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Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:05:14 -0800 U.S. military to arraign soldier accused of Afghan massacre http://lloydharryll.posterous.com/us-military-to-arraign-soldier-accused-of-afg http://lloydharryll.posterous.com/us-military-to-arraign-soldier-accused-of-afg

SEATTLE (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier accused of killing 16 villagers in Afghanistan is due to be arraigned on Thursday on charges of premeditated murder, for which military prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.

Robert Bales, a veteran of four combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, is accused of gunning down the villagers - mostly women and children - in their homes in two villages in Afghanistan's Kandahar province.

The shootings occurred over a five-hour period in March. It was one of the deadliest incidents the military has blamed on a rogue U.S. soldier since the Vietnam War and strained U.S.-Afghan relations.

Prosecutors say Bales, 39, acted alone and with "chilling premeditation" when, armed with a pistol, a rifle and a grenade launcher, he left his base twice, returning in the middle of his rampage to tell a fellow soldier: "I just shot up some people."

During a pre-trial hearing in November at Washington state's Joint Base Lewis-McChord, where Bales is being held and where Thursday's arraignment will take place, witnesses testified that he had been angered by a bomb blast near his outpost that severed a fellow soldier's leg days before the shootings.

The government believes Bales was solely responsible for the deaths, and survivors have testified that they saw only one U.S. soldier. However, several indirect accounts have suggested more than one soldier may have been involved.

Bales was bound over for court martial in December and faces 16 murder charges, as well as other charges, including attempted murder, assault and drug and alcohol charges.

"(The arraignment) makes it official, that he is about to go into a court martial. It also gives the defense and prosecution an opportunity to present motions," Army spokesman Gary Dangerfield said, adding that Bales would hear the summary of charges against him and be able to enter a plea.

Bales' lawyers declined requests for comment.

POSSIBLE POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS

Defense lawyers have not set out an alternate theory of the case, but have pointed out inconsistencies in pre-trial testimony and highlighted incidents before the shooting where Bales lost his temper easily.

Those incidents could possibly set up an argument that Bales was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.

"His defense attorneys would be wise to ask for further expert evaluation of his sanity," said Mary D. Fan, a former University of Washington law professor who is following the case. "They might be able to argue (that), at the time, Bales couldn't tell right from wrong."

Fan added that she expected Bales to enter a plea of not guilty or perhaps defer a plea pending further negotiation with prosecutors and an independent mental evaluation.

Army prosecutors told Reuters in November they would arrange for Afghan witnesses to testify in person during the court martial. Prosecutors have already presented physical evidence to link Bales to the crime scene, as well as blood-splattered camouflage clothing.

For Bales to be executed, a military jury must unanimously find him guilty of the eligible crime and at least one aggravating factor that largely outweighs any mitigating circumstances, the Army said.

Evidence of any mental illness, post-traumatic stress disorder, extended combat experience, and the presence of alcohol and other substances could be "critical evidence," said civilian defense attorney Colby Vokey, a retired Marine lieutenant-colonel.

The military justice system also requires the U.S. president to approve the execution of a service member, which last occurred in 1961.

"You can't receive the death penalty in the military with anything less than premeditation," said Victor Hansen, vice-president of the National Institute of Military Justice.

(Writing and additional reporting by Eric M. Johnson; Editing by Cynthia Johnston and David Brunnstrom)

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Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:48:23 -0800 Analyzing the Windows 8 sales numbers: Chicken, meet egg http://lloydharryll.posterous.com/analyzing-the-windows-8-sales-numbers-chicken http://lloydharryll.posterous.com/analyzing-the-windows-8-sales-numbers-chicken

For the past few months -- really, since the day Windows 8 and Windows RT became commercially available in late October 2012 -- there have been lots of attempts to calculate how it's really selling.

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Microsoft officials have said Windows 8 is selling at the same clip as Windows 7 did.

Microsoft's figures are measurements of Windows upgrades, which are sold at a discount to existing Windows users, plus licenses sold to OEMs. (OEMs don't buy Windows licenses on a "just-in-time" basis, I've heard. Instead, they attempt to predict what they'll sell and then order a set number of licenses at least a month ahead of time, according to one source of mine.)?Microsoft's latest claim of 60 million Windows 8 licenses sold might or might not include sales of Windows RT, too. (Company officials have declined to say.)

NPD tracks a different set of numbers -- copies of Windows sold preinstalled on PCs sold at retail. (NPD's numbers include neither Surface RT sales nor in-store Windows upgrade sales.) Neither Microsoft's nor NPD's estimates includes sales of Windows through volume license agreements, which is how users like the ?U.S. Department of Defense recently bought Windows (and Office) licenses, which will allow the agency to deploy Windows 8 and/or to downgrade to an older version of Windows.

In addition to the discrepancies around what's being counted, no one seems to agree which is the chicken and which is the egg in the Windows-sales equation. By that, I mean the set of circumstances which one Microsoft watcher considers to be the "cause" is seen by another as the "effect."

Example: Are Windows PCs failing to sell as well as in previous years because users are confused by and unhappy with Windows 8? Or is it that PC sales were already in free-fall and it's only the release of Windows 8 that's keeping them even marginally afloat?

Another: Was it the shortage of touch-enabled Windows 8 and Windows RT PCs and tabets that led to lower-than-expected retail sales this past holiday season? Or was it the higher price Windows OEMs are charging for touch-enabled PCs and tablets that have led to less-than-stellar sales?

My personal favorite: Microsoft officials say users have been actively seeking out touch-enabled Windows 8 PCs and tablets. But maybe they're just looking for new Windows tablets and PCs and soon (once existing non-touch-enabled PC inventories are depleted) will have no choice but to get touch-enabled ones.

And one more: Did Microsoft's decision to advance the date when it started encroaching on OEM territory by selling the Surface through retailers like Best Buy and Staples lead to some of these OEMs' lessening enthusiasm for Windows 8 and Windows RT? Or did Microsoft have no choice but to push the Surfaces through more retailers because of the dearth of Windows 8 and Windows RT tablets and PCs from OEMs in retail stores?

Outside of a chosen few inside Microsoft, no one really knows how many Surface RT devices Microsoft has sold, or how many copies of Windows 8 have been activated by consumers. There've been lots of guesse, educated and otherwise. I'd argue the muddling of causes and effects in all these estimates adds another layer of complexity to attempts to determine whether Windows 8 and Windows RT are "successes" or "failures."

