Syria's Internet Silence Enters Day 2

Internet and mobile phone service has been cut off throughout war-ravaged Syria. The Syrian government blamed terrorists for the outage. Activists, on the other hand, have warned that Internet and phone blackouts commonly precede military operations in isolated areas. The networking firm Renesys reported that each of Syria's 84 IP address blocks was unreachable.

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Youth Employment in Africa: An Interview with Dr. Shanta Devarajan?Part II

Dr. Shanta Devarajan, the chief economist of the Africa Region with the World Bank, recently sat down with emerging market investment consultant Wilmot Allen to discuss youth employment in sub-Saharan Africa. Part II appears today; Part I appeared on Wednesday.?

Dr. Shanta Devarajan, the chief economist of the Africa Region with the World Bank, recently sat down with emerging market investment consultant Wilmot Allen to discuss youth employment in sub-Saharan Africa. Part II appears today; Part I appeared on Wednesday.?

The international community has undertaken gender equality as an important initiative for addressing population growth, workforce development and economic development. The results of these efforts are apparent especially in the area of literacy, where in last two decades literacy rates for young females rose from 58 percent to 66.6 percent, compared to 72 percent to 78.4 percent for young men. How is the World Bank specifically addressing gender equality, particularly among young African women?

The World Bank is addressing gender equality by going beyond primary education, where as you say, there has been remarkable progress. We are strengthening women's access to secondary and tertiary education. More importantly, we are helping women entrepreneurs succeed by supporting their property rights, access to finance and complementary services. Research shows that women farmers, for instance, are as productive as male farmers when they have equal access to inputs. Finally, we are also trying to strengthen women's voice and agency, both within the household and in the community.

According to the UN, in 2009 the youth unemployment rate was at 11.9 percent in sub- Saharan Africa and 23.7 percent in North Africa, with young females being particularly adversely affected. Youth entrepreneurship is one approach to addressing youth unemployment in Africa. How can entrepreneurship be supported in sub-Saharan Africa and has the World Bank taken specific targeted action in this regard?

First, unemployment statistics are not a good indicator of the employment challenge in low-income Africa. The fact is that most African youth cannot afford to be unemployed. Instead, they work in the informal sector in low-productivity jobs. Entrepreneurship should be targeted at increasing the productivity of these people in the informal sector. The World Bank has been supporting youth employment programs that include apprenticeships, training, and mentoring, so these young people can start their own businesses or join an existing business. We have also been evaluating these programs to see what works and what doesn't. For instance, we found that the returns to women were much lower, because they entered low-paying professions such as sewing and tailoring. But when one enterprising woman created an all-female auto repair shop, the women who joined it earned significantly more.

How can the larger African diaspora, situated both within the continent and without, collaborate in promoting youth employment in sub-Saharan Africa?

The diaspora can help in several ways. First, they can support the education initiatives to boost the skills of young people entering the labor force. Second, they can bring their expertise to bear on entrepreneurship training for young Africans. Some successful business people have set up subsidiaries in Africa that train and develop budding entrepreneurs. Finally, they can lobby African governments to enact policies (and remove existing restrictions) that will boost productivity of African enterprises, including those in the informal sector.

Shantayanan Devarajan is the Chief Economist of the World Bank?s Africa Region. Since joining the World Bank in 1991, he has been a Principal Economist and Research Manager for Public Economics in the Development Research Group, and the Chief Economist of the Human Development Network, and of the South Asia Region. He was the director of the World Development Report 2004, Making Services Work for Poor People. Before 1991, he was on the faculty of Harvard University?s John F. Kennedy School of Government. The author or co-author of over 100 publications, Mr. Devarajan?s research covers public economics, trade policy, natural resources and the environment, and general equilibrium modeling of developing countries. Born in Sri Lanka, Mr. Devarajan received his B.A. in mathematics from Princeton University and his Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Berkeley.

Wilmot Allen is Founder of 1 World Enterprises, an investment consultancy for emerging and frontier markets.?

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Facebook, Zynga revamp partnership

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc and Zynga Inc severed the cozy ties that once bound the Internet industry's closest couple, revising a years-old partnership between the two companies.

The two companies reported in regulatory filings on Thursday that they had reached an agreement to amend a deal struck in 2010 that was widely seen as giving Zynga privileged status on the world's No.1 social network.

Zynga stock fell 12 percent to $2.30 in after-hours trading. Facebook shares were off 5 cents at $27.27.

"Zynga's favored nation's status is gone but it seems like it's been slipping away for a while now," said PJ McNealy, CEO of Digital World Research.

The new agreement gives Zynga a freer hand to operate a standalone gaming website, but eliminates the San Francisco game publisher's ability to promote its site on Facebook and to draw users from Facebook's thriving social network of roughly 1 billion users.

Visitors to Zynga's gaming website will no longer be able to tap into their network of Facebook friends or post messages about their gaming progress to Facebook.

Zynga games, like "FarmVille" and "Mafia Wars," will still be available on Facebook's social network, but those games will no longer feature cross-promotions directing users to Zynga's standalone website.

The move underscores the widening gap between the two social networking pioneers, which went public within seven months of each other and have been intimately tied.

In recent quarters, fees from Zynga contributed 15 percent of Facebook's total revenues, while Zynga relies on Facebook for roughly 80 percent of its revenue.

