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Tuesday, June 25, 2013
NY court upholds ex-billionaire's conviction
NEW YORK (AP) ? The conviction of a onetime billionaire on insider trading charges was upheld Monday by a federal appeals court that concluded the government did not cheat to obtain permission to make its most extensive use of wiretaps ever in such a case.
Lawyers for 56-year-old Raj Rajaratnam had argued on appeal that the government improperly persuaded a judge in 2008 to permit a wiretap to be placed on Rajaratnam's cellphone. The wiretap was used to record 2,200 private conversations by Rajaratnam, the founder of the Galleon group of 14 hedge funds. Several dozen of those conversations were played for the jury that convicted him in 2011 of multiple counts of securities fraud and conspiracy to commit securities fraud.
"Rajaratnam's arguments are not persuasive," the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals wrote in a unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel in Manhattan.
The court said the wiretaps were properly obtained, despite a lower-court judge's finding that information about a probe of Rajaratnam by the Securities and Exchange Commission was "clearly critical" and that the government acted with "reckless disregard for the truth" in omitting certain information about the investigation in its requests for wiretaps.
The appeals court said it could not conclude that the government acted recklessly in its wiretap requests when fully disclosing the details of the SEC investigation would only have strengthened its argument for wiretaps.
Chronologies of the SEC's probe strongly suggested that Rajaratnam had been careful to exchange nearly all of his inside information by telephone, the appeals court noted. And it recounted statements by a government lawyer and an FBI agent who said they never thought about including information about the SEC probe in its wiretap application. The appeals panel said the lower-court judge had erred in failing to consider the states of mind of the wiretap applicants.
The Sri Lanka-born Rajaratnam, arrested in 2009, is serving an 11-year prison sentence at a Massachusetts prison after the government said he made $75 million illegally. He did not appeal the legality of his sentence, which was substantially less than the 19 1/2 to 24 1/2 years prison term sought by the government.
He is scheduled to be released in 2021. In his criminal case, he was fined $10 million and was ordered to forfeit $53.8 million. He also was ordered to pay a record $92.8 million civil penalty to the SEC.
Prosecutors obtained more than two dozen convictions in a case they once called the biggest insider trading prosecution in history.
His lawyers declined to comment Monday.
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Monday, June 24, 2013
Edward Snowden tells South China Morning Post he took Booz Allen job to collect NSA information
Edward Snowden may now be far from Hong Kong, but the South China Morning Post has just revealed more details from an interview he granted on June 12th while he was still there. According to the paper, Snowden reportedly said that he took a job with NSA-contractor Booz Allen Hamilton in order to gather additional evidence about the spy agency's activities. "My position with Booz Allen Hamilton granted me access to lists of machines all over the world the NSA hacked," he said. "That is why I accepted that position about three months ago." He reportedly further said "correct on Booz," when asked if he specifically went to Booz Allen to gather evidence of surveillance. As the paper notes, Snowden also said that he took pay cuts "in the course of pursuing specific work" in an online Q&A with The Guardian last week, and he's also indicated that he has more information he intends to leak, adding that he'd like to "make it available to journalists in each country to make their own assessment."
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€3.9 M project hailed success by the EC
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Huddersfield plays major role in multi-million euro HARCO Project to revolutionize machine tools
Named HARCO (Hierarchical and Adaptive Smart Components for precision production systems application), the three-year project officially concludes this summer and was backed to the tune of 3.9 million Euros by the European Commission Seventh Framework Programme (FP7).
The University of Huddersfield, home to a globally-respected EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Advanced Metrology, was one of ten Europe-wide collaborators in the project, which was co-ordinated by the Italian company Ce.S.I. (Centro Studi Industriali), a long-established designer of high-performance machine tools.
"HARCO has been a great success and achieved its goals," said the University of Huddersfield's Professor Alan Myers. He explained that the University's team of researchers, based in the EPSRC Centre, had developed equipment that will be used to reduce vibration levels on machine tools and therefore make significant improvements in the accuracy of the products they manufacture. ?
Earlier in 2013, Gian Maura Maneia of Ce.S.I., who is project co-ordinator for HARCO, led a fact-finding visit to the University of Huddersfield by all the member organisations. He explained that the HARCO research was triggered by the need to increase machine tool accuracy and reduce the number of faulty parts that were produced, while keeping costs low.
?This will be done by adding modules to existing machinery or incorporating them into new ones. As a result, European machine tool manufacturers will be able to achieve the same levels of accuracy as the highest quality products on the global market, but do so at up to half the cost.
The HARCO research will result in the production of adaptronic modules incorporating electromechanical, electronic and measuring systems that can perform a wide range of tasks. These include active vibration control and interactive structural measurement. The result will be the extremely high dynamic characteristics and thermal stability required for fast precision machining.
HARCO is being hailed as a success story, said Mr Maneia, who was invited to present the project's findings at a special European Commission event in Brussels. It was expected that equipment resulting from the project would soon be commercially available.
The University's role in HARCO had been to develop a structural monitoring module that will detect inaccuracies caused by thermal effects on a machine and apply a correction through numerical control. The result is a very sophisticated monitoring unit, said Mr Maneia, who has worked with the University of Huddersfield experts on previous projects revolving around machine tool accuracy.
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Named HARCO (Hierarchical and Adaptive Smart Components for precision production systems application), the three-year project officially concludes this summer and was backed to the tune of 3.9 million Euros by the European Commission Seventh Framework Programme (FP7).
