Oil slips as U.S. job data disappoints

LONDON: Brent crude retreated Friday as U.S. jobs data came in below expectations, tempering economic optimism that had pushed oil to its highest in four months earlier in the session.

U.S. employers slowed their pace of hiring in July, with the number of jobs outside the farming sector increasing by 162,000, the Labor Department said.

That was below the median forecast in a Reuters poll of 184,000.

The disappointing number led many investors to sell out of positions after sharp gains in the previous two days.

?There was some very big speculative length in the market. The market?s falling now because of an absence of speculative buying,? said Christopher Bellew, broker at Jefferies Bache.

Brent futures fell 83 cents to $108.71 a barrel, after reaching a high for the day of $110.09 ? their loftiest since April 3.

Brent is still on track for a weekly increase of 1.6 percent after two weeks of losses.

?It?s put in a good run this week, but the steam has come out of the rally and traders are waiting for something extra to take it higher,? Michael Hewson at CMC Markets said.

U.S. crude oil futures fell 51 cents to $107.38 a barrel, heading for an increase of 2.6 percent on the week.

Strong U.S. manufacturing data from July, better European factory numbers and healthier-than-expected Chinese industrial data had led to sharp gains over the previous two sessions.

Concern over supply disruptions in Iraq, Libya and Nigeria prevented heavier losses.

Libya?s oil exports continued to flow at less than half normal rates Friday as strikes and protests shut major oil terminals in the North African OPEC producer ? triggering one of the worst disruptions in the past year.

These outages helped trim OPEC output to a four-month low in July, a Reuters survey published on Wednesday showed.

OPEC output averaged 30.25 million barrels per day, down from 30.38 million bpd in June, the survey found.

OPEC supply looks set to tighten further. Seaborne oil exports from the producer group, excluding Angola and Ecuador, will decline by by 490,000 bpd in the four weeks to Aug. 17, an analyst who estimates future shipments said Thursday.

Iraq?s production has come under pressure as Sunni insurgents target its northern pipeline, while technical problems curb output in the south.

Nigerian production has been blighted by oil theft, a factor that severely dented Royal Dutch Shell and Eni?s second-quarter results.

In Iran, geopolitical risks resurfaced as domestic media reported that the country?s President-elect Hassan Rouhani Friday called Israel a ?wound? that must be removed, two days ahead of his inauguration.

Source: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Business/Middle-East/2013/Aug-03/226105-oil-slips-as-us-job-data-disappoints.ashx

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Miller Eccles Study Group, Texas ? By Common Consent, a Mormon ...

The Miller Eccles Study Group would like to announce that Margaret Blair Young, creative writing professor at Brigham Young University and president of the Association for Mormon Letters, will be speaking to MESG TX this Saturday night, August 3, at our Arlington location only. If you are unable to attend the Saturday night study group meeting, be sure to stop by for her fireside presentation on Sunday night. We hope to see you this weekend!

STUDY GROUP DATE AND LOCATION:

Saturday, August 3, 7 pm.
Arlington Location Only:
3804 Indian Springs Trail, Arlington, Texas 76016

THE STUDY GROUP TOPIC:

?Black Pioneers as Examples for those in a Faith Crisis: Is There No Blessing for Me??

In this presentation, Margaret will tell the story of Jane Manning James and other black pioneers, and discuss how their examples can help inspire those who are experiencing or have experienced a crisis of faith. She will also discuss her current film project: ?Heart of Africa.?

SPECIAL FIRESIDE EVENT:

Margaret will be speaking at the inaugural fireside of the Arlington Texas Stake Genesis Group on August 4, 2013, at 7pm at the Arlington Stake Center. All interested individuals are invited to attend the Genesis kickoff event, hear Margaret speak, and participate in Genesis Group activities. An invitation to the Genesis Group fireside is attached. Please circulate it to anyone you know who might be interested.

THE SPEAKER:

Margaret Blair Young teaches literature and creative writing at Brigham Young University. For the past fifteen years, she has specialized in the history of blacks in the west, particularly black Mormons. She has written six novels and two short story collections, but has lately become interested in filmmaking. Her current endeavor is a film to be shot in Zambia called Heart of Africa (www.heartofafricafilm.com). She has held her daughter for hours during her panic attacks and she attends LDS Addiction Recovery meetings with her son.

DONATION NOTE:

Because MESG TX will not be incurring any expenses in connection with Margaret?s visit, we will be directing all donations received from this study group event to Margaret in order to help finance the ?Heart of Africa? film project.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

October 25 and 26, 2013. Morris Thurston: ?The Legal Trials of Joseph Smith?.

ABOUT MILLER ECCLES STUDY GROUP TEXAS

Miller Eccles Study Group Texas seeks to encourage scholarship, enlightenment and understanding concerning all things Mormon. To that end, we invite qualified speakers to address the group on a broad range subjects pertinent to our faith. Our format encourages in-depth question and discussion that other forums are unable to accommodate. Our group is supported by the donations of those who attend. We suggest a donation of $10 per person. For those for whom these donations are a burden, please contribute what you can. The funds are used primarily to defray the travel and lodging costs of out-of-town speakers.

Source: http://bycommonconsent.com/2013/08/03/miller-eccles-study-group-texas/

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A-Rod May Lose $100 Million if Banned

As Major League Baseball reportedly prepares to penalize Alex "A-Rod" Rodriguez for his connection to defunct clinic Biogenesis, the New York Yankees' third baseman, baseball's highest-paid player, stands to lose millions.

Rodriguez, 38, earned $30.3 million from June 2012 to June 2013, mostly from his salary, according to Forbes. He ranks 18th overall on Forbes' list of the highest paid athletes in the world. He also has stakes in businesses and real estate holdings.

