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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
TCTV Presents Highlights From The SXSWi Trade Show
From Yamtrader to Das Keyboard, the SXSWi trade show floor is a mixed bag. While not everything lent itself to a detail visit with the TCTV camera, we did find a few interesting companies in the mix.
Job burnout can severely compromise heart health
Mar. 12, 2013 ? Americans work longer hours, take fewer vacation days, and retire later than employees in other industrialized countries around the globe. With such demanding careers, it's no surprise that many experience job burnout -- physical, cognitive, and emotional exhaustion that results from stress at work. Researchers have found that burnout is also associated with obesity, insomnia, and anxiety.
Now Dr. Sharon Toker of Tel Aviv University's Faculty of Management and her fellow researchers -- Profs. Samuel Melamed, Shlomo Berliner, David Zeltser and Itzhak Shpira of TAU's Sackler Faculty of Medicine -- have found a link between job burnout and coronary heart disease (CHD), the buildup of plaque in the coronary arteries that leads to angina or heart attacks.
Those who were identified as being in the top 20 percent of the burnout scale were found to have a 79 percent increased risk of coronary disease, the researchers reported in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine. Calling the results "alarming," Dr. Toker says that these findings were more extreme than the researchers had expected -- and make burnout a stronger predictor of CHD than many other classical risk factors, including smoking, blood lipid levels, and physical activity.
Taking a toll on the heart
Some of the factors that contribute to burnout are common experiences in the workplace, including high stress, heavy workload, a lack of control over job situations, a lack of emotional support, and long work hours. This leads to physical wear and tear, which will eventually weaken the body.
Knowing that burnout has been associated with other cardiovascular risk factors, such as heightened amounts of cholesterol or fat in the bloodstream, the researchers hypothesized that it could also be a risk factor for coronary heart disease. Over the course of the study, a total of 8,838 apparently healthy employed men and women between the ages of 19 and 67 who presented for routine health examinations were followed for an average of 3.4 years. Each participant was measured for burnout levels and examined for signs of CHD. The researchers controlled for typical risk factors for the disease, such as sex, age, family history of heart disease, and smoking.
During the follow-up period, 93 new cases of CHD were identified. Burnout was associated with a 40% increased risk of developing CHD. But the 20% of participants with the highest burnout scores had a 79% increased risk. Dr. Toker predicts that with a more extended follow-up period, the results would be even more dramatic.
Avoiding long-term damage
These results are valuable for preventative medicine, says Dr. Toker. Healthcare providers who know that their patients are experiencing burnout can closely monitor for signs of coronary heart disease as well.
Once burnout begins to develop, it sparks a downwards spiral and ultimately becomes a chronic condition, she warns. Employers need to prioritize prevention by promoting healthy and supportive work environments and keeping watch for early warning signs of the condition. Simple diagnostic questionnaires that identify burnout are already available online. Workers can contribute to prevention by making healthy lifestyle choices, such as exercising more regularly, getting seven to eight hours sleep per night, and seeking psychological therapy if required.
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Love and Relationships: How to Develop Good Communication ...
I think people have a misconception that when you get married, you have arrived. In fact, I think we believe that about everything. We don?t see life as a constant but as a destination. So, we want to get out of high school. Some aren?t encouraged to go to college. But for those who are, you want to go to college.
After getting your degree, you imagine you?ll do that forever. But things are always improving and to BE. Extraordinary! you need continuing education classes, connections with other innovative people who empower you to be strong and amazing. We are single, and decide that marriage will be the end of something we feel void of, and this is your lie to yourself.
Marriage is absolutely awesome, adorable, lovely. Being married to my husband brings me joy and I can only liken it to my decision to live for God. I believe that marriage has a doctrine and in that first year, learning how to understand the covenant created between you two, and the choice to walk in it, is a challenge for anyone.
Married 18 years ? Anthony and Christina Murray, Oasis Church in Atlanta, Georgia
It does not change your love, if anything marriage should rekindle the fire that you have for God as your mate serves as an example, a tangible expression of your divine relationship with the most high. Also, your love should grow as you handle discrepancies with care. In the first year, you will learn:
- When to fight
- How to fight
- What communication really is all about
When emotions are high, and tension makes you impulsive, you can raise your voice or argue in front of children. When you get married, whatever you were able to hide is exposed. Whether you struggle with pornography, poor eating habits, or are irresponsible the first year of your marriage will require you to examine yourself beyond what your single preparation for marriage may have done for you.
It is important that you don?t blame each other, or try to parent one another but that you truly develop a love and partnership. Create an atmosphere that inspires the other to heal, grow, mature and BE. Extraordinary! There is nothing wrong with having non-negotiables but remember that God gave us free will to serve, and choose our relationship with him. Our relationship with our mate is not about power and control.
The relationship tip is:
Do Not Abandon Your Communication Skills
You could say that at some point in your life you?ve felt abandoned by God. Whether the statement of your feelings are true or not may be different but understand that there have been times where we?ve felt like God was not hearing us. We have to learn in our intimacy with God, how he talks to us. For me, he speaks directly at times, through people (who do not know that they are conveying a message), and in dreams. How does God talk to you?
I would have never said that anything was more important than sex before getting married. I may have put them on the same level but I venture to say that communication is necessary for anything else to work. God speaks, but he also listens. I believe that one way to learn effective communication is to examine and develop your communication with God.
Sometimes the way we communicate with each other can feel like we?re being punched in the face. Is this how you want your mate to feel?
And, as it relates to your mate, use wisdom. Know when to speak, when to listen and when to decide mutually to be silent agreeing to come back together in a short period of time to work it out. Consider communication the percussion section of your marriage.
Ressurrection Graves is a relationship mentor who loves love. She writes and maintains her blog, is an author and national speaker on topics surrounding healing, love, relationships, entrepreneurship, child sexual abuse and homelessness. To check out her speaking topics please click here.
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Monday, March 11, 2013
Jury begins deliberations in Ohio Craigslist murder trial
By Kim Palmer
AKRON, Ohio (Reuters) - Jurors began deliberating on Monday in the trial of an Ohio street preacher accused of murdering down-on-their-luck men who answered a Craigslist ad for a non-existent job.
Richard Beasley, 53, was a "master manipulator" who preyed on people who were "easy targets and desperate for a better life," Jonathan Baumoel, Summit County assistant prosecuting attorney, told jurors in Akron, Ohio, during closing arguments in the case.