The University of Huddersfield, home to a globally-respected EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Advanced Metrology, was one of ten Europe-wide collaborators in the project, which was co-ordinated by the Italian company Ce.S.I. (Centro Studi Industriali), a long-established designer of high-performance machine tools.
"HARCO has been a great success and achieved its goals," said the University of Huddersfield's Professor Alan Myers. He explained that the University's team of researchers, based in the EPSRC Centre, had developed equipment that will be used to reduce vibration levels on machine tools and therefore make significant improvements in the accuracy of the products they manufacture. ?
Earlier in 2013, Gian Maura Maneia of Ce.S.I., who is project co-ordinator for HARCO, led a fact-finding visit to the University of Huddersfield by all the member organisations. He explained that the HARCO research was triggered by the need to increase machine tool accuracy and reduce the number of faulty parts that were produced, while keeping costs low.
?This will be done by adding modules to existing machinery or incorporating them into new ones. As a result, European machine tool manufacturers will be able to achieve the same levels of accuracy as the highest quality products on the global market, but do so at up to half the cost.
The HARCO research will result in the production of adaptronic modules incorporating electromechanical, electronic and measuring systems that can perform a wide range of tasks. These include active vibration control and interactive structural measurement. The result will be the extremely high dynamic characteristics and thermal stability required for fast precision machining.
HARCO is being hailed as a success story, said Mr Maneia, who was invited to present the project's findings at a special European Commission event in Brussels. It was expected that equipment resulting from the project would soon be commercially available.
The University's role in HARCO had been to develop a structural monitoring module that will detect inaccuracies caused by thermal effects on a machine and apply a correction through numerical control. The result is a very sophisticated monitoring unit, said Mr Maneia, who has worked with the University of Huddersfield experts on previous projects revolving around machine tool accuracy.
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Martin Luther King Jr. Detroit March Of 1963 Commemorated 50 Years Later With Walk Down Woodward
DETROIT -- Thousands participated in a Detroit march commemorating the 50th anniversary of one that Martin Luther King Jr. led in 1963.
The walk down Woodward Avenue on Saturday morning culminated in a riverfront rally at Hart Plaza.
The civil rights icon visited Detroit on June 23, 1963, to lead tens of thousands in a freedom walk and also previewed his "I Have a Dream" speech.
Martin Luther King III, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing and the Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton participated in Saturday's march and rally.
Detroit NAACP President Wendell Anthony said the march "signifies that the work for freedom and justice must continue" in Detroit and worldwide.
Sharpton says it's important to keep fighting for justice and marchers weren't merely taking "a nostalgia trip down Woodward."
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Sunday, June 23, 2013
Audi wins Le Mans race marred by driver's death
LE MANS, France (AP) ? Audi has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the fourth straight year in an endurance race overshadowed by the death of Danish driver Allan Simonsen at the start.
Simonsen was the first driver fatality at Le Mans since 1997.
Tom Kristensen, Allan McNish and Loic Duval steered Audi No. 2 to victory on Sunday, one lap ahead of Toyota No. 8 driven by Anthony Davidson, Sebastien Buemi and Stephane Sarrazin.
It was Duval's first victory at the world's most famous endurance race, but the third for McNish and the ninth for Kristensen, who extended his record for most titles by a driver.
Audi earned its 12th title at Le Mans, four shy of Porsche's record.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/audi-wins-le-mans-race-marred-drivers-death-133547231.html
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Ohio air show resumes after stuntwoman, pilot die
A stunt plane loses control as a wing walker performs at the Vectren Air Show just before crashing, Saturday, June 22, 2013, in Dayton, Ohio. The crash killed the pilot and the stunt walker instantly, authorities said. (AP Photo/Thanh V Tran)
A stunt plane loses control as a wing walker performs at the Vectren Air Show just before crashing, Saturday, June 22, 2013, in Dayton, Ohio. The crash killed the pilot and the stunt walker instantly, authorities said. (AP Photo/Thanh V Tran)
Flames erupt from a plane after a stunt plane crashed while performing with a wing walker at the Vectren Air Show, Saturday, June 22, 2013, in Dayton, Ohio. The crash killed the pilot and the wing walker instantly, authorities said. (AP Photo/Thanh V Tran)
A wing walker performs at the Vectren Air Show just before crashing, Saturday, June 22, 2013, in Dayton, Ohio. The crash killed the pilot and the stunt walker instantly, authorities said. (AP Photo/Thanh V Tran)
Flames erupt from a plane after it crashed at the Vectren Air Show at the airport in Dayton, Ohio. The crash killed the pilot and stunt walker on the plane instantly, authorities said. (AP Photo/Dayton Daily News, Ty Greenlees)
This photo provided provided WHIO TV shows a plane after it crashed Saturday, June 22, 2013, at the Vectren Air Show near Dayton, Ohio. There was no immediate word on the fate of the pilot, wing walker or anyone else aboard the plane. No one on the ground was hurt. (AP Photo/WHIO-TV)
CINCINNATI (AP) ? An air show in southwestern Ohio reopened with a moment of silence Sunday, a day after a pilot and wing walker died in a horrifying, fiery crash in front of thousands of spectators.
The Vectren Air Show near Dayton closed after Saturday's crash but resumed Sunday in honor of pilot Charlie Schwenker and veteran stuntwoman Jane Wicker, both of Virginia.
The two were killed when their plane crashed suddenly in front of spectators who screamed in shock as the aircraft quickly was engulfed in flames. No one else was hurt.
