Sorry, Readability was unable to parse this page for content.
Source: http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f144/swype-defect-on-galaxy-tab-10-1-a-76407-new/
apple keynote seattle news seattle news cheryl burke jenna fischer ben bernanke anwar al awlaki
The guy who dons a jet-propelled wing flies in formation with actual jet aircraft over the Swiss Alps. NBC News? Brian Williams reports.
Related Links:
http://www.facebook.com/nbcnightlynews
Source: http://video.msnbc.msn.com/nightly-news/45440602/
michelle duggar ohio issue 2 ohio issue 2 mississippi personhood mississippi personhood issue 2 ohio issue 2 ohio
KHNL-TV
Occupy Honolulu protesters demonstrate at a Wal-Mart store in Honolulu early Friday,
By msnbc.com staff
Updated 5:57 p.m. ET: The Occupy Wall Street movement is taking its anti-corporate directly to Black Friday shoppers.
Ten Occupy Oklahoma City protesters were arrested Friday morning after a protest at a Walmart store in Del City, Okla., The Oklahoman reported.?
Del City police Capt. Jody Suit told the newspaper that officers working off-duty security jobs at the store called for assistance about 2 a.m. because the protesters were causing disturbances in the back of the store.
One of those arrested, Mark Faulk, 55, of Oklahoma City told the newspaper that he was filming the group's "mike check" ? in which one member of the group shouts something and then the others in the group repeat what the speaker said ? when??Del City police ran and started tackling people from behind.?
Police Lt. Steve Robinson told The Associated Press that no excessive force was used.
Six Occupy Syracuse members were arrested at a protest at Carousel Center mall in Syracuse, N.Y., NBC station WSTM reported Friday.
Protesters had said they would be picketing outside the mall against the "commercialization and extreme over-consumption" of Black Friday, but instead they moved inside. They said they had members on every floor of the mall and had organized a "flash mob" to spread their message.
Occupy protests targeted other retailers across the country.
More than a dozen Occupy Honolulu protesters demonstrated in front of a Walmart store in Honolulu, Hawaii, in the predawn hours, NBC station KHNL of Honolulu reported.
They accused Walmart of supporting child labor and suppressing its work force.
"Sweat shops in China and around the world produce these products," said Alala Zusman, one of the protesters. "People are paying low prices at Walmart, and when Walmart came in here, this neighborhood lost a lot of mom-and-pop stores."
Meanwhile, Occupy Eugene protesters were moving from store to store in Eugene, Ore., urging shoppers to spend less money on what they call "Buy Nothing Day," NBC station KMTR of Springfield reported.
Shoppers at Valley River Center said they wished the demonstrators, who chanted and sing reworded Christmas carols, would just go away.
"I think it's a waste of time," one shopper said. "People are still buying."
Story: Crazed weekend launches crucial retail season
Occupy Seattle planned to hold a rally from noon to 5 p.m. local time at Westlake Park in the downtown retail core, The Associated Press reported. The Seattle group said it was promoting homemade gifts and local businesses as an alternative to what it called "rampant consumerism that plagues society, destroys the environment and supports the 1 percent."
Occupy Atlanta planned to go even further, setting up its own "really, really free market" downtown as an alternative to Black Friday shopping.
PhotoBlog: Black Friday shopping starts Thursday
Organizer Tim Franzen told the AP that the market, which was scheduled to open in Woodruff Park at 3 p.m. ET, would feature free food, clothing and other items.
He said demonstrators want to focus on the people who are struggling to make ends meet while banks and corporations bring in millions during Friday's shopping tradition.
Source: http://bottomline.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/11/25/9018571-occupy-movement-targets-black-friday
neville heavy d heavy d taser gun patriots vs jets adventureland sean hannity
ARLINGTON, Texas ? The Miami Dolphins kicked, scratched and clawed ? and even made plays when the Dallas Cowboys did that to them.
Tony Romo was on the run all day, and the Dolphins picked off the Dallas quarterback twice.
Problem was, the Dolphins had to settle for too many field goals and lost 20-19 on Dan Bailey's 28-yard field goal as time expired on Thanksgiving Day to end their three-game winning streak.
"It doesn't come down to the end of the game, but we did play our hearts out," Dolphins coach Tony Sparano said. "It ended up being field goals kind of back and forth, and at the end of the game there, they made a couple of plays more than we did. Up until that point, it was a pretty good give and take."
Miami (3-8) had to settle for field goals all four times they got to the Cowboys 10 or closer, and got its only touchdown when Brandon Marshall made an impressive 35-yard catch in the third quarter. Cornerback Terence Newman had grabbed Marshall around the neck and was tackling him while the ball was still in the air.
Romo hadn't thrown an interception in November before two picks in the first quarter Thursday. But the Dolphins managed only one field goal off those, and Romo kept making plays that helped the Cowboys (7-4) win their fourth consecutive game.
Right after Marshall put Miami up 16-10, defensive end Randy Starks was grabbing Romo when the quarterback let go of the ball that appeared headed toward Vontae Davis, who already had an interception. Jason Witten instead stepped in front to make the play.
With another defender wrapped around his leg, Romo then flicked a pass to DeMarco Murray for 17 yards and a first down. There was a wobbly pass under pressure to Witten for a first down before Romo scrambled away from pressure to hit Laurent Robinson for an 18-yard touchdown.
"For the whole day pretty much we did a good job, but he made some plays," safety Yeremiah Bell said. "We got pressure on him all night. He's a guy that gets out of the pocket and makes plays. He made plays tonight and we didn't, and it ended up hurting us."
The Dolphins went back ahead on Shayne Graham's fourth field goal, a 23-yarder with 7:14 left, then forced a punt.
But Miami had to kick again, this time punting with 3 minutes left after going three-and-out. The Dolphins didn't get another chance. Dallas drove 54 yards in 10 plays for Bailey's field goal, his second game-winner in five days.
"We're just finding ways to win," Romo said.
The Dolphins' defense didn't allow a touchdown during the three-game winning streak. They allowed two on Thursday, but the Cowboys only had to go 5 yards for one just before halftime after a snap went through Matt Moore's hands and was recovered by DeMarcus Ware.
Miami's offense needed to score more than field goals.
"When you come into somebody else's place, those (deep drives) have got to be touchdowns," Sparano said. "They've been touchdowns the last few weeks and that's why you win."
Eighteen years after these teams played another Thanksgiving game decided on a last-second field goal ? one best remembered for Leon Lett's gaffe on snow and ice ? conditions were so balmy that the glass end-zone doors at Cowboys Stadium were opened for the first time all season.
After Dallas took a 10-6 halftime lead, things got plenty interesting after halftime. Moore led Miami on three straight scoring drives of at least 70 yards and they weren't completely shut down until their final drive.
"That's the point in the game where you need to make a play," Moore said. "We didn't, and it's as simple as that."