"He earned their trust and it cost them their lives," Baumoel said.
Beasley faces the death penalty for the 2011 murders of David Pauley, 51, of Norfolk, Virginia; Ralph Geiger, 56, of Akron, Ohio; and Timothy Kern, 47, of Massillon, Ohio.
Beasley is accused of killing Geiger first after luring him with the possibility of a non-existent job, stealing his identity, and then killing the other two men after they answered a Craigslist ad for the job.
Beasley is also charged with the attempted murder of a South Carolina man, Scott Davis, who testified earlier in the trial that he answered the ad for a $300-dollar-a-week farmhand job.
Baumoel told jurors that although there was no DNA evidence linking Beasley to the murders, the overwhelming number of connections between him and the dead men is "the DNA of the crime telling you who committed these crimes."
Beasley, dressed in a dark sport coat and tie, took notes and sometimes shook his head as Baumoel made his arguments.
Defense attorney James Burdon told jurors Beasley was "a fall guy" and all the evidence in the case was circumstantial. The defense said members of a local motorcycle gang are the real killers and that witnesses lied to protect themselves.
Burdon admitted that Beasley was trying to evade getting arrested by using false identities and helped post the Craigslist ad but denied killing anyone.
The attacks were among a series of incidents involving social media in which people advertising goods for sale or responding to ads have been attacked and killed.
In 2009, a former medical student was accused of killing a masseuse he met through Craigslist. Last year, two men in Tennessee were accused of killing a man and a woman for "unfriending" the daughter of one of the suspects on Facebook.
Beasley's alleged accomplice, Brogan Rafferty, 18, was tried as an adult and sentenced to life in prison without parole in November for his role in the deadly scheme.
The jurors in the Beasley case are sequestered. They will deliberate until 9 p.m. local time Monday.
(Reporting By Kim Palmer; Editing by Mary Wisniewski and Todd Eastham)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/jury-begins-deliberations-ohio-craigslist-murder-trial-210939760.html
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Budget Cuts Keep Freshman Senators in the 'Swing Suites'
The across-the-board cuts to the federal government?s budget are exacerbating an already convoluted process for new senators moving from cramped temporary digs to their permanent offices.?
?We?re told that the sequester is slowing it down,? said Kay Rand, the chief of staff to Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, when National Journal Daily recently visited the newly elected member?s temporary office space, an old, small hearing room in the Russell building.
The Senate Rules Committee, which oversees process, told Rand the move would be delayed by about a month because of sequestration, the $85 billion in automatic cuts to the federal government that went into effect March 1. A recent meeting of Democratic chiefs of staff included discussion of the sequestration?s impact on moving, according to a Democratic Senate source who would only talk on condition of anonymity.
Because of the delay, Rand said she expects to be operating out of the hearing room until June, a month longer than normal.
?It?s like a call center,? Rand said. ?We?re replacing all of our large desks with smaller desks so that we can fit more people.??
But they don?t have enough room for the number of staffers they would like to hire, and they don?t have adequate space for constituents eager to meet with their new senator. The situation is prompting King to find a better way to execute the process to move what are increasingly larger classes of new senators into the Capitol complex.
?We?re working on ways to expedite the process so that there isn?t such a long lag time between when we come here and get into our offices,? King told National Journal Daily late last week. King, who sits on the Rules Committee, added: ?The freshman class have agreed among ourselves to shorten our decision time, which will compress the schedule, and I?m also working with the chief of staff of the committee on whatever other ideas we can come up with.?
Because they?re last in Senate seniority, most of the dozen new members elected in the 2012 cycle are last to choose their permanent offices and must wait until April to view what permanent office suite they want. According to Senate rules, they have at most a day to choose, at which point workers employed by the Architect of the Capitol begin the moving process.
?Offices were warned of a potential delay in the moving process because of sequestration?s effect on the Architect of the Capitol?s office,? said Brian Fallon, a spokesman for Rules Committee Chairman Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. ?The timetable for each senator to choose an office should not be affected by sequestration.?
Other freshman senators are also grappling with less-than-ideal temporary quarters. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, considered one of the most high-profile freshman senators because of his outspoken support for tea-party positions, is operating out of a cramped space in the Dirksen basement, next door to the similarly small offices of a few other freshman senators, including Democrats Mazie Hirono of Hawaii and Chris Murphy of Connecticut.
?Sen. Cruz hit the ground running, but we?re running with a thin staff,? said Chip Roy, Cruz?s chief of staff, in a recent interview in their office?s only conference room. ?We still only have about half a policy staff, because frankly, we don?t have space to hire them.?
Roy, who shares an office with Cruz, said they have about 25 people in their office now.
The office of Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., is a small space on the ground floor of the Dirksen building with windows, which is a luxury for temporary offices. ?I think they gave us a littler nicer space because we?re number 100?last?in the office lottery,? Tessa Gould, Heitkamp's chief of staff, said with a laugh.
The office lottery Gould referred to is the system that puts in single-file line a dozen senators all being sworn in on the same day, who thus have the same level of Senate seniority. The system considers, among other factors, whether the senator is a former House member and whether the new senator spent time in a previous administration. The last factor is state population. With fewer than 700,000 people, North Dakota is the third least-populated state in the country, which explains in part Heitkamp?s dead-last position in the lottery.
The ?swing suites??as the temporary offices are nicknamed on Capitol Hill?of two high-profile Democratic senators, Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, are near each other in a big trailer in the courtyard of Russell. Constituents often have a hard time finding both their offices.
As a reminder that life isn?t fair, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., who was appointed in December to replace Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., is already moved into his permanent office, DeMint?s cushy old suite in Russell. The new digs give Scott?s employees enough space to staff up.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/budget-cuts-keep-freshman-senators-swing-suites-123530906--politics.html
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Fight Over Mich. Health Insurance Market Not Over Yet ? CBS Detroit
LANSING (AP) - Gov. Rick Snyder?s attempt for legislative approval of a new health insurance market in Michigan has been one-year odyssey ? and it?s not over yet.
The GOP-led Senate quickly got behind his state-run marketplace, or online exchange, in 2011 so the state could have more say in a key component of the federal health care law that will help people shop for required insurance. But House Republicans opposed to the law resisted throughout 2012, even after President Barack Obama?s re-election.
With Plan B, the governor pitched a partnership website controlled almost entirely by the federal government. The House assented to spending $31 million in federal money for the exchange ? reasoning the contentious law is here to stay ? only now support may be fading among Senate Republicans.