Source: http://www.zdnet.com/analyzing-the-windows-8-sales-numbers-chicken-meet-egg-7000009897/

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Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:16:16 -0800 Disgusted with the internet - The Haven http://lloydharryll.posterous.com/disgusted-with-the-internet-the-haven http://lloydharryll.posterous.com/disgusted-with-the-internet-the-haven
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 2:19 pm?? ?Post subject: Disgusted with the internet Reply with quote

I know I use the internet and can't live without it any more, I am still disgusted with the way the internet has basically took over everything and is making companies lose out on business and hundreds of jobs are being lost. It is happening as we speak, and it is very worrying.

I have now heard that HMV (UK record shop) is going under because of so many people shopping online for DVDs and CDs. That is my favourite shop, it is the only place I can go when I need to go to a shopping centre (to get some shoes that need trying on or something) and after I get what I wanted I usually go into HMV and have a look, to kill time before the next bus, because I can't hang around in clothes shops for too long, and that's all there is. Now HMV is gone I will have nowhere exciting to look. It's really not fair. So many stupid idiotic people are buying things online, but there are still millions of people that like to actively browse around the shops too, for something to do.

I am also worrying that all this internet shopping will soon destroy every retail business and there will be no shops left standing any more, instead everywhere will just get derelict. People don't realise that the internet is destroying everything. It is worrying me.
Not only that, the internet isn't that reliable. Computers cost to update, you have to be careful of viruses, you have to be careful of what you're buying, you have to be careful of what you're downloading, and it is easy for people (older people that aren't used to computers, or people who are stupider than average, like me,) to end up getting their bank accounts hacked into. I tried downloading Adblocker the other day from Google, and I suddenly ended up with SweetIM as my browser, and I couldn't get rid of it, and it slowed down all my internet and everything. Now after fiddling around I have finally removed it, but my internet is still having a few problems with speed ever since. Also the connection from the router randomly cuts out and disrupts everything. This can be more frustrating than going out shopping among crowds of people sometimes...
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 2:31 pm?? ?Post subject: Reply with quote

maybe ... if ... but ... hardly... etc...

out of town malls are what screwed up UK high streets.

the web is most useful to me, good for finding tip top things that I need at the right price, books that are not mainstream to feed my brain and it has rejuvinated my own particular niche manufacturing business, ahhhhhh ... the joy

of not having to go to a town and deal with surly uncommunicative ass-hole sales ppl .....
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 7:29 pm?? ?Post subject: Reply with quote

I often wish I could order my weekly supply of groceries online instead of going to the store because I HATE the crowds, and the line-ups, especially around holidays and when people get their monthly checks. I didn't always hate grocery shopping but the store I go to recently got expanded and now it there seem to be more people than ever there and there aren't many other stores that have a decent stock of groceries nearby. When I'm shopping there it seems all I say is excuse me excuse me sorry, sorry for being in your way, SORRY FOR EXISTING!!! And I normally take my time while everyone else rushes around in complete madness. It's like I can't even take a minute to decide what to choose from all the products, prices, and quality and then I turn around and see I'm blocking someone who wants to get past. Are the aisles getting more narrow, or am I getting more wide? Laughing I also seem to have a weird curse there when I'm next in line the cashier suddenly seems to forget how to use the cash register or someone calls her and she puts ME on hold, or the person in front of me is an 80-year old and forgets how to use a credit card or cash a check. There are screaming kids and teens yapping away on phones and since I don't have a car or drive I have to call my mother on the phone to drive me back to my apartment. But the store people don't like people having their cars right in front of the doors so I have to lug my shopping cart down to this empty corner on the sidewalk while I wait and it could be freezing or frying but there's not place to go inside. And one time some guy came up to me asking for a smoke. Not a teen but a grown man! I don't smoke and wasn't smoking, so why would he assume I had cigarettes on me, that is so stupid and annoying! Also I have to try to be home before the kids in the high school across the street are let out for the day or there will be cars and buses everywhere and sometimes my mom can't even drive up to the steps to my apartment. So I have to lug my bags of groceries such as big bags of kitty litter even further and then up two sets of stairs. UGH!!! wall Of course I don't want all stores to close down because where I live there's not much else to do or to go to. There's not a lot outside my home I feel like doing, anyway. But most of the other stores in the "city" I live in are terrible. I'm lucky if they have something that I really want and end up searching all over for it and they don't have it if I ask if they will get it soon the answer is nearly always I don't know. When I was a kid going to town or the mall was like going to Disneyland, but back then the stores were a lot better and everything was more fun as a kid but not any more. Sad and I can't order stuff online even when I want to because I have no credit cards I can't afford them and I don't get this Pay Pal thing or whatever it's called. Sad I know this was a very long rant, but I just had to get it out even though I just let my Mr. Noodles boil into a pot of disgusting sludge on the stove. Good thing I didn't set the place on fire. Embarassed
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 11:08 pm?? ?Post subject: Re: Disgusted with the internet Reply with quote

Joe90 wrote:
I know I use the internet and can't live without it any more, I am still disgusted with the way the internet has basically took over everything and is making companies lose out on business and hundreds of jobs are being lost.

Well, it's happening because it's far more convenient to use the Internet and it's often much cheaper.

Would I rather get a DVD online for ?8-?9 and get it delivered right to my door, or would I rather go to Preston and spend ?15-?20 from a brick and mortar store? No contest, really.

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It is happening as we speak, and it is very worrying.

No, it's not. I think it's a good thing if new, successful companies take their place (I can't see this happening at this moment in time). I haven't actually bought anything in HMV for many, many years now - probably nearly ten years. It's easier, cheaper and less hassle just to buy things online, as I said earlier.

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I have now heard that HMV (UK record shop) is going under because of so many people shopping online for DVDs and CDs.

It's also the last major offline music/DVD chain. To be honest with you, I'm amazed it's been allowed to be kept going for as long as it has. I would have expected it to have gone under by around 2008 or 2009.

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That is my favourite shop, it is the only place I can go when I need to go to a shopping centre (to get some shoes that need trying on or something) and after I get what I wanted I usually go into HMV and have a look, to kill time before the next bus, because I can't hang around in clothes shops for too long, and that's all there is.

Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

With the greatest respect, HMV was/is there to sell things - it's not there for you to use it for your own entertainment!

Just out of interest, when did you last buy something from HMV?

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Now HMV is gone I will have nowhere exciting to look.

