Justice Kennedy denies motion to halt gay marriage

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has denied a request from Proposition 8 supporters in California to halt the issuance of same-sex marriage licenses in the nation's most populous state.

Kennedy turned away the request on Sunday with no additional comment.

Same-sex marriage opponents asked him to step in on Saturday, a day after the federal appeals court in San Francisco allowed same-sex marriages to go forward. Numerous weddings were performed at San Francisco City Hall following the court decisions.

The opponents said the appeals court had acted about three weeks too soon. Proposition 8 supporters could continue their efforts to halt gay marriage by filing their request with another Supreme Court justice.

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Gettysburg College graduate Menton earns NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship

Recent Gettysburg College graduate and former women s lacrosse player Lindsay Menton was recently named the winner of a prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. (Submitted)

Recent Gettysburg College graduate and former women's lacrosse player Lindsay Menton was recently named the winner of a prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.

Menton received one of only 29 scholarships available to female student-athletes from the recent spring season. The NCAA awards up to 174 postgraduate scholarships annually, 87 for men and 87 for women. The scholarships are awarded to student-athletes who excel academically and athletically and who are in their final year of intercollegiate athletics competition.

The one-time grants of $7,500 each are awarded for fall sports, winter sports and spring sports. The scholarships are one-time, non-renewable grants.

Menton is the 10th Bullet to earn a postgrad scholarship and the first since men's lacrosse standout Timothy Kurpis in 2010. She is also the first Gettysburg women's lacrosse player to earn the award.

Menton was a major contributor during her four seasons with the lacrosse program, appearing in 83 contests with 67 starts. She was a versatile player on both sides of the field, logging 25 goals, 15 assists, 103 ground balls, 42 draw controls, and 48 caused turnovers.

This past spring was arguably Menton's best as she recorded a career-high 32 ground balls and tied a personal mark with 14 caused turnovers. She helped the Bullets claim their second consecutive Centennial Conference title and advance to the second round of the NCAA Division III Tournament. Menton served as a team captain and was tabbed to the conference's All-Sportsmanship Team.

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Texas woman indicted for sending ricin letters to Obama, Bloomberg

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By Andrew Rafferty, Staff Writer, NBC News

Federal prosecutors on Friday announced charges against a Texas woman who authorities believe sent letters containing the poison ricin to President Barack Obama, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the director of Mayors Against Illegal Guns.?

Shannon Richardson, 35, allegedly mailed the poison to the three with a note that said, ?What?s in this letter is nothing compared to what I?ve got planned for you,? according to a grand jury indictment filed in the Eastern District Court of Texas on Thursday.

?You will have to kill me and my family before you get my guns? and that anyone who comes to take them from her home will ?get shot in the face," the note also said, according to the indictment.

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The New Boston, Texas woman originally alerted the Federal Bureau of Investigation that her then husband had sent the letters. She told authorities that she returned from a trip and found ricin in their home and that her husband had searched online for ricin recipes and information about the president.

However investigators say they found evidence that she sent the letters herself.

Her husband, Army veteran Nathaniel Richardson, filed for divorce earlier this month, according to Reuters.

NBC's Pete Williams reports on the arrest of a New Boston, Texas woman in connection with the ricin letters sent to President Obama, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and the director of Mayors Against Illegal Guns.

Richardson?s lawyer, Tonda Curry, told the Associated Press that her client will plead not guilty and that the government must show that the woman had ?the requisite mental state? to prove her actions were a crime.?

Curry told the AP that prosecutors may also charge Richardson with manufacturing or possessing a biological agent.?

"I'm hopeful that the counter-terrorism task force wouldn't even approve that charge, because it's clear in this case that whatever was done was not done for the purpose of hurting the president, the mayor or anyone else," Curry said.

The letters sent to Obama and Bloomberg were discovered during a routine mail screening processes. The letter to the director of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Mark Glaze, was opened.

Both Obama and Bloomberg have pushed for stricter gun control laws. Mayors Against Illegal Guns is a group founded by Bloomberg to advocate for more stringent restrictions on the purchase and possession of firearms.

