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I did reluctantly, but I'm liking iOS again. Although of the Nokia 900 LTE phone is good, I may be interested.

The yellow screen issue (3 out of 5 phones) is getting really frustrating. Exchanged a 32gb 4S today and it had the same screen I was trying to exchange.

Wait it out people say screen fixes itself in a week or two

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Rosenthal: Can Broncos find Tebow Time again?

Denver never has had sustained offensive excellence under QB
? team needs defense and rushing attack to knock off Pittsburgh

OPINION

By Gregg Rosenthal

NBCSports.com

updated 11:51 a.m. ET Jan. 6, 2012

Gregg Rosenthal

Tim Tebow inspires irrational football discussions. He turns normally sober analysts into emotional fanboys. The anti-Tebow crowd revels with barely contained glee when he struggles.

It all feels political. You are either a member of the Tebow Party or you are against him, a non-believer.

This article is not going to delve into why all this happens. It?s going to examine the very real football reasons Tebow has struggled lately and what that means for Sunday?s matchup with Pittsburgh.

It will try to be rational.

After the peak
Tebowmania peaked after the victory over the Bears in Week 14. That incredible, inexplicable comeback pushed everyone over the edge. It inspired a great "Saturday Night Live" skit. It started ?Tebow for MVP? talk, which looked just as silly back then as it does in retrospect.

Tebow actually played one of his better games in the loss to the Patriots in Week 15. Since then, he?s 19-for-51 with one touchdown, four interceptions, three fumbles and a 3.37 yards-per-carry average.

So what changed?

I looked at five Tebow starts spread throughout the season, and a lot less has changed than you?d think. Yes, the turnovers and sacks have increased. But it?s not as if the Broncos' passing game was ever clicking. That?s what made the long winning streak so wild.

There were good half-quarters (Dolphins), there was a fantastic winning throw (Chiefs), there was an amazing drive (Jets), and there was even an excellent half (Minnesota). There was never a complete game.

All of the magic happened at the end. Hence, Tebow time.

When the magic wasn?t happening, there were long periods of stasis not usually associated with modern pro football. There were a lot of punts. A lot of punts. No team has gone three-and-out more often. (Denver had a streak of eight straight possessions without a first down between Weeks 16-17.)

Tebow?s best statistical game of the season was instructive. It came in a 35-32 win against Minnesota. The final numbers were very impressive, but the Broncos offense had only 48 total yards in the first half.

The Denver defense forced three turnovers on that day and scored a touchdown. Three Broncos drives started in Vikings territory, leading to 10 points.

Two of Tebow?s touchdowns came on blown coverages. Tebow hesitates to throw unless a receiver is wide open, and they were really wide open in this game.

The other touchdown came after Tebow did an amazing job extending the play outside the pocket before finding Demaryius Thomas for a touchdown. At this stage of his development, that?s Tebow?s best bet for big play.

Eleven of Denver?s 15 drives against the Vikings went for 13 yards or fewer. This was on Denver?s best offensive day with Tebow.

The other side
The Broncos play a different brand of football with Tebow. They play things ridiculously close to the vest with a run-pass ratio that calls to mind 1950?s football. This strategy works only if the team?s defense and running game remain dominant.

Willis McGahee and the ground attack have continued to roll during the losing streak, in large part because of the threat of Tebow running. But teams are attacking the Broncos defense in new ways.

New England spread Denver out, exposing holes in the Broncos secondary. The Patriots threw quick passes to mitigate the Broncos impressive pass rush. The formula worked to perfection, and the Bills effectively copied it the following week.

The Steelers have the receivers to try the same approach. They excel at going three- and four-wide at receiver. Getting rid of the ball quickly will help out a gimpy Ben Roethlisberger.

Denver?s defense was the biggest key in the team?s winning streak all along. They forced nine turnovers during their six-game winning streak. They only have one the past three weeks. The Broncos need big plays from their defense to survive.

