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Monday, August 5, 2013

Governor to launch new purge of Florida voter rolls

TALLAHASSEE -- Gov. Rick Scott will soon launch a new hunt for noncitizens on Florida?s voter roll, a move that?s sure to provoke new cries of a voter ?purge? as Scott ramps up his own re-election effort.

Similar searches a year ago were rife with errors, found few ineligible voters and led to lawsuits by advocacy groups who said it disproportionately targeted Hispanics, Haitians and other minority groups. Those searches were handled clumsily and angered county election supervisors, who lost confidence in the state?s list of names.

?It was sloppy, it was slapdash and it was inaccurate,? said Polk County Supervisor of Elections Lori Edwards. ?They were sending us names of people to remove because they were born in Puerto Rico. It was disgusting.?

Over time, the state?s initial list of suspected non-U.S. citizens shrank from 182,000 to 2,600 to 198 before election supervisors suspended their searches as the presidential election drew near.

?That was embarrassing,? said elections chief Jerry Holland in Jacksonville?s Duval County. ?It has to be a better scrub of names than we had before.?

Election supervisors remain wary of a new removal effort, which the U.S. Supreme Court effectively authorized in June when it struck down the heart of the Voting Rights Act. That ruling nullified a federal lawsuit in Tampa that sought to stop new searches for noncitizen voters, and Scott quickly renewed his call for action.

?If there?s anybody that we think isn?t voting properly, from the standpoint that they didn?t have a right to vote, I think we need to do an investigation,? Scott said the day of the high court decision. Last fall, Scott joined the Republican Party in a fundraising appeal that accused Democrats of defending the right of noncitizens to vote.

Scott?s top elections official, Secretary of State Ken Detzner, is now creating a new list of suspected noncitizen voters by cross-checking state voter data with a federal database managed by the Department of Homeland Security.

Detzner?s director of elections, Maria Matthews, sent a letter to election supervisors Friday, promising ?responsible measures that ensure due process and the integrity of Florida?s voter rolls? and vowing to include them ?in the planning and decision-making.?

Sen. Rene Garcia, R-Hialeah, chairman of the Florida Hispanic Legislative Caucus, said Detzner told him that the state would resume its purge of potential noncitizens within 60 days.

?I?ve been told that they will go slow,? Garcia said. ?I?m completely confident that the process will work.?

Hillsborough County halted its purge last year after several voters on a list of 72 flagged by the state proved their citizenship.

A voter whose citizenship is questioned has the right to provide proof of citizenship in a due process system that includes certified letters and legal notices.

If the next list is anything like the last one, its burden will fall most heavily on urban counties with large Hispanic populations, notably Miami-Dade.

?Ineligible voters will be removed when their ineligibility is substantiated by credible and reliable data,? said Miami-Dade election supervisor Penelope Townsley.

Source: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/08/04/3538862/governor-to-launch-new-purge-of.html

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Sunday, August 4, 2013

Obama won't name new Fed chairman until fall, advisers say

President Obama 'puts more stock' in private advice than in public advice about who should replace Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, say presidential advisers Gene Sperling and Dan Pfeiffer.

By David T. Cook,?Staff writer / August 2, 2013

Gene Sperling (left), director of the National Economic Council and assistant to the president for economic policy, and Dan Pfeiffer, an Obama senior adviser, speak at the St. Regis Hotel on July 31, 2013, in Washington.

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Gene Sperling, head of the National Economic Council, and Dan Pfeiffer, a senior adviser to President Obama, were guests at the July 31 Monitor Breakfast.

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Choosing a successor for Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke:

Pfeiffer: "The president has not made a decision. I would not expect an announcement until the fall."

The spirited debate over whether Fed official Janet Yellen or former White House aide Lawrence Summers should be the next Fed chair:

Pfeiffer: The president "puts a lot more stock in private advice than public advice."

The White House view of House Republicans' policy prescriptions:

Sperling: "In the House of Representatives ... pro-growth fiscal policy [advocated by the president] is turned on its head. When you just call for these deep cuts ... you are hurting growth in the short term, you are leaving no room to invest in the things that are critical...."

