SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? A crowd of 5,000 watched Saturday as Nobel Peace Laureate and Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi received an honorary doctorate from the University of San Francisco.
Suu Kyi spoke to the crowd in English for several minutes before switching to Burmese, addressing her fellow countrymen in the audience. The San Francisco Bay area is home to the nation's largest Burmese community.
"Our country is on the verge of a new path," she told the crowd. "We are just about to start out, but we are not along the way yet. And because we're just at the beginning, this is a delicate and difficult time."
Suu Kyi's appearance at the university is part of her high-profile visit to the U.S. that has included a private meeting with President Barack Obama and standing ovations at awards ceremonies in Washington and New York, including at the United Nations.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi handed her the framed degree at Saturday's event inside a packed auditorium. Suu Kyi was also given a key to the city by Mayor Ed Lee.
Suu Kyi, 67, has been a key player in Myanmar's political transformation after a half-century of military rule.
Until November of 2010 she had spent about 15 years under house arrest during the former military regime. Now she heads the main opposition group with 43 seats in parliament, which is dominated by allies of the former regime.
Still, her presence in parliament is huge step toward democracy. She has also been named head of a 15-member parliamentary committee tasked with helping to implement rule of law in the country. Her party had boycotted the November 2010 elections but took part in by-elections in April.
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Unintimidable: Boston University's 'Silver Unicorn' Townhall, by?Jeff Jacoby
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Posted By:Judy W., 9/30/2012 7:38:56 AM
"I've never been intimidated by anyone," John Silber once told me. "I don't know the meaning of the word." I never doubted it. Twice I worked for the former Boston University president, who died Thursday at 86. (Snip) Several years later, with both law school and my exceedingly brief legal career behind me, I returned for a full-time job with the exalted title of Assistant to the President. However lofty the title, reality was something else. Having John Silber as a boss, I quickly learned, was an ongoing adventure in being put in one's place.
Comments: This piece has some wonderful stories about Silber. He was in the news a lot in the 1980s and 1990s but I haven't heard anything about him since then. He was a good guy.
I went to Boston University in the late 70's when he was president and turning the school around in amazing fashion. He was hated by the hippies and the professors. He wanted excellence from his professors, fired them if they weren't, and we can't have that. He did not knuckle under to political correctness. Ever.
I spent a good part of a day, one-on-one, with this remarkable man in the late 1980s. He had come to my office regarding BU's program for the military in Europe. He was business-like and cordial. We took the Metro to the Pentagon for a face-to-face with a (my)three-star general. The result was not what he had wanted, but he remained very polite to me on the return to my office, sharing with me a bit of his younger years in Texas. Had he possedd two "good" arms, Silber's career might well have been military....in which case he could well have been the four-star boss of my three-star general.
I lived in MA most of my life, and remember John Silber well. He ran for governor as a Democrat, but didn't win partly due to his George S. Patton style of dealing with everything. He lost to Willaim "Pink Floyd" Weld, who wasn't really all that bad a governor in a Democrat controlled state like MA, but was a little bit on the odd side. Silber didn't pull any punches whatsoever, and couldn't have cared less who he offended in the process. He took BU from an also ran to one of the largest and most successful universitys in the area. He was a good guy, and I doubt that you'll ever see another one like him.
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Unintimidable: Boston University's 'Silver Unicorn'
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"I've never been intimidated by anyone," John Silber once told me. "I don't know the meaning of the word." I never doubted it. Twice I worked for the former Boston University president, who died Thursday at 86. (Snip) Several years later, with both law school and my exceedingly brief legal career behind me, I returned for a full-time job with the exalted title of Assistant to the President. However lofty the title, reality was something else. Having John Silber as a boss, I quickly learned, was an ongoing adventure in being put in one's place.
"The Country He Served"
National Review, by Mark Steyn???
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My weekend column muses on the glorious future foreseen by Obama?s speech to the General Assembly. But I?ve also been struck by the following passage on the late Chris Stevens, mysteriously asphyxiated by a spontaneous class-action movie review, as every government official from the Commander-in-Chief to his UN Ambassador has so persuasively argued. Last week, the President paid tribute to Stevens thus: (Snip) Chris Stevens loved his work. He took pride in the country he served, and he saw dignity in the people that he met. What does that phrase ?the country he served? mean?
