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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Tim McGraw can record with another label (AP)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. ? Country music superstar Tim McGraw won a court ruling Wednesday allowing him to keep recording while a lawsuit against him by Curb Records makes its way through the courts.

Chancellor Russell Perkins ruled Wednesday after a four-hour hearing that McGraw can sign with another record label and record new music.

Curb Records sought to prevent McGraw from recording or signing with another label until he fulfilled what Curb believed was his obligation for a fifth album. McGraw is accused of breach of contract, with a trial scheduled for July.

The performer known for his black cowboy hat was in a suit and tie in court Wednesday and his wife, singer Faith Hill, watched from the public seating. McGraw did not testify and after the ruling, shook his attorneys' hands and embraced his wife, saying he was "just very happy."

His attorneys argued that Curb is trying to put his career on hold. He's had a 20-year relationship with the record label, and the dispute is over a contract signed in 1997.

At issue is the timing of McGraw's unreleased album "Emotional Traffic," which Curb says was delivered too early. Jay Bowen, an attorney for the label, argued that the album was recorded between 10 months to a year and a half too early.

"What sells records and what Curb bargained for was the most recent songs available at the time," said Bowen.

McGraw countersued on grounds his career was being stymied and the label kept releasing greatest hit compilations that were used to draw out the life of his contract.

"Curb Records is trying to put Mr. McGraw's career on hold and that is causing Mr. McGraw damage every day it occurs and it is a tragedy," said McGraw's attorney Bill Ramsey.

His attorneys argued that McGraw delivered one of his best albums yet and he wanted it to be the last record he made with Curb Records. One of the songs on the album, "Felt Good on My Lips," has already been released by Curb and has become a hit.

It's not clear what Curb will do with the album. McGraw was promised an advance of $1.5 million for it but was never paid.

"We would hope that this album, `Emotional Traffic,' would get out to Tim McGraw's fans, because it is a great record," Ramsey said.

Ramsey said McGraw has a busy schedule, but he will try to get back to recording soon. Ramsey denied that McGraw was in negotiations with any other labels.

Some his top country hits were "Live Like You Were Dying," and "It's Your Love," a duet with Faith. In recent years, McGraw has expanded his career into movies and appeared in "The Blind Side" and "Country Strong."

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Krasinski, Hunt, Common among in-crowd at Sundance (AP)

LOS ANGELES ? John Krasinski, Helen Hunt, Michael Cera, Amanda Seyfried, Danny Glover and rap star Common are among the stars with movies heading to the Sundance Film Festival.

Films announced Wednesday that will compete for prizes at next month's independent-film showcase include dramas dealing with family crises, such as director Ry Russo-Young's "Nobody Walks," with "The Office" co-star Krasinski and Olivia Thirlby; "The End of Love," starring Cera, Seyfried, Shannyn Sossamon and writer-director Mark Webber; and Sheldon Candis' "Luv," featuring Glover and Common.

Hunt stars with John Hawkes and William H. Macy in Ben Lewin's "The Surrogate," an unusual story about a 36-year-old man who has spent most of his life on an iron lung and now develops a plan to lose his virginity.

They're among 16 films in Sundance's competition for U.S. dramas, whose past winners included eventual Academy Awards nominees "Winter's Bone," "Precious" and "Frozen River."

Sundance also announced 16 films competing in each of three other categories: U.S. documentaries, world dramas and world documentaries. The festival runs Jan. 19-29 in Park City, Utah.

Festival director John Cooper said the lineup had gone a bit mainstream and populist some years but that the roster this time has veered squarely back toward the edgy terrain for which lower-budgeted indie films are known. That could have something to do with the uncertain state of the economy, he said.

"I like the eclectic nature of the storytelling," Cooper said. "Filmmakers, for some reason or other, they're not conforming to Hollywood stereotypes, not that independent filmmakers ever did. But I think even less than they did a couple of years ago. They're being bolder, taking risks, telling the stories they want to tell.

"In challenging economic times, artists maybe tend to get a little freer in what they do, and sometimes, maybe even a little better."

The U.S. dramatic competition also includes directors Youssef Delara and Michael D. Olmos' "Filly Brown," a hip-hop saga with Lou Diamond Phillips, Edward James Olmos and relative newcomer Gina Rodriguez in the title role; James Ponsoldt's "Smashed," a story of a booze-loving couple featuring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Aaron Paul and "The Help" star Octavia Spencer; and So Yong Kim's "For Ellen," starring Paul Dano, Jena Malone and Jon Heder, whose career was launched at Sundance with his title role in "Napoleon Dynamite."

Overseen by Robert Redford's Sundance Institute, the festival will include 110 feature-length films, chosen out of 4,000 submitted from around the world. The festival announces its lineup of star-studded premieres, which will screen out of competition, next week.

Though Hollywood A-listers at Sundance get most of the attention, Redford tries to keep the focus on fresh talent from the indie world.

"We are, and always have been, a festival about the filmmakers," Redford said. "So what are they doing? What are they saying? They are making statements about the changing world we are living in. Some are straightforward, some novel and some offbeat but always interesting. One can never predict. We know only at the end, and I love that."

The Sundance opening night schedule features one title from each of the four competitions: director Todd Louiso's U.S. drama entry "Hello I Must Be Going," a divorce comedy with Melanie Lynskey and Blythe Danner; Australian filmmaker Kieran Darcy-Smith's world drama contender "Wish You Were Here," starring Joel Edgerton and Teresa Palmer in the story of a vacation gone terribly wrong; Lauren Greenfield's U.S. documentary "The Queen of Versailles," about a couple who go bust while building a palatial 90,000-square-foot home; and Malik Bendjelloul's world documentary "Searching for Sugar Man," a British-Danish film tracing the life of a 1970s rock performer who vanished into oblivion.

