disney Research automates analysis of field hockey team behaviors
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Modeling based on player roles rather than individuals
Investigators at Disney Research, Pittsburgh, have developed an automated technique for analyzing the patterns of play of field hockey teams, providing a new tool for coaches and commentators who must make sense of mountains of video and other game data.
Because players constantly change roles during the flow of play a left winger switching temporarily with a right winger, or vice versa the researchers found that focusing on player roles, rather than the identity of an individual, was best for detecting the tactics, strategy and style of play for each team. The video tracking data that the algorithm used as input contained errors but the modeling technique was effective in correcting many of the tracking or detection errors.
The researchers evaluated their methods using high-definition video of portions of three games recorded by eight fixed cameras. Findings of the study will be presented at the IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, June 25-27, in Portland, Ore.
Patrick Lucey, a Disney researcher who specializes in automatically measuring human behavior, said the automated method developed for field hockey is applicable to virtually any team sport involving continuous play, including basketball, ice hockey and soccer. It could streamline the process of video analysis for coaches and their staff, providing an overview of tendencies and behaviors that would allow the coaching staff to focus on the most consequential plays and players.
Star players obviously can have considerable impact on a match, Lucey acknowledged, but the focus on player roles rather than individual identities still makes sense. "It's like when we watch a game on TV," he explained. "A lot of the time, we may not be able to identify a player, but we know where he should be based on the other players."
Demand for such automated methods has increased because of the data-driven, quantitative techniques that many professional sports teams now use to analyze performance. "We have a rich source of data, so what do we do with it? How do we make comparisons?" Lucey said. Though coaching staffs can manually quantify performance, computers have an advantage because they can compare many more teams and analyze many more matches a whole season's worth or even multiple seasons, he noted.
A coach might use such a system to evaluate how a future opponent performed when playing a team with a similar style to the coach's own team, or to identify weaknesses in the team's play that appear repeatedly over the course of a season.
Sports events unfold over both space and time, so the research team used what's called a bilinear spatiotemporal basis model to represent play. This method of modeling dynamic objects in this case, players and their opponents was developed by Disney Research, Pittsburgh, and their collaborators, and simultaneously takes space and time into account when creating models.
The Disney team found that the spatiotemporal modeling approach was effective in representing role play during a match. It also helped compensate for the errors that tend to occur in computer vision systems failure to detect some players, or falsely detecting a "phantom" player. People normally have to spend time eliminating this "noise" in the data, but the spatiotemporal modeling approach proved effective in making these corrections.
The researchers compared their automated "de-noised" data with human-annotated game play data and found only small differences between the two. In assignments of player roles, the researchers found that their system did a good job of identifying the roles of forwards and of defenders, though the system did get confused at midfield because of the frequency with which players change position in that region of the field.
In addition to being an assistive tool for coaches and their staff, automated analysis also could be a boon to television commentators faced with an increasing amount of data and presenting reports on an increasing number of digital platforms, Lucey said.
In addition to Lucey, the research team included Peter Carr and Iain Matthews of Disney Research, Pittsburgh; Alina Bialkowski, a Disney intern and Ph.D. student at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia; Stuart Morgan, a performance analyst at the Australian Institute of Sport, and Yaser Sheikh, assistant research professor in Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute.
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More information and a video is available on the project web site at http://www.disneyresearch.com/project/team-behavior-analysis/
About Disney Research
Disney Research (http://www.disneyresearch.com) is a network of research laboratories supporting The Walt Disney Company. Its purpose is to pursue scientific and technological innovation to advance the company's broad media and entertainment efforts. Disney Research is managed by an internal Disney Research Council co-chaired by Disney-Pixar's Ed Catmull and Walt Disney Imagineering's Bruce Vaughn, and including the directors of the individual labs. It has facilities in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Boston and Zrich. Research topics include computer graphics, video processing, computer vision, robotics, radio and antennas, wireless communications, human-computer interaction, displays, data mining, machine learning and behavioral sciences.
