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Friday, May 31, 2013

Instagram prankster finds way into celeb pics

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Kurt Schlosser TODAY

21 hours ago

If you think celebrities are Photoshopped in many of the images they appear in, you're going to love the work of Instagram user PeejeT.

The 25-year-old, who goes by what he calls his "stage name" on the photo-sharing site and Twitter, is gaining attention and followers for his very fun ability to insert himself into events where only celebs previously existed.

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Instagram user PeejeT gives himself a seat next to Kim Kardashian, right, and shares a laugh with Jay-Z and Beyonce as Kanye West gets pushed back a row.

Many of his 100 or so photos have him sitting next to -- or on the lap of -- some of the leading women and men of hip-hop. And it's not a stretch to say PeejeT has a thing for Beyonce, Rihanna and Kim Kardashian in particular.

"Yeah, I am a fan of hip-hop and all of those ladies," PeejeT said via email on Thursday. "I'm sure they think I'm the weirdest dude ever."

Judging by the comments on Instagram, his 64,000 followers think he's hilarious. There he is sitting next to Kardashian at an awards show, with Kanye sulking in the background. Ever wanted to vacation with Beyonce? PeejeT took the liberty of making that happen for himself, despite the awkward presence of her husband, Jay-Z.

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PeejeT is poolside with Beyonce -- take another lap, Jay-Z.

"I've gotten some replies and re-tweets from the celebs themselves. It's cool when they realize it's all in good fun," PeejeT said. "Some hardcore fans of these people do send me tweets begging me to stop followed by many frowny faces. I'm sure Jay-Z, Kanye, and Chris Brown aren't my biggest fans either ... ha!"

What makes the photos fun is a mix of the moment PeejeT chooses to insert himself into, and the relatively amateur manipulation of the photos with the editing software.

"I don't claim to be some graphic design wizard or anything," PeejeT said. "I'm just a guy that downloaded and taught myself how to use Photoshop a couple years ago thinking it would be funny to put myself in some pictures with celebs. I started doing them for something my friends and I can laugh at."

He told The Daily Dot that he chooses pics by whatever is trending on Twitter.

"For instance, when Miguel leg dropped that fan at the Billboard Music Awards everyone was talking about it so I tried to get as creative and funny with it as I can," PeejeT said. "I just love making people laugh."

And for a guy whose web identity is growing by the moment thanks to this labor of love, PeejeT preferred not to take a phone call on Thursday ... because he was "at work."

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PeejeT deflects Miguel's ill-fated leap at the Billboard Music Awards.

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Halle Berry is creeped out after red carpet security couldn't keep PeejeT away.

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Rihanna's on the arm of PeejeT and Chris Brown looks bummed about it.

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Sorry, Drake, PeejeT's got a secret for Nicki Minaj.

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PeejeT, escorting Beyonce on President Obama's Inauguration Day.

Source: http://www.today.com/entertainment/instagram-prankster-gets-cozy-celebs-thanks-photoshop-6C10130982

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Microsoft promo: buy a Surface RT, get a free keyboard cover (updated)

There's no question that the Surface RT comes into its own with a keyboard cover; we can't imagine using the tablet unadorned. Microsoft can't, either, as it's launching a promo that gives the covers away. Americans and Canadians who buy the Windows RT slate between now and the end of June can get either the Touch Cover or the Type Cover for free, no matter which color they fancy. Surface Pro customers are out of luck, but it's hard to dispute the value for prospective Surface RT owners -- the deal amounts to at least a $100 discount on the touch PC's real-world price.

Update: To be clear, this promo has been running in other countries; it's just now debuting in North America, however.

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AP sources: Obama to name ex-Bush aide to head FBI

WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Barack Obama is prepared to nominate James Comey, a former Bush administration official with bipartisan credentials, as the next FBI director. In a possible warning sign, the top Republican on the Senate committee that would review the nomination said Comey would face questions about his ties to Wall Street.

Three people with knowledge of the selection said Wednesday that Obama planned to nominate Comey, who was the No. 2 official at the Justice Department under President George W. Bush. Comey was general counsel to Connecticut-based hedge fund Bridgewater Associates from 2010 until earlier this year and now lectures at Columbia Law School.

Comey would replace Robert Mueller, who has held the job since shortly before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, which forced the FBI to transform itself into one of the nation's chief weapons in the war on terror. Mueller's last day on the job is Sept. 4.

The White House may hope that Comey's Republican background will help him through Senate confirmation at a time when some of Obama's nominees have been facing tough battles. But Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, indicated Comey's confirmation hearing would raise questions about the Obama administration's investigations of Wall Street.

Grassley said in a statement late Wednesday he had not heard from the White House about Comey's nomination but said Comey possessed a lot of important experience on national security issues.

"But, if he's nominated, he would have to answer questions about his recent work in the hedge fund industry," Grassley said. "The administration's efforts to criminally prosecute Wall Street for its part in the economic downturn have been abysmal, and his agency would have to help build the case against some of his colleagues."

Comey became a hero to Democrats for the central role he played in holding up Bush's warrantless wiretapping program, one of the administration's great controversies and an episode that focused attention on the administration's controversial tactics in the war on terror.

In stunning testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2007, Comey said he thought Bush's no-warrant wiretapping program was so questionable that Comey refused for a time to reauthorize it, leading to a standoff with White House officials at the bedside of ailing Attorney General John Ashcroft.

Comey said he refused to recertify the program because Ashcroft had reservations about its legality.