Erm... it's a business, not a venue solely for the entertainment of Joe90

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It's really not fair.

Boo hoo hoo. My heart is bleeding for you.

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So many stupid idiotic people are buying things online

Thanks for calling me and people like me 'stupid' and 'idiotic'. I can put these descriptors over in that pile of other things that people have called me on here.

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but there are still millions of people that like to actively browse around the shops too, for something to do.

Yeah, but they're not bloody well buying anything. If all the people in Tariq's Newsagents simply went in there to read the newspapers and didn't actually end up buying anything, what would happen to Tariq's Newsagents? Think about it.

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I am also worrying that all this internet shopping will soon destroy every retail business

Can that spawn of Satan himself, PC World, be next? Please please please...

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and there will be no shops left standing any more

Yeah, I can see Tesco, ASDA, Morrisons and M&S going down the tubes as we speak.

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instead everywhere will just get derelict.

Times move on. Any business that cannot move with the times will suffer. Basic market forces, love.

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People don't realise that the internet is destroying everything.

I blame the Bilderbergers. Who's with me?

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Not only that, the internet isn't that reliable.

Look, if the Internet goes down, and we're all doomed (or something, I haven't got the memo on how it will actually happen), what do you think will happen to all the supermarket shops?

Also: don't you have a library where you live? They tend to have free Internet access. In some libraries, you can even get a cup of tea whilst you browse.

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Computers cost to update

So do TVs, fridges, and most electrical appliances. Pick a good computer with a decent spec and keep it clean of crap.

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you have to be careful of viruses

Don't buy a Windows PC then. (Yes, I know that Macs get virii, but still.)

Joe90 wrote:
you have to be careful of what you're buying

And you don't in a high-street shop?

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you have to be careful of what you're downloading

Not difficult. Just download crap off dodgy sites without checking its provenance first.

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and it is easy for people (older people that aren't used to computers, or people who are stupider than average, like me,)

a) They offer free computing lessons at the local library for older people.
b) Stop doing that. Stop calling yourself "stupider than average". You're not, and it doesn't suit you to keep thinking like that or calling yourself that.

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to end up getting their bank accounts hacked into. I tried downloading Adblocker the other day from Google, and I suddenly ended up with SweetIM as my browser, and I couldn't get rid of it, and it slowed down all my internet and everything. Now after fiddling around I have finally removed it, but my internet is still having a few problems with speed ever since. Also the connection from the router randomly cuts out and disrupts everything. This can be more frustrating than going out shopping among crowds of people sometimes...

Have you downloaded something like CCleaner or HijackThis to get rid of all the remaining crap?

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 6:22 am?? ?Post subject: Reply with quote

a, Most people that I know are upset that HMV is going

b, Shops aren't just for walking in and buying something and walking out again, lots and lots of people like to browse, and because I love films, I usually end up buying loads of DVDs in HMV just because of browsing

c, I have everything on my computer (ccleaner, anti-virus software installed and updated, and other stuff like that), but my internet is still slow because when I type something on the internet there is a lag so some letters don't get typed which is annoying (so I've got to type every post on a word document then copy and paste it), and I didn't used to have to do that before I accidentally installed that shitty SweetIM crap. I don't even know where this SweetIM came from, it said ''install Adblocker now'' on the button that I pressed

d, As if everyone who doesn't use a computer has got time for computer lessons

e, you DO have to be careful with what you buy online, because hackers can get in so easily, and there are a lot of scams, etc

f, There is a lot of sarcasm in this thread, Mods, please get rid of the thread now, I made a huge mistake and didn't know WP users would be so against it
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Thu, 17 Jan 2013 09:52:15 -0800 Tonight?s Impact Wrestling, Jeff Hardy to Miss Several Shows, Hulk Hogan?s Offer from Mexico, TNA-OVW http://lloydharryll.posterous.com/tonights-impact-wrestling-jeff-hardy-to-miss http://lloydharryll.posterous.com/tonights-impact-wrestling-jeff-hardy-to-miss

- Tonight?s TNA Impact Wrestling will feature the wedding of Brooke Hogan and Bully Ray. Tonight?s show will also see another Gut Check segment and the fallout from Genesis.

- TNA developmental territory OVW taped their 700th episode of TV last night. They aired pre-taped congratulatory promos from Hulk Hogan, Tara, Mr. Anderson, Kurt Angle, Sting and Jeff Hardy.

- We noted recently that Hulk Hogan turned down a major offer from Multimedios in Mexico to wrestle one more match there. Word now is that Eric Bischoff went back to the group to re-open talks. They believe there is a good chance Hogan will appear in Monterrey, Mexico this summer. They are still trying to get Hogan to agree to doing something physical but it?s been made clear that his back injuries will not allow him to do a match.

- TNA World Champion Jeff Hardy will be off TV for four weeks because TNA is taping four shows in the UK soon. Due to Hardy?s felony conviction, at least at this point, he isn?t allowed to go to the UK. TNA may do an injury angle with him this coming week or just tape backstage stuff ahead of time.

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Thu, 17 Jan 2013 06:04:28 -0800 Man who helped Sandy Hook kids getting harassed http://lloydharryll.posterous.com/man-who-helped-sandy-hook-kids-getting-harass http://lloydharryll.posterous.com/man-who-helped-sandy-hook-kids-getting-harass

Gene Rosen on the Fox News Channel. (Fox News)

A man who found six children in his driveway in Newtown, Conn., after their teacher had been shot and killed in last month's school massacre has become the target of conspiracy theorists who believe the shootings were staged.

?I don?t know what to do,? Gene Rosen told Salon.com. ?I?m getting hang-up calls, I?m getting some calls, I?m getting emails with, not direct threats, but accusations that I?m lying, that I?m a crisis actor, ?How much am I being paid?'?

Rosen, a 69-year-old retired psychologist who lives near Sandy Hook Elementary School where the shootings took place, says his inbox is filled with emails like this one:

How are all those little students doing? You know, the ones that showed up at your house after the ?shooting?. What is the going rate for getting involved in a gov?t sponsored hoax anyway?

?The quantity of the material is overwhelming,? Rosen said, adding that he's sought the advice of a retired state police officer and plans to alert the FBI.

[Related: One month after school massacre, parents of Sandy Hook victims speak, urging ?real change?]

On the morning of Dec. 14, Rosen had just finished feeding his cats when he saw six small children "sitting in a neat semicircle" at the end of his driveway. According to the Associated Press:

A school bus driver was standing over them, telling them things would be all right. It was about 9:30 a.m., and the children, he discovered, had just run from the school to escape a gunman.