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Public release date: 28-Jun-2013[ | E-mail |
Share ] Contact: Jennifer Liu
jennifer.c.liu@disney.com
818-544-6130
Disney Research
Modeling based on player roles rather than individuals
Investigators at Disney Research, Pittsburgh, have developed an automated technique for analyzing the patterns of play of field hockey teams, providing a new tool for coaches and commentators who must make sense of mountains of video and other game data.
Because players constantly change roles during the flow of play a left winger switching temporarily with a right winger, or vice versa the researchers found that focusing on player roles, rather than the identity of an individual, was best for detecting the tactics, strategy and style of play for each team. The video tracking data that the algorithm used as input contained errors but the modeling technique was effective in correcting many of the tracking or detection errors.
The researchers evaluated their methods using high-definition video of portions of three games recorded by eight fixed cameras. Findings of the study will be presented at the IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, June 25-27, in Portland, Ore.
Patrick Lucey, a Disney researcher who specializes in automatically measuring human behavior, said the automated method developed for field hockey is applicable to virtually any team sport involving continuous play, including basketball, ice hockey and soccer. It could streamline the process of video analysis for coaches and their staff, providing an overview of tendencies and behaviors that would allow the coaching staff to focus on the most consequential plays and players.
Star players obviously can have considerable impact on a match, Lucey acknowledged, but the focus on player roles rather than individual identities still makes sense. "It's like when we watch a game on TV," he explained. "A lot of the time, we may not be able to identify a player, but we know where he should be based on the other players."
Demand for such automated methods has increased because of the data-driven, quantitative techniques that many professional sports teams now use to analyze performance. "We have a rich source of data, so what do we do with it? How do we make comparisons?" Lucey said. Though coaching staffs can manually quantify performance, computers have an advantage because they can compare many more teams and analyze many more matches a whole season's worth or even multiple seasons, he noted.
A coach might use such a system to evaluate how a future opponent performed when playing a team with a similar style to the coach's own team, or to identify weaknesses in the team's play that appear repeatedly over the course of a season.
Sports events unfold over both space and time, so the research team used what's called a bilinear spatiotemporal basis model to represent play. This method of modeling dynamic objects in this case, players and their opponents was developed by Disney Research, Pittsburgh, and their collaborators, and simultaneously takes space and time into account when creating models.
The Disney team found that the spatiotemporal modeling approach was effective in representing role play during a match. It also helped compensate for the errors that tend to occur in computer vision systems failure to detect some players, or falsely detecting a "phantom" player. People normally have to spend time eliminating this "noise" in the data, but the spatiotemporal modeling approach proved effective in making these corrections.
The researchers compared their automated "de-noised" data with human-annotated game play data and found only small differences between the two. In assignments of player roles, the researchers found that their system did a good job of identifying the roles of forwards and of defenders, though the system did get confused at midfield because of the frequency with which players change position in that region of the field.
In addition to being an assistive tool for coaches and their staff, automated analysis also could be a boon to television commentators faced with an increasing amount of data and presenting reports on an increasing number of digital platforms, Lucey said.
In addition to Lucey, the research team included Peter Carr and Iain Matthews of Disney Research, Pittsburgh; Alina Bialkowski, a Disney intern and Ph.D. student at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia; Stuart Morgan, a performance analyst at the Australian Institute of Sport, and Yaser Sheikh, assistant research professor in Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute.
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More information and a video is available on the project web site at http://www.disneyresearch.com/project/team-behavior-analysis/
About Disney Research
Disney Research (http://www.disneyresearch.com) is a network of research laboratories supporting The Walt Disney Company. Its purpose is to pursue scientific and technological innovation to advance the company's broad media and entertainment efforts. Disney Research is managed by an internal Disney Research Council co-chaired by Disney-Pixar's Ed Catmull and Walt Disney Imagineering's Bruce Vaughn, and including the directors of the individual labs. It has facilities in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Boston and Zrich. Research topics include computer graphics, video processing, computer vision, robotics, radio and antennas, wireless communications, human-computer interaction, displays, data mining, machine learning and behavioral sciences.
