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Friday, May 3, 2013

U.S. Cellular will begin selling Apple products later this year

U.S. Cellular, the fifth-largest carrier in the United States, will start selling Apple products later this year. Announcing their Q1 financial results, the carrier said that they hope that adding Apple products to their lineup will help convice people to switch.

We have a number of strategies in progress to increase loyalty and attract more customers, including our announcement today that we will begin offering Apple products later this year. By further strengthening our device portfolio, we'll give consumers another great reason to switch to U.S. Cellular, and enable our existing customers to choose from an even wider variety of iconic smartphones, and enjoy the outstanding U.S. Cellular customer experiences they deserve.

These products surely include at least one model of iPhone, and possibly the iPad. U.S. Cellular currently sells several different Android tablets, so adding the iPad to their lineup wouldn?t be a stretch. Specific availability of Apple?s devices on the carrier wasn?t announced.

U.S. Cellular will be the latest carrier in the United States without national coverage to get Apple devices, a group that has been expanding rapidly over the last couple of years. While most of their customers come from the four major carriers, Apple wants the iPhone in as many hands as possible, and the small and mid-sized carriers like U.S. Cellular allow them to do just that, offering better prices on plans while still selling a device as great as the iPhone.

Source: PRNewswire

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National Secular Society - Majority of Europeans favour separation ...

A major new study of attitudes towards religion around the world has been conducted by the Bertelsmann Foundation ? and finds that the majority of people in all the 13 nations surveyed favour a clear separation between religion and the state.

The results of the survey, conducted among 14,000 people are being released over a period of time. The latest results relate to Germany and show that although Germans are generally open to other religions, many are still suspicious of Islam.

Indeed, half of Germans don't believe that Islam fits into the Western world.

85 percent of Germans agreed or tended to agree that one should be open towards all religions. They saw most religions as an enrichment, especially Christianity, also Judaism and Buddhism, but a majority of 51 percent saw Islam as a threat.

The opinion seeing Islam as a particular threat was shared in many western states, including 60 percent of Spaniards, 50 percent of the Swiss and 42 percent of US citizens. In contrast, in India, only 30 percent see Islam as a threat, and in South Korea, it's just 16 percent.

Detlef Pollack, the sociologist who co-authored the study, says that this negative perception could be due to the lack of personal contact between Christians and Muslims. More people in eastern Germany see Islam as threatening than in the West, even though the east is home to only two percent of all the country's Muslims.

But Pollack also notes that people have even less contact with Judaism, Buddhism and Hinduism, all of which are seen more positively than Islam, and he argues that the media have a lot to do with that: "The picture the media give of Buddhism or Hinduism is that of peace-loving religions," Pollack told Deutsche Welle. "Their picture of Islam is more about fanaticism and aggression."

The chairman of the Central Council of Muslims in Germany, Aiman Mazyek, also blames the media for much misperception, although he also said: "The Muslims have to roll up their sleeves, get more involved in society and make it clear that they are committed to this country."

Germany has between 3.8 and 4.3 million Muslims, making up some 5 percent of the total 82 million population, according to government-commissioned studies.

An earlier study in 2010 by the University of Munster found that 66 percent of western Germans and 74 percent of eastern Germans had a negative attitude towards Muslims. A more recent study from the Allensbach Institute suggested that this had not changed over the past two years.

Asking Germans about Islam, only 22 percent said they agreed with Germany's former president Christian Wulff's statement that Islam, like Christianity, was part of Germany.

According to a 2010 nationwide poll by the research institute Infratest-dimap, more than one third of the respondents would prefer "a Germany without Islam."

The Bertelsmann survey also shows that a big majority of religious people that were questioned ? and those without religion ? agreed that democracy is a good way of governing the country. That's the view held by 80 percent of Muslims and those without religion, and by 90 percent of Christians.

Source: http://www.secularism.org.uk/news/2013/05/majority-of-europeans-favour-separation-of-church-and-state-but-islam-has-an-uphill-battle-for-acceptance-in-germany

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Giant 'Rubber Duck' Sculpture By Artist Florentijn Hofman Makes A Splash In Hong Kong (PHOTOS)

A giant Rubber Duck created by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman is towed along Hong Kong's Victoria Habour Thursday, May 2, 2013. Since 2007 the 16.5-meter (54-foot)-tall Rubber Duck has traveled to various cites including Osaka, Sydney, Sao Paulo and Amsterdam. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

The 16.5-metre-tall inflatable Rubber Duck art installation is seen at the Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong on May 2, 2013. The inflatable duck by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman will be on display in the former British colony until June 9. (PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

A giant Rubber Duck created by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman is towed along Hong Kong's Victoria Habour Thursday, May 2, 2013. Since 2007 the 16.5-meter (54 feet)-tall Rubber Duck has traveled to various cites including Osaka, Sydney, Sao Paulo and Amsterdam. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

A 16.5-meter(650-inch)-high giant Rubber Duck created by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman is towed along Hong Kong's Victoria Habour Thursday, May 2, 2013. Since 2007 the Rubber Duck has traveled to various cites including Osaka, Sydney, Sao Paulo and Amsterdam. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

