Larry King: I got back almost $1M after Madoff con (AP)

GLENDALE, Calif. ? Larry King says he invested $700,000 with Wall Street scammer Bernard Madoff (MAY'-dawf) but was lucky enough to get it all back.

The veteran journalist tells the syndicated TV news show "Extra" that he and his wife got money back from the Madoff estate and from the government for taxes they paid on stock they never had.

Madoff never made investments but used money from new investors to pay previous ones. He pleaded guilty to fraud and is imprisoned. His wife says in a CBS "60 Minutes" interview that they tried to kill themselves after he confessed.

King told "Extra" on Thursday that he thinks Ruth Madoff came forward to help her daughter-in-law's new book about her husband, Mark Madoff. He hanged himself with a dog leash last year on the anniversary of his father's arrest.

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Tebow inspires phenomenon called 'Tebowing'

Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow sits on the sidelines during the second half of an NFL football game against the Miami Dolphins, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow sits on the sidelines during the second half of an NFL football game against the Miami Dolphins, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow runs with the ball during the first half of an NFL football game against the Miami Dolphins, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Miami Dolphins fans watch as Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow celebrates with Eddie Royal after scoring a 2-point conversion in the fourth quarter of an NFL football game Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011, in Miami. The Broncos won 18-15 in overtime. (AP Photo/Miami Herald, Charles Trainor Jr.) MAGS OUT

DENVER (AP) ? Tim Tebow inspired a phenomenon when he dropped to a knee and began praying as his teammates wildly celebrated around him after an improbable overtime victory in Miami last weekend.

That was simply Tebow "Tebowing," a phrase coined by a fan sitting in a bar in New York watching the popular yet polarizing quarterback rally the Denver Broncos.

Jared Kleinstein was mesmerized by Tebow's peaceful demeanor kneeling on the turf amid all the chaos that ensued. He launched a website in which fans could submit photos of themselves "Tebowing," which means getting down on a knee and praying, even if everyone else around you is doing something completely different.

The trend is picking up steam.

Kleinstein has received quite a collection of photos. There are fans striking the Tebow prayer pose next to statues, in bowling alleys, on boats and while waiting in line for tacos.

There are kids getting ready for ballet performing the pose, an airline pilot just before takeoff and a construction worker on a rooftop. Recently, Kleinstein even received a photo of a solider in Afghanistan emulating Tebow's pose.

"It's addictive to be a Tebow fan," said Kleinstein, who grew up in Denver before moving to New York.

Never did Kleinstein envision this venture taking off so quickly. Kleinstein started the website earlier this week after purchasing the domain name ? Tebowing.com ? for $10.

Almost overnight, it caught on through social media. He went from an audience of 785 to nearly 390,000 in just a few days.

The amount of pictures he's receiving also is staggering. Just Friday alone, Kleinstein had to sort through more than 1,300 snapshots to post on the site.

But Kleinstein wanted to make one thing clear: The undertaking isn't meant to mock Tebow or poke fun at his religious beliefs, just show support.

On Friday after practice, Tebow said he appreciated the spirit of the website.

"Yeah, some people don't necessarily take it seriously but they're on their knee praying, so who knows what you're going to think about after that and how that can affect you?" Tebow said. "Hopefully, it's a good example for people."

His teammates have even taken part. Rookie linebacker Von Miller tweeted a photo of himself Thursday in a Tebow jersey and doing the pose.

"Tim Tebow's a celebrity and I'm on Team Tebow," Miller said. "I'm one of his biggest supporters and want to see him do it all.

"That's the way he prays. So what better way to capture that than to have a 'Tebowing' thing like that?"

All it took was a small miracle to make it "Tebowing" time.

The former Heisman Trophy winner from Florida was abysmal for the opening 55 minutes in Miami. Then, Tebow turned electric as he brought the Broncos back from a 15-0 deficit in the final moments to force overtime, where the team pulled out an 18-15 win. It's the largest deficit overcome in a victory with less than 3 minutes since the 1970 NFL merger.

"When we won the game, the people in the bar were jumping around as if the Broncos had just won the Super Bowl, even though we had only beaten the last-place team in the league," Kleinstein recalled. "I just looked up at the screen ? the team is celebrating and he took a quick bow. I just said, 'That's Tebowing. That's how we should pay tribute.'"

After the commotion quieted, Kleinstein and his friends went outside to take a group photo in Tebow's prayer formation. He posted it on Facebook just for fun and it spread quickly.

Soon after, he decided to launch the website.

Not only does Kleinstein post the photos, he also captions them. And they're quite hilarious.

For instance, there's a picture of a person with a bowling ball in a lane striking the pose with the explanation, "Tebowling." On another, there's a person perched on an exercise ball with the slogan "Tebow to the core" underneath. In yet another, a man in his office has a caption reading, "President and CEObowing."

"Tim praying, it's part of who he is," Kleinstein said. "It's not something that should be mocked or seen in any other way."

Tebow understands that. He recently received a tweet from a kid who's undergoing cancer treatment that melted his heart.

"It said, 'I'm Tebowing while I'm Chemoing,'" Tebow recounted. "How cool is that? That's worth it right there. If that gives him any encouragement or puts a smile on his face or gives him encouragement to pray, that's really awesome. And that's completely worth it for me."

There are even other standouts in the Mile High City getting in on the act. Colorado Rapids forward Omar Cummings dropped to a knee and did the pose after scoring a goal in a 1-0 victory over the Columbus Crew on Thursday night in an MLS wild-card soccer game.

"I think what's funny about it is how rapidly it's caught on and how much it's taken off," said Tebow, whose Broncos host the Detroit Lions on Sunday. "I had no idea, then Von texted me what he did. Goof ball.