Video of the crash showed their plane gliding through the sky before abruptly rolled over, crashing and exploding into flames. Wicker had been sitting atop the 450 HP Stearmans.
The decision to resume the show a day after the crash was an emotional one supported by Wicker's ex-husband, said air show general manager Brenda Kerfoot.
"He said, 'This is what Jane and Charlie would have wanted,'" Kerfoot said. "'They want you to have a safe show and go out there and do what you do best.'"
Wicker, 44, of Loudon, Va., was a mother of two boys and engaged to be married, Kerfoot said. Schwenker, 64, of Oakton, Va., was married.
The cause of the crash is unclear and the conclusion of an investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board likely will take months.
Debris from the crash was cleared Saturday after investigators collected what they needed.
Wicker, a seasoned wing walker, was performing Saturday at the Dayton air show for the first time.
Wicker's website says she responded to a classified ad from the Flying Circus Airshow in Bealeton, Va., in 1990, for a wing-walking position, thinking it would be fun. She was a contract employee who worked as a Federal Aviation Administration budget analyst, the FAA said.
In one post on Wicker's site, the stuntwoman explains what she loved most about her job.
"There is nothing that feels more exhilarating or freer to me than the wind and sky rushing by me as the earth rolls around my head," says the post. "I'm alive up there. To soar like a bird and touch the sky puts me in a place where I feel I totally belong. It's the only thing I've done that I've never questioned, never hesitated about and always felt was my destiny."
She also answered a question she said she got frequently: What about the risk?
"I feel safer on the wing of my airplane than I do driving to the airport," she wrote. "Why? Because I'm in control of those risks and not at the mercy of those other drivers."
A program for the air show touted Wicker as performing "heart-stopping" feats and who did moves that "no other wing walker is brave enough to try."
"Wing riding is not for this damsel; her wing walking style is the real thing," the program said. "With no safety line and no parachute, Jane amazes the crowd by climbing, walking, and hanging all over her beautiful ... aircraft.
"Spectators are sure to gasp as this daredevil demonstrates in true form the unbelievable art of wing walking," it says.
On the video of the crash, an announcer narrates as Wicker's plane glides through the air.
"Keep an eye on Jane. Keep an eye on Charlie. Watch this! Jane Wicker, sitting on top of the world," the announcer said, right before the plane makes a quick turn and nosedive.
Some spectators said they knew something was wrong because the plane was flying low and slow.
Thanh Tran, of Fairfield, said he could see a look of concern on Wicker's face just before the plane went down.
"She looked very scared," he said. "Then the airplane crashed on the ground. After that, it was terrible, man ... very terrible."
In 2011, wing walker Todd Green fell 200 feet to his death at an air show in Michigan while performing a stunt in which he grabbed the skid of a helicopter.
In 2007, veteran stunt pilot Jim LeRoy was killed at the Dayton show when his biplane slammed into the runway while performing loop-to-loops and caught fire.
Organizers were presenting a trimmed-down show and expected smaller crowds at Dayton after the Air Force Thunderbirds and other military participants pulled out this year because of federal budget cuts.
The air show, one of the country's oldest, usually draws around 70,000 people and has a $3.2 million impact on the local economy. Without military aircraft and support, the show expected attendance to be off 30 percent or more.
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Gunmen kill nine foreign tourists and their guide in northern Pakistan
By Jibran Ahmed
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Gunmen stormed a mountaineering base camp in northern Pakistan on Sunday and shot dead nine foreign trekkers and a Pakistani guide as they rested during an arduous climb up one of the world's tallest peaks, police said.
The night-time raid - which killed five Ukrainians, three Chinese and a Russian - was among the worst attacks on foreigners in Pakistan in a decade and underscored the growing reach of militants in a highland region once considered secure.
Police said a 15-strong team of attackers wearing uniforms used by a local paramilitary force arrived at about 1 a.m. at a group of tents and ramshackle huts used by hikers scaling the flanks of the snow-covered 8,125-metre Nanga Parbat peak.
As the killing spree began, the intruders shot dead a Pakistani guard with the tourists and held other workers at gunpoint, a senior official from the northern Gilgit-Baltistan province said. A Chinese climber managed to escape.
"The gunmen held the staff hostage and then started killing foreign tourists and made their escape," the official said.
It was the first time foreign tourists had been attacked in the province, where the convergence of the Hindu Kush, Karakoram and Himalayan ranges has created a stunning landscape explored by only a trickle of the most intrepid mountaineers.
Pakistan's Taliban movement and a smaller militant group both claimed responsibility.
The shootings, which followed several deadly bombings in different parts of Pakistan in the past week, pose a fresh challenge for the new government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who is battling accusations that his calls for dialogue with insurgents amount to appeasing violent extremists.
The deaths of the Chinese are a particular blow for Pakistan, which hosted Chinese Premier Li Keqiang last month in a bid to boost trade ties with the Asian giant via their shared border in Gilgit-Baltistan.
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan told parliament he had sacked Gilgit-Baltistan's police chief and another senior provincial official, an unusual step in Pakistan where senior officials are rarely held accountable for lapses in security.
The move did little to silence questions from critics who asked how gunmen could have slipped past security forces at check points meant to scrutinize visitors to the sensitive mountain region bordering the disputed territory of Kashmir.
