Saturday, December 31, 2011

H?sitation entre le Galaxy S2 et HTC EVO 3D

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China reports suspected human bird flu case (Reuters)

HONG KONG (Reuters) ? China has reported a suspected human case of the H5N1 virus, or bird flu, in a southern city bordering Hong Kong, officials said on Friday.

The patient, a 39-year-old man living in Shenzhen, developed symptoms on December 21 and was admitted to a hospital on December 25 because of severe pneumonia, the Centre of Health Protection of Hong Kong said in a statement. He is now in critical condition.

China's Ministry of Health said preliminary laboratory tests on the patient's specimen by the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention of Guangdong Province had yielded a positive result for H5N1.

About 10 days ago Hong Kong culled 17,000 chickens at a wholesale poultry market and suspended all imports of live chickens from mainland China for 21 days after a dead chicken there tested positive for the H5N1 virus.

The virus is normally found in birds but can jump to people who do not have immunity to it and researchers worry it could mutate into a form that would spread around the world and kill millions of people.

In recent years, the virus has become active in various parts of the world, mainly in east Asia, during the cooler months.

Authorities in China are especially worried about the spread of infectious diseases around this time when millions of Chinese travel in crowded buses and trains across the country to go home to celebrate the Lunar New Year.

The current strain of H5N1 is highly pathogenic, kills most species of birds and up to 60 percent of the people it infects. Since 2003, it has infected 573 people around the world, killing 336. The virus also kills migratory birds but species that manage to survive can carry and disperse the virus to new, uninfected locations.

The virus can kill birds and humans in a matter of days but can survive far longer durations in a moist, cool environment.

It transmits less easily between people but there have been clusters of infections in people in Indonesia and Thailand in the past, where the virus is believed to have been passed between family members through direct contact with contaminated respiratory secretions.

(Reporting by Alison Leung; Editing by Alessandra Rizzo)

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Friday, December 30, 2011

Oklahoma baby is 3rd sickened by rare bacteria

(AP) ? An Oklahoma baby is the third infant this month sickened by a rare type of bacteria sometimes associated with tainted powdered infant formula.

The child, from Tulsa County, was infected with Cronobacter sakazakii but fully recovered, health officials said Wednesday. An Illinois child also rebounded after being sickened by the bacteria. A Missouri infant who was 10 days old died.

The Missouri child, Avery Cornett of Lebanon, had consumed Enfamil Newborn powdered infant formula made by Illinois-based Mead Johnson. Powdered formula has been suspected in illnesses caused by the bacteria in years past.

But health officials say the Oklahoma child had not consumed Enfamil. And Mead Johnson this week reported that its own testing found no bacteria in the product.

U.S. officials are awaiting results from their own testing of powdered formula and distilled water ? also known as 'nursery water' ? used to prepare it.

The cases occurred in roughly the same region of the country. At this point, it's not clear that they are connected, said Barbara Reynolds, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spokeswoman.

Symptoms can include irritability, lethargy, fever, vomiting and seizures. The infection can be treated with antibiotics, but it's still deemed extremely dangerous to babies less than 1 month old and those born premature. An estimated 40 percent of illnesses from the bacteria end in death.

There are no legal requirements that cases be reported, but the CDC gets roughly four to six reports of Cronobacter sakazakii each year. There have been 10 this year, but that doesn't necessarily mean cases are increasing. Attention over the Missouri death just may have prompted more reporting in the past, health officials said.

That's what happened in the Oklahoma case. That child got sick earlier in December, but after Avery Cornett's death, the case "took on added significance" and was reported, said Larry Weatherford, a spokesman for the Oklahoma State Department of Health.

The bacteria is found naturally in the environment and in plants such as wheat and rice, but in the past also has been traced to dried milk and powdered formula. Powdered infant formula is not sterile, and experts have said there are not adequate methods to completely remove or kill all bacteria that might creep into formula before or during production.

After initial suspicion landed on Enfamil, national retailers including Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Walgreen Co., Kroger Co. and Safeway pulled a batch of the powdered infant formula from their shelves.

Associated Press

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Murray Postell, 85, Port Charlotte, Florida

Murray was born on March 16, 1926 and passed away on Sunday, December 25, 2011.

Murray was a resident of Port Charlotte, Florida.

A Chapel services will be held on Wednesday December 28, 2011 at 10:00AM from Kays-Ponger Uselton Funeral Home 2405 Harbor Boulevard Port Charlotte Fl, Burial will follow after the service at Sarasota National Cemetery with military honors. A gathering of family and friends will be from 9:45Am until the time of the services.

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Thursday, December 29, 2011

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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Autopsies: Conn. victims died of smoke inhalation

Stamford firefighter Nick Tamburro pays respect outside the home of Madonna Badger in Stamford, Conn., Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011. A fire at the home on Christmas morning killed Badger's three daughters and parents. The Christmas Day fire that killed three children and their grandparents was a tragic accident related to a fireplace in the home, not the result of foul play, Stamford Mayor Michael Pavia said Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Stamford firefighter Nick Tamburro pays respect outside the home of Madonna Badger in Stamford, Conn., Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011. A fire at the home on Christmas morning killed Badger's three daughters and parents. The Christmas Day fire that killed three children and their grandparents was a tragic accident related to a fireplace in the home, not the result of foul play, Stamford Mayor Michael Pavia said Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

A section of a house where an early morning fire left five people dead is seen Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011 in Stamford, Conn. Officials said the fire, which was reported shortly before 5 a.m., killed two adults and three children. Two others escaped. Their names have not been released. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) ? Five family members who were killed in a Christmas morning house fire in Stamford died of smoke inhalation, the Connecticut medical examiner said Wednesday.