"But then going back and looking back and seeing everything, it was like, 'Wow this really took off.' That's what's really incredible about it."

Even if it might not be completely original.

After all, dropping to a knee and praying after a game has been around for, well, quite a while.

"I've taken a knee many times on late field goals or those types of things in my football career," Broncos coach John Fox said. "Not taking anything away from Tim and his outstanding popularity."

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Online: www.tebowing.com

Associated Press

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Syrian security forces kill 40 protesters on Friday (Reuters)

AMMAN (Reuters) ? Security forces killed at least 40 civilians on Friday in attacks on demonstrations calling for international protection for Syria's pro-democracy protesters, activists said.

Most of the killings were in the main cities of Hama, where the security presence has been heavy since a military assault two months ago, and in Homs, where the army and militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have been raiding residential districts to put down protests and a nascent armed insurgency.

(Reporting by Khaled Yacoub Oweis, Amman newsroom; Editing by Louise Ireland)

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Jesse Garza: Ouch! My Wardrobe is Killing Me (Huffington post)

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Energy from hot rocks abounds

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A new map shows the vast potential for geothermal energy across the U.S.

By John Roach

Clean, accessible, reliable and renewable energy equivalent to 10 times the installed capacity of coal power plants in the U.S. is available from the hot rocks under our feet, according to the results of a new mapping study.

The energy, called?geothermal, is generated from heat found deep below the Earth's surface. While there's some geothermal developed in the western U.S., it was previously thought lacking in the eastern portion of the country.

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Now, researchers at Southern Methodist University, with funding from Google.org, have compiled geological data from 35,000 sites across the U.S. and found that there's massive potential all across the country, including significant portions of the eastern two-thirds of the U.S.

What's more, the energy can be tapped with existing technology, according to the researchers. That's largely due the recent development of drilling techniques that make methods such as enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) possible.

In EGS, a well is drilled several miles into the Earth's crust, water is injected down that well to fracture hot rocks, creating thousands of small pathways for the water to flow and be heated. This hot water and steam is then piped to the surface, where it powers a turbine to generate electricity.

Key to addressing some of the environmental concerns about excess water usage, the used water is recycled back down the well, creating a closed loop, as Google explains in this introductory video below.

Other concerns?associated with?the technology include the potential to create earthquakes. When the hot rock is broken apart, it induces seismicity?? generates earthquakes?? that can be felt at the surface. It could also trigger a larger quake.

For a good overview of this risk, read this editorial from Domenico Giardi, director of the Swiss Seismological Service, published in the journal Nature. Earthquakes stopped an EGS project in Basel, Switzerland, in 2009.

A protocol for monitoring and mitigating earthquake problems associated with EGS has been developed, and the new mapping results are compliant with that protocol, according to the SMU researchers.?

All of this should help nudge along development of this energy resource, which isn't subject to the fickleness of the weather that hampers wind and solar. And with more than 3 million megawatts of accessible geothermal mapped, the potential seems tempting.

More on geothermal energy:

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John Roach is a contributing writer for msnbc.com. To learn more about him, check out his website. For more of our Future of Technology series, watch the featured video below.

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Disposable computers for hurling into infernos, underwater robots that team up for search and rescue, and other new tools are coming to the aid of emergency responders during calamities.

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4th person in Philly basement case to have hearing (AP)

PHILADELPHIA ? An initial court hearing is scheduled Wednesday for the fourth defendant in an alleged Social Security fraud case in which police say mentally disabled people were held captive in a squalid basement.

Jean McIntosh, 32, is the daughter of the plot's alleged ringleader, Linda Ann Weston, 51.

McIntosh is scheduled for her initial hearing before Municipal Judge Felice Rowley Stack. Messages left for her attorney have not been returned and it could not immediately be determined if McIntosh would be in court for the hearing.

The other three defendants ? Weston, Weston's boyfriend Gregory Thomas, 47, and Eddie "the Rev. Ed" Wright, 50 ? had their initial appearance Monday, when Stack scheduled a Dec. 19 preliminary hearing.

None of the defendants have entered pleas, and the other three defendants did not appear in court. All four are charged with kidnapping, assault, false imprisonment and other counts.

The victims, who authorities say have the mental capacity of 10-year-olds, were discovered by a landlord at a Philadelphia apartment building on Oct. 15. They were malnourished and one was chained to a boiler, police said.

Investigators are working to discover the extent of the alleged scheme after finding more than 50 Social Security cards, power of attorney documents and other such forms. The suspects may have been taking in the downtrodden and disabled for their Social Security checks, then holding them captive in wretched conditions without enough to eat or drink, according to authorities.

Eight children and four young adults linked to the defendants were taken into protective custody, and DNA tests are being conducted to determine the children's identities.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/crime/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111026/ap_on_re_us/us_locked_in_basement

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SKorea, China agree to expand currency swap deal (AP)

SEOUL, South Korea ? South Korea's central bank says it has agreed with its Chinese counterpart to expand their currency swap deal as a backstop against global economic turmoil.

The Bank of Korea said Wednesday that its won-yuan swap agreements with the People's Bank of China will double from 180 billion yuan to 360 billion yuan for the next three years.

The South Korean central bank's announcement came as Chinese Vice Premier Le Keqiang met with South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak during a two-day trip to Seoul.

South Korea and Japan agreed last week to expand the size of their countries' currency swap deal from $13 billion to $70 billion.

Swaps allow one central bank to borrow a currency from another, offering an equivalent amount of its own as collateral.

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Obama tells students: 'I need your voices' (AP)

DENVER ? President Barack Obama urged thousands of enthusiastic college students Wednesday to make their voices heard, telling a boisterous crowd in Denver, "Young people, I need you guys involved."

