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Junior dos Santos Discusses Recent Knee Surgery, UFC 141 Main Event
LAS VEGAS -- Watch below as UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos discusses his recent knee surgery, when he expects to fight again, how his life has changed since winning the heavyweight title last month, and his pick for Friday night's UFC 141 main event.
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Friday, December 30, 2011
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New satellites to extend China?s troops reach
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HONG KONG (Reuters) ? China this week reached a miracle in a expostulate to master a troops use of space with a launch of trials for a Beidou satellite global positioning network, a pierce that will move it one step closer to relating U.S. space capabilities.
If Beijing can successfully muster a full 35 satellites designed for a Beidou network on report by 2020, a troops will be giveaway of a stream coherence for navigation on a U.S. tellurian positioning network (GPS) signals and Russia?s identical GLONASS system.
And, distinct a reduction accurate municipal versions of GPS and GLONASS accessible to a People?s Liberation Army (PLA), this network will give China a correctness to beam missiles, intelligent munitions and other weapons.
?This will concede a large burst in a pointing conflict capability of a PLA,? pronounced Andrei Chang, a Hong Kong-based researcher of a Chinese troops and editor of Kanwa Asian Defense magazine.
China has launched 10 Beidou satellites and skeleton to launch 6 some-more by a finish of subsequent year, according to a China Satellite Navigation Management Office.
Chinese and unfamiliar troops experts contend a PLA?s General Staff Department and General Armaments Department closely coordinate and support all of China?s space programs within a sprawling scholarship and aerospace bureaucracy.
As partial of this system, a Beidou, or ?Big Dipper,? network will have an critical troops purpose alongside a country?s fast expanding network of surveillance, imaging and remote intuiting satellites.
China customarily denies carrying troops ambitions in space.
Defense Ministry orator Yang Yujun Wednesday discharged fears a Beidou network would poise a troops threat, observant that all general satellite navigation systems are designed for twin municipal and troops use.
CATCHING UP WITH THE U.S.
China accelerated a troops satellite investigate and growth after PLA commanders found they were incompetent to lane dual U.S. aircraft conduit conflict groups deployed in 1996 to a Taiwan Strait during a time of high tragedy between a island and a mainland, analysts say.
The bid perceived a offer boost when it was shown how essential satellite networks were in a 1991 Gulf War, a 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia and a 2003 advance of Iraq.
While China still lags a United States and Russia in altogether space technology, over a final decade it has fast turn a state-of-the-art aspirant in space-based notice after deploying a operation of modernized satellite constellations that offer troops and municipal agencies.
With a launch of some-more than 30 notice satellites over a final decade, according to space record experts, a PLA can guard an expanding area of a earth?s aspect with increasing frequency, an critical component of arguable troops reconnaissance.
That coverage gives PLA commanders vastly softened capability to detect and lane intensity troops targets.
Real-time satellite images and information can also be used to coordinate a operations of China?s naval, barb and strike aircraft army in operations distant from a mainland.
?What we are saying is China broadly appropriation a same capabilities in this area as those hold by a U.S.,? pronounced Ross Babbage, a invulnerability researcher and owner of a Canberra-based Kokoda Foundation, an eccentric confidence process unit.
?Essentially, they are creation many of a Western Pacific distant some-more pure to their military.?
In a new essay for a Journal of Strategic Studies, researchers Eric Hagt and Matthew Durnin attempted to guess a capability of China?s space network regulating orbital displaying program and accessible information on satellite performance.
China?s many simple satellites carried electro-optical sensors able of holding high fortitude digital images in a manifest and non-visible wavelengths, wrote a authors.
More modernized satellites launched in new years carried absolute fake orifice radars that could dig cloud and cover most bigger areas in high detail.
Added to that, China was now deploying satellites that could guard electronic signals and emissions, supposed electronic comprehension or ELINT platforms, a authors said.
?Next to China, usually a United States possesses some-more able tactical support systems in space for tactical operations,? they wrote.
(Editing by Don Durfee and Robert Birsel)
Source: http://todaysdefense.com/2011/12/29/new-satellites-to-extend-chinas-military-reach/
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Thursday, December 29, 2011
Communications Associate- Beta Gamma Sigma ? AdSaint
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The International Honor Society Beta Gamma Sigma currently has a job opening for a full-time Communications Associate at its central office in Maryland Heights, MO.