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Immigration legislation faces obstacles in House
WASHINGTON (AP) ? The focus of hotly contested immigration legislation swung Friday from the Senate to the House, where conservative Republicans hold power, there is no bipartisan template to serve as a starting point and the two parties stress widely different priorities.
"It's a very long and winding road to immigration reform," said Rep. Tom Cole, an Oklahoma Republican who said it could be late this year or perhaps early in 2014 before the outcome is known. His own constituents are "very skeptical, mostly opposed," he said.
Supporters of the Senate's approach sought to rally support for its promise of citizenship for those who have lived in the United States unlawfully, a key provision alongside steps to reduce future illegal immigration.
"The Republican Party still doesn't understand the depth...of this movement and just how much the American people want comprehensive immigration reform," Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., said on Friday. "We need to make sure they come to this understanding."
But Rep. Matt Salmon, R-Ariz., said in an interview that any bill that results in citizenship was a nonstarter. He called the approach "patently unfair" to those trying to "do it the legal way."
Within hours after the Democratic-controlled Senate approved its bill Thursday on a 68-32 vote, President Barack Obama telephoned with congratulations for several members of the bipartisan Gang of Eight who negotiated an early draft of the bill that passed.
Traveling in Africa, he also called House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of California from Africa, urging them to pass an immigration bill.
Yet not even a firm timetable has been set.
The House Republican rank and file is scheduled to hold a closed-door meeting on the issue shortly after returning from a July 4 vacation, and Boehner has said previously he hopes legislation on the topic can be passed by the end of the month. Aides also say it is possible the issue wouldn't come to the floor until the leadership had successfully resurrected a farm bill that was defeated last week.
In contrast to the all-in-one approach favored by the Senate, the House Judiciary Committee has approved a series of single-issue bills in recent days, none including a path to citizenship that Obama and Democrats have set as a top priority.
One, harshly condemned by Democrats, provides for a crackdown on immigrants living in the United States illegally. Another sets up a temporary program for farm workers to come to the United States, but without the opportunity for citizenship the Senate-passed measure includes.
A third, which drew several Democratic votes, requires establishment of a mandatory program within two years for companies to verify the legal status of their workers. The Senate bill sets a four-year phase-in, although supporters of the legislation have also signaled they are agreeable to tighter requirements. A fourth increases the number of visas for highly-skilled workers.
Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., criticized the approach followed so far by House Republicans. "We have taken up a series of small-bore partisan bills that are in some cases bizarre," she said at a panel discussion hosted by Bloomberg Government and the National Restaurant Association. "We have not touched the whole issue of how you get 11 million people right with the law."
Also appearing on the panel, Republican Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida said the House must find a solution for the estimated 11 million immigrants now living in the United States unlawfully. "Ignoring that reality does not make it go away," he said.
Lofgren and Diaz-Balart are part of a bipartisan group that has tried to struggled unsuccessfully so far to produce legislation roughly comparable to the one drafted by the Gang of Eight in the Senate.
In their discussions to date, the lawmakers have agreed to a pathway to citizenship over 15 years, two years longer than the Senate legislation provides. Their efforts at an overall compromise have stumbled over details of a guest worker program and other issues.
The situation was far different in the Senate, where the Gang of Eight drafted legislation, shepherded it through the Senate Judiciary Committee and then helped negotiate tough border security requirements that helped swell Republican support.
As the measure was passing the Senate on Thursday, members of the Gang of Eight were urging the House to be ready to compromise.
"You may have different views on different aspects of this issue, but all of us share the same goal, and that is to take 11 million people out of the shadows, secure our borders and make sure that this is the nation of opportunity and freedom," said Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.
The bill passed by the Senate devotes $46 billion to border security improvements, including calling for a doubling of the border patrol stationed on the U.S.-Mexico border and the completion of 700 miles of fencing. No immigrant currently in the United States illegally could qualify for a permanent resident green card until those border enhancements and others were in place.