Senior government officials had expressed concerns about whether the National Security Agency, which administered the warrantless eavesdropping program, had the proper oversight in place. Other concerns included whether any president possessed the legal and constitutional authority to authorize the program as it was carried out at the time.

The White House, Comey said, recertified the program without the Justice Department's signoff, allowing it to operate for about three weeks without concurrence on whether it was legal. Comey, Ashcroft, Mueller and other Justice Department officials at one point considered resigning, Comey said.

"I couldn't stay if the administration was going to engage in conduct that the Department of Justice had said had no legal basis," Comey told the Senate panel.

A day after the March 10, 2004, incident at Ashcroft's hospital bedside, Bush ordered changes to the program to accommodate the department's concerns. Ashcroft signed the presidential order to recertify the program about three weeks later.

The dramatic hospital confrontation involved Comey, who was the acting attorney general during Ashcroft's absence, and a White House team that included Gonzales, Bush's counsel at the time, and White House chief of staff Andy Card, Comey said. Gonzales later succeeded Ashcroft as attorney general.

Comey testified that when he refused to certify the program, Gonzales and Card headed to Ashcroft's sick bed in the intensive care unit at George Washington University Hospital.

When Gonzales appealed to Ashcroft, the ailing attorney general lifted his head off the pillow and in straightforward terms described his views of the program, Comey said. Then he pointed out that Comey, not Ashcroft, held the powers of the attorney general at that moment.

Gonzales and Card then left the hospital room, Comey said.

"I was angry," Comey told the panel. "I thought I had just witnessed an effort to take advantage of a very sick man who did not have the powers of the attorney general."

Comey was deputy attorney general in 2005, when he unsuccessfully tried to limit tough interrogation tactics against suspected terrorists. He told then-Attorney General Alberto Gonzales that some of the practices were wrong and would damage the department's reputation.

Some Democrats denounced those methods as torture, particularly the use of waterboarding, which produces the sensation of drowning.

Comey's selection was first reported by NPR and was not expected to be announced for several days at least. It was confirmed to the AP by three people speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the selection ahead of Obama's announcement. Senate confirmation will be needed.

The change in leadership at the FBI comes as the bureau and Justice Department are under scrutiny for their handing of several investigations. Obama has ordered a review of FBI investigations into leaks to reporters, including the secret gathering of Associated Press phone records and emails of a Fox News reporter. And there have been questions raised about whether the FBI properly responded to warnings from Russian authorities about a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings. The agency, meanwhile, is conducting a highly anticipated investigation into the Internal Revenue Service over its handling of conservative groups seeking tax exempt status.

Earlier in his career, Comey served as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, one of the nation's most prominent prosecutorial offices and one at the front lines of terrorism, corporate malfeasance, organized crime and the war on drugs.

As an assistant U.S. attorney in Virginia, Comey handled the investigation of the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers housing complex near Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, which killed 19 U.S. military personnel.

He led the Justice Department's corporate fraud task force and spurred the creation of violent crime impact teams in 20 cities, focusing on crimes committed with guns.

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Associated Press writer Pete Yost contributed to this report.

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/ap-sources-obama-name-ex-bush-aide-head-065811607.html

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Mobile Nations and iMore to host... Talk Mobile 2013!

Android. BlackBerry. iOS. Windows Phone. Editors. Industry experts. You. Me. Us. -- The conversation begins Monday, June 3!

#TM13 stands for Talk Mobile 2013, an all-new, online event hosted by Mobile Nations -- including not only iMore, but Android Central, CrackBerry, and Windows Phone Central as well -- created with one goal in mind: to take our ongoing discussion of mobile to the next level.

Technology alone is not enough. Apple said that years ago, and they've been proven right. Mobile is no longer about the bits and atoms we hold in our hands, but what those bits and atoms can do to inform, inspire, and improve our daily lives. And that's just exactly what we're going to be exploring through Talk Mobile, together. From manufacturers to carriers, from social to personal, from gaming to enterprise, from around the world to inside our homes, we're going to get the conversation started not only about what matters most to the industry, but what matters most to us.

It begins on June 3. Mark your calendar, follow @talkmobile, and bookmark this landing page -- talkmobile2013.com. You'll be able to watch every video and read every word right here on iMore, but that page is going to collect them all for you in one convenient place. Our tech team has even built a brand new commenting system that'll let everyone, from every site, talk together, and highlight and promote the very best contributions.

To celebrate the kickoff we're throwing the tech party to end all tech parties on June 6 in NYC. Details on the party, and how you can enter to win a free trip for 2 to the party, are up on talkmobile2013.com.

Watch the trailer video above. Read the press release below. Enter the contest. Follow all the things. Then buckle up, we're in for one hell of a ride.

Mobile Nations launches Talk Mobile 2013, presented by BlackBerry

An industry-first online event that brings together the top smartphone experts and fans in meaningful conversations about mobile technology and how it affects our lives

NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- (Marketwire - May 29, 2013) -- Mobile Nations, the leading online mobile news and community network -- Android Central, CrackBerry, iMore, and Windows Phone Central -- announced today that Talk Mobile, an online event spanning all of the Mobile Nations sites and presented by BlackBerry?, will launch on June 3, 2013.

Talk Mobile will bring together mobile industry experts, influencers, pundits, enthusiasts, and fans from around the world to engage in meaningful conversations about important topics in mobile today. A total of 50 Talk Mobile features will be published over the next several months. Each day's feature will simultaneously reach each Mobile Nations site, with Android, BlackBerry, iOS and Windows Phone communities each having an equal voice in the conversation.

