At last. Starting today, the MTA is switching on wireless and cellular connectivity in 30 underground subway stations around Manhattan, and the fledgling network will expand to all 277 of the MTA?s subway stations by 2016.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/07jrpWsO-og/
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Mark Sanford apparently decided the best way to battle charges of trespassing on ex-wife Jenny Sanford's property was to purchase a full-page newspaper ad.
?It?s been a rough week," the former South Carolina governor writes in the ad in Charleston's Post & Courier, which aims to clear the air as he heads into a competitive May 7 House special election race.
Sanford, who famously disappeared in 2009 to "hike the Appalachian trail" when he was vacationing with his mistress, published the ad over the weekend to respond to Jenny Sanford's complaints that he trespassed on her property during the Super Bowl.
Reiterating statements he released last week, Sanford said he had been unable to reach his ex-wife, who was apparently out of town at the time, to ask permission to come into the house to watch the Super Bowl with their 14-year-old son.
He suggested that the release of the trespassing complaints, which were sealed in court documents, had been politically motivated, noting "the unusual timing of supposedly sealed documents coming to light two weeks before an election." Then he details his and his wife's desire to protect their family.
Sanford even gave out his cellphone number.
The ad follows a week filled with media coverage of the trespassing complaints and political back-and-forth over the accusations in South Carolina. In a telling decision, the National Republican Congressional Committee announced shortly after the charges came to light that it would no longer invest in his race against Democratic candidate Elizabeth Colbert Busch.
Sanford's campaign has struggled to stay afloat.
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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- The average retail cost of a gallon of gas in Maine is down by another nickel.
Price-monitoring website MaineGasPrices.com reports Monday that gas has dropped to an average of $3.53 per gallon.
That's just three cents higher than the national average, almost 22 cents lower than a month ago, and nearly 41 cents lower than at the same time last year.
The dropping prices are unusual, as prices usually rise in the spring.
The Maine prices are based on a survey of more than 1,200 gas stations across the state.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/maine-gas-prices-down-nearly-145850855.html
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By David Brunnstrom
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday that the United States would double its non-lethal aid to opposition forces in Syria to $250 million and that foreign backers had agreed to channel all future assistance through the rebels' Supreme Military Council.
Kerry stopped short of a U.S. pledge to supply weapons to insurgents fighting to overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that the rebels have sought.
But he said that the rebels' foreign backers were committed to continuing support to them and "there would have to be further announcements about the kind of support that that might be in the days ahead" if Syrian government forces failed to pursue a peaceful solution to the crisis.
Speaking after a meeting of the Syrian opposition and its 11 main foreign supporters in Istanbul, Kerry said the United States would provide an additional $123 million in non-lethal assistance to the rebels, bringing the total of this kind of U.S. help to $250 million.
Kerry urged other foreign backers to make similar pledges of assistance with the goal of reaching $1 billion in total international support.
A U.S. official said on Friday that new non-lethal U.S. aid could include for the first time battlefield support equipment such as body armor and night-vision goggles. U.S. officials have said in the past that the equipment could include armored vehicles and advanced communications equipment, but Kerry gave no specifics.
He said the United States would work with the Syrian opposition to determine how the money would be spent and added that Washington would also provide nearly $25 million in additional food aid.
Kerry said the foreign supporters had "all committed that the aid and assistance from every country will go through the (rebel) Supreme Military Command."
"Today, it's safe to say that we are really at a critical moment," Kerry said. "The stakes in Syria couldn't be more clear: Chemical weapons, the slaughter of people by ballistic missiles and other weapons of huge destruction. The potential of a whole country, a beautiful country with great people, being torn apart and perhaps breaking up into enclaves (with the) potential of sectarian violence which this region knows there is too much of.
"What we are trying to do is to avoid all of that. And we committed to - we recommitted - because we think there are some people who don't believe that we believe it, or are in fact are committed to it," he said.
Kerry referred to a statement issued after the meeting by Syria's main opposition National Coalition in which it pledged not to use chemical weapons, rejected "all forms of terrorism" and vowed that weapons it attains would not fall into the wrong hands.
In its declaration outlining its vision of a post-Assad Syria and issued following the "Friends of Syria" meeting with Western and Arab backers, the coalition also said it would not allow acts of revenge against any group in Syria.
The latest U.S. expansion of non-lethal aid follows Kerry's announcement in Rome in late February that Washington would shift policy to provide medical supplies and food directly to opposition fighters, an option it had previously rejected.
Despite pressure from some members of Congress and recommendations even from among his own advisers, U.S. President Barack Obama has refused to supply arms to the rebels, reflecting concern that such weapons would fall into the hands of Islamist militants in the ranks of the fractious insurgency.