Rodriguez, who has dated actresses Cameron Diaz and Kate Hudson, is notorious for his high-flying lifestyle. His car collection includes a luxurious, black Maybach 57s, known to have a price tag of more than $400,000.

Though Rodriguez signed the two biggest contracts in baseball history -- $252 million with the Texas Rangers in 2000 and $275 million with the Yankees in 2007 -- he earns very little in endorsement deals.

Rodriguez did sign an endorsement deal with Vita Coco in 2011 even though he was in investor in that coconut water's biggest competitor, Zico.

Rodriguez could not be reached for comment. His attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

He previously had endorsement deals with Nike and Rawlings, but those companies dropped him in recent years, said Forbes' Kurt Badenhausen.

Badenhausen said Rodriguez's assets are "small potatoes" compared to his baseball income.

Watch: A-Rod Could Receive Lifetime Ban From Baseball

Despite being sidelined for the start of the 2013 season following hip surgery, Badenhausen said Rodriguez now has more than $100 million in future salary obligations on the line with the Biogenesis case.

"His endorsements have completely dried up and are almost certainly never coming back," Badenhausen said.

Read More: The Surprising Highest-Paid Athlete in the U.S.

ESPN's Darren Rovell said Rodriguez' earnings will be affected based on whether he is suspended and for how long. A lifetime suspension would cut off his major source of income, but not his only source. He also has real estate holdings, a construction company, Newport Property Construction, and a Mercedes-Benz dealership in League City, Texas, near Houston.

"But he has his name on these things, and any other negative damage to his name could affect them," Rovell said.

The slugger poured millions into custom renovations at his nine-bedroom, Miami Beach, Fla., home, which he sold for $30 million this year. He bought it for $7.4 million in 2010.

If the league imposes a major ban on Rodriguez, such as a lifetime suspension, Rovell said, there will bound to be a major legal battle with not only A-Rod's legal team, but the Major League Baseball Players Association.

"Baseball has the strongest union of all major sports unions," Rovell said.

Read: MLB Releases List in Performance-Enhancing Drug Scandal to Union

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/rod-may-lose-100-million-banned-114324870.html

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Ex-NBA player Ehlo arrested in domestic violence case

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- Authorities say former NBA player and Eastern Washington University coach Craig Ehlo has been arrested in Spokane, Wash., in a domestic violence case.

The Spokesman-Review reports Ehlo was booked into jail Thursday morning on suspicion of first-degree reckless burning, domestic violence. The charge is a felony.

No additional details on the case were released.

The 51-year-old recently coached at Eastern Washington University and resigned July 11.

Ehlo played at Washington State University from 1981 to 1983 and was drafted into the NBA by the Houston Rockets. He played for 14 seasons with the Rockets, the Cleveland Cavaliers, Atlanta Hawks and Seattle SuperSonics.

Ehlo also worked as a television analyst for the Sonics and Gonzaga.

Source: http://www.nba.com/2013/news/08/01/craig-ehlo-arrested.ap/index.html?rss=true

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Government requests for Twitter users' data on the rise

By Gerry Shih

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter is under increasing pressure from governments around the world to release user's private information, with requests rising 40 percent in the first six months of the year, the microblogging company said Wednesday in its semi-annual transparency report.

The United States made three-quarters of the 1,157 data requests during the six-month period, according to the San Francisco-based company's report. (Report: https://transparency.twitter.com/)

Governments usually want the emails or IP addresses tied to a Twitter account.

In one well-known case, a French court ordered Twitter in February to turn over information about an anonymous account that posted anti-Semitic tweets. Twitter, which had initially resisted by arguing that the data was stored beyond French jurisdiction in its California servers, ultimately complied in June.

Efforts to censor Twitter content have also risen sharply, the company said.

"Over the last six months, we have gone from withholding content in two countries to withholding content (ranging from hate speech to defamation) in seven countries," said Twitter legal policy manager Jeremy Kessel.

Twitter was censored the most in Brazil, where courts issued orders on nine occasions to remove a total of 39 defamatory tweets.

The report did not include secret information requests within the United Sates authorized under the Patriot Act, a law enacted after the September 11 attacks. U.S. companies are prohibited from acknowledging the existence of data requests made under those statutes.

Transparency reports such as the one published semi-annually by Twitter have been a particularly contentious issue in Silicon Valley in the wake of a series of leaks in June by former security contractor Edward Snowden, who alleged that major service providers including Google Inc, Facebook Inc and Microsoft Corp systematically pass along huge troves of user data to the National Security Agency.

The companies, which have denied the scope of Snowden's allegations, have asked the U.S. government for permission to reveal the precise number of national security requests they receive in order to publicly argue that their cooperation with the government has been relatively limited. The negotiations between the companies, which include Twitter, remain ongoing, but firms including Microsoft and Facebook released in June some approximate figures of how many users have been affected by the data dragnet cast by U.S. intelligence.

In the first half of the year, authorities in Japan, another large Twitter user base, made 87 requests while U.K. agencies filed 26. The majority of the requests come in the form of court-issued subpoenas, Twitter said.

(Reporting by Gerry Shih; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/government-requests-twitter-users-data-rise-021624645.html

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In Europe, there's always time for vacation

Many Europeans are finding ways to 'get away' despite the eurocrisis ? but their tactics span the spectrum.

By Sara Miller Llana,?Staff writer / July 31, 2013

A women sunbathes in the Luxembourg gardens in Paris earlier this month. Europeans have had to change their vacation habits due to the Continent's debt crisis, but vacations remain 'sacred' to many, especially the French.

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Across Europe, the summer vacation is sacred. Less than two weeks? Rarely (most, in fact, take off the entire month of July or August). Work on the road? Never.

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But with record unemployment, slashed benefits, and no end in sight to the eurocrisis, many European citizens have had to forgo their cherished annual ritual.

