It’s been a shaky day all around the globe: A 6.2 earthquake hit off Japan’s coast today, and a 6.0 shaker also struck off Cuba’s coast. No tsunami warnings have been issued in either location, and no injuries or damage have been reported. In Japan, cooling functions were…
Continue reading …VIDEO- Pat Robertson to man with Alzheimers-stricken wife: Divorce her.
September 15, 2011 No Comment
Hey Pat, if you start with, “I know it sounds cruel…”– it is. And to hell with those pesky marriage vows, right? They only matter if icky gay people want to take them. “Holy” matrimony? Feh: “Gone! They’re gone! They … Continue reading → Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Political Carnival Discovery Date : 13/09/2011 23:20 Number of articles : 4
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• Hit F5 for the latest or use the auto-refresh button below • Follow all tonight’s European action on our live scoreboard • And email your thoughts to john.ashdown@guardian.co.uk Half-time email dept. “John, did you make it home in time to clean up before your girlfriend got home the other night, after the tennis?” wonders Eliot Crowe. “And, given that Spurs themselves aren’t even interested in this match, is there any chance you can entertain us readers by telling what happened on Top of the Pops ?” In answer to your first question, yes. In answer to the second, I think that particular story deserves better than this slightly underwhelming contest. Tell, you want – if there’s six or more goals in the second half I’ll spill the beans. If not, no deal. Half-time snack dept. Just a tea for me. White, no sugar. Peeeep! And the referee brings the opening 45 to a close. 45 min: Athanasiadis, whose name is causing me a few typing issues, does well to send a shot at goal under pressure from Corluka. It’s straight into Cudicini’s bread-basket. 43 min: Livermore, impressive thus far, is cynically chopped down by Pablo Garcia and picks up a booking. 42 min: “Thought I might tell you that Rubin Kazan just had a penalty brilliantly saved but, just before they got it, down at the other end Ryzhikov picked up the ball outside the box and it was ignored,” writes Brynmoor Pattison. “Interesting match underway in Tallaght! 0-1 to Rubin so far.” 41 min: Lovely work down the right from Spurs – Walker, Giovani and Falque combining to pick open the PAOK defence. The Spaniard dinks the ball back in and Pavlyuchenko whelps it off towards Macedonia. 40 min: … which Pavlyuchenko thumps into the roof of the net. On the outside of the goal. It was dipping, see. Cracking effort. 38 min: Bassong finds Pavlyuchenko with a lovely ball into the inside-left channel. The Russian gets the benefit of some Keystone Cops defending, cuts inside and wins a very dangerous free-kick … 36 min: Tottenham’s back four play a bit of keep-ball, before Giovani hops and pops forward once more and draws a free-kick. Arias gets a booking for his trouble. 34 min: The referee is doing his best to make this interesting – Tottenham concede a free-kick outside the PAOK area, but Livermore spanks a shot at goal. He gets a stern talking to from the man in yellow, who seems to fancy placing himself at the centre of proceedings. 33 min: And from the retake he drags it wide of Cudicini’s left-hand post! GO … NO! The Brazilian scoops it past Cudicini, runs off to celebrate … but the referee has ordered a retake! 29 min: PENALTY! And not to Spurs, but to PAOK! Cudicini pretty unnecessarily drags down Athanasiadis. 27 min: Giovani robs Vieirinha 30 yards from goal – the PAOK whistle their disgust. Kane goes down in the area … it looks like a penalty and quacks like a penalty … but it’s not a penalty. Kane gets a booking for simulation and replays show it wasn’t particularly deserved. It certainly looked like Contreras caught him. 25 min: … cleared away with little fuss. And on the break Giovani skitters and skips away from a couple of defenders, raising the pulse for just about the first time in this opening half. The move breaks down soon enough, but at least it was a brief injection of pace into a game that’s being played veerrrryyy slllooooowwwwllllllyyyyy. 24 min: Salpingidis wins a corner … 22 min: Former Uruguay international Pablo Garcia is the pivot in midfield for PAOK, but he’s operating in areas deeper than the Mariana Trench so struggling to cause any damage. 20 min: Townsend dinks in a cross, Kane heads straight at the keeper. It’s been a low key, middling-quality start here. And the match hasn’t been much better. 