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Saturday, June 22, 2013
Senate immigration bill boosted by border deal
WASHINGTON (AP) ? Far-reaching immigration legislation offering the prize of U.S. citizenship to millions is swiftly gaining ground in the Senate following agreement between Republicans and Democrats on dramatic steps aimed at securing the border with Mexico.
The deal to double Border Patrol agents and fencing along the Southwest border has won support from four undecided Republican senators for the immigration bill that's a top priority for President Barack Obama. More appeared likely to come on board, putting the legislation within reach of securing the bipartisan vote that its authors say is needed to ensure serious consideration by the GOP-controlled House.
"It is safe to say that this agreement has the power to change minds in the Senate," said Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., a lead author of the bill, said Thursday. "With this agreement, we have now answered every criticism that has come forward about the immigration bill."
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said the deal should satisfy those Republicans concerned that the border security provisions in the bill were too weak. "If they can't accept these provisions, then border security is not their problem," McCain said.
The deal was developed by Republican Sens. Bob Corker of Tennessee and John Hoeven of North Dakota, in consultation with Schumer, McCain and other members of the so-called Gang of Eight senators who wrote the immigration bill. It prevents immigrants now here illegally from attaining permanent resident status until a series of steps have been taken to secure the border.
These include doubling the Border Patrol with 20,000 new agents, 18 new unmanned surveillance drones, 350 miles of new fencing to add to the 350 miles already built, and an array of fixed and mobile devices to maintain vigilance, including high-tech tools such as infrared ground sensors and airborne radar.
The new provisions would be put in place over a decade, in line with the 10-year path to a permanent resident green card that the bill sets out for immigrants here illegally. During that time, the immigrants could live and work legally in a provisional status.
Vice President Joe Biden told a predominantly Latino crowd of 1,100 gathered in Las Vegas for the national conference for the League of United Latin American Citizens that now is the time for a "fair, and firm and unfettered path for 11 million people" to become U.S. citizens.
"The question you should ask is, 'What will immigration reform do for America?'" Biden said Thursday. "The answer is clear and resounding: It can and will do great things for America."
Hoeven said the 10-year cost of the border security amendment included $25 billion for the additional Border Patrol agents, $3 billion for fencing and $3.2 billion for other measures.
It's "border security on steroids," said Corker, who along with Hoeven had been uncommitted on the immigration bill. Both are now prepared to support it, assuming their amendment is adopted, as is expected to happen early next week. Sens. Dean Heller, R-Nev., and Mark Kirk, R-Ill., also announced their support Thursday.
Corker and Hoeven had said they expected the legislation to be formally unveiled in the Senate late Thursday, but for unexplained reasons, that did not happen. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., adjourned the Senate around 10:30 p.m., saying the amendment was nearly ready and the Senate could move forward with it Friday.
The deal on border security came together quickly over the past several days after talks had bogged down over Republicans' insistence that green cards be made conditional on catching or turning back 90 percent of would-be border crossers. Schumer, other Democrats and Obama himself rejected this trigger, which they feared could delay the path to citizenship for years. Obama made his objections known in a phone call to Schumer from Air Force One during his trip to Europe for the Group of Eight summit earlier in the week, according to a Senate aide who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss private deliberations.
The breakthrough came when the Congressional Budget Office released a report Tuesday finding that the bill would cut billions of dollars from the deficit. Schumer's top immigration aide, Leon Fresco, had the idea of devoting some of those billions to a dramatic border build-up.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., an author of the bill who helped run interference between Corker and Hoeven and Democrats in the group, said that with the CBO finding in hand, he sat down with Schumer and Corker and said, "OK, let's go big."
The idea immediately appealed to the left and the right.
For Republicans, it provided concrete assurances that the bill would aim to achieve a secure border. For Democrats, it offered goals that, if dramatic, were achievable and measurable.
Still, not everyone was won over.
Shortly before Corker and Hoeven went to the Senate floor to announce their agreement Thursday afternoon, five leading Republican opponents of the bill held a news conference to denounce the deal as little more than an empty promise.
"In short, I think this amendment is designed to pass the bill but not to fix the bill," Sen. David Vitter, R-La., said.
About 10 Republicans have indicated they will vote for the bill, far more than enough to ensure it will have the 60 votes required to overcome any attempted filibuster by last-ditch opponents. Democrats control 54 seats, and party aides have said they do not expect any defections.
In addition to the border security components and eventual citizenship for the 11 million people now here illegally, the immigration bill would create new work visa programs and expand existing ones to allow tens of thousands of workers into the country to work in high- and low-skilled jobs.
