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Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Truck-Based SUVs Still Remain a Player for Toyota | Wall St. Cheat ...
Though crossover SUVs ? smaller utility vehicles that combine the usefulness and practicality of an SUV with the fuel efficiency of a station wagon ? have become a recent cash cow for the automotive industry, Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE:TM) is still intent on producing its bigger, truck-based SUVs, as the company insists that there is sufficient demand for them.
Save Time Make Money! A new stock idea each week for less than the cost of a trade. CLICK HERE for your Weekly Stock Cheat Sheets NOW!Despite some overlap in size among the 4Runner, FJ Cruiser, Sequoia, and Land Cruiser, the truck-based SUVs have distinct buyer bases that warrant keeping them in the lineup, Motoharu Araya, executive chief engineer for Toyota?s global truck and SUV lines, told?Automotive News.
?There are multiple customers for us,? Araya said. ?Some want to drive off-road, some want to tow with their families, and some want to commute. Towing and durability are very difficult with a monocoque vehicle.?
However, it?s hard to deny that the industry is moving away from full-size SUVs in favor of more fuel efficient alternatives. The four vehicles mentioned above accounted for a combined 78,457 units sold by Toyota in 2012. By comparison, the midsize Highlander SUV sold 121,055 units single handedly. The Highlander is based on a car chassis, as opposed to that of the trucks.
Toyota?s Division general manager,?Bill Fay, told Automotive News?that if one of the vehicles had to be pulled from the lineup, it would be the FJ Cruiser. Introduced in 2006, it was never intended to be more than a one-generation vehicle for Toyota. But as long as the demand for the car remains, the company will keep right producing it.
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?They are in different enough markets that they don?t get in the way of each other,? Fay said to the publication. ?We?ve streamlined the process with dealers in how they are distributed. Every month, they give us some volume, and it?s not a big drain on time, resources or money,? he continued, adding, ?Clearly, the trend has shifted, but there is still an owner base that is interested in these vehicles.?
Don?t Miss: 7 Cars That Topped Consumer Reports Lists.
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Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Saudi Prince Alwaleed Warns On Fracking - Business Insider
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Billionaire Saudi Prince?Alwaleed bin Talal has warned shale oil and gas development poses a threat to the kingdom's economy, the Wall Street Journal's Summer Said reports.In an open letter to Saudi oil minister Ali al Naimi [in Arabic], Alwaleed also warns the kingdom must diversify its revenue streams in the face of flagging oil demand.
A source translated the key portion of the note:
With all due respect to your Highness? viewpoint about shale gas and that it poses no danger on Saudi economy at ?the present time?, I was hoping that your Highness would also shed light and focus on the danger of this matter in the ?not-so-distant future?, especially that America and some Asian countries made big discoveries in shale gas extraction which will affect the oil industry around the world in general and Saudi Arabia in particular...
He also sent us the following summary of the letter's salient parts:
The third page calls on the government to decrease its dependence on oil and start investing in alternative energy sources like solar.
The fourth page is to the deputy oil minister after he told BBC that Saudi is not concerned about shale gas at the present time. Alwaleed says shale gas may not be a concern in the present, but it should be worrying for the future of Saudi energy exports.
The fifth page is similar to the fourth. His handwritten comment asks if indeed 92% of Saudi revenue is from oil and that we should pay more attention and shale gas and other energy developments around the world.
Here's Sky News' summary:
Prince Alwaleed said demand for oil from Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) member states was "in continuous decline".
He said Saudi Arabia's heavy dependence on oil was "a truth that has really become a source of worry for many.
...
"Our country is facing a threat with the continuation of its near-complete reliance on oil, especially as 92% of the budget for this year depends on oil," he said.
"It is necessary to diversify sources of revenue, establish a clear vision for that and start implementing it immediately."
Naimi recently denied?that shale posed a threat, but the prince challenges that view, Said says:
We disagree with your Excellency on what you said, and we see that raising North American shale gas production is an inevitable threat," Prince Alwaleed's letter said, in comments directed at Mr. Naimi.
Read the full story on WSJ.com ?
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/saudi-prince-alwaleed-warns-on-fracking-2013-7
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Washington Times | Democrat Obamacare defectors increasing in number
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Thirty-five House Democrats broke party ranks last week to vote for a Republican bill to delay the employer mandate in Obamacare. They?re the canaries in the coal mine, and everyone knows what President Obama thinks of coal.