19 min: Vieirinha again causes trouble, shimmying his way into a shooting position, but then blazing over 18 min: … whipped in, but well held by Cudicini. 17 min: Vierienha again gets a little space, 25 yards from goal. Decent effort, deflected over. Corner … 16 min: Vierinha pokes a through-ball into the box, but it’s too heavy for his team-mate. 14 min: Tremendous atmosphere at the Toumba Stadium, despite Spurs monopolising possession. Kane gets down to the byline, but can’t work space for the cross. 13 min: “I wonder if a team from that Welsh railway station, Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch will ever get a team in the Europa league?” writes Ben Bamford. “That would give these Greek chaps something to think about …” They’d have to go some to beat Bangkok Bravo (full name: Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit Bravo Association Football Club ), though I suppose they’d have to meet in the World Club Championship. 11 min: CLEARED OFF THE LINE! Livermore does superbly to wriggle his way in to the box, lays the ball off to Falque who manages to find the only PAOK defender on the line. 10 min: With Andros Townsend struggling, Etto gets clear down the right and drags in a low cross that reaches a PAOK shirt in the box. The shot is well blocked at close quarters. 8 min: The Greek side have definitely upped their work-rate and are snapping at Tottenham heels higher up the pitch now. And in doing so giving away a couple of free-kicks. 7 min: Salpingidis, a veteran of 50 caps for Greece, whups another ball into the penalty area, but this time it’s aimless. 6 min: Dangerous cross into the box from Salpingidis, after nice work from Etto, but there’s not a black and white shirt in the box. 4 min: Falque picks the pocket of a PAOK defender but his attempted one-two doesn’t come off. Plenty of eyes on 21-year-old Spaniard tonight. 3 min: Shamrock Rovers are already 0-1 down at home to Rubin Kazan. 2 min: Free-kick to Spurs over on the right, whipped in left-footed by Tom Carroll (whose team-mates presumably call Christmas. Or Lewis. Or Andy). Straight into the meaty paws of Kresic in the PAOK goal. 1 min: Bassong does a little tidying up at the back as PAOK break forward, but then there’s some early pass, pass, pass from the visitors. Peep! Off we go then. Spurs, all in what Dulux or Crown might call Space Lilac, kicking from right to left. Click-clack, click-clack … The teams are in the tunnel. Something that could be Highway to Hell belts out from the Tannoy. 5.57pm: An alternative view dept. “Last season Harry ran his top players ragged, playing them every game and giving little opportunity to younger players,” writes Martin Wills. “Maybe he’s learned something from that.” 5.55pm: PAOK Salonika’s full and proper name is Panthessaloníkios Athlitikós Ómilos Konstantinoupolitón. A mouthful, that’s for sure. But not quite Nooit Opgeven Altijd Doorzetten Aangenaam Door Vermaak En Nuttig Door Ontspanning Combinatie Breda ( otherwise known as NAC Breda ). 5.52pm: Harsh words dept. “I think this team selection, and Harry’s attitude towards this competition, betrays a real arrogance,” writes William Hardy. “They obviously think of themselves as a Champions League club, but they’re not going to be getting back in it any time soon, and they could win this if they took it seriously. Harry has only won one trophy in his whole career, and they could get a big draw if they stay in. One of Man City’s group will be entering, imagine Spurs getting Bayern, or Villareal or Napoli? Arrogance, that’s what I put it down to. Misplaced arrogance at that as well.” 5.49pm: Quite enjoying the fact that PAOK have got a Lino in there first XI. He’s a Brazilian – slightly disappointingly his first name isn’t “Oi!” and his surname isn’t “Getyourflagup”. He’s Dorvalino Alves Maciel. And it’s probably pronounced “Leeno” if we’re being honest with ourselves. Preamble: Evening all. Are we well? I’m dandy thanks, basking in the warm glow of a day’s work well done. Today I scrubbed the flagstones on my balcony and then re-pebbled the gutters – and, no, neither of those are euphemisms. And if that were not enough, there’s an evening of Europa League action to look forward to. Unlike many, I really like the Europa League. It’s full of big, old teams – names from the past that modern football has left behind: Anderlecht, PSV Eindhoven, Sporting Lisbon, Lazio, Dynamo Kiev, Besiktas, Paris St Germain, Malmo, Austria Vienna, Club Brugge, Celtic, Rennes, Atletico Madrid, Steaua Bucharest, AEK Athens … and plenty more. Tottenham don’t seem quite so enamoured. What makes me say that? Here are the teams: PAOK Salonika: Kresic, Malezas, Contreras, Lino, Etto, Pablo Garcia, Fotakis, Arias, Vieirinha, Athanasiadis, Salpingidis. Subs: Chalkias, Balafas, Robert, Papazoglou, Ivic, Sznaucner, Tsoukalas. Tottenham: Cudicini, Bassong, Corluka, Walker, Livermore, Townsend, Carroll, Pavlyuchenko, Giovani, Falque, Kane. Subs: Gomes, Fredericks, Nicholson, Pritchard, Parrett, Stewart, Barthram. Referee: Milorad Mazic (Serbia) Europa League 2011-12 PAOK Salonika Tottenham Hotspur Europa League John Ashdown guardian.co.uk