ACLU Sues to Stop Citizenship Question on Michigan Ballots
American Thinker, by Robert Knight???
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Only citizens of the United States can legally vote in federal elections. So Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson added a yes/no question on ballot applications that asks: "Are you a United States citizen?" According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Michigan, this simple requirement is "an election day disaster in the making." So the ACLU did what it usually does, which is to sue.
How Obama and Allies Are Suppressing News of Economic Disaster Ahead
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On May 7th, it was revealed that the Obama administration spent $8.35 billion on a ?demonstration project? designed to postpone the vast majority of Obamacare?s Medicare Advantage cuts until after the election. On July 31st, it was revealed that the Labor Department warned defense contractors against notifying workers of impending layoffs before the election as well, despite the fact that it would require violating the law to do so. On September 21, it was revealed that a report on the Greek bailout will also be postponed until after the U.S. election.
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Akin, the Standard-Bearer
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Tuesday, September 25, was the last day U.S. Senate Candidate Todd Akin (R-MO) could withdraw from the race. And he isn't going. So the GOP standard-bearer is Todd Akin; he needs our help, and we need to support him. Yes, he made a stupid remark, and as a result, what should have been an easy Senate win turned into a hotly contested race. He apologized profusely, but rather than come to his aid, Republicans of every stripe denounced him and called for his resignation. This is idiotic. Despite this widespread trashing, recent polls indicate
Climate Realism
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Even with the Kyoto Protocol due to expire at the end of this year, Obama persists in giving highest priority to climate change policy if re-elected. Does the U.S. really want to lead the world in committing economic suicide? It pays to look at the rapidly disappearing scientific rationale for trying to mitigate a putative future global warming. (Snip) Two crucial points may have been overlooked in the debate: **Evidence for anthropogenic global warming (AGW) is problematic. **A modest warming is likely to be beneficial -- not damaging.
The Film ?Innocence of Muslims? ? Made By Terrorists?
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When it comes to the film Innocence of Muslims, our government and the media use a narrative mired in contradictions and false statements provided by the filmmaker, who himself is an untrustworthy source. If we stick to what can be proven we might obtain the possibility that terror supporters produced the film. Muhammad Al Dura and Paliwood are two cases in point, showing the type of stunts used by Palestinian terrorists. So lets examine facts instead of the filmmaker?s fiction:
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We Recommend Mitt Romney for President
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Barack Obama will forever be a historic, as well as historical, figure in American life. Candidate Obama, an orator of great skill and cadence, might have overcome everything and put the U.S. on a brighter path. President Obama, unfortunately, fell short of the challenge. We see evidence of Obama?s shortcomings in his re-election campaign, a relentlessly negative push to disqualify his opponent instead of standing on his accomplishments.
Barney Frank: End 'Tea Party nightmare'
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The political fundraising frenzy has entered the extreme stage this weekend as an 11th hour deadline looms, with retiring Rep. Barney Frank labeling the Tea Party a "national nightmare" that needs to be eliminated and former President Clinton issuing a virtual disaster proclamation of what GOP rule would bring to the nation. In an email to Democrats, Frank blamed the nation's ills on the Tea Party that sent members to Washington in 2010 when voters expressed displeasure with one-party, Democratic rule. "This is our chance to end the national nightmare of Tea Party Republican rule," he wrote.
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Islamic group calls for ban on offending prophet
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United Nations - The head of a leading Islamic organization Saturday called for a global ban on offending the character of the Prophet Muhammad, saying that it should be equated with hate speech. Such a ban would demonstrate how an interconnected world respected different cultural sensitivities, said Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, secretary general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in an interview with The Associated Press. "If the Western world fails to understand the sensitivity of the Muslim world, then we are in trouble," Ihsanoglu said. Such provocations pose "a threat to international peace and security and the sanctity of life."
1 million Ohioans using free phone program
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A program that provides subsidized phone service to low-income individuals has nearly doubled in size in Ohio in the past year ? now covering more than a million people. (snip) [E]ligibility is dependent on having a low income or being in a program such as food stamps or heating assistance, and that population is ballooning, they say. ?I am unable to have a cellphone and I need one for emergencies,? said Aliesa Azbill of Dayton, (snip) She said the 250 free minutes she gets per month through SafeLink isn?t enough to use it for much more than emergencies.
