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Sunday, October 30, 2011
Why Did Steve Jobs Hate Google?
In the new book about Steve Jobs, we get some insight on why Steve Jobs hated Google. There?s a quote in the book that tells us all we need to know to answer that question. And here it is:
Said Steve Jobs: ?Google, you f?ing ripped off the iPhone. Wholesale ripped us off. Grand theft. I will spend my last dying breath if I need to and I will spend every penny of Apple?s $40 billion in the bank to right this wrong.?
Wow. It?s safe to say that Steve Jobs wasn?t the world?s biggest Android fan. And honestly, I don?t think even Google can disagree with the take that they stole the concept of the Android from the iPhone.
Steve Jobs continued: ?I?m willing to go thermonuclear war on this. They are scared to death because they know they are guilty. Outside of Search, Google?s products ? Android, Google Docs ? are sh-t.?
Again, there?s a lot of truth to that. Google Search is by far the best search on the planet. But, really, what other Google product would succeed on its own two feet? I can?t think of one.
Why did Steve Jobs hate Google? It sounds like he had good reasons.
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Charlie Sheen's new sitcom airing on FX in 2012
FILE - This Jan. 28, 2009 file photo shows Charlie Sheen in Los Angeles. Sheen is coming back to TV in a new sitcom. The FX channel says it has acquired the series "Anger Management," based on the 2003 Adam Sandler-Jack Nicholson movie. The show will air in summer 2012. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
FILE - This Jan. 28, 2009 file photo shows Charlie Sheen in Los Angeles. Sheen is coming back to TV in a new sitcom. The FX channel says it has acquired the series "Anger Management," based on the 2003 Adam Sandler-Jack Nicholson movie. The show will air in summer 2012. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Fired "Two and a Half Men" star Charlie Sheen will try to return to a winning TV sitcom next summer in FX's new "Anger Management."
The cable channel said Thursday it has acquired the series loosely based on the 2003 Adam Sandler-Jack Nicholson movie of the same name, about a troubled therapist who disrupts his patients' lives.
FX ordered an initial 10 episodes of "Anger Management" starring Sheen, with production set to begin early next year. The series was announced in July by Lionsgate subsidiary Debmar-Mercury, which had shopped it to various broadcast and cable networks.
If the comedy catches on with viewers, FX will pick up an additional 90 episodes that will air first on the channel and then in broadcast syndication starting in fall 2014. The same model was used by Debmar-Mercury on the Ice Cube comedy series "Are We There Yet?" and on "Tyler Perry's House of Payne" and "Meet the Browns," all of which air on TBS.
FX Networks head John Landgraf called "Anger Management" a "wonderful, hilarious vehicle for Charlie's acting talents."
Sheen's new show will air on the same cable home as his old one: "Two and a Half Men" has been in returns on FX for more than a year.
The actor was fired from CBS' top-rated comedy by studio Warner Bros. Television because of his erratic personal life and public ridicule of the show's producer. On the new series, he will be answering in part to himself.
He will have a significant ownership stake in the series, FX said. Sheen noted in July that he will also gain "a certain amount of creative control."
Sheen's new producer, Revolution Studios founder Joe Roth, has worked successfully with him before, and the pair are expected to have cordial relations. Their feature films together include "Major League," ''Young Guns" and "Three Musketeers."
The producers and distributors would be a key selling point for the new series, TV analyst Bill Carroll of media buyer Katz media said in July.
"I have to assume what you're really buying is Joe Roth's ability to produce and deliver a show with Charlie Sheen ... and Lionsgate's track record and the ability of them and Debmar-Mercury to deliver shows. Whoever picks up the show is making a deal with them, not Sheen," Carroll said.
Writer-producer Bruce Helford, a TV veteran whose credits include "The Drew Carey Show," will have hands-on responsibility for the series as its "showrunner," FX said.
A revamped "Two and a Half Men," with Ashton Kutcher added to the cast as a new character, returned for its ninth season on CBS this fall and has remained a top 10 show with solid ratings.
Warner said last month it had reached a settlement in the $100 million wrongful termination lawsuit Sheen had brought over his dismissal. During his bitter public spat with the studio, Sheen became known for pronouncements including "winning!" and that he had "tiger blood."
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Saturday, October 29, 2011
Gay and lesbian service members sue government (AP)
BOSTON ? A group of gay active and retired military personnel who are married sued the federal government Thursday for the same benefits as straight military couples, arguing it's a matter of justice and national security.
The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Boston says the government's Defense of Marriage Act violates their constitutional rights and asks the military to recognize their marriages and provide spousal benefits.
Under the federal Defense of Marriage Act, the Pentagon is required to ignore same-sex marriages, which are legal in six states and Washington D.C. and were legal for a time in California.
Aubrey Sarvis, executive director of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, which filed the lawsuit on behalf of eight service members, said it's about "one thing, plain and simple."
"It's about justice for gay and lesbian service members and their families in our armed forces rendering the same military service, making the same sacrifices, and taking the same risks to keep our nation secure at home and abroad," Sarvis said in a press release.
The lawsuit also says the continued denial of benefits to gay spouses "Is a threat to national security." It argues that given the extreme mental and physical demands of modern warfare, the military has already recognized that "service members who are distracted by thoughts that their loved ones are not being cared for may render the service members less effective combatants."
The lawsuit comes about a month after the military officially ended its "don't ask, don't tell" policy, which forbade gays from serving openly.
Elaine Donnelly, president Center for Military Readiness, which opposed the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell," said Thursday's lawsuit is an attempt to impose throughout the military a definition of marriage that's accepted in just a handful of states.
Military members are very mobile, and if the plaintiffs prevail, gay personnel would have to be treated as if they were married, even if they live in states where gay marriage isn't legal, she said. In addition, there would be pressure to extend the same marriage benefits to service members in committed gay relationships who aren't legally married, she said.