Dez Bryant then had a 20-yard punt return to set up the drive on which Bailey made his 26th field goal in a row, one shy of the club record. .
"That's what they are paying me to do, I guess ? to go out there and make kicks," Bailey said.
Romo ended a streak of 128 straight passes without an interception, but he completed 22 of 34 for 226 yards even while being on the move so much. He threw a 5-yard TD pass to Robinson after the fumbled snap by Miami just before halftime.
"He just kind of kept hanging in there," Cowboys coach Jason Garrett said. "I thought he moved in the pocket really well. In critical situations, he ... allowed us to make plays."
Moore was 19 of 32 for 288 yards and a touchdown. He was sacked four times.
Reggie Bush ran 16 times for 61 yards and had 35 more on three receptions. Marshall had 103 yards on five catches, his 18th career 100-yard game.
"We don't get any style points for a loss," Sparano said. "We'll string some more together here, we'll get back at it. I told them I was proud of them."
NOTES: The Cowboys improved to 28-15-1 on Thanksgiving. Romo is 5-0 on the holiday; he missed last year's game ? which Dallas lost ? with a broken collarbone. ... Graham, who was among Bailey's competition for the Dallas job in the preseason, made FGs of 23, 26, 27 and 28 yards. ... The 35-yard TD from Moore to Marshall tied the longest TD reception for the Dolphins this season.
district 9 pandaria pandaria artie lange baby lisa irwin baby lisa irwin pearl jam 20
FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2010 file photo, the Blue Angels practice near the stadium before the start of Game 2 of a National League Division Series baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and Atlanta Braves in San Francisco. The Navy's Blue Angels have been thrilling audiences for more than six decades with their acrobatic flying in fighter planes, but a new era of federal budget worries and proposed deficit cutting has some inside and outside the military, raising questions about the millions it costs to produce their shows. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)
FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2010 file photo, the Blue Angels practice near the stadium before the start of Game 2 of a National League Division Series baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and Atlanta Braves in San Francisco. The Navy's Blue Angels have been thrilling audiences for more than six decades with their acrobatic flying in fighter planes, but a new era of federal budget worries and proposed deficit cutting has some inside and outside the military, raising questions about the millions it costs to produce their shows. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)
FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2006 file photo, members of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels precision flying team rehearse at Little Rock Air Force base in Jacksonville, Ark. The Navy's Blue Angels have been thrilling audiences for more than six decades with their acrobatic flying. The Navy's Blue Angels have been thrilling audiences for more than six decades with their acrobatic flying in fighter planes, but a new era of federal budget worries and proposed deficit cutting has some inside and outside the military, raising questions about the millions it costs to produce their shows. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)
PENSACOLA NAVAL AIR STATION, Fla. (AP) ? The Navy's Blue Angels have been thrilling audiences for more than six decades with their acrobatic flying in fighter planes, but a new era of federal budget worries and proposed deficit cutting has some inside and outside the military raising questions about the millions it costs to produce their shows.
Some want the popular shows grounded and some readers of the Air Force Times newspaper ? most of them active or retired service members ? recently listed eliminating the Blue Angels and similar programs as one way to cut defense spending.
The Pentagon spends $37 million for the Blue Angels, whose mission is to enhance recruiting for the Navy and Marines and to be their public goodwill ambassador. That's a fraction of the Pentagon's $926 billion annual budget, but that's not the point, critics say. They argue that lots of smaller programs will have to be eliminated to meet required spending reductions.
Automatic cuts triggered by the collapse of the debt supercommittee in Washington this week combined with spending reductions previously hammered out by President Barack Obama and Congress mean that the Pentagon would be looking at nearly $1 trillion in cuts to projected spending over 10 years.
The Air Force's Thunderbirds and the Army's Golden Knights paratroopers also perform big public shows.
"It goes to show the scale of the Department of the Defense budget ? the defense department always goes big," said Laura Peterson, a spokeswoman for the Washington-based group Taxpayers for Common Sense. She said the money could be better spent on other programs. "The point is to look at all federal spending. We can no longer afford the wants; we have to look at the needs."
But Capt. Greg McWherter, the Blue Angels' commander, said his team fills a vital national security role by improving morale, helping with recruiting and presenting a public face for the nation's 500,000 sailors and Marines. The Navy says about 11 million people see the squadron's F/A-18 fighter jets scream and twist overhead during each year's show season, from March through November.
"We still live in a country that has an all-volunteer force. Everyone that signs up to join the military does so because they were motivated and inspired; maybe it was an aunt or an uncle, maybe it was a teacher or maybe it was the Blue Angels, you never know," he said.
"It is difficult to put a price on that and on the number of young men and women inspired by a performance." But, he said, it helps ensure "that the Navy and the Marine Corps is strong 10 to 15 years from now."
Loren Thompson, a military analyst with the conservative think tank Lexington Institute in Washington's Virginia suburbs, said it is very unlikely anyone in Congress would specifically target the Blue Angels because the team is so popular.
"I think any legislator who called for eliminating the Blue Angels would be digging and digging through emails filled with outrage," he said.
But he said it is possible spending for the Blue Angels, Air Force Thunderbirds and other military promotional programs could be curtailed under a larger umbrella bill as Congress and the administration look for ways to cut federal spending.
"No provision specifically aimed at cutting the Blue Angels will ever pass, but that doesn't mean the Blue Angels are safe from budget cuts," he said.
Republican Congressman Jeff Miller, who represents the Pensacola base and serves on the House Armed Services Committee, said it's the popularity of the Blue Angels that will keep the program alive.
"You can ask the hundreds of thousands of people who come out each weekend and see them fly and know they aren't going anywhere," he said.
It's already been a tough 65th year for the Blue Angels, who are based at Pensacola Naval Air Station on the Florida Panhandle.
McWherter, who commanded the team from November 2008 through 2010, returned in May when his replacement, Cmdr. Dave Koss, resigned after flying below minimum altitude at a Virginia air show. Koss realized the mistake and pulled out of the maneuver but the error, which could have caused a crash, prompted an internal investigation and a monthlong safety stand-down, which forced the Blue Angels to cancel their traditional fly-over at the Naval Academy's graduation in Annapolis, Md.
Koss resigned from the team, saying he had not met "the airborne standard that makes the Blue Angels the exceptional organization that it is." The Blue Angels last had a fatal accident in 2007 when a pilot lost control of his F/A-18 and crashed outside a Marine base in Beaufort, S.C.
A September crash of a civilian plane at a Nevada air race killed 11 spectators and the pilot, raising the public's awareness of what can go wrong when airplanes and spectators mix.
McWherter told The Associated Press in a recent interview that safety has to be the team's primary goal. The air shows in which the Blue Angels perform are different from air races like the one in Nevada, he said. Blue Angels follow strict FAA guidelines for each show and maintain a standard safety zone from crowds, he said. The Blue Angels performances are designed to appear dangerous and exciting for those watching from the ground, but the shows are carefully choreographed and performed by experts.
