Chinese bakerys drones to deliver cakes grounded

Shanghai News.Net - Sunday 28th July, 2013

A woman in Chinese business hub Shanghai who drank toad soup in a bid to cure cirrhosis of the liver died from toxins contained in the amphibian, food safety officials said. The 57-year-old woman's husband, who is suffering from cancer, also took some of the toad soup -- said to be a traditional folk remedy -- but survived after treatment, the Shanghai Daily reported Sunday. Officials said the ...

China allocates 100 mn yuan for quake-hit Gansu

Shanghai News.Net - Sunday 28th July, 2013

China's top economic planner has allocated 100 million yuan (around $16 million) for infrastructure reconstruction in quake-hit Gansu province. The fund, allocated by the National Development and Reform Commission, will be used for rebuilding transport, water conservancy and other public facilities in Minxian and Zhangxian counties, the China Daily reported Sunday. A 6.6-magnitude quake jolted ...

Now get cake delivered at your doorstep by drones

Shanghai News.Net - Sunday 28th July, 2013

A cake company based in China has claimed that they used remote-controlled aircraft on five different occasions to deliver their goods across the Huangpu River to their patrons in downtown. According to Men Ruifeng, the marketing manager of the Incake company, the aircraft, which measures 1.1 meters in diameter, has been fitted with five propellers, flies at a height of about 100 meters and can ...

Six killed in China landslide

Shanghai News.Net - Sunday 28th July, 2013

Six people were buried in a landslide in northeast China's Liaoning province early Sunday, officials said. The victims were living in a temporary shed at a construction site in Zhongshan district of Dalian city when the landslide occurred around 4.20 a.m., triggered by incessant rain. Their bodies were later found by rescuers, officials told Xinhua. Since Saturday night, Dalian has been hit ...

Arguing couple strips naked in middle of busy street in China

Shanghai News.Net - Saturday 27th July, 2013

A Chinese couple, who were having a heated argument on a street in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, realized the best way to cool it all down was to take off their clothes. A passerby revealed that the couple started to quarrel on the roadside, and then shifted to the middle of the busy street. The man then started to shed his clothes, followed by his girlfriend, the New York Daily News ...

Chinese National Games flame lit

Shanghai News.Net - Saturday 27th July, 2013

The sacred flame of China's 12th National Games was lit atop Mt. Laotieshan in Dalian city of northeast China's Liaoning province. The ceremony on Friday was held in a traditional sun-ray way by lighting the torch with a spotlight. The torch was passed to China's Olympic champions Liu Yanan and Wang Jiao, reports Xinhua. In bright sunshine that rarely occurs in this wet hot summer, the flame ...

No. 1 Toyota remains top-selling global automaker despite slump in China sales

Shanghai News.Net - Saturday 27th July, 2013

Toyota Motor Corp. has reported that it has beaten US rival General Motors Co. as the top-selling automaker for the first half of this year, despite slump in sales in China, after General Motors held the bragging rights for seven decades till 2008. According to The Japan Times, Japan's leading automaker sold 4.91 million cars and trucks worldwide in the January-June period, down 1.2 percent ...

Half of Chinese urban kids surf internet

Shanghai News.Net - Saturday 27th July, 2013

More than half of children aged four to six in urban areas of China know how to use the internet, according to a report on the lifestyle of Chinese children. In the survey, which covered 9,114 four to 16-year-olds in 10 provincial areas or cities, including Beijing, 93.2 percent of 13-16 year-olds have used the internet, reported Xinhua citing The Beijing Times Saturday. The report put the ...

Armed Chinese ships lock horns with Japanese vessels near disputed Senkaku Islands

Shanghai News.Net - Saturday 27th July, 2013

Armed Chinese Coast Guard ships are reported to have confronted Japanese patrol vessels near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Saturday. According to the Japan Times, the incident is said to have taken place to establish China's maritime claims on the disputed territory and waters off its eastern and southeastern coasts. The new coast guard was formally inaugurated after ...

Dumped mistresses expose Chinese officials corruption

Shanghai News.Net - Saturday 27th July, 2013

An unlikely group of self-styled whistleblowers has emerged to expose Chinese officials' corruption as President Xi Jinping pledges to clean up government corruption in China, with a 26-year old woman named Ji Yingnan claiming that her fiance, a powerful official in Beijing, had been married with a teenage son the entire time they were together. According to The Washington Post, in recent ...

Khalifa foundation to build mosque in China

Shanghai News.Net - Friday 26th July, 2013

The Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation has announced its support for building the Sheikh Zayed Mosque in the China's Wuzhong city. The Sheikh Zayed mosque will house 1,000 worshippers, ablution areas and toilets, with separate facilities for men and women. The project will also provide a residence for the incumbent Imam within its structure, along with a reception area, store, and other ...

Chinese firm to build coal power plant in Morocco

Shanghai News.Net - Friday 26th July, 2013

A Chinese firm is all set to build a 318-megawatt coal-fired plant in the African nation of Morocco. According to Morocco's state power utility ONEE, the plant, for which a deal has been signed by Chinese firm -- Sepco III, is to be built in Jerada city, near the Algerian border, a former coal mines hub closed in 2001. Its operation will start by 2016-end, Xinhua reported. The new plant is ...

Rising India China boosting world energy use

Shanghai News.Net - Friday 26th July, 2013

Driven by growth in the developing world, particularly the rising prosperity in India and China, world energy consumption is projected to increase by 56 percent over the next three decades, according to a new report. The International Energy Outlook 2013, released Thursday by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), estimates that energy use would increase from 524 quadrillion British ...

Di Canio fears killer pitch and terrible weather

Shanghai News.Net - Friday 26th July, 2013

Sunderland manager Paolo Di Canio Friday expressed fears that the "killer pitch" of Hong Kong Stadium might hurt his players in Saturday's match against Manchester City. Tottenham Hotspur's Jan Vertonghen suffered an injury in Wednesday's match against Sunderland in the 2013 Barclays Asia Trophy and could miss the start of the Premier League season, reports Xinhua. The 40,000-capacity Hong ...

US for dialogue with India China to revive world economy

Shanghai News.Net - Friday 26th July, 2013

Almost a month after US Secretary of State John Kerry visited India, Vice President Joe Biden came to tend the relationship, which has flagged both politically and economically in recent months as both countries prepare for elections in 2014. Biden held forth on the "strategic convergence" between the two countries and what need to be done to realise the full potential of US-India relations. ...

China ready for National Games

Shanghai News.Net - Friday 26th July, 2013

With one month to go for the Chinese National Games, Shenyang looks ready to host the nation's elite athletes. After three years of renovation and construction work, all 117 venues have been put into service, said the Games' organising committee Friday, reports Xinhua. According to the committee, all the 64 competition venues and 52 training venues for the Games have been put into operation ...

China aims to eclipse Burj Khalifa as worlds tallest building in just 10 month-time span

Shanghai News.Net - Friday 26th July, 2013

Work on the foundation of an 838 meters skyscraper in China which will be the world's tallest building has started. The constructor said that the tower would be completed by April next year - a build time of just 10 months. The fast construction claims from Broad Group, the Changsha-based construction company in charge of the build, have elicited strong reactions from China's 'netizens' and ...