It's all designed to undermine congressional intent in DOMA, which protects one state from having to abide by other states' marriage laws and wasn't supposed to be affected by the "don't ask, don't tell" repeal, Donnelly said.
"What you have here is an attempt to impose a minority view on the majority," she said.
The lawsuit names as defendants Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki.
The plaintiffs say they don't believe the government will contest the lawsuit, quoting an Oct. 1 statement from President Obama about DOMA in which he said, "I believe the law runs counter to the Constitution, and it's time for it to end, once and for all."
In a statement, Pentagon spokesman Capt. John Kirby said officials will evaluate the complaint and consult with the Justice Department, while continuing to follow the law. Kirby noted that service members can already designate some benefits to anyone they choose, regardless of sexual orientation.
"In connection with `Don't Ask, Don't Tell' repeal, the Defense Department is engaged in a careful and deliberate review of the possibility of extending eligibility for benefits, when legally permitted, to other individuals including same-sex partners," Kirby said.
The lawsuit lists various benefits given to straight married couples they say gays are being wrongly denied, including medical and dental benefits, housing allowances, travel and transportation allowances, survivor benefits and the right to be buried together in military cemeteries.
"While the repeal of (don't ask, don't tell) was an important first step in the military's march for equality, it is time to take the next step and provide equal benefits for equal work," the lawsuit says.
The lead plaintiff in the case is Maj. Shannon McLaughlin, a judge advocate general in the Massachusetts National Guard who married her wife in Massachusetts in 2009 and has 10-month old twins, according to the lawsuit.
Another plaintiff is Navy Lt. Gary Ross, an Arizona resident who was married in Vermont, but whose husband travels to Mexico for health care_ and was recently at the border when gunfire broke out ? because they can't afford health insurance for him, according to the lawsuit.
Chief Warrant Officer Charlie Morgan of the New Hampshire National Guard said she has cancer and is worried her spouse and their daughter would be unable to receive survivor's benefits if she died.
"We are only asking for equitable treatment as a recognized family," Morgan said.
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Friday, October 28, 2011
Research links water disinfection byproducts to adverse health effects
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
University of Illinois scientists report the first identification of a cellular mechanism linked to the toxicity of a major class of drinking water disinfection byproducts. This study, published in Environmental Science & Technology, suggests a possible connection to adverse health effects, including neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's.
"I'm not implying that drinking disinfected water will give you Alzheimer's," said Michael Plewa, lead scientist and professor of genetics in the U of I Department of Crop Sciences. "Certainly, the disinfection of drinking water was one of the most significant public health achievements of the 20th century. But the adverse effects of disinfection byproducts (DBPs) that are unintentionally formed during this process are causing concerns as researchers unveil their toxicity."
More than 600 DBPs have been discovered. Although researchers know some DBPs are toxic, little biological information is available on the majority of these water contaminants. The Environmental Protection Agency regulates only 11 of these DBPs, he said.
Plewa's laboratory investigated the biological mechanism, or the cellular target that leads to toxicity, in the second-most prevalent DBP class generated in disinfected water ? haloacetic acids (HAAs).
"The EPA has regulated HAAs for nearly 15 years. However, we did not know how they caused toxicity before this study," he said. "Now that we've uncovered the mechanism for HAAs, we can make sense of past data that can lead to new studies relating to adverse pregnancy outcomes, different types of cancer, and neurological dysfunction."
Plewa believes this will assist the EPA in establishing regulations based on science. Their research will also help the water treatment community develop new methods to prevent the generation of the most toxic DBPs.
"It's fairly simple," Plewa said. "To increase the health benefits of disinfected water, we must reduce the most toxic DBPs. If we understand their biological mechanisms, we can come up with more rational ways to disinfect drinking water without generating toxic DBPs."
In this study, researchers focused on three HAAs ? iodoacetic acid, bromoacetic acid and chloroacetic acid. After they rejected their first hypothesis that the HAAs directly damaged DNA, they looked at research in a different area ? neuroscience. Plewa's graduate student, Justin Pals, discovered an amazing connection, Plewa said.
In neurotoxicology, iodoacetic acid reduces the availability of nutrients or oxygen in neurons by inhibiting glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH).
"Researchers are interested in understanding how to prevent damage after a stroke or other neurological damage," Plewa said. "Iodoacetic acid kills these cells. One of the targets they found was that iodoacetic acid inhibited GAPDH."
Plewa's lab conducted quantitative GAPDH enzyme kinetics and discovered that the data were highly correlated with a diversity of adverse health markers.
"All the pieces of the puzzle fell into place in an instant," Plewa said. "We had discovered our cellular target ? GAPDH. Never before had this type of research been done with this level of precision and associated with a large body of adverse biological impacts."
They discovered that the HAA disinfection byproducts were toxic because the cells cannot make ATP, and this causes oxidative stress.
"Cells treated with HAAs experience DNA damage," Plewa said. "So they start expressing DNA repair systems. HAAs are not directly damaging DNA, rather they are inhibiting GAPDH, which is involved in increasing the oxidative stress that we are observing."
A growing body of information has shown that GAPDH is associated with the onset of neurological diseases.
"If you carry a natural mutation for GAPDH and are exposed to high levels of these disinfection byproducts, you could be more susceptible to adverse health effects such as Alzheimer's," he said.
More research is needed to study iodinated disinfection byproducts because they are the most reactive in inhibiting GAPDH function and are currently not regulated by the EPA, Plewa said.
"We replaced the standard working model of direct DNA damage with a new working model based on a cellular target molecule," he said. "This discovery is a fundamental contribution to the field of drinking water science."
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Thursday, October 27, 2011
Amazon revenue growth slows, stock slumps (Reuters)
(Reuters) ? Amazon.com Inc shocked investors with a far weaker-than-expected outlook for the crucial holiday season quarter as it spent heavily on its new Kindle Fire tablet computer.