The Navy demonstration team began after World War II when Adm. Chester W. Nimitz wanted to continue support for naval aviation during peacetime and spotlight the Navy and Marines for potential recruits who live far from Navy bases.
The 2011 budget funded 70 performances at 35 cities around the United States, including Great Falls, Mont., Millington, Tenn., and Ypsilanti, Mich. The blue and gold jets twist, turn, drop from the sky and roar into the clouds in perfect formation for 45 minutes.
More than 100,000 people attended the Blue Angels end-of-season performance on Nov. 11 and 12 at Pensacola Naval Air Station.
U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus said the Blue Angels are important because they show the incredible skill level of U.S. military.
He said he thinks of the Blue Angels as "ambassadors for not just the Navy but for the entire American military across this country and around the world."
"We get way more than our money's worth for what they do," he said.
Fans who watched the team perform this summer at the team's annual Pensacola Beach show agreed.
Bryan Johnson and his family from Lubbock, Texas, watched from beneath a beach umbrella as the team streaked over the Gulf of Mexico.
"I think (The Blue Angels) are a good way to get guys to want to join the military, especially those with college education who want to go in and fly the planes," Bryan Johnson said.
The only proof of the Blue Angels appeal and success that Lori Johnson needed was the crowd on the beach.
"This airshow is more popular today than it was 20 years ago. Everyone is here to support the military in some fashion," she said.
Associated Pressvlad the impaler steven tyler michael lohan fiddler on the roof rally squirrel rally squirrel scumbag steve
Madeline Adams, 3, of New York watches as participants in Macy's department store's 85th annual parade inflate giant helium balloons, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011 in preparation for Thursday's parade in New York. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Madeline Adams, 3, of New York watches as participants in Macy's department store's 85th annual parade inflate giant helium balloons, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011 in preparation for Thursday's parade in New York. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
A technician works on the undercarriage of the Kool-Aid Man balloon as they prepare for the 85th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade ,Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011, in New York. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Technicians tip up the Kool-Aid Man balloon while it is inflated for the 85th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011 in preparation for Thursday's parade in New York. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
The Kermit the Frog balloon seems to reach out towards balloon handlers with Macy's department store's 85th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade as they work on another one of 15 giant helium balloons and 44 novelty and specialty balloons Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011 that will be featured in Thursday's parade in New York. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Balloon handlers in Macy's department store's 85th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade walk past one of 44 novelty and specialty balloons Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011 that will be featured along with 15 giant helium in Thursday's parade in New York. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
NEW YORK (AP) ? A jetpack-wearing monkey and a freakish creation from filmmaker Tim Burton are two of the big new balloons that will make their inaugural appearances in front of millions of people at this year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Paul Frank's Julius and Burton's B. join over a dozen other giant balloons, including fan favorites like Snoopy and Spider-Man, for Thursday's parade.
Macy's parade also is expected to feature more than 40 other balloon creations, 27 floats, 800 clowns and 1,600 cheerleaders. Organizers say Mary J. Blige, Cee Lo Green, Avril Lavigne and the Muppets of Sesame Street will participate, some taking the stage at the end of the route in Herald Square and others performing on floats.
Macy's says 3.5 million people will likely crowd the Manhattan parade route, while an additional 50 million watch from home.
National Weather Service meteorologist Tim Morrin said a storm was expected to speed away by morning, leaving mostly sunny skies and 10 mph winds, well below city guidelines for grounding balloons.
Parade spokeswoman Holly Thomas said officials were monitoring the weather.
"The flight of our giant character balloons is based on real conditions about an hour before the parade begins and not advance forecasts," she said in an email. "There is no indication in any current weather models that the flight of these balloons will be affected."
The parade begins at 77th Street and heads south on Central Park West to Seventh Avenue, before moving to Sixth Avenue and ending at Macy's Herald Square.
The parade got its start in 1924 and included live animals such as camels, goats and elephants. It was not until 1927 that the live animals were replaced by giant helium balloons. The parade was suspended from 1942 to 1944 because rubber and helium were needed for World War II.
Since the beginning, the balloons have been based on popular cultural characters and holiday themes. Returning favorites this year include Buzz Lightyear, Clumsy Smurf, SpongeBob SquarePants and Kermit the Frog.
Also making their first appearances at this year's parade are a pair of bike-powered balloons, one featuring a bulldog character and an elf balloon designed by Queens resident Keith Lapinig, who won a nationwide contest.
All the balloons are created at Macy's Parade Studio, and each undergoes testing for flight patterns, aerodynamics, buoyancy and lift.
The helium giants were inflated Wednesday across the street from the western side of Central Park. Thousands of people, many families with children in tow, were drawn to the spectacle of the balloons lying as if asleep on the streets, held down by weighted nets.
Standing in front of the famed Snoopy balloon, lying on its side, 8-year-old Emilio Rios said he was glad that there was something to keep the helium giant from getting away.
"Otherwise, it would float up to space, and aliens would see it," he said. "They would be the ones with the parade."
Nine-year-old Lindsay Ravetz said she loved seeing all the characters.
"It's just, like, cool," she said.
It was cool even for many of the adults. Leslie McCarthy, who said she's over 60, has been attending the parade since she was a little girl. And the excitement of seeing the big balloons hasn't worn off.
"I used to think this parade was put on for me," the Brooklyn resident said.
___
Follow Cristian Salazar at http://www.twitter.com/crsalazarAP
Associated Pressmiami marlins waterboarding corporal kelsey de santis corporal kelsey de santis ufc on fox juan manuel marquez juan manuel marquez
PHOENIX ? A small airplane slammed into a sheer cliff in the mile-high mountains east of Phoenix and exploded, killing the six people onboard, including the pilot and his three young children who were to spend the Thanksgiving weekend with him, authorities said.
The body of one child was recovered and dozens of sheriff's search and rescue personnel worked Thursday to recover the remains of the other victims, said Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu.
A search and rescue team was in the rugged Superstitions Mountains searching for three missing teenagers Wednesday evening and saw the explosion as the twin-engine plane hit the cliff, Babeu said. The searchers found the teens, then went up the mountain to try to reach the crash site.
Ten deputies who spent the night on the mountain were relieved by ten more early Thursday. They and dozens of volunteers began searching the crash site at first light. Video from news helicopters Thursday morning showed the wreckage strewn at the bottom of a blackened cliff.
The dead included the pilot and his three children, two boys and a girl ages 5 to 9, Babeu said. The father lives in Safford in southeastern Arizona and owned a small aviation business there.
He had flown to the Phoenix suburb of Mesa with another pilot who co-owned the company and a company mechanic to pick up his children for Thanksgiving. The plane was headed back to Safford when it crashed.
Babeu said he personally notified the mother late Wednesday. The woman, who is divorced from the children's father, lives in Pinal County and also is a pilot.