General Summary:
The Communications Associate will assist in the development, creation and delivery of various media content ? including feature stories, brochure and web copy, print and electronic newsletters/magazines, PowerPoint presentations, press releases and social media ? to support the advancement of the Society. The Communications Associate works closely with the Communications Director.
Key Job Responsibilities:
- Developing written content for the Society?s various print and online publications
- Conducting interviews, gathering content, and doing research to prepare effective communications
- Identifying story opportunities for internal and external communications
- Promoting Society news and activities through the Society?s website and social media channels
- Managing the day-to-day maintenance and quality control of organizational websites
- Communicating with the Society?s various stakeholders and members through broadcast emails
- Assisting with the development of marketing and support materials
- Writing and disseminating press releases
- Conducting all communications tasks in a time-sensitive and efficient manner
- Other duties as assigned
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Knowledge of AP writing style
- Strong organizational and project management skills
- Creative thinking
- Experience with social media applications (experience managing social media campaigns a strong plus)
- Excellent interviewing and editing skills
- Strong listening skills
- Flexibility and ability to develop creative solutions
- Attention to detail and ability to juggle multiple projects with firm deadlines
- High levels of motivation and ability to think creatively, strategically, and independently
- Knowledge of computer software, including Microsoft Word, PowerPoint (Dreamweaver and Adobe Creative Suite a strong plus)
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor?s degree in journalism, communications, public relations or related field
- Minimum one year of relevant professional experience
- Must demonstrate exceptional writing, interviewing and editing skills
Job Location:
Maryland Heights, MO
Position Type:
Full-Time
Qualified candidates should send a resume, cover letter, salary history and two writing samples to Seth Treptow, Communications Director, at: streptow@betagammasigma.org
Please include ?Communications Associate? in the subject line. Only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. No telephone calls or agencies please.
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12 Best iPad Applications for Designers
Everyone in the cyberworld knows the news about Steve Jobs having resigned as CEO of Apple. He will be missed, for he surely left a legacy, making Apple one of the best brands of the century. The iPad is one of the last innovations he introduced to the world.
The iPad was initially met with much skepticism and mocking, but now there is no doubt that this is one of the best, most ingenius gadgets of the 21st century. It?s handy and lightweight, thus it?s so easy to carry around anywhere. This makes us, as designers, more efficient and maybe more creative with our work.
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
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Deadly Conn. fire caused by old fireplace embers
Stamford firefighter Nick Tamburro pays respect outside the home of Madonna Badger in Stamford, Conn., Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011. A fire at the home on Christmas morning killed Badger's three daughters and parents. The Christmas Day fire that killed three children and their grandparents was a tragic accident related to a fireplace in the home, not the result of foul play, Stamford Mayor Michael Pavia said Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
Stamford firefighter Nick Tamburro pays respect outside the home of Madonna Badger in Stamford, Conn., Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011. A fire at the home on Christmas morning killed Badger's three daughters and parents. The Christmas Day fire that killed three children and their grandparents was a tragic accident related to a fireplace in the home, not the result of foul play, Stamford Mayor Michael Pavia said Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
Firefighters lay a wreath in a memorial area outside the home of Madonna Badger in Stamford, Conn., Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011. A fire at the home on Christmas morning killed Badger's three daughters and parents. The Christmas Day fire was a tragic accident related to a fireplace in the home, not the result of foul play, Stamford Mayor Michael Pavia said Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
People pay their respects at a memorial area outside the home of Madonna Badger in Stamford, Conn., Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011. A fire at the home on Christmas morning killed Badger's three daughters and parents. The Christmas Day fire was a tragic accident related to a fireplace in the home, not the result of foul play, Stamford Mayor Michael Pavia said Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
A hand-drawn card lays on top of a memorial area outside the home of Madonna Badger in Stamford, Conn., Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011. A fire at the home on Christmas morning killed Badger's three daughters and parents. The Christmas Day fire was a tragic accident related to a fireplace in the home, not the result of foul play, Stamford Mayor Michael Pavia said Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
Aurelio Naranjo, a painter working for Madonna Badger, stops at a memorial area outside her home with his children Elizabeth, center, and Giovanni, right, in Stamford, Conn., Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011. A fire killed Badger's three daughters and parents early Christmas morning. Naranjo last saw Badger and her children the Thursday before Christmas. He said Badger told him to take Friday off for the holiday. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) ? A Christmas morning fire that killed a couple and three of their grandchildren was accidentally started by fireplace embers that had been discarded near a first-floor entryway, officials said Tuesday.
