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Thursday, September 27, 2012

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Angry pet owners take jerky treat fight to stores

??Grieving pet owners have started warning other consumers with fliers, cards and posters about potentially dangerous chicken jerky treats from China. After the death of her German shepherd, one Illinois woman gathered 60,000 signatures demanding retailers stop selling the treats.

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Ahead of the Bell: Bebe

NEW YORK (AP) ? A Wedbush analyst on Thursday cut her earnings estimates for Bebe Stores Inc., saying that she expects the women's clothing retailer to report a drop in a key sales metric for the fiscal first-quarter.

Analyst Betty Chen predicted that for the quarter ending in September, Bebe will post a 6 to 8 percent decrease in revenue at stores open at least a year. In comparison, the company posted a same-store sales increase of 7 percent for the same quarter last year.

The metric is a key measure of a retailer's health, because it excludes revenue from stores that recently opened or closed.

"We believe the company continues to lose market share to other fast fashion retailers as well as softlines peers, especially given stale promotional messages that are losing resonance with target shoppers as cited by our retail specialists," Chen wrote in a note to investors.

Chen backed her "Neutral" rating for Bebe, but cut her full-year profit prediction for the company to 7 cents per share from 12 cents per share. Analysts, on average, expect a profit of 6 cents per share, according to a FactSet poll.

Chen added that while select woven tops and bottoms, along with work-to-wear styles, have sold well, demand for its knit tops hasn't been as strong.

Bebe shares finished at $4.97 per share on Wednesday after falling to a 52-week low of $4.94 earlier in the session.

Separately on Thursday, Chen backed her "Neutral" rating for teen clothing retailer Zumiez Inc., predicting a better-than-expected 3 to 5 percent increase in September revenue at stores open at least a year.

Zumiez shares finished at $27.35 on Wednesday. They are down 35 percent from a 52-week high of $41.96 per share on June 19. They traded as low as $15.85 almost year ago.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/ahead-bell-bebe-121451734--finance.html

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Idaho woman charged with stick-figure threat

BOISE, Idaho (AP) ? A woman who was about to be released from an Idaho prison will stay behind bars a while longer because federal prosecutors say she mailed a threatening stick figure drawing to a relative.

Linda Joyce Lakes was serving time at the Pocatello Women's Correctional Center on probation violations stemming from a 2007 grand theft sentence, and she was scheduled to be released last Friday. But earlier this month, the U.S. attorney's office charged her with mailing threatening communications, a felony.

Prosecutors say that in 2010, Lakes mailed a drawing that apparently depicted a battered stick figure alongside threatening phrases such as "No tears," ''No hiding," and "No more you."

Kyle Wright, an FBI agent in Pocatello who investigated the case, described the drawing in a court document.

"One stick figure appeared to be lying down with his face smashed. The baseball bat was lying nearby with damage that appeared to be consistent with its use on the first stick figure. The second stick figure appeared to be walking away with a smile," Wright wrote.

Wright also said in his affidavit that Lakes sent a letter with the drawing that indicated her prison sentence was coming to an end and that the recipient should be prepared for his final moments.

The FBI agent also said that Lakes told the FBI her drawing symbolized her hate for a man who had abused her in the past, and that one day she wanted to beat and possibly kill him.

Lakes was released from the state prison and taken into federal custody. She waived her preliminary hearing on the charge and has not yet entered a plea.

Lisa Tolle, a paralegal with Federal Defender Services of Idaho in Pocatello, said her office had just been assigned the case and attorneys had not yet fully reviewed it.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/idaho-woman-charged-stick-figure-threat-215449146.html

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Unique treasures found at 'Antiques Roadshow' | Park Rapids ...

Examining lamp

Appraiser Mark Bridge takes a close look at a lamp brought in by Jerry and Diane Cole, of Nevis. (Anna Erickson / Enterprise)

Map bargain

Mark Bridge talks with Ed Rudy about a Japanese map he discovered at a yard sale in Huron, S.D. Bridge said that a map collector might pay between $100 and $150 for the item. (Anna Erickson / Enterprise)

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Rod Nordberg, of Park Rapids, brought these dishes to the ?Antiques Roadshow? Monday night. (Anna Erickson / Enterprise)

Some interesting collectibles were examined at the Hubbard County Historical Society?s take on ?Antiques Roadshow? Monday evening.

The public was invited to bring items from home to find out the value or discover some history. Mark Bridge, a member of the historical society, offered his skills as an appraiser.

Ed Rudy, of Park Rapids, brought in a leather satchel with an authentic Japanese map that he thought was likely used during the Battle of Saipan in World War II.

Rudy purchased the items at a yard sale in Huron, S.D. When asked what he paid for the item, he responded, ?I?d rather not say ? but it was less than $2.?