Sundance once was known almost exclusively as a showcase for rising U.S. filmmakers, but organizers added the international competitions a few years back to raise the festival's profile for overseas films. The result has been an international lineup that included such breakout hits as "An Education," "Animal Kingdom" and "Once."

"Internationally is where I see a real spike in the caliber of films we had submitted to us," said Trevor Groth, Sundance's programming director. "There are world-class films submitted to us on par with any festival in the world right now. I think international filmmakers are now looking at Sundance as a premier place to launch films. It's not just Cannes or Berlin anymore."

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Sydney man convicted of killing mother's lover (AP)

SYDNEY ? A Sydney man accused of killing his mother's lover in a bid to protect his family's honor has been convicted of murder.

A New South Wales state Supreme Court jury found Andrew Iskandar guilty on Monday of the 2010 slaying of Mohd Shah Saemin.

Prosecutors say Iskandar fatally beat Saemin with a hammer because Saemin was having an affair with Iskandar's mother. Prosecutors say Iskandar felt the affair had brought dishonor to his family.

Iskandar said he acted in self-defense.

Iskandar's mother, Indonesian-born Nita Iskandar, is a Malaysian consulate worker. She has pleaded not guilty to being an accessory for allegedly helping her son flee to Singapore after the killing.

Andrew Iskandar faces a sentence of up to life in prison.

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'Tree,' 'Beginners' tie at Gotham Film Awards

Actress Charlize Theron attends the IFP's 21st Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on Monday, Nov. 28, 2011 in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)

Actor Gary Oldman attends the IFP's 21st Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on Monday, Nov. 28, 2011 in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)

Actor Patton Oswalt, left, actress Charlize Theron and director Jason Reitman attend the IFP's 21st Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on Monday, Nov. 28, 2011 in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)

Actor Gary Oldman and wife Alexandra Edenborough attend the IFP's 21st Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on Monday, Nov. 28, 2011 in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)

Actress Vera Farmiga attends the IFP's 21st Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on Monday, Nov. 28, 2011 in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)

NEW YORK (AP) ? Award season kicked off with a tie for best feature at the annual Gotham Independent Film Awards as Terrence Malick's highly imaginative "The Tree of Life" shared the night's high honor with Mike Mills' flashback comedy, "Beginners."

Presenter Tilda Swinton introduced the nominees, but before opening the envelope to reveal the winner, deferred to a prerecorded message on the venue's large video screens.

The unprecedented ruling was then announced by jury member Natalie Portman, who explained that her peers were faced with the dilemma of being "stuck" when it came to selecting a winner, so they "made a bold and independent decision" and "chose to honor both."

Swinton then read off the winners' names and presented the award.

"The Tree of Life," starring Brad Pitt and Sean Penn, won the Palm d'Or at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. "Beginners" was released last year and stars Ewan McGregor and Christopher Plummer.

Other winners included Felicity Jones for breakthrough actor in "Like Crazy," the cast of "Beginners" for ensemble cast and "Scenes of a Crime" for best film not playing at a theater near you. The audience award went to "Girlfriend," a film about a young man with Down syndrome who has a crush on a troubled single mother.

Hosted by Edie Falco and Oliver Platt, the presenters were mostly darlings of the independent film world like Stanley Tucci, Melissa Leo, actress and directorial nominee Vera Farmiga and Swinton.

"Independent film is my amniotic fluid. It's like the sea I swim in," Swinton said when she arrived.

This year's Gotham tributes went to director David Cronenberg, film executive Tom Rothman, actor Gary Oldman and actress Charlize Theron.

Actor-comedian Patton Oswalt introduced Theron, then made self-deprecating jokes while standing next to her at the podium.

"I'm only here because I'm armpit height," the much shorter Oswalt said. Later he said: "I feel like you're accepting me for the award."

"The irony is that you are the award," Theron joked.

The pair star in the upcoming dark comedy "Young Adult," written by Diablo Cody and directed by Jason Reitman.

Theron called Reitman "one the best directors" she has ever worked with, and thanked her mother, who was sitting next to him, "for giving me the character and the strength to be who I am."

Before the ceremony, Theron said the best award she ever got was that she "never had to get a second job to pay the bills."

The Gotham Independent Film Awards are presented by the Independent Feature Project, the largest organization in the United States committed to independent film.

Since its inception in 1991, Gotham Independent Film Awards have honored many Oscar-nominated films, including Oscar winner "The Hurt Locker."

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Associated Press Writer Nicole Evatt contributed to this report.

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Stonehenge new 'sun worship' find

28 November 2011 Last updated at 06:50 ET

Two previously undiscovered pits have been found at Stonehenge which point to it once being used as a place of sun worship before the stones were erected.

The pits are positioned on celestial alignment at the site and may have contained stones, posts or fires to mark the rising and setting of the sun.

An international archaeological survey team found the pits as part of the Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project.

The team is using geophysical imaging techniques to investigate the site.

The archaeologists from the University of Birmingham and the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection in Vienna have been surveying the subsurface at the landmark since summer 2010.

Procession route

It is thought the pits, positioned within the Neolithic Cursus pathway, could have formed a procession route for ancient rituals celebrating the sun moving across the sky at the midsummer solstice.