The officials also said it wasn't clear if the home had working smoke detectors. Stamford Mayor Michael Pavia called the fire a "tragic accident," not the result of foul play.
Sometime between 3 a.m. and 3:30 a.m., a friend staying in the home put fireplace ashes in a bag and left it either in or outside a mudroom and trash enclosure attached to the rear of the house, said Barry Callahan, Stamford's fire marshal. The fire was reported just after 4:40 a.m.
"The fire entered the house quickly and spread throughout the first floor and up two interior vertical openings, trapping the occupants on the upper floors," Callahan said.
Officials described a frantic scene after rescuers arrived early Sunday.
Neighbors said they were awakened by screams shortly before 5 a.m. and rushed outside to help but could do nothing as flames devoured the large Victorian home.
Stamford acting Fire Chief Antonio Conte said the children's mother, Madonna Badger, had climbed out a window onto scaffolding and then a flat roof. She was screaming for her children and pointed firefighters to the third floor.
Firefighters climbed to the third floor twice, but the heat and flames were too intense and the children were not where they thought they would be, he said.
The friend of Badger's who had been staying in the home told investigators he actually had led two of the girls downstairs, but heat from the flames separated them, Conte said. One apparently went back upstairs and another one was found with her grandmother at the bottom of the stairwell between the second and third floors, he said.
Badger's father, Lomer Johnson, was found outside. It appears he had been planning to help one of the girls get out; she had been placed on a pile of books, so he could reach in and grab her, officials said.
"When he went out the window, that's when he succumbed and she died just inside the window," Conte said.
Flames were shooting out of the house when firefighters arrived, said Brendan Keatley, a Stamford firefighter who was at the scene and president of the local firefighters union.
"Two sides of the structure were walls of flame," Keatley said.
Firefighters used a ladder and construction scaffolding outside the house to reach the third floor, but they ran into extreme heat and poor visibility in a hallway, Keatley said. Four firefighters were injured as they searched for the victims, including a captain who suffered second-degree burns on his face, Keatley said.
Fighting the fire took a physical and an emotional toll, he said, and counselors were being made available to firefighters.
"We are devastated, just like everybody else is devastated," Keatley said Tuesday.
Badger, a New York advertising executive who owned the home, and her male acquaintance escaped. Her parents, Lomer and Pauline Johnson, who were visiting for the holidays, were killed, as were her three daughters ? 10-year-old Lily and 7-year-old twins Grace and Sarah.
The home's second floor was being renovated and Badger was awaiting a final inspection before she could get a final certificate of approval, said Ernie Ogera, director of operations for the city of Stamford.
There were plans for hard-wired smoke alarms, but they had not been hooked up, Ogera said. Officials did not know whether battery-operated ones were being used.
The Johnsons lived in Southbury, about 45 miles northeast of Stamford. Lomer Johnson had worked as a department store Santa Claus this season after a long career as a safety chief at Louisville, Ky.-based liquor maker Brown-Forman Corp., which he retired from several years ago.
The acquaintance who escaped, Michael Borcina, is a contractor who had done work on the home.
The severely damaged Victorian house situated along the Connecticut shoreline was torn down Monday after the buildings department determined it was unsafe and ordered it razed, Stamford fire Chief Antonio Conte said.
Badger, an ad executive in the fashion industry, is the founder of New York-based Badger & Winters Group. She was treated at a hospital and was discharged by Sunday evening, a hospital supervisor said. Her whereabouts were unknown.
A person answering the phone Tuesday at the Badger & Winters Group said it had no statement or comment.
Borcina was listed in fair condition Tuesday at Stamford Hospital, meaning his vital signs were normal but he may be uncomfortable. He declined to comment through a hospital spokeswoman.