One of the victims, Lomer Johnson, also suffered a blunt head and neck injury, which could have resulted from a fall or being hit by an object, according to the medical examiner's office.

The other four victims were Johnson's wife, Pauline, and three of their granddaughters, 10-year-old Lily and 7-year-old twins Grace and Sarah.

All the deaths were ruled accidental. Stamford fire officials said Tuesday that embers in a bag of discarded fireplace ashes started the fire.

Homeowner Madonna Badger, an advertising executive who is the girls' mother and the Johnsons' daughter, escaped from the fire, as did Michael Borcina, a friend and contractor working on the house. Borcina, 52, was released from Stamford Hospital on Wednesday morning, a spokeswoman said.

As flames shot from the home, Badger climbed out a window onto scaffolding, screaming for her children and pointing to the third floor.

Firefighters went into the house twice trying to rescue the victims, but were forced out by the blaze's intensity. Four firefighters were injured, including a captain who suffered second-degree burns on his face, officials said.

Borcina and Johnson tried to save them, as well. One of the girls, found dead just inside a window, had been placed on a pile of books, apparently so Johnson could reach in and grab her after he jumped out.

Instead, authorities say, Johnson fell through the roof outside the window and was found dead in the rear of the house.

He and his wife, both of Southbury, had been visiting their daughter for the holidays.

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Gaza Terrorists Fire Rockets at Southern Israel

Palestinian Authority Arab terrorists launched a Qassam rocket attack Monday night at southern Israel.

The attack, launched from northern Gaza, was aimed at Israel's Gaza Belt region, located only a few kilometers from the Hamas terrorist-run region.

Qassam rockets, although modified in the past several years, still are limited to a range of approximately 10 to 15 kilometers.?One rocket reached southern Israel, landing in an open area in the Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council district.

No one was injured and no damage was reported.

The attack was the third in four days; Gaza terrorists fired two Qassam rockets at the Western Negev on Saturday evening. The two rockets landed in the Ashkelon Coastal Regional district and the Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council district.

On Friday, the Eshkol Regional Council district was shelled as well.?There were no physical injuries and no damage reported in any of the attacks.

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Monday, December 26, 2011

U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Texas (Dec. 26)

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(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 26 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Texas.

*** RadiaDyne Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 26 -- RadiaDyne, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,080,031) developed by John Isham, Houston, for a "minimally invasive rectal balloon apparatus." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A rectal balloon apparatus has a shaft with a fluid passageway extending therethrough. A balloon is affixed over an end of the shaft such that the fluid passageway communicates with an interior of the balloon. The balloon has a laterally flat surface thereon when inflated. The laterally flat surface of the balloon has a longitudinal groove formed thereon. The balloon having a pair of bulges formed thereon when the balloon is inflated. A ring is affixed to the shaft adjacent the balloon. The shaft has a plurality of holes formed thereon opening to an interior of the balloon." The patent application was filed on Feb. 20, 2008 (12/034,470). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,080,031&OS=8,080,031&RS=8,080,031 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.