Benghazi Worse than Watergate
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For over forty years now, the Watergate scandal ? the June 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters and the subsequent cover-up by the Nixon administration ? has been the sine qua non of American political malfeasance. It has been followed by myriad other ?gates? affecting both parties but has never been superseded. Until now. Benghazi or Benghazigate, as some call it, is worse. Far worse. Incomparably worse. Watergate caught numerous public officials lying, including the president of the United States, but Benghazigate has all that and more.
Sen. Boxer To Tea Party: "Intimidating Voters Is A Federal Offense"
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"I know everyone?s paying attention, I know the Obama campaign is ready to act on this. But I realized that there are two important federal laws, the Voting Rights Act, passed in the 60s, and Voter Registration Act passed in the 90s, that have criminal and civil penalties for people who try to intimidate a voter. And I wanted to make sure that the Justice Department is moving on these cases. So I did hear from them today, and although they can?t confirm or deny any particular case because I wrote about Ohio, they did say that
Can You Be a Good Muslim and a Good American?
PJ Media, by Rick Moran???
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There are many Muslims in the US who are both good Muslims and good Americans. They ?get it? when it comes to free speech and the separation of church and state. It doesn?t mean they don?t hate the Innocence of Muslims film and won?t protest against it in a similar way Christians protested against the Andrew Serrano photo ?Piss Christ.? But it does mean that they have successfully assimilated and adopted the American reverence for freedom of thought and expression. But for some Muslims activists who don?t ?get it,? there is advocacy for international anti-blasphemy laws that
If given the choice of preserving either the arts or sports, 56 percent Houstonians would choose the arts, compared with 35 percent that would preserve sports, according to the 2012 Houston Arts Survey. The survey is a first-of-its-kind, dynamic look by Rice University?s Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Harris County residents? attitudes about and experiences with the area?s arts offerings and opportunities.
Stephen Klineberg, professor of sociology and co-director of the Kinder Institute, discusses the findings of the first Houston Arts Survey. Photo by Jeff Fitlow
The survey was conducted between November 2011 and January 2012. A scientifically selected sample of 1,200 Harris County adults were asked about their free-time activities, their reasons for attending or not attending arts events, their personal involvement in creative activities, their support for arts education and the importance they attach to the arts for the city?s overall quality of life. The research documents the surprising degree to which Harris County residents participate in and support the arts.
Among the findings:
More than 40 percent said they had attended a live arts performance during the past year.
63 percent had visited a museum, exhibit, library or art gallery.
37 percent were currently personally involved in the arts and other creative activities.
Despite their support for the arts over sports, when Houstonians were asked to name their favorite free-time activity, playing or attending sports was the most popular response, with 17 percent, followed by watching TV or videos (12 percent), reading (11 percent), and social activities with family and friends (11 percent); 10 percent mentioned the arts.
88 percent strongly or somewhat agree that public schools should put more emphasis on arts and music.
65 percent disagreed with the suggestion that ?arts education for children is much less important than English, history or math.?
More than half said they would be willing to pay higher property taxes to support arts education in their school district.
26 percent of Houstonians had donated money to the arts.
?The survey participants express broad-based support for investments that will enhance the visibility and quality of the arts in this region, even if it means an increase in taxes,? said Stephen Klineberg, professor of sociology and co-director of the Kinder Institute. ?The respondents are clear in their belief that the arts are important to Houston, that their availability and excellence are critical to the area?s quality of life and that arts instruction should be a part of every child?s education.?
The study found that Houstonians are more likely than Americans in general to attend live arts performances, and that the most important attendance predictors are education, household income and exposure to the arts in childhood. Ethnic background makes no difference at all in attendance rates: African-Americans, Latinos and Asians are just as likely as Anglos to report that they attended a live performance in the arts during the preceding 12 months.
?The usual suspects ? mainly costs, traffic, safety and no time ? were among the reasons respondents do not attend arts performances,? Klineberg said. ?But none of these were perceived to be major barriers by more than a third of area residents.?
More than one-third of all Harris County adults said they were actively participating in the arts and other creative activities like performing, painting, writing or filmmaking. Sixty percent of the respondents said they were involved in the arts as children, with 37 percent saying that their childhood involvement lasted more than two years.