CONFLICTING CLAIMS
There were conflicting claims of responsibility for the attack. A Pakistani militant group known as Jundullah, with a track record of attacks in the Gilgit-Baltistan province, was the first to say it was behind the raid.
"These foreigners are our enemies and we proudly claim responsibility for killing them, and will continue such attacks in the future," Jundullah spokesman Ahmed Marwat told Reuters by telephone.
The same group has claimed responsibility for a series of attacks in northern Pakistan in recent years, mostly on members of Pakistan's Shi'ite Muslim minority, known as Shias.
Later, Pakistan's Taliban movement, which has its centre of gravity closer to the Afghan border, said it had shot the trekkers in retaliation for a U.S. drone strike in May that killed its second in command, Wali-ur-Rehman.
"We wanted to seek revenge for the killing of our leader in the drone attack," said Taliban spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan. "Our attacks on foreigners will continue to protest drone strikes."
It was not immediately possible to reconcile the competing claims. Jundullah and the much larger Pakistani Taliban are among loosely aligned militant groups that frequently share personnel, tactics and agendas. Claims for specific incidents are often hard to verify.
Recent attacks by Pakistani militant groups have tended to focus on security forces and religious minorities, particularly Shi'ites, but foreigners have also been targets in the past.
In 2002, 11 French engineers and technicians working on the construction of submarines for the Pakistan navy were killed along with three Pakistanis in a suicide bombing outside a hotel in the port city of Karachi. In 2009, gunmen attacked the visiting Sri Lankan cricket team in the eastern city of Lahore.
The latest killings followed an attack last weekend in the southwestern city of Quetta, when a suicide bomber attacked a bus carrying women students before gunmen stormed the hospital treating survivors. More than 20 people were killed.
(This story corrects Li Keqiang's title)
(Reporting By Jibran Ahmad; Writing by Matthew Green; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/gunmen-kill-10-foreign-tourists-northern-pakistan-police-041053224.html
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Making Ice Brewed Coffee - A Craftsy Food & Cooking Tutorial
We?ve already talked about the intricacies of the right procedure for crafting the perfect cup of pour over coffee. We spoke of freshly roasted beans, the perfect grind and water temperature. Perhaps I even scared some of you away with all the scales, talk of grams and timers. For those of you who are still with me, I?m back with more coffee talk. This time we?re brewing the perfect cup of iced coffee.
Origins
From what I found, New Orleans was the initiator of iced coffee. Although I imagine some Italian might want to argue against that. In their version they?d let coffee grounds along with ground chicory steep in water for at least 12 hours at room temperature before they strained it, and served a tall glass over ice with a healthy amount of milk or cream. Many people continue to drink it in this way and lucky for us, iced Toddy (as this method is referred to) or cold-brew coffee has made its way all over country. Some say this method eliminates some of the unwanted acidic or bright taste in coffee and gives a smooth, rich and full flavor.
Others scoff at this method urging that the iced method (I?ll explain in a second) is the only way to go. I?d take either but today we?re talking about brewing over ice.
The Iced Method
This method was originally created in Japan, and is favored by many as it allows the natural brightness and subtleties of the coffee to come through. Since we?ve already discussed the intricacies of the pour-over method, making iced coffee will be very easy. The basic idea is that you prepare the grounds in the same way as you would a pour over but you use half the amount of water as you would preparing a cup of hot coffee. The other half of the water is in the cup below in the form of ice. So when you are finished you have a perfectly chilled and balanced cup of iced coffee with all the same nuances and flavors that you would have gotten out of a hot cup of coffee.
The Recipe
The basic iced coffee recipe is as follows:
- 1 ounce of freshly ground medium-fine coffee
- 7 ounces ice
- 8 ounces of nearly boiling water
Place the ice in the bottom of your Chemex or cup ? depending on which method you are using. Then proceed as you would the pour over method. The resulting cup of coffee is perfectly chilled, bright, clean and completely refreshing. I like a splash of cream in mine and perhaps some agave or simple syrup but if you?re a purist forget I said that.
If you?re like me and you like the idea of crafting a simple syrup to sweeten your coffee, check out this post for a recipe and variations on that recipe.
Source: http://www.craftsy.com/blog/2013/06/how-to-make-ice-brewed-coffee/
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Saturday, June 22, 2013
Weiner calls rival over voter's gay slur
Christine Quinn said she received a message from Anthony Weiner on Thursday. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)Former Rep. Anthony Weiner called his New York City mayoral rival Christine Quinn on Thursday to clarify a recent discussion he had with a voter who reportedly used a homophobic slur to describe Quinn.
Quinn, who is gay, told reporters on Friday she received a phone message from Weiner on Thursday after he came under fire for not strongly admonishing a voter he met during a campaign event who reportedly referred to Quinn as a ?dyke.?
The interaction, detailed in a Washington Post story, said Weiner did not scold the woman until after he noticed a reporter?s ?incredulous reaction." Weiner then reportedly told the voter, who apologized, ?It?s OK. It?s not your fault.?
On Thursday, Weiner told reporters that he recalled admonishing the woman but insisted he did not recall any further interaction. He reaffirmed his support for gay rights and said he would not tolerate ?any utterance of any type of slur against any community.?
On Friday, Quinn said she was ?grateful? that Weiner clarified the interaction in his phone message to her?but she stopped short of saying whether he explicitly apologized.