Coaching Tebow up
There have been some complaints that the Broncos coaching staff is holding Tebow back. In one sense, the run-pass ratio indicates that?s true. Then again, Denver's winning streak was sparked by taking this approach.

The team?s most effective drives during the losing streak primarily came from the running game. When the Broncos have tried to get more aggressive throwing lately, it hasn?t worked.

Overall, the Broncos' offensive coaches have done a fabulous job. Tebow throws predominantly from shotgun and the Broncos line up in shotgun more than half the time. They use a heavy dose of the read option every week, but it?s not the base of their offense. (During most weeks, option plays account for less than 20 percent of the offense.)


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Drew Brees and Darren Sproles lead the high-powered Saints to a 45-28 victory over the Lions and help put to rest memories of last year's early postseason exit. New Orleans will face the 49ers next Saturday.

PFT: You can only slow Saints for so long

PFT: It's only a matter of time before Drew Brees gets the offense rolling, and then there's no stopping the Saints as the Lions found out in New Orleans' 45-28 wild-card victory.

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Joan of Arc anniversary draws French president

(AP)? DOMREMY-LA-PUCELLE, France ? French President Nicolas Sarkozy is striking back at far-right nationalists who claim fabled heroine Joan of Arc as a symbol of their own, on the 600th anniversary of her birth.

The French leader traveled Friday to Joan of Arc's birthplace in eastern France and was making a speech there.

With presidential elections this spring, the conservative Sarkozy's pilgrimage amounts to a political pre-emptive strike against the far-right National Front party that has sought to co-opt Joan of Arc as its patron saint and symbol.

The National Front ? currently led by another woman, Marine Le Pen ? is planning its own commemoration of Joan of Arc in Paris on Saturday.

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Some perspective and a lot of fun for Byrd

Dancers from the Polynesian Cultural Center perform on the first tee during the opening ceremonies of the Tournament of Champions PGA Tour golf tournament in Kapalua, Hawaii, Friday, Jan. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Dancers from the Polynesian Cultural Center perform on the first tee during the opening ceremonies of the Tournament of Champions PGA Tour golf tournament in Kapalua, Hawaii, Friday, Jan. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Rory Sabbatini, left, of South Africa, putts on the ninth green as Martin Laird, right, of Scotland, looks on during the first round of the Hyundai Tournament of Champions PGA Tour golf tournament in Kapalua, Hawaii, Friday, Jan. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Steve Stricker reacts after making a birdie putt on the 18th green during the first round of the Hyundai Tournament of Champions PGA Tour golf tournament in Kapalua, Hawaii, Friday, Jan. 6, 2012. Stricker is tied for second place and is one stroke off the lead after shooting a 5-under-par 68. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Jonathan Byrd tips his cap and walks off the 18th green after finishing the first round of the Hyundai Tournament of Champions PGA Tour golf tournament in Kapalua, Hawaii, Friday, Jan. 6, 2012. Byrd, the defending champion, leads the tournament by one stroke after shooting a 6-under-par 67. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Keegan Bradley reacts after making an eagle chip up to the ninth green during the first round of the Hyundai Tournament of Champions PGA Tour golf tournament in Kapalua, Hawaii, Friday, Jan. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

(AP) ? Jonathan Byrd had the last tee time of the first tournament of the new PGA Tour season, leaving him all morning to sit down with his wife and try to temper expectations with a little perspective.

Byrd has contributed to a book of devotionals compiled by Ben Crane, and in one of them, Byrd wrote about how discouraged he felt when he arrived at the Tournament of Champions and felt his accomplishments did not measure up to other players. The lesson from that was to quit trying to prove himself and to simply enjoy the game.

"Every year you feel like you've got to validate yourself and prove yourself. It's just a hard way to live," Byrd said. "We talked about that, kind of backing up and let's go have fun and see what we've got, and play a couple of weeks and evaluate from there."

He had a blast in the opening round Friday.