Will pursue dream of peace Chinese general

Shanghai News.Net - Friday 26th July, 2013

China will continue to pursue a dream of peace and stay firmly on the path of peaceful development, a senior Chinese military official has said. Maj. Gen. Zhang Jianguo, head of the Chinese delegation to the UN Military Staff Committee, made the remarks Thursday at a reception to celebrate the the 86th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). Zhang said China ...

`India China to lead rise in world energy

Shanghai News.Net - Friday 26th July, 2013

Over the next three decades, world energy consumption is projected to increase by 56 percent through 2040, driven by growth in the developing world, including India and China, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in its newly released International Energy Outlook 2013. The report Thursday found that world energy use may increase from 534 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu) in ...

10 die in China nursing home fire

Shanghai News.Net - Friday 26th July, 2013

Ten elderly people died in a fire that broke out at a nursing home for senior citizens in northeast China's Heilongjiang province early Friday, authorities said. The blaze broke out at about 1.15 a.m. in the in-patient building of the Lianhe Senior Nursing Home in Hailun City, reported Xinhua citing the municipal government's publicity department. There were 32 elderly people in the in-patient ...

Controversial Chinese firm Huawei controls porn filtering in UK

Shanghai News.Net - Friday 26th July, 2013

The pornography filtering system that was praised by British Prime Minister David Cameron is controlled by Chinese company Huawei. UK-based employees at Huawei are able to decide which sites TalkTalk's net filtering service blocks. Politicians in both the UK and the United States have raised concerns about alleged close ties between Huawei and the Chinese government. According to the BBC, ...

Indian girls lose to Hong Kong in World junior squash

Shanghai News.Net - Friday 26th July, 2013

Indian girls put up a spirited show but went down 0-2 to fourth seeds Hong Kong in the quarterfinal of the World Junior Women's Team Championship here. Harshit Kaur Jawanda gave her best but was outwitted by Asian Junior champion Ho Ka Po in straight games 6-11, 3-11, 6-11 while Urwashi Joshi was beaten 7-11, 5-11, 8-11 lost to Choi Uen Shan here Thursday. Harshit tried to keep Ka Po behind ...

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95% A Band Called Death

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Fortunately, Bobby and Dannis, the surviving brothers, prove genial company.

If the brothers seem a little drunk on their own myth, they're also genuinely humbled by the band's rediscovery and warmed by the fact that their kids have carried on the family tradition.

Their story can feel almost too ready-made for the telling, but it's well worth a listen.

... a must-watch for fans of punk music, vinyl record wonks, or even those interested ... a visionary entertainment dream.

[A] generous, spirited documentary [that captures] one of the strangest and most inspiring of all family stories of tragedy and triumph that this crazy country has produced.

It was fans' ardor that began the Death revival and propels the movie's exhilarating second half.

An exceptional look at artistic integrity, musical innovation, and the power of family ties.

A rock 'n' roll fairy tale, well-told.

It's a bittersweet story of the fringes of fame and of three brothers who belatedly deserve to share the spotlight.

A band call Death comes back to live in this hilarious and poignant peon to hard rock with a soft heart.

Directors Mark Christopher Covino and Jeff Howlett tell this part of A Band Called Death without much artifice, relying on the natural charm and sunny dispositions of the surviving Hackney brothers to draw us in.

It's a soul-stirring tribute to a man whose vision was too bold and revolutionary for his lifetime, or the convention-bound ways of the music industry, but was ultimately too powerful to be denied.

An amazing story -- about the history of rock, about the capriciousness of fame and, perhaps most importantly, about the power of family.

Like 'Searching For Sugar Man,' 'A Band Called Death' takes its cue from the modesty and joyfulness of its subjects, letting the glory of their music speak for itself.

It's less about the rediscovery of genius than it is the value of obscurity, a sentiment that should give hope to every garage band out there.

Questions about what that reputation is worth today, and how the Hackney brothers struggled to find a foothold, give filmmakers Mark Covino and Jeff Howlett plenty of material to work with.

A Band Called Death shines the light on a previously unexplored corner of musical history and does it in an accessible, straightforward manner.

A Band Called Death is a film that is all heart, as was the band it looks to explore.

Death never got very far, and their story is a fascinating one, told beautifully by Jeff Howlett and Mark Christopher Covino.

Thanks to the new revelatory and inspiring documentary A Band Called Death, the truth behind the band's nearly simultaneous birth and death may yet find them their proper place in music history.

It is a deeply moving story of a family that was both bound together and driven apart by art, and it tells this personal story so beautifully that there were several moments that gave me actual chills.

Even if you didn't know a thing about the band and you don't even typically listen to the kind of music they play, you're going to find yourself thankful that the Hackney brothers are now in your life.

The story of Death sure adds an interesting and virtually unknown footnote to the annals of punk rock.

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Grants, scholarships key to paying for college

Washington ? Grants and scholarships are taking a leading role in paying college bills, surpassing the traditional role parents long have played in helping foot the bills, according to a report from loan giant Sallie Mae.

Since the recession, more college-bound students have eliminated schools from their searches based on costs and have relied less on their parents once they get to campus, said the report released Tuesday. Worries such as tuition increases and job losses seem to have faded as the economy has improved, yet parents and students still make decisions on schools, majors and work schedules based on the price tag.

"We have moved into a post-recession reality in how people pay for college," said Sarah Ducich, Sallie Mae?s senior vice president for public policy.

College spending per student was about $21,000 during 2012, down from a peak of $24,000 in 2010, according to the Sallie Mae-Ipsos Public Affairs report.

The annual survey of student financial aid found students earned about $6,300 in grants and scholarships to pay for college costs, taking the top spots from parents.

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2-headed turtle at Texas zoo gets Facebook page

SAN ANTONIO -- A two-headed turtle born last month at the San Antonio Zoo has become so popular that she has her own Facebook page.

Zoo officials say the Texas cooter, named Thelma and Louise for the female duo in the 1991 Oscar-winning movie, has been doing well.

Spokeswoman Debbie Rios-Vanskike (van SKYKE') says the turtle eats and swims, and added that the two heads ? named Louise Left and Thelma Right ? get along.

The Facebook page on Sunday showed photos of the quirky reptile and imaginary conversations between the two heads.

The turtle hatched June 18. The animal is on display at the zoo's Friedrich Aquarium.

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Source: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/07/28/3527274/2-headed-turtle-at-texas-zoo-gets.html

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India Thought Jupiter and Venus Were Actually Chinese Spy Drones

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a Chinese spy drone! Oh, and there's another one! That's what the Indian Army must've thought when they saw two specks of something "spying on them" in the sky. Instead, what India thought were Chinese spy drones turned out to be... Jupiter and Venus.

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Source: http://gizmodo.com/india-thought-jupiter-and-venus-were-actually-chinese-s-929975598

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InspireHealth draws on faith and spirituality to help BC?s cancer patients ? The Province

The Province

InspireHealth draws on faith and spirituality to help BC's cancer patients The Province Staffers at government-funded Inspire-Health work with about 650 cancer patients every year, drawing on concepts such as faith and spirituality in addition to conventional medical treatments. ?For most of us at InspireHealth, faith means faith in oneself. and more??