This year, according to polling group Ipsos for the insurance group Europ Assistance, only 54 percent of those surveyed across France, Germany, Britain, Italy, Spain, Belgium, and Austria reported plans to go on summer vacation ? a 12-point drop from 2011.

On one hand, the survey provides a map of who is hurting economically and who is not. But a deeper look also reveals the different cultural battles under way in Europe, the "ways of life" that are being discussed, dissed, and embraced as the eurozone crisis rages and divides.

Germany, for example, is doing the best in Europe economically. Unemployment is around 5 percent, compared with the European Union average of more than 12 percent. Germans like to say they're doing so well because they "did their homework." But Germans are also prudent and pragmatic ? perhaps the reason that they sit below the European average for vacations this year, with only 52 percent saying they will be going away.

At the same time, Germans might look frustratingly at the figures for France, where 62 percent say they are going away this year. That does represent an eight-point drop from last year, but summer trips are still on the agendas of more French people than any of the other nationalities surveyed, despite a stubbornly high unemployment rate of more than 10 percent and few major economic reforms on the horizon. The Germans might, as they do in other aspects, bemoan an unwillingness of the French to "give up the good life."

By the "good life," they mostly refer to the generous pensions, early retirements, and short weeks that define French working culture. But Victor Roquin, a French consultant in sustainable development, counts vacations on the list of rights the French hold dear.

Across Europe, citizens average 25 to 30 days of vacation per year, according to an Expedia 2012 survey. But nowhere is a month off more ingrained than in France. There's even a verb to describe the act of returning home from summer holidays and back to school: rentrer. "Vacations are a part of our culture. We fought a lot to obtain paid vacation," says Mr. Roquin, who grew up going away each July or August to his family's summer home on the French coast.

It's a custom he has carried on in his adult life, and continues today, because he hasn't been touched by crisis, nor have the friends around him. At the start of August he will pack up his car and head south to a friend's family's summer home; then head to the coast of France; and then on to northern Spain before returning to Paris. "I only have two weeks off this year," he says, and then he laughs at the word "only" ? he knows he's talking to an American.

But he doubts that even a looming economic crisis would keep travelers from the roads.

"Holidays, especially summer holidays, are sacred. You can't touch them," he says. "No matter what the economic situation is, people will keep on going on vacation."

Who spends the most on travel?

1 China ($102 billion)
2 Germany (83.8)
3 United States (83.7)
4 Britain (52.3)
5 Russia (42.8)
6 France (37.2)
7 Canada (35.2)
8 Japan (27.9)
9 Australia (27.6)
10 Italy (26.2)

Source: UN World Tourism Organization

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Another scientific proof of the difference in social perception between men and women

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"The Love Hormone", Oxytocin affects men and women differently in social contexts- in men it improves the ability to identify competitive relationships whereas in women it facilitates the ability to identify kinship. "These findings are in agreement with previous studies on the social differences between the sexes: women tend to be more communal and familial in their behavior, whereas men are more inclined to be competitive and striving to improve their social status", said Prof. Simone Shamay-Tsoory from the Dept. of Psychology at the University of Haifa who led the research.

The hormone Oxytocin is released in our bodies in various social situations, and it is better known as "The Love Hormone" since our bodies release it at high concentrations during positive social interactions such as falling in love, experiencing an orgasm or giving birth and breastfeeding. In her previous researches, Prof. Shamay-Tsoory discovered that the hormone is also released in our body during negative social interactions such as jealousy or gloating.

In the current study, conducted with the help of research students Meytal Fischer-Shofty and Yechiel Levkovitz, researchers tried to find out what effect Oxytocin would have on women's and men's accurate perception of social interactions. 62 men and women aged 20-37 years participated in the current research. Half of the participants received an intranasal dose of Oxytocin while the other half received a placebo. After a week, the groups switched with participants undergoing the same procedure with the other substance (i.e. Placebo or Oxytocin).

Following treatment, video clips showing various social interactions were screened. Participants were asked to analyze the relationships presented in the clips by answering questions that focused mainly on indentifying relationships of kinship, intimacy and competition. Participants were expected to base their answers, among other things, on gestures, body language and facial expressions expressed by the individuals in the clips.

The results showed that Oxytocin improved the ability of all the participants to better interpret social interactions in general. When the researchers examined the differences between the sexes they discovered that following treatment with Oxytocin, men's ability to correctly interpret competitive relationships improved, whereas in women it was the ability to correctly identify kinship that improved. Surprisingly, researchers discovered that "The Love

Hormone" doesn't help women or men to better identify intimate situations. According to them, since the ability to correctly identify intimate situations was substantially low among all participants in the study, there is evidence to say that correctly identifying an intimate relationship between two people is intricate and complicated.

"Our results coincide with the theory that claims the social-behavioral differences between men and women are caused by a combination of cultural as well as biological factors that are mainly hormonal", concluded Prof. Shamay-Tsoory.

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972-482-88722
University of Haifa

"The Love Hormone", Oxytocin affects men and women differently in social contexts- in men it improves the ability to identify competitive relationships whereas in women it facilitates the ability to identify kinship. "These findings are in agreement with previous studies on the social differences between the sexes: women tend to be more communal and familial in their behavior, whereas men are more inclined to be competitive and striving to improve their social status", said Prof. Simone Shamay-Tsoory from the Dept. of Psychology at the University of Haifa who led the research.

The hormone Oxytocin is released in our bodies in various social situations, and it is better known as "The Love Hormone" since our bodies release it at high concentrations during positive social interactions such as falling in love, experiencing an orgasm or giving birth and breastfeeding. In her previous researches, Prof. Shamay-Tsoory discovered that the hormone is also released in our body during negative social interactions such as jealousy or gloating.