"We can't go back to school," one little boy told Rosen. "Our teacher is dead."

Adam Lanza, the 20-year-old gunman, had shot his way into the school and opened fire, killing 20 children and six adults.

[Slideshow: Scenes from Newtown, Dec. 14-21, 2012]

Rosen took the four girls and two boys?students of slain teacher Victoria Soto?into his home, gave them toys and comforted them while he tried to reach their parents. He spent the days following the massacre telling his story to the swarming media that invaded the small Connecticut town in the wake of the shootings.

?I wanted to speak about the bravery of the children,? Rosen told Salon. ?I guess I kind of opened myself up to this.?

A quick Web search for Rosen's name reveals some of what he's opened himself up to: Appearing online are photos of his home, his address and phone number, several fake YouTube accounts and plenty of conspiracy theories.

One post, entitled "Grieving Town Grandfather, or Bad 'Crisis Actor,'" reads in part:

Gene's oft repeated, and changing, story about that day, focuses totally on the kids and the sound of gunshots. Even though his eyes and ears should've taken in the whole scene, his story focuses completely on the kids and the guns.

Why? Well, if this was a false flag event designed to move political opinion on gun control, here in America, then you would get a lot more bang for your buck by talking about the innocent little children. That's what tugs on America's heart strings the most ... especially around Christmas time.

Watch Gene Rosen's account of how he took care of the kids in his driveway:

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/gene-rosen-sandy-hook-conspiracy-155033813.html

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Thu, 17 Jan 2013 04:15:39 -0800 Bill Gates to chat education on PBS in first TED Talk made for TV http://lloydharryll.posterous.com/bill-gates-to-chat-education-on-pbs-in-first http://lloydharryll.posterous.com/bill-gates-to-chat-education-on-pbs-in-first

Bill Gates to chat education on PBS in first TED Talk made for TV

Word comes by way of The Wrap that PBS is slated to air the very first TED Talk produced for TV on April 16th, and it'll feature Bill Gates, to boot. The special sets its sights on discussing education and will include the likes of educators Geoffrey Canada and Sir Ken Robinson alongside Microsoft's co-founder. In advance of the broadcast, the program will be taped at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Harvey Theater on April 4th. There's no word on whether tickets are up for grabs to attend the event, but we'd start searching for friends who know Gates if you'd prefer the live experience.

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Thu, 17 Jan 2013 02:29:30 -0800 Google?s Tax Probe Nearly Finished and 3 Heavily Traded Shares Not to Miss http://lloydharryll.posterous.com/googles-tax-probe-nearly-finished-and-3-heavi http://lloydharryll.posterous.com/googles-tax-probe-nearly-finished-and-3-heavi

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Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:42:56 -0800 Twitter launches index for tracking Oscar buzz http://lloydharryll.posterous.com/twitter-launches-index-for-tracking-oscar-buz http://lloydharryll.posterous.com/twitter-launches-index-for-tracking-oscar-buz Twitter has launched a new Twitter Index that will track the Oscars buzz on the microblogging site ahead of the 85th Academy Awards next month.

The new index will measure and rank conversation about the Oscar-nominated films and actors over the next six weeks up to the ceremony on February 24, 2013, in Los Angeles.

During what is generally dubbed "awards season" in the film and TV industry, Twitter is often the conduit for movie fans to discuss who won what, and whether it was justified.

In a blog post, Twitter's head of TV Fred Graver revealed that over 4 million tweets were posted on Sunday about the Golden Globes awards ceremony.

Backed by the Academy, the Twitter Oscars Index will reflect the "ebb and flow" of movie-related conversations throughout the awards season, showing how positively Twitter users are commentating about the major nominees relative to each other.

The index reflects the sentiment of tweets about nominees in the six biggest Oscar categories - 'Best Picture', 'Best Actress', 'Best Actor', 'Best Supporting Actress', 'Best Supporting Actor' and 'Best Director'.

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Jean-Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva n 'Amour'

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[Left: Jacki Weaver / Right: Amour]

Graver said that people can use the index to see how news events shape Twitter conversation around a certain nominee.

For example, conversation about Jacki Weaver increased significantly on January 10 after she was nominated for the 'Best Supporting Actress' Oscar for her role in Silver Linings Playbook.

Michael Haneke's Amour also saw positive buzz after it won 'Best Foreign Language Film' at the Golden Globes on Sunday.

The index will also compare nominees against each other to see who is gaining the most positive sentiment.

Argo's Golden Globe-winning director Ben Affleck

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Ang Lee arriving for the premiere of Life of Pi at the Empire Leicester Square, London.

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[Left: Ben Affleck / Right: Ang Lee]

Ben Affleck won the Golden Globe for 'Best Director' (for Argo) but he did not receive a directing nomination at the Oscars. So based on the Oscar Index, Steven Spielberg (for Lincoln) and Ang Lee (for Life of Pi) are currently gaining the most positive buzz for the directing Oscar.

Each nominee gets a score based on how conversation around their term compares to all other conversation on Twitter.

For example, Silver Linings Playbook currently has a score of 87, meaning on average tweets about the film are on average more positive than 87% of all tweets.

The system uses the same underlying methodology as the Twitter Political Index, which mapped conversation around US presidential nominees Barack Obama and Mitt Romney last year.


[Left: Silver Linings Playbook / Right: Lincoln]

"Awards season also brings out the armchair film critic in many of us, as we rattle off our personal picks and pans, and predict who will take home that coveted award at the end of February," Graver said.

"The Twitter Oscars Index offers a way to measure those discussions that happen on Twitter, and provide insight for all those closely following the exciting Oscar races.

"While the next six weeks are sure to be filled with crystal ball predictions of how the illustrious Academy members will vote, the Twitter Oscars Index provides another dimension to the story: the voice of the fans."

The Index also maps out key dates up to the Oscars, such as the Directors Guild Awards on January 26, when nominees could see a spike in conversation on Twitter.

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Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:14:36 -0800 REAL DINOSAUR FOOT FOUND! | Weekly World News http://lloydharryll.posterous.com/real-dinosaur-foot-found-weekly-world-news http://lloydharryll.posterous.com/real-dinosaur-foot-found-weekly-world-news

Across the world, a discovery could change everything paleontologists know about the past.

DORMOD, MONGOLIA ? They say even under perfect conditions, it couldn?t be possible.