?I just won?t play their shell game. I won?t drink their Kool-Aid. I won?t agree to take their funny money,? said Sen. Mike Green, R-Nashville.
It?s an about face for Green, who voted for an exchange in November 2011.
With pressure from conservatives and tea party groups mounting, Senate leadership may have to break with custom to send Snyder the spending measure.
Votes typically are not allowed unless legislation has backing from a majority of the majority party. The first time around, the number of Republicans in support was narrow, 13-12, and it appears more in the GOP now may be against it than for it. All 12 Democrats backed the state-run exchange, too.
Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville, R-Monroe, is considering whether to hold a vote and said he will not be rushed. His caucus heard the pros of partnering with federal officials from a Snyder cabinet member on Thursday, the same day the Obama administration conditionally approved Michigan?s plan. The state has to submit a proposal for consumer outreach and assistance at month?s end, a difficult task without authorization to spend money, according to state officials.
?It?s in a different form,? Richardville said of the partnership market as opposed to a state-run exchange. ?But I think this is a tough thing for any conservative that doesn?t like the idea of some kind of mandated federal Big Brother health care. And so it?s difficult for people to now have to accept that it?s forced upon them and we have to try and make it work.?
The website and accompanying call center are supposed to make it easier for people to shop for the insurance they must have in 2014 ? or pay a penalty. Also open to small businesses, the Expedia-like exchange will be used in part to determine people?s eligibility for Medicaid and, if they buy private insurance through the website, whether they qualify for income-based federal aid to help pay their premiums.
A partnership would let Michigan handle some customer service functions and approve insurers wanting to offer health plans on the exchange, which Snyder argues would save them from an extra layer of regulation and prevent the state from having to spend its own money.
?It is the choice to support our own businesses here in Michigan,? said Sen. Roger Kahn, a Republican from Saginaw Township. ?If we reject this, it is a federal-only exchange. ? We lose our seat at the table on making decisions going forward.?
But Sen. John Pappageorge, R-Troy, who voted for the state exchange in 2011, is having second thoughts.
?Having read the fine print, I realize that the only thing we?re going to be in charge of is the complaint department of an act we don?t much care for. So it is perfectly consistent to say yes to a state-run Orbitz-type organization and no to one where the feds actually run the store and call it a cooperative arrangement.?
One big reason some senators are hesitating is outside pressure.
Conservative organizations, tea party supporters and other vocal opponents of the federal health law are calling and emailing lawmakers.
One leading the opposition is Jack Hoogendyk, a former state House member and U.S. Senate candidate who runs the Citizens? Alliance for Life & Liberty and the Madison Project Michigan PAC.
He says an exchange will be put in place, but there is no reason Michigan needs to help do it.
?Anytime you take money from somebody, there?s a string attached,? he said, calling the $31 million grant a ?bribe.?
Some speculate that some Republicans are worried about facing 2014 primary challenges if they vote in favor of the insurance market. Yet Hoogendyk said his focus is finding conservatives for open races, not to ?take somebody out because of a couple of bad votes.?
At least 364,000 Michigan residents are expected to get private insurance through the exchange in 2014, with many receiving government help to pay premiums. Depending on how many businesses use the website, a maximum of nearly 1.4 million people could be enrolled next year, according to the state Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs.
?We?re getting less and less input every day that goes by that we don?t assert ourselves,? said Senate Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer, D-East Lansing. ?We have a duty to our constituents. They deserve to have their voice in how this is run.?
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Saturday, March 9, 2013
Calif regulators reject Navy offshore training
Mark Delaplaine, manager of the California Costal Commission, delivers staff recommendations to the Coastal Commission meeting regarding the effects of US Navy training on marine life in coastal California waters, Friday, March 8, 2013 in San Diego. The U.S. Navy opposes state restrictions on an explosives and sonar training program off the Southern California coast that critics fear will threaten whales and other sea mammals, state regulators were told Friday. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)
Mark Delaplaine, manager of the California Costal Commission, delivers staff recommendations to the Coastal Commission meeting regarding the effects of US Navy training on marine life in coastal California waters, Friday, March 8, 2013 in San Diego. The U.S. Navy opposes state restrictions on an explosives and sonar training program off the Southern California coast that critics fear will threaten whales and other sea mammals, state regulators were told Friday. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)
Michael Jasny, director of the Natural Resources Defense Council, speaks at the California Costal Commission meeting regarding the effects of US Navy training on marine life in Coastal California waters, Friday, March 8, 2013 in San Diego. The U.S. Navy opposes state restrictions on an explosives and sonar training program off the Southern California coast that critics fear will threaten whales and other sea mammals, state regulators were told Friday. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)
Demonstrators hold signs stating their position against US Navy training exercises off the California Coast, during a California Costal Commission meeting Friday, March 8, 2013 in San Diego. The U.S. Navy opposes state restrictions on an explosives and sonar training program off the Southern California coast that critics fear will threaten whales and other sea mammals, state regulators were told Friday. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)
United State Navy Cmndr. John Doney, director of training exercises for the US Third Fllet, looks toward fellow Navy attendees after speaking to the California Costal Commission meeting regarding the effects on marine life of navy training in coastal waters, Friday, March 8, 2013 in San Diego. The U.S. Navy opposes state restrictions on an explosives and sonar training program off the Southern California coast that critics fear will threaten whales and other sea mammals, state regulators were told Friday. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)
Mary Shellenberger, chairman of the California Costal Commission, addresses the audience at a meeting regarding the effects of US Navy training on marine life off the California coast Friday, March 8, 2013 in San Diego. The U.S. Navy opposes state restrictions on an explosives and sonar training program off the Southern California coast that critics fear will threaten whales and other sea mammals, state regulators were told Friday. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)
SAN DIEGO (AP) ? The California Coastal Commission on Friday rejected a Navy explosives and sonar training program off the Southern California coast that critics said could harm endangered blue whales and other sea life.
Commissioners meeting in San Diego ruled unanimously that the Navy lacked enough information to back up its argument that the threat to marine mammals would be negligible.
The Navy is expected to ramp up its training in the waters over the next five years with the war in Afghanistan winding down and the military shifting its focus to the Pacific as part of the Obama administration's national security strategy.
Commissioners said they are concerned the increased activity ? especially near marine protected areas ? could be detrimental for endangered mammals such as the blue, fin and beaked whales.