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Tagged as: BC's, Cancer, Draws, Faith, Help, InspireHealth, Patients, Province, spirituality

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Toyota adding 200 jobs at Princeton plant

Toyota is looking to hire. The automaker says it wants to grow production at its plant in Princeton.

The company announced Friday that it will spend $30 million to increase production of the Highlander SUV late next year.

The investment will help create more than 200 new jobs at the plant.

Toyota did not say when it would start hiring for those new positions.

Source: http://fox59.com/2013/07/26/toyota-adding-200-jobs-at-princeton-plant/

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Daoud Kuttab: US Court rejects to connect Jerusalem with Israel

The city of Jerusalem has many diplomatic missions that have the official title of consulate general. These include the US, most Western European and Scandinavian countries, as well as Turkey.

These diplomatic missions report directly to their capitals and they are not accountable officially to their counterparts from their country's diplomatic missions in Israel and, more recently, in Ramallah.

This practice has been going on since the Ottoman/Turkish rule in Palestine and the region in the 19th century.

After the creation of Israel in 1948 these missions continued to operate mostly in East Jerusalem (some, like the Americans, owned property in West Jerusalem) and they have continued to work after the June 1967 occupation.

While these missions mostly served the Palestinian community politically, culturally and consular wise, the only difference after 1967 was that these missions widened their (mostly consular) services to all the population of Jerusalem. The US consulate in East Jerusalem continued to provide consular and cultural services while the building owned by the Americans in West Jerusalem's Agron Street became the residence of the US consul-general and later housed caravans that provided space for USAID officials working in the Palestinian areas.

American citizens who lived in the Greater Jerusalem area as well as the rest of the West Bank (both Israelis and Palestinians) were restricted to the Nablus Road consulate in East Jerusalem for their consular affairs.

Despite numerous calls by congress to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the executive branch in Washington was able to apply the waiver provided in the congressional law to insist on maintaining the status quo.

As long as the status of Jerusalem was among the final status agenda items, the US refused to determine who the holy city belongs to.

US diplomatic officials, therefore, refrained to specify a country of birth when it came to anyone who was born in Jerusalem, whether of a Jewish-Israeli background or a Palestinian-Arab background.

The politically correct US mission in Jerusalem refused to assign the country of birth to those born in Jerusalem as either Israel or Palestine. Instead they came up with a clever diplomatic side step. Under country of birth, American consular officials put "Jerusalem".

For some time this diplomatic compromise worked, until theUS congress passed a law and a patriotic Israeli-American couple wanted to have their child's birth listed as Jerusalem, Israel.

US officials refused, saying this was in the executive branch's decision-making power as it, and not the legislative branch, decides foreign policy.

The angry Israeli-American suggested that Americans be given the choice of listing their country of birth as either Jerusalem or Israel.

Again the US State Department and White House refused, feeling that this choice can't be given to a Palestinian whose country of birth can't be legally stated as Palestine and, therefore, listing only Israelis born in Jerusalem as being born in Israel would clearly discriminate against Palestinians.

Every passport officer in the world would know (if the idea had been approved) that if they see someone listed as being born in Jerusalem they are in fact ethnically Palestinian.

The US State Department refused the request and the case was brought to the US court of appeals.

The US court of appeals for the District of Columbia, which reviewed the case of Menachem Binyamin Zivotofsky filed by his parents against the US secretary of state, ruled on July 23 that "Jerusalem-born Americans, whether supporters of Israel or supporters of Palestine, may not use their passports to make a political statement". It also reaffirmed that the executive branch and not the legislative branch of the US government decides such issues.

The pro-Israel lobby, which has a greater stranglehold over congress than the White House (especially a second term president), will undoubtedly be unhappy with this ruling.

The timing of this decision is crucial as the issue of Jerusalem will surely be a major topic of discussion if the expected negotiations between the Israelis and Palestinians are launched in the coming weeks and months.

The wisdom of the US court to keep out of a volatile conflict such as the Palestinian-Israeli one, and an even more sensitive issue of Jerusalem, is welcomed.

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Jimmy Fallon shares first picture of baby daughter on Twitter

Los Angeles: Funnyman Jimmy Fallon shared a picture of his newborn daughter on micro-blogging site Twitter, just a couple of days after her birth.The `Late Night` host, who welcomed his first child with producer wife Nancy, posted an adorable snapshot, which showed a close-up of the sleeping baby`s sweet face, reported Us magazine.

"I would like to introduce...Winnie Rose Fallon," he wrote.
Fallon, 38, named his baby daughter Winnie Rose. The couple have been married since December 2007.

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Reasonable science standards for Kentucky students called ?fascistic?

There are new science standards in Kentucky, which I believe are the ones outlined on this page.? They mandate understanding of evolution (as a fact! OMG!) and an acceptance that humans are causing global warming. I give a sample of each.

Here are the standards for evolution in high school (grades 9-12), which include good stuff like this:

And for ?Earth and human activity? (including climate change):

Of course, Kentucky being where it is, its good citizens (I use that term loosely) aren?t going to let this rest, and, according to Cincinnati.com, a hearing in Frankfort, Kentucky brought out all the yahoos, and it was quite a fracas:

Supporters and critics of Kentucky?s new science education standards clashed over evolution and climate change Tuesday amid a high-stakes debate on overhauling academic content in public schools.

Opponents ridiculed the new standards as ?fascist? and ?atheistic? and said they promoted thinking that leads to ?genocide? and ?murder.?

Supporters said the education changes are vital if Kentucky is to keep pace with other states and allow students to prepare for college and careers.

Nearly two dozen parents, teachers, scientists and advocacy groups commented at a state Department of Education hearing on the Next Generation Science Standards ? a broad set of guidelines that will revamp content in grades K-12 and help meet requirements from a 2009 law that called for improving education.

On the pro side, a few scientists spoke:

?Students in the commonwealth both need and deserve 21st-century science education grounded in inquiry, rich in content and internationally benchmarked,? said Blaine Ferrell, a representative from the Kentucky Academy of Sciences, a science advocacy group that endorses the standards.

Dave Robinson, a biology professor at Bellarmine University, said neighboring states have been more successful in recruiting biotechnology companies, and Kentucky could get left behind in industrial development if students fail to learn the latest scientific concepts.

But they were outnumbered by outraged parents opposed to the ?fascistic and atheistic standards? (how could a good science standard be anything but atheistic, at least in terms of leaving out God?). Read and weep. I?ve put these in bold; they?d be funny if they weren?t so crazy and sad:

But the majority of comments during the two-hour hearing came from critics who questioned the validity of evolution and climate change and railed against the standards as a threat to religious liberty, at times drawing comparisons to Soviet-style communism.

One parent, Valerie O?Rear, said the standards promote an ?atheistic world view? and a political agenda that pushes government control.

Matt Singleton, a Baptist minister in Louisville who runs an Internet talk-radio program, called teachings on evolution a lie that has led to drug abuse, suicide and other social afflictions.

?Outsiders are telling public school families that we must follow the rich man?s elitist religion of evolution, that we no longer have what the Kentucky Constitution says is the right to worship almighty God,? Singleton said. ?Instead, this fascist method teaches that our children are the property of the state.?