The stock tumbled 12 percent Tuesday in extended trading as the news raised concern that Amazon was losing some of the revenue momentum that had helped investors overlook its razor-thin profit margins.
Amazon forecast fourth-quarter revenue of $16.34 billion to $18.65 billion, compared with analysts' average estimate of $18.15 billion as compiled by Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Amazon's forecast would mean 27 to 44 percent growth from a year earlier. In the third quarter, sales grew 44 percent, less than the 51 percent gain in the second quarter.
The company also said it could report a $200 million operating loss to a $250 million operating profit in the holiday quarter as it spends on the Fire and other initiatives. These include $200 million for stock-based compensation and intangible assets.
"You're not seeing the investment pay off yet, but I think investors are impatient as to how long will it take before you will start to see this pay off," Evercore Partners analyst Ken Sena said. "When are we going to start to see some signs?"
Amazon said on Tuesday its third-quarter net income was $63 million, or 14 cents a share, versus $231 million, or 51 cents a share, a year earlier. Revenue was $10.88 billion, up 44 percent from the third quarter of 2010, it added. Analysts had expected earnings per share of 24 cents on revenue of $10.95 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
"Lower profit margins would be acceptable, but for the lower-than-expected revenue growth numbers," said Fred Moran, an analyst at The Benchmark Co.
Moran had expected third-quarter revenue growth of as much as 50 percent.
The company unveiled its new Kindle Fire tablet in late September and many analysts think it is being sold close to the cost of making it, or even at a loss.
Amazon is also investing in video content and other publishing deals to support the device, while spending on datacenters for its cloud computing business and fulfillment for its online retail operations.
Wall Street has accepted such spending because Amazon has proved in the past that it can generate higher growth from such investments. However, analysts have been on edge about Amazon's third-quarter results and fourth-quarter forecasts because of the recent increase in expenditures.
Amazon Chief Financial Officer Tom Szkutak said on a conference call after the results that the company has had to add fulfillment capacity to handle the growth of its main online retail business.
The company is planning to build 17 new fulfillment centers this year, two more than its previous plan, the CFO noted.
Szkutak also said Amazon is increasing production of the Kindle Fire by "a few million units," citing strong demand.
Amazon shares fell to $199.52 in extended trading, after closing 4.4 percent lower at $227.15 on Nasdaq.
(Reporting by Alistair Barr in San Francisco; additional reporting by Martinne Geller in New York and Brad Dorfman in Chicago; Editing by Richard Chang)
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Feathering Your Nest: 5 Things to Know About Cool New Thermostat (LiveScience.com)
From the mastermind that brought us the iPod comes a new intuitive thermostat that automatically adjusts your home?s heating and cooling based on your schedule and lifestyle ? all while saving big on energy bills.
The Nest Learning Thermostat ? which was invented by former iPod chief Tony Fadell?s company Nest and goes on sale in November ? has created a stir in the tech industry since it was announced earlier this week, with many saying it will revolutionize the way we think about indoor heating and cooling and can even cut down on energy costs by 20 to 30 percent. But before you pre-order the device, here are five things you should know:
Smart thermostats are not new
There are a variety of smart thermostats already on the market that feature remote-control capabilities and even Web access. But often these features go unused as many users don?t set programs and familiarize themselves with their device?s capabilities. In fact, Energy Star revoked its certification of all smart thermostats in 2009 when it became apparent that people weren?t using their features properly. What sets the Nest thermostat apart from others is that it?s the first of its kind that learns from your behaviors, preferences and surroundings to create a custom heating and cooling schedule. [Read: 10 Profound Innovations Ahead]
It could actually save money
?We didn?t think thermostats mattered, either,? a video on the Nest.com states. ?Until we learned they control about 50 percent of our energy bill.?
It?s true. Most people don?t think too much about the unassuming beige box on the wall controlling their home?s thermostat. Sure, you turn it down when you can and try not to set it too high or low when around the house, but the amount is always a surprise when the energy bill comes each month.
Energy from thermostats can cost as much as the refrigerator, lighting, TVs, computers, and stereos combined, according to Nest, and about 10 percent of all U.S. energy is controlled by thermostats ? the equivalent of 1.7 billion barrels of oil a year. By automatically regulating and adjusting the temperature, the Nest thermometer is primed to stay in tune with your lifestyle and not run up the electric bill.
Setup is simple
Nest is billing the setup process for its thermostat as seamless, and says it?s as easy to install as a light fixture. It also bypasses complicated thermostat programming with the help of sensors, algorithms, machine learning and cloud computing, so it bases itself on the temperatures you set and then learns your schedule. This process takes about a week, according to Nest.
It then refines the schedule over time and starts to automatically adjust your home?s heating and cooling systems. When it?s connected to Wi-Fi in a house, it can even read weather forecasts to base indoor conditions based on the outside world, so it can crank up the air conditioner during a heat wave or make it warmer during a snowstorm.
Nest also guides you to use more energy-efficient temperature settings, displaying an image of a leaf as a reward when these settings are selected. Meanwhile, the auto-away feature senses when you?re not home and makes the adjustment in temperature. The device can even be controlled with a laptop, smartphone or tablet with an app, allowing on-the-go users to change the temperature, adjust a schedule and frequently check energy usage.
It?s designed for productivity
?Technology should be about more than newest, loudest, prettiest,? Nest said on its site. ?It should make a difference.?
Even still, the Nest Learning Thermostat is indeed a beauty. The brushed stainless steel dial frames the thermostat display, while the ring?s curved, neutral-silver finish allows it to better blend in with its environment. Rotating the outer ring adjusts the temperature, and the display turns blue when cooling and red when heating.