?The survey confirms that early exposure to the arts is a major predictor of later participation and support for the arts,? he said. ?We know that this kind of education contributes importantly not only to a lifelong interest in the arts, but also to strengthening children?s overall cognitive development and to improving educational outcomes in general.?
Americans today are far more likely to access the arts at home through the media than at live performances, but the respondents indicate that viewing or listening to the arts at home is more likely to increase than to decrease their interest in attending live arts performances. The study affirms that the arts in Houston constitute an economic powerhouse, beyond their entertainment value, as a critical component in contributing to the region?s prosperity. The arts foster a larger sense of community and greatly improve the region?s quality of life, while also helping to bridge the growing diversity of area residents? ethnic, religious and cultural backgrounds.
?If Houston is to succeed in the 21st century, it will need to nurture a far more educated work force, improve its overall quality of life and capitalize on its burgeoning ethnic and cultural diversity,? Klineberg said. ?The survey findings bode well for the future of our region.?.
The study was funded by Houston Endowment Inc. and aided by an advisory panel of leading national and local arts experts.
For more information about the Houston Arts Survey, visit http://kinder.rice.edu/shea/.?For more information about the Kinder Institute for Urban Research, visit http://kinder.rice.edu.
Looking for some different and unique gifts for the upcoming holiday season? Or, maybe you just need a brief getaway to recharge the batteries. If that?s the case, you?ll want to explore the unique shops of nearby London, Ontario. And as a bonus, you can also make plans to attend London?s original craft show ? the 34th annual London Arts & Crafts Fall Show & Sale, taking place the weekend of Oct. 19-21.
The show never fails to deliver unique arts and craft items, featuring everything from clothing, jewelry and art to candles, pottery, woodworking, home decor items and much more!
Hours at the 34th annual London Arts & Crafts Fall Show & Sale are 1 to 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19; 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20; and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 21. The event will take place in the Canada?Building on the Western Fairgrounds, and admission is just $6. For more information, please call (519) 679-1810, email?optholdings@bellnet.ca or visit www.londoncraftshows.com.
If you like what you see, be sure to return for the 2012 Christmas Craft Festival taking place Dec. 6-9 in the Progress Building on the Western Fairgrounds!
And, no shopping trip to London would be complete without a visit to Richmond Row, London?s most interesting and innovative shopping district with more than 200 businesses catering to your every need. Whether you?re looking for things to buy, something to do, outstanding accommodations or a great place to eat, you?re sure to find it along Richmond Row!
For helpful information on planning a quick getaway to London, please visit www.londontourism.ca.
One of the companies that led the way in mobile business technology, Research in Motion, Ltd., introduced its BlackBerry Beta 10 to press and developers earlier this week. While the industry is waiting with baited breath to see how business users will respond, here?s another look at how mobile is transforming business everywhere.
Mobile Milestones
A good beginning. Expected to be available to consumers and business users in January or sometime later in 2013, the BlackBerry 10 has already partially won over critics. In a video overview, tech writer Dieter Bohn admits being impressed with the device, but says it remains to be seen whether the new BlackBerry catches on. The Verge
The PC paradigm. Despite the importance of the mobile market that yet another device represents, startup businesses and online entrepreneurs continue to focus upon desktop or laptop-based products and services first. Blogger M.G. Siegler insists it?s time to make mobile more than just an afterthought. Massive Greatness
Data Directions
The results are in. If you haven?t yet thought about the importance of mobile technology to your business, this post from blogger Scott Dudley should give you plenty of food for thought. Drawing from data supplied by Google, Dudley shares insights pointing out the latest mobile trends and where they are leading. Mobile Marketing Answer Man
Another perspective. This post and infographic look at the ongoing mobile trend by examining the proliferation of mobile devices and their uses by consumers. The increase in the number of these devices and their popularity will lead to more opportunities for mobile marketing. Fusion Alliance
Tech Transitions
I?ll take mine to go. Of course, mobile devices and the apps they use are helpful to businesses for much more than marketing. They can also be helpful for productivity by giving you access to your files, staff, social media, transactional data, and expense information while on the road and away from the office. Merchantos
Conference call convenience. And, hey look! You can even gather the troops without actually?er?gathering the troops. Take a look at technology that makes conference calls affordable and mobile from your smartphone. Keep in touch with your staff while on the run and out of the office. Smallbiz Technology
Get moving on the Web. Of course, the most important question for businesses to answer is whether their Websites are mobile-ready so customers on mobile devices can access them easily. Fortunately, getting your business site primed for this portable pump is easier than you may think. Search Engine Journal
>>>the no. gop is the latest to fire a firm under investigation for
voter fraud
in
florida
. the company known as strategic allied consulting has been repping republican efforts to get out the vote. the
republican national committee
paid the company nearly $3 million this year. a revelation that has the gop throwing punches.