Some immediate family members are out of the country, so the names of those involved can't yet be released, Babeu said.
"This is their entire family ? it's terrible," Babeu said. "Our hearts go out to the mom and the (families) of all the crash victims. We have has so many people that are working this day, and we just want to support them and embrace them and try to bring closure to this tragedy."
There was no indication the plane was in distress or that the pilot had radioed controllers about any problem, he said.
It was very dark at the time and the plane missed clearing the peak by only several hundred feet. The aircraft slammed into an area of rugged peaks and outcroppings in the Superstition Mountains, 40 miles east of downtown Phoenix, at about 6:30 p.m. MST Wednesday, authorities said.
Callers reported hearing an explosion near a peak known as the Flat Iron, close to Lost Dutchman State Park, Sheriff's spokeswoman Angelique Graham said.
Witnesses reported a fireball and an explosion.
"I looked up and saw this fireball and it rose up," Dave Dibble told KPHO-TV. "All of a sudden, boom."
Rescue crews flown in by helicopter to reach the crash site reported finding two debris fields on fire, suggesting that the plane broke apart on impact.
"The fuselage is stuck down into some of the crevices of this rough terrain," Babeu said late Wednesday. "This is not a flat area, this is jagged peaks, almost like a cliff-type rugged terrain."
Video after the crash showed several fires burning on the mountainside, where heavy brush is common. Flames could still be seen from the suburban communities of Mesa and Apache Junction hours later.
The region is filled with steep canyons, soaring rocky outcroppings and cactus. Treasure hunters who frequent the area have been looking for the legendary Lost Dutchman mine for more than a century.
Some witnesses told Phoenix-area television stations they heard a plane trying to rev its engines to climb higher before apparently hitting the mountains. The elevation is about 5,000 feet at the Superstition Mountains' highest point.
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Allen Kenitzer said the Rockwell AC-69 was registered to Ponderosa Aviation Inc. in Safford. A man who answered the phone Wednesday night at Ponderosa Aviation declined comment.
Kenitzer said the FAA and National Transportation Safety Board would be investigating the cause of the crash.
___
AP writer Michelle Price in Phoenix contributed to this report.
camille grammer port charlotte florida buckyballs buckyballs gilad annie hall jon lester
when does daylight savings start when does daylight savings start earthquake in texas earthquake in texas official time news 9 tuscaloosa
DAVIS, Calif (Reuters) ? A University of California chancellor apologized to jeering students on Monday for police use of pepper spray against campus protesters in a standoff captured by video and widely replayed on television and the Internet.
The pepper-spraying last week led to suspensions of the campus police chief and two officers, and thrust the normally quiet, conservative and mostly apolitical UC Davis campus to the forefront of anti-Wall Street "Occupy" protests nationwide.
Faculty and student critics of Friday's confrontation, some of whom demanded the chancellor's resignation, said it had damaged the school's image and the climate for free expression at the university.
UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi has come under sharp criticism for the school's handling of the protests, with some critics blaming her for what they viewed as excessive force employed by campus police.
An hours-long rally on Monday, attended by more than 1,000 students, faculty members and even parents, was capped by demonstrators pitching at least a dozen tents in the center of the campus, again defying rules forbidding such encampments.
Taking the stage following a parade of speakers who railed against her, Katehi told the crowd: "I'm here to apologize. I really feel horrible for what happened on Friday." Many in the audience answered with boos and catcalls.
"You may not believe anything I say today. It's my responsibility to earn your trust," she said, adding, "I don't want to be the chancellor of the university we had on Friday."
The crowd roared back with cries of "Resign!"
She left the stage after about a minute, looking shaken, and was hustled by security personnel to a waiting car, followed by a throng of media and a cluster of students yelling: "Don't come back!"
GROWING ANGER
As on other campuses around the country, protests at UC Davis, a school of 31,000 students known for its agriculture, wine-making and veterinary programs, started out focused on issues of economic inequality and tuition hikes.
But Monday's rally was spurred by last week's pepper-spray dousing of protesting students and an earlier confrontation at UC Berkeley in which police jabbed students with night sticks.
There was no visible police presence at Monday's gathering, which remained peaceful.
"Before, students didn't see how (the Occupy movement) affected them, but I think watching the video ... they see how it affects them," said Cole Sawyer, 19, from Long Beach, California, one of the students pepper-sprayed last week.
Hours earlier in Oakland, a hot spot of anti-Wall Street activism in recent weeks, police in the largely working-class city on the east bank of San Francisco Bay swept away, at least for now, the last of the town's protest camps.
Police moved in shortly after midnight and removed 20 to 30 tents from Snow Park, the only Oakland camp still standing after another park and a vacant lot were cleared on Sunday.
Oakland police spokeswoman Johnna Watson said the tents were dismantled without incident and without arrests.
Oakland has been a flash point of the anti-Wall Street movement, helping rally support nationwide for demonstrations launched in New York in September to protest excesses of the financial system, bank bailouts and high unemployment.
Attention over the weekend shifted to UC Davis, near the state capital, Sacramento, where a widely circulated video clip showed a police officer walking back and forth in front of protesters huddled on the ground, repeatedly spraying them in the face. Other police kept onlookers at bay with batons.
UC President Mark Yudof placed two campus police officers on paid administrative leave on Sunday and launched a review of police procedures university-wide. He told all 10 UC campus chancellors in a teleconference on Monday: "We cannot let this happen again," according to a university statement.
Katehi said on Monday that the campus chief of police had also been suspended. In addition, she asked the Yolo County District Attorney's office to investigate the use of force by campus police and said she would create a task force to conduct a campus review and report recommendations in 30 days.
But the executive council of the Academic Senate at UC Davis, which represents some 1,800 faculty at the campus, voted on Sunday to form its own inquiry and a "representative assembly" of all 100 department representatives next week.
"The agenda will be to have a discussion with the chancellor," council chair Linda Bisson, a viticulture professor, told Reuters. She added that one possible outcome could be a call for a vote of no-confidence.
"Most people I've spoken to say, 'We want the facts in the case, and then we'll decide.' Others say, 'It doesn't matter what the facts are. The incident was so atrocious, the chancellor has to go.'" No date for the meeting has been set.
UC Davis spokeswoman Claudia Morain denied that Katehi had instructed police to use force in removing tents last week.
"There was a concern that letting them remain and letting the number grow could be a health hazard. The whole idea was to end it peaceably," she said.
(Additional reporting and writing by Steve Gorman; Editing by Cynthia Johnston and Peter Bohan)
kentucky basketball heather locklear bob costas krzyzewski patti labelle childish gambino chris hansen
EXETER, N.H. ? For as long as he's been the Republican front-runner, Mitt Romney has avoided taking firm positions on high-stakes Washington spending debates.