Yet somehow, paleontologists have unearthed a preserved dinosaur foot deep in the heart of the Gobi Desert in Southern Mongolia.

?I wouldn?t believe any reports if I hadn?t been there,? said?paleontologist?Dr. Greg Hudkins, who was one of several experts sent on the dig. ?But I saw it, and I felt it. I?ve analyzed it. That thing is the foot of a real dinosaur.?

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Scientists have released one photo of what they?re calling the ?find that will define this century.? After an already successful day of digging, the group reportedly came across a small, warm pocket beneath the rocks. They believe the beast had its leg stuck in the wet pocket around 70 million years ago. However, how it stayed preserved for that long is a question no one is capable of answering just yet.

?We?re not sure how that could be,? Hudkins said. ?But I know what this is. It?s the foot of some theropod ? a raptor-like creature, perhaps. But much bigger.?

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Hudkins maintains that there are thousands of dinosaur genera that have not been discovered, so no immediate label is not alarming and a mystery that may take time. The larger question will still be how the object ? with skin, bones and tissue ? could have made it this far. The group will reportedly take on these questions in separate groups. They will publish their findings, including verification that the foot is absolutely real, in an upcoming issue of the journal Science.

Scientists are also beginning to extrapolate clues about other dinosaurs from the photographic evidence provided.

Either way, it?s an exciting time to be a paleontologist. Weekly World News will continue to cover this story.

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Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:00:40 -0800 Spin & Bias In Late-Stage Breast Cancer Drug Trials // Pharmalot http://lloydharryll.posterous.com/spin-bias-in-late-stage-breast-cancer-drug-tr http://lloydharryll.posterous.com/spin-bias-in-late-stage-breast-cancer-drug-tr

File this under ?sweep it under the rug.? It may be human nature to downplay unwanted or negative developments, but it is not considered to be good science. Nonetheless, some investigators have masked disappointing clinical trial results, such as missing primary endpoints and reporting toxicity, with selective and biased reporting for breast cancer treatments, according to a study in the Annals of Oncology.

Specifically, in one-third of all trials that failed to show a statistically significant benefit for a breast cancer medications being tested, the published studies emphasized less important outcomes in hopes of giving the results a positive spin. However, there was no association between industry or for-profit trial sponsorship and biased reporting of either efficacy or toxicity.

The researchers examined the results of 164 randomized, controlled Phase III trials of breast cancer treatments that were published between 1995 and 2011. They found 92 that were negative trials in which data did not demonstrate the medication had an effect on the primary endpoint. But in 59 percent of the negative trials, the authors used positive findings from secondary endpoints to cast the treatment in a positive light.

The researchers also found bias in the way adverse effects were discussed. Serious side effects, such as omitting mention in the abstract or conclusion, were found in 67 percent of the publications with both positive and negative findings. Moreover, trials with positive findings were twice as likely to underplay serious adverse effects compared with publications of negative studies.

However, some of the studies that were analyzed began before registration of clinical trials in such registries as ClinicalTrials.gov or clinicaltrialsregister.eu became mandatory. For those that were registered, the researchers found that some trials had primary endpoints changed between registration and when the findings were published.

?Among these trials, there was a trend towards change of the primary endpoint being associated with positive results, suggesting that it may be a strategy to make a negative trial appear positive,? the study authors write. ?Trial registration does not necessarily remove bias in reporting outcomes, although it does make it easier to detect? (HERE IS THE STUDY)

They evaluated associations of bias with the Journal Impact Factor, which measures the frequency with which the average article in a journal has been cited in a given period of time; changes in the primary endpoint compared with information in ClinicalTrials.gov and funding sources. For recent trials, they determined whether the primary endpoints listed in ClinicalTrials.gov were the same as reported in abstracts or papers.

Why focus on trials that are testing breast cancer treatments? Because breast cancer is ?the most common malignancy in women, has substantial mortality and is a cancer site with a large number of trials,? they authors write. They noted that neither disease-free survival nor progression-free survival have been shown as adequate surrogates for overall survival for women with breast cancer, but 83.5 percent of the trials used these endpoints.

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Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:04:57 -0800 Most time still spent on a computer: report | tonight Newspaper http://lloydharryll.posterous.com/most-time-still-spent-on-a-computer-report-to http://lloydharryll.posterous.com/most-time-still-spent-on-a-computer-report-to

LuAnn LaSalle, The Canadian Press | Last Updated:Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:47:26 GMT

Most time still spent on a computer: report

Alysha Griffin works on a laptop computer at ElancOnline inside Garden Spot High School in New Holland, Pa., Nov. 7, 2012. People will still spend more time on personal computers in 2013 than they will on tablets and smartphones, despite the popularity of these smaller devices, says a new tech trends report. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP Photo/Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era, Blaine Shahan

MONTREAL - People will still spend more time on personal computers in 2013 than they will on tablets and smartphones, despite the popularity of these smaller devices, says a new tech trends report.

More than 80 per cent of the data going across the Internet this year will continue to come from laptop and desktop personal computers, the Deloitte Canada 2013 trends report said.

Why?

"People like big screens," said Duncan Stewart, director of research for technology, media and telecom at Deloitte in Toronto.

"They watch a two-hour movie, they play a half-hour game. They check Facebook for a while. The session length tends to be much longer."

The PC's accompanying keyboard and mouse, or trackpad, are also needed for people to perform most of their computing, Stewart said.

More than 70 per cent of the hours people spend on computing devices ? PCs, smartphones and tablets ? will be on a personal computer in 2013 and work will account for much of that, Stewart's report, released Tuesday, said.

In people's non-work lives, they're likely to use personal computers more than 50 per cent of the time, the report found.

Smartphones can have screens that are only about three inches, or about 76 millimetres, and tablets can have screens that are seven to 10 inches (178 mm to 254 mm).

Stewart said there's no shortage of online articles heralding the replacement of personal computers with touch screen tablets. Not so fast, he said.

"The PC is not dead: it's about usage, not units," said Stewart's report.

While not matching the growth of tablets and smartphones in the last few years, PC sales have remained strong, the report said.

There's expected to be almost 1.6 billion personal computers in use globally in 2013, up from 1.4 billion in 2010. By contrast, there will be about a quarter of a billion tablets in use globally and the smartphone base will be more than 1.5 billion worldwide in 2013, the report said.

Stewart said companies with more than 100 employees worldwide are not replacing computers with tablets.