The 2010 agreement provided a variety of ways for Zynga to meet its monthly user growth targets, including guaranteed promotions of certain Zynga games on Facebook.

"Effective on March 31, 2013, certain provisions related to Web and mobile growth targets and schedules will no longer be applicable," said a regulatory filing submitted by Zynga on Thursday.

The changes could benefit Zynga's rivals who have long groused about Zynga receiving preferential treatment.

"There was plenty of speculation Zynga was getting referrals within the Facebook community that other gaming companies weren't getting which helped drive web traffic to Zynga games," said Digital World Research's McNealy.

But he noted that recent changes to Facebook's algorithm appeared to be helping drive more traffic to Zynga competitors such as Electronic Arts and KixEye.

In July, Zynga executives told analysts that the company's revenue had plummeted in the second quarter as Facebook tweaked its algorithms, sending fewer gamers to Zynga titles. Zynga CEO Mark Pincus, at the time, assured Wall Street that Zynga was "working closely with Facebook to optimize the game ecosystem."

Both Internet companies have been trying to reduce their inter-dependence, with Zynga starting up its own Zynga.com platform, and Facebook wooing other games developers.

"We have streamlined our terms with Zynga so that Zynga.com's use of Facebook Platform is governed by the same policies as the rest of the ecosystem," a Facebook spokesman said in a statement. "We will continue to work with Zynga, just as we do with developers of all sizes."

Among the myriad terms of their new agreement, Zynga could elect not to collect revenue for games on its own website by solely using Facebook payment system, in which Facebook takes a 30 percent cut.

The game developer could also choose not to display Facebook's ads on its own site, Zynga.com.

"Wall Street thinks Facebook is booting them off or something bad, but there's no way this is bad," said Michael Pachter, an analyst at Wedbush Securities. "This is at worst neutral and at best good."

The revised agreement also allows Facebook to develop its own games, according to the filing. A person close to Facebook said the company "was not in the business of building games and we have not plans to do so."

(Reporting By Gerry Shih, Alexei Oreskovic and Malathi Nayak; editing by Andrew Hay, Bernard Orr)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/facebook-zynga-revamp-partnership-005839296--sector.html

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Talking Point: Nintendo Shrinks Prices and Consoles - Nintendo Life

It's all about the money, mini, money

When we first reported the rumour of a Wii Mini, we made the mistake of including a slightly mocking tagline that referred to flying pigs. With the existing Wii models already selling at such low prices, the concept of Nintendo arranging the manufacturing, packaging and advertising for a new model this late in the day seemed unlikely. Yet, it's a reality, albeit one currently only confirmed for release in Canada. The reaction of some members of the Nintendo Life community was, not surprisingly, bafflement, though in the cold light of day there is some logic to Nintendo's "trial" of Wii Mini, if we can call it that.

When considered alongside recent rumours and confirmed moves to reduce the price of 3DS, it's clear that Nintendo is being aggressive and active in reacting to its markets. Gone are the days when Wii couldn't be manufactured quickly enough for demand, DS was quickly becoming the most successful handheld console ever released and Nintendo was enjoying dizzying profit margins. That's not to say that the company's current position is untenable or disastrous, as despite recent losses it has an impressive war chest of assets; yet change and evolution are clearly required.

What Wii Mini and Nintendo's Black Friday results show us, is that diversity may have to be a source of strength for the company. For example, Microsoft sold 750K Xbox 360 consoles in Black Friday week, easily beating Wii's 300K and Wii U's 400K, though consideration must be given to the fact that Wii U stock would have been in limited quantities. Yet Wii showed decent legs, considering the dearth of new content for the system, and when you throw in 3DS and DS family sales Nintendo had a rather meaty overall total of 1.2 million units sold; let's not forget that DS narrowly outsold 3DS due to "significant" retailer deals, to quote NoA boss Reggie Fils-Aime. Nintendo's range of products ? rather than one specific console ? helped it to achieve strong results, with distinctly last-generation systems compensating for their age by being affordable and accessible.

Staying competitive

And so we return to Wii Mini, a rather cute and attractive version of the core system that's lacking GameCube backwards compatibility ? like the first re-released Wii model ? while also being stripped of all online capability. It's basically a disc drive with Wii's ageing tech squeezed in, and will be good for playing games alone, with no online play or access to the extensive library on the Wii Shop. Its price of $99 (just over ?60 in the UK) raised questions of whether it'd make it to territories such as the U.S. and Europe, yet it seems quite unlikely ? aside from a small quantity to tap into collector's desires, perhaps ? while the existing model still sells in reasonable numbers.

The new model's lack of internet connectivity may be confusing to many, but plenty of regions ? including Canada ? don't necessarily have widely-available or reliable broadband services. As highlighted by wired.co.uk, one attraction on Wii, Netflix, would have little impact in Canada; this is due to, in the words of Netflix's chief content officer, "almost third-world access to the internet" in various areas of the country. If a proportion of the population doesn't have a modern broadband connection, then the opportunity to pick up a fun little gaming system at a budget price suddenly makes sense, whereas many customers in countries like the U.S. or UK would likely scoff at a console with no internet capability.