?We have the largest, most knowledgeable, most passionate communities in mobile, but for most of the year we?re all focused on our own, specific platforms,? said Kevin Michaluk, Chief Media Officer of Mobile Nations. ?Talk Mobile lets us take off those platform-specific hats and engage in real, in-depth, industry-wide discussion. That?s why only Mobile Nations could do an event like Talk Mobile -- our sites are all biased by definition, but when we come together, the biases balance out, and we end up with the most amazing debates.?

Covering ten highly relevant topics, Talk Mobile will address the issues facing modern platform makers and manufacturers, carriers and service providers, developers and designers, and power users and casual users alike. Topics range from mobile gaming to photography to social to security.

?Over the last decade, smartphones have grown from niche technology to mainstream reality,? said Marcus Adolfsson, CEO of Mobile Nations. ?We see that in our communities every day. It?s not just about tech specs anymore, but about health, family, entertainment, creativity, and connectivity. There?s a deeper conversation to be had about mobile and how it influences, enables, and affects our lives. That?s why we?re launching Talk Mobile.?

Each Talk Mobile feature will start with a roundtable discussion moderated by Cali Lewis and John Pozadzides of GeekBeat.TV, with Mobile Nations? site editors Phil Nickinson, Kevin Michaluk, Rene Ritchie, and Daniel Rubino as panelists. The conversation will then be turned over to the community, where anyone and everyone can have their say, and the very best contributions will be featured. Talk Mobile 2013 begins on June, 3, 2013. The first week will cover mobile gaming, its threat to consoles, its social implications, its ability to scale, and its future. Readers can join in the conversation by visiting their favorite Mobile Nations site.

Talk Mobile launch party

To celebrate the kickoff, Mobile Nations will be hosting a Talk Mobile 2013 launch party on Thursday, June 6, 2013, in New York City. Admission will be free, but venue space is limited. For more information and to RSVP, visit http://talkmobile2013.eventbrite.com.

Mobile Nations is also running a contest, in which readers can enter for the chance to win a free trip to New York City and guaranteed admission to the Talk Mobile 2013 launch party. For contest information, see www.talkmobile2013.com and follow twitter.com/talkmobile.

About Mobile Nations

Mobile Nations is the leading network of mobile-focused online communities with more than 15 million readers and 55 million page views per month. Android Central, CrackBerry, iMore, and Windows Phone Central form the core of Mobile Nations.

For more information, please visit www.MobileNations.com.

BlackBerry and related trademarks, names and logos are the property of Research In Motion Limited. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Press Contact: Derek Kessler, Managing Editor, Talk Mobile derek@mobilenations.com

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Thursday, May 30, 2013

Why James Rosen Is Not Blameless

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder delivers remarks during the Justice Department Inspector General's annual awards ceremony in the Great Hall at the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice building May 29, 2013 in Washington, DC.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder speaks on May 29, 2013, in Washington.

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As Eric Holder wrings his hands in remorse over his feverish pursuit of Fox News reporter James Rosen?s phone records, it?s worth noting that, when it comes to national security leaks, some things are secret?and should be kept that way?for a reason.

In Rosen?s case, the alarm bells went off not because he reported that North Korea was about to conduct a nuclear-weapons test but because he reported that the CIA learned of this fact from a source inside North Korea. In other words, Rosen revealed that the CIA had a source inside North Korea. It?s unclear whether the source was a human spy or a communications intercept; it?s also irrelevant because, thanks to this story, the source is probably no longer alive or active.

I?m not saying that Rosen should have been treated like a criminal; even Holder is backpedaling from that claim now. But he could have written his story without revealing that nugget about the inside source. The story might have been a little less compelling; his audience might have wondered how he or his official contacts knew that a test was coming. But the U.S. government might also still have a decent intelligence source inside North Korea.

It may seem odd for someone who has been reporting on national security matters for a few decades to say this, but just because the government is doing something in secret?and just because a leaker tells someone like me about it?that doesn?t necessarily mean it should see the light of day. That is especially so if the secret activity in question doesn?t break laws, expose deceit, kill people, violate basic decency, or ? (feel free to add to this list).

Serious journalists, even the most doggedly determined ones, have known this for a long time. That also isn?t to say that they should, or do, brood routinely over the consequences of their scoops; but some limits are obvious. For instance, it?s well known that the New York Times and other publications excised the names of certain people from WikiLeaks documents, especially foreign sources and translators, to keep them from being killed by Iraqi or Afghan insurgents.

It might be less well known that reporters have sometimes even refrained from publishing whole stories. Back in 1974, Seymour Hersh, then the Times? top investigative reporter, learned that the CIA was using the Glomar Explorer, a ship owned by Howard Hughes, to excavate a Soviet nuclear-missile submarine that had sunk in the Pacific Ocean. Hersh had broken some of the biggest stories of the day, including the My Lai massacre, CIA domestic surveillance, and the CIA?s involvement in a coup in Chile.* However, at the request of top officials, Hersh sat on the Glomar Explorer story. He realized that, in this case, secrecy was genuinely in the interests of national security. (The Times published Hersh?s story only after columnist Jack Anderson broke the news. Within days, the ship was surrounded by Soviet trawlers, and the mission was called off. It has never been revealed how much progress, if any, the Explorer had made in pulling up pieces of the Soviet sub.)