Richardson is an actress who has had minor roles on shows like The Walking Dead and the Vampire Diaries.?

Richardson was arrested on June 7 and was charged with one count of threatening the president and two counts of mailing a threatening communication. Each count has a maximum sentence of up to five years.

NBC's Pete Williams and Matthew DeLuca contributed to this report.

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'White House Down' Reviews Are Bad - Business Insider

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Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx's new movie "White House Down" comes to theaters Friday.??

The film is going head-to-head this weekend with Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy's cop comedy "The Heat."?

Currently, funny woman McCarthy's film is receiving good overall reviews on film site Rotten Tomatoes with a fresh 66%.

Tatum's drama meanwhile is getting torn to shreds by critics at a lowly 49%.?

We've heard the familiar plot before.??

1600 Pennsylvania Ave. is taken siege by terrorists while Tatum's character John Cale is there for a secret service interview. Soon Cale finds himself in charge of saving the president (Jamie Foxx), the White House, and his daughter (Joey King).??

The film comes across as a mirror image of March release "Olympus Has Fallen" starring Gerard Butler saving the president (this time Morgan Freeman) his palace ? something that didn't go unnoticed by critics.?

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Here's what some of the harshest critics are saying about the latest White House film.??

Richard Roeper gave the film an "F" after viciously calling it a lesser version of "Olympus Has Fallen."?

?Everyone in ?White House Down? is an idiot, clinically insane, a clich?, or a vehicle for shameless exploitation.?

Time Out's Keith Uhlich?isn't a fan of the CGI.

"It doesn?t help that all the action scenes, as with many modern Hollywood blockbusters, are seemingly edited with a Cuisinart, or that the copious CGI would barely pass muster in one of those Asylum DTV quickies. Cheap, shoddy, dull, instantly forgettable?this is the America, and American cinema, we know all too well."

Many just tore it apart for sheer ridiculousness.

Rolling Stone:

"Foxx doesn't look remotely presidential, and phones in what is laughably being called a performance.?Worse is the shameless product placement ...?White House Down, rated PG-13 but as crass and cynical as a Michael Bay movie, is a depressing experience."

WSJ:

"'White House Down' is solidly within its genre. In a deeper sense, though, it bespeaks a fatigue that's hard to distinguish from brain death."

Associated Press:

"If stripped of its production value, ''White House Down'' would make one hysterical off-Broadway one-act."

We guess AP hasn't seen Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx's latest musical duet.?

All of the reviews aren't bad, with the New York Times calling it entertaining?and?Variety?referring to it as "a sturdy, old-fashioned bit of escapism"?conjuring memories of John McClane in "Die Hard."?

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Even the poor reviews admit Tatum proves himself as an action star in a less-than stellar film.?

Overall, the "White House Down" falls into the "Fast & Furious" franchise category of don't take the film too seriously, and you'll probably end up enjoying it.

Similar poor ratings didn't hurt the film's twin back in March.??

Like "White House Down," "Olympus Has Fallen" currently sits at 47% on RT, yet it opened to $30 million opening weekend and it went on to make an earnest $161 million worldwide.?

The BIG difference with Butler's film is that its estimated production budget was $70 million. Sony's Tatum and Foxx production is worth more than double that cost at $150 million.?

Translation: A $30 million opening at the box office wouldn't cut it.?

BUT Tatum has a lot of star power going into this film.??

He came off a massive box office year in 2012 with "21 Jump Street," "Magic Mike," and dramedy "The Vow." Combined, the films earned more than $560 million worldwide.?

All three films debuted to more than $36 million at the box office.?

"G.I. Joe: Retaliation" was even pushed back to this year to insert Tatum into a larger role after the success of his earlier films. "Retaliation" originally killed off his character early into the film.?

Currently, "White House Down" is projected to earn $35 million opening weekend, according to boxoffice.com.