"I need you active, I need you communicating to Congress, I need you to get the word out," Obama said at the University of Colorado, Denver. "Tweet `em. They're all tweeting all over the place, you tweet `em back."

The president took off his jacket and rolled up his sleeves to address the crowd of about 4,000 at a gymnasium at the university, the last stop in a three-day swing through the West that mixed high-dollar fundraising with new announcements of modest executive actions to circumvent Congress. To the university crowd, Obama rolled out plans to help students with loan debt.

"We can't wait for Congress to do its job, so where they won't act, I will," Obama said.

"I am going to keep doing everything in my power to make a difference for the American people, but Denver I need your help," the president said.

The crowd was friendly and loud, but partway through, protesters started shouting about a planned oil pipeline from western Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast that's drawn demonstrations around the country and outside the White House. "Say no to the pipeline!" one shouted, and they held aloft a banner reading: "Stop the Keystone Pipeline Project."

Obama paused to respond. "We're looking at it right now. No decision's been made and I know your deep concern about it so we will address it," he said. The protesters were escorted out.

Young people and first-time voters were key to Obama's victory in 2008 but the president has work to do to get them motivated this time around, with the economy sagging and job opportunities scarce.

Obama's Western swing took him through Las Vegas, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Obama held six fundraisers in all, three of them in donor-rich California, which ranks at the top of states contributing to Obama's campaign.

Obama also used the trip to launch a new phase of his campaign to jump-start the economy. Declaring "we can't wait," he announced executive actions to assist struggling homeowners and veterans, as well as graduates weighed down with student loans. He kept up his call for congressional Republicans to support pieces of his $447 billion jobs bill.

The visits to Nevada and Colorado took the president into volatile political battlegrounds where he fine-tuned his re-election message, contrasting himself with Republicans and tying the GOP presidential field to the congressional Republicans blocking the jobs bill.

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The Pint-Sized Bots Taking on Hawaii’s Ironman Triathlon

Right now, on the big island of Hawaii, a robot is competing in a triathlon. The long-distance mechanical warrior is called Evolta; it?s a 6.5-inch robot packing three rechargeable Panasonic AA batteries on its back. Guided by an infrared sensor that follows an LED its handlers string along in front, the three versions of Evolta?one each for swimming, riding, and running?will together try to finish a full Ironman triathlon.

The carbon-fiber and titanium Evoltas have a week to complete the course, running 24 hours a day and stopping only to recharge the batteries. (Human competitors complete the entire triathlon in a day, but give the robots a break?they?re 6 inches tall.) These bots are equal parts cute-but-rugged machines; a swimming, riding, and running advertisement for Panasonic; and a curious experiment in building humanlike movement into a robot.

Each incarnation of Evolta is a one-off creation handmade by Tomotaka Takahashi. For the past 10 years, Takahashi, an associate professor at the University of Tokyo, and his company Robo Garage have designed diminutive, humanlike machines that have drawn big oohs and ahhs from crowds at expos. Takahashi?s creations look like oversize action figures, but they respond to voice commands and imitate human motion as much as possible. And if the robots all look like relatives of Astro Boy, that?s on purpose. Takahashi draws his aesthetic from a childhood spent reading comics, he says.

"Takahashi-san is a very gifted robot designer who draws on Japanese anime for inspiration," says Tim Hornyak, who wrote about technology and Japanese culture in the book Loving the Machine: The Art and Science of Japanese Robots. "He has parlayed his passion for building robots at home into a marketing tool for major companies. While personal robots remain a future dream for the Japanese, their increasing use as marketing tools by major corporations reflects a belief that they can be viable partners, and even friends," Hornyak says.

The key to the humanness of Takahaski?s robots lies in their wasted movements. He, or any other skilled robot builder, could easily design a machine to swim, bike, or run far more efficiently. But he wants his creations to be imperfect?like us. "Engineers usually design a machine as rationally as possible, but I try to add more wasted motion. It?s irrational, but it looks more natural," Takahashi says. "So I try to add useless motions to each joint."

Evolta, the technological triathlete, is simpler than Takahashi?s other creations?the bot?s movements are more conservative and there?s less wasted motion, simply because Takahashi needed to stretch the battery life to complete the race. But, perhaps in a nod of fairness to the human competitors, Evolta is built with inefficiencies like our own. The swimming Evolta, for instance, performs a front crawl suspended between two egg-shaped floaters. Paddling its arms alone would be the most efficient propulsion for its body shape, but the robot kicks its legs feebly?it looks more human that way.

The cycling Evolta is now riding a tricycle 112 miles along Hawaii?s northwest coast, on a road that cuts through black lava fields, notoriously prone to gusty winds. It teeters from side to side the way human cyclists do, which is another built-in inefficiency. Similarly, the running Evolta that will complete the 26 miles of Ironman?s marathon finale bobs up and down slightly and rocks its arms the way people do.

Cycling and running are both old hat to Evolta. In 2009 it rode a tricycle on the French 24 Hours of LeMans course, and last year it ran 310 miles along a historic highway between Kyoto and Tokyo. But this was the first time the robot swam in public. That part of the course had worried Takahashi more than the others. The difference, he says, is that in the water, the robot has to move without stopping?otherwise the current will set it back, or worse, carry it away. Also, saltwater is corrosive and the robot?s ferrous bits rusted in its tests. Even with its carbon-fiber and plastic skin, waterproofing is tough.

But swimming Evolta survived the aquatic portion of the triathlon. And with its cycling counterpart well on its way, it looks like Takahashi has an excellent shot at seeing his miniature bots complete this difficult course. You can watch the robots in Hawaii now on Panasonic?s live-stream video.

