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Sunday, January 22, 2012
Developer Spotlight: Marc Bolh of DataVault Password Manager
iMore’s developer spotlights are like DVD/iTunes Extras for the App Store — a weekly look behind the scenes at the programers and designers that bring you the iPhone, iPod touch,
Video: Obama sings Al Green?s ?Let?s Stay Together?
>>> we are about to show you the video that's gone absolutely viral today. last night president obama was here in new york city for a series of fund raisers. he was at the world-famous apollo theater in harlem. soul legend al green finished performing. to the utter delight of the crowd, the president decided to try a line or two from an al green classic.
>> . i'm so in love with you
>> the president last night at the apollo.
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Saturday, January 21, 2012
Malawi women protest stripping attacks
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Malawi President Bungu wa Mutharika on Thursday says he won't tolerate attacks on women for wearing non-traditional dress.
Women in Malawi plan to protest in the streets Friday over recent beatings by street-vendor mobs who beat and stripped naked several women for wearing trousers or miniskirts?instead of the south Africa country's traditional dress.
Malawi's president on Thursday ordered the arrest of anyone who attacks women for their apparel.
"I will not allow anyone to wake up and go on the streets and start undressing women and girls wearing trousers, because that is illegal," President Bingu wa Mutharika told state radio on Thursday. "Every woman and girl has the right to dress the way they wish."
"No one should lie that I have asked vendors to assault women dressed in trousers. It's a lie and I will not allow that," the president said.
Malawi?had laws until 1994 under the autocratic rule of Hastings Banda that banned women from wearing short skirts and men having long hair or flared trousers, the BBC reported.?It dropped the restrictions when multi-party democracy was introduced.
However, this week street vendors attacked several women in Lilongwe and commercial capital Blantyre over their dress, saying they were enforcing a government decree.
Seodi White, a lawyer and leading women's rights activist, told the BBC that?protesters would gather Friday?"in solidarity with the victims and to express our indignation at such barbaric treatment of mothers, wives and daughters of our country".
Malawi's Vice-President Joyce Banda earlier blamed the attacks on Malawi's economic woes, the BBC said.
"There is so much suffering that people have decided to vent their frustrations on each other," she said.
The country faces?severe shortages of fuel and foreign currency, the BBC said.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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Rick vs. Newt: The debate factor
Rick Perry's candidacy failed almost entirely on the weakness of his debate performances, while Newt Gingrich's? is thriving on the strength of his. One problem: a good debater doesn't necessarily make a good president.
I try to be careful not to get into the horse race aspects of things around here, but I thought Gov Perry?s rise and fall was notable in the following sense.
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Before joining the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities as a senior fellow, Jared was chief economist to Vice President Joseph Biden and executive director of the White House Task Force on the Middle Class. He is a contributor to MSNBC and CNBC and has written numerous books, including 'Crunch: Why Do I Feel So Squeezed?'
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It takes a lot to run an effective primary campaign these days, with money and organization and name recognition often at the top of the list.? But you also need to be a good debater.? Gov Perry wasn?t, and his high scores on those other assets failed to offset that by a Texas mile.
Newt, on the other hand, is a sharp debater.? And his lack of those other attributes, e.g., organization, has, at least for now, been largely offset by his debating prowess.
But here?s the thing: does being a good debater make you a good president?? I can?t see that it does.
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Friday, January 20, 2012
Ex-Miss USA appears in Mich. court on DUI charge
Former Miss USA Rima Fakih appears with her attorney William Culpepper before Judge Brigette Officer during a hearing on a drunken driving charge at 30th District Court in Highland Park, Mich. Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. The judge set a March 14 trial date, but lawyers on both sides said they planned to talk in an attempt to resolve the case sooner. (AP Photo/Gary Malerba)
Former Miss USA Rima Fakih appears with her attorney William Culpepper before Judge Brigette Officer during a hearing on a drunken driving charge at 30th District Court in Highland Park, Mich. Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. The judge set a March 14 trial date, but lawyers on both sides said they planned to talk in an attempt to resolve the case sooner. (AP Photo/Gary Malerba)
Former Miss USA Rima Fakih leaves 30th District Court after being ordered to stand trial on a misdemeanor drunken driving charge in Highland Park, Mich. Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. The judge set a March 14 trial date, but lawyers on both sides said they planned to talk in an attempt to resolve the case sooner. (AP Photo/Gary Malerba)
Former Miss USA Rima Fakih appears before Judge Brigette Officer during a hearing and ordered to stand trial on a misdemeanor drunken driving charge at 30th District Court in Highland Park, Mich. Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. The judge set a March 14 trial date, but lawyers on both sides said they planned to talk in an attempt to resolve the case sooner. (AP Photo/Gary Malerba)
Former Miss USA Rima Fakih appears before Judge Brigette Officer during a hearing and ordered to stand trial on a misdemeanor drunken driving charge at 30th District Court in Highland Park, Mich. Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. The judge set a March 14 trial date, but lawyers on both sides said they planned to talk in an attempt to resolve the case sooner. (AP Photo/Gary Malerba)
Former Miss USA Rima Fakih appears with her attorney William Culpepper before Judge Brigette Officer during a hearing on a drunken driving charge at 30th District Court in Highland Park, Mich. Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. The judge set a March 14 trial date, but lawyers on both sides said they planned to talk in an attempt to resolve the case sooner. (AP Photo/Gary Malerba)
HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. (AP) ? A Michigan beauty queen who made headlines two years ago by becoming the first Arab-American crowned Miss USA will stand trial in March on a drunken-driving charge unless a plea deal is reached, a judge said Wednesday.