The satchel had Japanese writing on it that might be key to discovering the origin. He had Hubbard County Historical Society director Connie Henderson take a photo of it to show someone who knows how to read Japanese. He plans to do some more research on the item.

The color map was in good shape, Bridge remarked.

?Maps are very popular among some collectors,? he said. ?The more colorful they are the more they?re worth.?

He estimated that Rudy could probably get between $100 and $150 for the map if he found the right person.

?Map collectors are kind of funny,? Bridge said.

Bonnie Phyle brought in an antique bell that was possibly used as a butler?s bell. It came from her mother?s boyfriend but she didn?t now much else about it. A date on the item said 1881.

?This has a very nice sound,? Bridge remarked.

He estimated it could sell for between $50 and $75.

Jerry and Diane Cole, of Nevis, brought in a lamp they received from his mother, who received it from her parents.

?It came from the Finger Lakes region of New York State,? he said. ?In 1854, the family had a winery in the area and we think it?s from that time.?

Diane said she has been ?scared to death? of the lamp, which is hand painted, because she?s afraid of breaking it.

?I won?t even dust it,? she said.

As Bridge looked at the lamp he had difficulty determining when it was originally made.

?I can?t find any markings on it,? he said.

The lamp could have been an oil lamp that was converted to electric later on or it could be made to look older, Bridge said.

One part of the lamp looked like it might have been a reservoir for oil but no one had the tools to open it to examine it more closely.

Bridge said he would look into the lamp some more and be in touch with the Coles. He couldn?t guess a price because there were too many unknowns.

Marion Town brought in a folding table she received from her parents, who lived in Evansville. She thinks the table came from the east coast in the early 1900s.

The table featured a painting on top of hunters and their dogs preparing for a fox hunt.

Bridge also wanted to do some more research on the table to determine when it was built.

Monday night?s event was the last of the season for the Hubbard County Historical Society.

Members are continuing to fix up the downstairs of the museum this Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 27-29 and encourage anyone to help out. The museum will be open from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. those days.

The museum will open again May 1, 2013.

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MIT Hacks Kinect Laser For A Wearable Map Generator For Firefighters

When most of us play video games, our greatest accomplishment is the mound of?Cheetos?dust we can collect in a single sitting. At MIT, researchers have hacked the Microsoft Kinect's laser into a wearable chest sensor that creates a floor-plan as the user moves throughout a building. The immediate use case, reports MIT News, is for emergency personal who could benefit from a real-time map as they explore unfamiliar buildings. Even better, the system memorizes where the wearer has been, so it could alert firefighters if they are accidentally backtracking or need to find a their original way out.

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Saturday, September 15, 2012

Verizon's Galaxy Note II purportedly poses for the camera, over-branding included

Phablet lovers on Verizon may have reason to rejoice, because the carrier's variant of the Galaxy Note II may have been captured in the flesh. The white device is aesthetically identical to the version straight from Samsung's house, save for its questionable carrier-branding. While the back of the phone sports a seemingly legit "Verizon 4G LTE" logo along with its moniker, you'll notice a rather obnoxiously-planted "Verizon" logo on its home button -- perhaps a bit too ridiculous to be the real deal. That said, it's almost certain that the Note II will officially make it to Verizon, no matter if it's dressed like the photos above; this purported variant lines up nicely with screenshots leaked earlier this week showing AT&T and Verizon compatibility. Now, if only we could have further confirmation -- perhaps in the way of a second visit to the FCC in the near feature or some leaky memos.

[Thanks, Sean P.]

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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Harshly Questions GOP-Backed Voter ID Law

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Friday, September 14, 2012

Teacher evaluations at center of Chicago strike

A large group of public school teachers marches past John Marshall Metropolitan High School on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012 in West Chicago. Teachers walked off the job Monday for the first time in 25 years over issues that include pay raises, classroom conditions, job security and teacher evaluations. (AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong)

Children holding posters supporting striking teachers join a large group of public school teachers as they march on streets surrounding John Marshall Metropolitan High School on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012 in West Chicago. Teachers walked off the job Monday for the first time in 25 years over issues that include pay raises, classroom conditions, job security and teacher evaluations. (AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong)

A large group of public school teachers seek support from neighborhood communities as they march on streets surrounding John Marshall Metropolitan High School on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012 in West Chicago. Teachers walked off the job Monday for the first time in 25 years over issues that include pay raises, classroom conditions, job security and teacher evaluations. (AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong)

Karen Rieck, a teacher at Faraday Elementary School, greets her students as they show support for public school teachers rallying on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012 in West Chicago. Teachers walked off the job Monday for the first time in 25 years over issues that include pay raises, classroom conditions, job security and teacher evaluations. (AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong)

A public school teacher thanks two boys wearing stickers supporting the Chicago Teachers Union as a large group of teachers' march around John Marshall Metropolitan High School on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012 in West Chicago. Teachers walked off the job Monday for the first time in 25 years over issues that include pay raises, classroom conditions, job security and teacher evaluations. (AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong)

CHICAGO (AP) ? Educators in Los Angeles just signed a new deal with the city's school district. So, too, did teachers in Boston. Both require performance evaluations based in part on how well students succeed, a system that's making its debut in Cleveland.