Source: http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/engineering/robots/pint-sized-bots-with-human-foibles-take-on-hawaiis-ironman-triathlon?src=rss

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Keen On? Why The Internet Has Been Bad For Both Musical Artists and Fans (TCTV)

The author of several classic histories of pop music including Rip It Up And Start Again, Generation Ecstasy and Retromania, Simon Reynolds is as well placed as anyone to understand how the Internet has changed the music industry. But while Reynolds might not go as far as critics like Jaron Lanier, he is nonetheless far from optimistic about the impact of the Internet on the music industry. As Reynolds told me when he came into our San Francisco TechCrunchTV studio, the Internet is bad for artists because it?s much harder now to make a living recording music. And it?s bad for fans too, Reynolds insists, because all the free music on the Internet has created a problem of what he calls ?over abundance.?

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Pete Seeger and pals attend NYC protest action (AP)

NEW YORK ? Folk music legend Pete Seeger joined in the Occupy Wall Street protest Friday night, replacing his banjo with two canes as he marched with throngs of people in New York City's tony Upper West Side past banks and shiny department stores.

The 92-year-old Seeger, accompanied by musician-grandson Tao Rodriguez Seeger, composer David Amram, and bluesman Guy Davis, shouted out a verse as the crowd of about 1,000 people sang and chanted.

They marched peacefully over more than 30 blocks from Symphony Space, where the Seegers and other musicians performed, to Columbus Circle. Police watched from the sidelines.

At the circle, Seeger and friends walked to the chant of "We are the 99 percent" and "We are unstoppable, another world is possible." Seeger stopped to bang a metal statue of an elephant with his cane ? to cheers from the crowd.

At the center of the circle, Seeger and Amram were joined by `60s folk singer Arlo Guthrie in a round of "We Shall Overcome," a protest anthem made popular by Seeger.

After more singing, Seeger asked for a mic check to tell the crowd: "The words are simple: I could be happy spending my days on the river that flows both way-ay-ays."

During the march, the younger Seeger, in troubadour fashion like his grandfather, walked among the protesters playing songs. Amra took up a flute and others enlivened the night protest with the sounds of the accordion, banjos, and guitars.

At the front of the throng, marchers held American flags and a large blue flag that said: "Revolution Generation ... Debt is Slavery." Along the way, the crowd sang protest songs made popular or written by Seeger, Woody Guthrie, and others of the protest era.

Occupy Wall Street began a month ago in lower Manhattan among a few young people, and has grown to thousands around the country and the world. An Associated Press-GfK poll says more than one-third of the country supports the Wall Street protesters, and even more ? 58 percent ? say they are furious about America's politics.

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Inert land mines found in luggage at Utah airport

SALT LAKE CITY?? Multiple flights were delayed after four inert land mines were found in luggage at Salt Lake City International Airport.

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Transportation Security Officials say Friday the land mines were found in luggage last week and forced security officials to delay four flights about 20 minutes.

TSA officials say the land mines were bought as souvenirs by a member of the military who had been doing training at a military base in Utah. The land mines were determined to be inert and not dangerous.

No charges are expected and the passenger carrying the land mines was allowed to continue flying.

TSA officials say in the blog posting that 22 loaded guns were found in airports around the country last week, including one being carried by a passenger.

Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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Democrats block GOP jobs bill over spending cuts (AP)

WASHINGTON ? The Senate has blocked Republican-backed legislation that would prevent the government from withholding 3 percent of payments to government contractors.

The legislation failed to get the 60 votes needed to end a Democratic filibuster late Thursday. Many Democrats and President Barack Obama support the idea but opposed it Thursday because it would be paid for with $30 billion in cuts from domestic agency spending. The White House promised a veto.

The withholding law was passed in 2006 by a GOP-controlled Congress. The idea then was to make sure contractors couldn't duck their taxes. Advocates of repealing it say it will help create jobs, especially from contractors with smaller profit margins on large projects.

Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid promised that the withholding requirement would be repealed in coming weeks.

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5 great `Sesame Street' celebrity appearances (AP)

LOS ANGELES ? The documentary "Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey" opens this week, about every toddler's favorite red monster and the man who brings him to life, Kevin Clash.

One of the joys of watching Clash in action ? besides marveling at how effortless he makes it all look ? is seeing how seamlessly he relates to both children and adults. And the segments he does with celebrities, as Elmo learns a lesson or explains a new word, are among his best. So here's a look at five of the greatest celebrity appearances over the four-plus decades "Sesame Street" has been on air. As the mother of a 2-year-old son, compiling this week's list was one of the most enjoyable yet.

? Stevie Wonder performs "Superstition" (1973): This sort of thing doesn't happen on "Sesame Street" anymore. Sure, they have plenty of top artists perform all the time. But this is young Wonder at his thrilling best, singing one of his most enduring songs with a full band behind him, and the energy is just incredible. Check out the little kids playing maracas on the stairs and rocking out on the fire escapes. Plus, the clip is nearly 7 minutes long ? which would be unheard of today on any type of TV show ? and it even features a shout-out to Cookie Monster. ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v_ul7X5js1vE)

? Ricky Gervais sings a lullaby to Elmo (2009): A great example of how Clash skillfully straddles the line between appealing to kids through Elmo's innate sweetness and making adults laugh with more knowing, playful humor. When Elmo's having trouble falling asleep at night, Gervais shows up with a guitar to sing him a lullaby about the letter N. The song starts out with harmless words like nice, nuzzle and nightcap, but it eventually gets noisy as Gervais cranks it up for the chorus. He is, as always, hilarious. But also be sure to notice the variety of expressions Clash coaxes out of Elmo's furry, red noggin. ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?vJc20vMz0V7Q). Also check out a clip from the interview The Associated Press did with Gervais and Elmo during that shoot. It's hysterical: ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?vKr9_5uZn6ds).