Tablets are being used in addition to PCs to replace paper, such as agendas and lists. Doctors are using tablets to replace clipboards and restaurants can use them to replace such things as wine lists, he added.

Also in 2013, Deloitte Canada notes that ultra-high resolution televisions, also known as ultra high definition TVs, have made their debut and cost $25,000 to $35,000.

Few are expected to be sold in Canada this year, Stewart said.

Called 4K TVs, the next general of high-definition television, they were rolled out by manufacturers such as Sony and Samsung at the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

"Virtually nobody in Canada will buy a 4K set in 2013 and those who won't be able to watch very much on it," Stewart said.

"These things take years to roll out."

Stewart said the ultra-high resolution is ideal for Hollywood movies and live sports.

"It could lead to less blurring on stuff like a baseball being struck or a hockey shot," he said, and "seeing every blade of grass at the Masters (golf tournament)."

Also on the TV front, televisions worldwide are starting to come out with gesture and voice control. But Stewart said this doesn't mean the remote control device will become obsolete.

"What if I forget and wave my arm and 'Oh my god the Habs are about to score' and I've just changed the channel," he said.

As a result, TV viewers could get frustrated and go back to the "trusty old remote control."

Stewart noted that gesture and voice control have an 80 per cent to 90 per cent accuracy level, but he said they are "not yet ready for prime time."

Other predictions for 2013:

Live TV ? sports, news and reality shows ? will keep the vast majority of Canadian viewers from "cutting the cord'' on traditional TV services in 2013. Deloitte Canada is predicting that less than one per cent of Canadians will abandon TV services they're paying for from cable, satellite or telecom providers, despite hype around it.

Deloitte is also predicting that crowd funding websites will raise $3.3 billion in 2013, a 100 per cent increase on the $1.5 billion raised in 2011. These websites allow large numbers of individuals to give money to a project, company, an artist or a cause. Consumer lending is also available online through crowd funding.

Source: http://www.tonightnewspaper.com/2013/01/15/most-time-still-spent-on-a-computer-report/

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Wed, 16 Jan 2013 12:19:46 -0800 German govt cuts 2013 growth forecast to 0.4 pct http://lloydharryll.posterous.com/german-govt-cuts-2013-growth-forecast-to-04-p http://lloydharryll.posterous.com/german-govt-cuts-2013-growth-forecast-to-04-p

BERLIN (AP) ? The German government has lowered its growth forecast for the country's economy, Europe's biggest, and now says it will expand by only 0.4 percent in 2013.

In October, the government had predicted growth of 1 percent for this year. But the economy hit a weak patch in the fourth quarter amid trouble elsewhere in the euro area.

Economy Minister Philipp Roesler said Wednesday that the economy will pick up after a slow winter and forecast growth of 1.6 percent for 2014.

The government's revised forecast comes a day after official data showed that the economy grew by 0.7 percent in 2012 ? below the previous year's figure of 3 percent.

The new 2013 forecast puts the government in line with last month's projection by Germany's central bank, the Bundesbank.

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Wed, 16 Jan 2013 10:34:48 -0800 Mayor Rob Ford votes against his own budget [Video] http://lloydharryll.posterous.com/mayor-rob-ford-votes-against-his-own-budget-v http://lloydharryll.posterous.com/mayor-rob-ford-votes-against-his-own-budget-v

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Mayor Rob Ford broke ranks with his council allies and voted against a part of his own budget Tuesday.

Ford shocked many ? including some supporters on council ? by voting for a surprise move by Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti to freeze taxes in the 2013 budget rather than approve the 2% hike proposed by his own budget chief and endorsed by his executive committee.

The vote to freeze taxes lost 40-4. Ford then went on to vote in favour of the budget?s proposed 2% increase.

Ford?s vote came after he urged councillors to support the budget in its entirety and prompted sharp criticism from councillors on his executive committee.

?I don?t understand why he did it,? Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong said after the vote. ?It seems to me that some of us are more supportive of his budget than he is.

?I don?t think any mayor in the history of the City of Toronto has proposed a budget and then voted against his own tax rate increase.?

Minnan-Wong questioned if Ford truly understood what he did when he voted for the tax freeze.

George Christopoulos, Ford?s press secretary, said Ford was being open-minded.

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?If Council supported it, he?d happily find the money,? Christopoulos said. ?But they didn?t. He is fine with that. He is pleased with the budget that?s been assembled.?

Ford himself shrugged off the vote.

?If anyone can show me the savings, I?m going to support it,? he said.

In pushing for a tax freeze, Mammoliti argued the city could make up the revenue with a casino boat on the city?s shore and avoid cuts to emergency services like Toronto Fire.

?You could effectively and immediately set up a temporary casino on a boat on the waterfront,? he told council.

Councillor Doug Ford accused Minnan-Wong of ?politicking."

?You guys know Rob, he?s not going to vote for an increase if he doesn?t have to,? Ford said. ?That?s just Rob saying we don?t really need it. We have a 0% but 2% is what he can get through council.

?He?s been very flexible on this budget. It?s a great budget. It?s an infrastructure budget. It is the best budget in North America,? he added.

Deputy Mayor Doug Holyday said the 2% tax hike was needed to balance the budget.

?I don?t know how they intended to do it without having that 2%,? he said.

But Holyday said he didn?t feel ?abandoned? by the mayor and dismissed the suggestion he voted against the budget.?

Should city council approve the budget as it is?

Source: http://www.torontosun.com/2013/01/15/budget-showdown-expected-at-toronto-council

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Wed, 16 Jan 2013 08:49:08 -0800 Amazon Instant Video App Launches on Nintendo Wii - The Next Web http://lloydharryll.posterous.com/amazon-instant-video-app-launches-on-nintendo http://lloydharryll.posterous.com/amazon-instant-video-app-launches-on-nintendo

Amazon on Monday announced its Instant Video app has arrived on the original Nintendo Wii. You can download the app now from the Wii Shop Channel.

The news means if you use Amazon for your video needs, and you have Nintendo?s Wii console, you now have access to more than 145,000 movies and TV episodes available to purchase or rent from Amazon?s Instant Video library. Furthermore, if you?re an Amazon Prime customer, the app lets you stream more than 33,000 movies and TV episodes for free.