So what's the problem in Chicago, where 25,000 teachers in the nation's third-largest district have responded to an impatient mayor's demand that teacher evaluations be tied to student performance by walking off the job for the first time in 25 years?

To start, contract agreements in other cities have hardly come quickly or with ease. They were often signed grudgingly, at the direction of a court or following negotiations that took years. And mayors and school officials have also won over reluctant teachers by promising to first launch pilot projects aimed at proving a concept many believe is inherently unfair.

"It has been a very tough issue across the country," said Rob Weil, a director at the American Federation of Teachers, one of the nation's two largest teachers' unions. "Teachers in many places believe that they see administrations and state legislatures creating language and policies that's nothing more than a mousetrap."

Chicago's teachers have drawn the hardest line in recent memory against using student test scores to rate teacher performance. And Mayor Rahm Emanuel is pushing hard to implement the new evaluations. That clash is one of the main points of contention in a nasty contract dispute between Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union, which President Karen Lewis has called "a fight for the very soul of public education."

The strike, which has left approximately 350,000 students out of class as the city and the union also fight over pay and job security, entered its fourth day Thursday. After late-night talks Wednesday, both sides expressed optimism that students could be back in class as soon as Friday.

The push to judge teachers in part by their student's work stems from the reform efforts of the Obama administration, which has used its $4 billion Race to the Top competition and waivers to the federal No Child Left Behind law to encourage states to change how teachers are assessed.

Teachers unions argue that doing so ignores too many things that can affect a student's performance, such as poverty, the ability to speak English or even a school's lack of air conditioning. Or as said by an incredulous Dean Refakes, a physical education teacher in Chicago, "You are going to judge me on the results of the tests where there could be some extenuating circumstances that are beyond my control?"

Yet, tempted by the money offered by the federal government, lawmakers have made that directive in several states. In Florida, 50 percent of teacher appraisals must be based on student scores on standardized tests. In California, after the state legislature mandated the use of student progress benchmarks to rate teachers, an education reform group sued the Los Angeles Unified School District to force the issue.

The nation's second largest school system eventually found itself under a court order to come up with a plan to start using such evaluations by this December. Superintendent John Deasy announced this week the district had reached a one-year agreement to do so with the union that represents the district's 2,000 principal and assistant principals.

"It's a remarkable breakthrough," Deasy said.

But it's also a limited one, said Judith Perez, the president of Associated Administrators of Los Angeles. Student test scores won't be used to judge individual performance, but will rather be reviewed at the beginning and end of each school year ? along with additional measures, such as attendance and graduation rates ? to give principals feedback on how to improve a school's results. It's a one-year deal designed simply to comply with the court order, she said.

Meanwhile, the district faces thornier negotiations with the union representing its 36,000 teachers, which has already objected to a voluntary pilot project in 100 schools that uses test scores in evaluations.

Illinois lawmakers voted in 2010 to require that all public schools use student achievement as a component of teacher evaluations by the 2016-17 school year. In Chicago, Emanuel is living up to a promise made during his inauguration speech by demanding the Chicago union agree to make the change years ahead of that schedule.

"As some have noted, including (his wife) Amy, I am not a patient man," Emanuel said after he was sworn in as mayor a year ago. "When it comes to improving our schools, I will not be a patient mayor."

The issue of teacher evaluations has only been on the table in Chicago for a few months, and Emanuel acknowledged this week that his swift push for change could be a factor in why his relationship with the union has been so contentious. In other big cities, a more patient approach has led to success in finding agreement with reluctant teachers.

The deal reached Wednesday in Boston will allow administrators to rely more heavily on student achievement in teacher evaluations and remove from the classroom those receiving poor evaluations within 30 days. That contract came after 400 hours of contract negotiations that spanned more than 50 separate sessions over two years.

"Change is hard and is often hard-fought. But we should make special note that through all the tough negotiations, neither side let their frustrations spill onto the students of the Boston Public Schools," said Mayor Thomas Menino. "I tell you, this is a contract that's great for our students, works for our teachers and it's fair to our taxpayers."

Slowing down the timeline for implementing the evaluations has also led to success elsewhere.

Chicago's current offer to teachers includes not counting the new evaluations for a year as any kinks in the process are worked out. In Cleveland, the city's school district made its deal with teachers by agreeing to a loose framework for the new evaluations that would take four years to implement. The school system and the union spent a year constructing the evaluations, and then began a two-year pilot process that will not incorporate student test scores. That will come for the first time in the 2013-14 school year.