In the current study, conducted with the help of research students Meytal Fischer-Shofty and Yechiel Levkovitz, researchers tried to find out what effect Oxytocin would have on women's and men's accurate perception of social interactions. 62 men and women aged 20-37 years participated in the current research. Half of the participants received an intranasal dose of Oxytocin while the other half received a placebo. After a week, the groups switched with participants undergoing the same procedure with the other substance (i.e. Placebo or Oxytocin).

Following treatment, video clips showing various social interactions were screened. Participants were asked to analyze the relationships presented in the clips by answering questions that focused mainly on indentifying relationships of kinship, intimacy and competition. Participants were expected to base their answers, among other things, on gestures, body language and facial expressions expressed by the individuals in the clips.

The results showed that Oxytocin improved the ability of all the participants to better interpret social interactions in general. When the researchers examined the differences between the sexes they discovered that following treatment with Oxytocin, men's ability to correctly interpret competitive relationships improved, whereas in women it was the ability to correctly identify kinship that improved. Surprisingly, researchers discovered that "The Love

Hormone" doesn't help women or men to better identify intimate situations. According to them, since the ability to correctly identify intimate situations was substantially low among all participants in the study, there is evidence to say that correctly identifying an intimate relationship between two people is intricate and complicated.

"Our results coincide with the theory that claims the social-behavioral differences between men and women are caused by a combination of cultural as well as biological factors that are mainly hormonal", concluded Prof. Shamay-Tsoory.

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Wheeler up for Commerce vote - White House makes jobs pitch at Amazon facility - Froman visits Chamber

By Alex Byers

With help from Jessica Meyers

DRIVING THE DAY: WHEELER UP FOR COMMERCE VOTE ? Senate Commerce lawmakers have a plethora of votes to take up today, and approval of FCC nominee Tom Wheeler is one of them. It?s been 90 days since the former telecom lobbyist was put up by the Obama administration, and the FCC?s had to make do with just three commissioners for most of that time. But no Republican has officially been floated to replace former commissioner Robert McDowell, meaning that even if Wheeler goes through committee today, the full Senate is likely to hold off on confirming him until he?s got a GOP companion (plus, there?s the August recess to contend with.) Separately, senators will vote on the Rockefeller/Thune cybersecurity bill that?s likely to be favorably reported, as well as the chairman?s Violent Content Research Act. Not on the schedule: Rockefeller?s Do Not Track bill, which was introduced in February but isn?t viable jn Congress right now. Things get underway at 2:30.

FEDGOV RESPONSES DUE TODAY IN GOOGLE/MSFT FISA PROCEEDINGS ? There?s a few opportunities for surveillance news to pop today. Among those for which you should have eyes peeled: Today?s the third deadline for the federal government to respond to Google and Microsoft?s requests that they be cleared to release more detailed data on the extent of FISA requests they receive. The government has already asked for two extensions, and asking for a third is an obvious possibility. But the administration says it wants to have a big debate on surveillance and national security ? at some point, they?ll have to weigh in. Separately, the administration is supposed to lay out a timeline for declassifying the FISA court?s opinion in 2008 proceedings with Yahoo. (That filing was actually due Monday, but we didn?t see it uploaded to the court?s filing site last night.)

Plus, CNN?s Barbara Starr reports that additional info about surveillance programs could be declassified as soon as today: ?A senior U.S. official tells CNN the information includes ?white papers? on surveillance programs but also previously undisclosed information about the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. ... 'I think there is a high likelihood of FISC opinions being declassified soon,? the official said, although it does not appear the opinions themselves will be part of the upcoming declassification. http://bit.ly/17cDkNk

And, ICYMI: The Senate Judiciary Committee unveiled Monday night letters written from FISA court judge Reggie Walton to Chairman Patrick Leahy and ranking member Chuck Grassley. There?s a lot that may be of interest for surveillance wonks ? including the fact that no one has ever challenged a 215 order: http://1.usa.gov/17cEhFx

** Tell Congress what your commute to work is really like! ?I?m Stuck,? a new mobile app from Building America?s Future, allows travelers to share their frustration with Congress when they?re stuck in traffic, on the tarmac or delayed by subway.? Free iOS and Android download. http://action.bafuture.org/imstuck/ **

WHITE HOUSE MAKES JOBS PITCH AT AMAZON FACILITY ? President Barack Obama departs for Chattanooga, Tenn. this morning to make an afternoon speech and take a tour of an Amazon warehouse facility. It?s the first follow to the economic vision he teased in Illinois last week, which focuses (again) on a boost for the middle class. We?d expect to hear again about the manufacturing goals Obama laid out in this year?s State of the Union (he announced three new ?manufacturing innovation institutes? in February, and wants to see a total of 15.) Politically, the White House has a good frame for the speech, with the e-Commerce giant?s announcement Thursday that it?ll add 5,000 jobs. Some, though, are questioning whether those jobs are the ones the administration wants opening up ? Alec MacGillis in The New Republic makes the case here: http://on.tnr.com/16fQgFj.

The White House, of course, is a fan of Amazon?s policy baby, the Marketplace Fairness Act, which would allow states to collect online sales tax from out-of-state retailers. Separately, though, Amazon is suing the federal government over the disruption of a major cloud-computing contract it signed with the Central Intelligence Agency earlier this year. Today?s speech is set to start at 2 p.m.

GOOD TUESDAY MORNING and welcome to Morning Tech, where we?ve just enjoyed a crisp and refreshing Lagunitas IPA. It?s highly recommended, if that?s your style ? do send along your own recommendations to abyers@politico.com and @byersalex and catch the rest of the team?s contact info after speed read.