Judge Brigette Officer set a March 14 trial date for Rima Fakih, who made her first court appearance since the Dec. 3 traffic stop in the Detroit enclave of Highland Park. Fakih, 26, has said she wasn't drinking that night, but two police breath tests put her blood alcohol content at over twice the legal limit.
"I apologize. My lawyer doesn't want me to talk," Fakih told reporters outside court.
Fakih, whose family moved to New York from Lebanon in 1993 and then to Detroit suburb of Dearborn 10 years later, won the Miss USA Pageant in 2010, becoming the first Arab-American to do so. Supporters described her win as a victory for diversity, saying it countered negative stereotypes about people of Middle Eastern descent that have flourished in post-9/11 America.
Fakih's lawyer, W. Otis Culpepper, said he'll prepare for a trial but knows a plea bargain is also possible. He said he anticipates that a "proper conclusion" will be reached.
"Of course she's remorseful," Culpepper said. "She's a model for young women. ... She's a woman of substantial character."
Police said Fakih was driving 60 mph in a 30 mph zone and weaving in and out of traffic before they pulled her over, and that officers found an open bottle of champagne behind the driver's seat of the 2011 Jaguar.
Fakih denied that she had been drinking, but one breath test put her blood alcohol content at 0.20 percent and another put it at 0.19 percent ? both above the legal limit of 0.08. She's charged with drunken driving, careless driving and having an open container of alcohol, all misdemeanors.
Before the hearing, assistant city attorney Mohammed A. Nasser told The Associated Press that he was new to the case and hadn't spoken yet to Culpepper about a settlement.
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U.S. airlines seen profitable despite economic woes (Reuters)
(Reuters) ? Most U.S. airlines are poised to report profitable fourth quarters, a trend set to continue in 2012 as cost-cutting and fare hikes help the industry weather rising fuel costs and global economic uncertainty that could hamper travel demand.
Some experts are calling for 2012 margins to improve over last year as airlines focus on lowering non-fuel expenses, continue to retire less-efficient planes and keep a lid on the number of seats they sell.
"We think 2011 finished really well, and 2012 is starting really strongly," said Helane Becker, an analyst with Dahlman Rose & Co.
"We're cautiously optimistic," she said. "But I don't think we're pounding the table on the group."
Southwest Airlines Co (LUV.N) will kick off the fourth-quarter earnings season for U.S. carriers on Thursday. Other major carriers, United Continental Holdings Inc (UAL.N) and Delta Air Lines Inc (DAL.N), are scheduled to report earnings in the next week.
For two years now, airlines have been recovering from a decade-long downturn that saw several airline bankruptcies and mergers. A series of capacity cuts starting in 2008 paved the way for higher fares to help offset spikes in the price of jet fuel.
U.S. airlines posted quarterly profits last year as corporate travel demand held up and fare increases aided yields.
Ray Neidl, aerospace analyst with Maxim Group, said the 10 major U.S. airlines were likely in the black for 2011, with the exception of AMR Corp's (AAMRQ.PK) American Airlines, which filed for Chapter 11 protection in November. AMR will not file a quarterly earnings report alongside its rivals.
Overall, Neidl expects those airlines earned more than $2 billion last year, down from $4.2 billion for 2010.
"I think the airlines can, as an industry excluding American, almost double their profitability up to about over $6 billion" this year, Neidl said. He said price increases that are sticking will help, as will demand for Latin American travel and ancillary revenues such as baggage fees.
Based on data from Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S, Delta is expected to report a rise in fourth-quarter profit while Southwest Airlines and United Continental Holdings are likely to post lower earnings. US Airways Group Inc (LCC.N) is projected at breakeven, compared with a 17 cent-a-share profit a year before.
Even so, soaring fuel costs and economic troubles could still disrupt the industry recovery, given their potential ripple effects on business and consumer willingness to travel. Airlines have said European growth, in particular, will be a bit slow as pressures from the euro zone crisis weigh.
"I don't think (air travel demand) will be materially worse this year than last," said Henry Harteveldt, co-founder of Atmosphere Research Group and travel industry analyst. "But a big unknown is the price of jet fuel."
He said higher oil prices could stymie demand from leisure travelers, especially.
Harteveldt said a study by his firm late last year indicated that about 55 percent of travelers intend to take the same number of trips as last year and roughly the same number will spend the same as they did last year.
Still, he added: "I am concerned, though, because there are slightly more people who say they would consider either traveling less or spending less than say they'd consider traveling more or spending more."
Michael McCormick, executive director of the Global Business Travel Association, said international travel should be stronger than domestic travel this year. But he added that a softer spot would be group and meeting travel, where growth in 2012 is expected to slow from 2011.
"Companies are still keeping a close eye on costs and are showing some hesitancy to increase their budgets in areas like group meetings," McCormick said. "There's still a bit of that wait-and-see mentality."'
Basili Alukos, an analyst with Morningstar, said he'll be looking to gauge international travel demand in light of the European crisis. Some big carriers such as Delta Air Lines noted weakness in transatlantic routes in 2011, and have outlined plans to cut capacity in Europe this year.
"That part of the business has been struggling for most of the carriers for the past year and they've been cutting back," Alukos said. "So maybe you'll see some strength."
(Reporting By Karen Jacobs and Kyle Peterson; Editing by Gerald E. McCormick)
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Thursday, January 19, 2012
Show no fear : daring actions in Canadian military history / edited by Bernd Horn.
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