This week's example: The former Massachusetts governor's refusal to endorse or oppose a deficit-cutting plan introduced by members of his own party, with a key deadline looming. Romney's cautiousness builds on the play-it-safe approach he has employed on issues ranging from Medicare overhauls to debt-ceiling negotiations, drawing criticism from GOP rivals and raising questions among uncommitted Republicans.
"It's a risky move to not take a position," said Michael Dennehy, a New Hampshire-based Republican operative who led Sen. John McCain's presidential bid four years ago. "When there's going to be intense scrutiny in these final seven weeks, voters are going to want to see someone who is showing their capacity to lead."
Romney's campaign says the GOP presidential hopeful has consistently articulated his economic plans.
But he has shown little willingness to inject himself into congressional debates on an issue he lists among his priorities, and which could have a profound impact on the next president's work. Instead, he has tended to focus on general economic principles such as lower taxes and less government spending, referring people to his 300-page book for a detailed version of how he would govern.
His rivals have at times adopted similarly cautious approaches. But they've sought to use Romney's reticence to take a position against him, launching in recent days a new round of criticism against the candidate.
"Now is not the time to be indecisive, it's time to exercise leadership," Michele Bachmann told The Associated Press in an email Saturday. Responding a question about Romney's strategy, she asked: "If you can't lead now, how will you lead as president?"
A congressional supercommittee has until Wednesday to produce a plan to cut deficits by at least $1.2 trillion over 10 years. Failure would trigger automatic, across-the-board cuts to the Pentagon and a wide variety of domestic programs beginning in 2013.
Republican Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., recently offered a key concession ? agreeing to limits on tax breaks enjoyed by people who itemize their deductions, in exchange for lower overall tax rates for families at every income level. A growing number of Republicans in Congress have embraced a tax overhaul package that increases revenues if paired with significant spending cuts.
But Romney says he's withholding his endorsement because he hadn't seen a specific proposal.
"I'm not going to sign up for it, of course, without reviewing it," Romney told radio host Hugh Hewitt on Friday. "I'd like to see us have lower tax rates and have a broader base. And it sounds like their idea is looking for a way of doing that."
Texas Gov. Rick Perry's campaign blasted what it called Romney's "timid" approach.
"Mitt Romney soft-pedals the important issues facing this country," Perry spokesman Mark Miner said Saturday. "Washington doesn't need someone who's timid. They need someone like Rick Perry who's going to come in with a sledgehammer and shake things up."
Romney in some cases has been willing to embrace controversial policies. But he doesn't like to be the first to stick his neck out.
This spring, he was reluctant to embrace a plan introduced by Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan that would essentially transform Medicare into a voucher program.
He started by applauding Ryan's "creative and bold thinking," but didn't say whether he actually endorsed the proposal. Then in early November, seven months after Ryan's plan was released, Romney released his own plan to overhaul Medicare in a way largely consistent with the congressman's original proposal.
Over the summer, Romney was equally non-committal during a debate over the nation's debt limit that nearly forced a government shutdown and threatened the government's credit rating. He stayed silent on the debt-ceiling deal during its negotiation, announcing his opposition to the final agreement just before lawmakers cast their votes.
His Republican competitors haven't forgotten.
"Whether it's the debt ceiling debate, the Ohio ballot initiatives, or military action in Libya, Mitt Romney has been either unwilling or unable to offer a clear position on issues important to voters," said Tim Miller, candidate Jon Huntsman's spokesman. "Leadership requires taking a stand on tough issues, even if it carries political risk."
Outside the Republican presidential nomination race, some politicians were more sympathetic.
"It's the inherent risk of being the front-runner: you tend to be a little more cautious in your approach on potentially controversial issues," said Kevin Smith, a Republican candidate for New Hampshire governor. "I think it's only an issue to the extent that the other candidates make it an issue."
kate middleton pregnant national book awards jessica sutta houston astros matt barnes sexiest man alive 2011 ruben studdard
stand and deliver when does ios 5 come out when does ios 5 come out christopher columbus trina the green mile the green mile
YouTube link for mobile viewing
We've all been there: a maniacal evil genius has you in the thick of his trap, and the only way to escape his series of death beams is to reflect them away from you using whatever is at your disposal. Maybe it's a nickel, maybe you've got a lot of mirrors at your disposal. At any rate, we all know the only way we got out of the trap (and saved the day!) was through practice.
My tool of choice? Reflexions, by YoYo Games. What better way to brush up on your reflecting skills, kill some time, and work your brain into a frenzy as you try to collect the diamonds and advance to the next level? I can think of none.
In Reflexions, you're trying to arrange mirrors to bounce your energy ball around, pick up all the diamonds scattered throughout the level (while avoiding the red, mine-looking things), and then bounce your way to the exit portal. The diamonds aren't for fun, either. The exit portal doesn't activate until you've nabbed all the diamonds, so you can't try and skip them to make a sweet time completing a level.
Your motivation to complete levels in a timely fashion? That timer running in the background, of course. In addition to your time being checked, the game is also timing your number of moves (how many times you flip a mirror), and that factors into your overall rating. There's no scores here, just the familiar three-star system that all games are using these days.
If you're like me and think you only earned two stars because the star in the middle is the biggest, don't fret. The game fills the outer stars first, and you get the big star in the middle if you really maxed the level out and earned all three stars. Trust me, confused me, too.
Reflexions is also peppered with little achievements here and there (in-game only, no OpenFeint), like completing the tutorial, world 1, getting 20 stars in world 1, etc. The achievements run the gamut from incredibly simple to ridiculously difficult, and while it's nice to give the player a lot of easy ones at the start, it almost feels a little too much like "everyone is a winner" for my tastes. Still, the completionist in me appreciates the challenge.
With 40 levels in four worlds, oodles of achievements, and the fact Reflexions runs equally well on both tablets and phones, I'd behoove you to try it out. It's only $1.10 in the Android Market, but that's a special, introductory price, so I'd move on this sooner rather than later.
Dr. Evil Mr. Bad Guy is planning, so if you're ready to brush up on your reflecting skills, we've got download links after the break.
 |  |
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/androidcentral/~3/GBh9m7C9410/story01.htm
sexiest man alive 2011 ruben studdard ruben studdard black friday sales 2011 black friday sales 2011 whitney duncan bradley cooper
Google said it could be days, but it looks like a good many of you -- and a number of our own devices -- are starting to see the Android Market update with Google Music. Odd that the version number of the Market app didn't change, but we're not going to worry about that.
Note that you'll also have a "My music" button available from the menu in the music section that will take you to the Music App -- and the Music App now features a handy button to take you back to the Market. Nicely done, Google.
If you're still not seeing Google Music in your Android Market, try clearing the app's cache and data (go to settings>applications and tap on the Android Market app), reboot and see if that doesn't fix things.