At one point, opponent Dena Stewart-Gore of Louisville also suggested that the standards will marginalize students with religious beliefs, leading to ridicule and physiological harm in the classroom, and create difficulties for students with learning disabilities.?The way socialism works is it takes anybody that doesn?t fit the mold and discards them,? she said, adding that ?we are even talking genocide and murder here, folks.?

These statements are beyond belief. Communism? Atheistic world view? Evolution as a cause of suicide and drug abuse? Physiological harm to students? Evolution as a ?rich man?s elitist religion??? And yes, children are property of the state when it comes to how they?re taught science in public schools.? Can you imagine the result if the parents of Kentucky voted on the school currriculum? It would be back to flood geology!

These standards still need to be approved by the school board, and then forwarded to the legislature for approval.? In the meantime, the people of Kentucky should grow up and accept the facts.

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Glenn Beck: The $1 bill proves America was founded to help Israel exist

In an odd rant about the secret symbolism on the $1 bill, right-wing conspiracy theorist Glenn Beck told an audience on Wednesday that America?s founders established the country so that conservative Christians could help the nation of Israel come into being nearly 200 years later. ?But that?s not all!? Beck declared. ?If you also see, and if you look at it in color, you will notice there is a white ring around that. And then a yellow ring. The white ring looks almost like clouds ? because it is! The cloud that led the people of Israel out during the day and the yellow ring represents the fire.?

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Ravens Transcripts: Jonathan Ogden's Pro Football Hall of Fame Conference Call

Jonathan Ogden

On his reaction to being drafted by the Ravens in 1996 and what he first noticed when he got to Baltimore: ?There was some surprise, yes, because all the draftniks, all the people were saying that, ?You were going to go to the Cardinals with the third pick. You are going to go to the Cardinals.? That was getting beaten into my head the whole time. So, when the third pick came up, and they picked Simeon Rice, I was a little surprised. I knew things could always happen, but I was raised to get up when I heard the phone ring in the green room. Then Baltimore came on the clock next, and I knew I had taken the trip down to visit them, and I was like, ?Oh, you know. It seemed like an interesting organization because nothing was established yet.? When I got that call I was a little bit in shock, because one, I wasn?t expecting to go to Baltimore and two, I didn?t really know what to expect with Baltimore. After I talked to Ozzie [Newsome] and I talked to Mr. [Art] Modell, and I got an idea of what their plans were for Baltimore, I got excited after that. I said, ?I?m going to be a part of something here, and I?m going to help us build a winner here.??

On if getting ready for the induction this weekend has prompted him to do some reflecting on his career and what have been some of the most interesting things he has looked back on: ?I definitely have been looking back on my career while doing this speech that I?ve been dreading that I am going to have to? give. The one thing that I?m trying to wrap my mind around is giving that speech. I?ve never been that guy who likes to stand there and talk in public, but I?m ready to do it. But yes, I have definitely been doing some reflecting. My career was really solid. The one thing that I can say about my career was how I played really consistent football. I never really looked back and said, ?Man, if I would have done this, that or the other?? I always felt like I gave my all, and I was always consistent out there. I think that?s kind of what led me to become a great player. This game is about consistency at the end of the day. I think that?s probably about it there.?

On who will be presenting him at the Hall of Fame: ?Ozzie Newsome.?

On why he chose Ozzie Newsome to present him: ?I chose Ozzie [Newsome], because he brought me in to Baltimore. I respect him, and we work well together. I could always go talk to him, be honest with him, and he?s just one of the people that I really respect in the business. It just kind of made sense to me.?

On how much influence some of his old coaches had on him as a person and as a player: ?When you look back at it, it?s kind of funny. A lot of this stuff is in my speech, so you will get to hear it again. Definitely St. Albans had a huge influence on me. Skip Grant really kind of was one of the first people ? honesty, integrity ? really ? He walked it and lived it. You know the man, so you know who I?m talking about. You know Dick Allanson ? these guys really taught you good lessons in life. St. Albans taught you a lot. [They] taught us how to think for yourself, how to become a better citizen, and those are lessons that I definitely took. It?s kind of strange, yes, being one of the ? I guess I am St. Albans? first Hall of Famer. (laughing) I don?t think they have any other ones. It?s nice to bring some recognition to the school. I?m glad that I could do that for them, because they did so much for me.?

On what he most wants to be remembered for and what his dad?s thoughts would be about him being inducted: ?On the football field, I just want to be remembered as the guy who was dependable, who was a good teammate, who didn?t go out there and make silly mistakes, you knew he was going to be there game-in game-out, day-in day-out, had his teammates back out there. My dad would be very ? He would enjoy this day coming up. He was the guy who I wanted to be like growing up. I modeled playing after him. He knew that, and I?m just glad that he at least got to see most of my career. He didn?t get to see all of my career, but he got to see most of it. And, he also got to see his grandson, too. That?s the positives that I can take from it that he at least got to see some of those things.?

On if he can still see his dad at St. Albans watching him from the sidelines with a huge umbrella: ?Yes, I couldn?t get to football practice without that man. He would come pick me up every day, and he would come out to the games no matter what the situation was just to be there. Never really pushed me, but was always encouraging me. He wasn?t one of those parents who made me do it, but he kind of always had that encouraging word for me about just trying to stick in there, just keep your chin up. Times get tough, especially when you?re young. You?re a young man starting in the game, and you don?t know if you really love it. He kind of kept me going on that path.?

On if there was ever a time where he went to his dad and told him that he didn?t think he could continue to play football and his dad talked him back into it: ?No, there was never a time that I said that. I think I would have been let him down too much if I said that. But, when those days, when it?s tough, you are just like, ?Man, this is ? I don?t know. There?s nothing worth having that?s easy.? You just have to keep on pushing. If you enjoy the game, you have to work for it. It made me realize that.?

On what it was like for him getting inducted into the Hall of Fame and the Ravens winning the Super Bowl in the same year: ?That was really just one of those things ? You look at it, and you?re like, ?This can?t really be happening.? It just seems like a storybook, like somebody really isn?t going into the Hall of Fame while their team is playing in the biggest game on the planet in one of the best towns on the planet in New Orleans. And that ovation that I got at the coin toss was unbelievable. Then the whole drama of the game ? We end up winning. It could not have been a better weekend. I told them the only thing that could have made the weekend better is if Art Modell would have gotten into the Hall of Fame with me at the same time. That was the only thing that could have been better. Everything else was perfect. You get very few chances in life to say that. I enjoyed that weekend.?

On how it feels to be the Ravens? first overall pick and first original Hall of Famer: ?It feels great. When I was playing, I was just out there working. I couldn?t help the fact that I was the Ravens? first pick. It just kind of happened, and in my mind, all I wanted to do was help the guys win and go out there, so I don?t look at it in that perspective. When I do step outside of myself and look at it, it?s like, ?Wow, that guy ? he had it pretty good,? (laughter) if that makes sense. It?s hard in my own perspective to view it that way though.?