Yet Wii Mini could be a future driving force that allows Nintendo to target countries beyond Canada that are still developing infrastructure such as high speed internet, areas where access to video game systems is more limited or budgets are simply too tight for extravagant purchases. For a low price of entry, and with Nintendo Selects budget games available, new consumers can experience Wii for the first time; it could represent a fresh opportunity to join in with what so many have been enjoying since 2006. Perhaps Canada is, ultimately, a trial ahead of a wider and more ambitious plan to give Wii a PS2-style longevity.

Beyond the Wii Mini, Nintendo's reacting to the economic realities in many major nations and regions, as well as the increasing competition from alternative devices such as tablets and smartphones. Producing new 3DS hardware bundles ahead of a Holiday period is hardly surprising, but the cost of entry to Nintendo's latest handheld is continuing to fall, even though it's less than two years old. Production costs are reduced by bundles with a game pre-installed on the system, rather than packing in a physical copy, while a rumour from this week suggests that the MSRP of the original model is set to fall a further $30 in the U.S., adding to the drastic price cut that was implemented to revive the system in its early days.

A pricier proposition

As it currently stands, Nintendo couldn't be much more active in its efforts to sell systems, games and accessories to turn a profit. As Black Friday and the emergence of Wii Mini has proven, the famous gaming company is leaving no stone unturned with budget cheap-entry last-gen systems, an increasingly affordable current handheld and, at the top end of the scale, a brand new home console coming in at a comparatively high price. That diversity of products, and the surprising reality that its older products can still sell despite the presence of shinier, newer alternatives, gives Nintendo a fighting chance to achieve success against increasingly challenging odds. Microsoft could say that its home console outsold Nintendo's equivalents during Black Friday, but Nintendo combined four systems to triumph overall.

While Wii and DS family sales will continue to fall back, it's clear that given the right circumstances they can still shift units. It's often asked whether Wii U and 3DS will hit the sales heights of their predecessors, and the realities of a changed world suggest that they have little to no chance of doing so. If Nintendo can continue to maintain a range of systems that sell in reasonable numbers into future generations, however, perhaps that will ensure long term survival and success.

Source: http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2012/11/talking_point_nintendo_shrinks_prices_and_consoles

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There's a Special Nobel Prize For the Genius Behind These Candy Cane Spoons

Candy canes are one of those seasonal treats that only appear in stores during the holidays. So to maximize your candy cane intake this Christmas these minty spoons will let you integrate one into every meal. More »

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Murder trial in Russia inflames ethnic tensions

MOSCOW (AP) ? A world martial arts champion from Russia's southern Caucasus region was convicted Tuesday of involuntary manslaughter but set free after a trial that inflamed the country's ethnic tensions.

The verdict led to protests by nationalists outside the court and prompted Russian riot police to flood the wide square outside the Kremlin to prevent possible violent clashes between nationalists and ethnic minorities from the Caucasus.

Rasul Mirzayev had punched former police student Ivan Agafonov outside a Moscow nightclub in 2011 after the drunken 19-year-old offended Mirzayev's girlfriend. Agafonov fell down, hitting his head on a sewer grate and dying four days later.

Mirzayev's trial had raised the anger of nationalists, who accused him of deliberately killing the Russian student. The athlete's supporters argued that Agafonov had provoked the lethal punch and his killing was accidental.

The Zamoskvoretsky court ruled Tuesday that since Mirzayev had already served his sentence in pre-detention he could walk free.

There are significant tensions between ethnic Russians, who make up two-thirds of the country's 142 million people, and the more than 100 ethnicities that account for the remaining third. Hundreds of thousands of Caucasus natives have flooded central Russia in search of jobs, triggering widespread xenophobia and a spike in hate crimes.

Mirzayev, a bearded and lean 26-year-old, hails from Dagestan, Russia's most multiethnic province. Dagestan has for years been an epicenter of Islamic insurgency that stems from separatist wars in neighboring Chechnya.

The Caucasus has also been beset by high unemployment and rampant corruption. The Kremlin has poured billions of dollars to subsidize the restive region, but government critics say most of the money is being embezzled by local leaders.

Polls show that nearly half of Russians resent Kremlin's subsidies to the region and dislike migrants from both the Caucasus and the former Soviet Central Asian states.

A protest led by neo-Nazi leader Dmitri Demushkin erupted outside the court building Tuesday. Moscow police said six protesters, including Demushkin, were detained, while several dozen other protesters chanted "Shame!" A similar protest took place in the western Siberian city of Novosibirsk.

Dozens of riot police also gathered at Manezhnaya Square outside the Kremlin and blocked adjacent areas to prevent a nationalist rally. Last year, thousands of ultranationalists clashed with police and beat dark-skinned passers-by there to protest the shooting of a Russian soccer fan by a group of Caucasus men.

A top human rights advocate urged Russians not to escalate ethnic tensions following Mirzayev's release.

"There is no need to turn this everyday conflict into an inter-ethnic collision," Mikhail Fedotov was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying.

But thousands of angry comments made the conviction one of the top Twitter hashtags in Russia.

"Such verdicts might trigger a social explosion," opposition leader and outspoken Kremlin critic Vladimir Milov tweeted.

Other comments suggested that Mirzayev's release was prompted by pressure from the Kremlin and Caucasus leaders.