?It is incredibly important for all New Yorkers?but particularly those in public life?to make very clear that in this city, the most diverse city in the world, in the city where the LGBT civil rights movement was born, that that type of language cannot be tolerated,? Quinn said, according to Politicker. ?I think all of us need to re-commit to making sure that whenever we hear language of any type that is demeaning, derogatory, racists, sexist, homophobic, anything of that nature, that we speak out against it.?
Weiner issued a stronger apology in a statement issued on Twitter by his spokeswoman Barbara Morgan, insisting again that he did not believe the woman?s comment was ?appropriate.?
?If the impression is that I did, I apologize because behavior like this will absolutely not be tolerated in my administration,? Weiner said.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/weiner-called-quinn-clarify-talk-voter-used-gay-175640568.html
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Stonehenge gathering marks summer solstice
STONEHENGE, England (AP) ? Police say more than 20,000 celebrants have gathered at the famed Stonehenge monument to mark the summer solstice.
The cloud cover Friday morning prevented bright sunshine at dawn of the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere but a joyous spirit prevailed.
Police say there were fewer arrests than usual with 22 people taken into custody, most for drug-related offenses.
The solstice has typically drawn a wide and varied crowd to the mysterious set of standing stones whose purpose remains unclear.
The ancient stone circle on the Salisbury Plain about 80 miles (130 kilometers) southwest of London, was built in three phases between 3000 B.C. and 1600 B.C.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/stonehenge-gathering-marks-summer-solstice-093426441.html
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Kanye West & Kim Kardashian?s Baby Name Revealed?North ?Nori? West
Kanye West & Kim Kardashian’s Baby Name Revealed…North “Nori” West
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have named their baby daughter North West, according to the birth certificate. Sources close to the couple confirmed the decision, after just days ago pals said the reality star had decided on Kaidence Donda. We wish she would have gone with that name! Kim Kardashian and Kanye West will call ...
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Friday, June 21, 2013
YouTube for iOS update with support for video suggestion overlays
YouTube for iOS has been updated with support for overlays with suggestions for what to watch next. These banners come up from the bottom of the video that you are currently watching, suggesting a video for you to watch after your current video is done. Suggestions can be dismissed with a tap of the 'x' button on the right side of the banner. It does not happen automatically, and content providers will need to implement the feature for the banners to appear on their videos.
This update also contains closed captions for live videos along with the usual stability improvements and bug fixes.
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Gold hits two-and-half year low as Fed flags end to easy money
By Jan Harvey
LONDON (Reuters) - Gold plunged to its lowest in more than 2-1/2 years on Thursday, with investors exiting in droves after the U.S. Federal Reserve gave its most explicit signal yet that it plans to bring the era of easy money to an end.
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Wednesday the U.S. economy was expanding strongly enough for the central bank to begin slowing the pace of its bond-buying stimulus later this year.
Losses picked up momentum after bullion broke through its April low at $1,321 an ounce, a key support level, knocking it to a low of $1,285.90, down 4.5 percent and its weakest since September 2010.
Spot gold was down 4 percent at $1,296.60 an ounce at 10:54 a.m. ET, while U.S. gold futures for August delivery were down $77.20 an ounce at $1,297.00.
"Precious metals, in particular gold and silver, are losing their status as a viable asset class to hold," Viktor Nossek, head of research at Boost ETP, said. "The macroeconomic backdrop shows that the U.S. is recovering, Europe is restructuring and China is rebalancing."
He added, "Risk assets further out probably have more appeal because they have an underlying income stream that backs them up. Investors are pre-empting the view of global stabilization by selling precious metals."
The ultra-loose monetary policy brought in by the Fed to boost U.S. growth, which kept interest rates at rock bottom levels while stoking concerns about inflation, was a major factor fuelling a more than decade-long bull run in gold.
Indications that the policy was nearing an end have helped push prices down more than 20 percent this year after 12 straight years of gains. Gold is now firmly in bear market territory, more than 30 percent below its record high of $1,920.30 an ounce, set in September 2011.
"There's always been an expectation that there's inflation lurking around the corner with QE being instigated by the West, but it has never materialized," Nossek said. "The idea of pent-up inflation is not only dissipating, but is nowhere to be seen."
SILVER TUMBLES
Swiss bank UBS early on Thursday slashed its one-month target price for gold to $1,250 from $1,425 previously and its three-month forecast to $1,350 from $1,500, citing the Fed's move.
"This creates an increasingly difficult environment for gold," it said. "Slowing Fed asset purchases, with the end now potentially in sight, higher yields, a stronger dollar and continued improvements in the economy are significant obstacles that perpetuate an already very weak investor sentiment."
Physical gold demand in India, the world's biggest consumer of the metal, remained lackluster on Thursday despite a 4 percent drop in Indian gold prices, in sharp contrast to the response seen in April when spot prices plunged. Gold in rupee terms remains well above its April lows.
Silver was the biggest faller among the precious metals, sliding more than 6 percent to a session low at $19.68 an ounce, its weakest since September 2010. The metal was later down 6.1 percent at $20.02 an ounce.
Spot platinum was down 2.5 percent at $1,375.24 an ounce, while spot palladium was down 4.1 percent at $665. 72 an ounce.
(Additional reporting by Veronica Brown; editing by Jane Baird)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/gold-hits-two-half-low-fed-flags-end-161417771.html
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Obama Talks Climate Change In Berlin Speech: 'We Will Do More'
A Bumpier Ride?