Borcina, 52, of New York City, is the owner of Tiberias Construction Inc., which renovates expensive homes and businesses. The company's projects have included a Donna Karan store and artist Alex Beard's studio, both in New York City, and the White House Christmas wishing tree, according to the construction firm's website.
Borcina and Badger are friends on Facebook, and he said on his Facebook page that he enjoys skydiving and scuba diving.
Property records show Badger bought the five-bedroom, waterfront home for $1.7 million last year. The house was situated in Shippan Point, a wealthy neighborhood that juts into Long Island Sound.
The lot where the house stood was covered with charred debris and cordoned off by police with tape on Monday. Passers-by left floral bouquets, stuffed animals and candles.
Badger previously spent time on Shelter Island, a small, exclusive community at the eastern end of Long Island, N.Y. Town Supervisor James Dougherty said Tuesday that Madonna Badger served a few years ago on the town's deer and tick committee, which oversees the town's program to maintain healthy deer while eliminating tick-borne diseases.
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Associated Press writers Stephen Singer and Dave Collins in Hartford, Bruce Schreiner in Louisville, Ky., and Tom Hays in New York contributed to this report.
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South Africa: Rhino horns poisoned to thwart poachers
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa ? The owner of an exotic game reserve in South Africa has taking a drastic step in a bid to prevent rhino poaching: he has injected his rhinos' horns with poison.
Damian Vergnaud, owner of?Inverdoorn reserve near Cape Town, said he approached scientists and a vet to work towards finding a substance that would deter poachers.
A record number of rhinos have been killed for their horns this year in South Africa, which has more rhinos than any other country.?The poaching is fueled by demand for rhino horns in Vietnam?and other Asian countries, where they are used in traditional medicine despite the fact that experts say they have no medicinal value.
More from GlobalPost: South Africa: rhino poaching at record high
Vergnaud told the South African Press Association that he decided not to dehorn his rhinos, like some game reserves have done, because it is "very painful" and "traumatizing" for the animals.
"I really wanted to create a different defense system," he told SAPA.
In tests,?Vergnaud injected his rhinos' horns with ?a combination of three non-lethal substances: one with a terrible taste, one to make a horn visible on an X-ray machine, and one that is a dye, the same dye used to foil cash-in-transit robbers.?
"We hope that it will inform poachers, it [poaching at the reserve] is going to be a waste of time," Vergnaud said.
Vergnaud has offered to share his home-brewed poacher repellent with other game reserve owners looking to protect this endangered animal.
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Sunday, December 25, 2011
Column: Finally, some good news for college game (AP)
We interrupt this seamy, scandal-plagued, cash-grab-of-a-college-football season for the following public-service message:
Matt Barkley is staying in school.
The announcement Thursday that Barkley will return to Southern California for his senior season isn't really a tale about great sacrifice. He knows NFL-ready quarterback prospects almost always hold their value and he'll likely get his millions soon enough.
It isn't even the most uplifting story in the game this week. That would be Eric LeGrand's appearance on the cover of Sports Illustrated commemorating the best sports moment of 2011, when he led his Rutgers teammates onto the field in a wheelchair for a home game in late October, little more than a year after he was paralyzed playing against Army.
Barkley's decision isn't the newsiest development this week, either, That would be the wrist slap the NCAA gave Ohio State, whose clueless president and shameless athletic director whined that the school had punished itself enough after learning that former coach Jim Tressel lied and cheated his way through the entire 2010 season.
But Barkley's story might be the most surprising, considering how rarely loyalty takes hold across the college football landscape, including the very spot on which he was standing.
Not quite two years ago, Pete Carroll, the coach who recruited Barkley, left for Seattle and the NFL rather than stick around and face the harsh penalties the NCAA was about to levy on Southern California for a host of violations on his watch. The coach Barkley played for the past two seasons, Lane Kiffin, didn't exactly cover himself in glory, either, for the way he departed Tennessee ? abruptly ? to take Carroll's place.
Barkley and his teammates bore the brunt of the postseason bans and all that upheaval and decided to come back anyway.
"I am staying so I can finish what I started," Barkley said to cheers inside USC's Heritage Hall.
More than a few pro scouts shook their heads at that moment, though, recalling how Matt Leinart made the same call to a similar round of cheers a handful of years earlier.