On how his football IQ impacted his game and if he still has his notebook of opposing pass rushers: ?No, the notebook disappeared a few years ago. I don?t know what happened to it. They always say [that] the quarterback and offensive lineman need to be the smartest ? quarterback maybe, but O-line definitely. It?s all about how quickly you can read and process what?s happening on the field and understand what the defense is trying to do to you. Where is that safety rotating down from? Where is that linebacker, the lineman ? is he inside? All these things that, when you play long enough, you can get a tip, and when you can get a tip, you don?t hesitate. So definitely, the smarter you are, the less hesitation you have in what you?re going to do, the better football player you?re going to be. I always prided myself on never hesitating, because I always knew my assignment.?

On where his football knowledge and instincts came from: ?Part of it is natural. There?s no doubt about it. But I also had really good coaching in high school. My line coach ? a guy named David Mohler ? he played at St. Albans, but then he went to North Carolina. Harris Barton was one of his teammates, and he got a lot of his information when he was there, and he brought that to us when I was at St. Albans. So, I never had to really unlearn bad habits. I always knew how to keep a wide base, try to keep my back straight and my head up ? all the things that people take for granted that you should know how to do. But I never had to unlearn any of those bad habits that a lot of people had. So, when I got to UCLA, my football IQ was more advanced than some other high school guys because I had tremendous coaching. I want to thank him for that. I can thank him in my speech.?

On what his career plans are for the next five years: ?At the present time, I enjoy ? because we have an 18-month-old daughter and an 8-year-old son ? I?m enjoying just being the dad, staying at home. In the near future, I still have my foundation work as well, in Baltimore. That?s not to say I?m not looking to expand and do a few more things. Exactly what? I?m not sure, but I?m sure things will pop up. As of now, I?m definitely very happy in the life that I?m living because raising children is hard work. (laughter) They?re tough little [rascals], and you have to stay on top of them.? (laughter)

On the influence of UCLA track and field coach Art Venegas: ?He was great. That guy ? he was a no-nonsense type of guy. He would just say, ?Look, this is what I need out of you, and you need get it done.? There are no excuses to be made with Art. He definitely taught me a lot about life, and we had a lot of interesting times throwing the shot with that guy. Next to Terry Donahue, he?s probably my most influential coach in college, for sure. Terry Donahue is No. 1, but Art Venegas is definitely No. 2.?

On his relationship with Art Modell: ?Art was just ? It?s unbelievable how the first time I met him, how nice the man was. It was about football, yes, but he also wanted to know about you the person. Like, ?How are you doing, how is the family?? He was always just concerned about that. When you get genuine, nice people, you just want to try to win for them. I can remember when we won that Super Bowl, how happy he was. We wanted to win for Art because of the things that he had done for us and for the city and for the way he was vilified. We all know that when you talk about genuine people, he?s up there. He?s got to be near the top of the list. I just wish that people would not hold the whole Cleveland thing against him, because he?s done so much for the league. Hopefully one day, we?ll get him recognized again.?

On his thoughts about Ravens fans and interacting with them at his induction ceremony: ?Oh, they?re crazy ? in a good way. (laughter) We?ve got really some of the best fans in the NFL. I?m just really looking forward to ? This moment isn?t really ? it?s for me, yes, but it?s for the fans. I played the game because we have such tremendous fans, [and] that?s why we play so hard out there. And just to get the opportunity to be amongst them, and just to thank them for the years of support, I?m really looking forward to it. I really want to share those moments with those guys, because at the end of the day, the fans are the ones who pay the NFL some bills [and] keep the league afloat. You definitely have to appreciate them, especially when they?re as loyal and as great as the fans in B-more are.?

On what people can expect to see from his foundation over the next couple of years: ?We?re going to try to do a few more programs. Right now, I can?t tell you off the top of my head exactly what, because right now, I?ve just been so focused on getting ready for this Hall of Fame [induction ceremony]. But we definitely plan on continuing to do the same things we have and trying to upgrade this year. We had to help a community center by getting computers put in there. We?re going to try to do a few more things ? just whatever is necessary. We?re a small foundation, but we try to do what we can, when we can. Whenever we have the opportunity to grow, we try to take that.?

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Beat Low Self-Esteem | Alisina.org

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Dear Sir,

I am 46 years old. My mail is not about Islam. It is about me. I have been mired in low self-esteem for the last 24 years, and my life is just slipping away, day by day, doing nothing. All my attempts to impose my will on my frailties have failed, and I have developed ?learned helplessness?.

I am very impressed with your writings. Can you help me?

Regards,
Anil

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Hi Anil,

Low self-esteem is the root cause of many ills affecting us individually and socially.? Nathaniel Brandon, a pioneer in the field of self- esteem, in his book The Six Pillars of Self Esteem wrote, ?Apart from disturbance whose roots are biological, I cannot think of a single psychological problem?from anxiety and depression, to underachievement at school or at work, to fear of intimacy, happiness, or success, to alcohol or drug abuse, to spouse battering or child molestation, to co-dependency and sexual disorders, to passivity and chronic aimlessness, to suicide and crimes of violence?that is not traceable, at least in part, to the problem of deficient self-esteem. Of all the judgments we pass in life, none is as important as the one we pass on ourselves.?

I would go one step further and say that many of the mental disorders that are diagnosed as biological are psychosomatic in origin.? We affect our biology through our thoughts.? Much of the diseases, whether mental or physical are caused by our fears, worries, and are the products of our own thinking.

Every thought stimulates a gland or an organ and in response your body reacts.? Think of lemon juice and your mouth start salivating. Think of something fearful and your heart start beating faster; think of a funny thing and you start laughing; think a happy and joyous thought and your nerve cells start secreting dopamine, think of something erotic? and you become sexually aroused. Thoughts affect our body and our mind.

Predominant thoughts create permanent responses in our body and mind.? They eventually affect our body and our brain psychically.? Therefore, many mental and physical disorders are the result of our habitual negative thinking.? This also includes our sexual orientation.? Unlike what people believe today, no one is born a homosexual.? They become so as the result of thinking, which has its root in our infancy and childhood.

In the highest state of alertness, during the waking hours, the brain of an adult emits frequencies between 14-40 Hz. ?This is called Beta wave length. When we relax, with our eyes closed and slip into daydreaming our brain functions at 7.5 ? 14 Hz frequencies. This is called Alpha. ?During deep meditation and light sleep, including the all-important REM (Rapid Eye Movement) dream the brain frequency is dropped to 4 ? 7 Hz. This state is called Theta. And the brain frequency drops to 0.5 ? 4 Hz when we are in deep, dreamless sleep. This is Delta state.

A new brain frequency discovered recently is called Gamma. It is the fastest frequency at above 40 Hz.? While little is known about this state of mind, it is believed that it is associated with burst of insight and high-level information processing.

The brain of children below the age of five does not function at Beta frequency. When they are infants their brain functions with frequencies that are ranged as Theta and between the ages of 2-5 their brain activity reaches Alpha frequency.

The rational mind of an adult works with Beta frequency. The Alpha frequency is the realm of the subconscious mind. ?This means that children do not have a rational mind. ?We knew that already, however, the importance of this discovery is in the fact that now we know whatever we tell our children will be registered in their subconscious mind as programming. It becomes the blueprint of their life. ?Children don?t analyze what we tell them. In the first five years of their lives they download all the information that is fed to them whether consciously or subliminally.