A Cursus comprises two parallel linear ditches with banks either side closed off at the end.

Also discovered was a gap in the northern side of the Cursus, which may have been an entrance and exit point for processions taking place within the pathway.

These discoveries hint that the site was already being used as an ancient centre of ritual prior to the stones being erected more than 5,000 years ago, the team said.

Archaeologist and project leader at Birmingham University, Professor Vince Gaffney, said: "This is the first time we have seen anything quite like this at Stonehenge and it provides a more sophisticated insight into how rituals may have taken place within the Cursus and the wider landscape."

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Denise Mina: how the literary female detective has changed

Alex Morrow, the female cop at the center of Denise Mina's series, is proof that the literary depiction of woman in police work has come a long way.

They just don't make female detectives like they used to. Thank goodness.

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Alex Morrow, the Glasgow cop at the center of Scottish mystery author Denise Mina's series, isn't a bruiser like V. I. Warshawski. She's not a single woman with loner tendencies, ? la Kinsey Millhone, nor is she forever fighting against sexism as Jane Tennison did in television's "Prime Suspect."

No, Morrow is polite, married, and even in the family way: "The End of the Wasp Season," just out on bookshelves, reveals that Morrow is pregnant, and not for the first time.

However, Morrow does have something in common with her precursors: She's a complicated woman. As Mina portrays her in "Wasp Season" and "Still Midnight" (the previous book in the series) she's wicked smart, an outsider ? though not necessarily because of her gender ? and riven by unhappiness.

Mina, who wrote earlier series featuring two other female main characters, has become one of the finest mystery writers of the 21st century. Her deeply perceptive grasp on the inner lives of crooks, cops, journalists, and their families has allowed her books to transcend the detective genre.

In an interview this week, I asked Mina about her experiences with workplace tensions, the changing world of women detectives, and the evolution of the city that her characters call home.
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?Q: One of my favorite things about your novels is how perfectly you nail the agonies of office politics, whether they're in a police station or a newsroom. Have you had experience with workplace horrors yourself?
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?A: I was very aware of office politics because I was so baffled by them. So much so goes unsaid. No one says "you're a cheeky so-and-so," no one says "you're so moody," nobody ever confronts anyone else about anything.
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?But I'm very crass, and I'm very confrontational, and I have a temper. I had to be hyper-vigilant in every office I worked in.
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?Q: Alex Morrow is very unhappy in the workplace, but she still works to get things done despite the roadblocks the system puts in front of her. Is that common among cops in Scotland?
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?A: Everyone I know who works for the police has become increasingly disillusioned and bitter.
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?Q: Glasgow comes across as tremendously dark and sad place in your novels set in the 1980s. The Alex Morrow novels show a more upscale Glasgow with havens for the rich, although there's still plenty of grit to go around. What's different about the city now?
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?A: Glasgow has changed hugely since I started writing, when it was like Detroit. It was the first city in Europe to regenerate itself through the arts, and there's been huge amount of regeneration.
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?Q: How have female detectives evolved in fiction over the past couple of decades?
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?A: At first, they had to act like men, carry guns and punch people ? be able to beat people up and engage in fisticuffs. In the mid-1990s, their gender is talked about a lot, and they experienced prejudice.

Now you've reached the point where a woman is just a different type of detective. You're not getting information just because you're a woman; it's not your superpower anymore. It's just a fact about who you are.
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?Q: Alex Morrow isn't the friendliest of people. Are you attracted to people who have a bit of an attitude?
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?A: Alex just wants to do her job, and she's very angry.

I like rude women. I'm always mesmerized and admiring of quite-rude women.
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?Q: Are you a rude woman yourself?
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?A: I can be very rude, and when I was younger and scary-looking, people were very rude to me. But there's much less now. When you become famous, people are much nicer to you.

Randy Dotinga is a regular contributor to the Monitor?s books section.

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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Lindsey Vonn, Husband to Divorce

Olympic skiing gold medalist Lindsey Vonn is officially back on the market.

The 27-year-old has filed for divorce from Thomas Vonn, Yahoo! reports.

"This is an extremely difficult time in my personal life and I hope the media and my fans can respect my need for privacy on this matter," she said in a statement.

Thomas Vonn, a former Olympic skier himself, had been her chief adviser and scheduler. "[I will] continue to be coached by the U.S. ski team," Lindsey added.

Their relationship caused a rift between Lindsey and her father Alan Kildow, due in part to their nine-year age difference. Kildow, who was replaced by Thomas as her coach and mentor, was not invited to the couple's 2007 wedding.

Lindsey is one of five women to have won World Cup races in all five disciplines of alpine skiing: Downhill, Super G, Giant Slalom, Slalom and Combined.

The Minnesotan won the gold medal in downhill at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Equally impressively, SI published these ludicrously hot Lindsey Vonn photos.

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2nd American student arrested in Cairo back in US (AP)

PHILADELPHIA ? At least two of three American students arrested during protests in Cairo arrived back in the U.S. late Saturday, three days after an Egyptian court ordered their release.

The young men were arrested on the roof of a university building near Cairo's iconic Tahrir Square last Sunday after officials accused them of throwing firebombs at security forces fighting with protesters.

Gregory Porter, 19, was greeted by his parents and other relatives Saturday evening when he landed at Philadelphia International Airport. Porter took no questions, but said he was thankful for the help he and the other American students received from the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, administrators at the university they were attending, and attorneys in Egypt and the U.S.

"I'm just so thankful to be back, to be in Philadelphia right now," said Porter, who is from nearby Glenside, Pa., and attends Drexel University in Philadelphia.