>>it's totally different. we at this point have an allegation. that mere allegation has caused us to act swiftly and boldly and sever our ties with this firm because we have a
zero tolerance
when it comes to this. the on other side clearly engaged in a long time for inappropriate behavior. we don't believe it's appropriate and we wanted to make a swift and bold action to illustrate that.
>>let me go ahead and bring in nbc's national investigative correspondent michael isakoff. is this the first time this particular consultant has been accused of
voter fraud
?
>>nathan sproul
is a former executive director of the
arizona republican party
. he's been aaccused of election misconduct by democrats in the past,
voter suppression
, throwing out
voter registration
forms. none of them have led to
criminal charges
or any civil findings against him, but it has made him a somewhat controversial figure. so one of the things mr. sproul said and when the
republican national committee
hired him to do this, they wanted him to set a new firm up under a name that wasn't traceable to him so it would not be a problem or create problems and create new controversy over him. well, that turned out not to be the case, obviously. strategic allied consulting does link back to
nathan sproul
and employees of his firm linked to allegations of registration fraud in
florida
.
>>some of the information on the
floridavoter registration
forms were trying to register people with addresses in new york, in one instance a couple was being reregistered to an address in miami that is a shell
gas station
.
>>right. what we have is we also have reports of reports of now in eight counties in
florida
under investigation. employees of this firm suspected of submitting suspicious, potentially fraudulent registration forms. i talked to
nathan sproul
last night. he's adamant in denying any wrongdoing by him. he said if anything he was the victim here by employees of his firm who he hired to go out and collect these forms. i think people will ask questions about what kind of oversight there was of the employees, and frankly, the similarities to the a.c.o.r.n. charges, which was pushed by republicans against a democratic-leaning firm.
>>michael, always digging deep for us. thank you, sir. do appreciate your time. have a great weekend.
Many people have made a substantial profit from internet marketing. If you learn the ins and outs of the industry, you can make money too. Apply the tips in this article to start seeing positive results from affiliate promotion business ventures.
When you pick your affiliates know your audience. If you specialize in pet accessories, offering items in an area such as clothing will not do you much good. Your visitors are coming to your site for a specific reason, with specific subjects in mind. Use marketing that will guide visitors to your site for things they need.
Consider the use of paid advertising to get a jump start on your web marketing program. Ads with targeted keywords can significantly increase the number of visitors on your site and quite possibly get the register ringing, so it is a worthwhile investment.
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It is common to receive email jobs, but it is easy to lose track of them. Instead, become more productive by copying the key points that you need for future reference from the email and paste into one word processing program, so that in effect you?ll have one list. This single master document will become your quick go-to reference.
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If you want to be successful at marketing, you need to know the right methods. Don?t jump the gun and take on programs just because they are free. Saving your money by utilizing free offers can often be effective, but it is more important to review all options to determine what will best put you on the road to achieving your goals.
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Welsh Corgi - Daisy - Small - Young - Female - Dog
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My ideal home would be: With a wonderful family that has previous young dog experience.
Kids: I'm a very sweet dog, but sometimes I jump a lot when I'm excited. I would do best in a home with teenagers.
Dogs: I lived with my sister before coming to the MSPCA and we got along pretty well, I can go home with another dog as long as we meet first and are best buds.
Cats: I have never lived with a cat, ask a staff member for more info if you have a feline friend at home.
Exercise: I love to jump and run and play! And jump! I need daily walks and lots of play time to keep me happy and healthy in my new home.
Housetraining: I used doggy pads in my old home. I've been doing well with my housetraining at the MSPCA but I'll probably need a refresher in my new home.
Training: I'm required to go to beginner's obedience training here at the MSPCA because it will make me the best friend I can be.
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BENNINGTON, Neb. (AP) ? Duane Braesch's cornfields are prime evidence of how unforgiving the elements have been for him and so many others across the Midwest this summer. To demonstrate the hardship, the 79-year-old Nebraska farmer let The Associated Press show the world what he's weathered during the worst U.S. drought in decades.