Thanks to everybody for all the heads ups!
| |
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/androidcentral/~3/_wUKwhXXhZI/story01.htm
frank gore injury frank gore injury makana makana gloria cain gloria cain kandi burruss
Employer health insurance premiums increased 50 percent in every state from 2003 to 2010
Thursday, November 17, 2011Premiums for employer-sponsored family health insurance increased by 50 percent from 2003 to 2010, and the annual amount that employees pay toward their insurance increased by 63 percent as businesses required employees to contribute a greater share, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report that examines state trends in health insurance costs. The report finds that health insurance costs are outpacing income growth in every state in the country. At the same time, premiums are buying less protective coverage: per-person deductibles doubled for employees working for large as well as small firms over the same time period.
According to the report, State Trends in Premiums and Deductibles, 2003-2010: The Need for Action to Address Rising Costs, by 2010, 62 percent of the U.S. population lived in a state where health insurance premiums equaled 20 percent or more of earnings for a middle-income individual under age 65. Today there are virtually no states where premiums are relatively low compared to income. In 2003, there were 13 states where annual premiums constituted less than 14 percent of the median (middle) income; by 2010, there were none.
"Whether you live in California, Montana, or West Virginia, health insurance is expensive. Out-of-pocket costs for premiums and care are consuming a larger share of people's incomes at a time when incomes are down in a majority of states," said Commonwealth Fund Senior Vice President Cathy Schoen, lead author of the report. "Workers are paying more for less financial protection. The steady rise in costs from 2003 through 2010, before enactment of the Affordable Care Act, points to the urgent need for health insurance market and health care system reforms."
The analysis of state-by-state trends between 2003 and 2010 finds that premiums for employer-sponsored family health insurance increased 50 percent across states, reaching an average of $13,871 a year by 2010. Annual premiums rose in every state, with increases ranging from 33 percent in Idaho to 70 percent in Mississippi. Premiums for family coverage were highest in New York, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Florida, New Hampshire, and Washington, D.C., ranging from $14,730 to $15,206. But, the report finds that costs were high even in the "lowest" average-cost states. Premiums ranged from $11,379 to $12,409 in Idaho, Arkansas, Hawaii, Montana, and Alabama, the five states with the lowest average costs for private employer-based coverage.
Employees Are Paying More for Less
As premium costs have risen, employers have asked employees to contribute more to their health insurance costs by paying a larger share of premiums and accepting higher deductibles. The report shows that despite stagnant or declining incomes, the annual amount employees contributed to their health insurance premiums increased by 63 percent between 2003 and 2010. By 2010, the cost to employees rose to an average of $3,721 a year for a family policy. Workers in Michigan, Montana, Vermont, Pennsylvania, and Kentucky had the lowest average annual costs for their share of premiums, while workers in Delaware, Maine, Virginia, Texas and Florida made the highest contributions.
Despite paying more for their health insurance, employees are getting coverage that offers less protection. The report finds that per-person deductibles increased an average of 98 percent across states from 2003 to 2010. By 2010, 74 percent of workers faced a deductible, compared to 52 percent in 2003. Average deductibles exceeded $1,000 in 29 states in 2010; in 2003, not one state had an average deductible of more than $1,000. Deductibles were up for employees working in large as well as small firms, although employees of small firms generally faced higher deductibles than employee of large firms did. Deductibles were highest in Wyoming, where the average was $1,479, and lowest in Hawaii, where the average was $519.
Future Trends
The report's authors say that if the historic rate of increase between 2003 and 2010?before enactment of the Affordable Care Act?were to continue, the average premium for family health insurance coverage would increase 72 percent by 2020, reaching nearly $24,000 a year.
Slowing the rate of growth even modestly would make a significant difference for individuals, families, and businesses. Compared to historical trends, reducing the annual growth in premiums by even one percentage point would lead to $2,161 in annual premium cost savings for families by 2020. Slowing the rate of growth by 1.5 percent a year would yield savings of $3,173.
The authors note that the Affordable Care Act includes a range of insurance market reforms aimed at lowering premium growth, improving health benefits, and ensuring near-universal coverage. These include a set of affordable insurance options available through new state insurance exchanges, rules limiting insurance administrative costs and profits as a share of premiums, and review of excessive insurance premium increases. In addition, the law contains payment and health care system reforms that seek to slow the growth in costs. The authors point to the urgent need to spread reforms to private as well as public insurance.
Moving forward, the report authors conclude that lowering health care premium growth will require a significant focus on reforming how health care is paid for in the private sector, as well as in public programs like Medicare and Medicaid. In order to improve quality of care while slowing costs, wasteful overhead spending must be lowered and innovative ways of paying for care tested and spread broadly to maximize their impact.
"The combination of rapidly rising costs and stagnant incomes is putting families in an untenable situation," said Commonwealth Fund President Karen Davis. "New rules for insurers, along with new models of health care delivery such as accountable care organizations and new ways of paying doctors and hospitals, can help control health care costs and provide families and business owners with the relief they need."
###
Commonwealth Fund: http://www.cmwf.org
Thanks to Commonwealth Fund for this article.
This press release was posted to serve as a topic for discussion. Please comment below. We try our best to only post press releases that are associated with peer reviewed scientific literature. Critical discussions of the research are appreciated. If you need help finding a link to the original article, please contact us on twitter or via e-mail.
This press release has been viewed 115 time(s).
republican debate san francisco 49ers san francisco 49ers pacquiao vs marquez pacquiao vs marquez junior dos santos junior dos santos
A corporate-style monolith corners the market on holiday retail, cruelly displacing its outmoded workforce and crassly insisting that any individuals that fall through the cracks are part of the cost of business.
But 99 percenters don't need to start an Occupy North Pole movement over "Arthur Christmas," the animated comedy that shows how Santa Claus manages to deliver all those presents in a modern global market.
This pleasant holiday treat from Aardman, the British animation outfit behind "Chicken Run" and "Wallace and Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit," has the old-fashioned spirit of Christmas at heart, spinning a snowflake-light tale with warmth, energy and goofy humor.
The title character is a classic holiday misfit, a cousin to Rudolph or Hermey the Elf, trying to find a niche in the vast enterprise that is Christmas. The upbeat, lanky younger son of Santa Claus, Arthur (voiced by James McAvoy) desperately wants to contribute to the family business but is a clumsy bumbler assigned to a job where he can do the least harm: answering children's letters to the man in red.
The glory goes to his dad (Jim Broadbent), the latest in a long line of Santas, who has become a dotty figurehead as older, bolder son Steve (Hugh Laurie) revamps the sleigh-and-reindeer method with a mechanized operation that includes a massive sleighship with stealth technology. Elves descend down ropes like ninjas to leave 2 billion gifts all over the world in a single night, while Santa heir-apparent Steve oversees things from North Pole mission control.
Yet after a single present goes awry, leaving one little girl in Britain just hours away from awaking to a joyless Christmas, Steve shrugs it off as an acceptable rate of error, while drowsy Santa heads off to sleep alongside Mrs. Claus (Imelda Staunton).