? Lena Horne sings "Bein' Green" with Kermit the Frog (1974): This clip is so lovely, so delicate and yet so powerful, it makes me want to cry every time. It's a classic "Sesame Street" song with its poignant message of self-acceptance. But here, Horne sympathizes with Kermit, who looks so lonely and forlorn at the beginning of the song in Jim Henson's masterful hands. By the end, he's singing along with her, having taking the lyrics to heart: "It's beautiful, and I think it's what I want to be." Horne made several appearances on "Sesame Street," and this performance exemplifies her beauty and grace. ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?vmPvZR6DTbq8).

? Johnny Cash sings "Nasty Dan" to Oscar the Grouch (1974): Can you imagine a more perfect collaboration than this? With a knock of his black guitar on Oscar's rusty, dented trash can, Cash sings a song that's music to the grouch's ears. Oscar is transfixed by such lyrics as: "He'd growl and yell and I heard tell he never took a bath." At the end of the song, Cash deadpans, "Have a rotten day," and he's off with the same quiet cool he had when he arrived. Cash showed up a few times on "Sesame Street" but this one stands out because it's quirky and strangely sweet. ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?vH75eQX006jA)

? Liev Schreiber and Naomi Watts explain the word "exchange" with Elmo (2011): This is a recent one ? from the current season, actually ? but it cracked me up so I had to include it. Schreiber, Watts and Elmo have various toys to trade with each other, but the running gag is that Schreiber keeps getting nudged out, and he becomes increasingly exasperated. It's funny because Schreiber and Watts, who are a couple with kids in real life, are just so cute together ? he's 6 feet and 3 inches and she's petite and they have this fuzzy, red puppet bopping around in between them ? but also because these are serious actors doing a scene involving purple balls and stuffed ducks. ( http://www.youtube.com/user/SesameStreet?blend1&ob4#p/search/0/q1v6Cj_12DM)

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Think of any other examples? Share them with AP Movie Critic Christy Lemire through Twitter: http://twitter.com/christylemire.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111020/ap_en_ot/us_film_five_most

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Biscotti TV dunked in the FCC's latte, still a bit hard

Webcams have certainly narrowed the distance between loved ones, but it's hard to argue that two people hovering over their laptop screens can rival an in-person conversation. Moving things over to the big screen could make the exchange much more comfortable for everyone involved -- you just need an HDTV, and a Biscotti. The small black box should be ready to turn the biggest screen in your home into a high definition video phone fairly soon, having just landed in the FCC's living room. Packed inside is a camera, microphone and 802.11b/g/n WiFi -- plug the contraption into your TV and you can instantly make calls to family and friends, with no monthly charges. A pair of HDMI ports let the device serve as a bridge between your television and cable box, so folks with limited connections don't have to choose between Dad and Mr. Mom. Biscotti will also interact with computers, tablets and smartphones via an as-yet unnamed "video player" to bring life-sized video chat to the masses. There's no word yet on pricing or availability, but if the FCC has finished nibbling at it, then it shouldn't be long before we get a taste ourselves.

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Microchip demonstrates concept of 'MRAM for biomolecules'

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and University of Colorado Boulder (CU) have developed a low-power microchip that uses a combination of microfluidics and magnetic switches to trap and transport magnetic beads. The novel transport chip may have applications in biotechnology and medical diagnostics.

A key innovation in the new chip is the use of magnetic switches like those in a computer random access memory. As described in a new paper, the NIST/CU team used the chip to trap, release and transport magnetic beads that potentially could be used as transport vehicles for biomolecules such as DNA.

Conventional microfluidics systems use pumps and valves to move particles and liquids through channels. Magnetic particle transport microchips offer a new approach to microfluidics but generally require continuous power and in some cases cooling to avoid sample damage from excessive heating. The NIST/CU technology eliminates these drawbacks while offering the possibility for random access two-dimensional control and a memory that lasts even with the power off.

The demo chip features two adjacent lines of 12 thin-film magnet switches called spin valves, commonly used as magnetic sensors in read heads of high-density computer disk drives. In this case, however, the spin valves have been optimized for magnetic trapping. Pulses of electric current are used to switch individual spin valve magnets "on" to trap a bead, or "off" to release it, and thereby move the bead down a ladder formed by the two lines (see video clip). The beads start out suspended in salt water above the valves before being trapped in the array.

"It's a whole new way of thinking about microfluidics," says NIST physicist John Moreland. "The cool thing is it's a switchable permanent magnet?after it's turned on it requires no power. You beat heat by switching things quickly, so you only need power for less than a microsecond."

NIST researchers previously demonstrated that spin valves could be used to trap and rotate particles and recently were awarded two patents related to the idea of a magnetic chip.

Magnetic tags are used in bioassays such as protein and DNA purification and cell breakdown and separation. The chip demonstration provides a conceptual foundation for a more complex magnetic random access memory (MRAM) for molecular and cellular manipulation. For example, programmable microfluidic MRAM chips might simultaneously control a large number of beads, and the attached molecules or cells, to assemble "smart" tags with specified properties, such as an affinity for a given protein at a specific position in the array. NIST is also interested in developing cellular and molecular tags for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies in which individual cells, such as cancer cells or stem cells, would be tagged with a smart magnetic biomarker that can be tracked remotely in an MRI scanner, Moreland says. Automated spin valve chips might also be used in portable instruments for rapid medical diagnosis or DNA sequencing.

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W.R. Altman, J. Moreland, S.E. Russek, B.W. Han and V. M. Bright. 2011. Controlled transport of superparamagnetic beads with spin-valves. Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 99, Issue 14, Oct. 3.

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST): http://www.nist.gov

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Letter 'G' goes missin at Scrabble championship

WARSAW, Poland (AP) ? Two competitors at the World Scrabble Championships were asked to empty their pockets when a letter "G'' went missing.