Using a camera powered by solar panels and mounted on a pole on a mound overlooking Braesch's cornfield near Omaha, AP photographer Nati Harnik chronicled the wilting effects of extreme heat over August and much of September that turned Braesch's crop from a vibrant emerald to a sickly yellow.
Snapping a picture every 10 minutes, the camera was shrouded in plastic to shield it from rainfall. But significant rain came just twice in 59 days, helping explain why Braesch and his son ultimately reaped just half of what they would typically expect in a harvest.
Yet during a summer in which many other farmers simply declared their crops a complete bust and simply knocked them down for feed to livestock, Braesch figures "we're just pretty lucky we got what we got."
"You wouldn't think there'd be anything out there," he said. "It's amazing it's as good as it is."
That's considering what the time-lapse photos show: Clouds pass over Braesch's farmland day after day, at times teasing the grower with the look of storms but offering little relief other than a rare shower and, more often, meaningless spits of water. The stalks turn discolored, so brittle the leaves scrape each other like sandpaper.
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If you're feeling patriotic and want your friends to know it, Facebook has just put out a small but timely new feature that lets you tell everyone when and how you registered to vote.
It's a big election year, and if you're one of the politically?minded who likes to share such things on Facebook, this new feature is a no-brainer. Just go to your Timeline and, where you would normally put?a status update?or photo, select "Life event" and pick "Registered to Vote" under the "Travel and Experiences" heading.
You'll be able to select location and year, and put in a story or link in case you want your friends to have that info as well. There's a little more info at Facebook's blog post about the feature.
If you're actually looking for an easy way to register, there are lots of sites that can help you; your best bet is to search for "register to vote" and find your state's official voting registration page, or use one of the easy services (like Rock the Vote) that finds it for you.
Devin Coldewey is a contributing writer for NBC News Digital. His personal website is coldewey.cc.
ABC News' Mitchell Goulding reports: Officials at a Texas high school plan to ask their board tonight to change a policy requiring that spanking punishments be administered only by employees of the same gender as the student to receive the punishment.
That proposed request comes on the heels of outcry after a male vice principal in the district administered legal spanking punishments to female students.
Taylor Santos, a well-regarded student and athlete at Springtown High School, near Fort Worth, Texas, chose to be paddled as punishment for allowing another student to copy her homework. She opted for the paddling over a second day of suspension after having already served one day of a two-day suspension.
Her mother, Anna Jorgensen, agreed to the punishment as long as her daughter was OK with it, but was surprised the spanking was administered by a man, she told local ABC affiliate WFAA.
As far as Jorgensen knew, she said, school policy mandated that males spank males and females spank females.
She said her daughter's buttocks were red and appeared blistered due to the force of the spanking.
The district's superintendent told ABC News that administrators followed Texas law.
"The Texas Education Code and our local policies state that if a parent or guardian does not want corporal punishment administered to his/her child, for each school year the parent or guardian must provide the district a separate written and signed statement to that effect. Otherwise, the use of corporal punishment is permissible," Mike Kelley, superintendent for the Springtown Independent School District said in a statement.
"In practice, our district goes one step further. It does not administer corporal punishment unless the parent or guardian requests that it be administered," the statement read. "There has been no deviation from that practice. Any deviation from the district's policy by district staff will be corrected. "
While paddling in public schools has been outlawed by 31 states, as well as by Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, the Supreme Court ruled in 1977 that it was legal unless it has abolished by local authorities, according to the web site Corpun.com.
It is legal in 19 states. Efforts to ban it in Wyoming, North Carolina, Louisiana and Texas failed. However, in 2011 laws were introduced in both Texas and North Carolina giving parents the right to exempt their students from paddling.
The day after her daughter's paddling, Jorgensen called the vice principal to complain, but was told it was "normal for her bottom to look like this after receiving swats." The vice principal added that he had no idea about the same gender swatting, Jorgensen said.
But according to the school's own policy, spanking of a student can only be done by an employee of the same gender.
Another student, Jada Watt, said she mouthed off to the same male vice principal, and received the same punishment, which was observed by a male police officer.
Her mother, Cathi, said she "wasn't expecting a bruise."