A giant Rubber Duck created by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman is towed along Hong Kong's Victoria Habour Thursday, May 2, 2013. Since 2007 the 16.5-meter (54-feet)-tall Rubber Duck has traveled to various cites including Osaka, Sydney, Sao Paulo and Amsterdam. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

A giant Rubber Duck created by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman is towed along Hong Kong's Victoria Habour Thursday, May 2, 2013. Since 2007 the 16.5-meter (54-f44t)-tall Rubber Duck has traveled to various cites including Osaka, Sydney, Sao Paulo and Amsterdam. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Florentijn Hofman

Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman poses with his creation, a giant Rubber Duck in Hong Kong Thursday, May 2, 2013. Since 2007 the 16.5-meter (54-feet)-tall Rubber Duck has traveled to various cites including Osaka, Sydney, Sao Paulo and Amsterdam. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman's giant Rubber Duck enters Cockle Bay Wharf on opening day of the Sydney Festival January 5, 2013 in Sydney, Australia. Sydney festival opening, previously 'Sydney Festival First Night', was scaled back from previous years, when crowds reached as many as 60,000 for the launch. (Photo by Marianna Massey/Getty Images)

A giant 50 foot rubber duck floats down the Thames to celebrate the launch of Jackpotjoy.com's new Facebook Fundation, a bursary granting funds and rewards for daft ideas to encourage Brits to have more fun.

Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/02/giant-rubber-duck-inflatable-sculpture-by-artist-florentijin-hofman-hong-kong_n_3200069.html

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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Sprint will shut down its iDEN network on June 29

Sprint CEO Dan Hesse

Voice, data and 911 service will cease the morning of June 30th

Sprint reminds us today that its iDEN network shutdown is right on schedule, expected to hit the date the carrier set out over 11 months ago. Starting "first thing" on June 30th, the carrier will turn off switch locations in rapid succession, quickly followed by powering down equipment and removing backhaul from the cell cites. The carrier has been urging customers since the announcement of the network's shutdown to move away from their legacy devices and onto one using EVDO and LTE going forward. Sprint says it has sent letters, legal notices, emails and text messages to customers consistently in order to remind them of the June 29th deadline.

Customers who eventually do make the move to Sprint's "Direct Connect" service to replace iDEN devices will experience better coverage, international Push-to-Talk service and much faster 3G data speeds. All they have to do now is make the switch.

Source: Sprint

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Saturday, April 27, 2013

Women's Track and Field Cleans Up in Terrific Penn Relays Showing

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PHILADELPHIA ? The Cornell women had a very successful two days of competition at the historic Penn Relays on Thursday and Friday, claiming four victories, three top-five individual finishes in Championship races, two school records, a school freshman record and several alterations to the all-time school top 10 lists.
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The Relays got off to an auspicious start in the field events on Thursday as senior co-captain Victoria Imbesi claimed the Eastern Shot Put title, coming through with a clutch sixth (and final) throw of 48' 10 1/4? to win the event, a mark that was easily an ECAC qualifier and an outdoor seasonal best. Imbesi has been on a roll this outdoor season and concluded her collegiate career at the Penn Relays with yet another great performance.
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On the track in the relays, the 4x400 claimed the Heps race for the second year in a row, winning in dominant fashion, six seconds ahead of second-place Princeton. The line-up of freshman Udeme Akpaete (55.4), sophomore Zena Kolliesuah (54.8), sophomore Katie Woodford (57.0) and junior Ebolutalese Airewele (56.3) ran 3:43.72 to add another Penn Relays wheel to the Cornell collection.
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Earlier, two other relays put in good efforts. The 4x100 of freshman Rochelle Forbes, Kolliewuah, Airewele and Woodford ran 47.76 to better the ECAC standard, finishing fifth in their heat. And a young distance medley relay team gained valuable experience, placing 11th in their heat as freshman Sarah Holl (3:41.13 for 1,200), sophomore Emily Woodford (57.85 for 400), sophomore Elyse Wilkinson (2:12.41 for 800) and freshman Kristen Niedrach (4:58.29 for 1,600) teamed up to run 11:49.67.
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Closing out relay action on Friday, the Big Red smashed the school record in the Shuttle Hurdle Relay to win the Eastern Section and earned yet more Penn Relays hardware, placing third overall out of all colleges. The team of sophomore Mina Amick-Alexis (14.3), freshman Hillary Holmes (14.3), junior Zaakirah Daniels (14.1) and freshman Kayla Wong (14.9) ran 57.59, breaking the school record set two years ago by over half a second.
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On Thursday night in the distance carnival, the Cornell women again proved to be among the best in the nation with yet another remarkable showing. All seven women finished in the top 10 of the College Championships sections, claiming Cornell's first ever win in the 3K, a runner-up in the 5K as well as a medal-winning fifth-place effort in the 3K. These performances produced five changes to the school all-time top 10 lists, as well as a school record and a school freshman record.
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Junior Rachel Sorna powered to victory in the women's 3000 Championship to earn a Penn Relays watch, dictating the tempo of the race in setting a school outdoor record of 9:20.36. Placing fifth was fellow All-American senior Genna Hartung, who set an outdoor personal best of 9:32.42 to move to No. 10 all-time at Cornell. And in eighth was freshman Caroline Kellner, who took six seconds off the old outdoor school freshman record with a personal best of 9:37.69, good for eighth place. This is Kellner's second freshman record of the year (to go along with her indoor 5K record), and she joins classmates Liz Crissy (high jump), Dina Iacone (10K) and Claire Devoe (3K steeplechase) in helping re-write the freshman record books this outdoor season.
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Earlier in the evening in the steeplechase, DeVoe had a very good debut at the Penn Relays, placing eighth in the Championship 3K steeple section, running 10:45.42, easily under the ECAC standard.
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Immediately after the 3000 Championship was the 5000 Championship, and for the second race in a row, Cornell had three in the top 10. Senior co-captain Katie Kellner battled fellow All-American Corey Conner of Maine to the very end, running a very strong race to place second, crossing the line in 16:10.85, an outdoor personal record and good for No. 2 all-time at Cornell. Kellner waged a tactical and well-executed race, finishing just behind the defending champion in the event.
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Cornell had two other outstanding performances in the race as senior Kate Rosettie closed strongly to set an outdoor personal mark of 16:35.69 to place ninth (to move to No. 8 all-time at Cornell), and junior Devin McMahon ran very well to set a lifetime personal best of 16:37.15 to place 10th (good for No. 10 all-time at Cornell).
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Cornell had several other good showings on the weekend. In the College Pole Vault, seniors Claire Dishong and Lindsey Patterson both cleared 11' 11 3/4?, while freshman Liz Crissy was over 5' 4 1/2? in the Eastern High Jump. In the College Javelin, sophomore Felicia Reid threw 98'.
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The day after the Penn Relays conclude, Cornell will finish up the regular season by hosting the Big Red Invitational on Sunday, April 28. The meet promises to be a competitive one with several college and top club teams from the Northeast and Canada entered.

