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Saturday, December 31, 2011
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Friday, December 30, 2011
Japan planetarium enters Guinness Book
The Nagoya Planetarium in Japan has been included in the Guinness Book of Records as the world?s biggest.
The planetarium, measuring 35 meters in diameter, is 5 meters bigger compared to the previous record which was set in Japan?s Ehime Prefecture.
The ultramodern planetarium which cost the Japanese government about $32mln enables visitors to observe even the most remote stars.
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Thursday, December 29, 2011
6.8 Million Android And iOS Devices Were Activated on Xmas Day, 242 Million Apps Downloaded
It was a very Android and iOS Christmas. Mobile apps research form Flurry released estimates on how many Android and iOS devices were activated on Christmas day, as well as how many apps were downloaded. On a combined basis, 6.8 million devices were activated, up 353 percent from the 1.5 million average activations a day over the first 20 days of December. And that number from 2.8 million combined activations on Christmas, 2010, the previous record. Flurry doesn't break out the split between iOS and Android. But you can triangulate the numbers with other publicly available stats. Android chief Andy Rubin recently noted just before Christmas that Android activations surpassed 700,000 a day. So that leaves between 700,000 and 800,000 a day for iOS devices (iPhones iPads, and iPod Touches), roughly speaking.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/6sMtNOQN57o/
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California vs. Texas: Pick 'Em & Open Thread
Our current record in bowl pick 'em as a blog is 7-4 (.636)
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Running kind of behind today so I'm not going to go into any detail here. I'm pretty much just getting the graphics up so y'all can vote. Two teams with identical records both overall and in-conference. Neither have any impressive wins. Cal beat a 7-5 Utah and a 6-6 Arizona State whereas Texas beat 6-6 Texas A&M and 6-6 Iowa State. They had a common opponent (UCLA) that Texas beat and Cal lost to. They both got slaughtered by a couple of teams. Vote and chime in with your rationale below.
Current Bowl Records by Conference:
| Conference | Record |
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| ACC | 1-1 |
| Big East | 0-1 |
| Big Ten | 1-0 |
| Big XII | 1-0 |
| C-USA | 2-0 |
| Independents | 0-0 |
| MAC | 3-1 |
| Mountain West | 2-3 |
| Pac-12 | 0-1 |
| SEC | 0-0 |
| Sun Belt | 1-1 |
| WAC | 0-3 |
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Gunman opens fire on NATO troops in Afghanistan (Miami Herald)
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State senator aims to double lobby fee in California -- to 14 cents a day
California's 1,000 registered lobbyists are so influential they're known as the "The Third House." Many work from gleaming office towers that overshadow the state Capitol dome, making it look like just so much cheese for the snatching.
Yet the price of such unmatched access is barely a bar tab -- just $25 in lobbying registration fees a year -- when some states charge up to $1,000.
Now, a Bay Area lawmaker is arguing that needs to change. State Sen. Leland Yee is proposing to double fees that now amount to just 7 cents a day -- and until last year were only half that. "It's one of the hidden secrets of lobbying," Yee said.
The San Francisco Democrat is seizing an opportune moment to propose his legislation next month. Cal-Access -- the website that reveals the money behind politics, including campaign contributions and lobbying trails -- has been on the blink for weeks. And Yee wants lobbyists to help fix it by raising fees for only the second time since 1974.
Backed by the government watchdog group Common Cause, Yee's bill would increase lobbying fees to $100 each two-year legislative session -- up from the current $50. The funds would add $50,000 to maintain California's political database.
It's too early to tell whether the Third House will use its political heft to beat back the bill. Although the Secretary of State raised fees -- from $12.50 to $25 a year -- in the last legislative session, lobbyists successfully
stymied another proposal for a more dramatic hike in 2010. A ballot initiative that year would have charged lobbying firms an annual $350 to pay for publicly financed elections for the Secretary of State post.In an email, the president of the Institute of Governmental Advocates, Christina Dillon DiCaro, said her lobbying group for the lobbyists is so far reserving judgment, until the bill is formally introduced next year. But she did note: "While we fully support public access to campaign finance and lobbying reports, to ask the lobbying community alone to fund upgrades to the system is not the solution, as there are many other affected parties who benefit from the use of Cal-Access."