Employers would have to verify their workers' legal status.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/senate-immigration-bill-boosted-border-deal-073020424.html
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New death from SARS-like coronavirus MERS as health experts meet
RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia said another person had died of the SARS-like coronavirus MERS, and six new cases were registered, in statements on Thursday and Friday as international experts gather in Cairo to discuss the epidemic.
Experts, including from the World Health Organisation, are nearing the end of a four-day meeting on the disease which has now infected 55 people, killing 33 of them, in Saudi Arabia.
Added to previous WHO numbers, the new Saudi announcement brings the total number of confirmed cases to 70 worldwide, of which 39 have died.
In July large numbers of pilgrims are expected to travel to the Saudi city of Mecca, the birthplace of Islam, during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. In October millions are expected there for the annual haj pilgrimage.
Late on Friday the Saudi Health Ministry said a 41-year-old woman in Riyadh was in a stable condition with the disease, and that a 32-year-old with cancer was also being treated. It said another person, whose infection was previously announced, had died.
On Thursday, it confirmed four new cases, including three health workers, who have all recovered.
Researchers said Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS, is even more deadly than SARS and is easily transmitted in healthcare environments.
The disease can cause coughing, fever and pneumonia and has spread from the Gulf to France, Germany, Italy and Britain.
(Reporting by Angus McDowall; Editing by Toby Chopra)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/death-sars-coronavirus-mers-health-experts-meet-095317642.html
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First trailer for 'Jobs' the movie now available online
The first trailer for the upcoming Jobs biopic is now available online to the public. It's our first look into Ashton Kutcher's role as Steve Jobs and a general idea of what the movie will cover. Originally slated to be released in April, the movie will finally be available in theaters on August 16th.
The movie received mixed reviews when it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. Now that we've got our own look, however small it may be, what do you think of the trailer? Do you plan on checking it out when it hits theaters in your area?
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Libyan PM asks displaced residents to delay return
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) ? Libya's prime minister on Thursday told ethnic Africans forced to flee their homes during the country's 2011 civil war to delay their planned return.
The western town of Tawergha was used as a staging ground by forces loyal to ousted dictator Moammar Gadhafi to attack the nearby city of Misrata. Anti-regime rebels later overran Tawergha and the town's 40,000 residents fled or were driven out by vengeful rebels.
Scores were thrown into jails, where human rights groups recorded cases of torture. Now the displaced residents live in harsh conditions in refugee camps in Tripoli and Benghazi.
They had declared their intention to return on June 26, but Prime Minister Ali Zidan told a news conference that the time is not right yet. Many ex-rebels in Misrata continue to express anger against anyone from Tawergha.
Zidan promised his government would do more to resolve the Tawergha residents' problem.
Also Thursday, Human Rights Watch urged judicial authorities in Libya to drop criminal charges against two politicians facing the death penalty for using election posters deemed offensive to Islam.
Ali Tekbali and Fathi Sager from the National Libyan Party are charged with insulting religion, instigating sedition and harming national security. If convicted, they could face the death penalty.
HRW says the charges stem from posters used in elections last year showing men discussing the role of women in Libyan society. One allegedly resembles the Prophet Muhammad as depicted in a cartoon published last year by a French magazine that offended Muslims.
The New York-based group said in a statement that international law requires countries to only apply the death penalty to severe cases.
Hearings in the case resume Oct. 13.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/libyan-pm-asks-displaced-residents-delay-return-155023371.html
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University of Colorado Weighs Discrimination Protection for Conservatives
College campuses are known for proudly proclaiming their refusal to tolerate discrimination against any minority group, but try telling that to a conservative.
Few would disagree that conservative professors are an endangered species on campus, which is why the University of Colorado Board of Regents is scheduled to consider Thursday a resolution that would prohibit discrimination based on ?political affiliation or political philosophy.?
Regent James Geddes said the proposed policy change is aimed at bringing more diversity of intellectual thought to the university, which has a reputation as a bastion of liberalism in its faculty and student body.
?It?s my view that academic freedom is of paramount importance, and unfortunately in many disciplines at the University of Colorado, they end up with high-quality people who think alike,? Mr. Geddes said. ?If the other side is not present, then the environment for a rich exchange of ideas is simply not there.?
The board also is slated to consider a resolution to conduct a survey on whether its campuses have implemented a previous resolution calling on them to ?respect diversity in all of its forms, including diversity of political, geographic, cultural, intellectual, and philosophical perspectives.?
The liberal Boulder campus may be the last place anyone would expect to find a conservative revolt in academic thought, but the University of Colorado has drawn national attention for attacking liberal bias since Republicans gained a 5-4 majority on the board in 2011.