Starting with an 8-iron from 120 yards into the wind that settled 5 feet from the cup at No. 3, Byrd ran off six straight birdies on the front nine of the Plantation Course at Kapalua. Despite failing to take advantage on three par 5s the rest of the way, he still shot 6-under 67 to build a one-shot lead in the PGA Tour's season-opening event.

A new year and nothing changed on the leaderboard at Kapalua.

Byrd earned his ticket back to paradise last year by beating Robert Garrigus in a playoff. It turned out to be his only win of the year, but to change that would be looking too far ahead, and that's the last thing Byrd wants to do.

For a moment, it was worth looking behind.

He holed three birdie putts from the 25-foot range to close out his big run. It was similar to his start a year ago, when he made five birdies on the front nine and then holed out a wedge for eagle on No. 10. He stalled, just as he did Friday, and even found himself a little disappointed when he walked off the 18th green after a three-putt par. His eagle putt was some 8 feet off line.

"You're leading the golf tournament, and you walk off a hole embarrassed," he said. "But I was."

Webb Simpson played the last five holes on the front nine in 5-under par, helped by an eagle on the par-5 fifth hole. He also missed a birdie chance on the final hole and had a 68, tied with Michael Bradley, Martin Laird and Steve Stricker.

Only six players managed to break 70, even though the trade wind was tough enough to make a few shots challenging, though not hard enough to make the Plantation Course play overly difficult.

One reason for so few low scores might have been so many newcomers.

There were 12 players at Kapalua for the first time, and only two of them broke 70 ? Simpson and PGA champion Keegan Bradley, who holed out a pitch shot from short of the par-5 ninth green for an eagle that sent him to a 69.

Even with Byrd atop the leaderboard, this is nothing like last year.

Never has Kapalua had so many no-shows ? 11 players who either didn't or couldn't come to Maui. Seven of them were international players who went deep into last year to complete overseas schedules; one was Phil Mickelson, who hasn't played here in nearly 10 years; and three were recovering from injuries.

The field shrunk to 27 players Friday morning when Lucas Glover, who sprained his right knee in a freak paddle board accident last Saturday upon arriving in Hawaii, had to withdraw. It was the smallest field since this tournament moved to Kapalua in 1999, and the smallest at the Tournament of Champions since only 24 played in 1994.

That was of little concern to the players who tried to remind themselves that a new season was starting amid just splendid scenery, such a glorious day that clouds were hard to find.

Just like any new season, there was a degree of nervousness and uncertainty, starting with the defending champion.

"You're never sure what you're going to get the first round of the year," Byrd said.

Laird had some bad feelings early with consecutive bogeys early in his round, but bounced back with a 33 on the back nine for his 68. Stricker, at No. 6 the highest-ranked American in the world, put his 5-iron into the gorge on the par-3 eighth for a double bogey, and then he rallied strong. He birdied four of his last five holes.

"I wasn't very happy at the time," Stricker said. "I knew if I could get a good, decent round in ? I was thinking get 3 under or something like that ? I'd be OK. But I got a couple more than that coming in."

Scott Piercy arrived on Christmas ? he has a vacation place in nearby Kaanapali ? and played the Plantation Course plenty of times to get ready for the new season.

"I saved all my worst shots for today," he said after rallying for a 70.

Gary Woodland drove into the native grass and had to take a penalty drop on the ninth hole. He had 224 yards, up the hill and into a strong wind, and thought he had to blast a 3-wood to have any hope of getting to the green. He blasted it all right, over the green and into the bleachers, though he managed to escape with par.

Brendan Steele said he picked up on the nuances of golf courses fairly easily in his rookie season. This was unlike any of those courses, however.

"The wind, the grain, the slope ... you can look pretty silly," he said after a 76.

Byrd said he rarely plays well when he feels confident; he's better off feeling uneasy about his game, and that's about how he felt when he woke up Friday morning.