The current site, designed in 1999 in the state that is home to the most modern tech wizardry, has been mostly dysfunctional since Nov. 30. The California Automated Lobbying and Campaign Contribution and Expenditure Search System is the apparent victim of a disk array controller suffering from a "physical memory failure," state officials report.
Citizen watchdog groups are irate. But lobbyists, too, are lamenting the downed site. They use the information to devise strategy and advise clients on who's throwing money where. And in early discussions with Yee's office, they have not been wholly opposed to contributing more to the site's upkeep -- amounts that are little more than pocket change for those working at the multimillion-dollar firms.
"We've talked to a number of lobbyists, and they also agree it's high time to increase it," Yee said. "Given the problems with Cal-Access, they'll be fine with the bill."
According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, states from Alabama to Alaska charge $100 a year, compared with California's $25. Despite the influence peddling long endemic in Illinois, lobbyists there pay $300 a year and as much as $1,000 annually in Massachusetts.
Ray LeBov, a California registered lobbyist since 1992 who trains other lobbyists, said his initial reaction to Yee's bill proposal is that "it seems reasonable."
LeBov and other lobbyists opposed the last attempt to raise lobbying fees, arguing that the profession was being singled out for disproportionate increases. But "in this instance," LeBov said, "you have an outdated system of vital public importance, and this would help ensure raising the necessary funding to make it functional."
Contact Karen de S? at 408-920-5781.
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Tuesday, December 27, 2011
IsmPalestine: New: Kufr Qaddoum: Israeli military fulfills its promise to make arrests http://t.co/DJmhRZom #palestine #israel #ism
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India Ink: In Shillong, Carols and Dohneiiong for Christmas
Christmas comes early in the northeastern city of Shillong, where traditional local food mixes with Christian carols and fruitcake for a unique holiday celebration.
As the November chill sets in, the hills around Shillong, the capital of Meghalaya, come alive with the sound of caroling, as groups of young people make the rounds singing traditional Christmas songs. Many members of the local Khasi, Garo and Jaintia tribes have converted to Christianity since the 1800s and this time of the year they seem bound together by music and food.
To truly understand what Christmas here means, we decided we must spend Christmas Eve in a local home. This past weekend, we visited the Hu Dhar Sohliya family to learn how to bake a Christmas cake the Shillong way, and enjoyed their deep love for their culture and Christmas traditions.
While the Khasi people are said to be reserved in public, we found an infectious zest for life and an inclination towards laughter and humor. A love of feeding guests is another trait we found very rewarding.
Christmas in Shillong means visiting friends and family to exchange greetings and share food, just as it does in many other parts of the world. Families lay out a generous spread for visitors, taking great pride in the quality of the food.
The most popular dish is dohneiiong, a delightful pork-based dish that is dark green in color with the characteristic taste of black sesame paste. As choice cuts of pork cook, the sesame releases a gentle oil that perfectly compliments the mild spices. Jastem (fluffy rice cooked with ginger, onions and turmeric) and Putharo (steamed rice pancakes cooked only in earthen pots) are the main accompaniments. The very traditional dish Jadoh Snam (Ja means rice, and doh means meat) of rice prepared with pigs blood is still a favorite with Khasis, but most Christians will prepare it with rice, pork stock and turmeric or Jastem. (It really is a lot better than you would imagine.)
Doh Shiang is another favorite, a minced beef cutlet that will go down easy with most (non-vegetarian, beef-eating) palates. Vegetarians need not despair. There is a vegetarian version of dohneiiong, made with Bengal gram or black urad dal.
Yet vegetarians (and others) who are strong of heart and stomach can always try the extremely pungent Tungrymbai, which is made by fermenting boiled soybeans in gunnysacks buried for up to six months. Cane baskets hold the sacks together and are carefully aired, which prevents it from spoiling. The older and smellier, the better.
Also popular during the festive season is the traditional Christmas cake (full of fruity tidbits and brandy). Cakes are favorite gifts to bring when you visit friends and family and most bakeries do roaring business through the season.
Christmas and the community spirit are not just about food, though. Midnight mass sees churches filled to overflowing and Christmas cheer abounds. Music plays a huge role among the tribal people, who seem to embrace carol singing, even though few of them read music.
Pauline Warjri, a Shillong-native and the director of the city?s Aroha Choir , is trying to change that. ?I never thought about people of Meghalaya being particularly musical till I moved to Kodaikanal,? a city in the hills outside the state capital, she said. ?Once there I realized how music is an integral part of our lives.? A restless musical soul, she taught herself piano and singing, and has a degree from Trinity Guildhall College of Music in London.