"The regime is more afraid of a small riot in the Caucasus than a big one throughout Russia," opposition activist Nikolai Permyakov tweeted.

Even a democratic activist like Alexei Navalny has urged the Kremlin to "stop feeding the Caucasus" and helped organize this year's Russian March, a rally of ultranationalists that also drew neo-Nazis, monarchists and militant Orthodox Christians.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/murder-trial-russia-inflames-ethnic-tensions-142520597--spt.html

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Build Your Campaign Through Pay Per Click (PPC): Businesses ...

With numerous individuals logging onto the Internet coming from across the globe daily, there are many chances for businesses that took their own undertakings online to build contacts with potential customers and nurture their partnership with current ones. It?s no longer enough for a company to have a physical store or office where people may visit to do business; now, if you wish to be on top of your game and be prosperous in your field, then maintaining your presence online with a top-quality website is essential in securing your spot being a major model in your market.

Companies need to push traffic towards their official sites; when they get to the site, they have the opportunity to view all of the available products, buy product or service, and talk about the info to other consumers online. The challenge, however, is based on effectively directing Internet users to their site, and among the most effective ways to accomplish this is via a Web marketing model known as pay per click (PPC). Businesses can employ this kind of marketing tactic to produce quality traffic while keeping a certain financial budget.

Through pay-per-click, a business proprietor like you may put an ad on some other website or a search engine with the intention of leading clients from that website to your own. You?d simply need to pay the publisher whenever a web user ticks on your advertisement; it doesn?t matter whether the web user proceeds to buy an item from your site or not. The model offers a great opportunity for your business to get in touch with numerous Web users and gain an advantage above your competitors.

In case setting up such an online advertising campaign is totally new to you, you can hire experts in PPC campaign management to handle the task and help you be successful. These experts can help you with all elements of creating the marketing campaign: creating a Google Adwords account, developing a Google Adwords technique, exploring key terms and competitors, selecting key terms, as well as making designs, adgroups, and commercials.

When your campaign is well on its way, a PPC management company could also guide you through different important elements of the advertising process. They could help your business with writing and assessing multiple advertisements, monitoring your Google Analytics account and your conversions, handling search term optimisation and bids, maximising clicks, and planning standard marketing reviews.

With seasoned marketers at the head of your PPC promotion, you can anticipate to see positive results in just a few months. The key to an effective marketing plan like this would be to continuously check, monitor, and adjust your promotion to adjust your results and then observe significant increase in customer response. Producing quality traffic for your site is a continuous task that successful entrepreneurs must regularly manage and modify to create great effects.

You can find a lot of causes why you will want expert assistance in PPC. In Dubai, experts can direct you towards your prosperity.

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Rice meeting with senators fails to dampen criticism

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice on Tuesday failed to win over her harshest Republican critics in the U.S. Senate who are threatening to block her nomination if President Barack Obama chooses her for Secretary of State or another top post in his second-term Cabinet.

Rice met for about an hour behind closed doors at the U.S. Capitol with Senators John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Kelly Ayotte. They have openly criticized her for initial comments after the September 11 attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi that suggested it was a spontaneous event arising from protests of an anti-Islam film rather than a preplanned terrorist strike.

The U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans were killed in the attack on the Benghazi mission and a nearby CIA annex. Intelligence officials later said the attack was possibly tied to al Qaeda affiliates.

"We are significantly troubled by many of the answers that we got, and some that we didn't get, concerning evidence that was overwhelming leading up to the attack on our consulate," McCain told reporters after the meeting.

"It is clear that the information that she gave the American people was incorrect when she said that it was a spontaneous demonstration triggered by a hateful video," he said.

"It was not, and there was compelling evidence at the time that that was certainly not the case, including statements by Libyans as well as other Americans who are fully aware that people don't bring mortars and rocket-propelled grenades to spontaneous demonstrations," McCain said.

Rice was accompanied by a CIA official and was not seen by reporters.

President Barack Obama has defended Rice and said if senators had a problem with her comments on a round of Sunday television talk shows days after the attack, they should go to him.

(Reporting by Tabassum Zakaria; Editing by Jackie Frank)

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Celebrity Real Estate - Curbed National

Tuesday, November 27, 2012, by Amy Schellenbaum

British pop musician Robbie Williams has listed his Beverly Hills compound, complete with regulation-sized soccer field, for $3.6M, $100K less than he paid in 2005. Williams may be taking a loss, but as The Real Estalker points out, he'll be far from homeless in Tinseltown: Williams also has a $5.45M estate he picked up from country star Clint Black in 2002. [The Real Estalker]

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10 Things to Know for Today

FILE - In this Monday, Dec., 1, 2008, file photo, an Amazon.com employee grabs boxes off the conveyor belt to load in a truck at their Fernley, Nev., warehouse. Cyber Monday, coined in 2005 by a shopping trade group that noticed a spike in online sales on the Monday after Thanksgiving when people returned to their work computers, is the next in a line of days that stores are counting on to jumpstart the holiday shopping season. This year it is expected to be the biggest online shopping day of the year for the third year in a row. (AP Photo/Scott Sady)