An official said Tuesday that the disappearance of a "G'' tile occurred during the international event, which was held in the Polish capital from Oct. 12-16.

Brian Dede, the event coordinator, said a referee had to intervene when opponents Edward Martin from Britain and Chollapat Itthi-Aree from Thailand noticed a missing tile during the last draw of their match.

He said that led to a search on and under the table, and that both players "were asked to show the contents of their pockets."

The missing letter was nowhere to be found, so the referee added another "G'' to the letters to create a complete set.

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Frankie Edgar trying to get Jets another win tonight

Last season, UFC lightweight champ Frankie Edgar spoke to the New York Jets on the eve of their pivotal game against the Texans. Their come-from-behind win put them in first place and helped them get to the playoffs.

The Jets have another important game Monday night. They face the Miami Dolphins, and need a win. New York sits at 2-3 and have to come up with a win to keep pace with the Patriots and the Bills.

According to MMA Fighting, Edgar visited with Rex Ryan's team on Sunday night. The timing makes sense for Edgar, as he just came from behind again in a bout with Gray Maynard. This time, he won by KO, which is something that the Jets will want to do to their division.

But against the 0-4 Dolphins? They really need inspiration to take out the team whose coach is on the hot seat? With the Patriots and Bills on their schedule in the next few weeks, they may be going to the Edgar well a bit early.

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Study: Cain tax plan raises taxes on 84 percent

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Herman Cain's 9-9-9 tax plan would raise taxes on 84 percent of U.S. households, according to an independent analysis released Tuesday, contradicting claims by the Republican presidential candidate that most Americans would see a tax cut.

The Tax Policy Center, a Washington think tank, says low- and middle-income families would be hit hardest, with households making between $10,000 and $20,000 seeing their taxes increase by nearly 950 percent.

"You're talking a $2,700 tax increase for people with incomes between $10,000 and $20,000," said Roberton Williams, a senior fellow at the Tax Policy Center. "That's huge."

Households with the highest incomes, however, would get big tax cuts. Those making more than $1 million a year would see their taxes cut nearly in half, on average, according to the analysis.

Among those in the middle, households making between $40,000 and $50,000 would see their taxes increase by an average of $4,400, the report said. Those making between $50,000 and $75,000 would see their annual tax bill go up by an average of $4,326.

"It's very, very regressive compared to the current system, and that's largely because we're exempting capital gains, and we're taxing your spending with the sales tax," Williams said. "People at the top end don't spend all their money and they get a lot of capital gains, so they are doing pretty well here."

Cain's campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment. In the past, Cain has acknowledged that taxes would increase for some but says taxes would decrease for most.

"Some people will pay more, but most people would pay less is my argument," Cain said Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press." ''Who will pay more? The people who spend more money on new goods. The sales tax only applies to people who buy new goods, not used goods. That's a big difference that doesn't come out."

Cain's plan would scrap current taxes on income, payroll, capital gains and corporate profits. He would replace them with a 9 percent tax on income, a 9 percent business tax and a 9 percent national sales tax.

Cain's campaign has gained momentum largely in response to his tax plan, which is popular in part because of its simplicity. Several polls have the former CEO of Godfather's Pizza at or near the top of the Republican field, vying with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

President Barack Obama told ABC News that Cain's tax plan would impose a "huge burden" on middle-class and working families. The president said Cain's plan would make sure the wealthiest pay less ? and replace the revenue with a sales tax hitting the less well-off.

Romney criticized the plan in a conference call with reporters Tuesday.

"I believe that you're going to find with the 9-9-9 plan Herman Cain has put out that the burden shifts more to the middle class, and I think that's the wrong direction to go," Romney said. "A decision to completely jettison our current tax system for a new system always has some merit, but then you need to get into it, to figure out who's this going to help and who's this going to hurt."

Cain's rise in the polls has brought increased scrutiny, and his tax plan has taken hits from across the political spectrum. Some don't like shifting the tax burden from the wealthy to the poor and middle class; others don't like the new national sales tax.

"Adding a retail sales tax to the federal government's powerful tax armada would be a terrible idea from a small-government perspective," Chris Edwards of the libertarian Cato Institute wrote in an opinion piece for The Daily Caller website.

William McBride, an economist at the conservative Tax Foundation, said Cain's plan to move away from taxing savings and investment "would be a very good thing for growth in the long run."

But, McBride said, the national sales tax would be a nightmare to administer because so many state and local governments already have sales taxes, and the bases are different.

In most states, food and medicine are excluded from sales tax. Cain has said his sales tax would be applied to all new goods ? only used goods would be exempt.

"It's not as simple as having all these jurisdictions simply tack on 9 percent and send it to the federal government," McBride said in an interview.

Cain has said his plan would initially raise as much money as the current tax system but do it more efficiently, leading to economic growth, which would produce higher tax revenues. The Tax Policy Center analysis agreed that the plan would initially raise about the same amount of money as current tax policy, about $2.55 trillion in 2013.

The Tax Policy Center compared taxes on U.S. households under current tax policy, with those imposed under the Cain plan. In using current tax policy, the analysis assumes that tax cuts enacted under former President George W. Bush ? and extended through 2012 by Obama ? would be extended.

The center did a separate analysis that assumed all the Bush-era tax cuts would expire at the end of 2012. Under that scenario, Cain's plan would still impose higher taxes on 77 percent of U.S. households, the report said.

The Tax Policy Center is a research group formed by two Washington think tanks: the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution. Researchers at the center regularly testify before Congress on tax policy. The center's analyses during the 2008 presidential campaign were widely circulated.

The center said researchers tried to consult with Cain's advisers to make sure they were interpreting the plan correctly, but they had not heard back.