Luke Gates, 21, arrived in the U.S. late Saturday and was expected back home in Indiana soon, Indiana University spokesman Mark Land said. Gates attends the university, and his parents have declined to talk with the media. Land said he spoke with Gates' father.

"He said he was doing very well and he was very excited to be on his way home," Land said. He added that Gates' parents are "really hopeful they can spend a little time with him without having to answer a lot of questions" in the media spotlight.

The third student, 19-year-old Derrik Sweeney, was expected to arrive in Missouri late Saturday night.

All three left the Egyptian capital Saturday morning on separate connecting flights to Frankfurt, Germany, an airport official in Cairo said. The three were studying at the American University in Cairo.

Protests have been going on near Cairo's central Tahrir Square since Nov. 19, in anticipation of the landmark parliamentary elections due to start Monday. On Friday, the crowd grew to more than 100,000 people, and thousands remained there Saturday.

Joy Sweeney told the AP that her son, a 19-year-old Georgetown University student from Jefferson City, Mo., would fly from Frankfurt to Washington, then on to St. Louis. She said family will meet him when he arrives at the airport late Saturday.

"I am ecstatic," Sweeney said Friday. "I can't believe he's actually going to get on a plane. It is so wonderful."

Sweeney said she had talked with her son Friday afternoon and "he seemed jubilant."

"He thought he was going to be able to go back to his dorm room and get his stuff," she said. "We said, `No, no, don't get your stuff, we just want you here.'"

The university will ship his belongings home, she said.

Sweeney had earlier said she did not prepare a Thanksgiving celebration this week because the idea seemed "absolutely irrelevant" while her son still was being held.

"I'm getting ready to head out and buy turkey and stuffing and all the good fixings so that we can make a good Thanksgiving dinner," she said Friday.

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Associated Press writers Maggie Michael in Cairo; Sandy Kozel in Washington; Rick Callahan in Indianapolis; Maryclaire Dale in Philadelphia; Erin Gartner in Chicago; and Dana Fields in Kansas City, Mo., contributed to this report.

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Walnut trees may not be able to withstand climate change

ScienceDaily (Nov. 29, 2011) ? Warmer, drier summers and extreme weather events considered possible as the climate changes would be especially troublesome -- possibly fatal -- for walnut trees, according to research at Purdue University.

Over five years, Douglass Jacobs, a professor of forestry and natural resources, and Martin-Michel Gauthier, a former doctoral student under Jacobs who is now a research scientist in the Ministry of Natural Resources in Quebec, studied the physiology of walnut trees, which are economically significant in Indiana for their lumber and veneer, and in other areas for their nuts. They found that the trees are especially sensitive to particular climates.

"Walnut is really restricted to sites not too wet or dry. It has an extremely narrow range," said Jacobs, whose findings were published in the December issue of Annals of Forest Science. "We suspect and predict that climate change is going to have a real impact on walnuts. We may see some type of decline of the species."

Specifically, walnuts would have difficulty tolerating droughts that could be associated with a changing climate.

"Changes in moisture could restrict its ability to survive without irrigation," Jacobs said. "Almost all climate change models predict that climates will become drier."

Walnuts are also sensitive to cold, so much so that they have developed a defense mechanism against late frosts. Jacobs said walnut trees don't begin sprouting leaves until almost a month after other trees in the spring.

That defense mechanism could be compromised by extreme weather events associated with climate change scenarios. Late spring frosts after walnuts have developed leaves could kill trees.

"That, on top of the increase in temperatures, would be a problem for walnut," Gauthier said. "The trees would basically shut down."

In California, more than 500,000 tons of walnuts were sold for more than $1 billion in 2010, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

In Indiana, black walnuts are prized for their wood. Charles Michler, project leader of Purdue's Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center, said walnuts accounted for as much as 15 percent of the logs sold in Indiana at a value of about $11 million.

"Walnut is probably the most important species in the hardwood products industry today," Michler said.

The center has a walnut breeding program that is attempting to identify trees that can be used in different climates, he said.

One goal is to find walnuts that may be able to stand up to the heat or cold stresses that trees could be subject to in a changing climate. The center is looking at seeds that come from mature trees to see if the seeds have attained defense mechanisms against changes already seen in climate.

"That could be the strategy that trees have," Michler said. "The trees that are mature now may be affected by climate change, but the seeds they produce may be adapting through genetic changes."

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Chaz Bono Surprises Girlfriend With Engagement Ring On Her Birthday

Cher’s transgender son Chaz Bono surprised his longtime fiance by giving her an engagement ring on her birthday. The former “Dancing With the Stars” contestant [...]

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State Ed commissioner should respond to SAT scandal (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)

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Monday, November 28, 2011

French official: new pact needed for eurozone

PARIS (AP) ? An "overhaul" of European treaties is needed to help restore market confidence in the eurozone's ability to reduce high state debt and deficits, the French budget minister said Sunday.

Valerie Pecresse said a new governance pact among eurozone members could include "real regulators, real sanctions" to help restore confidence in the currency union.

Speaking on Canal Plus TV, she said the eurozone's biggest economies ? France, Germany and Italy ? want to be the "motor" of a more integrated Europe.

"We won't restore confidence unless we show proof ? very quickly ? about the unflailing solidity and solidarity of the eurozone," Pecresse said.

Pecresse said each country must rid itself of the debt and deficit problems that are behind the continent's deepening debt crisis.