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/white-house-down-reviews-are-bad-2013-6

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Quotations of the day

"Marriage should not flutter in and out like cellphone service. When it comes to federal programs, even if states are discriminating, the federal government should not." ? Evan Wolfson of Freedom to Marry after the U.S. Supreme Court extended federal recognition of same-sex marriages.

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"This is not a loss. This is a win. You know where I'm going. I'm going home to be with Jesus. Keep the faith. I love you all." ? Kimberly McCarthy, the 500th inmate executed in Texas since it resumed carrying out capital punishment in 1982.

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"I truly believe the second yell for help was a yelp. It was excruciating. I really felt it was a boy's voice." ? Jayne Surdyka, a neighbor of murder suspect George Zimmerman, testifying about the struggle she said she saw between Zimmerman and 17-year-old victim Trayvon Martin.

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Video: Retooling Biz With Robot Named Baxter

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What Milk Shakes Teach Us About Food Addiction

Have you ever craved a piece of chocolate? Or felt the lure of a hot slice of pizza? And been convinced that the force responsible wasn?t your stomach hoping to quell hunger but your brain, desperately seeking to satisfy something more like an addiction? A new study provides the strongest evidence yet that certain foods trigger addictive behavior just as drugs can.

Nicotine is addictive. So are drugs like cocaine and heroin. All can rewire the brain to crave the progressively elusive ?high? or satisfaction that these agents produce. The desire is so strong that it overtakes all reason and need to satisfy it becomes an all-consuming mission, at the expense of your physical, emotional and social health.

Some would argue that certain foods hold the same power over people, monkeying with the brain?s normal appetite system and resetting the satisfaction threshold so it?s always just out of reach, meaning you can never eat enough. Others point to the fact that food is essential for survival so it can?t be addictive since satisfying hunger is part of, and isn?t supposed to interfere with, physical and mental health. ?The concept of food addiction is very provocative and rightly so,?says Dr. David Ludwig, the director of the New Balance Foundation Obesity Center at Boston Children?s Hospital. ?Unlike drugs of abuse, food is necessary for survival.?

(MORE: Can Food Really Be Addictive? Yes, Says National Drug Expert)

But with obesity rates still at worrisome levels, Ludwig and his colleagues decided to take an objective look at what effect food has on the brain, to see if certain foods do indeed trigger cravings as some abused substances do. Specifically, they focused on the dietary glycemic index, a measure of a food?s ability to raise blood sugar levels, on brain regions associated with cravings in a group of obese men.

?Prior research has shown the tasty high calorie foods can trigger the pleasure center of the brain. That supports the idea of food addiction, but the significance of those studies has been challenged because they typically compare grossly different foods like cheesecake versus boiled vegetables,? says Ludwig. ?Yes, certain foods are tasty and enjoyable, but is that so different from a audiophile listening to beautiful music??

Ludwig took MRI scans of the brains of 12 obese men after they consumed two milk shakes. Both had the same amount of calories, protein, fat and carbohydrates and tasted equally sweet. However, one milk shake had a much higher glycemic index from the carbohydrates compared to the other.

After the men consumed the milk shake with the higher glycemic index, their blood sugar levels surged as expected, then crashed a few hours later, leaving them feeling hungry. But with the brain scans, Ludwig was able to show that these? shakes activated the nucleus accumbens, which is also triggered by addictive drugs and behaviors like gambling. Previous work also hinted at a connection between food and dependence; a 2012 study found that obese people lose their sensitivity to leptin, a hormone that is released by fat cells in the body and regulates feelings of hunger and fullness. Leptin may also play a role in substance addictions by?modifying?the body?s reward responses to things like alcohol or cocaine.

?These results suggest that highly processed carbohydrates trigger food cravings for many hours after consumption independent of calories or tastiness, and that limiting these foods could help people avoid over-eating,? says Ludwig. When the glycemic index drops, the nucleus accumbens may signal for more, in order to produce another surge, similar to the way that addictive drugs prompt cravings, he says.