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Associated Press writer Steve Peoples contributed to this report.

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How to Run Up a $200,000 Cell Phone Bill (The Atlantic Wire)

Celia Aarons has $201,000 bill from T-Mobile and her two, deaf-mute brothers are to blame.?"They can't talk, they are mute deaf. No sounds, no nothing," Aarons told WSVN Television in Miami. "They make sounds but they can't talk."??Aarons brothers communicate by texting and use their phones to watch videos. Normally, that's not a problem. Aarons has the appropriate data plan and her bill is about $175, reports the AP. But that was before one of her brothers spent two weeks in Canada without an international plan to buffer the costs.?Her brothers sent over 2,000 texts and also downloaded videos, sometimes racking up $2,000 in data charges. And legally, T-Mobile was not bound to let Aarons know about the ballooning charges, said Howard Finkelstein, of ?WSVN's "Help Me Howard" segment, whom Aarons contacted for help. ?Howard did help. ?The Miami television station contacted T-Mobile who, the station reports, cut Aarons' bill to $2,500 and gave her six months to pay. Aarons's pricey bill brings to mind the case of Piotr Staniaszek from Canada who,?Reuters?reports, racked up an C$83,000 bill which, after negotiations, was whittled down to C$3,400. ?Lessons gleaned: if your phone bill ever gets that big, you probably won't have to pay it but if you do, first make a call to "Help me Howard."?

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3 Ways To Treat Yourself Better

By Angelica Catalano for YouBeauty.com

Do you handle tough times by getting even tougher on yourself?

Tearing yourself down with self-criticism or building yourself up with inflated self-esteem are two sure ways to prolong a hard time.

Fortunately there?s a simpler way to relieve your suffering: self-compassion.

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What does self-compassion entail? ?It?s not about judging yourself positively, it?s relating to yourself kindly -- whether you?re succeeding or failing,? says leading self-compassion researcher Kristin Neff, Ph.D.

When a relationship ?fails,? in the case of divorce, having self-compassion can decrease distress, according to recent research in Psychological Science. Our Relationship Expert David Sbarra, Ph.D. wrote of his study exclusively for YouBeauty.

?There are three pillars of self-compassion: mindfulness, common humanity and self-kindness,? Dr. Sbarra says. Exercising these components can help you deal with the loss of a job or relationship, or even just cultivate more self-compassion everyday.

Here, we?ll explain what each of these pillars mean, and show you how to apply them to your daily life, with a journal exercise from Dr. Neff?s book ?Self-Compassion: Stop Beating Yourself Up and Leave Insecurity Behind.?

1. Mindfulness

If you?re endlessly ruminating about the last argument you had, chances are you?re not being mindful. It?s difficult to deal with your present situation when you?re getting carried away by the dramatic storyline of what's upsetting you in your life.

If you find yourself at work still going over the dialogue of your morning fight with your partner, recognize that it's upsetting you, and then focus on the present moment: that deadline you have coming up. You can address your concerns with a talk in person, rather than try to solve a problem at home from your desk at work.

A simple place to start being mindful? ?Just noticing that you?re lost in the story,? Dr. Neff says. To break out of the ?rumination broken record player effect,? see what?s actually happening, without ignoring it or blowing it out of proportion, she says.

Journal: Take a moment to write about how an event made you feel during the day. The example Dr. Neff gives is getting angry at a waitress and not leaving a tip.

Try to recount the event without putting judgment on it -- neither downplaying it nor hyping it up. An objective way to be aware of your feelings about the waitress is writing: ?I was frustrated because she was being so slow. I got angry, overreacted and felt foolish afterwards.?

Practicing meditation can also help you start to notice your thought patterns more objectively. There are many different forms, and Dr. Neff specifically offers guided self-compassion meditations on her website.

2. Common Humanity

When you hit a hard time, do you feel all alone in what you?re experiencing?

?Divorce and interpersonal loss are very isolating and can lead to loneliness,? Dr. Sbarra says. This is when the ?common humanity? component comes into play -- you can normalize your experience and think that you?re not the first person to go through this, and you won?t be the last. ?Many people have dealt with this and recovered well. This connects you to the bigger experience, making you feel part of something that people have experienced,? Dr. Sbarra says.

Journal: On a smaller scale with the restaurant mishap, you could put things in perspective by realizing and writing that ?Everyone overreacts sometimes.?

You might also want to think about the various conditions underlying the event -- realizing that different circumstances affect your behavior lets yourself off the hook a bit. (Like say: I was late for my doctor?s appointment and this made me especially grumpy.)

3. Self-Kindness

The last pillar of self-compassion sounds simple, but it still takes some practicing.

?Self-kindness is not only releasing self-judgment but also active self soothing,? Dr. Neff says.
So aside from forgiving yourself and not beating yourself up, go out of your way to reassure yourself and offer understanding and caring words.

Journal: Try writing some kind, accepting words like ?It?s OK, you messed up but it wasn?t the end of the world.?

If you have trouble changing your tone, consider this: ?Most people know how to be kind and supportive to a good friend,? so Dr. Neff suggests thinking of what you?d say to them.

And it?s not all talk that makes a difference.

?Dont overlook the power of self-soothing touch,? Dr. Neff says. She suggests putting your hands on your heart or giving yourself a little hug, which can reduce the stress hormone cortisol. This soothing touch also taps into the caregiving/attachment system, releasing the cuddle hormone oxytocin. (Not comfortable trying this yet? Start with asking your friend with a shoulder rub, or even treat yourself to a massage.)

If you don?t think you?re harsh enough on yourself to deserve this TLC, keep this in mind: ?We all carry some sort of self-hatred or judgment and it?s so subtle that some people don?t even know it,? Happiness Expert Matthew D. Della Porta, M.A. says.