My only experience with this dilemma, as a defense reporter for the Boston Globe back in the 1980s, was hypothetical. One day, I received in the mail a manila envelope with no return address. It contained what appeared to be a very highly classified English translation of the Soviet nuclear war plan, complete with a summary of how many missiles and of what type were aimed at targets inside the United States. The document was stamped with the date of just one week earlier. In other words, if this thing was real, it meant that we had a spy deep inside the command of Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces who was feeding us up-to-date information.

That night, I brought the document over to the house of a good friend who worked in the CIA as a Soviet military-affairs analyst. His jaw tightened when he took a look at the thing, but then he relaxed. He told me that one of the classification codes at the top of the document hadn?t been used by the agency for a couple of years. Flipping through its pages, he found a few other mistaken designations as well. He concluded the document wasn?t real. (I?ve never learned who sent it or why.)

The next day I started to wonder what I would have done had the document been real. First, of course, I would have had to discuss it with my bureau chief and probably the paper?s editor; decisions like this are generally not left in the hands of a reporter in his early 30s. Had it been up to me, though, I would have written a story saying that U.S. intelligence officials believe such-and-such about the Soviet Union?s nuclear war plans. I would have summarized the gist of the document?what it indicated about the kinds of targets the Soviets were planning to hit (and not hit), the sequence of the attack, and a few other basic elements. I would not have gone into any details; for instance, I would not have recited how many SS-18 ICBMs were aimed at how many U.S. missile sites or bomber bases. And I certainly would not have said anything about the existence of this document, much less that the CIA had somehow obtained it only a few days earlier.

Some readers might have wondered how the ?U.S. intelligence analysts? that I cited knew what I reported they knew. Let them wonder, I would have shrugged. Better to leave them wondering than to blow an amazing intelligence source for the sake of a news story. This is only common sense, even to a young reporter. It should have been common sense to James Rosen, too.

Correction, May 29, 2013: This article originally credited New York Times reporter Seymour Hersh with the scoop on President Nixon's secret bombing of Cambodia. William Beecher, also of the New York Times, first reported that story. This example has been removed and replaced with another of Hersh's major scoops. (Return to the corrected sentence.)

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Wrestling, baseball-softball and squash make list ? Artesia News

IOC President Jacques Rogge, right, and IOC member Franco Carraro, of Italy, attend the IOC executive board meeting at the SportAccord International Convention in St.Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, May 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) ? Wrestling, squash and baseball-softball made the IOC short list Wednesday for inclusion in the 2020 Olympics.

Three months after being dropped from the 2020 program, wrestling took a big step toward keeping its Olympic status.

Eight sports were vying for a single opening in the lineup.

Eliminated from contention were five sports ? karate, roller sports, sport climbing, wakeboarding and the Chinese martial art of wushu.

The IOC executive board will submit wrestling, squash and baseball-softball to the full IOC assembly for a final decision on Sept. 8 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

?It?s a good mix of team sports and individual,? IOC vice president Thomas Bach said.

The decision came after the eight sports federations made closed-door presentations to the IOC executive board.

Men?s baseball and women?s softball, which have been off the program since the 2008 Beijing Games, merged into a single federation to improve their chances.

Squash is bidding for an Olympic spot for a third time.

Wrestling, with a tradition dating to the ancient Olympics, was surprisingly cut from the list of core sports by the IOC board in February. The decision caused an international outcry and prompted the United States, Russia, Iran and other countries to join forces in a bid to bring the sport back.

Tags: By STEPHEN WILSON, Eastern Europe, Europe, Events, General news, Martial arts, Olympic games, Russia, Softball, Sports, Sports governance, Summer Olympic games, Women's sports, Wrestling

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Pentagon programs target of China cyber threat

WASHINGTON (AP) ? New revelations that China used cyberattacks to access data from nearly 40 Pentagon weapons programs and almost 30 other defense technologies have increased pressure on U.S. leaders to take more strident action against Beijing to stem the persistent breaches.

The disclosure, which was included in a Defense Science Board report released earlier this year, but is only now being discussed publicly, comes as Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel heads to Southeast Asia, where he will discuss the escalating cyberthreat with counterparts from a number of area nations.

While officials have been warning for years about China's cyber espionage efforts aimed at U.S. military and high-tech programs, the breadth of the list underscored how routine the attacks have become. And, as the U.S. looks to grow its military presence in the Asia Pacific, it heightens worries that China can use the information to blunt America's military superiority and keep pace with emerging technologies.

"It introduces uncertainty on how well the weapons may work, and it means we may have to redo weapons systems," said James Lewis, a cybersecurity expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "If they know how it works precisely, they will be able to evade it and figure out how to better beat our systems."

A chart included in the science board's report laid out what it called a partial list of 37 breached programs, which included the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense weapon ? a land-based missile defense system that was recently deployed to Guam to help counter the North Korean threat. Other programs include the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the F-22 Raptor fighter jet, and the hybrid MV-22 Osprey, which can take off and land like a helicopter and fly like an airplane.

The report also listed another 29 broader defense technologies that have been compromised, including drone video systems and high-tech avionics. The information was gathered more than two years ago, so some of the data is dated and a few of the breaches ? such as the F-35 ? had actually already become public.

The details of the breaches were first reported by The Washington Post.

According to a defense official, the report is based on more than 50 briefings that members of the board's task force received from senior leaders in the Pentagon, the State Department, the intelligence community, national laboratories and business. The official was not authorized to discuss the report publicly so spoke on condition of anonymity.