He chunked his opening tee shot and had to make a long two-putt for par, but his fortunes turned quickly. From about 120 yards into the wind on the third hole, he played an 8-iron back in his stance and played a low draw that spun close to the cup and settled about 5 feet away. That was the first of six straight birdies, and just like that, Byrd was back atop the leaderboard.

Associated Press

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Patent points to potential DVR feature for Xbox

US Patent Office

An image from Microsoft's patent filing shows a mock-up of a DVR menu on a game console.

By Kyle Orland

While Microsoft's Xbox 360 can now play live TV from the likes of Comcast and Verizon, and on-demand streaming video from a variety of partners, the system doesn't include include another function that's become a staple of TV viewing in recent years ??digital video recording.

That might be set to change soon, though, as a new patent granted to Microsoft late last month by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office details "an integrated gaming and media experience ... including recording of content on a gaming console."

(Msnbc.com is a joint venture of Microsoft and NBC Universal.)

The patent goes on to explain a "DVR application" integrated into the console menu that can record televised content while the user is playing games or even when the system is otherwise off. It might not be limited to TV shows either ??the patent mentions the ability to potentially record "gaming experience (whether local or online), music, DVDs, and so on."

That last bit is kind of interesting, as recording commercial DVDs currently runs afoul of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, since it breaks the DVD's digital rights management (copying personal videos to the hard drive should be legally OK, though).

To be clear, the existence of a patent doesn't necessarily mean Microsoft will be unleashing a DVR feature any time soon ??the company filed the patent idea way back in 2007, after all. The Xbox 360 isn't mentioned specifically in the patent, either, so this DVR feature might be held in reserve for Microsoft's next console, which is still shrouded in mystery.

Still, a DVR function seems like a logical use for those massive hard drives included in some of the higher-end Xbox 360s. It also seems like a great way to differentiate Microsoft's console from other competitors in the ongoing battle to become the one default set-top box in living rooms around the world.

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Kyle Orland has written hundreds of thousands of words about gaming since he started a Mario fan site at the age of 14. You can follow him on?Twitter?or at his personal website,?KyleOrland.com.

Source: http://ingame.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/04/9951739-patent-points-to-potential-dvr-feature-for-xbox

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Kyle Richards branches out with new book, TV pilot (AP)

NEW YORK ? Paris Hilton may have put her family's name on the reality TV map, but her aunt Kyle Richards is hot on her tail with a new book and a TV pilot about her life.

Richards' outspoken personality served her well as a child actress growing up in Hollywood, going head-to-head with her feisty castmates on Bravo's "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills," and most recently dishing out relationship, fashion and lifestyle advice in her new book, "Life Is Not a Reality Show: Keeping It Real With the Housewife Who Does It All," published by HarperOne.

In the book, Richards, who has been married for 17 years and is the mother of four girls, offers tips on everything from dealing with infidelity to how to get her signature silky locks.

In a recent interview, she discussed her new projects, her sister Kim Richards' stint in rehab and her biggest "Housewife" blowout.

AP: How did you come up with the idea for your book?

Richards: I grew up in a house of all women. You know, my mom, my grandmother and my sisters (Kim Richards and Kathy Hilton). ... And every time they would come home, my mom would flip the light on and would say, "OK, tell me everything you did from the date, from beginning to the end."... I used to lay there and pretend I was sleeping and listen to every little crumb ? what they did wrong, what they didn't do. ... It was the best education you could ever get. And once I started the show and people saw my relationship with my husband, I got so many comments and questions on Twitter that I really thought it would be fun to talk about things that worked for me.

AP: What is one of the biggest mistakes that women make in relationships?

Richards: A lot people want love, but they don't give it. I see so many of my friends with their husbands; they don't think that they need the same attention as we do. I want my husband to feel like no one is going to love and adore him like I do. ... You'd be surprised when you give that how much love you get in return.

AP: Do you have any regrets about this season of "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills"? How about your argument with castmate Brandi Glanville on Game Night?