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Tom Brady wants loud fans cheering for his team in Sunday’s home opener. He even had a suggestion for their pre-game activities. Brady said with a grin Wednesday that the fans should ‘start drinking early.’ The team later clarified his remarks. (Sept. 15)
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Police suspect an explosion in a ship’s engine room caused a fire that killed two crew, injured nine and forced passengers to evacuate a popular cruise off Norway’s craggy western coast Thursday as heavy smoke billowed from the boat. (Sept. 15)
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As I travel around the globe speaking and training, I have consistently found that most people ask me the same question, “How do I discover my purpose in life?” In the past, who you became was determined by your family and circumstances. You didn’t have much choice. But now there is an open moment in history where you have the chance to tap into the soul of your purpose. Millions of people right now are experiencing a yearning and desire to awaken to their unique gifts and offer them in service to the world — while living a life of joy and fulfillment. It’s a surging of the human spirit, a virtual global awakening, at a scale that no one has ever seen before. Simply put, people are longing to finally feel fully alive and to fulfill their unique purpose in life. So then why is living a life of meaning and purpose so difficult? It is because our current social systems have not been set up to prepare us to live a life of true purpose. That’s because today’s culture exists not to nurture our highest aspirations, but to ensure our basic survival. Our educational system is designed to create good workers who will slot into jobs and careers later in life — not to empower fiery, creative people who are forging the path ahead together. Our social contracts exist to perpetuate the status quo — not to encourage our highest potentials to blossom. Is it any wonder why so many people’s best attempts to evolve themselves and our culture fall short of the goal? We simply haven’t been trained in how to bring the possible future into the present. It’s not that they don’t have the talent or interest to live a purposeful, meaningful life. The issue is far simpler. People struggle to activate their “purpose code” because they haven’t woken up to — or are only partially awake to — our situation as a human race. Most people hold on to old, limiting beliefs of themselves and our human story. Overwhelmed by all the changes in the world around them, most people live their lives within a “small story” and therefore confine themselves to a “small self.” That’s why so many people feel that they don’t have a purpose, or that they aren’t able to actually live the life they were born to live. There is a saying that “What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.” I believe that it is butterfly time. Just as the guidance cells in the mush that is the caterpillar in its cocoon suddenly begin to activate the transformation of mush into butterfly, so too this is the time when we realize that the guidance or imaginal cells of our bodies, our communities, and, yes, even of the cells of our planet are calling us to come together in all our parts to form something gorgeous, interdependent, living lightly on the earth, cross pollinating cultures, ideas, spiritual forms, glowing with the light that suffuses us, becoming transparent to transcendence. And to rise out of the mush we have been caught in these many hundreds of years and to take flight in the air of the new story which is emerging in our time. For the fields we traverse, the many flowers of mind states and soul knowings we now enter are those that belong to the whole earth, to many cultures, to what I am calling “PanGaia.” And as the butterfly pollinates and cross pollinates from place to place, flower to flower, so do we also