Arthur, the one member of the family who truly understands the meaning of the season, can't stand the thought of a child missing out. He and loopy Grandsanta (Bill Nighy), the former Mr. Claus who still pines for his golden days, set off in the original old reindeer-pulled sleigh to deliver the wayward present before dawn, accompanied by eager gift-wrapping elf Bryony (Ashley Jensen, copping a hilariously rippling Scottish accent).
In her directing debut, Aardman veteran Sarah Smith and her co-writer Peter Baynham offer a fresh look at the Santa legend: a flawed Claus. Santa and his kin are as dysfunctional a family as any of those on their Christmas-delivery list, with petty jealousy extending over three generations, from Grandsanta to Santa to Steve.
Only Arthur among the Claus menfolk has his heart in the right place, and it's up to him to overcome his own ineptitude and insecurity to emerge, possibly, as the true alpha male of the Kringle clan.
There are lulls and comic misfires that feel like stocking stuffers the filmmakers threw in to pad "Arthur Christmas" to feature length. The story is simple enough that it could have been told in half the time by one of those old Rankin-Bass TV Christmas specials, whose unabashedly corny spirit lives on among the Aardman folks.
A Chatty Cathy of a cartoon, "Arthur Christmas" also crams in more manic banter than viewers, particularly young children, can digest (the Anglo accents will make it even harder for U.S. audiences to decipher some of the repartee).
Still, the visual gags will carry youngsters along, while there are plenty of clever wisecracks to keep their parents occupied. Bryony's lightning proficiency at wrapping gifts contributes some of the biggest laughs, no matter how many times the filmmakers fall back on it.
Following "Flushed Away," this is the second computer-generated cartoon from Aardman, whose earlier entries were created by stop-motion animation. But it's the company's first digital 3-D feature, and while the images are fine, it amounts to another case of unnecessary 3-D presentation from Hollywood. The extra dimension adds little.
Yet it's nowhere near as unnecessary as the Justin Bieber music video of "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" that precedes the movie, in jarring 3-D. Hearing Bieber's take on the holiday chestnut in the end-credits is more than enough.
"Arthur Christmas," a Sony release, is rated PG for some mild rude humor. Running time: 97 minutes. Three stars out of four.
___
Motion Picture Association of America rating definitions:
G ? General audiences. All ages admitted.
PG ? Parental guidance suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children.
PG-13 ? Special parental guidance strongly suggested for children under 13. Some material may be inappropriate for young children.
R ? Restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.
NC-17 ? No one under 17 admitted.
st.louis cardinals drag me to hell alot alot are you afraid of the dark are you afraid of the dark lauren alaina
New York ? Newt's rise to the top of the polls may be short-lived, after revelations that he earned up to $1.8 million boosting the much-reviled federal mortgage giant
Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, and Herman Cain all enjoyed brief stints at the top of the GOP presidential heap before seeing their leads crumble. But Newt Gingrich's tenure at the top may wind up being the shortest yet. The newly crowned frontrunner said during the Nov. 9 Republican presidential debate that Freddie Mac paid him $300,000 in 2006 for the former House speaker's expertise as a "historian." Gingrich claimed that he told the federal mortgage giant?that its lending practices were "insane" and unsustainable. Now, Bloomberg reports that Freddie Mac actually paid Gingrich $1.6 million to $1.8 million from 1999 to 2008 ? largely to "build bridges" with antagonistic Capitol Hill Republicans ? and that Gingrich?broadly supported Freddie's push to expand home ownership to low-income Americans. Since many conservatives blame Freddie (rather than banks) for the housing crisis, will this?"boondoggle" end Newt's brief?stint as a frontrunner?
Bye bye, Newt: The Gingrich surge was already "puzzling," given what a disaster his campaign has been, says Charles Lane at?The Washington Post. But now, thanks to Newt's years of lucrative "influence peddling" for a mortgage giant he's spent the past few years publicly trashing ? and demanding Democratic heads over ? Gingrich's rise to the top will likely end before "anyone manages to explain it." GOP voters forgive a lot, but "the dictionary doesn't include a printable adjective to describe the former House speaker's hypocrisy" in this case.
"Gingrich agonistes"
The press is blowing this out of proportion: I'm still trying to figure out why this is a big deal, says Matt Lewis at?The Daily Caller. "Gingrich may well be guilty of rank hypocrisy," but no more than other politicians ? like, say, President Obama, who has quietly accepted almost $1 million from the same "fat cat" bankers he's loudly denounced. Obama also took large contributions from Freddie, and I don't recall that being big news. This story is "hardly deserving of the level of outrage it has spawned."
"Why the story about Newt Gingrich?s payday from Freddie Mac is overblown"
If anyone can beat this, it's Newt: There might be a good explanation for Gingrich's behavior, says Ed Morrissey at?Hot Air. Perhaps Newt sided with Freddie's subprime lending expansion from 1999 to 2002, then changed his mind between 2006 and 2008. Regardless, he obviously has to explain his "lengthy consulting relationship with such a toxic organization" to GOP voters, and convince Tea Partiers that this isn't a case of just getting rich off of Washington insider connections. That's a tough sell, but "if anyone could defend their connections to Freddie, it's Gingrich."
"Gingrich made $1.6-1.8 million in consulting for Freddie Mac"
View this article on TheWeek.com
Get 4 Free Issues of The Week
Other stories from this topic:
Like on Facebook?-?Follow on Twitter?-?Sign-up for Daily Newsletterbob ward bob ward susan lucci jim caviezel arturo gatti arturo gatti stoma
ANKARA, Turkey ? A magnitude-5.2 quake early Tuesday shook eastern Turkey ? already devastated by two powerful tremors, the Kandilli observatory said.
The latest quake hit Van province but there was no immediate report of damage or injuries, state-run Anatolia news agency said. Its epicenter was in the village of Mollakasim, the observatory said in a statement.
Previous quakes have turned Van, the provincial capital of half a million, into a virtual ghost town, Gov. Munir Karaloglu said Monday. He called for urgent relief aid for survivors.
Last month's magnitude-7.2 quake and a magnitude-5.7 quake last week flattened some 2,000 buildings, killed 644 people and left thousands homeless in the eastern province, where an unusually cold November is forcing survivors to endure even more suffering.
Very few state-owned buildings in the capital survived the quake, Karaloglu told the state-run Anatolia news agency. Many residents have fled because they fear going back into their homes even if they are not damaged.
"It is a ghost city," said Karaloglu. "Almost none of the buildings are in use."
Karaloglu called on the country to show "even more mercy" in the face of mounting needs, ranging from housing to food and warm clothing.
The remaining homeless were suffering through unseasonably frosty weather. The Anatolia agency cited weather officials as saying Monday that temperatures dipped as low as -15 degrees Celsius (5 degrees Fahrenheit) overnight in the town of Ercis, which was the worst hit by the first quake.