In an earnest act of self-preservation, 21 of those 35 Democrats voted with the Republicans to postpone implementation of the individual mandate. The votes are symbolic since no delay bill will ever make it past Harry Reid, and certainly not past an Obama veto. Nonetheless, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who doubles as chairman of the Democratic National Committee, isn?t happy. In an account
Wednesday in Politico, the Capitol Hill daily, she berated the turncoats on the House floor. The party chairman thus exposes a growing Democratic divide over Obamacare.
White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough has a new responsibility for applying smelling salts to Democratic congressmen who faint at the prospect of being judged by voters in their districts come November 2014. Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, who conducted the Obamacare legislation through the Senate, has been whipped back into line, punished for speaking truth to party power
about the runaway train he sees bearing down on us all. Presumably after a visit to the White House woodshed, he cheerfully took his place on the tracks to wait for doomsday. In an op-ed essay for Politico, he says he?s ?confident the administration?s rollout is on track.? We know how to read between the lines, and take note that ?on track? is exactly where train wrecks always occur. It?s easy for him to say. He?ll be in safe and happy retirement in Montana when all the wreckage is scattered along the right of way.
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Monday, July 29, 2013
CBS chief exec says cable fee dispute unresolved
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) ? A dispute with Time Warner Cable was unresolved as a deadline loomed involving the availability of stations in three major markets, CBS Corp. chief executive Les Moonves said Monday.
If it's not settled, six CBS TV stations could go dark for around 3 million Time Warner Cable customers in New York, Los Angeles and Dallas.
CBS Inc. and Time Warner Cable Inc. are in the public spat over fees in the markets.
Moonves told the Television Critics Association the deadline to resolve the dispute is 5 p.m. EDT Monday.
The disagreement centers mainly on how much Time Warner Cable pays for the right to retransmit signals from the CBS-owned stations.
Also involved is a possible blackout of CBS-owned Showtime for Time Warner Cable customers nationwide who pay extra for it.
Discussions were continuing and Moonves said he hopes the stations don't go dark.
"As we've said, we feel like we should be paid for our programming," he said. He declined to offer further details, saying he didn't want to negotiate in public.
Dozens of blackouts have occurred nationwide in fee fights over the years, but many get resolved at the last minute.
Selling retransmission rights has become a big business for broadcasters such as CBS. Research firm SNL Kagan estimates retransmission fees will reach $3 billion industrywide this year and double to $6 billion by 2018.
Time Warner Cable has said it's resisting a fee hike demand by CBS so prices don't go up for customers. CBS said Time Warner Cable isn't agreeing to terms that its competitors have accepted.
If the fight continues, some Time Warner Cable customers could lose access to new episodes of "Under the Dome" and the 15th season of "Big Brother." Both are available online after a slight delay.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/cbs-chief-exec-says-cable-fee-dispute-unresolved-164555190.html
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Researchers who collect genetic samples from children for medical research need to explain the process more clearly to parents, according to a new study that suggests many parents don't fully understand the finer details about how these samples will be used and stored.
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Halliburton spill probe resolved. Will BP contractor cut another deal?
Halliburton has agreed to pay a fine for its role?in the 2010 Gulf oil spill, thereby resolving?a U.S. Justice Department criminal probe. Still, Halliburton, the cement contractor involved in the spill,?has a powerful incentive to cut another deal with businesses and residents.
The Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns in the Gulf of Mexico more than 50 miles southeast of Venice, La., after the 2010 Gulf oil spill. Halliburton has resolved a probe into its role in the spill, but the cement contractor could still cut another deal.
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The plea agreement doesn't shield?Halliburton?from a high-stakes decision by a federal judge, who is considering how much the companies involved in the well blowout should pay for damage from the nation's worst offshore oil spill. How much each pays would be determined by how much fault the judge assigns them for the disaster that killed 11 workers and led to millions of gallons of oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico.
Texas-based?Halliburton, which was British oil giant BP's cement contractor on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that exploded, can take its chances on getting a favorable ruling by a U.S. judge. Or it can eliminate much of the risk and potential liability by settling with a team of attorneys for tens of thousands of Gulf Coast businesses and residents who claim the spill cost them money.