After the age of five, the brain starts to function at Beta frequency.? Children start to be analytical and critical of the information they receive.? How? By sizing the mew information against the information that is already have programmed in their subconscious mind!? If the new information match the information with which they were programmed they accept it and if it does not, they reject it.

Whatever we do, from the age of 5 to 105 is the result of those five years of programming. So if in those five years you were told that you are not good enough, you are lazy, clumsy, will not amount to anything, etc. you will carry these beliefs as blueprint for the rest of your life.? Even when you grow up and become an educated person, you still have low self-esteem. Self-esteem has nothing to do with intelligence. You can be a very smart person and highly qualified. But you can?t become successful because every time the opportunity arises you feel inadequate and do not take advantage of it. You will in fact sabotage your chances in order to validate your beliefs about yourself.

As I said, our sexual orientation is also formed at this time. For some reason, we associate sexual gratification with a person of the same sex in childhood. This is done unconsciously. As we grow it becomes part of our personality.? Even our physiology responds to this expectation.

Propensity to addictions is also formed during these early years. Procrastination, eating disorders, failure to have friends and to form a loving relationship, failure to succeed in life and many traits that develop into mental disorders, such as narcissism, border line personality, depression, anxiety, paranoia, etc., are all the result of the childhood subconscious programming.? Most of them are byproducts of low self-esteem.? The seed is sown in childhood and the fruit matures when the individual reaches adulthood.

So what shall we do to improve our self-esteem? ?You can spend years going to psychologists who will help you undo the damage that is done to you in childhood, or you can take the fast approach that I will describe below. We love easy fixes and instant solutions. In life generally there are no such things. This is the only exception I know of.? So keep reading.

The subconscious mind it the powerhouse of our mind.? If it is programmed to do something it will do it, even if you consciously try to do something else.? You have no choice over your sub-conscious mind. ? Your will power does not work.? The mind can be compared to an iceberg. The conscious mind that is exposed is only 1/10^th of the subconscious mind that is hidden under the water. Imagine you are sitting on that iceberg and trying to navigate it through the waters. The undercurrent waters take you to a direction that you don?t want to go. You paddle hard to go against the current.? But you go nowhere or as soon as you stop paddling you are again drifting back to the old habits.? If you only look at the hidden size of the iceberg you will realize why you fail.

I can suggest wonderful books on this subject. The best is The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem by Nathaniel Brandon, from which I quoted above text.? These six pillars are:

1. The Practice of Living Consciously
2. The Practice of Self-Acceptance
3. The Practice of Self-Responsibility
4. The Practice of Self-Assertiveness
5. The Practice of Living Purposefully
6. The Practice of Personal Integrity

I recommend this book. ?However, you need more than conscious understanding of the problem when you are dealing with something that has its roots in the subconscious mind. ?You have to change the programming of our subconscious mind.

The difficulty is in the fact that our adult brain is critical.? If you tell yourself that you are a loveable person, your critical mind will runs this information against what it has been programmed in your subconscious mind and if it is not resonating with it, will reject it.

The programming in your subconscious mind can be, and often is, false. But your subconscious mind is not concerned about true and false. It deals with emotions. Its job is self-preservation, i.e., the preservation of you. ?It will do everything to preserve the image that it has of you. If you tell yourself that you are a good person, your subconscious mind feels threatened because it only recognizes you as a worthless person and that is the image that it wants to preserve. ?You see, the subconscious mind is not rational.? It can?t distinguish between good and bad.? It accepts everything you tell it as fact.

The only way to change your life is to change the programming in your subconscious mind. And the way to do that is the same way that it was done in the first place. When you were a child you did not have a rational mind to filter the information that you received.? Now, you have to silence your rational mind completely if you want to re-write the programming in your subconscious mind. ?This can be done by bringing the brain frequency from Beta to Alpha and even to Theta levels. Then the critical mind is inactive and without its interference you can delete the negative programming in your subconscious mind and write new ones.

This is very simple.? How long does it take? It can take half an hour. But for a lasting effect you need to repeat it daily for at least 30 days to start feeling the result. ? This is the fastest way I know for radical and lasing transformation. It is far more effective than any therapy.

If the programming in my subconscious mind tells me I am a failure. I can tell myself I am a success, but I won?t believe it. It all sounds lies to me.? Because I have accepted the lies that I am not good in my childhood as truth, now my subconscious mind will reject anything that goes against those lies. The Jesuits understood this very well. Their maxim was ?Give me a child for his first seven years and I?ll give you the man.? This also explains why we cling so tenaciously to the religion of our childhood, even though we know nothing about it. I can?t tell you how many times I have received emails from rude Muslims who tell me they are not scholars and they are not even good Muslims but they insult me and act most obnoxiously. They are threatened when I criticize their religion because they identify themselves with it.? Truth and falsehood is irrelevant for the subconscious mind. Your belief about yourself is the same. You want to cling to that belief as if your life depend on it.

The good news is that we can change our childhood programming.? To do that we have to access our subconscious mind without the interference of our conscious mind. ?We can do that through meditation and/or self-hypnosis.? Go to Youtube and search under self-hypnosis. You will find many recordings that will help you lower your Beta brain activity through relaxation, and after you reach the Alpha state of mind, they reprogram your belief about yourself.

Miraculous transformations can happen almost overnight.? You can get rid of any addiction, any self-debilitating behavior and belief about yourself. You can gain more self-confidence, overcome your fears and anxieties, get rid of your bad habits, ?eliminate your shyness, meet the love of your life, improve your relationship, overcome your anger, and be a more happy and successful person.? Self-hypnosis, meditation and visualization are ways to do that.? They are far more effective than any psychotherapy and they cost nothing.?? There are also hypnotic practitioners that can help.? In most developed countries they are licensed.

Don?t let your low self-esteem rob you from your life. You have tremendous powers hidden within you.? Access your subconscious mind and reprogram yourself the way you want yourself to be through meditation and self-hypnosis. Hypnotherapy can create unconscious change in you in your thoughts, attitudes, behaviors and your feelings.? We have the technology to redesign ourselves. Why live with limitations when you can reach the moon?

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Factory output puts brakes on China's growth

HONG KONG (CNNMoney)

HSBC said Wednesday that its "flash" index of manufacturing purchasing managers' sentiment fell to a eleven-month low of 47.7 in July, as new export orders slowed and output fell.

Slower growth in China's vast manufacturing sector, seen as an economic bellwether, could raise pressure on the country's policymakers to step in with stimulus measures.

"The lower reading of the July HSBC Flash China Manufacturing PMI suggests a continuous slowdown in manufacturing sectors thanks to weaker new orders and faster destocking," said HSBC chief China economist Hongbin Qu.

The factory slowdown is a major headache for policymakers in Beijing.

Earlier this month, the government reported that GDP slowed to 7.5% in the second quarter. Expansion at that pace would make most countries green with envy, but was among the slowest rates China has reported in the past two decades.

Related story: Economic slowdown tests China's leaders

China has more typically averaged growth of around 10% a year, a level of production that has propelled it up the list of biggest economies, generated wealth for its growing middle class and boosted global trade.

But many economists now say that China's economy relies too heavily on investment, a trend that has distorted the country's housing market and placed great emphasis on exports over consumption.