Why Obama has been playing down the Keystone XL pipeline's economic impact:

Pfeiffer: "The core of the Republican jobs package ... is [to] vote to repeal 'Obamacare' for the 40th time and build the Keystone pipeline.... The president's point is that that is not a jobs strategy."

Whether anything significant can be accomplished in these politically polarized times:

Pfeiffer: "I would not rule anything out.... The gridlock of the moment is not predictive of what is going to happen in the future on big issues."

Source: http://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/feeds/csm/~3/Nnk73yAbgzg/Obama-won-t-name-new-Fed-chairman-until-fall-advisers-say

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Source: http://www.automobilemag.com/capsule_review/ford/edge/2014/capsule_review_2014_ford_edge/index.html

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Baby owls spotted sleeping like baby humans

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Baby birds have sleep patterns similar to baby mammals, and their sleep changes in the same way when growing up. This is what a biologists found out working with barn owls in the wild. The team also discovered that this change in sleep was strongly correlated with the expression of a gene involved in producing dark, melanic feather spots, a trait known to covary with behavioral and physiological traits in adult owls. These findings raise the intriguing possibility that sleep-related developmental processes in the brain contribute to the link between melanism and other traits observed in adult barn owls and other animals.

Source: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/strange_science/~3/jpKZOdz3dCs/130802094840.htm

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Jahlil Okafor's AAU coach thinks Duke is the frontrunner for Tyus Jones package deal

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When it comes to the Tyus Jones sweepstakes, many Gophers fans have started admitting the facts:

As one of the most highly touted recruits in the nation, with offers from just about every impressive program out there, the odds of Jones choosing to stay home and go to a school without much in the way of facilities, immediate winning potential or tradition, are not good.
Although new coach Richard Pitino and staff may be flexing their recruiting muscle already, jumping in during the finishing stretch for a?Jones-caliber recruit is, well, tough.

Jones has repeatedly said Minnesota is still in the mix, and the Gophers remain on his short list of seven. But a smart recruit would not eliminate his home state school until the very end anyway, so as to ruffle as few feathers as possible.

Interesting, then, if Jones isn't talking, that someone very close to Jahlil Okafor -- the player Jones has talked about choosing a college with for years -- is. At least according to the @BlueDeviIs twitter account.

Just one man's opinion here, even if that man is Okafor's AAU?coach. It is very far from an official word. But in the absence of any public leanings from either player, interesting nonetheless ...?

Source: http://www.startribune.com/sports/218132321.html

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Single ATV crash - driver air lifted to London Hospital

CTV London
Published Friday, August 2, 2013 8:16AM EDT
Last Updated Friday, August 2, 2013 9:55AM EDT

A 24-year-old man has been air-lifted to a London hospital following an ATV crash in the Township of Georgian Bluffs.

Grey County OPP were called to the single-vehicle crash took place on Zion Church Road at Concession 24 at 9:10 p.m. Thursday night.

The driver was operating a 650 Kawasaki ATV northbound on Zion Church Road when he lost control of the vehicle, entered the west ditch and struck a tree. ?

He was transported to the Wiarton Hospital and then air-lifted to Victoria Hospital in London with serious, life-threatening injuries.

The OPP Technical Traffic Collision Investigation Unit has been called to assist Grey County OPP with the investigation.

Source: http://london.ctvnews.ca/single-atv-crash-driver-air-lifted-to-london-hospital-1.1395237

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Saturday, August 3, 2013

Skylanders SWAP Force ready for Disney's challenge (preview) | A+ ...

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For the first time in its short history, the Skylanders franchise faces a serious challenge. The game that was a pioneer in combining action figures and video games now faces a 600-pound gorilla with the launch of Disney Infinity in August. So how is Activision competing?

They?re building on the foundation that developer Toys for Bob laid out and coming out with Skylanders: SWAP Force. This time around, Vicarious Visions is at the helm and the team there improved on the engine they built for the series. SWAP Force features a graphical boost and new gameplay wrinkles for the characters, most notably the ability to jump.