The guilty plea could apply more pressure on?Halliburton?to get a deal done before the judge rules.?
An arraignment for?Halliburton?is scheduled for Wednesday. It's unclear when the company will plead guilty.
In a regulatory filing Friday,?Halliburton?said it is participating in court-facilitated settlement discussions to resolve a "substantial portion" of the private claims pending before the judge. But the pace of those talks has recently slowed while BP challenges a portion of its own multibillion-dollar settlement with the team of plaintiffs' lawyers, the filing says.
Halliburton?won't face any other criminal charges in connection with the case, though individual employees could still be charged. The Justice Department agreed not to prosecute the company for any other conduct related to the blowout.
When BP reached its own criminal settlement with the Justice Department, it agreed to pay a record $4 billion and plead guilty to manslaughter charges for the deaths of the rig workers. Rig owner Transocean Ltd., meanwhile, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge and agreed to pay $400 million in criminal penalties.
Fadel Gheit, an Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. senior analyst who covers the oil and gas industry, said he was surprised that the criminal settlement didn't cost?Halliburton?far more money.
"I call it a traffic violation," he said. "This is for (a company) that destroyed evidence, for heaven's sake."
The destruction of evidence involved a post-spill review of the cement job on BP's well.
The allegations at the center of criminal case aren't new. In December 2011, BP sought sanctions against?Halliburton?over its handling of cement testing and modeling results.
Although the federal government doesn't have any civil claims against?Halliburton, plaintiffs' attorneys in the civil case before the judge have argued that the company's conduct contributed to the blowout and resulted from "gross negligence."?Halliburton?faces hefty fines if the judge agrees with that claim.
In their response two weeks ago,?Halliburton?attorneys claimed there was no evidence thatHalliburton?or its employees concealed or destroyed evidence.
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Sunday, July 28, 2013
Japan's PM may rethink tax hike; could shake markets, unsettle support
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's most significant fiscal reform in years - a planned increase in the country's sales tax - could be delayed or watered down in a move that might rattle financial markets and amount to an own goal for the prime minister.
Despite holding the strongest political mandate of any prime minister in years, there are signs Shinzo Abe is seriously rethinking the plan out of concern it could derail a nascent economic recovery he has crafted with an aggressive policy mix, dubbed Abenomics.
Abe says he will decide in the autumn whether to proceed with the first part of the two-stage plan after gauging the state of the economic recovery, especially GDP data that is due on Sept 9. The tax, similar to general sales tax and value added tax in other countries, is due to rise to 8 percent in April 2014 and then 10 percent in 2015.
Abe does not want to raise the tax, given the likely economic and political repercussions, but he understands the risks of upsetting the markets by giving the appearance of backtracking on promised reform, said a person involved in crafting economic policies. At 5 percent, Japan and Canada have the lowest equivalent consumption taxes in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD data shows.
The stakes in Japan are high. The tax hike was passed into law last year with the support of Abe's current coalition parties and the previous government and is meant to be the first step toward repairing Japan's tattered finances. However, the law also requires the government to judge the economic conditions before giving the final go ahead.
Reneging on fiscal reform could hit investor confidence, which has allowed Tokyo to borrow money cheaply even though its $5 trillion public debt, well over twice the nation's annual economic output, is the heaviest burden in the industrial world.
At the same time, Abe has stressed that his top priority is to rouse Japan from 15 years of deflation and tepid growth through his Abenomics programme of heavy government spending, massive monetary easing and promises of a longer-term growth strategy.
Abe himself admitted the thorny dilemma just hours after scoring a landslide win in upper house elections on July 21 that gave his ruling bloc a clear parliamentary majority.
"It will be a difficult decision," he said of the looming tax choice.
"The economy is just starting to recover and now is the best chance for Japan to emerge from deflation," Abe said. "I don't want to lose this chance. At the same time, markets are watching (our progress) on Japan's fiscal reform."
SPLIT
Despite his electoral triumph, Abe's team is split.
A small number of vocal reflationists, such as cabinet office adviser Koichi Hamada, say Abe should prioritise recovery and go-slow on raising the tax. Pitted against them, the Finance Ministry says it is vital for Japan to show markets and trading partners that it is serious about putting its fiscal house in order.