"It's another year with my pals, no matter how it turns out," Leinart said a few days after his decision. "But I'll tell you what: I didn't want to look back 10 or 20 years down the road and find out I passed on the chance to be a part of something really special."
He was coming off USC's back-to-back national championships and a Heisman Trophy-winning season. He didn't duplicate either achievement in the one that followed and his draft stock tumbled when Texas quarterback Vince Young, who outplayed Leinart in a thrilling Bowl Championship Series finale, declared himself eligible for the same 2006 draft. Leinart, a lock for the top spot a year earlier, tumbled to No. 10 and wound up costing himself millions.
If there's any consolation for Barkley in that example, it's that Leinart, despite proving himself a barely adequate backup in the pros, still made millions. Plus, like Leinart, Barkley will be returning to a Trojans squad with a very realistic chance to win a national championship next season and a strong enough supporting cast ? on offense, anyway ? to get him a Heisman Trophy.
USC finished 10-2 and climbed all the way to No. 5 before shutting things down for the season. While Barkley loses his best protector on the offensive line ? left tackle Matt Kalil already declared for the NFL draft, where he could go as high as No. 2 ? the quarterback will reunite with receivers Marqise Lee and Robert Woods, a tandem that might be the nation's best.
We won't know how things turn out, of course, for a while. But it's hardly the bad business decision those NFL scouts panned it as, if only because Stanford's Andrew Luck made the same one at the end of last season and cemented his place at the top of next spring's NFL draft.
And the quartet of quarterbacks who did the same dating back to Peyton Manning in 1997 ? Leinart, Tim Tebow (2009) and Jake Locker (2010) ? all were gone by the end of the first round the following year.
But minimizing the risk that Barkley is taking shouldn't stop us from marveling at the loyalty he showed to a school and a sport that always rewards coaches and administrators handsomely, but not always the kids who make it all possible.
The lessons the sport has been teaching the past few years ? from fleeing coaches to shady conference realignment schemes to university presidents only too willing to look the other way ? is that it's every man for himself. By returning to USC for one more year, Barkley signaled he was still about something else.
Bravo.
"That's not an easy decision," said Kiffin, who won't get a better present this Christmas. "Not many people would do what Matt has done."
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Jim Litke is a national sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at jlitke(at)ap.org. Follow him at http://Twitter.com/JimLitke.
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Justice to require sale before NYSE merger (AP)
WASHINGTON ? The Justice Department announced Thursday that it will allow the creation of the world's largest stock exchange operator after the German conglomerate that wants to buy the New York Stock Exchange sells its stake in a third, smaller American stock exchange operator.
Justice Department lawyers filed papers in U.S. District Court in Washington that would allow the merger of NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Boerse AG after the German company orders one of its subsidiaries to sell its 31.5 percent stake in Direct Edge Holdings LLC, which is the United States' fourth largest stock exchange operator. In addition to the sale of Direct Edge, the proposed settlement between Justice and the two companies prohibits them from participating in the business or running of Direct Edge.
The German company, which operates the Frankfurt stock exchange, offered to buy NYSE Euronext for $10 billion in February. The transaction would create the world's largest exchange operator. NYSE Euronext owns exchanges in Paris, Lisbon, Brussels and Amsterdam, in addition to New York.
"Without the divestiture and other restrictions obtained by the Justice Department, a combined NYSE and Deutsche Borse entity could influence the actions of Direct Edge, and thereby lessen the zeal of an aggressive and innovative exchange competitor," said Sharis A. Pozen, acting assistant attorney general in charge of the Justice Department's Antitrust Division. "The remedy ensures that participants in the markets for U.S. equities exchange products and services will continue to receive the full benefits of robust competition in the form of competitive prices and increased innovation."
Under the terms of the settlement, Deutsche Borse's subsidiary, ISE, will divest itself of its interest in Direct Edge within two years.
The Deutsche Boerse-NYSE Eurostar merger would not only control important stock markets on both sides of the Atlantic, but also have a potentially dominant position in the trading of derivatives. Derivatives are complex financial products that allow investors to bet on movements in areas such as interest rates, stock indexes or commodity prices.
The combination of the two exchanges has been harshly criticized by competitors like the London Stock Exchange and U.S.-based Nasdaq.