German media reported this weekend that German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy are pushing for swift legal changes that would force eurozone members to comply with strict rules for budget discipline, like tough and easily enforceable sanctions for violators.

Sarkozy and Merkel have argued that the European Union's treaties must be amended to guarantee a strict enforcement of the currency zone's growth and stability pact.

Treaty changes, however, are complicated to engineer and take a lot of time ? probably more than the troubled eurozone currently has with markets doubting the solidity of several member states such as Italy.

One alternative could be a treaty between the governments involved, which would later be merged into EU law ? as has happened before with Europe's Schengen visa-free travel agreement, German newspapers Welt am Sonntag and Bild reported.

The new initiative could be announced as early as this week and concluded early next year, Welt am Sonntag reported.

Germany's government, in a statement Sunday, did not comment on the question of an intergovernmental treaty but said it's continuing to push for changes to the EU treaty to be discussed at a summit next month in a bid to strengthen the currency union.

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A federal court refused late Friday to block a congressional redistricting map it drew up for Texas, rejecting a request from the state's attorney general just hours after the Republican accused the court of "undermining the democratic process."</p> <p>Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott had asked the San Antonio-based court to stay the implementation of its interim map, which the court drafted when minority groups challenged the original plan passed by the Republican-dominated state Legislature.</p> <p>The court-drawn map would ensure minorities made up the majority in three additional Texas congressional districts. If the 2012 elections were held under the court's map, Democrats would have an advantage as they try to win back the U.S. House.</p> <p>Abbott said he would appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Meanwhile, the court-ordered map will remain in place until the legal fights are resolved.</p> <p>In a court filing earlier Friday, Abbott accused the court of overstepping its authority.</p> <p>"A court's job is to apply the law, not to make policy," he wrote. "A federal court lacks constitutional authority to interfere with the expressed will of the state Legislature unless it is compelled to remedy a specific, identifiable violation of law."</p> <p>The court drew the maps after minority groups filed a lawsuit, claiming a redistricting plan devised by the Republican lawmakers didn't reflect growth in the state's Hispanic and black populations.</p> <p>Abbott argued in his court filing that the "legislatively enacted plans incorporate constituents' concerns about communities of interest and proper representation." Therefore, the court's departure from the map approved by the Legislature "not only undermines the democratic process, it ignores the voice of the citizenry."</p> <p>Lawmakers redraw boundaries for the state's legislative districts every 10 years to reflect changes in census data. Texas' population boom in the last decade gave it four new U.S. House seats, which will be filled in the 2012 election.</p> <p>Like other states with a history of racial discrimination, Texas can't implement those new maps or other changes to voting practices without federal approval under the Voting Rights Act. No federal approval, and looming deadlines for county election officials, made it necessary for the court to issue its own plans ? which could be implemented immediately.</p> <p>Minorities currently are the majority in 10 of Texas' 32 congressional districts. The new court-drawn map would raise that to 13 out of 36 districts.</p> <p>Republican lawmakers insist the maps drawn by the Legislature merely reflect the Republican majority in Texas. Experts say that under the legislatively approved map, three of the new seats would likely be won by Republicans.</p> <p>When drawing the interim map, the court gave priority to ensuring minority voting strength was protected in the 2012 election.</p> <p>In its own filing Friday, the NAACP cheered the court-drawn interim map as a "step forward for Texas." 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Euro zone states may ditch plans to impose losses on private bondholders should countries need to restructure their debt under a new bailout fund due to launch in mid-2013, four EU officials told Reuters on Friday.</p> <p> Discussions are taking place against a backdrop of flagging market confidence in the region's debt and as part of wider negotiations over introducing stricter fiscal rules to the EU treaty.</p> <p> Euro zone powerhouse Germany is insisting on tighter budgets</p> <p> and private sector involvement (PSI) in bailouts as a precondition for deeper economic integration among euro zone countries.</p> <p> Commercial banks and insurance companies are still expected to take a hit on their holdings of Greek sovereign bonds as part of the second bailout package being finalized for Athens.</p> <p> But clauses relating to PSI in the statutes of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) - the permanent facility scheduled to start operating from July 2013 - could be withdrawn, with the majority of euro zone states now opposed to them.</p> <p> The concern is that forcing the private sector bondholders to take losses if a country restructures its debt is undermining confidence in euro zone sovereign bonds. If those stipulations are removed, most countries in the euro zone argue, market sentiment might improve.</p> <p> "France, Italy, Spain and all the peripherals" are in favor of removing the clauses, one EU official told Reuters. "Against it are Germany, Finland and the Netherlands." Austria is also opposed, another source said.</p> <p> A third official said that while German insistence on retaining private sector involvement in the ESM was fading, collective action clauses would only be removed as part of broader negotiations under way over changes to the EU treaty.</p> <p> Berlin wants all 27 EU countries, or at least the 17 in the euro zone, to provide full backing for alterations to the treaty before it will consider giving ground on other issues member states want it to shift on, officials say.</p> <p> Germany is under pressure to soften its opposition to the European Central Bank playing a more direct role in combating the crisis, and member states also want Berlin to give its backing to the idea of jointly issued euro zone bonds.