Japanese media reported on Saturday that Abe had instructed his government to study the impact on the economy and prices of four tax-hike options, including sticking with the existing plan, raising the rate 1 percentage point a year for five years and delaying the hike entirely.
Abe, speaking at a news conference on a visit to Manila, said: "I haven't yet issued any instructions to come up with several proposals."
Government officials also say they haven't received any formal orders to draw up fresh scenarios, although an advisory panel to the premier had already been mandated to study the impact of the current plan on the economy and prices.
Public opinion may play to the advantage of the reflationists.
A survey of 902 people in the Nikkei business daily, conducted just after the election, found only 11 percent supporting the existing plan, compared with 58 percent who favour "flexibility" in the timing or scale of the increase and 27 percent who oppose raising the tax at all.
History too provides a cautionary tale for Abe, who got a rare second chance at running the government in December.
Noboru Takeshita, the premier who forced the first sales tax through parliament in 1988, and Ryutaro Hashimoto, who raised it to 5 percent from 3 percent in 1997, were driven from office as their public support collapsed - although other problems also plagued both men. The decision to double the tax contributed to the defeat of Abe's predecessor, Yoshihiko Noda.
Adviser Hamada, a 77-year-old emeritus professor at Yale University and a key member of Abe's brain trust, told Reuters on July 23 that Japan needed much more evidence of a sturdy recovery before raising the tax.
The economy, which grew at an annualised rate of 4.1 percent in the first quarter - the fastest among Group of Seven industrial powers - needs to maintain similar growth for two more quarters before enduring a tax hike, Hamada said.
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He set the bar higher still, saying he is pushing Abe to wait not only until growth picks up but until employment improves, ensuring a firmer footing for the recovery.
The government should wait until unemployment falls to 3 percent from around 4 percent now and job seekers outnumber job offers "in all regions" of the country, Hamada said.
Although the latest data shows there were 90 seekers for each 100 job offers in May nationally, only four of Japan's 10 regions have more labour demand than supply.
It is unclear how much influence Hamada has on fiscal policy, but the views of the reflationists might "have significant influence on Abe's thinking on this subject," said former Bank of Japan deputy governor Kazumasa Iwata, head of the prominent think tank, the Japan Centre for Economic Research.
Some government officials are keen to start fiscal reform, privately worried that changing the tax plan would endanger Japan's promise to halve its budget deficit - excluding debt-financing - from fiscal 2010 levels by fiscal 2015 and balance the budget five years later.
They say raising the tax in incremental steps each year could be too easily derailed, since the politically sensitive hikes would have to be approved for five years in a row - with national elections scheduled in three years.
Finance Minister Taro Aso has strongly insisted on sticking with the tax-hike plan, saying it is an international promise. Still, Aso signalled last week he is willing to soften the economic blow by offering another dollop of fiscal stimulus.
The Japanese government-bond market, which lets Abe's government borrow 10-year money for less than 0.8 percent, would be hit hard if Abe changes the sales-tax plan, said Tadashi Matsukawa, head of Japan fixed income at PineBridge Investments.
"The whole of Abenomics would basically crash under that scenario," he said, adding he thinks it unlikely Abe will change the plan.
Iwata, the former BOJ deputy governor, told Reuters that if Abe postponed the agreed tax hike, that would endanger the rest of the fiscal-reform schedule.
"If Japan can't raise the tax rate even when the economy is in good shape, that may lead to market distrust over Abe's governance," Iwata said.
(Reporting by Sumio Ito, Yuko Yoshikawa, Hitoshi Ishida, Kaori Kaneko, Leika Kihara and Lisa Twaronite; Writing by William Mallard; Editing by Neil Fullick)
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Belafonte joins with Florida Capitol protesters
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Singer and entertainer Harry Belafonte on Friday called on Florida Gov. Rick Scott to listen to protesters who are asking for a special legislative session to examine the state's self-defense laws after the acquittal of George Zimmerman.
Protesters have occupied the Capitol since July 15 ? or three days after a jury cleared Zimmerman of charges in the killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. The group wants Scott to call a special session so legislators can change the state's contentious "stand your ground" law but Scott has steadfastly refused.
Belafonte ? who had never been to Tallahassee previously ? joined the protest on Friday afternoon. The 86-year-old celebrity said the sight of the protesters "makes my autumn heart dance like it was spring."