FILE - In this Monday, Dec., 1, 2008, file photo, an Amazon.com employee grabs boxes off the conveyor belt to load in a truck at their Fernley, Nev., warehouse. Cyber Monday, coined in 2005 by a shopping trade group that noticed a spike in online sales on the Monday after Thanksgiving when people returned to their work computers, is the next in a line of days that stores are counting on to jumpstart the holiday shopping season. This year it is expected to be the biggest online shopping day of the year for the third year in a row. (AP Photo/Scott Sady)

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In this Nov. 19, 2012 photo, twins Abigail and Noah Thomas, 8, ride on the motorized wheelchair of their mother, Jenn Thomas, on their way to a school book fair in Arlington Heights, Ill. Thomas, a 36-year-old mom who has cerebral palsy, says her twins occasionally complain about having to do a few extra chores around the house to help her. Abigail nods and smiles upon hearing this, but says for the most part, their lives are "kind of normal." For her, having a mom with a disability is just how it is, she said. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine)

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about today:

1. WHY EGYPT'S PRESIDENT HAS POLARIZED THE NATION

Supporters and opponents of Mohammed Morsi are growing more entrenched in their battle over the Islamist leader's move to assume near absolute powers.

2. MERCHANTS HOPE FOR AN ONLINE BOOST

It's estimated that this year's Cyber Monday will be the biggest online shopping day of the year, for the third year in a row.

3. BANGLADESHIS HIT THE STREETS OVER FACTORY FIRE

Thousands express outrage ? some blocking roads and smashing vehicles ? about conditions in the building where a blaze killed at least 112 people.

4. THE 'FISCAL CLIFF' LOBBYING BATTLES BEGIN

As Congress and the White House face a Dec. 31 deadline for a deficit-reduction plan, groups are scrambling to ensure their interests don't get sacrificed.

5. HOW WALL STREET IS STILL DEALING WITH SANDY

Landlords at many buildings warn tenants such as JP Morgan Chase that full power may not be back to their headquarters for weeks.

6. THE DISABLED FIGHT FOR RIGHT TO BE PARENTS

A new report says the U.S. legal system is not adequately protecting the rights of parents with disabilities.

7. TOUGH TIMES PUT SQUEEZE ON FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE

A main challenge at the U.N. climate conference that's just begun in Qatar is raising money for poor countries when budgets are strained.

8. FROM THE BOUNCE HOUSE TO A HOSPITAL

A study suggests 30 American children a day are treated in emergency rooms for broken bones, sprains, cuts and concussions from bounce house accidents.

9. ROLLING STONES JAM ON 50TH ANNIVERSARY

He still might not get satisfaction, but frontman Mick Jagger was in top vocal form at a London concert, AP's Gregory P. Katz reports.

10. WHAT THE '12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS' GIFTS COST TODAY

The price of turtle doves and maids-a-milking are the same as last year but it'll cost your true love more for pipers piping and drummers drumming.

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Egypt reformist warns of turmoil from Morsi decree

CAIRO (AP) ? Prominent Egyptian democracy advocate Mohammed ElBaradei warned Saturday of increasing turmoil that could potentially lead to the military stepping in unless the Islamist president rescinds his new, near absolute powers, as the country's long fragmented opposition sought to unite and rally new protests.

Egypt's liberal and secular forces ? long divided, weakened and uncertain amid the rise of Islamist parties to power ? are seeking to rally themselves in response to the decrees issued this week by President Mohammed Morsi. The president granted himself sweeping powers to "protect the revolution" and made himself immune to judicial oversight.

The judiciary, which was the main target of Morsi's edicts, pushed back Saturday. The country's highest body of judges, the Supreme Judical Council, called his decrees an "unprecedented assault." Courts in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria announced a work suspension until the decrees are lifted.

Outside the high court building in Cairo, several hundred demonstrators rallied against Morsi, chanting, "Leave! Leave!" echoing the slogan used against former leader Hosni Mubarak in last year's uprising that ousted him. Police fired tear gas to disperse a crowd of young men who were shooting flares outside the court.

The edicts issued Wednesday have galvanized anger brewing against Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood, from which he hails, ever since he took office in June as Egypt's first freely elected president. Critics accuse the Brotherhood ? which has dominated elections the past year ? and other Islamists of monopolizing power and doing little to bring real reform or address Egypt's mounting economic and security woes.

Oppositon groups have called for new nationwide rallies Tuesday ? and the Muslim Brotherhood has called for rallies supporting Morsi the same day, setting the stage for new violence.

Morsi supporters counter that the edicts were necessary to prevent the courts, which already dissolved the elected lower house of parliament, from further holding up moves to stability by disbanding the assembly writing the new constitution, as judges were considering doing. Like parliament was, the assembly is dominated by Islamists. Morsi accuses Mubarak loyalists in the judiciary of seeking to thwart the revolution's goals and barred the judiciary from disbanding the constitutional assembly or parliament's upper house.

In an interview with a handful of journalists, including The Associated Press, Nobel Peace laureate ElBaradei raised alarm over the impact of Morsi's rulings, saying he had become "a new pharaoh."

"There is a good deal of anger, chaos, confusion. Violence is spreading to many places and state authority is starting to erode slowly," he said. "We hope that we can manage to do a smooth transition without plunging the country into a cycle of violence. But I don't see this happening without Mr. Morsi rescinding all of this."