Ms. Warjri trained her younger brother Neil Nongkynrih in music, and he now directs the Shillong Chamber Choir. Remember the name of the Aroha Choir, you may be hearing more about it soon. It will participate in the world choir games in Cincinnati, Ohio in July 2012.
Ms. Warjri remembers how as children she and her brother would walk around Shillong singing carols and receiving cakes and candies in return. Carolers do the same today, though they now usually drive around town ? a Herculean task given that Shillong?s narrow streets can no longer accommodate the recent influx of cars. Traffic jams lasting two hours or more are not unheard of. Despite the traffic, things were cheerful. As we walked through town, strangers shouted ?Merry Christmas? to us and youngsters drove by with Christmas music blaring from their car stereos.
Shillong prides itself on being an egalitarian society, which is well demonstrated at Christmas when residents visit orphanages, old-age homes, hospitals and even jails with food and other gifts. This is considered an important part of the holiday, and youngsters often bake cakes for the underprivileged or use money collected from caroling to buy them Christmas gifts.
Once Christmas Day is past it?s time for the ?Bamkhana? or the big community feast. Between Dec. 26 and 30, local churches organize volunteers to prepare for the event. This is a meticulously-organized effort, involving a seemingly endless list of committees with specific responsibilities, and even an ?organizing committee? to manage all these committees. If you are in town then, watch out ? you might get chosen for the ?onion committee,? which requires onions, a sharp knife and the willingness to shed many a tear. The ?pork committee? brings the pork and cooks enough for everyone to eat like pigs.
Despite our best efforts and shameless references to the ?Christmas spirit?? we were unable to convince anyone to let us set up and staff an ?eating committee.??
Rocky and Mayur are determined travelers and accidental television anchors. They have spent the past four years eating on the roads of India, and wrote a best-seller about the food along India?s highways. They are working on their next book, about Indian street food. Their television show, ?Highway on My Plate,? is in its fifth year on NDTV Good Times.
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Monday, December 26, 2011
HBT: White Sox could still trade Floyd
The fire sale is apparently back on.
While the White Sox signed John Danks to a five-year, $65 million contract extension earlier this week, Danny Knobler of CBSSports.com reported yesterday that they remain open to trading Gavin Floyd.
Floyd could be an attractive target for many teams because he is owed $7 million next season and his contract includes a reasonable $9.5 million club option for 2012. He posted a 4.37 ERA this past season, but averaged a career-low 2.09 BB/9 and his strand rate indicates that he was a little on the unlucky side. Floyd turns 29 in January and has averaged 195 innings over the past four seasons.
It?s not clear if White Sox general manager Kenny Williams is talking with any team in particular right now, but Knobler mentions that the Red Sox expressed interest in Floyd during the Winter Meetings.
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Sunday, December 25, 2011
St. Vincent's Invites Community to a Free Christmas Meal
RENO, Nev. (KRNV & MyNews4.com) - St. Vincent?s dining room, as part of Catholic Community Services of Northern Nevada, has welcomed the hungry with open arms for more than four decades. Today, the dining room serves hundreds of meals every day. No preaching, no fee, no questions are asked of the hungry who go there.
This year,?Christmas meal service begins at 11:30 a.m., is free of charge,?and is catered by The Nugget.?The dining room is located at 325 Valley Rd., just east of downtown Reno.
For details, call 775-322-7073.
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Saturday, December 24, 2011
Warrant issued for sports agent Leigh Steinberg over debt
SANTA ANA, Calif. - A California court has issued a bench warrant for veteran sports agent Leigh Steinberg in a case involving a $1.4 million judgment owed to a landlord.
Orange County Superior Court spokeswoman Carole Levitzky said Thursday the warrant was issued after Steinberg failed to attend court last week.
Court papers show Steinberg was ordered to pay $1.4 million last year to The Irvine Company for office space he leased in Newport Beach.
In court papers, the company says Steinberg stopped paying under his lease terms in 2009.
Steinberg says he is not hiding and is responsible for his debts.
Irvine Company officials declined comment.
Steinberg has represented NFL stars including Troy Aikman and Ben Roethlisberger and was the inspiration for Tom Cruise's character in the movie "Jerry Maguire."