Belafonte said Scott still has a chance to act before the protests intensify and the situation becomes "ungovernable."
"At the moment all of this is governable, all of this is in a place where it can be debated and analyzed and discussed in a very peaceful, calm, productive way," said Belafonte, who first rose to fame during the 1950s.
Belafonte ? who has had a history of civic activism for several decades ? said he was not predicting violence but said the amount of protests of the state could mount and make the state come to a "grinding halt."
Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, was acquitted earlier this month of second-degree murder and manslaughter charges in the shooting death last year of Martin, an unarmed black teenager. Zimmerman's attorneys maintained he shot Martin in self-defense, but the delay in arresting him sparked an outcry among civil rights groups and others. Zimmerman identifies himself as Hispanic.
The main group leading the Capitol protests ? the Dream Defenders ? have maintained a constant presence for 11 straight days. While protesters come and go during the workday, a small band of them has spent every night sleeping in the hallways since the protest began.
So far police have allowed them to remain. In the last few days the number of those camped out at the Capitol has begun to grow reported law-enforcement authorities. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement reported that 86 people spent Thursday night inside the building.
FDLE has spent nearly $51,000 on overtime costs since the protest began. The state has spent more than $140,000 on overall security costs over the 11-day period but that includes normal security expenses.
The protest was sparked by the Zimmerman verdict but the protesters want state officials to look at racial profiling, school district "zero tolerance" policies for students as well the "stand your ground" law that allows someone to use deadly force if they believe their life was threatened.
Scott met with several protesters last week where he told them he would not call a special session. The protesters are now trying to utilize a clause in state law that allows for individual legislators to ask for a special session.
Under the law the Secretary of State can poll all 160 members about a special session if 32 legislators ask for a special session in writing. It would then take a three-fifths vote for a session to be authorized.
Ciara Taylor said the Dream Defenders have gotten 28 legislators to back the idea.
But she said that she and others are prepared to remain at the Capitol for weeks in order to get what they want.
I'm prepared to spend a whole month, a whole season," said Taylor. "I'm prepared to be here till next legislative session if that's necessary."
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Source: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/07/26/3524161/belafonte-joins-with-florida-capitol.html
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Saturday, July 27, 2013
Grammy-winning songwriter JJ Cale has died
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Grammy-winning musician and songwriter JJ Cale, perhaps best known for writing Eric Clapton's hits "Cocaine" and "After Midnight," died Friday at age 74 after suffering a heart attack.
"We've lost a great artist and a great person tonight," a statement on his Facebook page read. The page said there are no immediate plans for a memorial service, but urged fans to consider a donation to their local animal shelter.
Cale was well-respected by musicians. Clapton told Vanity Fair magazine that Cale was the living person he most admired, and singer Neil Young said, "Of all the players I ever heard, it's gotta be Hendrix and JJ Cale who are the best electric guitar players."
Born in Oklahoma in 1938, Cale became one of the originators of the Tulsa Sound, a mix of rockabilly, country, rock 'n' roll, jazz and blues.
He left Oklahoma for Los Angeles as a young man, and was on the verge of giving up his struggle to make it in the music business in 1970 when Clapton recorded his song "After Midnight," and later "Cocaine."
Cale then released his own first album, "Naturally," in 1972, including his own version of "After Midnight." The album would bring him his only Top 100 hit, "Crazy Mama," which reached No. 22 on the Billboard charts. He continued to release solo albums until 2009, and can be heard on Clapton's new album, "Old Sock," released in March.
"I remember when I made my first album, I was 32 or 33 years old and I thought I was way too old then," Cale said in an interview on his website. "When I see myself doing this at 70, I go, ?What am I doing? I should be layin' down in a hammock.'"
In 2008, "After Midnight" was nominated to be the official rock song of the state of Oklahoma, but lost out to The Flaming Lips' "Do You Realize?"
Cale's songs were also released by such famous names as Johnny Cash, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and The Allman Brothers.
In 2008, he and Clapton won the Grammy for best contemporary blues album for the 2006 release, "The Road to Escondido." That album was certified gold for selling more than 500,000 units. Cale said on his website that he was perhaps prouder of his engineering and production work on the award-winning album than his performance.
"I think it goes back to me being a recording mixer and engineer. Because of all the technology now you can make music yourself and a lot of people are doing that now," he said. "I started out doing that a long time ago and I found when I did that I came up with a unique sound."