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Saturday, December 24, 2011
As GOP candidates vie for Bush backing, Jeb hangs back
George W. says he won?t be throwing his weight behind anyone in the Republican presidential nominating fight, though someone close to the former president said he has taken calls from a few candidates and dispensed only ?very generic? advice when asked.
Which leaves Jeb. Sr. ? the elusive endorsement that seems most coveted by the candidates.
The current presidential election cycle is the first since 1976 to be taking place without a Bush in a statewide or national office or seeking a national office. Yet the Bush family primary ? a behind-the-scenes drama that has been playing out in the GOP contest for months ? is taking on as much significance as ever.
To win an endorsement even from the most obscure of the Bushes ? George W. siblings Marvin and Doro have backed Romney ? is to share in a political brand that bestows legitimacy and open doors.
Much of the family?s vaunted fundraising network is either holding back or dispersing itself among various campaigns, depleting its influence as a singular force to pick a winner. So the major candidates are left to jockey for the next best thing: personal support.
Dynastic boost
Many Americans may see the Bushes as a relic of political history, a dynasty that boasted two former presidents and a former big-state governor but lost its luster when W. left the White House with rock-bottom approval ratings amid an economic collapse.
Even among some hard-core conservatives, the name evokes bad memories, such as the 1990 tax deal in which Bush 41 broke his ?read my lips? tax pledge, or the costly 2003 Medicare prescription drug legislation pushed by Bush 43 and cited by tea party activists as an example of Republicans losing their way.
Yet to Republicans who aspire to retake the White House and the legions of party activists who have worked for a Bush at one point or another, the family remains a symbol of political success.
And the dynasty?s imprimatur, like the Kennedy family backing (ultimately secured by Barack Obama) that was courted during the 2008 Democratic primary, brings clear advantages.
Four decades of politicking ? dating from George H.W. and Barbara Bush?s meticulous file card system to catalogue names and addresses ? has spawned the GOP?s most extensive network of activists and supporters still loyal to a single family.
?There are so many innumerable donors, activists, fundraisers and volunteers who have done so much to help George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush and Jeb Bush get elected,? said Florida-based lawyer Justin Sayfie, a former Jeb Bush aide who was a top bundler for George W. Bush and now backs Romney. ?There?s a long-standing loyalty factor among Republicans.?
Bush loyalists said the family has maintained its political networks. But in 2008 and now in 2012, the Bushes have refrained from directing donors to help certain White House contenders.
?They respected our right to make our own choices,? said Dirk Van Dongen, president of the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors, who raised money for 41 and 43 and is helping Perry.
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ultrasn0w updated to version 1.2.5 with more support for iOS 5.0.1
The latest version of ultrasn0w has just hit Cydia with support for unlocking additional devices under iOS 5.0.1. You’ll need to have a compatible baseband in order for the unlock to work. Below is a list of compatible devices and basebands. This version supports the following devices...
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Friday, December 23, 2011
Tokio Marine to buy Delphi Financial in $2.7B deal (AP)
NEW YORK ? Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. is buying financial services company Delphi Financial Group Inc. in a deal valued at $2.7 billion to strengthen its position in the U.S. property and casualty insurance market and enter the life insurance market.
Delphi shares jumped $18.50, or 72.8 percent, to $43.93 in premarket trading.
Tokio subsidiary Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co. Ltd. will pay $43.875 per Class A share and $52.875 per Class B share in cash.
Tokio said Wednesday that it will finance the buyout with Tokio Marine Group's available cash and borrowings.
A one-time special dividend of $1 in cash will be paid to Delphi stockholders for each Class A and Class B share they own after the transaction closes.
The acquisition is expected to close in the second quarter.
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
Census: Population slowing in large portions of US (AP)
WASHINGTON ? Many states that posted big population gains in the 2010 census are now seeing their decade-long growth fizzle, hurt by a prolonged economic slump that is stretching into larger portions of the South and West.
New 2011 estimates released Wednesday by the Census Bureau are the first state numbers since the 2010 count, which found the nation's population growth shifting to the Sun Belt.