Speaking of Egypt's powerful military, ElBaradei said, "I am sure they are as worried as everyone else. You cannot exclude that the army will intervene to restore law and order" if the situation gets out of hand.

But anti-Morsi factions are chronically divided, with revolutionary youth activists, new liberal political parties that have struggled to build a public base and figures from the Mubarak era, all of whom distrust each other. The judiciary is also an uncomfortable cause for some to back, since it includes many Mubarak appointees who even Morsi opponents criticize as too tied to the old regime.

Opponents say the edicts gave Morsi near dictatorial powers, neutering the judiciary when he already holds both executive and legislative powers. One of his most controversial edicts gave him the right to take any steps to stop "threats to the revolution," vague wording that activists say harkens back to Mubarak-era emergency laws.

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in nationwide protests on Friday, sparking clashes between anti-and pro-Morsi crowds in several cities that left more than 200 people wounded.

On Saturday, new clashed broke out in the southern city of Assiut. Morsi opponents and members of the Muslim Brotherhood swung sticks and threw stones at each other outside the offices of the Brotherhood's political party, leaving at least seven injured.

ElBaradei and a six other prominent liberal leaders have announced the formation of a National Salvation Front aimed at rallying all non-Islamist groups together to force Morsi to rescind his edicts.

The National Salvation Front leadership includes several who ran against Morsi in this year's presidential race ? Hamdeen Sabahi, who finished a close third, former foreign minister Amr Moussa and moderate Islamist Abdel-Moneim Aboul-Fotouh. ElBaradei says the group is also pushing for the creation of a new constitutional assembly and a unity government.

ElBaradei said it would be a long process to persuade Morsi that he "cannot get away with murder."

"There is no middle ground, no dialogue before he rescinds this declaration. There is no room for dialogue until then."

The grouping seems to represent a newly assertive political foray by ElBaradei, the former chief of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency. ElBaradei returned to Egypt in the year before Mubarak's fall, speaking out against his rule, and was influential with many of the youth groups that launched the anti-Mubarak revolution.

But since Mubarak's fall, he has been criticized by some as too Westernized, elite and Hamlet-ish, reluctant to fully assert himself as an opposition leader.

The Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice political party, once headed by Morsi, said Saturday in a statement that the president's decision protects the revolution against former regime figures who have tried to erode elected institutions and were threatening to dissolve the constitutional assembly.

The Brotherhood warned in another statement that there were forces trying to overthrow the elected president in order to return to power. It said Morsi has a mandate to lead, having defeated one of Mubarak's former prime ministers this summer in a closely contested election.

Morsi's edicts also removed Abdel-Meguid Mahmoud, the prosecutor general first appointed by Mubarak, who many Egyptians accused of not prosecuting former regime figures strongly enough.

Speaking to a gathering of judges cheering support for him at the high court building in Cairo, Mahmoud warned of a "vicious campaign" against state institutions. He also said judicial authorities are looking into the legality of the decision to remove him ? setting up a Catch-22 of legitimacy, since under Morsi's decree, the courts cannot overturn any of his decisions.

"I thank you for your support of judicial independence," he told the judges.

"Morsi will have to reverse his decision to avoid the anger of the people," said Ahmed Badrawy, a labor ministry employee protesting at the courthouse. "We do not want to have an Iranian system here," he added, referring to fears that hardcore Islamists may try to turn Egypt into a theocracy.

Several hundred protesters remained in Cairo's Tahrir Square Saturday, where a number of tents have been erected in a sit-in following nearly a week of clashes with riot police.

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Brian Rohan contributed to this report from Cairo.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/egypt-reformist-warns-turmoil-morsi-decree-202922745.html

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Scientists Get A New Look At Einstein's Brain

Pathologist Thomas Harvey took dozens of photos of Einstein's brain. This one shows that Einstein's prefrontal cortex (associated with higher cognition and memory) is unusually convoluted. On the right side of the brain there are four large ridges, where most people have only three.

Brain(2012)/National Museum of Health and Medicine

Pathologist Thomas Harvey took dozens of photos of Einstein's brain. This one shows that Einstein's prefrontal cortex (associated with higher cognition and memory) is unusually convoluted. On the right side of the brain there are four large ridges, where most people have only three.

Brain(2012)/National Museum of Health and Medicine

Albert Einstein was a smart guy. Everybody knows that. But was there something about the structure of his brain that made it special?

Scientists have been trying to answer that question ever since his death. Previously unpublished photographs of Einstein's brain taken soon after he died were analyzed last week in the journal Brain. The images and the paper provide a more complete anatomical picture and may help shed light on his genius.

Thin slices of Einstein's brain were preserved on slides prepared by lab technician Marthe Keller in 1955.

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Thin slices of Einstein's brain were preserved on slides prepared by lab technician Marthe Keller in 1955.

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Every brain has unique nooks and crannies. Aside from sheer curiosity, examining Einstein's brain could yield scientifically valuable insights. "There are strong links between variation in brain anatomy and variations in intellectual ability, period," says Sandra Witelson, a neuroscientist at the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine at McMaster University in Ontario.

The story of how the photographs turned up is interesting in itself. In the hours after Einstein's death in 1955, the autopsy pathologist, Thomas Harvey, took dozens of photographs and dissected the physicist's brain into 240 parts for preservation. Harvey's lab made slides for future study. (For more, see Jon Hamilton's "Einstein's Brain Unlocks Some Mysteries Of The Mind.")