CBS v. TIME WARNER SAGA CONTINUES ? TWC subscribers in New York, Dallas and Los Angeles lost their CBS service briefly midnight this morning. More on the retrans negotiations, wherever they stand when you read this, from the NYT: http://nyti.ms/1bEwoAG

inSPIRE STEM USA PITCHING HILL ON IMMIGRATION?S TECH, AGRICULTURE BOOSTS ? The advocacy group is hosting a briefing this afternoon on the economic benefits of comprehensive immigration reform, and they?re getting a hand from tech. The meeting, open only to congressional staffers, will feature Microsoft?s Bill Kamela, the National Association of Manufacturers? Christine Scullion, and Hamilton place Strategies? Tony Fratto. As part of the pitch, attendees can expect to hear plenty about the need for a STEM education fund, which some like inSPIRE had pushed aggressively for as part of the Hill?s immigration work. They got it in the Senate bill, but that measure isn't getting a vote in the House ? and the lower chamber?s skilled-workers bill doesn?t have include a STEM fund. The briefing starts at noon in Rayburn B340.

FROMAN VISITS CHAMBER ? Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue will chat up USTR head Michael Froman this morning, as the administration looks to start wrapping up negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership and further dig into discussions with the EU. Business groups are pushing for faster movement on both fronts, and a chamber spokesperson said the conversation will touch on each one, as well as an Information Technology Agreement that recently stalled in Geneva. The U.S. accused China of holding up ITA negotiations, but the Chamber spokesperson sounded an optimistic note there, saying ?there?s still ?cause for hope for the first time in years as trade negotiators pursue new agreements in services, tech goods, and trade facilitation.? Watch, too, for mention of legislation that would fast-track trade agreements, and how the administration will try to squeeze it through Congress. The conversation gets going at 10 a.m.

HELLER DROPS FCC REFORM BILL ? Nevada?s Dean Heller, who led process reform work for the Senate GOP last Congress and indicated last month that he?d continue carrying the torch, introduced Monday an upper-chamber version of the House bill that would alleviate some of the commission?s reporting burdens. The full House Energy and Commerce Committee is slated to vote on their version of the bill Wednesday, which has both House telecom Chairman Greg Walden and ranking member Anna Eshoo signed on as co-sponsors. It?s not clear, though, that there?s as much bipartisan agreement on the issue in the upper chamber. A Heller aide declined to give an assessment of the landscape in the Senate.

KLOBUCHAR & CO. TACKLE STANDARDS ESSENTIAL PATENTS ? ?The Senate antitrust subcommittee examines this morning the mess that is standards essential patents and how they factor into antitrust law. Testifying are reps from Intel, Qualcomm, IEEE-USA and the Federal Trade Commission, and it?s a fair bet that the FTC?s decision on SEPs in the Google case is going to get dissected. At the same time, it?s unclear where lawmakers stand on legislating in the space ? and relatedly, what changes they could feasibly make. The hearing starts at 10 and can be streamed here: http://1.usa.gov/17cBb4n

MCKENNA IN AS NAJI PRESIDENT ? Former Washington state Attorney General Rob McKenna will serve as the next president of the National Alliance for Jobs and Innovation, MT hears. The group, fighting intellectual property theft and economic espionage and more than 200 strong, already has the National Association of Manufacturers? Brian Raymond and steel exec Drew Greenblatt atop its leadership group. McKenna just finished an eight-year stint as Washington?s attorney general, and is former president of the National Association of Attorneys General, where he co-launched an IP task force.

FCC NABS NEW CIO -- Alex Howard scoops: ?David Bray, a seasoned national intelligence executive, will be the next chief information officer of the Federal Communications Commission. He?s expected to finish his work in the intelligence community at the Office of the Director for National Intelligence and commence work at the FCC in August. ... His background in the intelligence community will serve him well, with respect to network security issues, but he?ll need to continue to transition an agency that has traditionally outsourced much of its technology to 21st century computing standards and approaches to building infrastructure and meeting increasing demand for services.? http://bit.ly/1bEvHqU

SPEED READ

LONG SHOT FOR OBAMA ECON PROPOSALS: He?s returning to themes from the State of the Union, The Wall Street Journal reports: http://on.wsj.com/1e7osUg

TWITTER MAKES IT EASIER TO REPORT ABUSE: The decision follows an online petition regarding a case in the United Kingdom, The New York Times reports: http://nyti.ms/13ivBQm

THE RISE OF ROBOTIC ASSISTANTS: The idea is to predict what users want before they ask, The New York Times reports: http://nyti.ms/13qUcyF

MISTREATMENT OF WORKERS ALLEGED AT APPLE SUPPLIER: A human rights group infiltrated a Chinese factory and released its findings, the San Jose Mercury News reports: http://bit.ly/1e7pUpO

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India-Pakistan must engage under new leadership, says Pak ex-envoy

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Pakistan's former ambassador to the United States Sherry Rehman told CNN-IBN that India and Pakistan must engage more under Pakistan's new leadership.

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Sony Developing 300GB Blu-Ray Successor

Sony has signed an agreement with Panasonic to develop high capacity optical discs for 2015.

One of the saving graces of the PlayStation 3, especially during its early days, was the Blu-Ray format. The PS3 was, at its release, one of the cheapest and best Blu-Ray players on the market. The Blu-Ray in turn, especially after it defeated the competing HD-DVD format, has remained a draw for the PS3 in the years to follow thanks to its high storage capacity and prevalent presence in HD entertainment. Now, Sony has revealed that the future could see the introduction of a new wave of optical discs with a storage capacity well beyond current standards.

According to a press release put out by Sony, the company, which created the Blu-Ray format, has signed an agreement with Panasonic with the intent of "developing a next-generation standard for professional-use optical discs." These new discs will be developed with a recording capacity of around 300GB, three times that of the Blu-Ray's100GB upper limit. The discs will fulfill "[the] increasing need for archive capabilities, not only from video production industries, such as motion pictures and broadcasting, but also from cloud data centers that handle increasingly large volumes of data following the evolution in network services." If all goes to plan this new high capacity format will become available in 2015.