"This is complex work and it takes time to build it thoughtfully and carefully," said Cleveland schools CEO Eric Gordon. "It really has been a joint commitment in the beginning. We all believe that this is the right (approach)."

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Associated Press writers Christina Hoag in Los Angeles and Rodrique Ngowi in Boston contributed to this report.

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Mom ticketed after 2-year-old son pees in street

In Philadelphia, Penn., a mother was issued a $50 public urination citation after her 2-year-old son peed on the street. WCAU's Doug Shimell reports.

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A Philadelphia mom is peeved that police gave her a $50 ticket after her 2-year-old son peed against a street light post.

?I?m absolutely going to fight it,? Caroline Robboy told NBC News on Thursday. ?It was a potty-training accident.?

Robboy?s legal hassle began Sunday night, she said, when she was out with her elderly in-laws and her three children, ages 9, 6 and 2. Her husband, an ob-gyn, was on the job, delivering babies.

?After eating at a Johnny Rockets diner five blocks from their home in a high-rise, the family went across the street to a clothing store.

Robboy said two of her children told her they needed to go to the bathroom, but the store operators wouldn?t let them use their restroom. They?headed back to the diner, but the 2-year-old couldn?t hold it.

?I told him to go over to a grassy patch and make pee,? Robboy told NBCPhiladelphia.com. ?Next thing you know I have an officer giving me a police ticket for public urination!?

Related: Is potty training on the go a no-no?

?Every once in a while a 2-year-old catches you off guard,? she said.

?If this were my 9-year-old or 6-year-old I would have been mortified and would have had a much more adult conversation with him,? said Robboy, a licensed social worker and sex education counselor also trained in early childhood education issues.

Robboy said she's been surprised by the strong criticism painting her as "some negligent parent" that readers posted on a story about the incident that appeared on NBCPhiladelphia.com.

?These people must not be parents ? or maybe they are suburban parents,? she said.??We live with homeless people sleeping in our park across the street,? she said. ?People defecate in the park, they don?t get tickets.?

Among the comments was this one from a poster identified as James Riggio Sr.: ?I do not care if it is a 2-year-old or a 20-year-old, urine stinks and I for one do not want to smell that while in a high-traffic area. Does this moron of a mother think it is OK to let her son pee anywhere they feel free to??

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Another critic identified as Laura Burger said, ?I'm sorry but a 2-year-old does not just spontaneously run and pee on a pole. Clearly not the first time. I also think mom needs to be better prepared if she runs into these situations.?

Robboy received more-supportive comments on her own Facebook page.

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A commenter identified as Marion Bargman said, ?What a hoot! Of course, fight it. You made the news because your kid had to use the potty! How funny. and of course you handled yourself serenely. ... You're pretty good at not overreacting like the rest of us !?

Robboy told NBCPhiladelphia.com that Nathaniel, the 2-year-old, is a bright child who, aside from Sunday?s misfire, is doing well with his potty training.

A police spokesperson told NBCPhiladelphia.com they allow officers to use their own judgment and discretion in issuing tickets. They're currently trying to contact the officer who issued the ticket to get his side of the story before taking any action.

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Exchanges consider "speed bumps" for trading firms

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. regulators and exchanges are looking at sweeping circuit breakers and other speed bumps for the high-speed world of electronic trading in case glitches occur, industry executives said on Wednesday, but also noted they are being overwhelmed by the pace of regulatory reforms.

High-profile electronic snafus like the August 1 glitch at Knight Capital Group that unleashed errant orders and cost the executer of U.S. equity trades $440 million, are prompting a wide review of financial market structures.

Currently, exchanges have so-called "circuit breakers" that halt single stocks if their prices swing too fast in one direction or another, so market participants can pause to figure out if the moves were intentional.

Kevin Murphy, head of U.S. option electronic execution at Citigroup Global Markets, said exchanges and market makers were now looking at creating "speed bumps" that would stop all orders from one market maker at an exchange if the situation called for it, and also possibly across multiple exchanges.

"The market makers are pushing out hundreds of thousands of quotes at a time and they want to make sure that if something goes wrong - an algo gone wild, or whatever it is ... that there are some kind of mechanisms," Murphy said at the FIA/OIC Equity Options Conference in New York.

The conference comes ahead of an October 2 round table discussion on preventing and handling such problems that has been called by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Murphy also said regulators were likely to look at strengthening the testing environment for firms before new systems and order types are put in place.

There has also been talk of exchanges having a "kill switch" to shut down order flow, and circuit breakers that are tripped by unusual volume.

Market makers, like Knight, and Citadel Securities, act as middlemen in trades, buying and selling stocks with their own capital, and thus providing liquidity to the markets.