</p> <p> German officials dismiss any suggestion of a 'grand bargain' being put together, but officials in other euro zone capitals, including Brussels, say such a deal is taking shape and suggest Berlin will move when it has the commitments it is seeking, although it's unclear when that will be.</p> <p> German Chancellor Angela Merkel said after meeting French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Strasbourg on Thursday that there was no quid pro quo being set up.</p> <p> "This is not about give and take," she said.</p> <p> Euro zone finance ministers will discuss the ESM at a meeting in Brussels on November 29-30, including the implications of dropping collective action clauses from its statutes.</p> <p> COMPLICATIONS</p> <p> While most euro zone countries just want to forget about enforced private sector involvement, some are adamant that there must be a way to ensure banks and not just taxpayers shoulder some of the costs of bailing countries out.</p> <p> Austria's opposition Green Party, whose support the government needs to secure backing for the ESM in the Vienna parliament, insists collective action clauses must remain a part of the ESM. 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The Usefulness of Legal Scholarship</a> </h3> <div class='post-header'> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> </div> <div class='post-body entry-content' id='post-body-7231194602572540904' itemprop='description articleBody'> <h5>posted by Daniel Solove</h5> <p>A reader of my post about the N.Y. Times critique of legal education writes, in regard to the value of legal scholarship:</p> <blockquote readability="21"><p>I happen to be on the editorial board of a T14 law school?s law review, so I have to cite check and read articles regularly. Of those I?ve read, I can?t think of a single one I thought would be useful to a practicing lawyer. The problem is, in my experience, most seem to advocate a fundamental change in philosophy to an area of law that diverges from what precedent would suggest. To me, this seems extremely unhelpful, because A. Lower courts aren?t likely to accept a grand new theory that seems to contradict what SCOTUS is saying, B. As far as I can tell SCOTUS seems not to usually change its theory either, and C. I don?t think most policymakers tend to read law review articles.</p> <p>This leads me to be inclined to believe that most law review articles are useless. Are you saying my sample is unrepresentative of what?s out there? Or do I simply have a narrower definition of usefulness? Could you perhaps suggest some articles from the past year that in your mind represented useful legal scholarship?</p></blockquote> <p>This commentator assumes that usefulness is the equivalent of being accepted by the courts.? I quarrel with this view for many reasons:</p> <p>1. An article can have an influence on cases, even if difficult to demonstrate.? Many courts don?t cite law review articles even when they rely on them.? Judges are notorious for not being particularly charitable with citations.? They often copy verbatim parts of briefs, for example.? If a law professor relies on a scholarly work even in a minor way, the professor will typically cite to the work.? Not so for courts.</p> <p>2. Most articles will not change the law.? Changing the law is quite difficult, and if most law review articles changed the law, the law would be ridiculously more dynamic than it currently is.</p> <p>3. No matter what discipline or area, most of the things produced are not going to be great.? Most inventions are flops.? Most books, songs, movies, TV shows, art works, architecture, or anything produced are quite forgettable and will likely be forgotten.? Great lasting works only come around infrequently, no matter what the field.</p> <p>4. Most people are forgettable too.? In the law, most practitioners and judges have been forgotten.? Only a few great ones are remembered.? Of the judges who are most well-known, it is interesting that many were more theoretical in nature and had a major impact in changing the law ? typically in ways law professors might change the law.? Think of Benjamin Cardozo, who wrote many articles and books and who radically changed the law.? Think of Felix Frankfurter, a former law professor.? Think of Louis Brandeis.? Think of Oliver Wendell Holmes.? These were jurists who were thinkers.? They were readers.? They were literary.? They were writers of scholarship too.? Maybe the forgettable practitioners and judges are the ones who ignore legal scholarship.</p> <p>5. The commentator?s remarks that I quoted above seems to be only focused on judicial decisions.? Legal change can occur legislatively as well as through administrative rulemaking.? A lot of legal scholarship that critiques the law can have influence in legislatures or with agencies.</p> <p>6. The commentator writes: ?I don?t think most policymakers tend to read law review articles.?? I doubt that the Congresspeople themselves read law review articles, but staffers might take a look where relevant.? They won?t likely read them cover to cover, but if there?s an article on point that is helpful, I believe they will read it.</p> <p>7. In my own experience, I?ve found that some of my more theoretical writing has been read frequently by practitioners.? My book <em>Understanding Privacy,</em> for example, is a theoretical account of what ?privacy? means and why it is valuable.? I base my theory on the ideas of Ludwig Wittgenstein and John Dewey, and I cite to a lot of social science literature.? More than some of my more so-called ?practical? work, it is this book where I receive the most positive feedback from practitioners.? In particular, a lot of Chief Privacy Officers in business, government, and education find the book useful.</p> <p>8. Legal change can be slow.? Samuel Warren and Louis Brandeis?s <em>The Right to Privacy</em> was a very influential law review article, spawning four privacy torts in a majority of states.? They published their article in 1890.? Ten years later, the article would have been viewed as a failure.? No courts had adopted their theory.? No legislatures had adopted their theory.? Finally, in 1902, the N.Y. Court of Appeals rejected Warren and Brandeis?s theory.? At this point, the legal scholarship naysayers would be saying that Warren and Brandeis?s article would have been a total flop.? A dozen years had passed, and a court declined to change its precedent based on the article.? But then the N.Y. legislature stepped in and recognized a privacy tort based on the article.? And slowly, other courts and legislatures followed.? This process was <em>slow.