While the press release doesn't explicitly discuss videogames, it's not much of stretch to surmise that more storage capacity could mean bigger games. Likewise, a high capacity disc would probably be helpful in furthering the proliferation of 4K and Ultra HD, video formats that provide extreme high definition at the cost of enormous file sizes. This being said, if the new discs aren't compatible with current Blu-Ray drives (a significant possibility), it could limit their usefulness on hardware like the PS4 which will employ a Blu-Ray disc drive.

Source: Sony

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Outsource ? For the Love of your Business | Bridge Global IT Staffing

I have had the opportunity to watch as small businesses grow into big, solid companies and have watched large businesses advanced to greater levels in business. The companies that employ outsourcing as a tool that they can use to successfully expand their business now know the tremendous value that outsourcing has brought to their businesses. I have made it my mission to help both small and big companies achieve their goal of getting quality service without parting with an arm or leg.

Outsourced employees always strive to ensure that they provide the best service for you and do not see themselves as just one inconsequential part of a big machine like many in-house employees do. Outsourced employees know that you have a choice to take your business elsewhere, which is why they will put in their very best (all the time) in the tasks that they perform for you. Many in-house staff usually get ?comfortable? and bored with their job and lack the passion that they once had for their job.? With an outraced employee, you can always count on getting quality performance.

You also get to pay an outsourced according to the number of hours that they work. For instance, if your outsourced employee gets paid 347 per month for a putting in 40 hours of work time at 10 hours per week, you only get to pay for 40 hours and not more. Many employers do not know this, but they actually pay certain employees in their companies for sitting down in front of their computer and just chatting away on Facebook, Twitter or any other social networking site.

Large businesses that hire outsourced customer services providers to help handle their customer services support are outsourcing that aspect of their business function in order to concentrate on their core business activities.? It is totally possible to outsource virtually every aspect of business processes within a company.

Outsourced Business Practices

As mentioned above, virtually any part of business processes that is not related to core business activities can be successfully outsourced. Here are a couple of typically outsourced business processes:

• Graphic design and multimedia
• Financing and accounting
• Telemarketing and sales
• Data entry and administrative support
• Web design and development
• Business strategy
• Advertising
• Consulting
• Business plans
• Legal
• Copyright
• Contracts
• Article writing and translation
• Incorporation?
• Database development
• Press releases
• Creative writing
• Software and technology
• Copy writing

When you outsource, you are not only saving a lot of money on running your business, you are also saving yourself from the heartache of paying unproductive employees who are just dead weight.?

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Source: http://bridge-outsourcing.com/bridge-outsourcing/outsource-for-the-love-of-your-business

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Kindle for iOS introduces sample downloads and custom dictionaries

It's been a while since Kindle for iOS users have been able to download content directly from the app, thanks to Apple's 30 percent fee for in-app purchases. Today, Amazon is reintroducing that feature -- albeit a modified version -- in its latest update, available now in iTunes. From the existing library search, you can browse Amazon's store for sample downloads where available. You won't be able to purchase the full book, but you can at least discover new content in a slightly more efficient manner. Additionally, you can now import you own dictionaries -- like medical or legal texts -- if the default one simply doesn't suit your needs. To get your paws on the update, head on over the source link below.

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BMW unveils i3 electric car in the carbon fiber flesh (video)

BMW's i3 concept has been kicking around for quite awhile, and so far we've seen the carbon fiber chassis, a you-wish prototype, many of the specs and even the price. All that remained was to see an actual car, and BMW has finally pulled the covers off of it today. The $41,350 (US pricing) vehicle will run for 80-100 miles on a charge while going from 0 to 60 MPH in seven seconds, thanks to the 22kWh battery, 170-horsepower electric motor and relatively slight 2,600 pound heft. If you opt to pay $45,200, you'll be able to nearly double the range, thanks to an optional 34-horsepower two-cylinder backup motor. That's pricier than the $39,145 Chevy Volt (which also has a backup gas motor), but BMW has equally high hopes for its premiere EV. It launched a dedicated sales channel for the i3 and future i-branded EVs, and even created a division dedicated to creating mobile apps for such cars. It'll arrive in Europe in November and we'll see it stateside during the second quarter of next year. Check the source or video after the break for more.

Gallery: BMW i3 Press Gallery

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Microsoft's new child porn site warning for Bing search engine

It will tell them the content is against the law and provide a link to a counselling service.

Microsoft said it was a strong supporter of ?the fight against technology-facilitated child exploitation? and already had a policy of removing links to illegal sites as soon as possible.

The pop-up message will be triggered by terms on a list from the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre.

The centre?s chief executive, Andy Baker, said: ?Anything which prevents people accessing indecent images of children and stops more children being harmed can only be a good thing but much more is needed and the industry must play its part and take ownership of this problem.?

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Dax Shepard: Being a Father Is Like Falling in Love for the First Time

"When I look at her, it's like when I was in 7th grade and fell in love for the first time, where it's debilitating," says Shepard, 38.

Source: http://feeds.celebritybabies.com/~r/celebrity-babies/~3/GOV3HMSb1dk/

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Weiner's campaign manager in NY mayoral race quits

NEW YORK (AP) ? Anthony Weiner vowed to stay in the race for New York City mayor Sunday despite the loss of his campaign manager and the drumbeat of critics questioning his fitness for public office.

"We have an amazing staff, but this isn't about the people working on the campaign. It's about the people we're campaigning for," Weiner said after speaking at a Brooklyn church.

Weiner confirmed that campaign manager Danny Kedem resigned Saturday after reports surfaced that Weiner continued to exchange lewd photos and messages with women despite resigning from Congress in 2011 over the same behavior.

Weiner said he would keep talking about "ideas for the middle class and people struggling to make it every single day" and added, "We knew this was going to be a tough campaign."