In March, the University of Colorado Boulder appointed Steven Hayward as the inaugural visiting scholar in conservative thought and policy in an effort to bring underrepresented ideas to campus.
The drive for more conservative voices on campus is encountering some resistance from faculty members, who say they worry that the effort amounts to intellectual quotas that could hinder the university from attracting top talent.
?The university should be trying to hire the best faculty, and that should be the only criterion,? said Oliver McBryan, professor of computer science emeritus at the Boulder campus. ?If you start trying to interject other criteria, you?re not going to get the best candidates, and you may even drive some of them away.?
Mr. McBryan agreed that college professors tend to lean left ? ?There?s definitely a weighting toward liberalism at universities? ? but said the reason may be that liberals are better suited for the world of academia, while conservatives are more at home in the field of business.
?Researchers are people whose minds are very open to new ideas, which means they aren?t conservative,? Mr. McBryan said. ?Conservatives are more likely to prefer the status quo. ? Professors are more likely to be liberal-oriented because they search for and are open to new ideas.?
Other faculty members are expected to testify Thursday both for and against the resolutions, including University of Colorado School of Law professor Robert Nagel, who has criticized the lopsided liberal majority in the humanities.
The proposed resolution on discrimination would apply to hiring and academic policies, and would include a ?mechanism for investigating any complaints of discrimination based upon political affiliation or political philosophy.?
Mr. Geddes said he expects a spirited debate. ?I?ve been a regent for 4? years, and this is the biggest deal since I?ve been here,? he said.
University of Colorado Boulder has had a major ideological fight over a faculty member, but the professor was no conservative. In 2007, ethnic studies professor Ward Churchill was fired on charges of academic dishonesty in the aftermath of years of controversy over an essay on the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, in which he compared the World Trade Center victims to Nazi war criminals ? ?little Eichmanns.?
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Source: http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/colorado-discrimination-conservatives/2013/06/20/id/510903
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Facebook?s Instagram announcement puts the Street to sleep
Facebook announced on Thursday that the photo-sharing social network, Instagram, is adding an option to take short, 15-second video clips that can then be modified with filters and shared on the social network. However, Wall Street isn?t terribly impressed by the announcement.?The new feature will be available on both iOS and Android apps at once, and will come with 13 custom filters along with a stabilizing feature called Cinema. But it doesn?t address Facebook?s potential revenue potential for the 130 million monthly active users on Instagram. At least, not yet.
[More from BGR: The Boy Genius Report: Apple?s plan to take over the living room while destroying Microsoft and Sony]
Instagram is an incredibly popular social network, with more than 130 million monthly active users, and over 1 billion likes every single day, CEO Kevin Systrom noted during the presentation. Brands such as Nike, Burberry and others are increasingly turning towards Instagram to show off their wears to consumers, but Instagram hasn?t capitalized on that just yet.
[More from BGR: You can watch live streaming video of Samsung?s ?Galaxy & Ativ? event right here]
On Facebook?s most recent earnings call, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he?s optimistic about the potential for Instagram as a business, but the social network isn?t quite there yet. ?I am really optimistic about the business opportunity there too,? Zuckerberg said on the call. ?You already have a lot of brands and folks who advertise with Facebook putting content in Instagram, getting huge engagement rates. So people are coming to us and asking for ways to make that even richer and it?s something that we?re thinking about.?
Facebook, and now Instagram, have made it a habit to release products to the market without any immediately apparent revenue potential. Wall Street has continued to vote against that, sending shares lower this year, down over 10%, versus a 12% gain in the Nasdaq.
Shares of Facebook slid more than 2%?immediately?following Thursday?s announcement.
Until that mindset changes and unless Facebook/Instagram demonstrate the ability to generate revenue from major new products, every product announcement will be met with the ?dislike? button, rather than the ?like? button.
This article was originally published on BGR.com
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/facebook-instagram-announcement-puts-street-sleep-182517810.html
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Colbert delivers moving tribute to his mother
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Stephen Colbert returned to "The Colbert Report" Wednesday night after a one-week absence, and if viewers were unsure why he left in the first place, they soon understood.
At the top of the show, Colbert explained that his 92-year-old mother, Lorna Colbert, passed away last week.
"Now if you watch this show, and you like this show, that's because of everybody who works here, and I'm lucky to be one of them," he said. "But when you watch the show, if you also like me, that's because of my mom."
That statement kicked off a tribute to her, complete with a brief summary of a life well lived -- from her meeting and falling for Colbert's father, James, when she was just 12 years old, to later marrying him and having 11 children.