</em>? 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of play against the Cincinnati Bengals in their NFL football game at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati" class="featured-image wp-post-image" height="212" src="http://nbcprofootballtalk.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/roethlisberger1-e1322143116327.jpg?w=218" title="Pittsburgh Steelers' quarterback Ben Roethlisberger slips and fall to the ground after losing a shoe during the first half of play against the Cincinnati Bengals in their NFL football game at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati" width="218"/><span class="caption">Reuters</span></span><p>Every Wednesday, we get a glimpse at the big-name folks who may or may not be playing, based on whether and to what extent they practice.? Some Wednesdays, we remember to post something about it.</p> <p>Last night, I forgot.? But, hey, early Thursday is roughly the same thing.</p> <p>Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger (broken thumb) practiced on a limited basis.? Ditto for linebacker LaMarr Woodley (hamstring).</p> <p>Cardinals quarterback Kevin Kolb practiced on a limited basis, as he continues to recover from turf toe.? Coach Ken Whisenhunt has said that, if Kolb can?t play, John Skelton will start, even though Skelton was benched last week for Richard Bartel.</p> <p>Raiders who didn?t practice include receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey (neck), running back Taiwan Jones (hamstring), running back Darren McFadden (foot), receiver Denarius Moore (foot), and defensive tackle Richard Seymour (knee).</p> <p>In Buffalo, apart from the season-ending injuries to running back Fred Jackson (calf), cornerback Terrence McGee (knee), and receiver Donald Jones (ankle), receiver Stevie Johnson once again has missed practice with a shoulder injury.</p> <p>For the Jets, running back LaDainian Tomlinson still isn?t practicing, 10 days after Pats receiver/cornerback Julian Edelman dove at Tomlinson?s knees.? Receiver Jeremy Kerley (knee) also hasn?t practiced, and quarterback Mark Sanchez appeared on the injury report as fully participating in practice with a neck injury.</p> <p>Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton (right shoulder) and receiver A.J. Green (knee) practiced on a limited basis.? Green missed Sunday?s loss to the Ravens.</p> <p>Texans safety Danieal Manning, who?s recovering from a broken bone in his leg, practiced on a limited basis.? Receiver Andre Johnson fully participated in practice, and he?s on track to start in Jacksonville on Sunday.</p> <p>As expected, Vikings running back Adrian Peterson missed practice with a sprained ankle.? Also, the team?s top two tight ends missed practice, Visanthe Shiancoe with a hamstring injury and rookie Kyle Rudolph with a quadricep injury.</p> <p>Falcons receiver Julio Jones missed practice, as he continues to deal with a hamstring injury.</p> <p>Pats receiver Wes Welker (knee) practiced on a limited basis.</p> <p>Eagles receiver Jeremy Maclin (hamstring, shoulder) practiced on a limited basis.? Receiver DeSean Jackson (foot), tackle King Dunlap (concussion), cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie (ankle), and quarterback Mike Vick (ribs) didn?t practice.</p> <p>Titans quarterback Matt Hasselbeck (elbow) practiced on a limited basis.</p> <p>Redskins safety LaRon Landry (Achilles) fully participated in practice, as did receiver Santana Moss, who has recovered from a broken hand.</p> <p>The next wave of practice reports will come on Thursday, with a final probable-questionable-doubtful-out designation coming Friday.</p><p>Source: <a href="http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/11/23/elway-is-very-hopeful-that-tebow-will-be-the-answer/related">http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/11/23/elway-is-very-hopeful-that-tebow-will-be-the-answer/related</a></p><p><a href="http://www.voltarengel.org?p=96">frys ad</a> <a href="http://dccarinsurancepolicy.com?p=3262">a very gaga thanksgiving</a> <a href="http://addautoinsurancelink.com?p=2918">black friday walmart 2011</a> <a href="http://www.carinsurancecrazy.com?p=8439">colt mccoy</a> <a href="http://datinggametips.com?p=3808">sams club</a> <a href="http://www.get-to-the-top.com?p=7628">dancing with the stars winner</a> <a href="http://datingadvicesingles.com/love?p=13216">kyle orton</a> </p> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author vcard'> Posted by <span class='fn' itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://www.blogger.com/profile/01340808280109247263' itemprop='url'/> <a class='g-profile' href='https://www.blogger.com/profile/01340808280109247263' rel='author' title='author profile'> <span itemprop='name'>rerodiv</span> </a> </span> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> at <meta content='http://uses-of-technology.blogspot.com/2011/11/pft-elway-hopeful-tebow-is-answer.html' itemprop='url'/> <a class='timestamp-link' href='https://uses-of-technology.blogspot.com/2011/11/pft-elway-hopeful-tebow-is-answer.html' rel='bookmark' title='permanent link'><abbr class='published' itemprop='datePublished' title='2011-11-26T21:55:00-08:00'>9:55 PM</abbr></a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> <a class='comment-link' href='https://uses-of-technology.blogspot.com/2011/11/pft-elway-hopeful-tebow-is-answer.html#comment-form' onclick=''> No comments: </a> </span> <span class='post-icons'> <span class='item-control blog-admin pid-1790459190'> <a href='https://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2826618765172882815&postID=1703422801258586397&from=pencil' title='Edit Post'> <img alt='' class='icon-action' height='18' src='https://resources.blogblog.com/img/icon18_edit_allbkg.gif' width='18'/> </a> </span> </span> <div class='post-share-buttons goog-inline-block'> <a class='goog-inline-block share-button sb-email' href='https://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=2826618765172882815&postID=1703422801258586397&target=email' target='_blank' title='Email This'><span class='share-button-link-text'>Email This</span></a><a class='goog-inline-block share-button sb-blog' href='https://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=2826618765172882815&postID=1703422801258586397&target=blog' onclick='window.open(this.href, "_blank", "height=270,width=475"); 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A former high-ranking Hong Kong government official who is widely expected to be chosen as the territory's next leader confirmed his candidacy Saturday.