However, even the limited new steps under consideration suggest that the White House, amid difficult internal debate, is continuing to move slowly toward a more direct role in bolstering the Syrian opposition.
Saudi Arabia and Qatar are among Arab states believed to be arming rebel factions.
(Editing by Robin Pomeroy, Eric Walsh and Paul Simao)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/kerry-says-doubling-u-non-lethal-aid-syrian-000555607.html
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The grab-bag post makes a second appearance in 2013.
Crafted for easy consumption, the grab-bag posts are for recreational amusement only.
Economist Calls Increase in PR Professionals a ?Pernicious Trend?
Thankfully, my dictionary sits a click away.
Well, that doesn?t sound all that positive.
The Economist story goes on to leverage its crack data scientists who, after crunching and correlating the numbers, generated this ditty:
Now there?s an alert-the-media revelation that explains the plight of journalism.
But Enough About Me; Let?s Talk About Me
With the Tiger Woods marketing machine again running on full throttle, his agent Mark Steinberg conducted an interview with Businessweek that made one point clear:
?I try to not let anything be about me. It?s about my clients. I kind of stay behind the scenes.?
Dude, talking to Diane Brady for the ?Hard Choices? back page of Businessweek is not behind the scenes.
Then again, this line in the same story says it all:
?I don?t know if I?m a good agent or a great agency or a legendary agency.?
There?s a Place for Sweating in Public Speaking
Like before.
This guidance for public speaking comes from George Plimpton:
The more you sweat in advance, the less you?ll have to sweat once you appear on stage.
Plimpton goes on to emphasize the importance of old-fashioned research:
Check the library for facts, quotes, books, and timely magazine and newspaper articles on your subject. Get in touch with experts. Write to them, make phone calls, get interviews to help round out your material.
While going to the library sounds quaint ? keep in mind this was written pre-Internet ? the point to learn far more than you?ll ever use in your talk is good advice.
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Disappointing earnings from a range of companies pushed the stock market lower on Thursday, giving major indexes their third loss this week.
The stock prices of Morgan Stanley, UnitedHealth Group and others sank after they turned in weaker quarterly results. Prices of commodities held steady following a wild couple of days.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 81.45, or 0.6 percent, to close at 14,537.14.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index lost 10.40 points, or 0.7 percent, to 1,541.61.
The Nasdaq composite fell 38.31 points, or 1.2 percent, to 3,166.36.
For the week:
The Dow is down 327.92 points, or 2.2 percent.
The S&P 500 is down 47.24 points, or 2.9 percent.
The Nasdaq is down 128.59 points, or 3.9 percent.
For the year:
The Dow is up 1,433.00 points, or 10.9 percent.
The S&P 500 is up 115.42 points, or 8.1 percent.
The Nasdaq is up 146.85 points, or 4.9 percent.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/dow-jones-industrial-average-did-215644889.html
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Getty ImagesAs more and more teams become aware of the risks associated with the potent painkiller Toradol, more and more team doctors are shying away from giving it to players.
As part of a thorough look at the use of medication by NFL teams to allow players to suit up on Sundays, Sally Jenkins and Rick Maese of the Washington Post explain that some teams have decided to use it less frequently, or not at all.
Rams physician Matt Matava decided after taking a closer look at Toradol?s side effects and balancing the risks with the benefits to ?essentially eliminate[]? it from the team?s locker room.
?We had two players come up to me at the very first game and said, ?I?m here for my Toradol shot,?? Dr. Matava said. ?I said, ?We?re not using it anymore.?? ?Okay, can I have something else??? I never heard one more word about it the rest of the season.?
Other teams now avoid it ?whenever possible,? including the Packers, Falcons, and Redskins.
The drug first gained wide notice in January 2012, via a segment from HBO?s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel.? Players like Brian Urlacher told Andrea Kremer that he hadn?t been told about potential kidney damage or gastrointestinal bleeding.? Once aware of the potential risks, Urlacher said he?d still take it.
Players balked at efforts to restrict the use of Toradol in 2012, and then a grievance was filed after at least one team required players receiving it to sign a waiver of legal claims that among other things referred players to Wikipedia for more information about the drug.
For the men who play the game, it?s a delicate balance.? They want to be able to perform without pain, but they also need to be fully aware of the risks.
The problem is that, because the drug wasn?t designed to help football players feel invincible on game days, the full range of risks isn?t completely known.? At some point, the doctors entrusted with player care must be willing to say that it?s better to not be able to play than to artificially mask pain with a drug that can do more harm that good over the long haul.
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