*** Bechtel Power Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 26 -- Bechtel Power, Frederick, Md., has been assigned a patent (8,080,089) developed by Harvey W. Wen, Boyds, Md., and Charles L. Kimtantas, Sugar Land, Texas, for a "method and apparatus for efficient gas treating system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of treating gas, such as flue gas, is provided. Flue gas is received into a vessel. The flue gas in the vessel is cooled by at least 17 degrees F. to a temperature of 120 F or lower. Also in the vessel, SO.sub.x compounds are removed such that the concentration of SO.sub.x remaining in the flue gas is between 0 ppmv and 10 ppmv. After the flue gas is cooler and SO.sub.x compounds are removed in the vessel, the flue gas is transmitted to a flue gas carbon dioxide scrubbing unit." The patent application was filed on April 14, 2009 (12/423,319). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,080,089&OS=8,080,089&RS=8,080,089 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Air Liquide Process & Construction Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 26 -- Air Liquide Process & Construction, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,080,070) developed by Bhadra S. Grover, Sugar Land, Texas, for a "hydrogenation of unsaturated hydrocarbons for syngas production." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of hydrogenation of unsaturated hydrocarbons for syngas production is presented. A hydrogenation feed reactor stream is introduced into a hydrogenation reactor, thereby producing a reformer feed stream. The reformer feed stream is introduced into a reformer, thereby producing a crude syngas stream. The crude syngas stream is introduced into a water gas shift converter, thereby producing a hydrogen-rich stream. The hydrogen-rich stream is separated in a separation means, thereby producing a carbon dioxide-rich stream and a hydrogen product stream. At least a portion of the hydrogen product stream is combined with a refinery fuel gas stream, and a natural gas stream, to form the hydrogenation reactor feed stream." The patent application was filed on April 24, 2009 (12/429,224). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,080,070&OS=8,080,070&RS=8,080,070 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Abney Sr Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 26 -- Ricki Joe Abney Sr., Waller, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,080,111) developed by Ricki Joe Abney, for "systems and methods for washing-out concrete pouring equipment." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of washing a piece of construction equipment includes washing a portion of the piece of construction equipment with water, collecting waste materials washed from the construction equipment in a bin, allowing liquid collected in the bin to drain into a receptacle having a sloped bottom for conveying the liquid to a sump, pumping the liquid from the sump, filtering the particulate matter pumped from the pump to recover clean water, and storing the recovered clean water for recycling in a tank. Filtering includes pumping the liquid from the sump to a first settlement tank and on to a second settlement tank though a fluid path having an upwardly extending baffle providing partial wall between the first and second settlement tanks and a downwardly extending baffle spaced from the upwardly extending baffle and extending into the second settlement tank wherein liquid cascades over the upwardly extending baffle and downwardly through a space between the upwardly extending baffle and the downwardly extending baffle such that the particulate matter is left behind in the first and second settlement tanks." The patent application was filed on Feb. 25, 2011 (12/932,434). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,080,111&OS=8,080,111&RS=8,080,111 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Kronowitz Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 26 -- Steven J. Kronowitz, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,080,057) developed by Steven J. Kronowitz, Pearland, Texas, for "methods and devices for breast reconstruction." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: " Methods for optimal breast reconstruction are disclosed. The methods include steps for performing a mastectomy that preserves a breast skin envelope. A prosthesis may be inserted into the breast and may be inflated to preserve the shape of the breast skin envelope. The prosthesis may include, a base, a balloon coupled to the base, where the balloon may be inflated to preserve the shape of the breast skin envelope. The prosthesis may also include tube coupled to port for filling the balloon to a predetermined volume. A needle-lock system, coupled to the port may be used to inject, for example, fluids into the balloon. If a patient requires post-mastectomy radiation, breast reconstruction may be delayed and the prosthesis may remain in the breast cavity during the treatment. The treatment may be external beam radiation. Alternatively, the treatment may include brachytherapy technique for treating the internal breast cavity. " The patent application was filed on Aug. 9, 2006 (12/063,403). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,080,057&OS=8,080,057&RS=8,080,057 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** NIKE Assigned Patent for Method for Assembling Releasable and Interchangeable Connections for Golf Club Heads and Shafts ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 26 -- NIKE, Beaverton, Ore., has been assigned a patent (8,079,128) developed by four co-inventors for a "method for assembling releasable and interchangeable connections for golf club heads and shafts." The co-inventors are Raymond J. Sander, Benbrook, Texas, James S. Thomas, Fort Worth, Texas, Matthew P. Rubal, Columbus, Ohio, and Gregory A. Trees, Columbus, Ohio.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Golf club heads are releasably engaged with shafts so that the club heads and shafts can be readily interchanged and/or so that the shaft position with respect to the club head can be readily changed. Assemblies for connecting the club head and shaft may include: a shaft adapter, a collet, a ferrule, and a club head having an interior chamber. The club head and shaft may be changed by releasing the securing system and exchanging the original parts with different parts. Furthermore, the shaft may be bent or otherwise extend at an angle from the shaft adapter so as to allow adjustment of the shaft position with respect to the club head." The patent application was filed on Nov. 4, 2010 (12/939,476). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=80,79,128.PN.&OS=PN/80,79,128&RS=PN/80,79,128 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Morega Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 26 -- Morega Systems, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, has been assigned a patent (8,082,564) developed by Feng Chi Wang, Austin, Texas, and Philip Poulidis, Oakville, Canada, for a "method for creating a subscriber cable channel and set-top box for use therewith." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Media content is received from at least one external device that is coupled to a set-top box. Subscriber channel content is generated based on the media content. The subscriber channel content is transferred to a cable network to produce a subscriber cable channel." The patent application was filed on June 22, 2007 (11/821,553). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=80,82,564.PN.&OS=PN/80,82,564&RS=PN/80,82,564 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** GM Global Technology Operations Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 26 -- GM Global Technology Operations, Detroit, has been assigned a patent (8,082,089) developed by Peter J. Morgan, San Antonio, and David William Minner, Pickney, Mich., for a "vehicle speed control in a cruise mode using vehicle brakes." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A cruise control system includes a speed difference module that compares a current vehicle speed and a target cruise speed, and a brake module that selectively actuates a brake when the current vehicle speed is greater than the target cruise speed by a predetermined speed difference. A related method is also provided and includes comparing a current vehicle speed and a target cruise speed, and selectively actuating a brake when the current vehicle speed is greater than the target cruise speed by a predetermined speed difference. The method includes selectively actuating the brake based on a negative drive torque of a powerplant. The method also includes determining a desired braking force based on the current vehicle speed and the target cruise speed, and actuating the brake to generate an actual braking force less than or equal to the desired braking force." The patent application was filed on Feb. 27, 2009 (12/394,805). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,082,089.PN.&OS=PN/8,082,089&RS=PN/8,082,089 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Research In Motion Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Allocation of an Uplink Resource ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 26 -- Research In Motion, Ontario, Canada, has been assigned a patent (8,081,606) developed by Zhijun Cai, Euless, Texas, James Earl Womack, Bedford, Texas, and Yi Yu, Ottawa, for a "method and apparatus for allocation of an uplink resource." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A component in a telecommunications network including a processor configured, responsive to receiving a scheduling request from a user equipment (UE), to grant a minimum level of resource capacity to the UE for an uplink transmission from the UE to the component. The processor further configured to determine the minimum level of resource capacity based on an expected data packet payload and on a condition of a communications channel between the component and the UE." The patent application was filed on Jan. 31, 2008 (12/023,897). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,081,606.PN.&OS=PN/8,081,606&RS=PN/8,081,606 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Samsung Electronics Assigned Patent for Wireless Network and Wireless Access Terminals ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 26 -- Samsung Electronics, Suwon-si, South Korea, has been assigned a patent (8,081,724) developed by Purva R. Rajkotia, Plano, Texas, for "wireless network and wireless access terminals using SYNC.sub.--ID having increased granularity." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A wireless network comprising a plurality of base station capable of communicating with a plurality of mobile station in a coverage area of the wireless network. A first base station transmits an enhanced synchronization identifier parameter to a mobile station. The enhanced synchronization identifier parameter may apply to less than all of the plurality of base stations defined by the System Identifier/Network Identifier (SID/NIC) value associated with the wireless network." The patent application was filed on Oct. 15, 2004 (10/966,875). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,081,724.PN.&OS=PN/8,081,724&RS=PN/8,081,724 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Frazier Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 26 -- W. Lynn Frazier, Corpus Christi, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,079,413) developed by W. Lynn Frazier, for a "bottom set downhole plug." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A plug for isolating a wellbore. The plug can include a body having a first end and a second end, wherein the body is formed from one or more composite materials and adapted to receive a setting tool through the first end thereof, at least one malleable element disposed about the body, at least one slip disposed about the body, at least one conical member disposed about the body, and one or more shearable threads disposed on an inner surface of the body, adjacent the second end thereof, wherein the one or more shearable threads are adapted to receive at least a portion of a setting tool that enters the body through the first end thereof, and wherein the one or more shearable threads are adapted to engage the setting tool when disposed through the body and adapted to release the setting tool when exposed to a predetermined axial force." The patent application was filed on July 29, 2011 (13/194,871). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,079,413&OS=8,079,413&RS=8,079,413 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Baker Hughes Assigned Patent for Methods of Forming Earth-boring Tools having Features for Affecting Cuttings Flow ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 26 -- Baker Hughes, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,079,427) developed by Floyd C. Felderhoff, Montgomery, Texas, Rudolf Carl Pessier, Galveston, Texas, and Yolanda V. Morse, Spring, Texas, for "methods of forming earth-boring tools having features for affecting cuttings flow." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods of forming earth-boring tools include assembling a plurality of head sections about a longitudinal axis to form a bit body, rotatably mounting a cutter to a cutter bearing shaft of each head section, and forming at least one groove on an outer surface of a bit leg of at least one head section, causing the at least one groove to extend along a curved path from a leading side of the bit leg to a trailing side of the bit leg between an upper sidewall and a lower sidewall." The patent application was filed on Feb. 9, 2011 (13/024,208). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,079,427&OS=8,079,427&RS=8,079,427 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** GE Oil & Gas Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 26 -- GE Oil & Gas, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,079,414) developed by John E. Smaardyk, Kingwood, Texas, and Jose A. Garcia, Katy, Texas, for an "electromagnetic free point tool and methods of use." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Electromagnetic free point tools are configured to determine the free point of a downhole pipe in a wellbore utilizing the amplitude or phase change in a transmitted signal for stressed and unstressed pipe. Certain examples of electromagnetic free point tools comprise a housing, one or more transmitter coils, one or more receiver coils, each coil spaced apart from one another, a power source for applying an oscillating voltage to the one or more transmitter coils which then induces a current in the receiver coil(s), and electronics for measuring the induced current in the receiver coil(s). In another embodiment, at least one of the coils is axially adjustable in position within the tool to permit the relative distance between coils to be adjusted to optimize performance of the tool in various conditions. By measuring the amplitude or phase of the induced current relative to the oscillating voltage, a log of the amplitude or phase is generated while passing the tool through a length of unstressed pipe. This process may be repeated while applying a stress to the pipe to generate a second log. By comparing the amplitude or phase of the first and second logs, the free point of the pipe may be ascertained by determining when and where the two logs diverge. This method can also be used to locate collars and measure pipe thickness." The patent application was filed on April 9, 2009 (12/421,241). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,079,414&OS=8,079,414&RS=8,079,414 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** S.C. Johnson & Son Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 26 -- S.C. Johnson & Son, Racine, Wis., has been assigned a patent (8,079,478) developed by seven co-inventors for a "retail fragrance sampling display." The co-inventors are Michael E. Short, Racine, Wis., David A. Hoadley, Racine, Wis., Scott W. Demarest, Caledonia, Wis., Kit R. Morris, Austin, Texas, Sunny Kim, Austin, Texas, David R. Carlson, Cedarburg, Wis., and Mark E. Johnson, Mount Prospect, Ill.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A fragrance sampling display for retail environments is disclosed. The sampling display may include a dock having a removable faceplate and sidewalls. The dock may include one or more receptacles and one or more scent modules, wherein each scent module is associated with and partially inserted into only one of the receptacles. The scent modules may be removably disposed in the corresponding receptacles by retractable cords. Each of the scent modules may include a different volatile active corresponding to a different fragrance product and vent holes to facilitate passive emission of the associated fragrance. The vent holes may be configured so as to be substantially sealed while the associated scent module is in its respective receptacle." The patent application was filed on July 7, 2009 (12/498,931). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,079,478&OS=8,079,478&RS=8,079,478 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Alcatel Lucent Assigned Patent for System and Method for Supporting Link Aggregation and Other Layer-2 Protocols Primarily Over Unidirectional Links ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 26 -- Alcatel Lucent, Paris, has been assigned a patent (8,081,620) developed by Jessy V. Rouyer, Forth Worth, Texas, Ljubisa Tancevski, Dallas, and Timucin Ozugur, Fairview, Texas, for a "system and method for supporting link aggregation and other layer-2 protocols primarily over unidirectional links." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Traffic through a bridge or other network device is directed in a manner that enables link aggregation and other layer-2 protocols to operate fully, even though the device may have as few as a single bidirectional link, with the remaining links being unidirectional. The protocol stack logic of the network device includes shim logic that receives traffic and processes it to determine to where it is to be directed." The patent application was filed on Nov. 26, 2007 (11/944,940). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,081,620.PN.&OS=PN/8,081,620&RS=PN/8,081,620 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Baker Hughes Assigned Patent for Hardfacing Materials Including PCD Particles, Welding Rods and Earth-boring Tools Including Such Materials, and Methods of Forming and Using Same ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 26 -- Baker Hughes, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,079,428) developed by Nicholas J. Lyons, Houston, and Danny E. Scott, Montgomery, Texas, for a "hardfacing materials including PCD particles, welding rods and earth-boring tools including such materials, and methods of forming and using same." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Hardfacing materials include particles of polycrystalline diamond (PCD) material embedded within a matrix material. The PCD particles comprise a plurality of inter-bonded diamond grains. Material compositions and structures used to apply a hardfacing material to an earth-boring tool (e.g., welding rods) include PCD particles. Earth-boring tools include a hardfacing material comprising PCD particles embedded within a matrix material on at least a portion of a surface of a body of the tools. Methods of forming a hardfacing material include subjecting diamond grains to elevated temperatures and pressures to form diamond-to-diamond bonds between the diamond grains and form a PCD material. The PCD material is broken down to form PCD particles that include a plurality of inter-bonded diamond grains. Methods of hardfacing tools include bonding PCD particles to surfaces of the tools using a metal matrix material." The patent application was filed on July 2, 2009 (12/497,420). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,079,428&OS=8,079,428&RS=8,079,428 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Baker Hughes Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 26 -- Baker Hughes, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,079,430) developed by Trung Q. Huynh, Houston, Thorsten Schwefe, Spring, Texas, and Chad J. Beuershausen, Magnolia, Texas, for a "drill bits and tools for subterranean drilling, methods of manufacturing such drill bits and tools and methods of off-center drilling." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Drill bits for subterranean drilling comprising a bit body including at least one blade that includes a blade face comprising a contact zone and a sweep zone are disclosed. In particular, drill bits including at least one blade that extends at least partially over a nose region of the bit body, a shoulder region of the bit body and a gage region of the bit body and that include a sweep zone that rotationally trails the contact zone with respect to a direction of intended bit rotation about a longitudinal axis of the bit body and include a contact zone that defines a range of about 90% to about 30% of the blade face surface area is disclosed. Additionally, drill bits comprising a sweep zone located at least partially within a gage region are disclosed. Also, methods of off-center drilling and methods of manufacturing drill bits are disclosed." The patent application was filed on April 22, 2009 (12/428,260). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,079,430&OS=8,079,430&RS=8,079,430 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Baker Hughes Assigned Patent for Methods of Forming Earth-boring Tools Using Geometric Comp Baker Hughes Ensation and Tools Formed by Such Methods ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 26 -- Baker Hughes, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,079,429) developed by six co-inventors for "methods of forming earth-boring tools using geometric comp Baker Hughes ensation and tools formed by such methods." The co-inventors are Redd H. Smith, The Woodlands, Texas, John H. Stevens, Spring, Texas, James L. Duggan, Friendswood, Texas, Nicholas J. Lyons, Houston, Jimmy W. Eason, The Woodlands, Texas, and Oliver Matthews III, Spring, Texas.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Geometric compensation techniques are used to improve the accuracy by which features may be located on drill bits formed using particle compaction and sintering processes. In some embodiments, a positional error to be exhibited by at least one feature in a less than fully sintered bit body upon fully sintering the bit body is predicted and the at least one feature is formed on the less than fully sintered bit body at a location at least partially determined by the predicted positional error. In other embodiments, bit bodies of earth-boring rotary drill bits are designed to include a design drilling profile and a less than fully sintered bit body is formed including a drilling profile having a shape differing from a shape of the design drilling profile. Less than fully sintered bit bodies of earth-boring rotary drill bits are formed using such methods." The patent application was filed on June 4, 2008 (12/133,245). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,079,429&OS=8,079,429&RS=8,079,429 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Halliburton Energy Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 26 -- Halliburton Energy Services, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,079,419) developed by William Mark Richards, Frisco, Texas, for an "apparatus and method for controlling the connection and disconnection speed of downhole connectors." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus (100) for controlling the connection speed of downhole connectors (316, 146) in a subterranean well. The apparatus (100) includes a first assembly that is positionable in the well. The first assembly includes a first downhole connector (316) and a first communication medium. A second assembly includes a second downhole connector (146) and a second communication medium. The second assembly has an outer portion and an inner portion. The outer portion is selectively axially shiftable relative to an inner portion, such that upon engagement of the first assembly with the second assembly, the outer portion of the second assembly is axially shifted relative to the inner portion of the second assembly allowing the first and second downhole connectors (316, 146) to be operatively connected to each other, thereby enabling communication between the first communication medium and the second communication medium." The patent application was filed on Jan. 17, 2011 (13/007,926). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,079,419&OS=8,079,419&RS=8,079,419 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Nokia Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 26 -- Nokia, Espoo, Finland, has been assigned a patent (8,081,759) developed by Stefano Faccin, Dallas, and Jonathan P. Edney, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom, for an "apparatus, and an associated method, for facilitating fast transition in a network system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus, system, computer-readable medium, and method to facilitate quick transition of communications of a mobile station between network stations of a radio communication system, such as a WLAN operable to a variant of an IEEE 802 operating specification, is provided. Implementations of embodiments described herein reduce the transition duration by a pre-keying mechanism that performs authentication procedures prior to commencement of reassociation procedures. In other embodiments, a mobile station is allowed to select whether to perform pre-keying processes over an air interface with a target transition access point or whether to perform the pre-keying processes over a distribution system." The patent application was filed on Sept. 15, 2005 (11/229,338). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,081,759.PN.&OS=PN/8,081,759&RS=PN/8,081,759 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Engadget Primed: ports, connectors and the future of your TV's backside