U.S. officials have been far more open about discussing the China cyberattacks over the past year or two, beginning with a November 2011 report by U.S. intelligence agencies that accused China of systematically stealing American high-tech data for its own national economic gain. The Pentagon, meanwhile, in its latest report on China's military power, asserted publicly for the first time that Beijing's military was likely behind computer-based attacks targeting federal agencies.

"In 2012, numerous computer systems around the world, including those owned by the U.S. government, continued to be targeted for intrusions, some of which appear to be attributable directly to the Chinese government and military," said the report, which was released earlier this month.

Cybersecurity experts have for some time been urging the government to use sanctions or other punishments against China for the breaches.

The benefits to the cyber espionage are high and the costs are low, said Shawn Henry, former cyber director at the FBI and now president of CrowdStrike Services, a security technology company.

"There is no cost, there are no sanctions, no diplomatic actions, no financial disincentives," said Henry, adding that the U.S. intellectual property losses are in the hundreds of millions of dollars. He said that the U.S. needs to have a discussion with Chinese leaders about "what the red lines are and what the repercussions will be for crossing those red lines."

U.S. leaders, including President Barack Obama, however, have instead been using the bully pulpit to increase pressure on the Chinese to confront the problem. Obama is expected to raise the issue with China's new leader Xi Jinping during a summit next month in Southern California.

Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said Tuesday that the Pentagon maintains "full confidence in our weapons platforms," adding that the department has taken a number of steps to strengthen its network defenses and monitor for threats.

Defense contractors, meanwhile, declined to say whether their systems had been breached. But recent filings to shareholders indicate these companies see intrusions as a serious risk to their business, particularly when they must rely on third-party suppliers.

In its most recent annual report, Lockheed Martin ? a primary contractor on missile defense programs ? told shareholders that prior cyberattacks "have not had a material impact on our financial results," and that it believed its security efforts were adequate.

However, suppliers and subcontractors have "varying levels of cybersecurity expertise and safeguards and their relationships with government contractors, such as Lockheed Martin may increase the likelihood that they are targeted by the same cyber threats we face," according to the 2012 report.

In a statement emailed to reporters on Tuesday, Lockheed Martin said it has made "significant investments" in cybersecurity and that the company was trying to secure its supply chain given that "program information resides in a large cyber ecosystem."

Similar risk disclosures to shareholders have been made recently by Northrop Grumman, Boeing and Raytheon. For example, Northrop Grumman wrote in its 2012 annual report that cyber intrusions "could damage our reputation and lead to financial losses from remedial actions, loss of business or potential liability."

Company spokesman Randy Belote on Tuesday declined to say whether Northrop Grumman's systems had been breached, citing company policy. But, he added, "the number of attempts to breach our networks (is) increasing at an alarming rate."

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Associated Press writer Anne Flaherty contributed to this report.

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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Judge orders physical exam for accused Fort Hood gunman

By Karen Brooks and Jim Forsyth

FORT HOOD, Texas (Reuters) - A U.S. military court judge on Wednesday ordered a physical exam for accused Fort Hood gunman Major Nidal Hasan before she decides whether Hasan will be allowed to represent himself at his trial this summer.

During a 40-minute pre-trial hearing at Fort Hood, Col. Tara Osborn said that a mental health evaluation showed that Hasan was mentally capable of running his own defense, but she had doubts whether he was physically able to withstand the rigors of representing himself.

She set the next hearing for Monday to give doctors time to examine Hasan, issue a report, and be ready to testify. Osborn declined to rule on any other matters until the issue of his defense was resolved.

Hasan could face the death penalty on charges he killed 13 people in a 2009 shooting rampage if convicted of premeditated murder. Jury selection in his military trial was delayed until next week after he asked the judge to let him fire his lawyers. The trial is scheduled to start July 1.

Hasan arrived in court Wednesday looking pale and drawn, wearing camouflage military fatigues, an Army green stocking cap, and a full beard and mustache. He removed the cap before the court proceedings began, revealing a shaved head.

Hasan answered questions in a soft-spoken voice, occasionally consulting with his attorneys.

He did not say why he wanted to fire the legal team.

Hasan is accused of opening fire on a group of soldiers who were preparing to deploy to Iraq in November 2009 in the worst shooting rampage on a U.S. military post. In addition to the 13 people who died, 32 others were wounded. Two civilian Fort Hood police officers shot Hasan, leaving the Army psychiatrist paralyzed from the chest down.

Osborn said Wednesday that defending oneself is "much more taxing" than sitting there helping his defense attorneys, as it requires additional work outside the courtroom. Hasan's defense attorneys have said in previous hearings that he is only able to withstand about five hours of sitting in court per day.

The last time Hasan had a complete physical exam was in June 2012, Osborn said. An exam scheduled earlier in the month was delayed due to a lack of government funding for the doctor, Osborn said, offering no further explanation.

Hasan said he had no objection to a doctor at Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center performing his exam but was adamant that it not be given by the head of the rehabilitation department, with whom he said he had a "previous experience" while he worked there.

He declined to elaborate, and Osborn did not ask for details.

Osborn told the defense team, led by Col. Kris Poppe, that they would remain Hasan's attorneys until she made her ruling.

"This is not familiar territory," Poppe said, adding that his client clearly did not want them. "Obviously, it's something we'll have to tread carefully."

Military law experts said allowing Hasan to represent himself could make his court martial more open to appeals and more painful for the witnesses or victims he questions.