President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang are by all accounts determined to proceed with reforms, even if it means tolerating slower growth for now.

The key question of the moment is just how much the economy can slow before the government intervenes in a bid to support growth.

Related story: IMF cuts world economic growth forecast

Qu, the HSBC economist, said that the latest manufacturing data indicates that the labor market is coming under pressure -- something Beijing might not be willing to tolerate for long.

"As Beijing has recently stressed, to secure the minimum level of growth required to ensure stable employment, the flash PMI reinforces the need to introduce additional fine-tuning measures to stabilize growth," Qu said.

First Published: July 23, 2013: 10:43 PM ET

Source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/money_latest/~3/bGkiHAcRaEQ/index.html

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Video Marketing Success In A Few Easy Steps | Internet Home ...

Do you know what video marketing is? Video marketing uses videos posted online to advertise a business or product. Understanding video marketing can really help you to be successful using it. This article contains advice that will help you to understand video marketing a little better.

Don?t be intimidated by video marketing. It is not hard to come up with a video as long as you have a camera. You can show customers your workplace, manufacturing center or just discuss your expertise.

Marketing through videos helps maintain contact with clients. You can ask that customers send in questions so you can create video responses. Those who have their questions asked should get a coupon or other reward.

You can?t have too many videos online. You should regularly make videos so that people come to expect something new from you when they are on your site. This also increases your exposure on the Internet and draws in new viewers.

TIP! The content of your video plays an essential role in its success. It is not always the best technical video that garners the most views.

Video Camera

The best content will go viral. It is not necessary to own a expensive video camera to make a video. In most cases, the only thing needed to entice an online user to watch your video is an indication that it can offer valuable insight or solutions. However, you should still have a video camera of decent quality.

Do not expect customers to watch a video that is longer than 20 minutes. If you are demonstrating a certain product, feel free to use up to twenty minutes so you can show all its features. If you?re just speaking to the audience and advertising, then 10 minutes should be your limit.

You will benefit from working with a team. You don?t have to just use people you work with. You can also try loved ones or people you know in your community. Be sure that proper credit is given to the creative team involved, allowing them their 15 minutes of fame.

TIP! Try to center your videos around a single topic and stay focused. It is very easy to veer off topic.

Screenshots of your business website can be used in the video. This way, viewers can get a feel for your site. Also use screenshots when creating how-to videos. Take your screenshot, and use video software to include it in your video.

People online today have short attention spans. The first 20 seconds are crucial. This is where you should deliver a teaser or unique point of view to captivate them and make them want to watch the entire video.

Coming up with the content of your video clip is only part of the big picture. The other half is spreading the word about your videos. Appropriate marketing efforts of your videos will result in a ten-fold increase to your total number of click-throughs. Although it?s important to create solid content, you should also ensure that people are aware of it.

Remember to use YouTube. Video marketing campaigns should begin on this site. Additionally, YouTube offers free video hosting for their users. It is also the third most visited site on the Internet. This is the second most trafficked online search engine, not to mention the best-loved video site.

TIP! Make a video showing how others should use your product. You can show them step-by-step how to do it and get new customers this way as well.

Working together with a team can generate great content for video marketing. You don?t need coworkers. You could use friends, family or your organizations. Make sure to give them credit at the end so they can have their name in lights.

You do not have to have a professional record your video for you. You don?t necessarily need professional equipment; just make sure the picture is focused and balanced. Reading from a script can seem fake and sound awkward. You should try being natural and speaking as you normally do. If you?re really creative, going on camera may not even be necessary. A slideshow or screencast can get the message across in some cases.

Stick with the topic at hand within every video. It can be easy to go off topic if you are not prepared. Develop an outline of your video before you start shooting it. Don?t stray away from your message in order to ensure a successful video marketing campaign.

If you are hosting the video on your website, have a subscription form for your mailing list right below the video. People who enjoy your videos may wish to sign up for your newsletters after viewing your videos.

TIP! Make sure you build a way to track results into your video. Sure, you can make some good guesses about how you?re doing.

Encourage others involved with the business to participate in your video marketing. Find some people that aren?t too shy, dress well and also speak professionally. Don?t hesitate when deciding to use more than one person.

Mailing List

Include an opt-in form on your video page to get people to sign up for your mailing list. Your viewers may wish to sign your mailing list so that they can receive additional information on your video topic. This is an ideal time to use your sales pitch.

In addition to posting your video on YouTube, embed it on your website. People will be able to view your video and they will get great information on your business. While view counts are used by search engines to determine relevancy scores, you need not worry. Google crawlers make no distinction between views on YouTube and views from the embedded clip.

TIP! Do get the same questions about your products over and over again? Create some videos to answer common questions. A quick video that explains your product is a great way to inspire confidence.

Tell viewers to perform a certain action in your videos. The ?call to action? is a must. One example would be to get people to join a mailing list by asking them to check out the link you provide in the description. The key to success is to make these actions easy for your viewers.

If you want to begin using video marketing, you should just start making videos and jump on in. Take advantage of what you have learned to experiment with making videos to market your business. After a while, you can figure out which techniques are most effective. Use the suggestions you?ve seen here to help you.

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Google to fund Wi-Fi hotspots in San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO: Google is offering $600,000 to set up free wireless internet hotspots in 31 public spaces in San Francisco, but city officials said they need to review annual maintenance costs before it could be approved.

Google has previously funded public wireless projects in its home city of Mountain View, California, in New York Chelsea's neighborhood and around Boston's South Station. The search giant is based 30 miles away from San Francisco but employs hundreds of workers who commute from the city.

San Francisco officials say public internet service is long overdue for a city that has eclipsed Silicon Valley as the epicenter of the startup ecosystem in recent years, attracting a dramatic influx of venture capital investment and young tech workers.

"There are cities not only here in the US but in many, many foreign countries where free WiFi is ubiquitous. We have a lot of work to do," Supervisor Mark Farrell, who spearheaded the negotiations with Google, said by telephone Wednesday.

Mission Dolores Park, the weekend mecca of San Francisco's young tech crowd, would be among the areas covered by the plan, as would tourist destinations including Alamo Square as well as Washington Square in North Beach. Some less affluent areas such as the historic Portsmouth Square in Chinatown and the Tenderloin Recreation Center would also be included.

In a statement, Google executive Veronica Bell said the company hopes the free WiFi will be "a resource that the city and other local groups will be able to use in their efforts to bridge the digital divide and make their community stronger."

Because it controls so much of the Web, Google benefits from an increase in Internet use. The company reported $50 billion in revenue in 2012, mostly by selling ads targeting Internet traffic. According to a new study released this week, Google's various properties account for a quarter of all US Internet traffic.

The company said it would not own or manage the network. The angel investor Ron Conway, one of Mayor Ed Lee's staunchest political allies, is coordinating the project through his non-profit SF.Citi.

Members of the local board of supervisors, who still have to formally approve the gift, said the project would undergo a normal review process to make sure that government contracts to install and maintain the service are properly awarded. In 2006, a similar plan to install wireless coverage in San Francisco was scuttled after the deal came under political scrutiny. Officials also said they would review the details of the system's maintenance costs.