(MORE:?Heroin vs. H?agen-Dazs: What Food Addiction Looks Like in the Brain)

But does that mean that food is addictive? One key difference between food and drug addictions involves the body?s ability to signal that it is ?full,? or had enough. With drugs, there is less of a biological threshold. But the common brain patterns activated by food and addictive drugs suggests that each may inform the other. As TIME?s Maia Szalavitz reported:

Basically, regulation of food intake is more complex than drug use. That may help explain why there have been so many failures of anti-obesity drugs. But the similarities between hunger for food and for drugs suggest that if we do develop a drug that fights obesity, it may also help treat other addictions ? and vice versa.

While the is-food-addictive debate shows no signs of ending, the label itself may not be that important. What matters most is finding ways to adapt our brains and behavior to the modern environment, one that contains intensely attractive food and drugs ? along with highly politicized arguments about how to regulate them.

(MORE: Americans May Be Fatter Than We Think, Study Says)

Understanding how some elements of eating may be driven by the same processes behind addictive behaviors could help to explain over-eating, for one. ?By definition overweight and obese people habitually over-eat. They are eating more calories than they need,? explains Ludwig. ?That raises this fundamental question, why do overweight people continue to overeat when they know intellectually that reducing calorie intake would be healthier and they?ve tried, often many times, to do so? Is it simply lack of willpower or could there be aspects of food that are driving overeating at a biological level??

If there are biological factors at work, there may be ways to intervene to make dieting, and weight loss, easier. Eating fewer foods with high glycemic loads like white bread, for example, may keep surges of blood sugar to a minimum, which in turn could modulate the activity of the brain?s reward system and lessen cravings. Ludwig says that more research is needed to better understand the complex way that the brain sees food; even if food isn?t addictive in exactly the same way that drugs of abuse are, exposing the connections between eating and satisfaction could lead to more effective ways of managing, or even avoiding, the lure of our favorite foods

The study is published in?The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

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Uber Launches In Taipei, Just Two Days After Debuting In Seoul

Uber is moving forward with its Asian expansion at a quick pace with the start of limited service in Taipei, just two days after it launched in Seoul. The premium taxi calling app is currently in stealth mode in Taiwan's capital, which means that there are a limited number of cars available while Uber fine tunes its service. Uber is still looking for a full-time general manager to oversee it's Taipei business.

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Seniors are not just wrinkly adults

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They have special needs in the ER

WASHINGTON Emergency patients over the age of 74 have significantly different and more complex health and social needs than their younger counterparts, even after controlling for illness severity, which has important implications about aging populations and emergency departments of the future. The results of the most extensive international study of the characteristics and outcomes of older emergency patients to be reported to date were published online Tuesday in Annals of Emergency Medicine ("Profiles of Older Patients in the Emergency Department: Findings from the InterRAI Multinational Emergency Department Study") http://tinyurl.com/npenmba.

"These patients have complex profiles before they come to the ER, and even more complicated needs once they get there," said lead study author Leonard C. Gray, MD, PhD, of the Centre for Research in Geriatric Medicine at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. "Dependence on others and geriatric illnesses, such as cognitive impairment and mobility problems, affect the majority of older emergency patients across a wide range of nations with different health systems and cultural contexts. They require specialized care to avoid missed diagnoses, pressure ulcers and a range of other potential problems associated with this particular population."

Researchers examined medical records for 2,282 patients older than 74 in 13 different emergency departments in seven countries (Australia, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Iceland, India and Sweden). Functional and cognitive problems increased dramatically after patients arrived at the emergency department.

More than one-third (37 percent) of patients had a recent fall, prior to coming to the emergency department.

Prior to visiting the emergency department, nearly half (46 percent) were dependent on others in one or more activities of daily living; after coming to the emergency department, only 33 percent were completely independent in all activities. In the emergency department, 26 percent displayed symptoms of cognitive impairment, whereas before coming to the ER only 20 percent had cognitive difficulties. Before coming to the ER, 26 percent of older patients could not walk without supervision; after coming to the ER, that number rose to 49 percent.