Richards: Brandi and the Game Night thing is probably my biggest regret of everything we've done on the "Housewives." Even more so than the limo fight with my sister (Kim). Because in the limo with my sister, even though I got a lot of heat from that, people were angry, that's what I was feeling ... but with Game Night, that's just not who I am, period. I was not being true to myself and to me that's the worst thing that could happen.

AP: How is Kim doing in rehab?

Richards: She's good. You know, there are rumors that she had left rehab, she did not. She's doing really well, and I'm just really happy and proud of her for making that decision.

AP: So what's next?

Richards: I just sold a pilot, a half-hour sitcom. I can't say which network, but it's about my life. It's basically my life being a juggling mom, wife and being on a reality show.

AP: If you don't play yourself, which Hollywood starlet would you like to play you?

Richards: I would want it to be somebody that's really funny and could capture the humor of being a mom and all the humor that comes with being on a reality show, so maybe Jennifer Aniston or Jenny McCarthy. I don't know, someone really funny.

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Online:

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Nicole Evatt covers entertainment for The Associated Press. Follow her on Twitter at http://twitter.com/NicoleEvatt

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Occupy protest follows 123rd annual Rose Parade

PASADENA, Calif. ?

The 2012 Tournament of Roses brought its flowery floats and strutting bands to a worldwide audience Monday under clear blue skies, and in its wake came a scruffier parade ? hundreds of anti-Wall Street protesters.
The 123rd annual New Year's Day event, with the theme "Just Imagine," flowed along downtown Pasadena to the cheers of hundreds of thousands of sidewalk spectators.
An estimated 40 million people viewed this year's procession of 44 floats, 16 marching bands and 22 equestrian troupes on U.S. television.
There were 10 arrests overnight, including four felonies, as thousands of spectators staked out viewing places along the route but that figure was down from the previous year, police said.
On the heels of the two-hour parade came anti-Wall Street protesters in a pre-arranged demonstration.
The thunder of the retreating marching bands mingled in the air with chants of "Banks got bailed out, we got sold out" as the Occupy the Rose Parade demonstrators retraced about 1.5 miles of the 5.5-mile parade route before veering off for a rally near City Hall.
They carried a 250-foot-long banner that said "We the People" to represent the U.S. Constitution. Some also held a 70-foot-long octopus made from recycled plastic bags that represented the tentacles of perceived corporate greed.
As the protesters marched by, some Rose Parade spectators yelled "get a job" while others snapped photos and cheered.
The ragtag group of protesters made an interesting comparison to the slick, glittering Rose Parade offerings.
Behind the protesters came three truckloads of Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies in riot gear but no arrests were immediately made and the protest was noisy but peaceful.
Occupy the Rose Parade organizer Pete Thottam estimated the crowd of protesters at 5,000, although police said it was around 400.
Police, parade and city officials held numerous meetings with the protest organizers to ensure that they did not disrupt the parade.

Source: http://www.cantondailyledger.com/news/x1819706294/Occupy-protest-follows-123rd-annual-Rose-Parade

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Pack of Wolves Loose in Washington D.C.

The Intel Hub
R.F. Goggin
January 6, 2012

It would seem that our federally elected politicians in the U.S., have not been financially?afflicted, much?like the bulk of Americans since the economic downturn of 2008.

No big surprise there, perhaps, but let us average?citizens hopefully realize that if things keep going as they are, then these very same Washington D.C. officials will be those telling us all that we need to make sacrifices for the greater good of the country.

They will suggest such things as cutting food stamps for the poor, medical care for the elderly, etc., and likely seek to introduce a variety of new?austerity?measures, depending, of course, on how poorly our economy does in fact perform.

Figures from The New Center for Responsive Politics (a respectable, non-profit research group located on-line at?opensecrects.org) paint a revealing picture of just how well politicians are doing compared to just about everyone else in America.

One glaring example is that of Representative Ed Pastor (D. AR), who upon entering Congress In 1991 with somewhere around $100,000 in savings; being roughly about the same amount that he was indebted to banks or credit card companies, etc., has somehow since become just one more within the crowd of 250 millionaire members of Congress.