if we have the will and the willingness to discover our purpose and be part of this extraordinary moment in time. Three Keys to Empowering New Beliefs The first key to activating your life’s purpose is to hold new beliefs about yourself and about your role in the great story of where humanity is headed. Living a great life requires that you understand the challenges and opportunities of our moment in history. To understand this for myself, I’ve gathered information from my work in over 100 countries and 40 different cultures, and what I’ve discovered has served as a sure guide on my path. Specifically, I have found five great shifts in our understanding of the story of our time that are affecting everything we do today. I believe that awakening to the power of these shifts will help you cultivate your sense of compassion and of the infinite possibilities of this moment. The Five Shifts Are: Our understanding of who and what we are and what we need to become in order to be able to deal with the complexity of our time is evolving. Human societies are in the process of re-patterning. Social constructs are dissolving and whole new stories are trying to emerge, such as the rise of women to a full partnership with men across the globe, and many others. How we conduct business and governance is shifting in the midst of vast ecological and financial changes. This is perhaps the most important social event of the last 5,000 years, because these issues impact almost everything in our lives. The rise and fusion of different cultures — we are swiftly moving toward a planetary civilization that accentuates the uniqueness of each culture while blending them together. Think of the great fusions of food, of music and of beliefs. Whole new orders of spirituality are emerging that are not about religion. The new cosmologies are giving us a view of ourselves that we never had before. For the first time ever, we find that we don’t just live in the universe, but that the universe lives in us. This journey begins by letting go of old beliefs and patterns to make room for the new beliefs and capacities that will empower you to awaken to and live your higher purpose. The second key allows you to discover and realize the vast field of inner intelligences — using multiple means of knowing and being in order to gain insight into life at a level to which most people rarely have access. These skills are to be found on four levels of your human capacity, sensory-physical, psychological-emotional, mythic-symbolic and unitive-spiritual. As you learn how to utilize the extraordinary capacities to be found at each of these levels, you literally move into new ways of being. For example, you will learn how to play with time in such a way as to take five minutes and experience it internally as hours — these are “hours” you can use to develop a skill or move a project forward. You will learn to access “inner experts” — willing helpers or personas that will help you navigate the complexity of life with elegance and confidence. The third key gives you the means to break free from unconscious, habitual ways of reacting to life that were born thousands of years ago, and embrace higher ways of being for a new era. You will discover ways to move through life with ebullience in your bones and an appetite for celebration — seeing everything as an expression of the creator. You will move through life, motivated not by guilt or obligation, but by gratitude and an abiding zest for doing the things that are called forth by living out of your higher purpose. Dr. Jean Houston is presenting a free 75-minute downloadable audio seminar titled “3 Keys to Discovering and Living Your True Purpose Available Now” at www.DestinyandYou.com. Dr. Jean Houston is a scholar, philosopher and one of the foremost visionary thinkers and doers of our time. She is considered one of the principal founders of the Human Potential Movement. A powerful and dynamic speaker, she has served as consultant to several agencies of United Nations, including UNICEF and the UNDP. She has worked in more than 100 countries training leadership at every level to enhance skills and purpose so as to bring a new mind to bear upon challenging issues. A prolific writer and author of 26 books, including “A Passion for the Possible and The Mythic Life,” Dr. Houston has recently joined the faculty of Evolving Wisdom, today’s fastest growing global e-learning company specializing in transformative education, to provide her wisdom online in a cutting edge format. www.DestinyandYou.com.