It never bothered him, he said on his site, that many people didn't know his name. "What's really nice is when you get a check in the mail," he said. "(Fame) elevates your ego to the point where you start believing your own (expletive)."
Source: http://www.today.com/entertainment/songwriter-jj-cale-has-died-74-6C10765669
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Korean War foes gather in NKorea to remember war
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) ? Two decorated U.S. war veterans who survived one of the worst battles of the Korean War found themselves among former foes at a memorial ceremony as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un launched the country's commemoration of the war's end 60 years ago.
It's unusual for American veterans to attend official events surrounding the July 27 war anniversary in North Korea, called "Victory Day" here. The veterans are in North Korea on a mission to find the remains of a fellow aviator killed in the war, and were given little notice about the event.
Thursday's ribbon-cutting ceremony to unveil a new cemetery for war veterans was brief and solemn, with no speeches. Soldiers stood at guard as a military band played the national anthem. Kim, dressed in a dark blue Mao suit, saluted and left a basket of flowers bearing a banner with his name before the memorial.
The Korean War, pitting North Korean and Chinese troops against U.S.-led United Nations and South Korean forces, ended with an armistice on July 27, 1953. A peace treaty was never signed, leaving the Korean Peninsula in a technical state of war and divided at the 38th parallel.
That has not stopped the North Koreans from calling July 27 "Victory Day." Brightly colored banners with the words "Victory" and "War Victory" fluttered from buildings across the capital city. The North Korean government is expected to use the anniversary to draw attention to the division of the Korean Peninsula and to rally support for Kim.
Kim took power following the death of his father, Kim Jong Il, in late 2011. As leader, he has overseen two long-range rocket launches and a nuclear test that have drawn international condemnation and tightened U.N. sanctions.
North Koreans have been gearing up for months for the milestone war anniversary. Soldiers were assigned to carry out an extensive renovation of the Korean War museum. Students rehearsed every afternoon for a new war-themed rendition of the "Arirang" mass games song-and-dance performance, which opened Tuesday. And citizens got down on their hands and knees in the lead-up to help lay sod and plant grass as part of a massive greening of Pyongyang.
The anniversary is taking place as North Korea copes with flooding from the seasonal monsoon rains that strike the peninsula every July. Eight people were killed, more than 4,500 homes destroyed and 17,700 left homeless this week, according to the official Korean Central News Agency.
And in a reminder of the tensions that still roil the divided peninsula, Pyongyang on Thursday threatened to reposition troops at a stalled inter-Korean factory park at a North Korean border town. The warning, which Pyongyang has made before, came after failed talks to reopen the factory park that was a rare symbol of cooperation between the rivals before it was shuttered in April amid tension.
Scores of foreign visitors have arrived in Pyongyang this week, including a planeload of journalists from the U.S., Japan, China, Russia and elsewhere. China's vice president, Li Yuanchao, met with North Korean leader Kim on Thursday.
Li told Kim that his delegation has a mission to "preserve and glorify down through generations the blood-sealed militant friendship" between the countries and China remains firm on its policy to steadily consolidate bilateral ties, according to Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency. Kim replied North Korea will always remember China's assistance during the Korean War and that boosting bilateral ties is also his country's "steadfast will," it said.
Li conveyed to Kim a verbal message of Chinese leader Xi Jinping, KCNA said without elaborating.
The two Americans, retired U.S. Navy Capt. Thomas Hudner , of Concord, Massachusetts, and Dick Bonelli, a former U.S. Marine from Englewood, Florida, are in North Korea on a mission to revisit Jangjin County, better known to Americans as the Chosin Reservoir ? site of one of the deadliest battles of the Korean War.
"It's a very emotional occasion to be here with so many veterans ? not only the veterans but also the people of the nation who turned out to show their support to all of veterans," said Hudner, who received the Medal of Honor for trying to save his downed wingman, Ensign Jesse Brown, at the Chosin Reservoir in 1950.
"And as an American veteran, I am delighted to see that our former foe and we share some of the same feelings about this," Hudner said.
The monument to veterans is the centerpiece of a sprawling national military cemetery in Pyongyang's outskirts.
One North Korean, Pak Chun Son, sobbed as she paid her respects at the gravestone of her father, Pak Hyon Jong, who died in the war when she was 5.