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Just like on the Wii U, Amazon has made sure the console?s controllers can do more than just hit play. The Wii Remote Plus controller lets users browse and search for titles. Other features include:

  • Smart lists such as Recently Watched, Watchlist, Genre Recommendations, and Your TV Shows that allow youto easily manage their viewing choices.
  • Your Video Library gives you access to purchases from Amazon Instant Video on the Wii or any of the hundreds of other devices enabled for Amazon Instant Video.
  • Parental Controls and Kid Zone features that allow parents to manage access to age appropriate content and also easily navigate specific categories to find family-friendly programming by age.
  • Whispersync lets customers seamlessly switch from one device to another. Start streaming a movie on Kindle Fire, then pick up right where you left off on your Wii console.

?Since it arrived in November of 2006, Wii has been a cultural phenomenon,? Duncan Orrell-Jones, Senior Vice President of Network Business at Nintendo of America, said in a statement. ?With more than 40 million units purchased in the U.S. alone, the addition of Amazon Instant Video means more choice across a significant portion of the American entertainment landscape.?

Back in November, Amazon launched the app for Nintendo?s Wii U console. Since sales haven?t particularly taken off for the Wii?s successor, Amazon probably figured it should support the original Wii as that one sold like hotcakes.

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Wed, 16 Jan 2013 07:03:37 -0800 France in 'direct combat' in Mali within hours http://lloydharryll.posterous.com/france-in-direct-combat-in-mali-within-hours http://lloydharryll.posterous.com/france-in-direct-combat-in-mali-within-hours

Young men play football in Bamako, Mali, Tuesday Jan. 15 2013. French forces led an all-night aerial bombing campaign Tuesday to wrest control of a small Malian town from armed Islamist extremists who seized the area, including its strategic military camp. A a convoy of 40 to 50 trucks carrying French troops crossed into Mali from Ivory Coast as France prepares for a possible land assault. Several thousand soldiers from the nations neighboring Mali are also expected to begin arriving in coming days. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Young men play football in Bamako, Mali, Tuesday Jan. 15 2013. French forces led an all-night aerial bombing campaign Tuesday to wrest control of a small Malian town from armed Islamist extremists who seized the area, including its strategic military camp. A a convoy of 40 to 50 trucks carrying French troops crossed into Mali from Ivory Coast as France prepares for a possible land assault. Several thousand soldiers from the nations neighboring Mali are also expected to begin arriving in coming days. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

French troops in two armored personnel carriers drive through Mali's capital Bamako on the road to Mopti Tuesday Jan. 15, 2013. French forces led an all-night aerial bombing campaign Tuesday to wrest control of a small Malian town from armed Islamist extremists who seized the area, including its strategic military camp. A a convoy of 40 to 50 trucks carrying French troops crossed into Mali from Ivory Coast as France prepares for a possible land assault. Several thousand soldiers from the nations neighboring Mali are also expected to begin arriving in coming days. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

In this picture dated Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013 and released by the French Army Communications Audiovisual office (ECPAD) shows French legionnaires of the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment based in Orange, southern France, exiting a military plane at Bamako airport, Mali. An official at France's Defense Ministry says the country will "gradually deploy" a total of 2,500 troops to Mali, and the French president says the military operation will last until security has been restored and African forces are ready to take charge. (AP Photo/Jeremy Lempin, ECPAD)

In this picture dated Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013 and released by the French Army Communications Audiovisual office (ECPAD) s French soldiers of the 2nd Marine Infantry Regiment based in Le Mans, western France, listen to their officer during a briefing at Bamako airport, Mali. An official at France's Defense Ministry says the country will "gradually deploy" a total of 2,500 troops to Mali, and the French president says the military operation will last until security has been restored and African forces are ready to take charge. (AP Photo/Arnaud Roine, ECPAD)

In this picture dated Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013 and released by the French Army Communications Audiovisual office (ECPAD) a French soldier of the 2nd Marine Infantry Regiment based in Le Mans, western France, distributes smoke grenades at Bamako airport, Mali. An official at France's Defense Ministry says the country will "gradually deploy" a total of 2,500 troops to Mali, and the French president says the military operation will last until security has been restored and African forces are ready to take charge. (AP Photo/Arnaud Roine, ECPAD)

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) ? French troops pressed northward in Mali toward territory occupied by radical Islamists on Wednesday, military officials said, announcing the start of a land assault that will put soldiers in direct combat "within hours."

French ground operations began overnight in Mali, Adm. Edouard Guillaud, the French military chief of staff, said on Europe 1 television. France's Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said soldiers were headed away from the relative safety of the capital toward the rebel strongholds in the north.

Residents of Niono, a city in the center of Mali which is just south of a town that was overrun by the jihadists earlier this week, said they saw trucks of French soldiers arrive overnight. The natural target for the French infantry is Diabaly, located 400 kilometers (250 miles) northeast of the capital and roughly 70 kilometers (45 miles) north of Niono. French warplanes have carried out airstrikes on Diabaly since the weekend, when a column of dozens of rebel vehicles cut off the road out of Diabaly and seized the town as well as its military camp.

Ibrahim Komnotogo, a resident of Diabaly who heads a USAID-financed rice agriculture project, happened to be outside the town when the jihadists encircled it. He has 20 employees and contractors who he says are stuck inside the town, population 35,000. He told The Associated Press that al-Qaida-linked rebels have sealed off the roads and are preventing people from leaving.

Komnotogo says he fears the Islamists are planning to hide within the mud-walled neighborhoods and use the population as a human shield.

"The jihadists have split up. They don't move around in big groups ... they are out in the streets, in fours, and fives and sixes, and they are living inside the most habituated neighborhoods," he said, explaining that they had taken over the homes of people who managed to flee before the road was cut off.

French warplanes bombarded the military camp, but there have been no airstrikes inside the actual town, which begins at the eastern wall of the garrison. Residents have evacuated the neighborhood called which is only 500 meters (yards) from the camp, he said. They have moved mostly into a quartier called Berlin, about 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) from the military installation.

"They are preventing the population from leaving. We have been trying to get our employees out, but they can't leave," said Komnotogo. "They have parked their pickup trucks inside the courtyards of empty homes. They have beards. And they wear boubous (a flowing robe). No one approaches them. Everyone is afraid," he said.

French President Francois Hollande authorized the airstrikes last Friday after the Islamists began a push southward toward the capital from the northern half of Mali that they control. They seized the Afghanistan-sized north last April in the chaos following a coup in Mali's normally-stable capital.

Five days of airstrikes have done little to erode the Islamist gains in Mali, which some in the West fear could turn the region into a launching pad for terrorist attacks. The bombardments began in the town of Konna, which the rebels occupied last Thursday. After initially saying they had stopped the rebel advance, Le Drian on Tuesday acknowledged that Konna was still in the hands of the rebels.