Kedem had managed the re-election of John DeStefano Jr. to a 10th term as mayor of New Haven in 2011 and worked on Hillary Clinton's failed 2008 presidential campaign.

The 31-year-old Kedem was credited with helping Weiner pull into the lead among the crowded field of Democratic primary candidates before the latest revelations about Weiner's raunchy online exchanges with women.

Rival mayoral candidate Christine Quinn, speaker of the New York City Council, said on NBC's "Meet the Press" that Weiner has shown "a pattern of reckless behavior, an inability to tell the truth and a real lack of maturity and responsibility."

Unlike other candidates who have urged Weiner to end his campaign, Quinn said opponents should not "say who should or shouldn't get in and out of races."

But she questioned whether he is the right person to lead the city.

"Has he disqualified himself? Yes, he's disqualified himself," Quinn said. "But not just because of these scandals, though that certainly has. He didn't have the qualifications when he was in Congress."

Later on the NBC program, former President Barack Obama senior adviser David Axelrod accused Weiner of "wasting time and space." Axelrod, who noted that his former firm is working for another mayoral candidate, said Americans "believe in second chances, but not third chances."

On CNN's "State of the Union," Republican U.S. Rep. Peter King, the target of a blistering 2010 attack from Weiner over a bill to provide free medical services for World Trade Center recovery workers, said Weiner is "not psychologically qualified to be mayor of the city of New York."

Weiner was forced to discuss his online behavior this past week after a gossip website printed excerpts of conversations Weiner had with Indiana college student Sydney Leathers last summer.

With his wife, Huma Abedin, alongside, Weiner apologized and promised that the "behavior is behind me." He later admitted that he traded racy messages with at least three women since leaving office.

He vowed to stay in the race, saying he believed "people care more about their futures than my past with my wife and my embarrassing things."

Quinn led the race before Weiner jumped in but slipped behind him in most polls over the past two months. But a one-day poll conducted after Weiner's latest revelations has Quinn leading Weiner in the race for the Democratic nomination. The mayoral primary is Sept. 10, and the general election is Nov. 5. The primary winner needs to get at least 40 percent of the vote to avoid a runoff with the No. 2 vote-getter.

William Eimicke, a Columbia University professor of public management who has held New York City and New York state government posts, said the defection of his campaign manager could cripple Weiner's campaign.

"I think he's toast!" Eimicke said in an email.

But veteran city political consultant Bob Liff discounted the effect of the resignation.

"I don't know that the campaign manager makes that much of a difference," Liff said. "I wouldn't write anybody out."

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/weiners-campaign-manager-ny-mayoral-race-quits-141232107.html

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How supercomputers solve giant problems

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China's Tianhe-2 is currently the world's fastest supercomputer, reaching 33.86 petaflops, or 33.86 quadrillion floating-point operations per second.

Today's supercomputers are marvels of computational power, and they are being used to tackle some of the world's biggest scientific problems.

Current models are tens of thousands of times faster than the average desktop computer. They achieve these lightning-fast speeds via parallel processing, in which many computer processors perform computations simultaneously. Supercomputers are used for everything from forecasting weather to modeling the human brain.

What sets supercomputers apart is the size and difficulty of the tasks they can tackle and solve, said Jack Wells, director of science at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee.

[9 Super-Cool Uses for Supercomputers]

"Supercomputers can do supersize problems," Wells said.

Supercomputers are often built from the same components as regular computers, but they're integrated so they can work together, Wells told LiveScience.

The first supercomputers were developed in the 1960s, designed by electrical engineer Seymour Cray of Control Data Corporation (CDC). In 1964, the company released the CDC 6600, often considered to be the world's first supercomputer. Cray later formed his own company, which made the Cray-1 in 1976 and Cray-2 in 1985.

These early supercomputers had only a few processors, but by the 1990s, the United States and Japan were making ones with thousands of processors. Fujitsu's Numerical Wind Tunnel became the fastest supercomputer in 1994 with 166 processors, followed by the Hitachi SR2201, in 1996, with more than 2,000 processors. The Intel Paragon edged into the lead in 1993. As of June 2013, China's Tianhe-2 was the world's fastest supercomputer.

Supercomputer performance is measured in "flops," short for floating-point operations per second. Today's machines can achieve speeds in petaflops ? quadrillions of flops.

The TOP500 is a ranking of the world's 500 most powerful supercomputers. China?s Tianhe-2 achieves 33.86 petaflops, while the Cray Titan reaches 17.59 petaflops, and IBM's Sequoia ranks third at 17.17 petaflops.

Solving supersize problems
Researchers have harnessed the number-crunching power of supercomputers to work on complex problems in fields ranging from astrophysics to neuroscience.

These computational behemoths have been used to answer questions about the creation of the universe during the Big Bang. Researchers at the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) simulated how the first galaxies formed, and scientists at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, Calif., simulated the birth of stars. Using computers like IBM's Roadrunner at Los Alamos National Laboratory, physicists have probed the mysteries of dark matter, the mysterious substance that makes up roughly 25 percent of the mass of the universe.

[101 Astronomy Images That Will Blow Your Mind]

Weather forecasting is another area that relies heavily on supercomputing. For example, forecasters used the TACC supercomputer Ranger to determine the path of Hurricane Ike in 2008, improving the five-day hurricane forecast by 15 percent. Climate scientists use supercomputers to model global climate change, a challenging task involving hundreds of variables.

Testing nuclear weapons has been banned in the United States since 1992, but supercomputer simulations ensure that the nation's nukes remain safe and functional. IBM's Sequoia supercomputer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California is designed to replace testing of nuclear explosions with improved simulations.