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PROTECTING THE CLOUDBREAK ISLANDS: As for the story, it has a Saturday morning cartoon feel as Lord Chaos once again sets his sights on Skylands. He creates a new contraption called the Evilizer that apparently makes things evil. He wants to head over to the Cloudbreak Islands where there?s a mystical volcano that erupts once every 100 years. The natural wonder restores the magic in Skylands. His maniacal plan resembles what happened the last time the volcano was active.

Back then, the SWAP Force defended the landmark from another villain with a similar plot to harness the power of the volcano. The team of heroes got caught in the explosion and they developed the power to swap tops and bottoms. That?s how Activision introduces the latest advancement in its figurines.

Design producer Michael Graham said it plays to the strength of the series. He said Skylanders has always tightly tied the fiction and the toys together. The backstory makes players believe that the action figures contain living breathing heroes that only come alive through the portal. And that?s how Skylanders is differentiating itself from Disney Infinity ? by capitalizing on the bonds kids have built with each toy.

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^{There are magnets in the Skylanders action figures that let players switch them out so they stay connected.}

KEEPING AHEAD OF THE PACK: ?It was only a matter of time before others jumped in,? Graham said, mentioning Nintendo, Rovio and Disney. ?We were the first though. We created that magical blend between the physical and video game world.?

The customization of the Skylanders SWAP Force plays into that philosophy. It lets players create their own hero. Whenever they switch out the bottoms and tops different heroes with different names are created. Wash Buckler becomes Stink Buckler or Magna Charge transforms into Magna Blade.

Graham said it takes a lot of work animating the different combinations so they can fire weapons, jump across platforms and move naturally. Moreover, the updated figures also requires a new portal. The old peripheral won?t work with the new title because it can?t read the different RFID chips attached to each half of the toy. And with up to 250 combinations that?s a lot of information to read and decipher.

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SUPPORT FOR OLD FAVORITES: As for previous toys, they?ll still be compatible with Skylanders SWAP Force. This time around, Vicarious Visions raises the level cap to 20. In addition, there are new versions of old favorites such as Stealth Elf in the Series 3 of the toys.

The game even supports Giants. The large creatures can jump and move around the world like any other hero, but as an added benefit, they can open secret Giants Vaults in the game.

Lastly, the SWAP Force characters have their own bonus missions that they can access. They?ll need certain bottoms to open up the areas and they?re filled with bite-size challenges that are fun to play. In a Bounce Zone, I had to use the coils of Rattle Shake to jump from platform to platform to get to the end.

The rewards for finishing the zones include hats that offer stat bonuses for heroes. There are also special and legendary treasures that can let players customize the hub world and offer global buffs that essentially change the game.

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PRICE POINT: Because players will need to get a new portal, Skylanders SWAP Force will be sold as starter packs, so it?s going to be pricier than Skylanders: Giants. The Starter Pack will include Stealth Elf Series 3 and two SWAP Force heroes ? Wash Buckler and Blast Zone. Individual SWAP Force toys will be sold for $14.99.

It?ll be interesting to see if the allure of Disney Infinity will attract Skylanders young audience or if that crowd will stick with heroes who may not have the name recognition as Mickey Mouse but they?ve built a bond with. We?ll find out when the game is released Oct. 13.

Images courtesy of Activision

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Source: http://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/2013/08/01/skylanders-swap-force-previe/

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Friday, August 2, 2013

Kerry visit casts Pakistan more as partner than pariah

The tumultuous relationship between the US and Pakistan is moving in a more positive direction after worsening for years.

By Jeremy Ravinsky,?Correspondent / August 1, 2013

US Secretary of State John Kerry, right, meets with Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Islamabad, Pakistan Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013. Kerry was meeting Thursday with top Pakistani leaders, hoping the U.S. can open a new chapter in Washington's often testy relationship with Islamabad.

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On an unannounced visit to Islamabad late Wednesday, United States Secretary of State John Kerry has moved one step closer to rekindling talks of a strategic partnership with Pakistan. The visit is the first by a high-ranking US official since the election of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in May.