"It is hard enough for the victim of an attempted murder or the family member of someone who has been murdered, to come into a courtroom and sit across the room from a man who they are convinced did this," said Geoffrey Corn, a retired lieutenant colonel and veteran Army prosecutor.

Osborn has sought to get the trial on track after delays caused by a debate over whether Hasan, who is a Muslim, should be required to shave his beard to comply with military rules. Osborn set the issue aside and Hasan has continued to appear in court with a full beard.

Hasan has said little about what motivated the shootings, but an FBI-commissioned report in 2012 said he had exchanged emails with militant Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki in the year before the attack, and witnesses said they heard him shout in Arabic "God is greatest" just before opening fire at Fort Hood.

Awlaki, a U.S. citizen born in New Mexico, was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Yemen in 2011.

(Editing by David Bailey and Corrie MacLaggan; Editing by Nick Zieminski)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/judge-orders-physical-exam-accused-fort-hood-gunman-200245883.html

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Christie has absolute confidence in Rutgers leader

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) ? Gov. Chris Christie says he has "absolute confidence" in the president of Rutgers University as he deals with questions about his choice for the university's new athletic director.

Speaking on a monthly radio show Tuesday, Christie said Robert Barchi is the "right man for the job." Christie also says it's not his job to micromanage Rutgers' business.

Barchi has been criticized for his choice of Julie Hermann as athletic director this month. Former players on the University of Tennessee volleyball team she coached in the 1990s have said she verbally and emotionally abused them.

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Stock Brokers in India ? How to choose the right one for yourself ...

India suffers from poor growth, high inflation, high current account deficit, high fiscal deficit and of course a constantly choose a stock broker weakening rupee. The gold prices have burst their bubble, and silver is no good either. The banks and post office PPFs and fixed deposits are hardly giving 7 percent interest per annum. So, how to beat inflation in such a dismal scenario? How to make sure the money earned by the sweat of your brow does not lose its sheen? The answer to that lies in leveraging the benefits of the stock market.

The first question that must come to your mind is ? What is a stock market? Whom to buy the stocks from? After all, stocks are not road side hamburgers sold by McDonald?s. It surely isn?t rocket science. Well, you know what, they are just like hamburgers. A stock market is a place where you can buy or sell different financial instruments. One example would be Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), I expect you must have heard the name. To facilitate the buy/sell process, you need the help of Stock brokerages. The problem begins once you know that you need a stock broker. There are many of them, but only a couple of them might be relevant. Which one to choose? You will obviously ask for people who have used both of them. To narrow down to the right broker, you need to asses a string of factors before you decide which broker to buy stocks from.

But before deep diving into it, I would ask you to write the amount you are ready to invest in the market on a paper. Remember this amount should be the ?Risk Capital?, which, if you lose should not affect your current life-style. You should keep in mind that the market is volatile and there is a probability that you might end up losing all or majority of this money.

Based on the money at your disposal, you can opt for one of these two categories of brokers:

1.????Full Service Broker: Big players (in the range of Rs 1 million) go to such brokers. These brokers give their customers one-to-one investment advice on buying stocks, which is backed by an extensive research team, usually in-house. Like all good things in the world, their services don?t come free and they charge a hefty amount. Examples are RK Global, SMC etc.

2.? Discount Brokers: They charge reduced commissions compared to their counterparts and do not provide one-to-one advice. Nowadays, however, they too are backed up by their own research team which offers quality information on their trading platform.

The various parameters that one needs to keep in mind while choosing a discount broker:

1.????? Account Minimum: Most brokers posit that you start with a minimum balance, which might range from as low as Rs 0 to as high as Rs 1,00,000. Like most people with moderate IQ, you must have already guessed it?s better to choose a broker with least deposit.

2.??? Research: ?A little knowledge is never wasted, so right information about the right market mobilization at the right time is worth gold ringlets. So while you must do some homework research yourself, it is always advisable to take the help of a broker with excellent reputation and backed up by impeccable research. Some brokers have excellent research teams, both in-house and third party.

3.??? Cash or Margin Account: There are two broad subdivisions of brokerage accounts: Cash and Margin. While cash account settles the transactions on a cash basis, the Margin account lends the customer cash to purchase securities. The loan in the account is collateralized by securities and cash. New investors should not venture into Margin accounts where risks of clocking losses are higher, which will act as a dampener to his/her investment exuberance.

4.???? Deposit & Withdrawal: While depositing money into brokerage accounts is relatively easy, the withdrawal is not that smooth. You must have the facility of withdrawal of money as and when you please. Some brokers charge fees for the withdrawal. You must have a holistic understanding of the various fees involved in the transactions.

5.????? Fees & Commissions: Hidden prices are the red herrings to look out for, as it is one of the most important factors affecting your decision. You should understand the fee structure and the level of activity that may be required to qualify for the lowest commissions. You should also acquire in-depth knowledge about the fee structure.

6.????? Investment Products: You should watch out for other vehicles of investment offered by the stock broker. These include Options, Bonds, CDs, Mutual Funds, etc.

7.???? Customer Service: You can easily get frustrated with the broker in times of need and when you have questions which need answers. In general the presales and post sales customer service is different and one must check the customer service.

8.????? Trading platform: All the trades are communicated and executed via the trading platform. The execution speed is a thing to note. A cheap broker might not provide high standards of service. Slow responding platforms affect the P&L and it?s not worth to use an unstable trading platform.