Citigroup has its own market making unit, called Automated Trading Group.

REGULATORY OVERLOAD

Murphy made his comments while chairing a panel of 10 executives in the options industry.

Nearly all of them expressed concern at the growing regulatory complexity in the U.S. equities markets in the wake of rules from the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform law, the Volcker rule, and other moves by the SEC to strengthen market structure.

"Some of the rules are complex on their own, but when you take them all together it's creating this increasingly complex system of regulations," said Chuck Mack, managing director of U.S. options at Nasdaq OMX .

"It makes it more and more difficult for ... any participant in the market to do what they are good at because they are spending more and more time and money on ensuring their compliance."

He said Nasdaq, which had its own costly, high-profile technology problem during Facebook Inc's market debut, has been collaborating with other exchanges more often on market structure issues, and spending more time talking to its customers about upcoming regulations.

SILVER LINING

Dealing with the minutia of Dodd-Frank had caused CBOE Holdings Inc , which runs the oldest and largest U.S. stock-options exchange, to put some other important market structure issues - like fee structures and exchange structures - on hold, said David Gray, a vice president at the firm.

However, there are also some advantages for the industry as a result of the new regulations, like the push to boost oversight in the over-the-counter market, which is bringing more business to exchanges and clearing operations, he said.

The amount of new regulation should not come as a surprise, as there is simply more to regulate, said Jack Boyle, a representative for the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association's options committee.

He reminded the panel that 40 years ago, there was only one exchange, while soon the number is likely to hit 14.

It is also an environment in which regulators are struggling to keep up with the technological advancement of trading firms.

"We wouldn't have talked about 10 years ago somebody sending 65,000 orders a second. This is new stuff. This is a new world, and regulators have a lot coming at them," Boyle said.

(Reporting by John McCrank; Editing by Edwina Gibbs)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/exchanges-consider-speed-bumps-trading-firms-020207898--sector.html

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Thursday, September 13, 2012

Woz on the Apple v Samsung patent fights: 'I hate it'

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Bloomberg has posted a short interview with Apple co-founder and everyone's favorite geek Steve Wozniak, and part of it spoke about the ongoing legal battles between Apple and Samsung. Woz, who is a tech fan in general and has went on record praising Android, doesn't seem to like the direction his old employer is heading.

“I hate it,” Wozniak said when asked about the patent fights between Apple and Samsung. “I don’t think the decision of California will hold. And I don’t agree with it -- very small things I don’t really call that innovative.

“I wish everybody would just agree to exchange all the patents and everybody can build the best forms they want to use everybody’s technologies.”

He also spoke about the updated camera in the new iPhone 5, which he hopes has improved because his friends tell him that his Galaxy S3 (Galaxy S III) and Motorola RAZR takes better pictures than his iPhone 4 does. We have to wonder why he is using an old iPhone, but agree that the Galaxy S3 can take some awful nice pictures.

Maybe Woz is a bit idealistic, but it helps us remember that not everyone wants thermonuclear patent war.

Source: Bloomberg

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Eating Rice Oozed from a Tube Sounds Efficient and Delicious [Video]

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Taking some inspiration from the sucker-in-a-sleeve known as a Push Pop, Takara Tomy's Smart Han bento lunchbox lets busy office drones enjoy sticky rice lunch extruded from a large tube. It's not unlike the Sushi Bazooka, except that this contraption is designed to pump the food directly into your mouth. More »

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iOS 6 coming soon, here's what's new

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We first heard about iOS 6?during the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June, but on Thursday,?Apple's senior vice president of iOS Software Scott Forstall finally shared more details about the latest version of the company's mobile operating system ??and revealed that?we're getting it on Sept. 19.

The new iPhone 5 will ship on Sept. 21 with iOS 6 preloaded, but folks who own an iPhone 3GS, an?iPhone 4, an iPhone 4S, a?fourth-generation iPod Touch, an?iPad 2 or a?third-generation iPad will be able to download the software update for free on Sept. 19.

As we've learned during WWDC, iOS 6 will bring over 200 new features to customers. "We think you?re going to love it," Forstall says.

Siri
Siri's gotten a lot?smarter in iOS 6. She's learned a lot of new languages (Italian, Mandarin,?Cantonese, and more) and become friends with a lot of new services (such as OpenTable, Yelp, Rotten Tomatoes, and others).

The personal assistant can now offer significantly more information when asked about sports, restaurants, movies and more. You can?make restaurant reservations or get movie reviews. Thanks to better support for Twitter,?you can also ask Siri to tweet for you.

It is now also finally possible to launch apps using Siri. Just tell her you want to "play Angry Birds" and see what happens.?