Researchers in Britain have found that <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22076055" target="_blank">climate change could cause increased turbulence</a> for transatlantic flights by between 10 and 40 percent by 2050. (ALEXANDER KLEIN/AFP/GettyImages)
Not A Drop To Drink
A 2012 study from the U.S. Forest Service found that without "major adaptation efforts," parts of the U.S. are likely to see "<a href="http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/42363" target="_blank">substantial future water shortages</a>." Climate change, especially for the Southwest U.S., can both <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/02/25/1638541/study-climate-change-dry-up-us-reservoirs-lake-powell-lake-mead" target="_blank">increase water demand and decrease water supply</a>.
An International Tragedy
Research by British government found that <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/15/somalia-famine-climate-change_n_2883088.html" target="_blank">climate change may have contributed to a famine in East Africa</a> that killed between 50,000 and 100,000 people in 2010 and 2011. At least 24 percent of the cause of a lack of major rains in 2011 can be attributed to man-made greenhouse gases, Met Office modeling showed. (TONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty Images)
A Mighty Wind
The <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/25/frozen-spring-arctic-sea-ice-loss" target="_blank">dramatic and rapid loss of sea ice in recent years</a> has consequences beyond the Arctic. Scientists have found the melting shifts the position of the Jet Stream, bringing cold Arctic air further south and increasing the odds of intense snow storms and extreme spring weather.
An Itch You Can't Scratch
Research indicates that increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide <a href="http://www.onearth.org/blog/poison-ivy-climate-change" target="_blank">result in larger poison ivy plants</a>. Even worse, climate change will mean that the plant's irritating oil will also get more potent.
Worsening Allergies
The <a href="http://www.livescience.com/28320-climate-change-allergies.html" target="_blank">spring 2013 allergy season could be one of the worst ever</a>, thanks to climate change. Experts say that increased precipitation, along with an early spring, late-ending fall and higher levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide may bring more pollen from plants and increased mold and fungal growth.
Gators In The Yard
North American alligators require a certain temperature range for survival and reproduction, traditionally limiting them to the southern U.S. <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/animal_forecast/2013/02/alligators_in_virginia_climate_change_could_be_pushing_cold_blooded_species.single.html" target="_blank">But warming temperatures could open new turf</a> to gators with more sightings farther north.
Melting Blitz In South America
High in the Peruvian Andes, parts of the world's largest tropical ice sheet have melted at an unbelievable pace. Scientists found that significant <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/05/world/americas/1600-years-of-ice-in-perus-andes-melted-in-25-years-scientists-say.html" target="_blank">portions of the Quelccaya Ice Cap that took over 1,600 years to form have melted in only 25 years</a>. (Perito Moreno Glacier pictured)
Wine To Go?
Along with other agricultural impacts, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/08/climate-change-wine_n_3039673.html" target="_blank">climate change may have a dramatic effect on the world's most famous winemaking regions</a> in coming decades. Areas suitable for grape cultivation my shrink, and temperature changes may impact the signature taste of wines from certain regions.
Home Sweet Home
Thanks to climate change, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/blog/polar-arctic-greenland-ice-climate-change" target="_blank">low-lying island nations may have to evacuate</a>, and sooner than previously expected. Melting of the Greenland and west Antarctic ice sheets has been underestimated, scientists say, and populations in countries like the Maldives, Kiribati, Tuvalu and others may need to move within a decade.
Trouble On The Ice
Warmer winters in northern latitudes could mean <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2013/01/18/hamilton-climate-change-rinks.html" target="_blank">fewer days for outdoor hockey</a>. An online project called RinkWatch aims to collect data on the condition of outdoor winter ice rinks in Canada and the northern U.S. and educate people on the impacts of climate change.
A Damper On Your Raw Bar?
Experts speculate that <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/08/100806-oyster-herpes-global-warming-climate-change-science/" target="_blank">warming oceans may have played a part in a strain of herpes</a> that has killed Pacific oysters in Europe in recent years.
The Color-Changing Bears
As Arctic ice melts and polar bears see more of their habitat disappear, the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/03/14/polar-bears-turn-brown-climate-change_n_2878684.html" target="_blank">animals could lose their famous white coats</a>. Researchers have already witnessed polar bears hybridizing with their brown cousins, but note that it would take thousands of years from them to adapt themselves out of existence.
Less Time On The Chair Lift
Climate change means warmer winters in northern latitudes and a shorter ski season. By 2039, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/13/us/climate-change-threatens-ski-industrys-livelihood.html" target="_blank">more than half of the Northeast's ski resorts</a> will not be able to maintain a 100-day season, according to the New York Times. Ski areas will be less likely to receive regular snowfall, and warmer daily low temperatures mean fewer opportunities for snowmaking.
Sour Apples
Apples produced in one Himalayan state of India are already losing their taste and even turning sour, experts say. <a href="http://zeenews.india.com/news/eco-news/arunachal-apples-losing-taste-due-to-climate-chang_831169.html" target="_blank">Increased rainfall and erratic weather in the region mean less than ideal conditions</a> for famously-sweet Kashmiri apples.
A Tough Time For Mushers
With climate change already impacting northern latitudes, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/06/sports/warm-weather-forces-changes-ahead-of-iditarod-race.html" target="_blank">warmer winters in Alaska could mean less than ideal conditions</a> for the famous Iditarod sled dog race. ?It definitely has us concerned,? a musher and Iditarod spokeswoman who's already breeding dogs with thinner coats told The New York Times.