Continue reading …Casey Anthony’s Father, George Anthony, Tells Dr. Phil He Blames Her For Caylee’s Death (VIDEO)
September 15, 2011 No Comment
Appearing on “Dr. Phil” for the second time in two days, George Anthony said he blamed his daughter, Casey Anthony, for the death of his two-year-old granddaughter, Caylee. “Yeah, I blame my daughter for Caylee not being here today,” George Anthony told Dr. Phil McGraw. “I lost Caylee three years ago and I believe I lost Casey at the same time. I believe that. She is responsible.” Casey Anthony was acquitted of killing Caylee in July. She was convicted on four lesser charges of lying to police and was released days after the trial ended. She is currently in Florida, serving a year of probation stemming from an unrelated 2010 conviction on check fraud charges. George and Cindy Anthony have dramatically different points of view about their daughter’s level of involvement in their Caylee’s death. Cindy Anthony said on the show that she does not know what happened on June 16, 2008 — the day her daughter’s attorneys claim Caylee drowned in the family swimming pool. “I don’t know, but something happened that day that forever changed [Casey's] behavior,” she said. “I buy the part that Caylee drowned but I don’t buy the circumstances surrounding the drowning.” George Anthony had a different point of view. “I believe something else happened to her. … I believe Casey or someone else she was with possibly gave too much to Caylee. She fell asleep and didn’t wake up,” he said. When McGraw asked, “Too much what?” Anthony replied, “Possibly some kind of drug or something like that.” The drugs would have allowed Casey Anthony to “go out and have a good time. To be with friends,” George Anthony said. His wife was visibly surprised by his response. “This is the first time that I’ve heard this out of his mouth,” Cindy Anthony said. She added: “I don’t buy that for a moment. I’m sorry. We disagree about this. … I’m really kind of shocked to hear that today.” George Anthony also said he suspects his daughter was present when Caylee was buried in the woods near their house and said that she “probably had some help.” Despite the difference in opinion, Cindy Anthony said she was not angry with her husband. “If that’s how he feels and he is finally getting that out in the open, then I think that’s a good thing for him because he’s held so much in,” she said. Casey Anthony Trial (ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW) Cindy Anthony had many potential excuses for her daughter’s bizarre behavior, but did say she believed there is “something seriously wrong with … her thought processes.” But, in regard to the verdict that set her daughter free, Cindy Anthony did not mince words. “I believe that justice for Caylee was when her mother walked,” she said. “I believe that with all my heart because I know the love that those two had and I know that Caylee’s soul would never have rested. … I believe it was an accident and until someone can prove differently that is what I believe.”
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With a powerhouse like the Motorola Droid Bionic now lodged firmly on Verizon’s 4G lineup, we’re not expecting very many folks to be downright impressed by the Pantech Breakout . The latest offering on Big Red’s LTE network appears to be ready for its emergence in a week. The folks over at Droid-Life not only got their hands on a full spec sheet of the device, they also have come across the user manual, available for download at the source link. It looks like the Breakout will offer a 4-inch WVGA display, Gingerbread, a 1GHz single-core CPU, 512MB of RAM, a 1,500mAh battery and a 5MP rear camera paired up with a VGA front-facing video chat cam. No pricing is mentioned, though Pantech has a track record of being a budget manufacturer, so we’re thinking this is aimed directly at the lower end of the LTE price spectrum. If all goes this doc’s way, we’ll be seeing the new device on September 22nd. Who’s in? Pantech Breakout to make its LTE debut September 22nd? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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[1] A few lucky movie fans were surprised yesterday with an 8-minute extended trailer [2] for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, but sadly, the video has yet to be released for the general public. On the bright side, the rest of us can now make do with “The Girl with the Froggy Tattoo” — yup, another amusing parody teaser for The Muppets. Watch Kermit, Miss Piggy, and the rest of the gang get gritty… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : /Film Discovery Date : 15/09/2011 17:04 Number of articles : 4