The seizure of Diabaly brings the Islamists to only 400 kilometers (250 miles) from the capital. Konna, the closest point where they were known to be before, is 680 kilometers (425 miles)away.

The ground assault reverses France's earlier insistence that it would provide only air and logistical support for a military intervention, which would be led by African troops. "Now we're on the ground," Guillaud said. "We will be in direct combat within hours."

On Tuesday, France announced it tripling the number of troops deployed to Mali from 800 to 2,500. The offensive was to have been led by thousands of African troops pledged by Mali's neighbors, but they have yet to arrive, leaving France alone to lead the operation.

Guillaud said the militant groups have a history of taking human shields and France would do its utmost to make sure civilians are not wrongly targeted. "When in doubt, we will not fire," he said.

A resident of Niono said that some residents of the besieged town had managed to slip through the rebel noose. They were arriving on foot, said Mamadou Haidara,

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Hinnant reported from Paris. Associated Press writer Baba Ahmed contributed to this report from Bamako, Mali.

Associated Press

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In the wake of the school shootings?in Newtown, Connecticut,?Massachusetts officials?have pulled violent, gun-based?arcade games from?state-owned rest stops and are?organizing?a violent video game turn-in program.

Since the Dec. 14 shooting?that claimed the lives of 20 children and six adults in Newtown, some politicians and pundits have suggested that?video games contributed to the violence.? Though some reports suggest that the?shooter,?Adam?Lanza, played video games?ranging from the family-friendly "Mario Party" to the violent "Call of Duty," investigators have yet to make any connection between games and the shootings.

Still,?the state Department of Transportation?decided to remove nine video games from various?rest area plazas?after receiving a letter?from?Andrew and Tracey Hyams.?On Christmas Eve, the couple?was driving with their children from New York to Boston, during which they?passed the Newtown/Sandy Hook exit on I-84. According to their letter, which the transportation department forwarded to NBC News, they stopped at the Massachusetts Turnpike?s Charlton Plaza rest area.

?Just outside the rest rooms was a young man pointing a life-sized machine gun at one of the plaza?s video game machines, firing rapidly and with a loud rat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat sound. The image of the tragic shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School immediately came to mind, and we were struck by the possibility that someone from the Newtown community, driving east for the Christmas holiday, might stumble across this scene. We don?t believe that violent video games are the singular cause of mass shootings; there are multiple and complex contributing factors. But games with realistic-looking and sounding plastic assault weapons, which likely desensitize players to the realities of mass destruction, have no place in state-sponsored highway rest stops.

The Hyams asked the Department of Transportation to remove?that game and similar games in all other public spaces.?Sara Lavoie, press?secretary?for the Department of Transportation, told NBC News that her department then?decided to pull nine games???all of which had shooting components.

"We looked at this request as sort of common sense ... in?light of the proximity?to Newtown???proximity in terms of both time and distance," Lavoie said.?

"Time Crisis" and "Beach Head" were among the games that were pulled, she said. In the "Time Crisis" games, which rose to popularity in the late 1990s,?players use plastic guns that they aim at the screen and shoot down enemies. Other arcade?games such as "Ms. Pac-Man" and "Galaga" were allowed to remain at the rest stops.

Meanwhile,?the town of?Melrose, Mass., is getting ready to launch a violent video game turn-in program.?Mayor Robert Dolan told the Boston Globe that?the city will offer a coupon sheet to?kids who turn in violent games, movies and toys. The sheet?will offer deals at local businesses and perhaps even?a "get out of homework free" coupon.

The Melrose program is similar to the Violent Video Games Return Program that?community organizers?in Southington, Connecticut, had planned for last weekend. The SouthingtonSOS group???made up of government officials, business leaders and?clergy???had planned to collect the games and destroy them,?reportedly?even burning them,?in response to the Newtown shootings. But the group?later cancelled its?plans, with a spokesperson stating that?program had achieved its goal of spreading awareness violent video games.

Many had criticized the return?program, comparing?it to the book burnings of the past.?Christopher J. Ferguson, chair of the Texas A&M International University's department of psychology and communication and a well-known video game researcher, sent a letter to the Southington group.?

"Don't get me wrong, I am fully aware you are trying to do what you think is best," Ferguson wrote in the letter he shared with Polygon. "But there is real risk in focusing people's attention on the wrong thing, as well as contributing to historical patterns of 'moral panic' that tend to surround new media (often despite evidence media is not harmful, even if it may be offensive."

Dr.?Tyler Black,?Clinical Director of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Emergency Unit at BC Children's Hospital in Vancouver,?recently told NBC News that, indeed, video games have "achieved the status of 'moral panic.'"

"This is very similar to how television used to be viewed, how jazz music was viewed before that, how novels were viewed before that, and how Shakespeare was viewed before even that," he explained. "There has always been a moral panic that has us 'worried for the future generation.' I think video games are so prevalent, and yet so foreign to parents and the older generations, that it's easy to see them as 'scary.'"

On Friday,?Vice President Joe Biden, who is leading?a White House task force?aimed at coming up with ways to stop gun violence, met with?representatives from the video game industry. (He had met with representatives from Hollywood, mental health services and the gun industry earlier in the week.)

The game makers urged Biden not to scapegoat?"one of the most popular new forms of art and entertainment." And the VP, during the two-hour session, did assure?representatives from companies such as Activision-Blizzard, Take-Two Interactive and Electronic Arts that, "I come to this meeting?with no judgment.?"We know this is a complex problem.?We know there's no single answer."

After the meeting was over, representatives from?the Entertainment Software?Association told NBC News in a statement that,?"The video game industry had a productive and candid conversation?with Vice President Biden?...?We expressed in the meeting that the United States Supreme Court recently affirmed that the independent, scientific research conducted to date has found no causal connection between video games and real-life violence."

Biden is expected to suggest ways to address violence in video games, movies and on television when he sends President Barack Obama a package of recommendations for curbing gun violence Tuesday. The proposals are expected to include calls for universal background checks and bans on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Winda Benedetti?writes about video?games for NBC?News. You can follow her tweets about games and other things?on Twitter?here?@WindaBenedetti?and you can?follow her?on?Google+.?Meanwhile, be sure to check?out the?IN-GAME?FACEBOOK PAGE?to discuss the day's?gaming news and reviews.

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