The divide between the financial security of our lawmakers in the nation?s capitol and the average American is reaching an epic and ridiculous disproportion.

Significant enough to make any reasonable citizen suspect that their federal representatives can?t possibly be interested in changing a status quo of which has been making so many of them so much money. In case it may come as news to some folks, 47% of people serving in Congress are millionaires or multi-millionaires. Suffice as to say, one is not going to bump into any Washington politicians trying to save a buck at Wal-mart anytime soon, unless perhaps they are Presidential candidates seeking votes.

How is it then, that Congress people prosper while in office? One way, according to the convicted former lobbyist and government insider, Jack Abramoff, is to trade stock with the foreknowledge of privileged information that will have some effect on the exchange market. Opportunities made possible, because the United States Congress for some unfair, inexcusable and ungodly reason ? is exempt from insider trading rules and regulations. Go figure?

Now, I don?t know much about lawmaking myself, but it would seem an enormous imperative to me that the very lawless situation that I speak of here, would be a really good place to enact a new?statutory or two,?to add to the 40,000 new laws which were passed upon the people of the U.S. during 2011.

?The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.? ? Cornelius Tacitus (55-117 A.D.)

And Mr. Tacitus, one might imagine,?ought to have some idea how politicians tend to behave, having been one himself within the Roman Senate.

It?s not only stock trade or manipulation which might land a lawmaker a financial windfall; there are secretly privileged business deals to consider to boot.

Dennis Hastert (R. IL), the 59th Speaker of the House,?serving from 1999 to 2007, for example, earmarked funding for a federal highway project on land that he owned, which he later sold for $2 million.

I am obliged at this?point to?ask my?fellow countrymen,?if we have all just?figuratively?fallen off the turnip truck? And just how it is perfectly okay for a federal politician to make use of taxpayer money to build a highway on property they own and then subsequently sell off their?land for an outrageous profit, soon after?retail?blocks are established at the end of their exit ramp?

This, but sheer corruption of the public trust, I suspect (as I believe most Americans also might?at this point), simply has got to be running rampant in quiet corners of the halls of government in Washington D.C., ? what with all the lobbyists and/or hangers on milling about. Politicians, one would think it needless to say by now (thanks to our silly, over-zealous mainstream media types), are?celebrities as well.

For the record, Congressman Hastert has twice endorsed Mitt Romney for the Republican Presidential nomination. Is it Romneyland then, and the love of cold, hard cash, perhaps, that is where we are all heading? Not that I?m off on some?insignificant-seeming political bent on such matters, but I?ll tell you what, screw that.

Another former Speaker of the House, and the current occupant of that lofty office, have recently both been implicated in misuse of their public trust in the guise of well-timed business deals. Nancy Pelosi and John Boehner. Pelosi reportedly participated in eight IPO?s (initial public offering of stocks), which included companies with business before her reign in the House of Representatives. While Boehner, bought health care stocks, before killing off the public option of the so-called ?Obamacare? initiative during his tenure.

Seems it?s not a terribly new practice for a Washington politician to line their pockets in unethical ways. Former Senator Bob Dole ? bought between $30,000 and $100,000 worth of stock in Automatic Data Processing and AT&T, just four days before George H.W. Bush signed a bill of which included new military data processing rules that benefited such companies, the Defense Reauthorization Act.

Not to be outdone, I suppose, a current Republican Presidential contender, Newt Gingrich, bought Boeing stock prior to the company securing a lucrative contract, by helping to kill amendments to cut the International Space Station funding.

Does anyone see a pattern as yet which has taken shape with respect to the practice of personal enrichment which has in fact been going on in the?midst of our human race since time immemorial? Gingrich, Pelosi and the others whom I have?mentioned (and all those likewise guilty) can claim that they have done nothing illegal under the blessed and righteous shield of?capitalism?until they are blue in the face,?but that hardly makes?their?ill-gotten?gains acquired by manipulating our?system?of government ? acceptable?behavior.