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Associated Press reporters Luis Alonso Lugo, Donna Cassata and Jim Kuhnhenn contributed to this report.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/immigration-legislation-faces-obstacles-house-190820534.html
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Video: The Guardian editor in chief speaks out on security, leaks (cbsnews)
EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science
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'Dexter' exclusive pic: Are Deb, Dex in danger?
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"Dexter" finally returns Sunday! Its eighth and final season is guaranteed to be a wild ride, but the final destination -- for Dex and everyone he cares about -- is anyone's guess.
Quick refresher from last year's finale: Deb killed Captain LaGuerta rather than let their boss arrest Dexter for the Bay Harbor Butcher (etc.) killings.
Fast-forward six months, and -- spoiler alert! -- Deb has quit the force and is trying to anesthetize her tortured conscience with booze, drugs and sex. The last person in the world she wants to see is the brother who led her to this very dark and desperate place.
Of course the Morgan siblings must reunite sometime. And by the looks of this picture from the premiere, exclusive to TODAY.com, it's not a cause for celebration.
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What could possibly be provoking Deb's shock and her brother's consternation? Did Harrison spill his milk, or are they in more danger than ever?
To find out, tune in to "Dexter" Sunday at 9 p.m. on Showtime.
Source: http://www.today.com/entertainment/dexter-exclusive-photo-are-deb-dex-even-more-danger-6C10480521
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Unsecured Bad Credit Loans - A Beneficial Alternative to Payday ...
Inability of bad credit borrowers to get unsecured personal loans is another myth busted. Many people are under strong impression that if they have damaged credit they may only be eligible for short-term payday loans or cash advances. Actually, receiving an unsecured loan with bad credit is very possible. One should not count on extensive loan amounts and modest interest rates that good credit borrowers may get though, but receiving up to $7,500 with a tolerable interest rate and duration of 3 years is very feasible. Such loan offers are very advantageous to bad credit borrowers when compared to payday loans that feature very limited amounts and extremely short terms and are a great long-term financing solution for many needs they may have.
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Unsecured Personal Loans Are Of Great Help to Bad Credit Borrowers
Should you seek advice with so popular credit counselors, they would always recommend long-lasting preparation for a loan application to include credit report overview, credit record correction, and revolving debt reduction. While this is true with mortgage applications, as they have extensive requirements to meet, unsecured personal loans for bad credit do not require any preparation in order to apply. Naturally, the higher your credit score and the lower your debt burden, the better terms you would be able to get on your unsecured loan. However, for people with acute financial need time is of essence, and many lenders understand that, issuing loans regardless of current credit blemishes.
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Friday, June 28, 2013
Obama clashes with African host over gay rights
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) ? President Barack Obama on Thursday praised the Supreme Court's ruling on same-sex marriage as a "victory for American democracy" but clashed with his African host over gay rights in a sign of how far the movement has to go internationally.
Obama said recognition of gay unions in the United States should cross state lines and that equal rights should be recognized universally. It was his first chance to expand on his thoughts about the ruling, which was issued Wednesday as he flew to Senegal, one of many African countries that outlaw homosexuality.
Senegalese President Macky Sall rebuffed Obama's call for Africans to give gays equal rights under the law.
"We are still not ready to decriminalize homosexuality," Sall said, while insisting that the country is "very tolerant" and needs more time to digest the issue without pressure. "This does not mean we are homophobic."
Obama said gay rights didn't come up in their private meeting at the presidential palace, a mansion that looks somewhat similar to the White House. But Obama said he wants to send a message to Africans that while he respects differing personal and religious views on the matter, it's important to have nondiscrimination under the law.
"People should be treated equally, and that's a principle that I think applies universally," he said.
A report released Monday by Amnesty International says 38 African countries criminalize homosexuality. In four of those ? Mauritania, northern Nigeria, southern Somalia and Sudan ? the punishment is death. These laws appear to have broad public support. A June 4 Pew Research Center survey found at least nine of 10 respondents in Senegal, Kenya, Ghana, Uganda and Nigeria believe homosexuality should not be accepted by society.