Increasingly, neuroscientists have turned their attention to the daunting task of modeling the human brain. The Blue Brain project at the ?cole Polytechnique F?d?rale de Lausanne in Switzerland, led by Henry Markram, aims to create a complete, virtual human brain. The project scientists are using an IBM Blue Gene supercomputer to simulate the molecular structures of real mammalian brains. In 2006, Blue Brain successfully simulated a complete column of neurons in the rat brain.

Sharing the load
The quintessential supercomputer typically consists of large datacenters filled with many machines that are physically linked together. But distributed computing could also be considered a form of supercomputing; it consists of many individual computers connected by a network (such as the Internet) that devote some portion of their processing power to a large problem.

A well-known example is the SETI@home (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence at home) project, in which millions of people run a program on their computers that looks for signs of intelligent life in radio signals. Another is "Folding at home," a project to predict the 3D structure of proteins ? the biological workhorses that perform vital tasks in our bodies ? from the sequence of molecular chains from which they're made.

In the future, supercomputers will edge toward "exascale" capabilities ? about 50 times faster than current systems, Wells said. This will require greater energy, so energy efficiency will likely become an important goal of future systems. Another trend will be integrating large amounts of data for applications like discovering new materials and biotechnologies, Wells said.

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PHOTOS: Texas Cowgirls stomp Laredo to end perfect regular season

by Kens5.com Staff

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Posted on July 27, 2013 at 11:40 AM

Updated today at 6:37 PM

The Texas Cowgirls shut out the Laredo Rose, 66-0, in a Sugar & Spice Football League regular season game on Friday, July 26, 2013 at the Aztec Soccer Complex. The Cowgirls finish the regular season undefeated (5-0) and are heavy favorites to win the SSFL Superbowl to be played on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013, at the Wheatley Heights Sports Complex.

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Google Discontinues AdSense On Google Sites August 30th

Google has quietly posted a notice that they are "sunsetting AdSense" for Google Sites. It appears that after August 30, 2013, the AdSense ads on Google Sites will no longer be able to be edited or added to. You can delete them.

It is however unclear if you leave the ads on the site, will they still earn money for you after August 30th.

Here is the notice:

Some important changes are coming to AdSense on Google Sites. By August 30, 2013, it will no longer be possible to make updates to AdSense on any of your Google Sites.

No change is required on the part of AdSense users. Any ads that you currently have running will not be altered or removed, though you?ll be free to delete ads yourself. However, it will no longer be possible to edit or add new AdSense ads to your existing site or to new pages.

I'll try to get more information from Google on this change. Although, I think the reason is that I assume the majority of the sites on Google Sites are spammy.

Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.

Update: Google has updated the message to clarify that ads already on Google Sites will continue to earn money. Here is the revised text:

Changes to AdSense on Google Sites

Starting August 30th 2013, it will no longer be possible to modify AdSense ad code on Google Sites pages. However, any ads you?ve previously placed on Google Sites will continue to show, and you?ll be credited for all valid earnings.

No change is required on the part of AdSense users. Any ads that you currently have running will not be altered or removed, though you?ll be free to delete ads yourself. However, it will no longer be possible to edit or add new AdSense ads to your existing Google Sites site or to new pages.

Please be assured that this update will not affect the standing of your AdSense account or ability to show ads on any other websites you own. If you?d like to show ads on other websites, simply log in to your AdSense account at www.google.com/adsense to generate new ad code at any time.

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Sony Xperia Z And Xperia ZL Get Android 4.3 AOSP As Well

The developers working for Sony Mobile surprised us all when they announced a very much functioning build of Android 4.3 Jelly Bean AOSP (Android Open Source Project) ROM for the Xperia Tablet Z. Well, it's time for the Xperia Z and ZL to receive the same treatment.

Sony Xperia Z Android 4.3 Jelly Bean AOSP ROM - Github

Sony Xperia ZL Android 4.3 Jelly Bean AOSP ROM - Github

Alternatively, you can download the Android 4.3 AOSP ROM for the Xperia Z from the XDA-Developers Forum thread, maintained by developer pulser_g2.

Mind you, to flash the ROM you need to first unlock your phone's bootloader (the method can be found on the Sony Mobile website). Also note that these ROMs are not complete, in the sense that many of the features are broken or are yet to be implemented and hence, Sony Mobile marks these ROMs as "not intended for daily use".

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Maryland GOP Considers Open Primary

By: WAMU Staff // July 21, 2013

The chairwoman of the Maryland Republican Party says a panel has been formed to explore the idea of allowing unaffiliated voters to participate in GOP primaries in the state, reports the Associated Press.

Diana Waterman, the state party chairwoman, says Maryland Republicans have strong feelings on both sides of the issue, and she believes the idea should at least be discussed.

At a meeting, the party's executive committee voted 11-11 on the question of exploring the idea, and Waterman cast the deciding vote to have an organized discussion of the possibility.

Waterman says she plans to name a panel with nine members to gather information to report back to the committee.

Waterman also says she doesn't believe any changes should be made without a vote by the state party.

Source: http://feeds.wamu.org/~r/WAMU885LocalNews/~3/hkFU48pdpX0/maryland_gop_considers_open_primary

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Jamaica hires coach Schaefer for WCup qualifiers

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) ? ?German coach Winfried Schaefer has been hired to lead Jamaica through its 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign.

Jamaica is last in the six-team CONCACAF group after four straight losses, including a 2-1 defeat to the first-place United States in Kingston last month.

The Jamaica Football Federation says the 63-year-old Schaefer, who replaces 1998 World Cup player Theodore Whitmore, has ''an impressive resume.''

Schaefer coached Cameroon at the 2002 World Cup and won that year's African Cup of Nations.

In the current World Cup qualification, he also coached Thailand, which has been eliminated.

Schaefer's first qualifier with Jamaica is a Sept. 6 trip to Panama. The Caribbean team visits the U.S. on Oct. 11.

Jamaica has a slim chance of finishing fourth, which would earn a playoff against New Zealand.

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