</p> <p>Henry Tang said he wants to be the city's third postcolonial leader. The current chief executive, Donald Tsang, is scheduled to step down in 2012 after seven years at the helm.</p> <p>Hong Kong's next leader will be chosen by a 1,200-member committee dominated by pro-Beijing figures that will be formed in December. Local news reports have said for months that Tang is seen as Beijing's favorite for the job.</p> <p>Tang was the second-highest ranking government official until September, when he quit to mull a bid for the top job.</p> <p>"I did not arrive at this decision easily because Hong Kong has many challenges, but I believe I have the experience and the ability to galvanize the community," Tang said.</p> <p>Rival Leung Chun-ying, who is also a former government official, is set to announce his candidacy on Sunday. 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New technology may help (Reuters)</a> </h3> <div class='post-header'> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> </div> <div class='post-body entry-content' id='post-body-2280467626374943395' itemprop='description articleBody'> <p>TORONTO (Reuters) ? Asaf Moses is in the midst of displaying a new way to measure body dimensions.</p> <p> A virtual instructor prompts him to turn 90 degrees to the left and adopt various poses such as "The Penguin," aimed at capturing over 20 different measurements using a device that many people have embedded in their laptops -- a simple webcam.</p> <p> "It's capturing everything that's needed to tailor a shirt to your measurements", said Moses. And it's all online.</p> <p> Shoppers generally flock to malls during the holidays beginning on Black Friday, although in recent years many have headed to the Internet. A recent survey by analytics firm comScore predicted online shopping would increase 15 percent this current holiday season.</p> <p> Yet buying apparel from a website can cause problems finding the right size, look and fit for your body type and personal tastes. As a result, several technology companies have created new ways for people to size themselves up at home.</p> <p> Moses, the co-founder of one such technology company from Germany, UPcload, said his system takes just three minutes and generates measurements as accurate as a tailor.</p> <p> Once measured, shoppers will be able to access their measurements at supporting retailers' websites so they can see, for example, if a size small-sized t-shirt will fit around their chest or be long enough to drape down their torso.</p> <p> Fits.me is taking the task of finding the perfect fit a step further by using robotic mannequins with dimensions similar to a shopper's in a sort of virtual fitting room.</p> <p> "Robots are a fantastic tool to see how garments look on differently sized human bodies", said Heikki Haldre, co-founder and CEO of the Estonia-based company.</p> <p> Each garment is photographed 2000 times, accounting for the permutations of body measurements that the robots morph into.</p> <p> "When the customer goes online to see the garment on their body measurements, they are seeing one of those pre-recorded images," said Haldre.</p> <p> Fits.me's virtual fitting rooms are currently being used by retailers such as Thomas Pink and Ermenegildo Zegna.</p> <p> Haldre said that users of the technology are almost 10 times more likely to make a purchase.</p> <p> PERSONALIZING ONLINE SHOPPING</p> <p> That boost is significant. Forrester Research forecasts that only 10.9 percent of apparel and accessories transactions will be conducted online by the end of 2011, far less than the 25 percent for books and 17 percent for consumer electronics.</p> <p> "Books and electronics are the most penetrated categories because they're easy to purchase online -- you don't need to touch or feel them," said Sucharita Mulpuru, vice president and principal analyst of eBusiness for Forrester Research.</p> <p> Mulpuru said the apparel shoppers' online hesitancy is complex, extending beyond finding the perfect fit.</p> <p> "It's not just a science. A lot of it is personal preference," which is difficult for technology to address. </p><p> Moses of UPcload said accounting for people's varying tastes is something the company considered during development. </p><p> "When we started, we had this intention to tell you your size ... (but) people's preferences play an enormous role. Some people want their clothing tight, and some want it loose," he explained. Now UPcload just provides details on the fit. </p><p> Haldre of Fits.me agrees. "The fitting room looks at size from the perspective that 'it's a matter of a style', he said. </p><p> "It's surprising how many people choose a size that is not recommended by the size chart. Almost half would go for a size smaller, or even a couple sizes larger." </p><p> Looking ahead, Haldre envisions an online shopping world where people will "see how clothing will look on them -- with their face and other apparel they might be wearing." </p><p> For instance, another company, Zugara, lets customers overlay garments on themselves using a webcam. </p><p> Haldre predicted the convergence of various technologies would create a big shift in shopping, eventually leading to online making up 30 percent of apparel purchases. </p><p> But Mulpuru was more skeptical. </p><p> "I don't know that we'll ever get to 30 percent, because ultimately it's a very personal decision," she said. </p><p> "So much of what happens in a store is not just about fit. It's also about someone saying 'that looks great on you' and getting social validation for a product -- and that's something that an algorithm definitely can't account for." </p><p> (Editing by Bob Tourtellotte and Chris Michaud)</p><p>Source: <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20111125/wr_nm/us_internetshopping_technology">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20111125/wr_nm/us_internetshopping_technology</a></p><p><a href="http://www.muntedsnail.com/funny-videos/the-night-santa-went-crazy/">new beavis and butthead</a> <a href="http://www.stampsandcraft.com/gallery/hero-arts/cards/thanksgiving/">game 7</a> <a href="http://www.muntedsnail.com/funny-pictures/truths-for-mature-humans/">anya ayoung chee</a> <a href="http://www.muntedsnail.com/funny-pictures/how-easter-eggs-are-made/">big east</a> <a href="http://www.muntedsnail.com/funny-cartoons/merry-christmas-for-2010/">peru earthquake</a> <a 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