"A swat is a swat, yes it is and they do sting. But to bruise a child? If I had done that, they would have called CPS on me," Cathi Watt told WFAA, referring to Child Protection Services.
"Two men giving her a swat behind closed doors, that is creepy," she added.
Springtown ISD Superintendent Mike Kelley told WFAA that he will ask the board to eliminate the requirement of same gender spanking.
He said the same-sex spanking policy can be difficult to observe in smaller schools where aren't enough female administrators around to mete out punishment to female students.
Watt and Jorgensen object to any policy change. They don't believe men should hit women under any circumstances.
NEW YORK ? If they weren?t before, the members of the United Nations should now all be aware of the powerful real world implications of free speech on the Internet.
As President Obama said in his remarks to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, referencing the notorious anti-Muslim film ?Innocence of Muslims?: ?Americans have fought and died around the globe to protect the right of all people to express their views - even views that we disagree with.?
But across town on Monday and earlier over the weekend, another world leader was attempting to toe a fine line between Internet security, increased development and freedom of expression.
Hamadoun Tour?, Secretary General of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), the global telecom standard-setting agency that actually predates the U.N. (founded in 1865 to coordinate global interoperability of the telegraph), spoke on Monday at Columbia University about an upcoming conference in which representatives from the 193 nations that make up the U.N. will get together to revamp international communications regulations for the Internet era.
That conference, the World Conference on International Telecommunications 2012 (WCIT-12), is the first time that the nations are rewriting international rules for telecommunications since 1988, before the rise of the commercial Internet.
But the conference, which is to take place in Dubai from December 3 through 14, has also drawn suspicion and criticism from U.S. lawmakers and advocacy groups who believe that proposals for rewriting the regulations submitted by more centrally-governed nations including Russia, China, Iran and other Arabic countries, indicate that these nations want to use the opportunity to codify measures that would enable them to police Internet content, meter Internet traffic at international borders, and essentially attain U.N. blessing to crack down on dissenting voices.
Tour? and the ITU have repeatedly rebuffed these notions, but apparently not enough: Tour??s speech Monday was titled ?Myths and Reality,? and he used it to try and articulate what he thought were the benign, yet important, matters at stake at the WCIT-12 conference.
?The conference has attracted an enormous amount of interest and media coverage - especially here in the United States, but not always for the right reasons,? Tour? said in his speech, later adding:
Let us focus on what WCIT is really about.
It is about accelerating the rapid deployment of broadband to ensure that many more of the unconnected are given a voice online and that the transformative power of broadband is accessible to all the world?s people.
This is very much in line with ITU?s day-to-day activities which are already fundamental to promoting Internet growth.
Tour? also said that the conference was about, ?the free flow of information? and ?continuing to promote a harmonious and conducive international environment that drives innovation? and ?accelerating the rapid deployment of broadband to ensure that many more of the unconnected are given a voice online.?
However, Tour? also repeated his assertion that the WCIT-12 conference and the ITU?s daily activities also involved ?security standards, including standards to combat spam.?
It?s precisely codifying regulations and international agreements to fight spam and other network disruptions in the context of cybersecurity that worry some U.S. lawmakers and freedom of information advocates, including Eli Dourado, a research fellow at the George Mason University Mercatus Center and co-founder of WCITLeaks.org, a website critical of the ITU that publishes leaked regulations proposals.
Dourado earlier this summer wrote on the blog Tech Liberation that an international agreement on fighting spam ?would create an international legal excuse for governments to inspect our emails.?
?We need to remember that any security standards that are included in the ITRs [international telecommunications regulations], with whatever intentions, will be used by some member states for their own purposes,? Dourado tweeted to TPM on Tuesday. ?This might include censorship or political repression.?
The ITU has also repeatedly pointed out that its role is only to facilitate international discussion about telecommunications standards and development, not to make any decisions, which the member nations must agree to by broad consensus.
At the same time, the ITU is openly working to spur the growth of broadband Internet connections around the globe, particularly in developing nations.
On Sunday at the Yale Club in New York, Tour? attended and presided over a meeting of the ITU?s Broadband Commission, a collaboration with UNESCO established in May 2010 to help meet some of the telecommunications connectivity levels for developing nations set in the U.N.?s Millennium Development Goals.