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Jeremy Ravinsky is an intern at the Christian Science Monitor's international desk. Born and raised in Montreal, Canada, Jeremy has lived in Boston for a number of years, attending Tufts University where he is a political science major. Before coming to the Monitor, Jeremy interned at GlobalPost in Boston and Bturn.com in Belgrade, Serbia.

Zimmerman traffic stop cop accused of taking iPhone shot

Would an officer take an iPhone shot of your license?

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A uniform can give you a sense of power.

Yet when power meets fame, is power tempted to record the event for posterity?

This curious thought has come to those who examined police dashcam footage of a traffic stop last Sunday, where the accused speeder was George Zimmerman, the man acquitted of murdering Trayvon Martin.

The stop happened in the city of Forney, east of Dallas. And many believe that they hear the sound of an iPhone taking a picture as the police officer is in his car examining Zimmerman's driver's license.

As Fox 4 in Dallas-Fort Worth reports, the officer is to be questioned as to why an iPhone shot might have been taken -- presumably of Zimmerman's license.

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The police say that it is somewhat normal for officers to take photographs in order to show superiors specific things. But what would need to be shown in this case?

The suspicion here though is that the officer couldn't help but take a personal shot, not thinking that the sound would be picked up by the dashcam mike. Many also hear the sound of "unlock" and then typing on a keyboard.

Some might conclude that the policeman may have been texting the image.

The local police say that the officer isn't being investigated, but will be questioned when he returns to work on Saturday.

There are so many who, in positions of responsibility, simply cannot help themselves when confronted by fame of whatever kind.

Certain magazines that are found in supermarkets are said to pay nurses for secretly taken, highly tasteful images of dying celebrities.

These are, presumably, taken on personal cell phones.

But, as Google, Facebook, and the NSA have taught us, once a file exists, there is no knowing where it might appear.

Attorney Pete Schulte told Fox 4: "The only issue that's going to come about is if that information was shared outside of the law enforcement community."

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Clearly, the details of George Zimmerman's driver's license would be of interest to many -- both supporters and detractors. What if they suddenly appeared in a mysterious manner on some enthusiastic Web site?

Schulte offered that most police department policies don't actually have specific rules about Twitter and Facebook and what is or isn't permissible for officers to do or feature on those sites.

Will the officer be asked to have his personal iPhone searched in order to reveal any texts that might have been sent during the traffic stop?

There might be a certain irony in that. Civil liberties groups are fighting the insistence of some police forces who believe that cell phone searches by police should be legal.

For example, one bill proposed in New Jersey would allow the police to examine your cell phone without a warrant, should you have been involved in an accident.

Oddly, as CBS News reports, the officer in the Zimmerman case didn't recognize him. It was Zimmerman who explained who he was.

Perhaps the officer might have texted fellow policemen, as if this was the highlight of his day. Perhaps more will be revealed after he is questioned.

Source: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57596838-71/zimmerman-traffic-stop-cop-accused-of-taking-iphone-shot/?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TechnicallyIncorrect

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Thursday, August 1, 2013

Road-rage killer of 2 truckers executed in Texas

HUNTSVILLE, Texas ? A former financial analyst with a history of disruptive behavior was executed Wednesday for the road-rage shooting deaths of two truckers in the Dallas area 15 years ago.

Douglas Feldman, 55, received lethal injection for gunning down Robert Everett, 36, of Marshfield, Missouri, and Nicholas Valesquez, 62, of Irving.

Feldman mimicked the announcement a judge or jury makes when announcing a verdict, using the names of his victims and declaring he had found them guilty of crimes against him.

"I have sentenced them both to death. I personally carried out their executions," he said in a loud voice, adding that he carried out their executions in August 1998.

"As of that time, the state of Texas has been holding me illegally in confinement and by force for 15 years," Feldman said. "I hereby protest my pending execution and demand immediate relief."

He appeared very nervous, breathing quickly and his feet twitching under a sheet. As the drug began taking effect, he grimaced twice, took a few deep breaths and began snoring. Then all movement stopped.

Feldman was pronounced dead 13 minutes after the lethal drug was injected at 6:28 p.m. CDT.

Feldman's attorney, Robin Norris, filed a clemency petition with the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles that was turned down Monday. Multiple courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, earlier rejected his appeals on Feldman's behalf.