9.???? Review and Ratings: Best thing is to learn and then learn some more. Knowledge is never wasted. You can learn from web resources, individual trader experiences. Check out the Review of Stock Brokers. You must also look at the user review and comments to get a subjective opinion.

If you followed the article till here, I hope that your understanding must have improved. You are in a better position to select the right broker for yourself.

About the Author:

Hari Shankar is a full-time trader and marketing manager at Best Stock Broker India. He can be reached at expert@investmentyogi.com.

Disclaimer: All information in this article has been provided by Hari Shankar and InvestmentYogi.com is not responsible for the accuracy and completeness of the same.

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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Google Taking ?Wireless Blimp Networks? To Africa And Beyond

Google is quietly working with telecommunications companies and governments in developing countries in a wide-ranging plan to vastly expand the reach of the Internet, using technologies including blimp- and satellite-based networks, according a report.

The search engine?s plans reportedly include the deployment of wireless networks in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia that would target potential users outside of large cities, as well as networks that would improve urban Internet speeds.

One billion new users

The project, coordinated by the ?access? unit of the company?s secret Google X lab and its non-profit arm Google.org, aims to connect at least one billion more people to the Internet, thus boosting demand for Google?s services and its advertising network, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

The plans derive from research driven by Google chief executive Larry Page into alternative methods for providing Internet access, and these plans have recently become ?more serious?, according to the report, which cited unnamed sources.

Google plans to retain at least some direct control over the envisioned access networks, the report said. Google has taken this approach to mobile devices in creating the widely-used Android operating system and acquiring Motorola Mobility, and is also building its own fibre-optic networks beginning with the Google Fibre project in the US state of Kansas.

Google has also moved into web access software with its popular Chrome browser and is developing a head-mounted access device called Google Glass.

Broad approach

The access strategy reportedly does not rely on a single technology, but aims rather to deploy different approaches depending on local conditions. The company is reportedly planning to work with local telecommunications firms and equipment providers, but it was unclear whether such alliances have already been formed.

The techniques Google is investigating reportedly include the use of balloonm or blimp-based platforms, for transmitting wireless signals across large areas and the creation of a satellite-based network. Google has filed patent applications related to such airborne systems in the past, including a 2000 application related to a ?high-altitude platform? used as the basis for a ?communications system?.

The search engine would like to use spectrum reserved for television broadcasts in some areas, and is in talks with governments in areas including South Africa and Kenya to bring about the regulatory changes that would allow it to use this spectrum, according to the report.

The company is also reportedly working to build low-cost, Android-based smartphones to connect to these planned networks.

Google declined to comment on the matter.

Google?s push to broaden Internet acccess has been accompanied by aggressive campaigning against organisations and regulations that it argues would limit access to its services.

The company continues to trial experimental access technology. For instance, in January Google sought the approval of the US? Federal Communications Commission for trials of an experimental wireless network using indoor and outdoor base stations to provide access over a two-mile radius.

It has disclosed plans to expand the Google Fibre network to locations including Austin, Texas and Provo, Utah, and last year held talks with US satellite TV provider Dish Network on building a wireless broadband network in the United States.

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Source: http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/google-wireless-blimp-117346

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Retail solar co. fights utility bills in New Mexico

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Affordable Solar has teamed up with Sunnova Energy Corp. to lease solar panels to residents in New Mexico.
The business will compete directly with utility electricity by providing solar energy for less than the cost of monthly electricity bills.
For example, Affordable Solar would lease a 4.5-kilowatt residential solar system, typical for a 3 bedroom home, that would cost $79 a month with no upfront cost. Without a lease, that same system would cost a resident $18,000. Currently, 75% of Americans have access to solar energy through a solar lease, the company reports.

From the article:?

?Now New Mexicans can lock in their cost of electricity, paying for tomorrow's electricity at yesterday's prices.?

Source: http://www.utilitydive.com/news/retail-solar-co-fights-utility-bills-in-new-mexico/134404/

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Monday, May 27, 2013

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Advice For Any Tranquil Night's Sleep Without Snoring loudly ...

Heavy snoring is a thing that the majority of folks are delicate subject to mention and never converse more than. This can make it difficult to find helpful advice about the difficulty. Read this article to understand more about what could be leading to your snoring loudly and discover the distinct solutions you get a much better night?s sleep.

Try to sleeping in different positions. The majority of people who snore do it whilst laying on their own back, which restricts the level of oxygen that is able to move through the respiratory tract.

Singing can certainly support treat snoring loudly.Singing is the best way to exercising and improve the throat with time. Actively playing the sax or reed instrument could also build up the muscles within your throat muscle tissues.

Maintain sinus passages accessible to prevent loud snoring. A nostrils that is certainly stopped up or restricted in yet another way can cause of snoring. If you catch a chilly attempt to unclog your nasal area by making use of vapor rubs, use a vapor rub, or heavy steam showers. Nasal strips are a good option, which open the air passage by picking up your nasal area available, may also be an alternative.

The usage of illegal prescription drugs may often lead to heavy snoring more serious. Cannabis and similar medicines are designed to create a feeling of pleasure. Soreness killers perform road do exactly the same thing to the physique. You may find this relaxation enjoyable, but when sleeping, you are going to snore loudly.

When congested, your nasal passages will end up restricted, this may result in air flow simply being impeded and you wind up snoring.

payday advance Individuals who are overweight, specially anyone who has extra fat in the throat location, are more likely to snore loudly. The extra cells that encircle obese people?s windpipes exasperates the situation. Should you be a little bit heavier than you have to be, make an effort to drop a couple pounds.