A Cold Cup Of Coffee
<a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/11/121108-climate-change-coffee-coffea-arabica-botanical-garden-science/" target="_blank">Climate change may dramatically shrink the area suitable for coffee cultivation</a> by the end of the century and cause the extinction of Arabica coffee plants in the wild. Starbucks has already declared that "<a href="http://www.starbucks.com/responsibility/environment/climate-change" target="_blank">Addressing climate change is a priority</a>."
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U.S. justices strike down AIDS funding restriction
By Lawrence Hurley
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a George W. Bush-era law requiring non-profit organizations to adopt an anti-prostitution policy in order to obtain federal funding for HIV/AIDS programs abroad.
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in his majority opinion that the 2003 law violated the First Amendment free speech rights of non-governmental organizations that work on HIV/AIDS prevention.
The court vote was 6-2 with Justice Elena Kagan recused, most likely due to her previous role as solicitor general in the Obama administration, when she may have been involved in the litigation.
The law barred funding for organizations that operate programs overseas but do not have a blanket policy opposing prostitution and sex trafficking.
The organizations challenging the provision did not want to take a stand on prostitution. They said the law interfered with their work providing advice and counseling to prostitutes about the risks of HIV infection.
The non-profit world was divided, with 46 groups, many of which focus on women's rights, supporting the law.
The Alliance for Open Society International and Pathfinder International - non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that receive funding for overseas HIV/AIDS prevention - sued in 2005, citing the guarantee of free speech in the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment.
The groups obtained an injunction in 2006 that has prevented the policy from being enforced. Now it never will be.
Thursday's ruling upheld the appeals court's injunction.
"Condemnation and alienation are not public health strategies," said Marine Buissonniere, director of the Open Society Public Health Program, one of the groups that challenged the policy. "The pledge ignores years of evidence that sex workers are critical partners in the fight against AIDS," she added.
FIRST AMENDMENT AT ISSUE
In his opinion, Roberts noted that under Supreme Court precedent, the government can set conditions on funding that relate to the specific way the money is spent but cannot "seek to leverage funding to regulate speech" that falls outside the limits of the program.
"The case is not about the government's ability to enlist the assistance of those with whom it already agrees," Roberts said. "It is about compelling a grant recipient to adopt a particular belief as a condition of funding."
In this instance, the condition constituted "the affirmation of a belief that by its nature cannot be confined within the scope of the government program," meaning it violates the First Amendment, he wrote.
Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas dissented.
Scalia wrote in his dissenting opinion that the policy requirement was "nothing more than a means of selecting suitable agents to perform the government's chosen strategy."
Under the First Amendment, the government is not required to be "viewpoint neutral," he added. "Moreover, the government may enlist the assistance of those who believe in its ideas to carry them to fruition," Scalia said.
Representatives from the U.S. Agency for International Development, which overseas foreign aid, were not immediately available for comment.
The case prompted an unusual coalition of groups, some conservative and some liberal, to back the NGOs.
Eugene Volokh, a First Amendment expert at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, said if the court had endorsed the government's position, it could have led to all kinds of conditions being imposed on government funding and even other forms of government benefits, such as tax exemptions.
"The court wasn't willing to allow the government that kind of power," he said. Volokh filed a brief in the case in support of the challengers.
The American Civil Liberties Union took a similar position.
The government's ability to impose conditions on groups that receive funding does not allow it "to dictate what they believe or what they say with private funds," said attorney Steven Shapiro.
The case is Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society International, U.S. Supreme Court, No. 12-19.
(Reporting by Lawrence Hurley; Editing by Howard Goller and Eric Beech)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/u-justices-strike-down-aids-funding-law-142305269.html
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Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Obama revisits the promises of 2008 in legacy-minded Berlin speech
German Chancellor Angela Merkel watches as U.S. President Barack Obama waves after giving a speech in front of??BERLIN -- In 2008, some 200,000 people packed the streets near this city?s Victory Column and listened raptly to candidate Barack Obama promise to lead a different America on the chaotic global stage ? one that would embrace action to fight climate change, shutter the Guantanamo Bay prison for suspected extremists, seek to eliminate the world?s nuclear weapons stockpiles and battle poverty.
On Wednesday, some 6,000 invited guests filled part of the square on the East side of the city?s Brandenburg Gate to hear President Barack Obama?well, promise action to fight climate change, shutter Guantanamo Bay, work towards eliminating the world?s nuclear stockpiles, and battle poverty.
I still have time to fulfill my promises, he seemed to be saying. The ones I haven't kept, they aren?t broken, just deferred.
Speaking from behind a forbidding wall of bulletproof glass, Obama quoted President John F. Kennedy?s June 1963 ?Ich bin ein Berliner? address and recalled Ronald Reagan?s June 1987 ?tear down this wall? speech. He could hardly do otherwise. But the politician he truly channeled was that promise-maker of 2008. And the one who seemed most on his mind was the Obama who will shoulder history?s judgment.
?As I?ve said, Angela and I don?t exactly look like previous German and American leaders,? he said of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, a near word-for-word reprise of 2008, when he underlined ?I know that I don't look like the Americans who've previously spoken in this great city.?
But the power of Obama?s biography has dimmed in the shadow of controversy: The prospective first black American president from 2008 is now the first American president to openly acknowledge that he has ordered the assassination of U.S. citizens overseas. (The poster pictured half-way down in this Yahoo News story provides a brutal summary). And the NSA spying scandal weighed down Obama's speech with an unapologetic defense of government surveillance.