The meeting saw the release of the first-ever ?State of Broadband? report, which collects and summarizes broadband installation rates on a country-by-country basis around the globe for the year of 2011. The report found that fixed internet subscriptions totalled 589 million in 2011 and that out of 5.97 billion mobile subscriptions, 18.3 percent were mobile broadband, but that mobile broadband subscriptions are growing by a rate of 60 percent year-over-year.
The report goes on to lay out specific ?advocacy targets,? including ?making broadband policy universal ? by 2015 all countries should have a national broad plan or strategy,? and ?making broadband affordable,? by having developing countries pass laws or policies to ensure entry-level access to broadband amounts to less than 5 percent of household?s monthly income.
Overall, the ITU?s Broadband Commission wants to see 60 percent of the world?s people online by 2015, with at least 50 percent access to developing nations and 15 percent to the least-developed.
The report didn?t touch on security, but when asked by TPM about the ITU?s role in ensuring networks are secure while simultaneously open to dissenting voices, Tour? responded in part with the following statements:
?This is a fundamental issue,? Tour? said, ?We?re trying to address it globally, because its a global problem and you can only have global solutions?In security matters, you have also unfortunately some wide differences in terms of even definitions of security?you have differences in definitions of freedom across countries; cultural or religious differences that make those understandings different. To be frank with you, in order to avoid entering into a long debate on those issues where its clearly not working, my job was to try find one area where we agree. This is why we launched the Child?s Online Protection initiative. Children, everyone agrees on that.?
The Child?s Online Protection initiative (COP) was launched by the ITU in 2008, and aims to coordinate best industry and policy practices when it comes to keeping kids safe online, while still encouraging access.
Cyber Attack, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Freedom of Speech, ITU, Innocence of Muslims, Telecom Policy, Telecommunications, United Nations Carl Franzen
Carl Franzen is TPM Idea Lab's tech reporter. He used to work for The Daily, AOL and The Atlantic Wire (though not simultaneously, thankfully). He's never met a button that didn't need to be pressed. He can be reached at carl@talkingpointsmemo.com.
The Challenge: As we mentioned earlier this year, Pinterest has been captivating online users with its emphasis on engagement, content, and personalization. Now Volvo is taking to the Pinterest boards with a consumer-driven campaign designed to re-establish the company?s image. But can their campaign succeed in an unproven community-based social medium like Pinterest?
A study conducted with Pinterest users earlier this year provided several insights into user habits:
Over 20% of users purchase items they ?pin? on their boards.
Purchasers visit Pinterest 2.7 times more often and pin 3.1 times as many items as non-purchasers.
The 3 most popular words purchasers use to describe Pinterest are ?friendly,? ?community,? and ?genuine.?
The statistics demonstrate that not only does Pinterest usage drive sales, but that those sales are achieved almost entirely through user interaction.RJ Metrics correlated this by showing over 80% of images ?pinned? on Pinterest bulletin boards are re-pinned from other users.
Can companies penetrate such a tight-knit buying community without appearing intrusive?
Teresa Caro of iMediaConnection.com maintains that they can, if they create ?a balance between?genuine brand story and?content that inspires and compels action.?
One example of this formula in action is Volvo?s new Pinterest campaign. Joe Barbagallo, their Social Media Manager, says the company is ?rebranding [them]selves?through design. Pinterest being focused around photos and being driven by consumers is really what attracted us to establish a presence [there] .?
Volvo is basing the direction of the campaign on past social media successes such as their ?You Inside? Facebook campaign, which allows customers to create and relate their own experiences.
Volvo re-uses this formula on Pinterest, inviting users to describe their ideal ?joyride? by pinning images of the new Volvo S60 T5 and discussing their perfect road trip stories. And their commitment to customer interaction is getting them results.
KEY TAKEAWAYS FOR MARKETERS
1. Understand the nature of Pinterest before marketing. As an inherently visual social medium, it requires a means to generate strong visuals, as well as time to create relationships and generate strong customer engagement.
2. Give customers the ability to share their experiences the way they want to, not the way you want them to. As Mr. Barbagallo says, ?we want these people to experience the product on their own terms and speak about it as naturally and organically as they can.? Customers respond best when they?re allowed to give feedback their way.
3. Let your customers feel relevant. Engaging customers, sharing your story with them, and inviting them to do the same lets them know that they are important to you. And that lays the foundation for all good customer relationships.
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