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Nokia responds to questions over Symbian name swap
"We are still using Symbian Belle with some audiences like developers but now we also have the flexibility of using Nokia Belle when referring to our greatest and latest Symbian software update."
There, that should clear it up. Or maybe not. The idea of switching between different names for the same product might be considered bad branding, and the notion of developers being an "audience" is confusing too. But what more can you expect from a single sentence? In other news, the update also clarified that Nokia/Symbian Belle will be coming to the Nokia 500, along with the devices mentioned yesterday, and that it's delay until February 2012 was due to this being a "major software update" that will "make such a big difference in the user experience."
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Friday, December 23, 2011
Baby Boom! Meet Hollywood's Arrivals of 2011
Aleph, Harper and Bear, oh my! From adorable adoptees to terrific twins, take a look at the celebrity babies who stole the scene this year
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
The Morning Wrap - The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
Stalemate: The House rejected a Senate compromise to extend a payroll tax break and jobless pay on Tuesday, setting the stage for a showdown that, as The New York Times reports, would have significant financial consequences for nearly every American household.
Ethics Overhaul: The D.C. Council voted yesterday to approve a comprehensive overhaul of the city's ethics laws. The Washington Post reports that the vote caps a six-month effort by the council to respond to a series of ethical controversies and federal investigations.
Breakdown: The Wall Street Journal explores the collapse of AT&T Inc.'s $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA and what it says about the Justice Department under the Obama administration.
Protection: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has affirmed a Central District court opinion that a file-sharing provider isn't liable for damages caused by users transmitting copyrighted material. The Recorder has the story.
Denied: The American Bar Association has denied provisional accreditation to the Lincoln Memorial University, Duncan School of Law, The National Law Journal reports.
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Monday, December 19, 2011
Iowa Caucus Results to Test Candidates??? Fiscal Staying Power (ContributorNetwork)
ANALYSIS | Finances may be a deciding factor when it comes to staying power after the Jan. 3 Iowa caucus. Maintaining high-budget campaign travel, buying ad air time and being visible to voters does not come cheap. The Washington Post highlights that Republican candidate Mitt Romney has succeeded in securing campaign contributions from at least 42 billionaires. Citing donor rolls and comparing them to Forbes' list of currently identified American billionaires, it is clear that Rick Perry has managed to court 20 of these high rollers, while Jon Huntsman has engaged the support of 12. Notably absent from this list are Michele Bachmann, Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich.
"I'm not looking forward to anything being long and protracted. So I hope it ends rather quickly and we do real well in the beginning of the year," CNN quotes Paul. To shore up financial support, Paul has set the goal of raising $4 million today. The candidate reminds his supporters -- via a Ron Paul 2012 campaign website post -- that on Dec. 16, 2007, which is the actual anniversary of the 1773 Boston Tea Party, his campaign raised $6 million in a short 24 hours. The candidate hopes to repeat this feat and - as of the time I am writing this article - he has already received $1,773,767.56.
Also feeling the financial pinch is Michele Bachmann. Loyal readers remember my pointing out on Yahoo! News that even though Bachmann pulled ahead of the pack in the Aug. 13 Ames Straw Poll, her current New York Times/CBS News Iowa polling numbers place her at only 9 percent, which positions Gingrich, Romney, Paul and Perry in front of her. Perhaps it was the writing on the wall that compelled her spokesman - as quoted by Politico - to assert that "Bachmann is trying to grow an organic base of supporters, and Newt Gingrich is trying to buy off tea party groups. ? Newt Gingrich knows the only way he can get the tea party vote is to buy it."
Not surprisingly, unsubstantiated - and as per ABC News heavily denied - reports of a $20 million donation to a Gingrich super PAC do not sit well with the other candidates or their supporters. Reuters points out that Gingrich has in fact failed to shore up big-name support for his nomination, which is quite the opposite from Romney, who managed to snag the nods of Chris Christie, Tim Pawlenty, and other heavy hitters. Of course, if Gingrich does get the Iowa caucus vote, the resulting political momentum has the potential to bring big donors and endorsers to his campaign. In the same vein, it may create a fiscal dry spell for the other candidates.
Who has the financial staying power to weather low Iowa caucus numbers? Who does not?
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Sunday, December 18, 2011
Britney Spears engaged to marry Jason Trawick (omg!)
LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Britney Spears is ready to walk down the aisle for the third time. The 30-year-old pop star has agreed to marry her longtime boyfriend and former agent Jason Trawick.