Facebook
The folks at?Apple integrated Facebook into iOS 6 in the same way they integrated Twitter into the last major version of iOS.?There's now a neat "tap to post" option in the Notification Center ?(and there's a "tap to tweet" button as well, of course).

Facebook is deeply integrated into the Calendar app?as well, meaning that Facebook events (and birthdays listed on Facebook) will appear on your device's calendar.

Reply with message or remind me later
If you find yourself in a situation where you're unable to take a call, you can now instruct your iPhone to send a pre-set message to the caller or to remind you to call the person back. This is incredibly handy if you're in a rush and not in the mood to pick up a call just to say "I'm busy. I'll call you back."

Do not disturb
A "do not disturb" feature was added in iOS 6. It means that you can tell your phone that it should silence alerts or incoming calls for a while, so that you can sleep in peace or enjoy a quiet, interruption-free evening with someone special.

This do not disturb feature allows for a lot of fine-tuning, meaning that you can make sure that people in your "favorites" list or contacts will always ring through or that your phone should ring if someone calls twice within three minutes.

FaceTime
FaceTime now works over 3G, not just over Wi-Fi. And you don't have to worry about whether you're selecting someone's phone number or Apple ID when placing a FaceTime call?? because the two are?now united.

Photo?Stream
You can now easily share your Photo Streams with friends or family. All you have to do is choose a photo and an album to share ? your pals will receive a notification and the photos will appear in an album where they can comment.

Mail
The Mail app got some nice new tweaks. The VIPs feature will allow you to mark individuals as important, so that their emails will be starred and appear in a "flagged" mailbox. You can adjust alert settings for VIPs separately as well.

Oh, and it's now even simpler to add photos or videos into emails and?the inbox can be refreshed with a pull. Not bad!

Passbook
A?new app called Passbook allows you to collect and store boarding passes, discount cards, movie tickets, and all the things you'd normally have to print out and scan once you arrive at a business.?

Thanks to location support, the app will even pull up the relevant card once you are near the place where you'd use it. (This means that if you're near a Starbucks, Passbook would pull up your Starbucks card automatically, if you're at an airport, Passbook would pull up your boarding pass automatically, and so on.)?

As a bonus, the?cards in Passbook are live-updating, meaning that your boarding pass will always have the latest boarding information.

Guided access
Apple's adding something called guided access to iOS 6. This tool?will allow you to disable certain controls in order to make your device a bit more kid-friendly.

Maps
As confirmed in June, Apple's ditching Google Maps in iOS 6. It will use its own mapping solution now. There's Yelp integration, traffic information (with real-time crowd-sourced data), automatically re-adjusting routes, and the ability for Siri to answer the age-old "are we there yet?"

Apple's also adding something called "Flyover" to Maps. This feature makes the whole world look a bit like a Sim City game by showing 3-D models of geographical features and buildings.

The best part though, is the fact that there are now turn-by-turn directions in Maps. Siri is?now able to guide you to and from places. Downside is that there appear to be no public transportation directions in iOS 6, based on rumors.

Lost mode
The Find My iPhone feature now includes something called "lost mode." This mode will allow you to send a phone number to a missing device in order to allow whoever found it to call you. (This is, of course, assuming that someone is interested in tracking you down and returning your beloved iDevice.)

Safari
Safari now has iCloud tabs?? which allow for browsing sessions to be synced across your devices?? as well as an offline reading list. You'll now also be able to upload photos right from Safari to your favorite websites. Talk about time saving!

What else?
It's tough to cover all 200 of the new features found in iOS 6, but let's just say that there are plenty more little tweaks and gems to be found in the new mobile operating system. We'll give you a more thorough rundown soon.

Want more tech news?or interesting?links? You'll get plenty of both if you keep up with Rosa Golijan, the writer of this post, by following her on?Twitter, subscribing to her?Facebook?posts,?or circling her?on?Google+.

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Apple details LTE plans for iPhone 5: true global reach requires multiple models

So the rumors are true, and the iPhone 5 is indeed offering LTE for regions around the globe. This is no small feat, given the plethora of frequencies used by various carriers worldwide. Apple's taken to its official website to discuss in detail its plans for making such a task possible. The new device will come in two different models and three total SKUs (excluding color): the A1428 (GSM model) will facilitate LTE for the US (AT&T) and Canada (Rogers, Bell and Telus) on the 700MHz and AWS bands; the CDMA version of the A1429 covers the US (Verizon, Sprint) and Japan (KDDI) using Bands 1, 3, 5, 13 and 25; and the GSM version of the A1429 spans Europe (Germany, UK) and Asia (Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea, Japan and Australia) using bands 1, 3 and 5.