"The Navy needs to understand the significance of the California coast in relationship to the entire world because we're doing research that will assist future generations," Commissioner Martha McClure told Navy officials before her vote: "I also would like to reiterate that I believe your documentation was absolutely short."
Alex Stone, who directs the Navy's environmental team on the project, told commissioners that additional marine safeguards being sought by the panel would limit the training program's scope and make it less realistic.
He said the Navy's measures effectively protect sea life ? an argument disputed by environmentalists who packed the hearing.
The panel and the Navy could now seek mediation to iron out their differences ? or the Navy could simply choose to proceed with the training scheduled to begin in January, as it did after the commission requested additional protections in 2007 and 2009.
If talks fail, the commission could sue to try to force the Navy to adopt the measures, as it has done in the past but unsuccessfully.
The commissioners said they decided to reject the plan outright Friday rather than approve it conditionally because the Navy has shown it is unwilling to cooperate.
"We've got this stumbling block of the Navy being completely unwilling to accept any of the mitigations that our staff has proposed and there has been no explanation that is evidence-based to give us a rationale to accept your position," Commissioner Jana Zimmer told Navy officials at the hearing.
The Navy has estimated 130 marine mammals could die and another 1,600 could suffer hearing loss from the training program, which plans annually for more than 50,000 underwater explosions and more than 10,000 hours of high-intensity sonar use.
Michael Jasny with the Natural Resources Defense Council said the Navy severely underestimates the harm in waters traversed by more than 30 endangered species. The testing area encompasses 120,000 nautical square miles of the Pacific off the Southern California coast and includes a corridor between the state and Hawaii, among other areas.
"There are no other areas in the country or possibly the world where Navy activity will be as concentrated as here in Southern California," Jasny said. "It will be a real train wreck because this space is also shared by so many endangered species."
The commission wants the Navy to create safety zones that would guarantee no high-intensity sonar activity near marine sanctuaries and protected areas and in spots that experience a high concentration of blue, fin and gray whales seasonally.
It also believes a kilometer from shore should also be off-limits to protect bottlenose dolphins.
After the vote, Stone said the Navy wants to reach an agreement with the state agency but stood by its arguments the commission's measures would unnecessarily interfere with training.
"I can't really identify any areas where I see that we would change, you know, based on the condition," he said. "We've already kind of coming into this process spent a long time developing mitigation measures that we think are highly effective."
The commission set out similar conditions to the Navy in 2007 and 2009, but the Navy refused to accept them both times.
The commission sued the Navy over the matter, leading to a preliminary injunction in 2008, though then-President George W. Bush gave an exemption for the training. The U.S. Supreme Court later overturned the lower court's decision.
Jasny's organization and three dozen others say they want the Navy to avoid important habitat for vulnerable species, including blue and fin whales, beaked whales, and migrating gray whales. They also want the Navy to not use sonar training and underwater detonations at night, when marine mammals are difficult to detect.
And they want the Navy to be required to use its own acoustic monitoring network to help detect marine mammals.
They also say that from May through October ships should slow to 10 knots in areas with baleen whales, to avoid hitting them.
Scientists say there is still much to be learned about how much sonar activity affects marine animals.
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Simmons, No. 9 Lady Vols top Florida 82-73 in SEC
DULUTH, Ga. (AP) ? A late rally from Florida left Tennessee coach Holly Warlick thinking the Lady Vols haven't learned how to put a team away.
Meighan Simmons scored 20 points and Tennessee turned back Florida's late run to beat the Gators 82-73 Friday in the quarterfinals of the Southeastern Conference tournament.
No. 9 Tennessee (24-6), the three-time defending champion, has won 10 straight games in the tournament since its loss to Auburn in the 2009 semifinals. Warlick, previously the longtime assistant to Pat Summitt, wasn't satisfied with her first postseason win as coach.
"I think the first 10 minutes we set the tone and then we just get comfortable," Warlick said. "We get a lead and we get comfortable. We've got to have that killer instinct in us and finish the game the way we start the game."
The Lady Vols will face the South Carolina-Texas A&M winner in Saturday's first semifinal.
Tennessee took its biggest lead of 13 points at 17-4, but couldn't put the game away.
"I think on the offensive end we're just talented," said Cierra Burdick, who had 14 points and eight rebounds. "We've got a bunch of people that can score the basketball. ... We've got to continue to pick it up on defense, because offense is not our problem. It's the defensive end."
Sydney Moss led Florida (18-14) with a career-high 22 points. Moss had a steal and basket with 49 seconds remaining to cut Tennessee's lead to 75-69 ? the Lady Vols' smallest of the half.
Ariel Massengale and Simmons each made two free throws in the final 43 seconds to help seal the win. Taber Spani missed a one-and-one free throw with 30 seconds remaining, but Jaterra Bonds missed a layup for Florida.
Spani, who had 13 points, made three free throws in the final 16 seconds.
Bonds had 18 points and Carlie Needles scored 12 on four 3-pointers for Florida.
Tennessee edged Florida 78-75 in overtime in Gainesville on Jan. 13, giving the Gators confidence they could win the rematch.
"We didn't come here to play close or make it respectable or with any other expectation except to win," said Florida coach Amanda Butler.
After Moss opened the game with a driving basket for Florida, Tennessee scored the next 12 points and never lost the lead.
The Lady Vols ran on every opportunity, sometimes forcing Florida to foul. Tennessee outscored Florida 23-6 on free throws.
"Tennessee did a great job of getting themselves to the free-throw line and really capitalized on those opportunities," Butler said.
Warlick said she wanted her players to force the tempo with a "make or miss" mentality.
"We wanted a fast-tempo game," Warlick said. "I thought we set the tone early. I thought Florida did a great job of adjusting."
Tennessee closed the regular-season with a loss at Kentucky. Simmons said the renewed emphasis on pushing the tempo was "a major difference" against the Gators.
"We came out a lot more hungry this game," Simmons said. "We had a lot of high energy from the coaches on down."
Moss scored the Gators' first eight points. Florida cut into the Lady Vols' lead when it found more help for Moss ? especially from long-range shots. Florida had six 3-pointers in the first half, including three by Needles. A 3-pointer by Lily Svete cut the Lady Vols' lead to 24-22.
Tennessee stretched its advantage to 47-36 at halftime.