There are more than a few Americans, who I suspect?are aware that what I am reporting has been printed elsewhere, and especially here on the Internet, but are you equally cognizant of the fact that if we all just sit by and condone or brush aside such selfish?endeavors?on the part of those elected to advance the welfare and interests of their constituents ? only, then for all intents and purposes, we are doomed as a republic and nation?

Who then is watching those of?whom?are so intent on watching us, I would ask the?average?American? Who will police the Congress of the United States if not the people they represent? Who will pass laws which will affect them??Certainly not the Commander and Chief, who needs their purse to operate a military, nor a Supreme Court, which lacks the teeth of enforcement??Surely, policing the most irresponsible institutional occupation ever conceived of, will eventually become necessary or required?

?Occupy? Wall St., or the like, it seems to me, simply has got to succeed in its objective to force a new structural change in America -?not just in the manner of how we operate as a societal institution, but also within the psyche of the human mind itself, and/or its conditioning. In the way that we conduct ourselves toward?one another. Competition among our species, will only take us so far before it turns back in upon us to our ultimate detriment.

Republican politicians will tell U.S. citizens that Democratic politicians force big business to go beyond our borders to operate, while, Democratic politicians will say that Republicans are just vassals of the rich and powerful. Yet the fact of the matter is that the desire for and accumulation of wealth itself, has outlived its usefulness on this Planet Earth, and our animal greed is a vicious tendency?that can only be controlled or tamed for a limited time, indeed, through social revolution.

This is not something new I am raising.?Our?species has endured such scenarios before. Just the same, I hardly claim in any capacity?to have the answer or alternative to a monetary-based?civilization?or society; an issue, likely?insolvable during my existence on this sphere, but I can?gladly?advise any soul reading my words here that there is no solution which will so much as begin, minus charity and/or compassion. And that there is little to no hope at all for humanity as a whole, without a serious virtue and pursuit of selflessness.

History, of course, does quite clearly tell every one of us homo-sapiens what is to inevitably take place, and even perhaps during the coming -?American Spring -?of the?notorious?and most fabled year of 2012. Our past reminds us, that corruption on a?governmental?scale, has not once to this date ever prevailed.

Apparently having addressed this type issue with equal or more?thoughtfulness?and confidence as I might, Thomas Jefferson, once said:

?Once the people become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves. It seems to be the law of our general nature, in spite of individual exceptions.?

Well, ?wolves? gather as equally to protect one another, as they do to hunt prey.

Therefore, in addition to the generous regular salaries of Government officials listed below, let?s also take a look at what just some of our most dedicated citizen representatives are worth these days, shall we?


President: $400,000

Vice President: $230,700

House Speaker: $223,500

Senate President Pro Tempore: $193,400

House and Senate Majority and Minority leaders: $193,400

Senators and Representatives: $174,000

Supreme Court Chief Justice: $223,500

Associate Justices: $213,900

Federal Court of Appeals Judges: $184,500

Federal District Court Judges: $174,000

Estimated Net Worth Of The Top 10 Richest Federal Politicians:

Rep. Darrell Issa (R. CA): $451.1 million

Rep. Jane Harman (D. CA): $435.4 million

Rep. Vern Buchanan (R. FL): $366.2 million

Senator John Kerry (D. MA): $249.9 million

Rep. Jared Polis (D. CO): $285.1 million

Senator Mark Warner (D. VA): $283.1 million

Senator Herb Kohl (D. WI): $231.2 million

Rep. Michael McCaul (R. TX): $201.5 million

Senator Jay Rockefeller (D. W VA): $136.2 million

Senator Dianne Feinstein (D. CA): $108.1 million

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Prosecution: Mubarak gave shoot-to-kill order

Mohammed Al-Law / AP

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is wheeled into a van after attending a trial in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday.