Some prescription drugs dry up your nasal membranes making them swell and impede the flow of air.

Prevent doing exercises during the 60 minutes previous your sleeping. Actual exertion can reduce your breath aside once you sleeping. This may constrict air passages, increasing the odds for heavy snoring.

Getting a sufficient volume of sleep at night can substantially reduce your snoring loudly. Nevertheless, it is not just about the quantity of time you sleep at night, it?s also getting on a great rest timetable.

A changeable bed furniture is a resource that can help to reduce snoring. You can raise the body a lot more up-right once you sleeping upon an changeable mattress. This makes your whole body body weight less likely to constrict your air passages, and definately will drastically reduce heavy snoring.

Sleeping deal with up improves your rear greatly increases the likelihood of snoring do not undertake it. If you find your self getting to sleep face up in spite of attempts to never, consider attaching a large subject to the rear of your rest apparel. When you roll around face up, the larger object can make it too not comfortable to keep there.

Dairy food might be the probability of heavy snoring issue. If you eat milk products well before your bed, attempt to avoid doing this for the full week to discover if it features a beneficial result on your heavy snoring. Dairy products can cause the throat of numerous men and women. The increased phlegm may result in loud snoring.There is no need to eliminate milk products completely merely steer clear of indulging in them in several hours of gonna your bed.

txt loans personal loan for people with bad credit Dairy products may be the root of the snoring if drunk or enjoyed near to sleeping. When you are taking in them near sleeping, end this for around per week to find if your loud snoring enhances. Dairy products can cause mucus build within the tonsils of many men and women. The limitation of these passages can cause loud snoring. You could nonetheless be capable of consist of dairy foods entirely merely avoid involving inside them within a few hours of gonna your bed.

Consider using inside sinus dilators can assist you snore less. Hardly any folks snore loudly with their noses, yet it is a problem for many. Nasal dilators satisfy your nostrils to enable them to in staying open. This could reduce the loud snoring for those people that suffer from this problem.

You could find respite from snoring through nasal strips to ease your heavy snoring.

If you are somebody who snores or are incapable of sleep as a consequence of someone that is heavy snoring, a great tip to reduce loud snoring is to apply numerous bedroom pillows. When utilizing multiple bedroom pillows, you raise your head, which results in a much better airway for respiration. This may easily cure your heavy snoring immediately.

For those who have allergy symptoms, it is recommended they they refrain from antihistamines before heading to fall asleep. Antihistamines can have you feeling drowsy and get relaxed air passageways, creating a better opportunity that you?ll snore loudly when you sleep. If you have to take among those stuff, do it just before bed furniture.

No matter if you snore or perhaps you are kept up by somebody that does, use a number of pillows. Making use of numerous bedroom pillows elevates your mind, opening your air passages and helping you to inhale and exhale easier. This might swiftly take care of your loud snoring instantly.

Snoring can bring about a myriad quantity of much more serious health problems. You brain can become lacking fresh air, causing high blood pressure levels. This can affect the carotid arteries, perhaps resulting in a heart stroke. While this may not be the principle, you need to seek out treatments for snoring loudly.

You may consider surgery to lower or excising the uvula.That tiny amount of epidermis dangling behind your throat will be the uvula. This treatment can stop snoring loudly and cure apnea, but you have to know that having your uvula removed raises your chance of choking.

Heavy snoring might be tension or emotionally-stimulated, so take into consideration getting yoga and fitness or performing some breath manage workout routines. By fixing your loud snoring dilemma, you will find a a lot more relaxing sleep at night in the end that will make your lifestyle more enjoyable, and your stress levels will decline.

Nose pieces are a reasonable as well as simple strategy to your prolonged heavy snoring issues.Nose pieces broaden the nasal airways, and permit a lot more fresh air into them. This minimizes your heavy snoring significantly.

Lots of people have allergic reactions to a particular synthetic items that bedding and linens. Determine if using cotton bedding or specifically designed hypoallergenic packages that are widely available.

Getting to sleep pills or alcoholic beverages can make it easier to get to sleep, so prevent them. The two of these compounds chill out the muscles within your tonsils, for example the kinds with your tonsils, which might also improve the quantity of your loud snoring, along with the amount of your snores. You might want to seek out the recommendations coming from a doctor in case you are having with rest with some sort of medical professional.

Hypothyroid performance can be a element in loud snoring troubles for many individuals. Loud snoring might be brought on by an below-energetic thyroid often seen in ladies. A thyroid board could be useful when you are identifying if this can be the cause of your snore.

As you can tell presently, loud snoring could be a health-associated matter. You will have to try various things till you find a solution that really works for your certain scenario. Even so, you can utilize the data through the earlier mentioned post to get started dealing with it.

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Real Estate Careers And Their Designations - Investopedia

Whether you are an entrepreneur or plan on working for an established company, the real estate industry offers a wide variety of career opportunities including those in brokerages and leasing services for homes, office buildings, industrial properties and farmland, as well as property management, appraisal and counseling. Here, we take a look at a selection of the career paths in real estate, including some of the relevant professional designations and certifications for each profession.

Residential Real Estate
Residential real estate sales agents help people throughout the process of buying and selling homes. In addition to showing homes to prospective buyers, agents help clients with property valuation, financing, mortgages and government programs. Agents and brokers must be licensed in the state in which they work (there is no "national" license). Each state has its own licensing system and requirements that include some type of pre-licensing course and a state-specific licensing examination.