Florida got within seven points midway through the second half. Tennessee led 63-56 with 7:23 remaining when Simmons drew her fourth foul on a charge and left the game. The Lady Vols produced an 8-2 run that included two baskets by Burdick, pushing the lead to 71-58.
Simmons returned for the final 2:39 and had a layup with 1:05 remaining after Florida pulled within eight points.
Tennessee won 16 SEC tournaments and eight national championships in 38 seasons with Summitt, who stepped down last April after announcing in 2011 she has early onset dementia. She did not attend the game.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/simmons-no-9-lady-vols-top-florida-82-193522267--spt.html
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Cardinal Turkson: Africa's best hope for pope
Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, center, is photographed by the media as he arrives for an afternoon meeting, at the Vatican, Friday, March 8, 2013. The Vatican says the conclave to elect a new pope will likely start in the first few days of next week. The Rev. Federico Lombardi told reporters that cardinals will vote Friday afternoon on the start date of the conclave but said it was "likely" they would choose Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. The cardinals have been attending pre-conclave meetings to discuss the problems of the church and decide who among them is best suited to fix them as pope. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, center, is photographed by the media as he arrives for an afternoon meeting, at the Vatican, Friday, March 8, 2013. The Vatican says the conclave to elect a new pope will likely start in the first few days of next week. The Rev. Federico Lombardi told reporters that cardinals will vote Friday afternoon on the start date of the conclave but said it was "likely" they would choose Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. The cardinals have been attending pre-conclave meetings to discuss the problems of the church and decide who among them is best suited to fix them as pope. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Nigerian Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson arrives for a meeting, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 6, 2013. Cardinals from around the world have gathered inside the Vatican for their first round of meetings before the conclave to elect the next pope, amid scandals inside and out of the Vatican and the continued reverberations of Benedict XVI's decision to retire. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
A mocking poster showing a picture of Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson reading: "For the next conclave vote for Turkson" is posted in front of the St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome, Friday, March 1, 2013. The Vatican took the first steps of governing a Catholic Church without a pope on Friday, making some ceremonial and practical moves to formalize the end of one pontificate and prepare for the conclave to start the next. Benedict XVI's 8 p.m. resignation Thursday opened what is known as the "sede vacante" or "vacant see" ? the transition period between papacies when a few key Vatican officials take charge of running the church. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson arrives for a meeting at the Vatican, Friday, March 8, 2013. The last cardinal who will participate in the conclave to elect the next pope arrived in Rome on Thursday, meaning a date can now be set for the election. One U.S. cardinal said a decision on the start date is expected soon. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
FILE - This March 1, 2013 file photo shows a poster with a picture of Nigerian Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson with writing reading: "For the next conclave vote for Turkson", in front of the St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome. These are crazy days in Rome - where limbo reigns in parliament and papacy. Italy is usually a pretty anarchic place, with people bucking rules on everything from crossing the street to paying taxes. But the anarchy?s going a bit far: Who's running the country? Who's running the church? Nobody really knows. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, files)
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) ? Often cast as the social conscience of the church, Ghana's Cardinal Peter Turkson is viewed by many as the top African contender for pope.
The 64-year-old head of the Vatican's peace and justice office was widely credited with helping to avert violence following contested Ghanaian elections. He has aggressively fought African poverty, while disappointing many by hewing to the church's conservative line on condom use amid Africa's AIDS epidemic.
Turkson's reputation as a man of peace took a hit recently when he showed a virulently anti-Islamic video, a move now seen as hurting his papal prospects. Observers say those prospects sank further when he broke a taboo against public jockeying for the papacy ? telling The Associated Press the day after Benedict XVI's resignation announcement that he's up for the job "if it's the will of God."
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EDITOR'S NOTE: As the Roman Catholic Church prepares to elect a successor to Pope Benedict XVI, The Associated Press is profiling key cardinals seen as "papabili" ? contenders to the throne. In the secretive world of the Vatican, there is no way to know who is in the running, and history has yielded plenty of surprises. But these are the names that have come up time and again in speculation. Today: Peter Turkson.
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Speculation about the possibility of a pope from the developing world has swirled for years as the church's growth has moved south. In Africa, between 1978 and 2007, the number of Catholics grew from 55 million to 146 million. Latin America counts 40 percent of the world's Catholics. In contrast, Catholic communities in Europe are in decline.
In 2009, Benedict called Africa "an immense spiritual lung" for humanity and he has shown a special regard for the continent, naming a higher percentage of Africans as Cardinals than his predecessors. He went to Cameroon and Angola in 2009 and to Benin in 2011, at age 84. Benedict showed his high esteem for Turkson by naming him to various positions of authority.
Turkson comes from humble beginnings as the child of a carpenter and vegetable seller from the mining town of Wassa Nsuta in western Ghana. He rose quickly in the Catholic Church. After attending St. Peter's Regional Seminary in Ghana, he went on to earn two masters degrees in theology and divinity in 1974 at St. Anthony-on-Hudson Seminary in New York. Pope John Paul II named Turkson Archbishop of Cape Coast in 1992 and made him cardinal in 2003.
He is known by friends and colleagues in Ghana as an intellectual and a down-to-earth "humble servant of God" who prays several hours a day, and in his free time enjoys jogging, playing guitar and singing. He speaks English, Italian, Portuguese, Hebrew and Greek.
Turkson is "quite intellectual, well-rounded, a fine priest," said the current Archbishop of Cape Coast, Mattias Kobena Nketsiah, who has known Turkson for more than 30 years.
Another Ghanaian prelate also spoke of Turkson's humble dedication.
"I was struck by the aura of holiness around him," said Emmanuel Abbey-Quaye, a senior figure in the Ghana Catholic Bishop's Conference who was ordained by Turkson in 2005. "He would spend many hours praying every night and morning."
One of Turkson's most significant achievements is the role he played as peacemaker following Ghana's 2008 elections, when the normally peaceful nation was brought to the edge of violence.
"We were on the brink of disaster because the margin between the winner and loser was so small and people were not ready to accept defeat," recalls Abbey-Quaye. "As chairman of the justice and peace council everyone was looking to him."
Turkson met with electoral officials and political parties "spreading a message of peace," Abbey-Quaye said. "He was not vocal. He did it underground. It saved the whole nation."
Archbishop Nketsiah said that as pope, Turkson would be conservative. "You can't expect him to be the liberal pope people are anticipating," he said.