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South Korea’s Kolon found to have stolen trade secrets of fibre in largest ever settlement in intellectual property trial The industrial conglomerate DuPont has won $920m (£583m) in damages after a US jury ruled that a South Korean firm had stolen trade secrets about the high-strength fibres used in its Kevlar body armour. Kolon Industries mounted a “concerted, orchestrated and persistent effort” to steal confidential information, DuPont’s lawyer Thomas Sager said. The Korean firm said it would appeal and was “confident that a fair and favourable decision will be reached on appeal”. The firm is also countersuing DuPont. The jury in Richmond, Virginia, took two days to find in favour of the US firm, which sued Kolon two years ago. DuPont argued that Kolon had conspired with a group of former employees to steal the secrets of its top-selling fibre. Michael Mitchell, a former employee whom the US authorities said gave Kolon proprietary information about Kevlar, is now in prison. The US firm alerted the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) after learning Mitchell, a former DuPont engineer and Kevlar marketing executive, had confidential information on his home computer. The FBI searched his house and found DuPont documents and confidential information belonging to DuPont, federal prosecutors said last year. Mitchell was sentenced to 18 months in prison last March after pleading guilty to theft of trade secrets and obstruction of justice. Kolon recruited other former DuPont workers, from both the US firm and its Japanese subsidiary, as part of a “concerted effort” to obtain information about Kevlar, according to court filings. Kevlar, created by DuPont in 1965 and originally used in racing car tyres, now accounts for $1.4bn of DuPont’s sales and is used in bullet-proof vests, army helmets, snare drums, suspension bridge ropes and fibre-optic cable. “DuPont’s investment in developing this information, amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars over many years, was thereby essentially lost,” the company said in a court filing in October. “Kolon is now able to compete against DuPont in the aramid [the class of synthetic fibres that includes Kevlar] marketing using DuPont’s own information against it.” The “jury decision is an enormous victory for global intellectual property protection”, Sager said. “It also sends a message to potential thieves of intellectual property that DuPont will pursue all legal remedies to protect our significant investment in research and development.” Kolon’s rival product is called Heracron. The Korean firm accuses DuPont of creating unfair competition by requiring customers to buy 80% to 100% of their Kevlar or equivalent fibres from the company. The case is set to go to trial next March. A Kolon spokesman said the verdict was: “The result of a multi-year campaign by DuPont aimed at forcing Kolon out of the aramid fibre market. Kolon had no need for and did not solicit any trade secrets or proprietary information of DuPont, and had no reason to believe that the consultants it engaged were providing such information. Indeed, many of the ‘secrets’ alleged in this case are public knowledge.” Press Millen, an expert on trade secrets cases and attorney at Womble Carlyle, said it was the largest settlement in a trade secrets case he could recall. “In order to get a settlement this large there has to be a real sense of egregiousness and the jury has to buy into that,” he said. He noted similarities to the last big trade secrets lawsuit in which the Barbie toy firm Mattel was ordered to pay $310m to a rival, MGA, in a dispute over the origins of the Bratz doll range. He said the jury’s familiarity with Kevlar may have contributed to their willingness to reach such a large settlement. “Kevlar is also a well-known product, bought in civilian as well as military contexts. It’s a brand name and a lot less abstract than a formula,” he said. The appliance of science Best known for bullet-proof vests and army helmets, and found in a range of sports equipment – such as bicycles, snowboards, rackets and hiking boots – Kevlar has also been to Mars on the Pathfinder spacecraft and used by drug-traffickers for the hulls of submarines. Discovered in 1965 by Stephanie Kwolek, a DuPont scientist, Kevlar is a light and flexible aramid fibre five times stronger than steel. It is also found in military vehicle armour, oil and gas pipes, aeroplane wings and helicopter blades. Oren Gruenbaum DuPont Manufacturing sector Intellectual property United States South Korea Dominic Rushe guardian.co.uk
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