Primed goes in-depth on the technobabble you hear on Engadget every day -- we dig deep into each topic's history and how it benefits our lives. You can follow the series here. Looking to suggest a piece of technology for us to break down? Drop us a line at primed *at* engadget *dawt* com.
For many among us, what goes on behind and along the sides of a high-definition television is almost as compelling as what's displayed on that big, beautiful flat screen. Of course, we're talking connectors, with their attendant chaos of cords. A high-def TV is only as good as its connection to a high-def signal. The same holds true for the array of disc players, game consoles and other peripherals we cluster around our sets. So it may seem quaint, then, that we still often confront more analog ports than digital ones on our high-end TVs. You'd think with advances in wireless technology, we'd have done away with the spider web of wires entirely. Alas, like flying cars and fembots, we're just not there yet.

In this installment of Primed, we'll examine the best and the bogus when it comes to TV connectors, and spend some time tracing the arc of how we got to where we are in this particular moment of television evolution. The narrative on television and home entertainment remains a work in progress. But we'll endeavor to get you caught up to date, and as an added bonus offer a glimpse of what the future of your TV's backside will likely look like.

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Sunday, December 25, 2011

Vietnam store makes Christmas tree from cellphones (AP)

HANOI, Vietnam ? Southeast Asia is closer to the equator than the North Pole, but an electronics store in Vietnam is ringing in the holidays with a 15-foot Christmas tree made from more than 2500 unusable cellular phones.

Nguyen Trai, a store manager at Westcom Electronics in the southern city of My Tho, says 10 workers spent two weeks building the cellular Christmas tree that he hopes will raise awareness about hazardous waste and promote environmental responsibility.

The glittering, cone-shaped creation has been on display for about two weeks outside the store in southern Tien Giang Province.

Between 700 and 800 people visit daily, Trai told the Associated Press.

"Many of them have taken pictures with the tree," he said.

Cellphones are ubiquitous in Vietnam, where more than 60 percent of the population is under 30 and hordes of young people flaunt flashy electronics to mark their rising wealth even as the country struggles to contain one of Asia's highest inflation rates.

Although the majority of communist Vietnam's 87 million people are Buddhist, there is a sizable Catholic minority and an enthusiastic general embrace of all things Christmas. The country's two largest cities ? Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City ? are studded with holiday lights all winter long, with bright-eyed teens promenading in Santa hats and yuletide-themed electronic music blaring in sidewalk cafes.

Westcom Electronics plans to auction its cellphone tree next year and donate the proceeds to charity, said store manager Nguyen Trai, adding that staff members are already collecting unusable phones in hopes of erecting an even bigger Christmas "pine tree" next year.

There are tens of millions of cellphones in circulation in Vietnam, but it's impossible to know how many used phones are dumped each year because the government doesn't collect such data, said Nguyen Thanh Yen of Vietnam's Environment Administration.

Yen said he welcomed the idea of raising awareness about hazardous waste, but Westcom Electronics has violated Vietnamese law, which requires businesses to seek official permission before using hazardous waste for new purposes.

According to the United Nations Environment Programme, people working in the informal sector collect the majority of "recyclable and reusable waste" in urban areas of Vietnam.

Solid waste management is among the "major environmental burdens" in developed and developing countries across Asia, especially in megacities, the U.N. says.