Abbey-Quaye agrees, especially concerning issues such as the ordination of female priests and condom use: "He would not drift too far," he said.
Turkson's prospects are hindered by some of his own actions.
Last year, he caused a major stir during a meeting of the world's bishops by screening an alarmist video about the inroads Islam is making in Europe and the world. He apologized, but some say the gaffe ended his hopes as a papal contender: Even Vatican Radio condemned the film as a "4-year-old, fear-mongering presentation of statistics" that have been widely debunked.
Turkson's statements the day after Benedict's resignation announcement ? in which he said it's time for a developing world pope ? were also seen as a miscue. At the Vatican there's an old adage: "He who enters the conclave a pope comes out a cardinal."
Meanwhile, in Ghana, the Catholic community is adopting a "wait-and-see attitude," said Abbey-Quaye. "Our reaction is we are waiting in prayer."
"We are not overly concerned to have someone from any particular continent or of any particular skin color," he said. "But I can say, if he gets the nod, it would be a great honor for us as a church and for Africa."
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Warehouse Interim Profit Grows On Higher Sales,... | Stuff.co.nz
The Warehouse Group is pulling the plug on its Bond & Bond store network but says no non-management staff will be forced out of a job.
The group, which is closing 12 Bond & Bond stores around the country and converting or merging 12 others into Noel Leeming stores, says all non-management staff will be offered comparable roles in Noel Leeming stores.
Job cuts were possible amongst management and support staff, but chief executive Mark Powell expected total losses to be minimal. He said "every effort" would be made to offer Bond & Bond store managers suitable roles within Noel Leeming or the wider group.
The group bought Noel Leeming Group, which includes Bond & Bond, in December for $65 million. The merger is expected to be complete by early April and will increase the Noel Leeming network to 75 stores nationwide.
"The Noel Leeming leadership team has determined that Bond & Bond is not sufficiently differentiated, and has too few stores, to operate separately," Powell said.
"The decision will ensure a clear focus on Noel Leeming stores which offer a solid platform for growth as New Zealand's number one electronics retailer."
Bond & Bond would retain an online presence, he said.
The Warehouse Group this morning reported a 97 per cent boost in first-half net profit to $106.3m, on increased sales and gains from selling properties.
Stripping out the impact of property sales, the retailer made a net profit for the six months to January 27 of of $53m, up 13.2 per cent year-on-year. Sales lifted 18.3 per cent to $1.1 billion.
Excluding Noel Leeming Group, which the company bought in December, sales rose 4.5 per cent to $978.8m.
The Noel Leeming Group achieved sales for the two months since its acquisition of $129.3m, while earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation came in at $5.8m - at the top end of guidance.
Powell said the continued sales growth and gross margin improvement was pleasing.
"While still early in our multi-year transformation, we are pleased with the results of investments in our stores and people," he said.
"We plan to accelerate the number of store re-fits this calendar year to 24 and will continue to invest ahead of the curve in the multi-channel area."
The Warehouse's online sales increased 136 per cent in the half, partly thanks to the launch of its daily deals site Red Alert in the first quarter.
The group bought import specialist Insight Traders - to enhance its bargain sourcing power - for an undisclosed sum in September, and on Monday announced it had bought just over half of Hamilton-based online retailer Torpedo7 for up to $33m.
The group said that, subject to any material change in trading conditions, it expected full-year net profit to land between $73m and $76m - up from $65.2m last financial year.
The Warehouse Group will pay an interim dividend of 15.5 cents per share, up 2c on the previous first-half dividend. Shares in The Warehouse are trading up 25 cents this morning, at $3.75.
- ? Fairfax NZ News
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Brazil: police puzzle over 7 gift-wrapped skulls
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) ? Police in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo are baffled by a macabre puzzle: someone has been leaving gift-wrapped human skulls around town.
Investigator Paul Henry Bozon Verduraz described the case to the Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper in a story published Thursday.
The first skull in cherry-red wrapping was found on February 20 in a planter near a residential building downtown. Since then, seven others have been found near Mormon temples or consulates, including those for Russia, the Czech Republic and South Africa. The skulls are old, with traces of dirt.
Verduraz says security cameras captured images of a woman in an ankle-length skirt leaving the skulls, which seem old, with traces of dirt. He thinks this may be part of some sort of ritual.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/brazil-police-puzzle-over-7-gift-wrapped-skulls-183032395.html
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Friday, March 8, 2013
Curiosity sleeps as solar blast races toward Mars
LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Curiosity hunkered down Wednesday after the sun unleashed a blast that raced toward Mars.
While the hardy rover was designed to withstand punishing space weather, its handlers decided to power it down as a precaution since it suffered a recent computer problem.
"We're being more careful," said project manager Richard Cook of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which runs the $2.5 billion mission.
While Curiosity slept, the Opportunity rover and two NASA spacecraft circling overhead carried on with normal activities.
On Tuesday, scientists noticed a huge flare erupting from the sun that hurled a stream of radiation in Mars' direction. The solar burst also spawned a cloud of superheated gas that barreled toward the red planet at 2 million mph.
The eruption did not appear severe or extreme, but "middle of the road, all things considered" said space weather chief Bob Rutledge at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The solar tempest was not expected to have an impact on Earth. In the past, such outbursts have triggered solar storms with the ability to disrupt utility grids, airline flights, satellite networks and GPS services. They're also known to produce shimmering auroras in places farther from the poles.
Since Mars lacks a planet-wide magnetic field, it does not experience geomagnetic storms. Rather, the planet sees a spike in radiation, Rutledge said.
Powerful solar blasts can cause trouble to Mars spacecraft. In 2003, an intense solar flare knocked out the radiation detector on the Odyssey orbiter.
NASA does not expect similar drama from the latest solar activity.
In the worst-case scenario, one or more of the working Mars spacecraft may enter "safe mode" in which science activities are halted but they remain in contact with Earth.
"We'll be watching and seeing what happens," said Roger Gibbs, JPL deputy manager for the Mars exploration program.
The unsettled space weather comes as Curiosity is recovering from a memory hiccup that put its science experiments on hold. It was the first major problem to hit the car-size since landing in an ancient crater near the Martian equator last year to hunt for the chemical building blocks of life.
Engineers were in the middle of troubleshooting when they decided to wait for the weather to pass. The delay means it'll take longer for Curiosity to return to analyzing the pinch of rock powder from a recent drilling.