"She made a very loving home for us," the host recalled. "No fight between siblings could end without hugs and kisses -- though hugs never needed a reason in her house. Singing and dancing were encouraged, except at the dinner table."
Colbert went on to share just how much his mother is already missed.
"I know it may sound greedy to want more days with a person who lived so long," he said. "But the fact that my mother was 92 does not diminish it ... only magnifies the enormity of the room whose door has now quietly shut."
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Friday, June 21, 2013
Wind-wildlife group begins building bird-death database | Midwest ...
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While the number of bird deaths caused by wind turbines is small compared to other threats like cars and power lines, the wind industry?s impact on wildlife remains under scrutiny.
The latest example came last month, when an Associated Press investigation concluded that the Obama administration is giving a pass to the wind industry by not prosecuting wind farms when eagles are killed in collisions with their turbines. (Oil and power companies have been charged.)
In the future, the American Wind Wildlife Institute (AWWI) hopes to be able to provide better, more precise information about how birds and other wildlife interact with wind farms. For now, though, much of that data is spread out and under wraps.
That?s why AWWI, a five-year-old alliance between 22 wind companies and nine conservation groups, has launched a new project to collect and analyze previously confidential surveys and studies prepared by wind farm operators across the country.
?Our goal is not to identify problems to prosecute,? said Abby Arnold, AWWI?s executive director. ?Our goal is to develop a really good analytic tool that experts ? biologists, statisticians, ecologists ? and the wind industry can use to understand what these impacts are, where they?re occurring, and how we can address them.?
Confirmed eagle deaths at wind farms are extremely rare, but the numbers and public perception are skewed by one set of wind farms in California?s Altamont Pass region, where an average of 67 golden eagles are killed annually. Outside of Altamont Pass, only around 50 golden eagles are known to have been killed anywhere else since the industry began.
The Associated Press story cited a March 2013 study published in the Wildlife Society Bulletin that said more than 573,000 birds are killed by wind turbines each year. The American Wind Energy Association maintains that the actual number is less than 200,000 birds annually.
Either way, the numbers are small compared to other known causes of bird fatalities.
According to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, cars may kill 60 million birds or more each year. Building windows are to blame for more than 97 million bird deaths annually. Communication towers conservatively kill 4 to 5 million birds per year, and it could be ten times more. Power line fatalities could be ?as high as 174 million deaths annually.? Pesticides poison at least 72 million birds annually, and up to two million are killed each year in oil and wastewater pits.
One study found domestic cats kill 39 million birds annually in Wisconsin alone, with the national total likely hundreds of millions per year.
Most wind developers are required to conduct wildlife impact studies before and after projects are built. The results are typically seen by local regulators but never broadly disseminated beyond that, in part because wind companies worry opponents will use the results in anti-wind campaigns.
After a successful pilot project, AWWI has started collecting post-construction wildlife impact studies from its members, which include some of the nation?s largest renewable developers. GE Energy, Horizon Wind, and Iberdrola Renewables are among the founding partners, along with the Audubon Society and the Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies.
The American Wind Energy Association passed a resolution in support of the project two years ago, encouraging its members to participate. A big reason why wind companies may be embracing the project is that the data will be made anonymous before it?s shared with researchers or the public.
Wind firms can go to a web portal to upload studies, but the information will be scrubbed of any references to specific wind farms or companies. What?s left will include details about turbines, surrounding habitat, bird kill counts and survey methods.
Arnold said they hope to collect a critical mass of post-construction studies by the end of the year so that they can begin making it available to analysts next year to begin research with the data. The goal is to eventually have published, peer-reviewed research based on the database.
Among the questions that might be answered, according to Arnold: What is the avian fatality rate at wind farms? How does that rate vary by species? How do different fatality survey methods affect the results? And how do pre-construction estimates compare to post-construction data?
?We agree that these impacts are important,? Arnold said, ?and that?s why the wind industry and conservation groups have formed this institute.?
Source: http://www.midwestenergynews.com/2013/06/20/wind-wildlife-group-begins-building-bird-death-database/
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Watch Wimbledon tennis live on YouTube beginning Monday (video)
It may not be the NBA Finals or Stanley Cup Playoffs, but the world's oldest tennis tournament has a solid following as well, particularly abroad. A new Wimbledon partnership with YouTube could help boost the competition's appeal stateside; for the first time, you'll be able to access video feeds from the two-week London event, live on Google's prized streaming site. Beginning this Monday, you can catch all the action on Wimbledon's YouTube channel, with Rolex footing the bill. You'll also find interviews, behind-the-scenes segments and press conference streams on the video site, along with past match highlights and other featured content. There's a teaser clip waiting for you just past the break.
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