"Our current programs are bound by the rule of law, and they're focused on threats to our security -- not the communications of ordinary persons. They help confront real dangers, and they keep people safe here in the United States and here in Europe," he insisted. "But we must accept the challenge that all of us in democratic governments face: to listen to the voices who disagree with us; to have an open debate about how we use our powers and how we must constrain them; and to always remember that government exists to serve the power of the individual, and not the other way around."
Ahead of the speech, the White House worked to focus reporters on its core proposal: Deep new cuts to America?s nuclear arsenal.
Obama delivered, calling for reducing America?s deployed nuclear weapons by up to one third, seeking new talks with Russia for more cuts, and drawing down the short-range nukes Washington and Moscow still have deployed in Europe.
?Peace with justice means pursuing the security of a world without nuclear weapons -- no matter how distant that dream may be,? the president declared. (The message in 2008? ?This is the moment when we must renew the goal of a world without nuclear weapons.? On this, at least, Obama has scored some important victories, notably Senate ratification of the New START arms control treaty). But Republicans quickly warned they would oppose new cuts, alleging that Russia has been violating its current commitments.
As he did last month, Obama vowed to shutter the notorious Guantanamo Bay facility that holds about 170 prisoners -- including some cleared for release but without a clear path home.
"Even as we remain vigilant about the threat of terrorism, we must move beyond a mindset of perpetual war. And in America, that means redoubling our efforts to close the prison at Guantanamo," he said.
But it was Congress that served notice in early 2009 that it would not go along with that campaign promise. And it's not at all clear that lawmakers will go along with it before he leaves office in 2017. And it was Congress -- the Senate, specifically -- that blocked Obama's push for an ambitious cap-and-trade mechanism to battle global warming.
Obama warned Wednesday that climate change "is the global threat of our time" and implored the world to "get to work" on slowing or reversing it "before it is too late." He praised Germany and Europe, which he said have led on the issue, and defended the more modest steps his administration has taken.
"We know we have to do more -- and we will do more," he said.
(The 2008 promise? "This is the moment when we must come together to save this planet. Let us resolve that we will not leave our children a world where the oceans rise and famine spreads and terrible storms devastate our lands. Let us resolve that all nations - including my own - will act with the same seriousness of purpose as has your nation, and reduce the carbon we send into our atmosphere.")
Five years ago, Obama argued that "this is the moment when we must give hope to those left behind in a globalized world," saying it was time to "extend our hand to the people in the forgotten corners of this world who yearn for lives marked by dignity and opportunity; by security and justice" and work to "banish the scourge of AIDS in our time."
He re-emphasized those themes Wednesday. "We have a moral obligation and a profound interest in helping lift the impoverished corners of the world," he said, pleading with world leaders to "do everything we can to realize the promise -- an achievable promise -- of the first AIDS-free generation. That is something that is possible if we feel a sufficient sense of urgency."
Obama?s star may have dimmed a bit, but civil engineer Bernd Schneider, 63, still took the day off to come to Berlin from Leipzig, an hour south by train. Tight security means he never got close to the president.
?I just wanted to see what all the fuss was about," Schneider told Yahoo News.
?Obama is OK. I?m not really bothered by the [National Security Agency] snooping. I grew up in East Germany, and you just can?t compare it with the Stasi [or the Ministry for State Security, the former secret police of East Germany]. I guess if I send pictures of my vacation and say, ?The weather was the bomb,? I?m going to be scanned. But I don?t mind if it helps stop terrorism,? he said. ?However, I?m pretty un-German about stuff like that.?
Editor's note: Olivier Knox reported from Washington.
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Katy Perry: Russell Brand dumped her via text
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Katy Perry graces the cover of the July issue of Vogue.
In the past, Katy Perry has shied away from publicly discussing her divorce from comedian Russell Brand, but in a new interview with Vogue, the singer reveals that their relationship -- and their split -- was hardly a "Teenage Dream."
"He's a very smart man, a magical man and I was in love with him when I married him," Perry said.
However, things with Brand, who Perry said was controlling, are anything but "magical" these days.
"Let's just say I haven't heard from him since he texted me saying he was divorcing me December 31, 2011."
Dumped by a text message on New Years Eve?! Ouch! The pop star continued to dish on life after Brand, stating that she once caught him making fun of her during a performance post-split.
"[He's] hysterical in some ways," she said. "Until he started making jokes about me and he didn?t know I was in the audience, because I had come to surprise him at one of his shows. So. Hysterical to a point."
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Katy Perry and Russell Brand married on Oct. 23, 2010.
While Perry admitted that her constant touring played a major role in the relationship's demise, she hints of a bigger underlying reason for the divorce, but declined to elaborate.
"I felt a lot of responsibility for it ending, but then I found out the real truth, which I can?t necessarily disclose because I keep it locked in my safe for a rainy day," she said.
Perry also revealed the real truth about her much-publicized on-and-off relationship with singer John Mayer, refuting claims that she only dated Mayer to get revenge on Brand.
"No, I was madly in love with him. I still am madly in love with him," she said. "All I can say about that relationship is that he?s got a beautiful mind. Beautiful mind, tortured soul. I do have to figure out why I am attracted to these broken birds."
While Perry and Mayer were "off" when she gave the Vogue interview (they most recently split in March), they've been spotted out together in recent weeks. Still, Perry insists that she's coming to terms with being single.
"I have to be happy being alone, and I am happy," she said. "I believe that I will be loved again, in the right way. I know I?m worth it."
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