Multiple courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, earlier rejected his appeals on Feldman's behalf.

Feldman, from Richardson, was riding his motorcycle the night of Aug. 24, 1998, and said Everett, driving an 18-wheeler, cut him off on a Dallas County freeway so he took out his 9 mm pistol, pulled up alongside the truck cab and shot him. Feldman testified at his capital murder trial that he was still angry about 45 minutes later when he spotted Valesquez, a gasoline tanker driver filling a Dallas service station, and shot him.

"A security camera catches him shooting the man in cold blood," Jason January, the former Dallas County assistant district attorney who prosecuted him, said. "Several counties were frightened as this unidentified motorcyclist was out acting like 'The Terminator.'"

Feldman was arrested more than a week later, after shooting and wounding a man at a fast-food restaurant and driving off. A bystander saw the shooting and reported his license plate number to police, who tracked him down and found Feldman with two pistols and nearly 300 rounds of ammunition. Ballistics tests confirmed one of the guns was used in all three shootings.

"It feels wonderful to cause their death and to watch their pain," he said in one of 81 letters he wrote to a former girlfriend while awaiting his trial. The writings from the magna cum laude Southern Methodist University graduate were introduced into evidence.

"God forbid I ever had my finger on the button to launch a nuclear explosive device because I guarantee that I would wipe as many of these bastards off the face of the planet as I am able!" he said in another letter.

Without remorse, he also acknowledged the killings while testifying at his capital murder trial.

Evidence showed he got into trouble as a juvenile, had drug possession and selling issues and wound up in state custody. He also had robbery and drug convictions.

While in prison, records show Feldman racked up 136 disciplinary cases, including one for ripping out the phone in a visiting cage where death row inmates are interviewed by reporters. Texas prison officials subsequently refused him media access.

The day before the fatal shootings, evidence showed he shot up a Volkswagen dealership where he once had some work done.

"His statement just showed more of the heart of the man," John Everett said after witnessing the execution of his brother's killer. "Very dark and very evil and very unremorseful."

"I was 12 when it happened," Robert Everett's daughter, Emily, said. "Now I'm grown, married, with kids, and my dad didn't get to see any of that. I feel my dad finally has justice after 15 years."

Feldman became the 11th prisoner executed this year in Texas and third this month. At least seven other inmates are scheduled to die in the coming months in the nation's busiest capital punishment state.

Source: http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/db254d503d9c4e3ea25f27800593ec11/US--Texas-Execution

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Starbucks Takes Home Google?s High-speed WiFi Service, Dumps AT&T

Starbucks is dumping AT&T in favor of Google to improve internet speed on 7,000 stores across the country.

JULY 31, 2013, 8:40 PM.?+Carlo Raphael Diokno.

Search engine giant Google will soon provide free Wi-Fi access on Starbucks replacing AT&T, and the process will take place in the next 18 months. The popular coffee shop has decided to ditch AT&T in favor of Google, claiming that 7,000 company-operated Starbucks stores in United States will receive Google?s service. According to Google?s new blog post, Google-connected Starbucks stores will enjoy 10 times faster internet speed and stores located at Google?s Fiber City will get 100x internet speed improvement.

?Google has long invested in helping the Internet grow stronger, including projects to make Internet access speedier, more affordable, and more widely available,? says Kevin Lo, the search giant?s?General Manager of Google Access. ?The free Internet connection at Starbucks has become an important part of many communities over the years,? he adds.

Read More:?Starbucks Bets On Wireless Charging.

Starbucks Google WiFi partnership.

Apparently, Google wants the internet to be faster, more reliable and covers more market because more users on faster internet will give Google?s advertising services a boost in revenue. For starters, ads on Google with images and ?special effects? will appear faster on web pages with better internet speed, and it makes sense that Google would want Starbucks stores to access the internet faster.

Lo on his blog post said that a customer on Starbucks will know the faster network ?is ready once a ?Google Starbucks? SSID appears on the customer?s smartphone, tablet or laptop?s web browser.?

Image source: Starbucks Press Release.?