Trawick announced Friday on "Access Hollywood" that he and Spears are engaged. The two have been dating since 2009.
Spears hinted at the big news with a tweet Friday morning that read, "OMG. Last night Jason surprised me with the one gift I've been waiting for. Can't wait to show you! SO SO SO excited!!!!"
Spears was previously married to Kevin Federline, with whom she has two sons: 6-year-old Sean Preston and 5-year-old Jayden James. The couple divorced in 2006. Spears also briefly wed childhood friend Jason Alexander in 2004, but the marriage was annulled after 55 hours.
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DxO Optics Pro 7
DxO is better known for its embedded camera software and image-testing software, but the French company is increasingly sharing its expertise and strong academic ties with digital photographers. The results are little short of amazing, letting you get the most accurate and therefore lifelike images possible from your digital camera. Optics Pro 7 differs from most imaging software, such as Adobe Photoshop ($699, 5 stars) and its little brother, Photoshop Elements ($99.99, 4 stars), which offer lot of doodads to gussy up your photos. It also differs from professional workflow apps like Lightroom ($299, 4.5 stars) which offers an abundance of importing and organizing features. Instead DxO's $99 Optic Pro 7 can be thought of as a dedicated digital photo correction tool. It will be of interest not only to photography professionals, but also to enthusiast who want to get the most accurate images from their digital SLRs or high-end point-and-shoots.
DxO Optics Pro 7 does most of its work with simple-to-use automatic presets. Optics Pro 7's default is to use "modules" developed specifically for your camera body and lens combination.? To jump the gun on my evaluation a bit, my results were remarkable, particularly with raw camera files?the program can benefit JPG shots as well, but results on raw camera files are far more impressive. Optics Pro brought out submerged detail and eliminated obvious image noise and chromatic aberration better than Lightroom's similar equipment-specific correction. Lightroom's profile presets only correct geometric distortion, chromatic aberration, and vignetting. DxO adds noise reduction, color correction, and sharpening to Lightroom's, and DxO actually does a much better job at eliminating chromatic abberation.
Of course, these corrections depend on DxO having the data for your camera and lens in its database. Most popular DSLRs are represented, such as those made by Canon, Nikon, Pentax, and Sony, as well as some point-and-shoot models from the likes of FujiFilm, Panasonic, and Samsung. But if you have a lesser-known or not-really-enthiusast-level point-and-shoot, you're probably better off keeping your $99. The company expects to offer profiles for over 5,000 camera+lens combinations by the end of 2011, and 10,000 in 2012.
Unlike Adobe Lightroom, Optics Pro offers no workflow and few image-collection organization tools: There's no import feature at all?you simply choose a folder from the directory tree in the inaptly named Organize tab, the first one you start working in. Other software like Lightroom and Apple Aperture lets you apply adjustments and tagging during import. As soon as you open an image, Optics Pro applies its best-guess corrections, and if you do nothing more than accept this, your photos will be much improved from the default. I tested using raw image files from a Canon EOS T1i, a 7D, and a Sony a580.
Setup and Interface
DxO Optics Pro 7 comes in both Windows and Mac OS X flavors, and a free trial edition gives you access to its full feature set for 31 days. The 200MB installer creates only a 32-bit app on your system. That's one complaint I have with Optics Pro 7: for working with the huge photo files you get from high-end DSLRs these days, 64-bit would seem desirable. I tested on a quad-core 3.4GHz AMD Windows 7 64-bit system with 4GB RAM.
DxO Optics Pro 7's interface is clear, and mostly self-explanatory, with three tabs for its three modes?Organize (an overstatement), Customize, and Process. The first time you use any of these, an explanatory message box appears as part of the program's "first step wizard." Though it does let you rate images with 1 to 5 stars, DxO Optics Pro doesn't offer tons of organizational tools, the way Adobe Photoshop Elements or Lightroom do?forget things like face recognition, color coding, and extensive tagging.
During your first trips through the app, switching to any of the three modes pops up an explanation box, but you can disable these as you get more comfortable with the interface. As you'd expect, the image takes up the lion's share of the program window in the center, and below this a filmstrip-like image browser tray shows images available in the selected folder. Your mouse wheel zooms the main image view in and out. You can also fit the image to the window, set it to actual pixel size, or use a slider or percentage dropdown to zoom.