It?s expensive
$249 is a lot to pay for a device you never thought you needed, but Nest says it will quickly pay for itself, bringing savings of 20 to 30 percent on the average $1,000 energy bill for the American home.
This story was provided by TechNewsDaily, a sister site to LiveScience. Reach TechNewsDaily senior writer Samantha Murphy at @SamMurphy_TMN.
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
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Battling for gay rights, in Allah's name
LOS ANGELES?? Like other aspiring religious reformers before her, Ani Zonneveld takes positions that make her unpopular with America's Islamic leaders.
Not only does she lead prayers ? a task normally reserved for men ? but she is an outspoken advocate for gay, bisexual and transgender Muslims. Later this year, she plans to officiate at the Islamic wedding of a lesbian couple, which is perfectly acceptable by her reading of the Quran.
?The community we are building is very different from most of the mosques you would walk into,? said Zonneveld, a 49-year-old Malaysian-born singer-songwriter. ?We are very inclusive of all Muslims, gay Muslims, mixed-faith couples. ? We also don?t segregate (the genders) when we pray, and we allow women to lead prayer. Our values are very egalitarian and we really live those values out.?
Muslims for Progressive Values, which Zonneveld co-founded in 2007 with Pamela Taylor, a feminist American Muslim, is based on 10 principles. They include a commitment to equality of genders and for LGBTQ (or lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning) people, repudiation of militarism and violence and the need for ?critical engagement with Islamic scripture.?
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Some of the group?s aims dovetail with those of other emerging Muslim groups that challenge the orthodoxy they say is preached in the majority of U.S. mosques. But the nonprofit?s embrace of the LGBTQ population is unique, even among these reform-minded groups.
The American Muslim population, estimated at between 3 million and 6 million, is diverse, including immigrant populations from all over the world as well as U.S.-born faithful and converts. Nearly half said they attend mosque at least once a week, according to a 2011 Pew survey, while many worship privately or infrequently. According to the survey, 37 percent believe there is only one way to interpret the religion. Some wear traditional garb, like head coverings, and grow beards, but more do not.
Parsing the Quran
Even so, unlike the Protestant world, where debate over Biblical interpretation has led to varying positions on homosexuality, few mosques and Muslim organizations question the orthodoxy that homosexuality is banned.
This position on homosexuality typically cites the Quran?s references to ?the people of Lut? ? the residents of Sodom and Gomorrah, who were said to have been destroyed by Allah, presumably because of their 'perverted' sexual practices. In at least six majority Islamic countries, homosexuality is considered a capital crime.
The most influential Muslim religious organization in the United States has taken a position similar to that of the Vatican.
"Homosexuality is a moral disorder. It is a moral disease, a sin and corruption,? Muzammil Siddiqi, former president of the Islamic Society of North America, has written. ?No person is born homosexual, just like no one is born a thief, a liar or murderer. People acquire these evil habits due to a lack of proper guidance and education.?
Siddiqi did not return calls requesting an interview.
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That does not mean that homosexuals are shunned, said Shakeel Syed, executive director of the Islamic Shura Council of Southern California, an umbrella organization for mosques and Muslim organizations with approximately 500,000 members.
?Islam doesn?t cast out anyone," said Syed. "No one will condemn them. LGBTQ people can do whatever they feel is right in their own way and we respect that. But if one seeks sanction from the faith, they will be disappointed.?
When the California Supreme Court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage in 2008, the council issued a release expressing ?deep dismay? at the decision. ?We believe that the (ruling) is a violation of God?s law as clearly given in the Quran and the Bible,? it said.
But such statements do not mean the mosques are full of homophobes, said Arsalan Iftikhar, a human rights lawyer and author of the book ?Islamic Pacifism, Global Muslims in the Post-Osama Era.?
?Generally speaking, although most Muslims would concede that homosexuality is not allowed within mainstream Islamic teachings, I also believe that most Americans of all religions would also say that LGBTQ Americans should not be discriminated against in any manner because of broader civil rights implications,? Iftikhar said via email.
Same chapter, different interpretation
There are Islamic scholars who say that the passages in the Quran about the people of Lut can be interpreted in different ways. Among them is the nation's only gay imam, Daayiee Abdullah, who has studied the Quran in Arabic and in Chinese and English translations.
"Traditional interpretation is that the Lut story talks about homosexuality ? that (comes) from people who are reading it from a heterosexual normative," said Abdullah, who has worked for more than a decade to help other gay Muslims deal with the apparent conflict between their sexual preference and their religion.
Abdullah's interpretation of Lut is that Allah destroyed the people not because they were engaging in consensual homosexual sex, but engaging in something closer to gang rape, just one facet of what he says was a particularly cruel society.
He also said that attitudes among the general population of American Muslims toward gays have softened in the last decade, but most still do not fully accept the lifestyle.
"It used to be that people thought being gay and Muslim was an oxymoron," he said. "Now, they will concede that there are people who are gay and Muslim, but (that) they should not do the sex thing. They should get married. But that puts innocent women into a position where they are in a loveless relationship. It forces people not to have a sexual part of their life. And God gave sex to people for enjoyment."
'How can you just let it slide'
Zonneveld said her activism grew out of frustration with other American Muslims for being either too willing to accept the word of conservative imams or unwilling to speak out.
?If there is a homophobic sermon at Friday prayer ? nobody would stand up and say, ?I?m sorry that?s an appalling sermon,?? said Zonneveld. ?But I can?t sit with a community where it is acceptable to be homophobic ?. How can you just let it slide??
Muslims for Progressive Values is intended to provide a space to worship and a voice to Muslims who don?t necessarily agree with American Muslim leaders often seen as speaking for the entire flock.
Zonneveld, a lifelong Muslim, spent part of her childhood in Germany and Egypt, then attended college in Illinois. She became a professional singer and songwriter and now works with well-known artists, including include blues singer Keb?Mo and Melissa Manchester. Her husband is from Holland and their 13-year-old daughter goes to a public school.