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Minneapolis church connects hip-hop to ministry

Minneapolis church connects hip-hop to ministry

NIKKI TUNDEL
Minnesota Public Radio News

MINNEAPOLIS ? Many urban churches are finding it increasingly difficult to get young adults through their doors.

But one Minneapolis minister is engaging religion-wary teens and twenty-somethings by mixing a little hip-hop in with the holiness.

On a recent Saturday night, disco lights blasted colored rays around the room at Urban Jerusalem, a Pentecostal church in north Minneapolis. The DJ settled in behind a stack of vinyl. Stacey Jones, the senior pastor at Urban Jerusalem, commanded the microphone.

"Every time the religious leaders came to Jesus to try to catch him," he told the congregation, "Jesus would just blow their mind. Jesus would just throw one or two lines and they were like, `Oh, snap.' "

Here, turntables stand in place of a pulpit. Graffiti art, rather than stained glass, frames the sanctuary. And the hymns are the kind which can, and do, move congregants to breakdance.

Stacey and his wife, Tryenyse, launched this Twin Cities church five years ago, with the goal of connecting urban youth with Christ. The best way to do that, they figured, was to incorporate a culture many kids already worshipped ? hip-hop.

"Drop the track, man," the preacher calls. "Praise God! Yeah!"

In many ways, the Jones' are just like generations of pastors before them ? they're using modern music to make religion more relatable.

"We still bring the word," Gerald Shepherd said. He's the evening's emcee, or minister of music, as he likes to be called. But he's just one of the worshippers who bring their faith to the dance floor.

"We still believe Jesus died, he rose, everything like that," Shepherd said. "We bring a different style to worship."

About 30 twenty-somethings in baseball caps and baggy jeans supplement the sermon with their own songs and poems ? anything that expresses their spiritual side.

"The king of angels, the messiah, the sacrifice," raps a singer. "Why in this whole universe was he willing to pay this price?"

One of the rappers introduces himself as Brad Peglow. "My rap name is B.P. the Preacher Man," he said. "I had some secular hip-hop artists ask me one time, `How can you flow for a whole song and not curse and keep it clean?' And I tell `em, `Well, I don't listen to any of that other stuff.

"Therefore it's not hard for me at all. I put the word in me and surround myself with godly influences so when the beat drops that's what comes out. Music kinda flows out of what you allow yourself to influence.' "

Jones can't help but tap his Bible to the beat. But the way he sees it, hip-hop worship requires more than just spinning records to the scriptures.

"Our mission statement is to present the word of God in relevant form," Jones said. "Relevancy is not just the musical aspect. Relevancy is dealing with everyday life issues. You have drugs. You have people struggling with depression. Those are real life things. And one thing about hip-hop: hip-hop deals with everyday issues." "Say hello to my little friend," sings a congregant. "The one who washed away my little sins, the one who kept from sipping a little gin." "If there is any place you can talk about issues of struggle, why not the church?" Jones asks.

Since Pastor Jones hit the scene, at least five new hip-hop churches have popped up the in Twin Cities.

There are traditionalists who find beat boxing akin to blasphemy. But for the worshippers at Urban Jerusalem, spirituality just seems to go better with strobe lights.

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Saturday, December 24, 2011

Biden: Romney content with limited success stories (The Arizona Republic)

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ECB lends banks $639 billion over 3 years (AP)

FRANKFURT, Germany ? The European Central Bank is lending euro489 billion ($639 billion) to the continent's banks for an unprecedented three years in an effort to bolster Europe's stressed financial system.

The ECB said Wednesday that 523 banks took the loans. It didn't identify the banks involved.

Demand far exceeded market expectations of around euro300 billion.

It was the biggest ECB bank liquidity operation ever, surpassing the euro442 billion in one-year loans from June, 2009.

The ECB previously had given credit over periods of 13 months at most. Extending that is meant to reassure markets that banks will have long-term financing amid tensions triggered by the eurozone debt crisis.

The ECB has served as lender of last resort for banks when they cannot borrow elsewhere.

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Friday, December 23, 2011

Facebook Opens Mobile News Feed As Viral Channel For Games

Mobile News Feed GamesOne upon a time, Facebook game companies like Zynga fattened up their user counts thanks to viral distribution to non-gamers through the news feed. Facebook later curtailed this channel, forcing developers to concentrate paid marketing and true word of mouth to grow. A new boom period could be coming, this time for mobile developers, as Facebook announced today that it is testing game stories in the mobile news feed. This could attract devs to its recently launched HTML5 mobile gaming platform with bait of reaching hundreds of millions of daily active Facebook mobile users.

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Thursday, December 22, 2011

Romney begins making closing argument to voters (AP)

BEDFORD, N.H. ? Sharpening his message ahead of voting in Iowa and New Hampshire, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on Tuesday accused President Barack Obama of deepening the economic crisis and backing policies that will redistribute wealth instead of creating equal opportunity for people to do well.

Romney's allies, meanwhile, continued to aggressively criticize Newt Gingrich, his chief rival for the nomination. In Iowa, Gingrich lashed out and accused Romney of a "negative smear campaign."

Romney, a former businessman, told voters in an evening speech that his policies would turn the U.S. into an "opportunity society" while Obama's vision for an "entitlement society" would make more people dependent on government welfare.