Since its instruments are turned off, it can't use its radiation sensor to track the solar particles.
"It's just bad timing," Cook said.
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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/curiosity-sleeps-solar-blast-races-toward-mars-195607889.html
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Thursday, March 7, 2013
House of the Week: Bob Hope's Iconic Lautner Home for Sale ...
Bob and Dolores Hope. Source: Hope Family
Bob Hope owned a collection of homes in Palm Springs and the L.A. area, and two have already hit the market ??both snagging buyers within a month of listing. But the real prize of Hope?s homes is the John Lautner-designed property, an architectural treasure that hit the market in late February for $50 million.
Architect John Lautner was well-known for his dramatic designs, and his biggest piece was a custom home for Bob and Dolores Hope. Perched in the private neighborhood of Southridge, the estate dominates a corner lot with sweeping views of the entire Coachella Valley.
Hope?s 23,366-square-foot home was designed in 1973 by Lautner to resemble a volcano. The modernist structure is built of concrete and glass, with an undulating copper roof that rises to an open semi-circle at its center.
The home was used primarily as a second residence for the Hope family and was the place where they entertained most often, inviting friends such as Tony Bennett and Glen Campbell to enjoy the views from the house.
Listed by Ann Eysenring of Partners Trust in Beverly Hills along with Patrick Jordan and Stewart Smith of Windermere Real Estate in Palm Springs, the home has 6 bedrooms and 12 baths. Outdoor spaces include a pool, pond, tennis court and outdoor fireplace.
The Lautner home is just the latest of the Hope estates to be listed; the final property, a custom home in Toluca Lake, Los Angeles used by the Hopes as their primary residence, has yet to be listed.
See the home?s e-brochure.
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Source: http://www.zillowblog.com/2013-03-06/house-of-the-week-bob-hopes-iconic-lautner-home-for-sale/
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Tom Morris: The Philosopher King of Reality TV
I've been watching too much reality TV. Well, maybe you have too. And I just had a dream the other night that, as a public philosopher, I was hosting a new show. Then, I realized that if it was a hit, I could have a huge new empire of reality TV shows on my hands. Here's what I mean.
My first dream show is an inevitable twist, from my point of view, on the standard HGTV real estate series:
Million Dollar Open House... With a Philosopher: This show offers the ultimate opportunity to think through a major New York City real estate purchase. I'll co-host open house extravaganzas at Manhattan's finest apartments. The other host, a licensed real estate broker, can talk to potential buyers about square footage, neighborhood amenities, and price. I'll help them reflect on image, convenience, wealth, and the importance of location in America -- all connected, of course, with meaning of life issues. The philosopher is in.
And, if this is a success, there are other, even more exciting possibilities. I can see the pitch line-up now:
Dinner With a Philosopher: Something for The Food Network, reminding us that great meals aren't ultimately just about food, but provide the ideal contexts for amazing conversations with friends and family. Think: My Dinner With Andre, but with more laughs and more people. Or: Jon Favreau's Dinner for Five, but with more pondering. And of course, remember the wine: In Vino Veritas.
Top Sage: A group of young philosophers are rounded up and taken to a famous philosophy department, posed thorny problems, and forced to whip up short lectures and dish out new ideas under severely ridiculous time constraints. Sometimes, their hands are tied with limited resources. "You have one hour and have to do this using only classic pragmatism." Or: "Draw only from ingredients in Wittgenstein's thought." They go, "Oh, no!" on camera. A team of experts ridicules or praises them. At the end, we discover who has what it takes to be Top Sage. And of course, it's announced by Padma Lakshmi and Tom Collichhio, both wearing, "I Think Therefore I Am" T-shirts.
The Brain: For a major network. Like The Voice, only with no songs.
Semantic Survivor: Plato's Cave Version: A group of highly driven personalities are taken to a remote cave, divided into two rival tribes, and forced to compete in a series of increasingly impossible semantic arguments, where they seek to separate reality from illusion. Each week one member of the tribe is refuted out of the cave. The tribe has spoken. Q.E.D.
Philosophy on the Beach: The Tom Morris Show: Featuring me, Tom Morris, and executive produced by me, Tom Morris... and Oprah Winfrey (for the money part). This is perfect for Oprah's network. The way I see it, O can have me over to her place in Hawaii and we can philosophize on the beach. Hey, somebody's gotta do it. Whatever it takes for ratings.
Repo With a Philosopher: Something for TruTV. Yeah, TruTV. I ride with a repo man and engage the stunned targets of his employment with lively discussions on the concepts of ownership and debt, the vicissitudes of loss, and the transience of all things physical, while he hooks up the Mercedes.
S.W.A.T. -- Philosophy (Special Wisdom, Analysis, Talk): This is for TLC, if they don't go for Honey Boo Boo -- Thinker. I ride with L.A.'s finest as the ultimate hostage negotiator. Sample: "Gimme the phone. Can you hear me? OK. Don't you realize that we're ALL hostages... to fate? All of us! So this particular act of hostage taking is fundamentally REDUNDANT, given our existential condition! Utterly superfluous! Do you hear me? Therefore, lay down your weapon now, or be prepared to justify its ownership in the face of formidable arguments to the contrary."
The Biggest Thinker: For a major network. Big brains weigh in with heavy thoughts once a week. A panel of judges puts them on a seriously restricted diet: No historical references, no obscure technical terms, no name-dropping, and we watch how the discussions shrink.
The Real Philosophers of Boston: The cameras follow five well-groomed Boston area academics from elite institutions, all of whom are obvious narcissists, augmented by a supporting cast of young graduate school bimbos or himbos (an emphasis on himbos if pitched to Bravo). World-class cattiness ensues.
Bachelor of Philosophy: Again, major network fodder. Single, eligible young philosophy major meets a bevy of brainy beauties in a major bookstore, intent on an intellectual hookup, despite his employment options. Steamy discussions ensue. Maybe the winner gets a girl and a job, both otherwise highly unlikely prospects for philosophy majors.
Seminar Impossible: A Robert Irvine type visits undergraduate and graduate seminars that are struggling, and turns them around in two class sessions. His top-notch crew of seminar designers gives the classroom an amazing makeover, and after repeatedly insulting both the syllabus and the pathetic methods of pedagogy on display, he shows the professor how to spice up the sessions. There will be a website where we can check on how the seminar did in student course evaluations, and whether it's ever offered again.