In the case of New York City, the network in Chelsea cost $115,000 to build but $45,000 a year to maintain.

San Francisco parks director Phil Ginsburg called Google's gift "no strings attached" and said the city could bear the maintenance costs. Google's donation would cover two years' worth of maintenance costs, which amount to $50,000, he said.

Ginsburg said officials picked 31 locations out of the city's 200 public spaces based on a criteria of geographic and economic diversity. Some areas, including Golden Gate Park, were too big to cover with the sum donated by Google.

Installation of the equipment could begin as early as December and be completed by mid-2014, Farrell said.

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The OutKast eccentric becomes Hendrix in first photo of upcoming 'All Is By My Side' biopic.
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U.S. arming of Syria rebels could be temporary, slow: officials

By Mark Hosenball and Susan Cornwell

(Reuters) - U.S. plans to arm Syrian rebels passed one congressional hurdle but may face more when funding runs out in two months, further delaying the flow of weapons, U.S. officials and other sources said.

House and Senate intelligence panels this month agreed to a White House plan to provide arms to rebels fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, despite lawmakers' reservations about the its chances of success.

But a U.S. official involved in the issue said funding for the classified program runs out on September 30, the end of the government's fiscal year. That means the White House will again have to seek Congress' blessing for arming the rebels, the official said, possibly setting up a renewed confrontation over Washington's policy in the Syrian civil war.

Obama administration representatives have told Congress they are setting up a mechanism to vet rebels - including interviews - before handing over weapons, which could also lead to delays.

Sources close to the Syrian rebels said they fear the American arms delivery will be a drawn-out process in which they get a modest amount of arms in an initial tranche, and congressional committees will have to approve more later.

Despite their approval of the White House plan, several U.S. lawmakers expressed doubts on Tuesday that increased American support will be enough to help rebels turn the war's tide, which has shifted sharply to Assad's Iranian-backed forces.

There is also deep concern that the arms could end up in the hands of radical Islamist fighters who are among the rebels' strongest factions.

"Increasingly, I believe senators on both sides of the aisle want more information about what the end game is here," said Senator Ron Wyden, a Democrat like President Barack Obama.

Others questioned whether the arms will be too little, too late to help Syria's armed opposition against Assad forces buttressed by Iranian-backed Hezbollah fighters.

"I don't know if it moves quickly or slowly, it won't change the battlefield situation. Light weapons don't do well against tanks and airplanes," said Senator John McCain, a Republican who backs more aid for Syrian rebels. "What they are doing is meaningless."

U.S. Representative Michele Bachmann, a Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, said she had not been aware that the panel had agreed the White House could move forward.

"It was made to look as though there is a quote 'consensus' of the committee," she told Reuters. "I did not agree to this in any way."

Bachmann predicted U.S. support would end up aiding Islamist rebel groups that are sympathetic to al Qaeda.

"And now we're actually going to overtly, intentionally, fund jihadists?" she said. "This is beyond madness."

(Additional reporting by Tabassum Zakaria; Writing by Warren Strobel; Editing by Alistair Bell and Doina Chiacu)

(This story was refiled to add dropped word rebels in the 10th paragraph)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/u-arming-syria-rebels-could-temporary-slow-officials-215721364.html

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Obama speaks on economy at Knox College

GALESBURG, Ill. (AP) - President Barack Obama said Wednesday that Washington has "taken its eye off the ball" as he pledged a stronger second-term commitment to tackling the economic woes that strain many in the middle class nearly five years after the country plunged into a recession.

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Obama returned to the college campus where he gave his first major economic address as a U.S. senator, and he chided Congress for being less concerned about the economy and more about "an endless parade of distractions, political posturing and phony scandals."

"I am here to say this needs to stop," Obama said in a speech at Knox College. "This moment does not require short term thinking. It does not require having the same old stale debates."

The president's attempt to refocus on the economy comes amid some hopeful signs of improvement, with the unemployment rate falling and consumer confidence on the rise. But looming spending and budget deadlines this fall could upend that progress if Washington spirals into contentious fiscal fights like those that plagued Obama's first term.

"I believe there are members of both parties who understand what's at stake," Obama said. "But I will not allow gridlock, inaction or willful indifference to get in our way."

Even before the president spoke, Republicans panned his pivot back to the economy as little more than vague, empty promises.

"It's a hollow shell, it's an Easter Egg with no candy in it," said House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio.

The president announced no fresh policy proposals, though he promised new ideas in a series of speeches he plans in the coming weeks. They will focus on manufacturing, education, housing, retirement security and health care.

On education, the president promised to outline "an aggressive strategy to shake up the system, tackle rising costs, and improve value for middle-class students and their families." He renewed his call for increasing the minimum wage.

Despite pressing public concerns over jobs and economic security, the economy has taken a back seat in Washington to other issues in the first six months of Obama's second term. That's in part due to the White House's decision to focus on other agenda items following Obama's re-election, most notably stricter gun control measures and immigration.

Some distractions also have thrown the White House off balance, including revelations that the Internal Revenue Service targeted political groups and the Justice Department's seizure of journalists' phone records. Foreign policy crises, particularly in the Middle East, have competed for Obama's attention, too.

The president said that while he will continue to press for his other agenda items, there will be few resources and little resolve for solving other problems without a strong economy.

Perhaps more than any other issue, the economy will also be central to Obama's legacy as president. The deep economic troubles that accompanied his first inauguration have eased and the stock market has soared. But at 7.6. percent, the nationwide unemployment rate remains high and millions more Americans are underemployed or have seen their wages stagnate.

"This growing inequality isn't just morally wrong. It's bad economics," Obama said. "When the rungs on the ladder of opportunity grow farther apart, it undermines the very essence of this country."

The economic themes Obama spoke of Wednesday were strikingly similar to address at Knox College eight years ago as a young Illinois senator. White House advisers say Obama has frequently harkened back to that speech throughout his two runs for the White House and nearly five years as president.

The economy in the surrounding Galesburg, Ill., community reflects much of the underlying economic concerns facing Americans. A Maytag plant in the town shuttered its doors in 2004, leaving hundreds of people unemployed. Today, the factory still sits vacant. Galesburg's unemployment rate is just under 8 percent and nearly one-quarter of its population lives in poverty.

"Those old days aren't coming back," Obama conceded. He said the proposals he will outline in speeches later this summer will be aimed at adapting the U.S. economy to an increasingly competitive and interconnected world.

Among the initiatives Obama will tout in the coming weeks is pre-school for all 4-year-olds and training tailored to the jobs of the future, along with a strategy to tackle the rising cost of higher education.

The president also promised steps to encourage homeownership, make it easier for people to save for retirement and to continue to put in place the elements of his unpopular health care law in the face of efforts by Republicans in Congress to repeal, delay or eliminate funding for its various parts.

He also pledged new efforts to help manufacturers bring jobs back to America and to create jobs in the energy sectors of wind, solar and natural gas.

From Galesburg, Obama planned to travel to neighboring Missouri for a similar economic speech. He was also scheduled to visit a port Jacksonville, Fla., on Thursday to call for increased spending on infrastructure

Source: http://www.wjla.com/articles/2013/07/obama-speaks-on-economy-at-knox-college-91809.html

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