By msnbc.com news services

The prosecution in the Hosni Mubarak trial said on Wednesday it has concluded that Egypt's ousted president, his security chief and six top police officers were the "actual instigators" of the killing of more than 800 protesters during last year's popular uprising that brought down his regime.

Mubarak and his seven co-defendants are facing charges of complicity in the killings and could face the death penalty if convicted.


Wednesday's hearing coincided with the second day of voting in the third and final round of parliamentary elections that began on Nov. 28.

Even before the final round, Islamists led by the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's largest political group, were assured of a majority in the new legislature. Final results were due to be announced Jan. 13.

The Mubarak trial brings out conflicting visions. Reformers and the victims' families clamor for a full measure of justice, while many others want the turbulence to end so that Egypt's battered economy can move toward stability.

On Wednesday, chief prosecutor Mustafa Suleiman said the defendants clearly authorized the use of live ammunition and a shoot-to-kill policy against peaceful protesters.

Suhaib Salem / Reuters

After 18 days of public protests, Hosni Mubarak resigns as Egypt's president and hands over power to the military.

He also complained that the prosecution had to launch its own probe after security authorities ignored the prosecution's requests for help in the inquiry. Prosecutors interviewed hundreds of witnesses, physicians and police officers to build?their case.

Fire trucks run over protesters
Suleiman said the decision to use live ammunition was?made on Jan. 27 last year, just before the most violent day of the 18-day uprising that forced Mubarak to step down on Feb. 11.

Dubbed the "Friday of Rage," Jan. 28 also saw the deployment of army troops in Cairo and across much of the nation, as well as the yet to be explained disappearance of security forces.

The prosecution also showed video of the violence taken by TV stations. They showed police officers loading up their weapons with live ammunition and police and fire engine trucks chasing protesters and running them over.

One video showed a police officer perched on top of a police car and killing a protester with a gunshot to the head.

"The defendants before you in the cage are the actual instigators and are the ones who gave police officers the order to shoot," said Suleiman. He also said that the prosecution has evidence that the regime used "thugs" against the protesters.

"The protesters were peaceful, and it was the police that started firing on them," he said.

He said the Interior Minister and the country's intelligence agency ignored the prosecution's requests for information on the circumstances surrounding the killings.

"They deliberately sought to mislead justice," he said, noting that the widespread disarray in the state at the time of the probe or the wish to protect their own may have been behind the lack of cooperation.

The voting Wednesday was the final stage of the lower-house election, the first free legislative vote since army officers overthrew the monarchy in 1952.

The staggered election is part of the military's plan to hand power to civilians before July, ending its turbulent interregnum that began with the overthrow of Mubarak.

Welcomed then as heroes who helped nudge the autocratic leader from office, the generals now face anger over their handling of protests that have left 59 dead since mid-November and an economic crisis that is worsening the plight of the poor.

Coalition with liberals?
Meanwhile, the Brotherhood has surfed a wave of hostility to long-time foe Mubarak,?boosting its?own reputation. For millions of poor Egyptians, its record of charitable work in areas ignored by his government suggests it would care for their needs if it won power.

In the working class suburb of Shubra al-Khaima on the northern limits of Cairo, citizens queued to vote in pot-holed streets littered with rubbish.

"I've voted for the Muslim Brotherhood. They have experience in running politics and I am convinced they will start implementing serious reforms," said pensioner Fawzi Mohamed.

The more hardline Islamist al-Nour Party has come second in the voting so far but some analysts believe the Brotherhood may seek to build a coalition with liberal groups. That could ease concerns at home and in the West about the rise of the Islamists in a country whose economy is propped up by tourism.

"The party's winning of the majority in the new parliament does not mean going it alone in writing the constitution without consideration for the rights of other Egyptians, or ignoring the political forces which did not get a majority or failed in the parliamentary elections," said FJP head Mohamed Mursi.

The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.

Source: http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/04/9947680-prosecution-mubarak-gave-shoot-to-kill-order-during-egypt-uprising

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