You can test how self-compassionate you are with Dr. Neff?s Self-Compassion Scale.

Aside from journaling and self-soothing touch, there are tons of other exercises to enhance your self-compassion. Check them out on Kristin?s site and in her book.

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Anita Hill on the Letters That Changed Her Life (Time.com)

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Tora Woloshin Sings for X Factor Satisfaction

On last night's visit to the home of Simon Cowell, X Factor hopeful Tora Woloshin covered a Rolling Stones classic.

But it wasn't entirely accurate: this 21-year old most definitely can get satisfaction, and it's all in the hands of the British judge who sat back and seemed unsure what to do with someone who looks and sounds like Woloshin.

Will she advance? How did she compare to other contestants in her all-girl group, Drew Ryniewicz and Caitlin Koch? Watch and see for yourself:

Tora Woloshin - Can't Get No Satisfaction

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Perry: Creating jobs as easy as booting Obama (AP)

WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. ? Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Friday said unleashing America's energy resources was the key to curing the economy, promising some 1.2 million new jobs and far scaled-back federal regulations if he is elected president.

The White House contender signaled Congress would have little role in the broad changes he proposed, which include expanding energy production on federal lands such as Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, although he pledged to continue the ban on drilling in Florida's Everglades. Perry said he would overhaul the nation's energy policy through executive orders and, in the process, reduce America's reliance on foreign energy sources.

"We must get America working again and a big part of the solution is right under our feet and right off our coasts," the Texas governor said in a steel mill near Pittsburgh. "Creating jobs in America is as simple as changing presidents and that is the choice facing America."

Perry's speech on a "pro-American, pro-jobs energy policy" was as much a reflection of his governing style as his views on protecting the nation's shores and skies.

Perry has spent years in a bitter tit-for-tat with the Environmental Protection Agency, which he accuses of imposing regulations that are expensive and inefficient, forcing energy companies ? from drillers to refineries ? to cut jobs in order to comply with the laws.

Perry's speech did not mention that it can be years between when drilling begins for new energy sources and a significant number of jobs can be created.

"When it comes to energy, the president would kill domestic jobs through aggressive regulations while I would unleash 1.2 million American jobs through safe-and-aggressive energy exploration at home," Perry said. "President Obama would keep us more dependent on hostile sources of foreign energy, while my plan would make us more secure by tapping America's true energy potential."

The Obama campaign issued a statement suggesting Perry's plan was old-fashioned.

"Governor Perry's energy policy isn't the way to win the future, it's straight out of the past - doubling down on finite resources with no plan to promote innovation or to transition the nation to a clean energy economy."

Republican rival Michelle Bachmann said the only difference between her energy plan and Perry's was that hers could be implemented "without abusing executive power."

Perry pledged to change the public's view of the nation's abundance of coal.

"America is the Saudi Arabia of coal," he said. "The American economy shouldn't be beaten into the ground when ... lower energy costs lie right under our soil," he said.

With a nod to a capital locked in partisan fights, Perry promised Congress would play only a small part in his plan.

"It can be implemented quicker and free of Washington gridlock because most of it does not require congressional action," Perry said. "Through a series of executive orders and other executive actions we will begin the process of creating jobs soon after the inauguration of a new president."

And, he promised, it would come quickly: within the first hundred days of his administration.

"We're standing on top of the next American economic boom. It's the energy that's under this country."

As Texas governor, Perry has had no success bypassing the legislative branch the way he pledged he would to get his energy policy enacted quickly. He issued an executive order requiring all school age girls to be vaccinated against a sexually transmitted virus that causes cancer. The Republican-controlled Legislature swiftly passed a bill overriding that effort and Perry chose not to veto it in the face of strident opposition.

Perry's environmental speech comes as his campaign tries to move beyond some early bumps and his momentum seems to have slowed. Shaky debate performances took away some of his shine, and as voters got to know details of his record they seemed to sour on yet another GOP contender who was, at one point, an instant front-runner.

Perry hoped to calm those jitters with the speech, delivered at a U.S. Steel Corp. plant that produces sheet metal used to make household appliances. While echoing the popular-with-Republicans call for increased drilling on federal lands, he also appealed to parochial interests in relaxing oversight and allowing drilling in Pennsylvania.

But it is unclear that if shale drilling rules remain slack and the industry increases its activities, this would decrease U.S. reliance on foreign oil. The drilling being done in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio is largely for natural gas, not oil ? and the price of gas dictates the speed of production more than regulation or any other factor.

Labor Department data show that only a tiny percentage of companies that experience large layoffs cite government regulation as the reason. Since Obama took office, just two-tenths of 1 percent of layoffs have been due to government regulation, the data show.

Perry also spoke in support of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline that is under review at the State Department.

"It's either going to go west to China or south to America. I know where I want it to go," Perry said.

The 1,700-mile pipeline, which would travel through Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma, ending up on Texas's Gulf Coast, would carry an estimated 700,000 barrels of oil a day, doubling the capacity of an existing pipeline from Canada. Supporters say it could significantly reduce U.S. dependence on Middle Eastern oil.

The project has become a flashpoint for environmental groups who say it would bring "dirty oil" that requires huge amounts of energy to extract and could cause an ecological disaster in case of a spill.

"The quickest way to give our economy a shot in the arm is to deploy American ingenuity to tap American energy. But we can only do that if environmental bureaucrats are told to stand down," Perry said.

Texas has some of the most limited drilling regulations, but the state is also coming under fire from its own residents ? many of them staunch Republican, energy-backing conservatives ? who are demanding the industry be held to higher standards.

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Associated Press writer Ramit Plushnick-Masti in Houston and Chris Rugaber in Washington contributed to this report.

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