"We will not surrender our dreams to the failures of this president. We are bigger than the misguided policies and weak leadership of one man. America is bigger than President Obama's failures," Romney said. "This America of long unemployment lines and small dreams is not the America you and I love. ... These troubled years are President Obama's legacy, but they are not our future."

Romney said that Obama "believes that government should create equal outcomes. In an entitlement society, everyone receives the same or similar rewards, regardless of education, effort and willingness to take risk."

Romney's message contrasts with the argument the Democratic president has begun to articulate for his re-election, in which he calls for a society that offers "fair play, a fair shot and a fair share." Obama argues that Republicans put the interests of the wealthy above the middle class.

"Giving more handouts to millionaires, billionaires and large corporations and making the middle class foot the bill are the same flawed policies that led to the economic crisis in the first place," Obama campaign manager Jim Messina told New Hampshire reporters.

Romney planned to remain focused on his effort in New Hampshire as his allies criticized Gingrich on Iowa's airwaves.

Restore Our Future, a special political action committee, or "super PAC," that backs Romney, launched a caustic ad tying Gingrich to Freddie Mac, the quasi-government mortgage company, and House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi. The spot also hits Gingrich for ethics violations and criticizes his record on abortion.

Campaigning in Iowa, Gingrich accused Romney of allowing a "negative smear campaign" fueled by a super PAC. He called on Romney to demand that ads run on his behalf by such groups be positive. Gingrich said Romney's comments aimed at distancing himself from the anti-Gingrich PAC ads were misleading and false.

Romney had refused earlier Tuesday to disavow the group's ads, saying it would be illegal for him to coordinate with the super PAC. He did say that such groups are a "disaster" and have made a "mockery" of the presidential campaign.

"Campaign finance law has made a mockery of our political campaign season," Romney said on MSNBC. "We really ought to let campaigns raise the money they need and just get rid of these super PACs."

A 2010 Supreme Court decision paved the way for such groups to accept unlimited amounts of money from donors. The political campaigns are limited to accepting $2,500 per donor.

Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, was using Tuesday's speech to open four straight days of campaigning in New Hampshire, which holds the nation's first primary on Jan. 10. It's a must-win contest in the campaign strategy designed by the Romney team.

Two weeks remain until voting begins Jan. 3 with the leadoff caucuses in Iowa, though Romney will campaign in New Hampshire through Christmas, a sign of the state's importance to his political strategy.

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Associated Press writer Shannon McCaffrey in Ottumwa, Iowa, contributed to this report.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111221/ap_on_el_pr/us_romney

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Sunday, December 18, 2011

Video: Woodward and Bernstein on Meet the Press

October 30: Plouffe, roundtable

Nearly a year away from the 2012 election, we?ll talk to the president?s 2008 campaign manager, now White House Senior Adviser, David Plouffe. Then author of the definitive new biography on the late Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson; Author of the new book ?The Time of Our Lives,? NBC News Special Correspondent, Tom Brokaw; Former Governor of Michigan, Jennifer Granholm; and Republican strategist, Mike Murphy.

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032608/vp/45656962#45656962

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Kobe Bryant's wife files for divorce (AP)

ORANGE, Calif. ? Kobe Bryant's wife, who stood by her husband when he was charged with sexual assault in 2003, filed for divorce on Friday from the Los Angeles Lakers star, citing irreconcilable differences after a decade of marriage.

Vanessa Bryant signed the papers on Dec. 1. Kobe Bryant signed his response on Dec. 7 and it was filed Friday, according to the documents.

"The Bryants have resolved all issues incident to their divorce privately with the assistance of counsel and a judgment dissolving their marital status will be entered in 2012," according to a statement from a representative for the couple.

In the filing, Vanessa Bryant asked for joint legal and physical custody of the couple's two daughters, Natalia, 8, and Gianna, 5. Kobe Bryant asked for the same in his response. Vanessa Bryant also requested spousal support.

The Bryants "ask that in the interest of our young children and in light of the upcoming holiday season the public respect our privacy during this difficult time," according to the statement.

Bryant met his future wife in 1999 on a music video shoot when Vanessa Laine was 18 years old. Six months later, she and the then-21-year-old Bryant became engaged. They married on April 18, 2001.

The Bryants have been through trying times together.

Vanessa Bryant appeared at a news conference with her husband when he was charged with sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman who worked at the exclusive Lodge & Spa at Cordillera near Vail, Colo., in 2003. She held his hand and stroked it tenderly as the NBA star admitted he was guilty of adultery ? but nothing else. Earlier she had issued her own statement to the media, vowing to stand by her husband.

"I know that my husband has made a mistake ? the mistake of adultery," she said in the statement at the time. "He and I will have to deal with that within our marriage, and we will do so. He is not a criminal."

A year later, prosecutors dropped the criminal charge against Kobe Bryant because the woman did not want to go ahead with a trial.

Last year, Kobe and Vanessa Bryant settled litigation with a former maid who accused the NBA star's wife of harassment. The Bryants countersued Maria Jimenez for violating a confidentiality agreement by talking to reporters about the family.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111217/ap_on_sp_bk_ne/bkn_kobe_bryant_divorce

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