Beginning in the 1980s, researchers started asking Harvey for samples ? photos, slides and preserved blocks of the actual brain. Observations began to trickle out. In 1999, Harvey and Witelson discovered that not only did Einstein have abnormally wide parietal lobes ? associated with math, vision and spatial perception ? he also lacked a groove that runs through that region. Their hypothesis: No groove means more connectivity between neurons.

Albert Einstein, seen playing the violin in the music room of the S.S. Belgenland, had knoblike structures on the part of the brain that controls motion of the right hand. Brain scans of modern musicians show similar structures.

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Albert Einstein, seen playing the violin in the music room of the S.S. Belgenland, had knoblike structures on the part of the brain that controls motion of the right hand. Brain scans of modern musicians show similar structures.

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Over the years, researchers have tried to glean a few facts from whatever samples and photographs they could acquire. In 2009, anthropologist Dean Falk, of Florida State University in Tallahassee, noticed that Einstein had unusually patterned parietal lobes and a structural quirk in his brain common in string players and linked to musical ability. But she just had a handful of photos previously published by Witelson to go on.

Harvey died in 2007. His estate donated a special collection of slide and photo specimens and a road map of the brain to the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Silver Spring, Md., in 2010. For the first time, Falk and her colleagues had access to a more complete set of evidence.

So what did they find? Well, they analyzed 14 of these photographs and compared the visible parts of Einstein's outer brain with 85 human brains previously described in scientific studies. "Einstein's brain differs from the average human brain," says Falk. "In various parts, it's more convoluted. It's bumpier, and that may be related to an increase in the neurons."

The museum released an iPad app to view the slides back in September.

Witelson says the new analysis and photos may encourage other scientists to take a crack at Einstein's brain. "Einstein's aura lives on," she says.

Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/11/19/165483381/scientists-get-a-new-look-at-einsteins-brain?ft=1&f=1007

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Nexus 4 shown working on Canadian LTE through simple carrier menu code (video)

Want LTE on your new Nexus 4? Well, you might have to move country. Unless it's some elaborate post-Thanksgiving hoax from our Canadian neighbors, several Telus customers have demonstrated that the LTE chip hiding inside the Nexus 4 does work, and have connected to some data speeds resembling a 4G connection. This was enabled through the test menu, accessed by dialing "*#*#4636#*".

Tapping on the preferred network type option, you can select either LTE on its own, or a mix of LTE, GSM and CDMA. According to the videos, the Google phone then taps into your carrier's LTE network if Band 4 is available, and you're good to go. We've so far been unable to replicate it in the UK, which doesn't use the same LTE Band 4 (AWS 2100 / 1700MHz) of Canadian carriers Bell, Rogers and Telus. We have also tested this with AT&T's LTE, but had no luck there either -- we tried it in a Band 17 area, not a Band 4 area (which is less common). This is, however, great news for T-Mobile customers as this is precisely the type of LTE they'll be getting very soon. But for now, there's two working videos already doing the rounds from Canada and we've included them both below.

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Home Improvement: What To Grasp Prior To Starting | La Mesa ...

Friday, November 23rd, 2012 at 12:32 AM ?

Most folks hear the term ?home improvement? and immediately reach for the Yellow Pages. Nonetheless it doesn't need to be as difficult a job as you think. There are lots of do it yourself strategies to do-it-yourself. This article will offer you 1 or 2 creative tips for improving your home, without spending a lot.

Choose satin paint in an area that may need constant cleaning. Satin paint has a gorgeous glaze, and is appropriate for family room and children?s rooms, and the loo or kitchen, as it is really easy to wash. Don't forget that touch-ups can be tough, as a difference in sheen would be obvious.

If you are planning on painting a room as part of a home improvement project, you are able to save cash by accurately guesstimating the quantity of paint you will need. One gallon of paint will cover about 350 square feet of wall space, unless you are painting drywall, which absorbs more paint. A precise guess can prevent you from overbuying paint, which once mixed in a specific colour generally can?t be returned.

A great thing about interior decorating is that often it doesn't have to match. You can purchase a great dining room table and mix and match chairs. This is superb for cottage and country-styled houses. Buying a table 2nd hand and adding chairs from different places basically creates a great design element, as well as a feeling of achievement. Give those used chairs a chance to shine!

Always keep your work area clean when doing home improvements. Many accidents happen when an area is cluttered with waste and you cannot move and work properly. Take some time from your project and clean the waste from the area. This is going to help keep you protected from trips, falls, and tangled cords.

If you're painting your home, be sure to clean off your brushes as soon as you have finished using them. Letting paint dry on the brushes can inflict damage on the bristles and make them less effective. Also , if you fail to clean brushes fully and then move on to color another room, flecks of the first paint colour may finish up in the new color.

Never underestimate your home-improvement project. Prior to beginning, jot down a list of the mandatory steps that must definitely be followed, and have it reviewed by someone who is more informed than you to be certain there are no missing steps. Overestimate the time needed to complete the project in case there are any unforeseen complications.

For a paint finish that really lasts, always sand, strip and prime, before trying a fresh coat. Many people think that skipping the preparatory steps of painting will accelerate the procedure , but down the road old paint will peel thru the new finish, spoiling your paint job and making you strip off one more layer of paint before repainting again.