Papi Nbodj, a 19-year-old student who stood by the road to the presidential palace to see Obama's arrival, said homosexuality is against the religious beliefs of most in Senegal.
"We are in a Muslim country, so we certainly cannot have it here," he said. "And for me it's not OK to have this anywhere in the world."
Sall sought to reassure Obama that gays are not persecuted in Senegal. But under Senegalese law, "an improper or unnatural act with a person of the same sex" can be punished by up to five years in prison.
Ndeye Kebe, president of a human rights organization that works with homosexuals called Women's Smile, disputed Sall's contention that gays are not discriminated against.
"I know of around a dozen people who are in prison for homosexuality as we speak," she said. "There wasn't any real proof against them, but they were found guilty and they are in prison."
And as recently as February of 2008, police rounded up men suspected of being homosexual after a Senegalese tabloid published photographs of a clandestine gay wedding in a suburb of Dakar. Gays went into hiding or fled to neighboring countries, but they were pushed out of Gambia by the president's threat of decapitation.
As for Wednesday's court ruling, Obama said he's directing his administration to comb through every federal statute to quickly determine the implications of a decision that gave the nation's legally married gay couples equal federal footing with all other married Americans.
He said he wants to make sure that gay couples who deserve benefits under the ruling get them quickly. Obama said he personally believes that gay couples legally married in one state should retain their benefits if they move to another state that doesn't recognize gay marriage.
"I believe at the root of who we are as a people, as Americans, is the basic precept that we are all equal under the law," he said. "We believe in basic fairness. And what I think yesterday's ruling signifies is one more step towards ensuring that those basic principles apply to everybody."
Obama also offered prayers for former South African President Nelson Mandela, who is gravely ill, ahead of Obama's planned visit to his country this weekend. Obama said he was inspired to become political active by Mandela's example in the anti-apartheid movement of being willing to sacrifice his life for a belief in equal treatment.
"I think he's a hero for the world," Obama said. "And if and when he passes from this place, one thing I think we'll all know is that his legacy is one that will linger on throughout the ages."
Hundreds awaited Obama behind barricades later at Goree Island on Africa's westernmost point, where Africans were said to be have been shipped off into slavery across the Atlantic Ocean. Obama peered out at the crashing waves through the island's "Door of No Return," at first by himself and later joined by his wife, Michelle, and two daughters. Emerging minutes later, Obama said the site painted a powerful picture of the magnitude of the slave trade as he reflected on the ties many in the U.S. share with the continent.
"For an African-American, an African-American president, to be able to visit this site gives me even greater motivation in terms of human rights around the world," he said.
Obama's focus in Senegal is on the modern-day achievements of the former French colony after half a century of independence. Sall ousted an incumbent who attempted to change the constitution to make it easier for him to be re-elected and pave the way for his son to succeed him. The power grab sparked protests, fueled by hip-hop music and social media, that led to Sall's election.
"Senegal is one of the most stable democracies in Africa and one of the strongest partners that we have in the region," Obama said. "It's moving in the right direction with reforms to deepen democratic institutions."
But such people-powered democratic transitions are not always the story of the African experience. Fighting and human rights abuses limited Obama's options for stops in his first major tour of sub-Saharan Africa since he took office more than four years ago. Obama is avoiding his father's homeland, Kenya, whose president has been charged with war crimes, and Nigeria, the country with the continent's most dominant economy. Nigeria is enveloped in an Islamist insurgency and military crackdown.
Obama's itinerary in Senegal was designed to send a message, purposefully delivered in a French-speaking, Muslim-majority nation, to other Africans in countries that have not made the strides toward democracy that Senegal has. Obama also met with civil society leaders at the Goree Institute and visited the Supreme Court to speak about the importance of an independent judiciary and the rule of law in Africa's development.
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Associated Press writers Rukmini Callimachi and Robbie Corey-Boulet in Dakar and Julie Pace in Goree Island, Senegal, contributed to this report.
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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/obama-clashes-african-host-over-gay-rights-134627018.html
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