For many years, Zonneveld kept her religion under wraps, partly out of concern that it could harm her career in the entertainment industry.
But events surrounding the Sept. 11 attacks sparked her to ?come out? as a Muslim.
In the days after the attacks by Muslim extremists, President George W. Bush appeared with Muslim religious and community leaders. She thought it was a commendable gesture ? an effort to signal that the United States should not condemn all Muslims for the actions of a few extremists. But she was appalled to think that the Muslims called upon to represent her and her fellow Muslims did not seem mainstream.
?The vast majority of American Muslims believe in an Islam that is so different from the people (who have been) representing us,? said Zonneveld. ?It would be like if you had an ultra-Orthodox Jewish rabbi representing all American Jews; they would be up in arms. ? It would be complete misrepresentation of the American Jewish community.?
?Jihad is long overdue?
For the first time in her career, Zonneveld incorporated her faith into her profession, producing an album called ?Ummah Wake Up!? and again collided with conservative strictures embraced by some Muslims.
In the title song, she calls on the ?Ummah? ? roughly ?community? in Arabic ? to take up a jihad, which to her means an ?internal struggle to be more godly, more merciful, more forgiving, more like God is.?
?Ummah, Ummah Wake-up. Jihad is long overdue!? she sang accompanied by a rock beat and Middle Eastern-flavor instrumentation created on a synthesizer.
But she said that a number of Muslim retailers and organizations told her that what she had done was forbidden, saying only percussion may accompany the voice, and then only a man?s voice.
?I was in shock that this would happen in America,? said Zonneveld.
She eventually found a group of like-minded Muslims and helped launch a challenge to the ?mainstream? Muslim orthodoxy in 2004 under the Progressive Muslim Union umbrella. The effort flamed out in 2006 because of infighting over whether Republicans could be included and whether members should even have contact with more conservative Muslim groups.
Distributing an alternative message
Zonneveld and Taylor started their own group in 2007, this time focused around 10 guiding principles that they use to define their brand of progressivism, including the equality of genders and sexual orientations.
Members also were called on to engage in critical discourse over Islamic scriptures and issues of people in the faith.
That includes, in Zonneveld?s view, admitting that some interpretations of Islamic writings inspire some people to violence ? typically disaffected young men who are surfing the Internet.
?There is radicalization ? to deny it is silly,? Zonneveld said.
On Monday, Muslims for Progressive Values, which she says now has chapters in five cities and several thousand followers, is holding a fundraiser in Washington, D.C., for a project called ?Literary Zikr? to publicize its interpretation of Islam. The group also is using the Internet to counterbalance strict interpretations of Islam and efforts by others to demonize the religion.?
?Suppose a guy Googles, ?What is Judaism??? said Zonneveld, noting that the search would return many websites that vilify Jews or advocate violence against them. ?Our site would say that ? they are among the (broader definition of) believers."
?This is exactly the type of work that needs to be done,? to combat radicalization in the community, said Zudhi Jasser, who founded Phoenix-based American Islamic Forum for Democracy.
His group also opposes what he says is the "Islamist" approach taken by many Muslim leaders who presume to speak for mainstream Muslims.
Jasser urges Muslim leaders in the United States to remove politics from the mosques and allow greater discourse on the meaning and interpretation of the Quran. He and Zonneveld agree on that, though they diverge on many other points.
Jasser has been savaged by many Muslims for speaking out about radicalization and, in particular, for testifying at Congressional hearings in March on ?the threat of radicalization in the American Muslim Community." He agreed with the assertion that imams and many Muslim organizations dismiss or deny potential radicalization, and by doing so could even encourage it. Many Muslims have characterized him as a shill for the right wing, because the hearings, held by Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., were seen as a platform for politicians capitalizing on anti-Islam sentiment.
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Zonneveld also faces disapproval from Muslims ? not only by those who hold to traditional views ? but also those who argue that singling out Muslim radicalization from other types of extremist violence fuels bigotry.
Her stance also has drawn attention from those with a very different agenda, she said.
She said that after she aired her concerns about radicalism in an event at UCLA in early October, she was approached by a woman from a right-wing political organization who appeared to be recruiting her.
?Just because I?m critical of the Muslim community does not mean I?m interested in being anti-Islam,? she said. ?We are critical. We call a rat a rat. ? I think you can be honest without kowtowing and using the language of Islamophobes.?
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Panetta slams N. Korea for 'reckless' behavior
YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan?? U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Monday lashed out at North Korea for "reckless and provocative" acts and criticized China for a secretive expansion of its military power.
Panetta, who arrived at this U.S. air base on the second leg of a weeklong Asia tour, spoke out about North Korea and China in an opinion piece published Monday by Japan's Yomiyuri newspaper before his arrival.
He wrote that Washington and Tokyo share common challenges in the Asia-Pacific.
"These include North Korea, which continues to engage in reckless and provocative behavior and is developing nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, which pose a threat not just to Japan but to the entire region," he wrote.
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Panetta's strong language comes as U.S. and North Korean officials gather in Geneva for talks that Washington says are aimed at determining whether Pyongyang is serious about returning to nuclear disarmament talks.
Slideshow: Journey into North Korea (on this page)Japan also worries about North Korea and is one of five countries that have jointly tried to persuade the North Koreans to cap and reverse their nuclear arms program. The other four are the U.S., China, Russia and South Korea.
'Troubling lack of transparency'
Panetta is on his first trip to Asia since taking over the Pentagon's top job in July, and has been assuring allies in the region that the U.S. military will maintain a strong posture in the Pacific despite looming defense spending cuts at home.
Panetta also criticized China.