Source: http://www.cornellbigred.com/news/2013/4/26/WTRACK_0426135451.aspx

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Monday, April 15, 2013

Guards, detainees clash in pre-dawn raid at Guantanamo

Bob Strong / Reuters, file

An unidentified prisoner reads a newspaper in a communal cellblock at Camp VI, a prison used to house detainees at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, March 5, 2013.

By Michael Isikoff, National Investigative Correspondent, NBC News

U.S. military guards raided the largest camp at Guantanamo Bay early Saturday morning and fired four non-lethal shots as they moved detainees into solitary cells to suppress a widening protest, military officials said in a statement.

The unusual pre-dawn raid, ordered by Cmdr. Rear Adm. John W. Smith, was prompted by detainees' efforts to cover surveillance cameras, windows and glass partitions -- blocking views by guards -- amid an ongoing hunger strike that has now spread to more than 40 detainees and required officials to order some prisoners to be force fed through tubes. ??

During the raid, "some detainees resisted with improvised weapons, and in response, four less-than-lethal rounds were fired. There were no serious injuries to guards or detainees," according to the statement released by the Joint Task Force at Guantanamo.

Carlos Warner, a lawyer who represents detainees, said in an email to NBC News the raid was "a major event" and accused military officials of "escalating the conflict."

Warner also said the military timed the raid just after an International Red Cross delegation left the facility.

?They are doing exactly what they shouldn't be doing - provoking men who have nothing to lose and who are ready to die. These actions will drive the men closer to death, so yes the situation is rapidly deteriorating,? he added.

The U.S. military says guards raided a camp and fired four non-lethal rounds in response to detainees' efforts to cover surveillance cameras and windows during a hunger strike. MSNBC's Mara Schiavocampo reports.

A White House spokesperson said: "We have been monitoring the situation at Guantanamo closely and were informed by DOD in advance of the Task Force's plan to transition detainees at Camp VI from communal to single-cell living to ensure their health and security."

In recent weeks, as the hunger strike has spread among detainees, human rights groups have called on the Obama administration to fulfill its promise to shut down Guantanamo and step? up its efforts to return detainees who have been cleared for release to their home countries.

Lawyers for the detainees said they have been told of detainees losing consciousness and coughing up blood due to the hunger strike.

The Saturday morning raid occurred in Camp VI -- the largest at Guantanamo -- where detainees deemed "compliant" live in communal areas and are given special privileges. But military officials said that, in order to "reestablish proper observation" of the detainees, military forces began moving the detainees back into "single cell" confinement, triggering the resistance that led them to fire shots. Officials have said in the past that guards are equipped with rubber bullets.

Last month, U.S. military officials denied any detainees' lives were in danger but acknowledged that resistance and frustration among the detainees is growing, a development that a senior general said is because they are ?devastated? that President Barack Obama?s pledge to shut down the facility has not been fulfilled.

White House officials say they remain committed to closing Guantanamo but have been blocked from doing so by Congress, leading officials to close the small State Department office charged with finding new homes for the detainees.

Related:

Pentagon ponders Gitmo overhaul amid growing detainee unrest

'Non-lethal round' fired at Gitmo detainees in soccer field incident, US military confirms

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