This certainly prompts a few thoughts. First, if you purchase an A1429 unlocked, you won't be able to use it on AT&T's LTE network or that of any Canadian carriers. You'll still be able to take advantage of the global HSPA+ capability, but its lack of LTE on the Western Hemisphere is important to note. It gives us pause to wonder if we'll see both the A1428 and A1429 sold as unlocked models in North America in case you'd like to have either option. Additionally, it'll be interesting to see what Verizon and Sprint do with the CDMA models -- namely, will these devices allow for global LTE roaming? And will they be unlocked for traveling abroad? We'll get you set up with answers as we hear them, but it may be an influencer on exactly which iPhone 5 option you choose.

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Vinod Khosla Of Khosla Ventures: It?s Not About Funding The Company, It?s About Helping Them

Michael Arrington hopped on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt SF for a fireside chat with Vinod Khosla of Khosla Ventures. The two discussed Khosla's perspective on how companies within his firm's portfolios get the most out of working with the team. Khosla is very passionate about assisting his companies with recruiting, even suggesting that talented folks send him their resume. Khosla went on to discuss what happens when you hire the wrong people, and he says that it's hard to get a team back on track once those mistakes are made early on.

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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

No. 25 Louisville romps 32-14 over rival Kentucky

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) ? Not known for lavishing praise, Louisville coach Charlie Strong found himself acting out of character.

He was happy to do it after his No. 25 Cardinals thoroughly beat in-state rival Kentucky 32-14 in their opener. Offense sparked much of his elation, as the Cardinals outgained the Wildcats 466-373 and scored on five of their first seven possessions.

Strong needed to see that from his offense after the unit struggled at times last season. What he got was complete domination.

"It was just amazing to see how we just clicked on offense," Strong said of a team that scored touchdowns on its first three drives. "(Quarterback Teddy) Bridgewater had an unbelievable day. We also had two running backs to rush for over 100 yards. I told our team I have to give credit to our offensive line because they did a great job of blocking up front. They don't get enough credit."

Juniors Jeremy Wright and Senorise Perry rushed for 105 and 108 yards respectively, which might be why Strong waited until just before kickoff to pick Wright as the starter in a three-way battle including Dominique Brown. Wright was the workhorse, rushing 22 times and scoring three touchdowns.

Bridgewater enhanced his promising resume, completing 10 of his first 11 passes and 19 of 21 overall, setting a school percentage record while throwing for 232 yards. What surprised Strong most was scoring on drives of 99, 85 and 93 yards without blinking.

"I do not know if I expected the offense to perform as well as they did," Strong said. "A lot of the time you just don't know how well guys will play together and get in sync. They were able to get in sync, stay in sync and move the ball up and down the field."

Bridgewater's boost wasn't surprising, considering the sophomore was last year's Big East Rookie of the Year. What was startling was that he did it with little room for error.

A third-down completion to Damian Copeland took Louisville 23 yards to its 25, and Andrell Smith followed with a 17-yarder. Just like that, the Cardinals and their ground game had breathing room.

"That's what we pride ourselves on, that's why we work hard," Bridgewater said. "We practice game-like situations, so (Sunday) was just like practice."

Do the Cardinals practice 99-yard drives?

"Yes."

No matter who was running, they each ended up outgaining Kentucky (93 rushing yards) all by themselves.

"It was a team effort and everybody pushed each other in practice," Wright said, "and we got it done because of execution."

Louisville's reward for this domination was the Governor's Cup for the second year in a row. The Cardinals also ended a three-game home losing streak to Kentucky.

As for those bragging rights, Strong suggested that they go beyond two schools just 70 miles apart.

"Anytime you play a rival game, you want to go win the football game and that is what our focus was," Strong said. "Not only that game, but we want to win them all if we possibly can...

"I will say this: We still have a lot to learn and to improve upon. But, just seeing a Big East team beat an SEC team speaks volumes."

The Wildcats' biggest problem was not matching the Cardinals' intensity when they had an early opportunity and then having to play from behind even when they seemed to be gaining some footing.

But other than a 75-yard scoring drive that briefly brought Kentucky within 8-7 in the first quarter, the Wildcats' offense found little room against a defense that had sophomore quarterback Maxwell Smith contained in many facets.

Smith completed 35 of 50 passes for 280 yards but was sacked twice. The Wildcats also committed two turnovers.

"I thought I played pretty well, a lot of improvements I need to make little small things I need to adjust on," said Smith, whose three starts late last season led to him earning the job outright this year.

After Bridgewater and Wright rallied the Cardinals from that initial setback, they made it 15-7 on Perry's run and 22-7 on Wright's 14-yarder. Freshman John Wallace added a 22-yard field goal and Wright capped it with another 1-yard run. La'Rod King caught a 5-yard TD pass from Smith in the third quarter to cut the lead, but the tone had been set and the Wildcats just tried to stay within sight of a Louisville team intent on distancing itself.