Slideshow: The dance of two giants (on this page)"China is rapidly modernizing its military," he wrote in Monday's opinion piece, "but with a troubling lack of transparency, coupled with increasingly assertive activity in the East and South China Seas."
He wrote that Japan and the U.S. would work together to "encourage China to play a responsible role in the international community."
Tokyo's ties with Beijing deteriorated last year following a flare-up near disputed East China Sea islets.
Questions about a potential decline in U.S. military power in the Pacific due to America's fiscal woes come as China's military invests heavily in new technologies, including its aircraft carrier program, stealth fighter jet and an anti-ship ballistic missile.
In comments to U.S. troops in Italy this month, Panetta cited concerns about China as one reason the U.S. military presence in the Pacific was so critical.
"In the Pacific, we're concerned about China. The most important thing we can do is to project our force into the Pacific," Panetta said.
Slideshow: Daily life in North Korea (on this page)"To have our carriers there, to have our fleet there, to be able to make very clear to China that we are going to protect international rights to be able to move across the oceans freely."
A day earlier, in Bali, Indonesia, Panetta offered more positive remarks about China. He told reporters that Beijing deserved praise for a relatively mild response to a $5.8 billion U.S. arms sale to Taiwan announced in September.
Panetta is not visiting China on this trip.
Marine base relocation
In Tokyo, Panetta was expected to press Japanese leaders to move ahead with long-delayed plans to relocate the Marines' Futenma air base to a less populated area of Okinawa island ? reluctant host to around half of the 50,000 U.S. forces stationed in Japan.
The Futenma relocation is part of a broader realignment of U.S. forces that would shift some 8,000 troops to the Pacific island of Guam.
"It's very important that Japan proceed with obviously moving forward with Futenma, getting the appropriate permits that are required," he told reporters in Indonesia on Sunday.
Japan's government wants to submit to Okinawa by year-end an environmental impact assessment needed before the governor of Okinawa can sign off on the base transfer. But there is no guarantee that the governor will agree to the relocation plan even once that happens.
"It's been going on a long period of time. It's important now to move forward," Panetta said.
The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.
Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45013169/ns/world_news-asia_pacific/
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Monday, October 24, 2011
Pete Seeger and pals attend NYC protest action
Activist musician Pete Seeger, 92, center, sings before a crowd of nearly a thousand demonstrators sympathetic to the Occupy Wall Street protests at a brief acoustic concert in Columbus Circle, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011, in New York. The demonstrators marched down Broadway singing "This Little Light of Mine" and other folk and gospel songs while ad-libbing lines about corporate greed and social justice. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Activist musician Pete Seeger, 92, center, sings before a crowd of nearly a thousand demonstrators sympathetic to the Occupy Wall Street protests at a brief acoustic concert in Columbus Circle, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011, in New York. The demonstrators marched down Broadway singing "This Little Light of Mine" and other folk and gospel songs while ad-libbing lines about corporate greed and social justice. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Activist musician Pete Seeger, 92, center, marches with nearly a thousand demonstrators sympathetic to the Occupy Wall Street protests for a brief acoustic concert in Columbus Circle, Friday, Oct. 21, 2011, in New York. The demonstrators marched down Broadway singing "This Little Light of Mine" and other folk and gospel songs while ad-libbing lines about corporate greed and social justice. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Activist musician Pete Seeger, 92, exits the Symphony Space on the Upper West Side to march with nearly a thousand demonstrators sympathetic to the Occupy Wall Street protests for a brief acoustic concert in Columbus Circle, Friday, Oct. 21, 2011, in New York. The demonstrators marched down Broadway singing "This Little Light of Mine" and other folk and gospel songs while ad-libbing lines about corporate greed and social justice. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Demonstrators symphathetic to the Occupy Wall Street protests wait for activist musician Pete Seeger, 92, to exit the Symphony Space on the Upper West Side and march together to Columbus Circle for a brief acoustic concert, Friday, Oct. 21, 2011, in New York. Nearly a thousand people marched down Broadway singing "This Little Light of Mine" and other folk and gospel songs while ad-libbing lines about corporate greed and social justice. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Demonstrators sympathetic to the Occupy Wall Street protests sing at a brief acoustic concert featuring activist musician Pete Seeger, not shown, in Columbus Circle, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011, in New York. The demonstrators marched down Broadway singing "This Little Light of Mine" and other folk and gospel songs while ad-libbing lines about corporate greed and social justice. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
NEW YORK (AP) ? Folk music legend Pete Seeger joined in the Occupy Wall Street protest Friday night, replacing his banjo with two canes as he marched with throngs of people in New York City's tony Upper West Side past banks and shiny department stores.
The 92-year-old Seeger, accompanied by musician-grandson Tao Rodriguez Seeger, composer David Amram, and bluesman Guy Davis, shouted out a verse as the crowd of about 1,000 people sang and chanted.
They marched peacefully over more than 30 blocks from Symphony Space, where the Seegers and other musicians performed, to Columbus Circle. Police watched from the sidelines.
At the circle, Seeger and friends walked to the chant of "We are the 99 percent" and "We are unstoppable, another world is possible." Seeger stopped to bang a metal statue of an elephant with his cane ? to cheers from the crowd.
At the center of the circle, Seeger and Amram were joined by '60s folk singer Arlo Guthrie in a round of "We Shall Overcome," a protest anthem made popular by Seeger.
After more singing, Seeger asked for a mic check to tell the crowd: "The words are simple: I could be happy spending my days on the river that flows both way-ay-ays."
During the march, the younger Seeger, in troubadour fashion like his grandfather, walked among the protesters playing songs. Amra took up a flute and others enlivened the night protest with the sounds of the accordion, banjos, and guitars.
At the front of the throng, marchers held American flags and a large blue flag that said: "Revolution Generation ... Debt is Slavery." Along the way, the crowd sang protest songs made popular or written by Seeger, Woody Guthrie, and others of the protest era.