"My father will be honored on this hill forever," said her brother, Pak Yun Yong, who was 8 when their father died. He was dressed in a military uniform weighed down by medals. Tears sprang to his eyes. "We want to raise our children to be patriots like their grandfather was."
Commemorations also are taking place in South Korea and the United States.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye attended a memorial event Tuesday in the southern city of Busan to pay her respects to the troops who defended South Korea during the war.
U.S. President Barack Obama is to give a speech Saturday at the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington.
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AP reporter Eric Talmadge contributed to this report. Follow AP's Korea bureau chief at http://www.twitter.com/newsjean.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/korean-war-foes-gather-nkorea-remember-war-102748389.html
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How Disney Is Using 3D Printing To Give Robots Soul-Piercing Eyes
Some toys look like they're about ready to come to life and stab you. And if Disney has anything to do with it, we're going to see even more toys with creepy, lifelike faces in the future, thanks to a new technology called Papillion that 3D-prints eyes onto toys, robots, and other interactive characters.
Source: http://gizmodo.com/how-disney-is-using-3d-printing-to-give-robots-soul-pie-913323292
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Polymer ribbons for better healing
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Researchers have developed hydrogels for tissue regeneration that can be fine-tuned to fit any body part.
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You'll Be Jealous of This Tiny Wasp Hitching a Ride on a Damselfly
Being a human's great, but sometimes it would be cool to experience the world from a different perspective. I'd love to be this little wasp, hitching a ride on the back of a damselfly.
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Thursday, July 25, 2013
Nokia Lumia 1020 review
There was no shortage of stunned faces in the audience when Nokia CEO Stephen Elop announced the 808 PureView at Mobile World Congress 17 months ago. Who would have thought a Symbian-powered device would be a show-stealer -- in 2012? After all, Elop had all but declared the platform dead one year before, and the idea of a smartphone with a 41-megapixel camera was an industry first. Questions lingered immediately after: how is that actually going to work on a phone? Why Symbian? And when would it show up on Windows Phone, Nokia's OS of choice?
As it turns out, the 808 PureView was the culmination of five years' worth of imaging experts putting their heads together, and Nokia wanted to get the proof of concept out the door while getting the innovative tech ready for Windows Phone. A few months after the 808's release, we started seeing the first fruits of this effort in the Lumia 920, but there was work yet to be done. Finally, the time has come for the company to launch the 808's WP8 counterpart, the Lumia 1020, and it's launching on AT&T this Friday for $300 as a US exclusive. We were able to peel ourselves away from taking pictures long enough to jot down a few thoughts, so shoot below the break to take a closer look.
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, Nokia
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What the Inside of Google's Chromecast Looks Like
Curious as to what's hiding inside the Google Chromecast dongle? Thanks to the FCC, we don't have to wonder what the Chromecast is packing anymore. There's a Marvell DE3005 chip and an AzurWare chip to take care of Wi-Fi duties, according to Anandtech. FCC documents actually show Chromecast details in May, with pictures of its innards added today. Enjoy the guts. [FCC via @nerdtalker, Engadget]
Source: http://gizmodo.com/what-the-inside-of-googles-chromecast-looks-like-903045388
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US Gained a Decade of Flynn-Effect IQ Points After Adding Iodine To Salt
[unable to retrieve full-text content]cold fjord writes "I wish it was always this easy. Business Insider reports, 'Iodized salt is so ubiquitous that we barely notice it. Few people know why it even exists. Iodine deficiency remains the world's leading cause of preventable mental retardation. According to a new study (abstract), its introduction in America in 1924 had an effect so profound that it raised the country's IQ. A new NBER working paper from James Feyrer, Dimitra Politi, and David N. Weil finds that the population in iodine-deficient areas saw IQs rise by a full standard deviation, which is 15 points, after iodized salt was introduced.... The mental impacts were unknown, the program was started to fight goiter, so these effects were an extremely fortunate, unintended side effect.'"
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Novel 'top-down' mechanism repatterns developing brain regions
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Dennis O'Leary was the first scientist to show that the basic functional architecture of the cortex, the largest part of the human brain, was genetically determined during development. But as it so often does in science, answering one question opened up many others. O'Leary wondered what if the layout of the cortex wasn't fixed? What would happen if it were changed?