Cursor choices include a pointer, hand tool, and magnifier. Clicking the pointer over your image shows you the original, un-optimized image. You may be amazed by how much noise and other distortion appears when you click back to original. A double-image button lets you view the original and corrected images side-by-side, and the final toolbar item lets you choose a preset to apply.
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Saturday, December 17, 2011
Samsung Series 7 Slate PC review
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Turkish mosque collapse kills 1, injures 9 (AP)
ANKARA, Turkey ? An official says one worker was killed and nine others were rescued after the dome of a mosque collapsed.
Mayor Hasan Unver told NTV television that the dome of the mosque being built in an industrial area of central Turkish town of Acigol tumbled down during construction, trapping 10 workers under a pile of iron.
He says nine of the workers were rescued with injuries while the other was pulled out dead.
State-run TRT television showed images of rescuers, some carrying a bright orange stretcher, scrambling to rescue one trapped worker amid a pile of rubble and iron rods.
The cause of the accident was under investigation.
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Friday, December 16, 2011
Google gives the gift of gab, extends free domestic calling in Gmail
Just in time to thank Grandma for that polyester blend sweater, comes more free domestic calling in Gmail for the US and Canada. In the spirit of holiday giving, Mountain View has decided to extend its gratis VoIP program for another year of free chatter. Of course, we're not sure if the holiday cheer will last forever, which may once again give us a valid excuse to avoid Uncle Lester's calls.
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Atkins files for divorce, attorneys deny assault (AP)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. ? Rodney Atkins has filed for divorce and his attorney denied Thursday the country singer assaulted his wife last month.
Atkins was arrested Nov. 21 and charged with domestic assault. His wife, Tammy Jo Atkins, told police that after a night of heavy drinking he assaulted her and tried to suffocate her with a pillow. Attorney Rose Palermo said in a statement the allegations of violence are "completely untrue" and that the argument between the couple did not become physical.
Palermo writes of "an unfortunate verbal dispute" that was within hearing range of the couple's young son. When Atkins realized this, "his first priority became getting out of the earshot of the child, and that is when Mrs. Atkins called the police and gave them her version of the argument, which is completely untrue."
The platinum-selling singer, known for No. 1 hits including "If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)," "Take a Back Road" and "Watching You," decided to file for divorce as a result of the false statement to police, the statement says.
Both allege inappropriate marital conduct in divorce filings in Williamson County. Tammy Jo Atkins is seeking full custody, an equal distribution of their assets, alimony and child support. Rodney Atkins is seeking joint custody. In one filing, his attorney says Tammy Jo Atkins' "ill conduct" was a justifiable cause for his own conduct in the early morning hours of Nov. 21.
Tammy Jo Atkins told police the couple had been arguing all night and that her husband was intoxicated. She claimed he tried to smother her with a pillow during the night and then in the morning grabbed her by the face and shoved her down a hallway. She said she feared for her safety and that the assault occurred in front of their 10-year-old son, Elijah. A hearing in the divorce case is scheduled for Dec. 20.
Palermo's statement says the police witnessed no violent acts and that this is a case of her word against his.
"Mr. Atkins plans to spend significant time with his child over the Christmas holidays and respectfully requests privacy at this time," the statement reads. "Mr. Atkins wants to thank his fans for standing by him and he is confident the truth will prevail."
Robert Jackson, the attorney for Tammy Jo Atkins, did not immediately respond to a message left by the Associated Press.
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011
?DWTS? Pro Karina Smirnoff Calls Off Engagement?
“DWTS” Pro Karina Smirnoff Calls Off Engagement?
Professional dancer Karina Smirnoff, 30, and her professional baseball player fianc? Brad Penny, 33, have reportedly called off their engagement! “They’re just different people,” an [...]
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011
AP Interview: Pakistan PM sees progress in US ties (AP)
LAHORE, Pakistan ? Pakistan wants to rebuild ties with the United States despite ongoing retaliation over deadly NATO airstrikes on its troops along the Afghan border, the country's prime minister told The Associated Press on Monday, stressing that he believes "it won't take long" to achieve a new relationship with the old ally.
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's remarks indicate that Pakistan is looking for a way to restore some normalcy to ties with the United States following the Nov. 26 airstrikes, but wants to leverage the situation to try and reset the relationship in ways more beneficial to Pakistan.