Occupy Wall Street began a month ago in lower Manhattan among a few young people, and has grown to thousands around the country and the world. An Associated Press-GfK poll says more than one-third of the country supports the Wall Street protesters, and even more ? 58 percent ? say they are furious about America's politics.
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Make Your Own Candy Corn for a Fresher, Tastier Halloween Treat [Video]
It's easy to go pick up a bunch of candy at your local store, but Halloween can be extra special if you make the candy yourself. Plus, you'll end up with a much fresher product that you couldn't buy in a store in the first place.
This recipe comes from the folks over at the Harvard Crimson Flyby. They were able to make it in their dorms, so you should be able to make it pretty much anywhere so long as you've got these basic ingredients:
- 2 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1/4 cup dry powdered milk
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup sugar
- 2/3 cup corn syrup
- 1/3 cup unsalted butter (or use salted butter and don't ad the 1/4 teaspoon of salt)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Food coloring
The video above shows a quick overview of the process, but be sure to check out the full instructions over at the Harvard Crimson if you'd prefer a step-by-step walk through. Happy trick-or-treating!
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Sunday, October 23, 2011
Consultant convicted of stealing from mayor Bloomberg (Reuters)
NEW YORK (Reuters) ? A jury on Friday convicted political consultant John Haggerty of stealing almost $1 million from New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg during his 2009 re-election campaign.
In its third day of deliberations, the jury found Haggerty guilty of second-degree grand larceny and second-degree money laundering but cleared him of first-degree grand larceny.
He faces up to 15 years in prison. No sentencing date was set.
The verdict capped a three-week trial that saw Bloomberg himself and a host of City Hall power players take the witness stand in state Supreme Court in Manhattan.
Haggerty was accused of taking money from Bloomberg to be used for scrutinizing whether people trying to vote were actually eligible to cast ballots, but instead using the money to buy his late father's house in Queens.
Haggerty's legal defense team tried to show how the money took a circuitous route before it actually got to Haggerty, who had convinced Bloomberg to donate the money to the state Independence Party to fund the project. The defense said no crime against the mayor had been committed, since he willingly gave the funds to the party and no longer had any say in how they were spent.
Bloomberg ran as an independent in 2009, while Democrats said what Haggerty was hired to do amounted to attempts to suppress the votes of minorities and some other voter groups.
The case spotlighted Bloomberg's campaign spending, a topic the billionaire mayor -- who funds his own campaigns -- is typically reluctant to discuss.
The rare spectacle of a city mayor testifying in open court drew a packed courtroom. Bloomberg, who is notoriously impatient with press questioning, was forced to endure hours of aggressive cross-examination from a defense lawyer intent on making his wealth and power the focus of the case.
(Editing by Barbara Goldberg and Greg McCune)
(This story was corrected in the seventh paragraph to make clear Bloomberg ran in 2009 as an independent, not Republican)
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Saturday, October 22, 2011
Times, Sunday Times to cut jobs (Reuters)
LONDON (Reuters) ? Editorial staff at Rupert Murdoch's remaining upscale London newspapers were informed on Thursday of impending budget and staff cuts, which may include some compulsory layoffs.
A company source said that the principal objective of the move was to make a 12 percent across-the-board cut in budgets at both the weekly Sunday Times and the Monday-through-Saturday daily Times of London.
John Witherow, editor of The Sunday Times, and James Harding, editor of The Times, both announced the cuts to their staff at meetings on Thursday.
At the Sunday Times, the budget cuts were expected to result in compulsory layoffs of between 15 and 20 journalists, or about 10 percent of the newspaper's editorial staff, said two sources familiar with the company's plans.
The Sunday Times will also reduce employment of "casuals" -- non-staff journalists who work regular shifts at the papers -- by around 30 percent, the sources said.
At the daily Times, up to 100 slots will be cut from 700 full-time, part-time and casual editorial positions which currently exist at the newspaper. Unlike the Sunday Times, the daily paper will offer some staffers the opportunity to leave the paper voluntarily.
The company source said there had been some discussion of consolidating back office functions of the two papers but such plans were not going forward. The source said business staff and budgets at the papers were already being trimmed.
That source went on to say that the papers would retain their current section architecture and denied rumors circulating among some staff that pages in some sections will be reduced.
The company source added that no commensurate cuts are expected at Murdoch's remaining tabloid paper, the six-day daily The Sun.
Earlier this year, Murdoch shuttered The Sun's Sunday stablemate, the News of the World, following uproar over revelations about how its journalists had hacked into voice mails of celebrities, politicians and crime victims.
The Times historically is reputed to have lost millions of pounds sterling for its owners. But the Sunday Times until recently had reportedly been a major money maker for News International, Murdoch's London newspaper publishing company.
A company spokeswoman declined to comment. The annual general meeting of Murdoch's main corporate vehicle, New York-based News Corp, is scheduled to be held on Friday in Los Angeles.
(Reporting by Mark Hosenball; Editing by Elaine Hardcastle)
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MMA Marketplace: The UFC Encyclopedia
Thomas Gerbasi, UFC.com's editorial director, has put together a comprehensive look at the promotion's 18-year history in the newly released, "UFC Encyclopedia."
The UFC Encyclopedia uses 400 pages, 1,500 images, 300 fighters and 170 event results to tell the story of the UFC's growth through the years. This Saturday, the UFC will host fighters at book signings around the country. If you can't make it to the signing, buy the book on Amazon for just under $30.
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Friday, October 21, 2011
Video: Obama promotes job plan in N.C. and Virginia
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich explained
"People need Android ... but people didn't love Android," said a Google exec, explaining why the world's most popular smartphone OS needed a full redesign. Ice Cream Sandwich, now officially labeled Android 4.0, is that overhaul. And people, it's awesome.
Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036697/vp/44951679#44951679
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Thursday, October 20, 2011
U.S. checking reports of Gaddafi's capture, death (Reuters)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) ? U.S. officials on Thursday scrambled to check reports that deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi had died after being captured near his hometown of Sirte following months of civil war.
Gaddafi was wounded in the head and legs as he tried to flee in a convoy that came under attack from NATO warplanes at dawn, a senior official with Libya's National Transitional Council told Reuters.
A senior Obama administration official said the U.S. was working to confirm the reports.
"We're working on it," the official said.
Gaddafi's death followed months of NATO military action in Libya that began over a government crackdown against pro-democracy protesters inspired by protests in neighboring Tunisia and Egypt that ended in the overthrow of long-standing autocratic leaders.
The United States led the initial air strikes on Gaddafi's forces but quickly handed the lead over to NATO, while taking a secondary role to Britain and France.
The NATO bombing campaign helped Libya's rebels take power.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday became the most senior U.S. official to visit Tripoli since Gaddafi's four-decade rule ended in August.
Clinton hailed "Libya's victory." But her visit was marked by tight security in a sign of worries that the country's new rulers have yet to establish full control over the country.
Gaddafi was wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of ordering the killing of civilians.
He was believed to be hiding deep in Libya's Sahara desert. His wife, two sons and a daughter fled to neighboring Algeria shortly after Tripoli fell to rebel forces in August.
(Reporting by Matt Spetalnick and David Morgan; Editing by Vicki Allen)
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'Give us a call' to play QB, Raiders say
By JOSH DUBOW
updated 6:55 p.m. ET Oct. 17, 2011
ALAMEDA, Calif. - Jason Campbell was set to have surgery on his broken collarbone, Kyle Boller prepared to take over as the starting quarterback in Oakland and coach Hue Jackson was searching for another quarterback who can either supplant Boller or serve as a backup.
"If you're a quarterback out there and you want to come play for the Raiders give us a call," Jackson said Monday.
The Raiders have lost Campbell for a significant period of time to the broken collarbone suffered when he landed on his shoulder at the end of a scramble late in the first half against Cleveland on Sunday.
Campbell hopes to recover in time to play down the stretch for the Raiders this season but Oakland needs help now with Boller and rookie Terrelle Pryor the only quarterbacks on the roster.
"It was a tough break," Campbell said. "I'm going to stay positive. If everything goes right I could be back in six weeks."
The Raiders have looked into possible trades and free agent signings, although one possible option was eliminated Monday. Oakland contacted former Jacksonville quarterback David Garrard, but Garrard's agent confirmed a Fox Sports report that the quarterback will need back surgery and would not be available for four to six weeks.
Other free-agent possibilities include Trent Edwards, who was in Oakland's camp this summer; Charlie Frye, who spent the past two seasons with the Raiders; and former Baltimore quarterbacks Troy Smith and Todd Bouman, who have worked with Jackson on the Ravens. Oakland also could look into making a trade for Cincinnati's Carson Palmer or Denver's Kyle Orton before Tuesday's deadline.
"You just kind of rattle all the trees and see everything that's out there, what best fits us," Jackson said. "You've got to have somebody that can kind of hit the ground running, whether the guy can be a starter or the guy can be a backup because if not, it's going to take two or three weeks, or four to get ingrained in the system and you've fallen behind."
The injury spoiled what had been looking like a breakthrough season for Campbell. After bouncing between coordinators for most of his career, Campbell finally got a chance to play a second year in Jackson's offense and was making the most of it.
He had completed 60.6 percent of his passes for 1,170 yards, six touchdowns and four interceptions for a passer rating of 84.2. Campbell was in the final year of his contract, raising questions about his future in Oakland if he is not able to come back this season.
"It's tough, because the guy worked so hard in the offseason, preparing himself and spending so much time with his teammates," Jackson said. "But that's the nature of this game. I think the players, when they play it, they understand that. None of us like it, I don't like it, but we're not going to worry about it. This team is going to win."
There's a good chance they will have to do it this week against Kansas City with Boller under center. Boller, a first-round pick by Baltimore in 2003, has not started a game in the NFL since 2009 with St. Louis. He has spent the past two years as a backup in Oakland, completing 10 of 18 passes for 125 yards and an interception.
Boller started 34 games over his first three seasons with the Ravens but has mostly been a backup the past six years. Now he's getting another chance to start with a team that has some talented playmakers on offense and legitimate hopes of competing in the AFC West.
"I feel good about Kyle, that's why he's here," Jackson said. "I know Kyle, I know what Kyle is and what he's capable of doing. But we're chasing a championship here. That's the commitment I've made to the organization then I got to make sure that we're putting championship players out there. Not to say that Kyle's not. I got to make sure that there's not somebody out there who can come best fit us that may give us an opportunity."
Boller was just 8 of 14 for 100 yards on Sunday, missing some targets badly as he took a while to find his rhythm after getting so little work in practice the past six weeks.
Now it looks like he will get the bulk of the work with the first team this week, which the Raiders hope will show up in improved play Sunday against Kansas City.
"It's unfortunate that it happened, but now it's my responsibility to take over and to lead this offense to scoring points," Boller said. "I'm excited about that because I feel like I can step in there. I feel like I have a good relationship with the offensive line, receivers, and the running backs. So I'm looking forward to this week to be able to get practice reps with them and get after this thing."
Notes: The Raiders released CB Joe Porter to make room for Pryor on the roster. ... C Samson Satele said he will play this week despite spraining his knee. ... Jackson said FB Marcel Reece is close to returning from an ankle injury but DE Matt Shaughnessy could be out for a while still with a shoulder injury.
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??PFT: The league got it wrong by not punishing Jim Harbaugh and Jim Schwartz for their postgame incident. Sure looks like the NFL wanted to sweep it under the rug.
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