In summary, home-improvement is simpler now than ever. By using the tips provided, you can be on your way to having the home you have always dreamed of. With a little time, energy and creativeness, you are sure to create the ideal look for your home. The best part is you can reach it all for fragments of what you would pay a professional.

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Ruff Ready 060S1300 5piece Garden Tool Kit (Case of 10) $84.58??$62.65 This Ruff amp; Ready 5 piece garden tool set provides all the gardening tools you need. It makes the perfect gift idea. Case of: 10. Manufacturer: Ruff amp; Ready. Retail Packaged: Color sleeve. UPC Coded: Yes. Materials: Plastic and metal. Dimensions: 11.5 inches W X 7.5 inches H X 2.75 inches D. How packaged: 10 tool kits per case. Set includes:. bull; Cultivator. bull; Large trowel. bull; Small trowel. bull; Spray bottle. bull; Pruner with wrist strap. bull; All in a rugged carry case. ? Lewis Lifetime Tools Garden Kneeler GKS2 $48.75??$37.50 No more stooping bending or sore knees. The Garden Kneeler converts from a comfortable bench for sitting to a cushioned kneeler by simply flipping it over. Sturdy handles provide leverage for standing up. Folds neatly for storage and easy portability. 24 x 11 x 5. Length: 24. Width: 5. Height: 11 ? Garden tool assortment Pack of 72 $85.29??$63.18 This nylon garden tool assortment comes with 4 gardening musthaves Includes a hand rake shovel and two dirt softeners. These are great for all gardens. Each tool is packaged individually in a poly bag with header card. Dimensions:. Length: 15. Height: 15. Width: 15 ? Truper Tools 995103 4 Tine Cultivator for Garden Work $30.46??$23.43 4 Tine Cultivator. Truper For Garden Work. Made from the finest materials. Functionality that is Unbeatable. Satisfaction ensured. ? Norton Consumer Garden Tool Sharpener 87938 $21.18??$15.69 Large size for easy handling. Medium grit. Crystalline stone. 9.50 x 1.38 x .50. Carded. Length: 9.5. Width: 0.5. Height: 1.38 ? Garden tool assortment Pack of 48 $69.98??$51.84 This nylon garden tool assortment comes with 4 gardening musthaves Includes a hand rake shovel and two dirt softeners. These are great for all gardens. Each tool is packaged individually in a poly bag with header card. Dimensions:. Length: 13. Height: 13. Width: 13 ? Truper TRP31211 Truper 31211 Trupro Garden Spade D Handle $38.62??$28.61 Garden spade with durable Dshaped handle ? Custom Printed Rugs DM 21 Gardening Tools Door Mat $22.75??$17.50 The Prints are Rotary Screened on 100 percent Polyester Pile for Durability and Lasting Clarity The care to detail and natural colors lend to their beauty They have a thick NonSkid Bonded Foam Backing They are Ideal for Wall hangings as well as Floor Choose from Home Accent or Wildlife collections Approximate Size 18 x 30 with rounded corners ? Planet JR. Farm and Garden Tools $22.95??$17.65 This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. Author: Allen. Co, Sl Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 76 Publication Date: 2010/09/06 Language: English Dimensions: 7.44 x 9.69 x 0.16 inches ? Truper TRP30376 Truper 30376 Garden Pro Post Hole Digger With Wood Handles $51.87??$38.42 Garden pro Atlas pattern post hold digger ? Ames Real Tools For Kids Garden Rake KGRM $29.96??$22.19 Garden rake. Real Tools For Kids series. Tool head and handle are kid sized for comfort and ease of use. Lacquered hardwood handle won t splinter. Sturdy steel head is kid tough. 7.50 head size. 42 handle. Length: 43.25. Width: 3.25. Height: 6.75 ? A Selection of Articles about Garden and Orchard Tools and Equipment $44.79??$34.45 This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience. Author: Various Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 68 Publication Date: 2011/03/01 Language: English Dimensions: 8.50 x 5.51 x 0.16 inches ? Picnic at Ascot 341F Garden Tote and Tools Set $63.11??$46.75 Floral Collection multipocket gardening tote with tools. Set includes three top quality heavy gauge stainless tools with comfort grip handles. Roomy interior is great for transporting supplies side pockets have room for a beverage and snack. Designed and Assembled in the USA. Lifetime Warranty. Material: 600D polycanvas. Color: Floral. Item Dimensions: 11.75 x 13 x 6.5 ? Answer Garden: A Tool for Growing Organizational Memory $19.31??$14.85 This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. Author: Ackerman, Mark S./ Malone, Thomas W./ Sloan School of Management Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 20 Publication Date: 2011/08/10 Language: English Dimensions: 9.69 x 7.44 x 0.04 inches ? Flexrake CALRB901 Cal Flex Pocket Gardener Multi Function Tool 5 In 1 $44.90??$34.54 The Flexrake Pocket Gardener MultiFunction 5 in 1 Tool is great for projects around the home or garden. This wonderful tool has 5 tools packed into one. The top functions as a bypass pruner for use keeping plants healthy and cleaned up. Also included are a weeder a halfserrated blade a pruning knife and a bottle opener.

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