"We beat ourselves," King said. "We are much better than this. Saying this is the first game is a bunch of bull in my opinion. We prepared way too hard and way better than we showed out here today."

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Judge grants sex change for Mass. murder convict

BOSTON (AP) ? State prison officials must provide taxpayer-funded sex-reassignment surgery to a transgender inmate serving life in prison for murder, because it is the only way to treat her "serious medical need," a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

Michelle Kosilek was born male but has received hormone treatments and now lives as a woman in an all-male prison. Robert Kosilek was convicted of murder in the killing of his wife in 1990.

U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf is believed to be the first federal judge to order prison officials to provide sex-reassignment surgery for a transgender inmate.

Kosilek first sued the Massachusetts Department of Correction 12 years ago. Two years later, Wolf ruled that Kosilek was entitled to treatment for gender-identity disorder but stopped short of ordering surgery. Kosilek sued again in 2005, arguing that the surgery is a medical necessity.

In his 126-page ruling Tuesday, Wolf found that surgery is the "only adequate treatment" for Kosilek and that "there is no less intrusive means to correct the prolonged violation of Kosilek's Eighth Amendment right to adequate medical care."

Prison officials have repeatedly cited security risks in the case, saying that allowing Kosilek to have the surgery would make her a target for sexual assaults by other inmates.

But Wolf, who was appointed to the federal bench by President Ronald Reagan in 1985, found that the security concerns are "either pretextual or can be dealt with." He said it would be up to prison officials to decide how and where to house Kosilek after the surgery.

Diane Wiffin, a spokeswoman for the prisons department, said the agency would have no immediate comment on the ruling.

"We are reviewing the decision and exploring our appellate options," Wiffin said.

In a telephone interview last year with The Associated Press, Kosilek said the surgery is a medical necessity, not a frivolous desire to change her appearance.

"Everybody has the right to have their health care needs met, whether they are in prison or out on the streets," Kosilek said. "People in the prisons who have bad hearts, hips or knees have surgery to repair those things. My medical needs are no less important or more important than the person in the cell next to me."

Wolf noted that the Department of Correction's own medical experts testified that they believe surgery was the only adequate treatment for Kosilek.

The department's ex-commissioner Kathleen Dennehy testified that giving Kosilek the surgery would present insurmountable security concerns, but Wolf said the inmate had proven that those purported concerns masked the real reason for denying surgery: "a fear of controversy, criticism, ridicule and scorn."

Kosilek's lawsuit has become fodder for radio talk shows and Massachusetts lawmakers who say the state should not be forced to pay for a convicted murderer's sex-change operation ? which can cost up to $20,000 ? especially since many insurance companies reject the surgery as elective.

House Republican Leader Bradley Jones said it is difficult for him to believe that a sex-change procedure is medically necessary.

"It's one thing to say, 'I have cancer and am in need of treatment,'" said Jones. "It seems to be more medically desirable than a necessity." He also worried that the decision could open up a "Pandora's box" of requests for medical procedures from other inmates.

In 2008, Republican lawmakers, including then state Sen. Scott Brown, filed legislation to ban the use of taxpayer funds to pay for the surgery for prison inmates. The amendment did not make it into law.

Brown, now in the U.S. Senate, said Tuesday that the surgery would be "an outrageous abuse of taxpayer dollars."

"We have many big challenges facing us as a nation, but nowhere among those issues would I include providing sex change surgery to convicted murderers," Brown said in a statement. "I look forward to common sense prevailing and the ruling being overturned."

Inmates in Colorado, California, Idaho and Wisconsin have sued unsuccessfully to try to get the surgery, making similar arguments that denying it violates the U.S. Constitution's protection against cruel and unusual punishment.

Wolf noted that Kosilek's gender-identity disorder has caused her such anguish that she has tried to castrate herself and twice tried to commit suicide.

Kosilek's lead attorney, Frances Cohen, called the decision courageous and thoughtful.

"We feel very grateful that the judge listened very carefully to the medical experts and has given Michelle Kosilek what the prison doctors had recommended," Cohen said.

Ben Klein, a senior attorney at the Boston-based legal group Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, said Wolf's ruling recognizes what some medical experts have said for years: that sex-reassignment surgery can be a "legitimate life-saving medical treatment for transgender people."

Klein said other inmates seeking the surgery can cite Wolf's ruling, but they would still have to prove that prison officials showed deliberate indifference to their medical needs.

"Not everybody will be able to prove it, but at the same time, the prisons' decisions have to be based on proper medical care and not bias," Klein said.

In Kosilek's case, the judge said, female hormones have "helped somewhat," but the inmate "continues to suffer intense mental anguish" because she truly believes she is a woman trapped in a man's body.

"That anguish alone constitutes a serious medical need," Wolf wrote. "It also places him at high risk of killing himself if his major mental illness is not adequately treated."

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