As a whole, the U.S. population grew by 2.8 million, reaching 311.6 million people. That growth of 0.92 percent was the lowest since the mid-1940s, hurt by fewer births and less immigration following the recent recession. From 2000 to 2010, the government previously reported the nation grew 9.7 percent, the lowest since the Great Depression.
"The nation's overall growth rate is now at its lowest point since before the baby boom," said Census Bureau director Robert Groves.
Washington, D.C., grew faster than any state in the nation, climbing by 2.7 percent from April 2010 to July of this year. It was the first time the District led states in growth since the early 1940s. Texas was next-fastest growing, followed by Utah, Alaska, Colorado and North Dakota.
States that prospered during the real estate boom, such as Arizona, Nevada and Florida, were already beginning to show a drop in growth when their populations were officially counted a year ago. Since then, the slowdown has spread to other burgeoning areas whose populations had previously withstood much of the dampening effects of the sluggish economy.
They include Georgia, South Carolina, Utah and Idaho, whose annual growth over the last two years is now the weakest than any time in the last decade.
Texas, the big 2010 winner owing to a diversified economy that attracted new residents during the recession, is seeing its growth slow as fewer people move there. In contrast, Democratic-leaning states such as California and New York are losing fewer residents to other states than before.
"Record low migration has continued to put a damper on what looked to be a Sun Belt growth explosion just five years ago," said William H. Frey, a demographer at the Brookings Institution, who reviewed the numbers. "States that seemed immune from the housing bust are now experiencing declining population growth as employment opportunities in a variety of industries contract, and as mortgages seem nearly impossible to obtain."
The Census Bureau released state population estimates as of July 1, 2011. The data show annual changes through births, deaths, and domestic and foreign migration.
In all, 38 states showed lower growth in 2010 and 2011 than in either of the previous two years during the recession. Twenty-three of these states are in South and West region. Moreover, 28 states showed either slower in-migration or greater out-migration than in either of the first two years of the recession. These include Nevada and Arizona, but also Texas, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Colorado and Utah.
Three states ? Rhode Island, Michigan and Maine ? have lost population since the 2010 census.
Kimball Brace, president of Election Data Services, said if the 2010 count had been held this year, Minnesota would have lost a seat in the House of Representatives and North Carolina would have picked up one due to the shifting population figures. Based on continuing losses, Rhode Island is now closer to losing one of its seats with just 41,000 people to spare. "It's definitely not moving in Rhode Island's favor," he said.
California remained the most populous state, followed by Texas, New York, Florida and Illinois.
The slowing U.S. growth comes as foreign immigration has declined since the recession, and fewer people are moving around within the nation's borders. In the last year, just 11.6 percent of the nation's population moved to a new home ? the lowest since the government began tracking information on movers in 1948.
A few bright spots include North Dakota and Alaska, whose thriving energy industries have helped attract residents and buoy employment rates. Both ranked among the top six fastest-growing states for the last two years, ranking higher than Nevada, Arizona, Florida, Georgia and North Carolina.
"After years of population decline, it's welcomed news to see that our economic growth over the last decade continues to keep North Dakotans home," said Gov. Jack Dalrymple. State demographers attributed the turnaround to an oil boom. The state's population gain since the 2010 census is nearly one-third as great as that during the entire decade from 2000-2010.
Florida, which saw its growth drop off sharply at the end of the last decade, is now showing signs of a slow recovery.
From 2007 to 2009, Florida saw more people move out than move in for the first time since the early 1970s; the latest estimates are now showing some rebound in population growth, due to fewer people who are moving to other southern states and greater gains from the northeast.
"The worst may be over for Florida," said Kenneth Johnson, senior demographer and sociologist at the University of New Hampshire.
As a whole, the South last year was the only U.S. region with a statistically significant increase in the poverty rate to 16.9 percent, higher than the national average of 15.1 percent. Some economists say huge swaths of the region could face a tough recovery after experiencing dramatic swings of housing boom and bust.
In contrast, the District of Columbia's population has reversed decades of decline in the 2000s as young professionals flocked to the region. It topped 600,000 last year for the first time in nearly 20 years as the relative stability of federal government jobs helped insulate the district from the nation's economic woes.
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Associated Press writers James MacPherson in Bismarck, N.D., and Ben Nuckols in Washington contributed to this report.
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