Source: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/top_news/~3/xyM_1rkqHw4/130722202649.htm
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Syrian refugee: 'I have one aim and one hope ? to return to my country'
As civil war rages on in Syria, humanitarian suffering is reaching new catastrophic levels. NBC's Ayman Mohyeldin reports.
By Ayman Mohyeldin, Correspondent, NBC News
CAIRO, Egypt - Abu Yasser, his wife and two children left behind their home and a thriving family leather-goods business after Syrian security forces seized his sister, brother-in-law and cousin. ??
The refugee has now found relative safety in Egypt, but the family yearns for their homeland.?
?I have one aim and one hope ? to return to my country,? said Abu Yasser, who asked to be identified as Abu, or ?father of,? a traditional sign of respect and way to maintain anonymity.?
Abu Yasser and his family fled fighting raging between forces loyal to President Bashar Assad and the country?s rebels.
But with the war showing no sign of winding down, many like Abu Yasser and his family look set to be stuck in exile throughout the region indefinitely. Already, more than 6 million people out of a population of around 20 million have been displaced both inside and outside of the country, according to the United Nations.?
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A look back at the conflict that has overtaken the country.
Meanwhile, American officials warn the fighting could go for years.?
?Currently the tide seems to have shifted in (Assad?s) favor,? Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Martin Dempsey said at his confirmation hearing last week.
On Sunday, the regime killed at least 49 people in a strategic suburb near the Damascus, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a pro-opposition monitoring group.?
The opposition fighters were killed near Adra, a town that rebels have been fighting to recapture from Assad's forces. It lies on a route that the rebels had been using to smuggle weapons into Damascus until the army captured it a few months ago.
As the rebels suffer setbacks, Islamist groups such as the al-Nusra Front and al Qaeda in the Levant, which originated in Iraq but has spread to neighboring Syria, are making gains among the opposition.
On Sunday, the local commander of a radical Islamist group allied with al Qaeda was freed after being held by Kurdish forces during a power struggle between rival organizations trying to topple Assad. ?
Meanwhile, the suffering of the Syrian people is reaching catastrophic levels. Four million cannot meet their basic food needs, and nearly 5,000 people have been killed every month since last July, aid agencies and opposition activists say.?
An average of 6,000 people are leaving the country every day ? a rate the United Nations says the world hasn?t seen since the Rwandan genocide in 1994.??
It is impossible to know when the millions of displaced will be able to return to their homes and families, but for his part, Abu Yasser says he won?t return until Assad falls. ?
Reuters contributed to this report.
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UH football team picked to finish last in division
POSTED: 06:07 a.m. HST, Jul 22, 2013
LAST UPDATED: 07:20 a.m. HST, Jul 22, 2013
LAS VEGAS ? The University of Hawaii football team was picked to finish sixth ? last ? in the Mountain West Conference's West Division in a poll announced today at the league's media preview.
Media members covering MWC football teams were polled.
"We understand, given our wins and losses from last year, being placed where we're at," UH quarterback Taylor Graham said. "We're going to embrace the underdog role. We definitely have a chip on our shoulder. We have a lot to prove. We're looking forward to that."
Defensive tackle Saui Matagiese said: "I don't want to say I don't pay attention to (the poll). It motivates us. We'll use it as a driving force."
The Warriors were 3-9 in 2012, Norm Chow's first season as UH head coach.
"We're not the same team," Matagiese said. "We got way faster, way stronger."
The Rainbow Warriors also did not place any players on the 2013 MWC preseason all-conference team.
This is the first year that the MWC, which added two teams to expand to 12 members, is separated into two divisions.
Fresno State was picked to win the West. Boise State was selected as the Mountain Division's top team.
West Division
| 1. Fresno State (39 first-place votes) | 243 points |
| 2. San Diego State (1) | 181 |
| 3. San Jose State (1) | 172 |
| 4. Nevada | 135 |
| 5. UNLV | 71 |
| 6. Hawaii | 59 |
Mountain Division
| 1. Boise State (40) | 245 |
| 2. Utah State (1) | 204 |
| 3. Air Force | 143 |
| 4. Wyoming | 116 |
| 5. Colorado State | 90 |
| 6. New Mexico | 63 |
Source: http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/216451371.html
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