Fear Factor -- Philosophy: This one's almost too obvious. Contestants are taken to the smallest section in a major bookstore, back near the restrooms, and are forced to read aloud and explain unintelligible passages in major and minor philosophers. "Oh, No! The Kant! God, No! Not Again!"
Keeping Up With the Kierkegaardians: For the E! network. Several dark-haired Danes philosophize with professional athletes, rappers, and rich boys with no discernible source of income, surrounded by all the trappings of great wealth, in L.A. and Miami. Many sessions take place in the backseats of new Bentleys.
Project Professorial Runway: I'll co-host this one with Heidi Klum. And I want the old panel of judges -- Michael Kors, Nina Garcia, and some other celebrity each week. For over 2,000 years, philosophers have been identified with one garment, the toga. Not exactly flattering couture for most of us. The only accepted alternative has been the tweed jacket. A group of hot young designers will be tasked to create a new look for thinkers. Tim Gunn will spur them on, despite endless drama. ("That design makes you look like Aquinas!") "Make it happen!"
Divine Design on a Dime: For A&E or The History Channel. A young intellectual fashion-savvy philosopher considers theological thought structures inspired by the interior design of our entire universe. The goal is to empower the viewer: "You can use the public library, contemplate the starry skies, consider the moral law within, and think these thoughts on your own, for no more than a dime!" (There's a parking meter outside the public library.)
What Not to Think: Like the famous show What Not to Wear, but we'll be doing makeovers on middle-aged people's attitudes, beliefs, and values. "OK, that thought is SO '80s! And frumpy! You should be embarrassed! We need to get it out of the closet of your mind FOREVER." At the end will be a "reveal" where the family of our makeover recipient gets to see his or her new worldview on display. Family reactions sell the show. "Mom! Your reasoning is SO incredible! You sound 10 years younger!" And "I could never imagine my wife would think like this!"
Million Dollar Library: I visit homes where the owners have spared no expense in building ornate personal libraries emphasizing philosophy. We'll feature lavish rooms filled with the best bound books and adorned with swag and... hot tubs, and whenever possible, connected to indoor pools or bowling alleys. This will be a fascinating look at Retro Book Lux in a day when most home libraries consist of nothing more than an iPad or a lonely Nook lying on a table.
And, of course, if any of these shows work, and especially if they all do -- in which case I'll be richer than Croesus and Regis put together -- then there's one more. I know: I can't do everything. There's only one Ryan Seacrest. But still, consider:
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Philosopher? This is for NBC (alas, for the moment, No Body Cares), to help with ratings. Out of an audience of "ordinary people" (i.e. not philosophy students or professors), clueless contestants will be picked, put in a Throne of Thought, and asked unanswerable questions. They will have three lifeline phone calls available, to equally unenlightened friends, or to a few specially selected engineering majors (just for laughs). Perplexity results, and for everyone involved, not just for the TV critics and culture commentators -- unlike the rest of reality TV.
So, Andy Cohen, if you're out there wondering what in the world is next for the broadening realm of reality television, I offer you a shot at co-producing any of these exciting real-world dramedies. And I'm happy to be the on-air host for any of them. "But," my friends all say, "What about the public humiliation factor?" I reply, "For me, it's nothing new. In our current culture, I call myself a philosopher."
Full Disclosure: I have to admit that I'm not just suggesting all this as a massive act of national altruism. There's a lot in it for me, too, as you might have noticed already. I mean, in addition to all the clip-on microphones, free pancake makeup, and magazine covers that will surely get me reservations for the first time ever in all the hot restaurants, I can almost taste the major, massive golden book deal at the end of this rainbow. And of course, the new line of Metaphysical Margaritas by Morris that will be enjoyed nationwide by Internet intelligentsia and culture mavens as I expand my new empire all over America. And, with all that, I may be able to get my own perch in the back seat of a very contemplative Bentley.
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Samsung invests $112 million in Japan's Sharp
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ? Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday it will invest 10.4 billion yen ($111.5 million) in Sharp Corp. to secure a supply of large-size LCD panels.
The agreement gives Samsung a 3 percent stake in Osaka-based Sharp and a supply of large-size LCD panels for televisions. Samsung said in a statement that the investment will help strengthen Sharp's LCD panel business. The South Korean company known for its Galaxy smartphones and tablets said it will not be involved in Sharp's management.
The alliance is a boost for the troubled Japanese company that has been seeking to raise capital as part of its turnaround plans. Sharp shares jumped 14.1 percent in Tokyo trading.
The maker of Igzo display panels and Aquos TVs has struggled to stay afloat as competition from South Korean and Chinese TV makers squeezed Japanese manufacturers and their ability to make the big capital investments needed in the hyper competitive LCD industry.
Sharp has been in talks with Taiwan-based Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., also known as Foxconn, to raise capital but no deal has been reached. Sharp announced in December a 9.9 billion yen investment from Qualcomm Inc. to jointly develop new display technology.
Sharp has LCD panel factories in Kameyama and Sakai in Japan and produces small- and medium-sized panels for smartphones as well as large panels for TVs.
The deal with Samsung helps Sharp ramp up its display panel production. Sharp's panel clients include Samsung's rival Apple Inc. and Samsung, though the South Korea company gets most of its panel supply from its affiliate Samsung Display Co.
Sharp forecasts a record 450 billion yen ($5 billion) loss for its business year through March and has struggled to cut costs and reshape its business, partly because it has invested in expensive plants in Japan that make panels for which prices have fallen sharply overseas. The plants embody Sharp's prized technology, but they also make the company hostage to the yen's swings.
The agreement is the latest investment in Japanese firms by Samsung, which sits on a stockpile of cash and has strong overseas buying power because of the won's rise. In January, it acquired a 5 percent stake in Wacom Co., a Japanese firm with digital pen technology.
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Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Congressional Dems seek to raise minimum wage
WASHINGTON (AP) ? House and Senate Democrats want to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, more than a dollar higher than President Barack Obama proposed in his State of the Union address.
Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin and California Rep. George Miller say their bill, introduced Tuesday, would boost the minimum from its current rate of $7.25 an hour by 2015. It then calls for automatic annual increases tied to changes in the cost of living.
Obama's proposal last month called for an increase to $9 an hour, but Harkin says that doesn't go far enough.
The lawmakers say a hike in the minimum wage would help lift millions of workers out of poverty and boost the economy. But top Republicans have rejected the idea, saying it would hurt employers.
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