The HaberTurk newspaper reported that a 7-year-old handicapped girl who had been living in makeshift tent died of pneumonia in Ercis on Sunday. Her father claimed that he could not obtain a proper tent from authorities, the newspaper report.
Several countries, including the United States and Israel, have sent in tents and prefabricated homes.
tom bradley penn state grace potter grace potter ryan mathews the band perry faith hill cma awards 2011
STATE COLLEGE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) ? Churchgoers at embattled Penn State University offered prayers for victims and perpetrators of child sexual abuse on Sunday, and the state's governor said more victims of alleged abuse by a former university football coach are likely to be found.
Jerry Sandusky, 67, the former defensive coordinator for Penn State's football team, was charged this month with abusing at least eight boys over a period of several years. He has denied the charges and is free on bail.
At the State College Presbyterian Church, roughly 200 parishioners gathered on Sunday morning to worship and try to move past the allegations that have rocked this close-knit community.
Mike McQueary, the suspended Penn State assistant football coach who usually attends the service at the old stone church just two blocks from the Penn State campus, was not there. According to the grand jury, McQueary saw Sandusky assaulting a young boy in 2002, but did not stop it or call police. Instead, the next day he told Penn State head coach Joe Paterno.
"We are still the same people we were a week ago, and we still care about the community," said Susan Reisinger, the church's interim pastor.
The church's assistant pastor, Joel Blunk, prayed for perpetrators of abuse, their victims and university officials fired over the scandal -- among them Paterno.
"We pray for the children. We pray for their healing and recovery. Help us to realize God, that when we suffer, you suffer with us," Blunk said. "May they know they are loved and not alone.
"We pray this day for perpetrators of abuse," Blunk said. "Help us to be merciful and just."
MORE TO COME FORWARD?
Their prayers came just hours after Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett said it was likely that more alleged victims would emerge.
"If I'm to speculate, I wouldn't be surprised if we had more victims come forward," Corbett said on "Fox News Sunday." As attorney general he had opened the grand jury probe into Sandusky.
But on Sunday at the State College Presbyterian Church, the message was one of healing and understanding.
Richard Rohr, a visiting Roman Catholic priest, delivered a sermon that explored the sociology of male power. He tried to make the case that Sandusky, Paterno and others erred partly due to those social constructs.
"We males can climb and climb high, without any wisdom at all," Rohr said. "That's very dangerous."
His sermon focused on a section of the biblical book of Matthew that Rohr said illustrated the need for men not to hold onto power too long -- a clear reference to Paterno, who was Penn State's head coach for more than 40 years until he was fired on Wednesday.
"If men have not made journeys of powerlessness, and try to hold onto power too long, they will almost always abuse it," said Rohr, a Franciscan priest who lives in a New Mexico hermitage.
There were also services at the Frank and Silvia Pasquerilla Spiritual Center on the Penn State campus, where Paterno has worshiped in past but was not in attendance.
The priest there also delivered a lesson from the Book of Matthew, one on speaking and acting positively.
Worshiper Tony Campanell, 69, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, said after the service that the homily had pointed to the need for personal accountability.
"Good overcame evil, and good will come of this," he said of the sex abuse scandal.
The church services came one day after Penn State's last home football game of the season, an equally emotional event that drew more than 107,000 to the school's Beaver Stadium.
Penn State lost the game to Nebraska 17-14.
(Writing by Ernest Scheyder, and Ben Berkowitz in New York; editing by Mohammad Zargham)
papelbon anita hill penn state football schedule carrier classic j edgar hoover j edgar hoover jonathan papelbon
New York?? About 100 people marched through Brooklyn to protest against vandals who torched three cars and scrawled Nazi swastikas in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood, NBC station WNBC reported.
Only on msnbc.com
Protesters say they are taking a stand against the unknown vandals who set the cars ablaze before dawn on Friday. The vandals spray-painted the letters "KKK" on a van, put swastikas on benches and left other anti-Semitic messages on a sidewalk in the Midwood neighborhood.
Marchers walked past four public benches from which 16 swastikas had been removed after the pre-dawn attack Friday.
Some described the vandalism.
"It was horrible," said Ascher Scheiner, 17, a student at a local yeshiva ? a Jewish religious high school. "My friend woke me up and said he heard a loud explosion."
On Ocean Parkway, three parked cars ? a BMW, a Lexus and a Jaguar ? had been set ablaze. In addition, the letters "KKK," a reference to the racist Ku Klux Klan, were spray-painted on a van and anti-Semitic messages were scrawled on a sidewalk.
State Assemblyman Dov Hikind, a Democrat who represents the area, said authorities told him they believe rags were soaked in gasoline, placed under the cars and lit.
"I've never seen this level of violence here, in my 29 years representing this area," Hikind told The Associated Press. "This goes beyond the pale ? blowing up cars in the middle of the Jewish community."
Hikind, who lives in the neighborhood, then rushed off Sunday to see his 90-year-old mother, an Auschwitz survivor. He said he walks past the benches with her on their way to Sabbath services.
"All I could think about was my mother sitting on a bench with a swastika," he said.
Police made no arrests as of Sunday afternoon. The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating.
Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes said dozens of empty beer bottles were found at the scene. He said they would be tested for fingerprints and DNA samples.
Police in the 66th Precinct bolstered patrols in the neighborhood ? especially the scene of the attack.
The marchers carried an Israeli flag and were led by Hikind, state Sen. Eric Adams, Rabbi Chaim Gruber, New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, civil rights lawyer Norman Siegel and other community leaders.
"There was a time when vandals used magic markers to express hate; now they're using gasoline," Adams said.
Protesters noted the attack occurred one day after the 73rd anniversary of Kristallnacht in Nazi Germany on Nov. 9-10, 1938, when synagogues were set on fire and the windows of Jewish-owned shops were broken.
"I am the child of a Holocaust survivor, and this makes me uncomfortable," said Judy Pfeffer, 62, a retired city education department employee who lives blocks away. "Even then, it was just vandalism. But it led to the Holocaust."
Sunday's march included about 25 people from the Occupy Wall Street movement in Manhattan, which put out a statement condemning the vandalism.
The mix of people who showed up for the march "shows that we stand together against hatred. And it makes residents here feel better," Hikind said.
Midwood ? a quiet, middle-class neighborhood about 45 minutes by subway from Manhattan ? was predominantly Jewish until new immigrants began arriving in the 1980s from the Caribbean, South America, Eastern Europe and Asia. Allen, the famed filmmaker, grew up in Midwood, as did U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer condemned the vandalism during an unrelated event on Sunday.
"It's disgraceful and they should throw the book at the people who did it," Schumer said. "Sometimes (vandals) think they're pranks, sometimes they're more malicious than that. Either way they cause great harm."
Story: Cars torched, hate messages found in Jewish neighborhoodThe Associated Press contributed to this report.
Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45278802/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/
michael savage aj burnett aj burnett jason wu jason wu the fall the fall