Gilani also said the country remained committed to working with Afghanistan to bring insurgent leaders ? many of whom are believed to be on its soil and to enjoy close relations with its security forces ? into talks with the government and allow U.S. to begin withdrawing its troops as it is committed to doing.
That may reassure international leaders meeting in Germany to discuss the future of Afghanistan.
Pakistan boycotted the talks because of the airstrikes along the Pakistan-Afghan border that killed 24 Pakistani troops.
"I think we have evolved some mechanisms, and we are ready to cooperate," he said, referring to meetings with Afghanistan's military and intelligence chiefs on a framework for talks. "We are committed (to reconciliation), despite that we are not attending (the Bonn meeting)," he said.
As well as boycotting the Bonn talks, Pakistan retaliated by blocking its Afghan border crossings to NATO supplies and giving the U.S. 15 days to vacate Shamsi air base, which has been used by American drones used to strike militants along the Afghan border. U.S. Ambassador Cameron Munter said in a local TV interview that Washington was doing its best to comply with Pakistan's demand to leave the air base.
Gilani said new ties being negotiated with the U.S. would ensure that the two countries "respected each other's red lines" regarding sovereignty and rules of engagement along the border. While he gave few details, he made it clear he thought this was both desirable and possible.
"We hope, we really want to have good relations with the U.S. based on mutual respect and clearly defined parameters," he said. "I think that is doable. I think that it won't take long."
The two sides have given differing accounts of what led to the attacks on the army posts.
U.S. officials have said the incident occurred when a joint U.S. and Afghan patrol requested air support after coming under fire. The U.S. checked with the Pakistan military to see if there were friendly troops in the area and were told there were not, they said.
Pakistan has said the coordinates given by the Americans were wrong ? an allegation denied by U.S. defense officials.
President Barack Obama called Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday to offer his condolences for the deaths of the Pakistani soldiers and affirm the U.S. is committed to a full investigation.
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Associated Press writers Abdul Sattar in Quetta, Pakistan, and Zarar Khan in Islamabad contributed to this report.
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Monday, December 5, 2011
Grandmother in Afghanistan helps heal troops
Read more stories about Oklahoma at War and the Oklahoma National Guard produced by student
journalists from Cameron University, Oklahoma State University and the University of Oklahoma.View photos and an interactive map of the 45th Infantry Brigade of the
Oklahoma Army National Guard.
Hughes is a nurse practitioner stationed at Combat Outpost Xio Haq in Afghanistan's Laghman province, the base of operations for the 45th Infantry Brigade's Special Troops Battalion.
At 54, she is the oldest soldier on the outpost, a grandmother of six and the unofficial mother to a lot of Oklahoma soldiers.
"I could be some of these soldiers' mother, and sometimes that's what they need - either a listening word of guidance or sometimes a boxing on the ears," she said jokingly.
Mostly, according to the soldiers at Xio Haq, Hughes is a soothing presence at a time when the 45th has taken heavy casualties.
"I think parts of it have been hard," she said. "We cry every time we lose a soldier, but it strengthens our resolve to serve. We try to keep going forward looking at the big mission, but we grieve every time we lose somebody."
Hughes' plywood desk is crammed in the corner of the small clinic. Her crude workspace is stacked with Army paperwork that never seems to end, but when a soldier comes through the aid station door, she and her small staff go to work on both the physical and mental well-being of the patient.
"We look at the whole person, and in this case the whole soldier, and these are young men and women who are seeing a lot of horrors," she said. "They're seeing their friends hurt, and sometimes just a listening ear is what they need."
Hughes began her military service in 1995 and joined the Oklahoma National Guard in June 2008. She is a registered nurse.
She just returned to Afghanistan from Edmond, where she spent her two-week home leave enjoying her children and grandchildren.
"My grandchildren call me 'Nana,' " she said, "and my little grandson said, 'Nana, I don't want you to go back.' So they are making sacrifices, too."
Despite the concerns of Hughes' family members about her deployment in Afghanistan, she feels that she is making a difference and is right where she should be.
"They worry about me, but I tell them I'm doing what I want to do and they need to understand that," she said. "It's hard on them, but we need to take care of these guys and girls who are out here putting it on the line."
Original Print Headline: Grandmother helps heal troops
OU professor Mike Boettcher is embedded with Oklahoma's 45th Infantry Brigade.
Source: http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20111203_11_A17_CUTLIN987170&rss_lnk=11
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