"Frailty, confusion and dependence on others make these our most fragile emergency patients," said Dr. Gray. "Specialized training in geriatric care and even specialized layout and procedures can help us provide the best assessment and care. The growing prevalence of older patients in ERs around the world suggests a need for careful scrutiny of current clinical practice and design of emergency departments worldwide."

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Annals of Emergency Medicine is the peer-reviewed scientific journal for the American College of Emergency Physicians, the national medical society representing emergency medicine. ACEP is committed to advancing emergency care through continuing education, research, and public education. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, ACEP has 53 chapters representing each state, as well as Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. A Government Services Chapter represents emergency physicians employed by military branches and other government agencies. For more information, visit http://www.acep.org.

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American College of Emergency Physicians

They have special needs in the ER

WASHINGTON Emergency patients over the age of 74 have significantly different and more complex health and social needs than their younger counterparts, even after controlling for illness severity, which has important implications about aging populations and emergency departments of the future. The results of the most extensive international study of the characteristics and outcomes of older emergency patients to be reported to date were published online Tuesday in Annals of Emergency Medicine ("Profiles of Older Patients in the Emergency Department: Findings from the InterRAI Multinational Emergency Department Study") http://tinyurl.com/npenmba.

"These patients have complex profiles before they come to the ER, and even more complicated needs once they get there," said lead study author Leonard C. Gray, MD, PhD, of the Centre for Research in Geriatric Medicine at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. "Dependence on others and geriatric illnesses, such as cognitive impairment and mobility problems, affect the majority of older emergency patients across a wide range of nations with different health systems and cultural contexts. They require specialized care to avoid missed diagnoses, pressure ulcers and a range of other potential problems associated with this particular population."

Researchers examined medical records for 2,282 patients older than 74 in 13 different emergency departments in seven countries (Australia, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Iceland, India and Sweden). Functional and cognitive problems increased dramatically after patients arrived at the emergency department.

More than one-third (37 percent) of patients had a recent fall, prior to coming to the emergency department.

Prior to visiting the emergency department, nearly half (46 percent) were dependent on others in one or more activities of daily living; after coming to the emergency department, only 33 percent were completely independent in all activities. In the emergency department, 26 percent displayed symptoms of cognitive impairment, whereas before coming to the ER only 20 percent had cognitive difficulties. Before coming to the ER, 26 percent of older patients could not walk without supervision; after coming to the ER, that number rose to 49 percent.

"Frailty, confusion and dependence on others make these our most fragile emergency patients," said Dr. Gray. "Specialized training in geriatric care and even specialized layout and procedures can help us provide the best assessment and care. The growing prevalence of older patients in ERs around the world suggests a need for careful scrutiny of current clinical practice and design of emergency departments worldwide."

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Annals of Emergency Medicine is the peer-reviewed scientific journal for the American College of Emergency Physicians, the national medical society representing emergency medicine. ACEP is committed to advancing emergency care through continuing education, research, and public education. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, ACEP has 53 chapters representing each state, as well as Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. A Government Services Chapter represents emergency physicians employed by military branches and other government agencies. For more information, visit http://www.acep.org.

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Social capabilities of performing multiple-action sequences

June 26, 2013 ? The day of the big barbecue arrives and it's time to fire up the grill. But rather than toss the hamburgers and hotdogs haphazardly onto the grate, you wait for the heat to reach an optimal temperature, and then neatly lay them out in their apportioned areas according to size and cooking times. Meanwhile, your friend is preparing the beverages. Cups are grabbed face down from the stack, turned over, and -- using the other hand -- filled with ice.

While these tasks -- like countless, everyday actions -- may seem trivial at first glance, they are actually fairly complex, according to Robrecht van der Wel, an assistant professor of psychology at Rutgers-Camden. "For instance, the observation that you grab a glass differently when you are filling a beverage than when you are stacking glasses suggests that you are thinking about the goal that you want to achieve," he says. "How do you manipulate the glass? How do you coordinate your actions so that the liquid goes into the cup? These kinds of actions are not just our only way to accomplish our intentions, but they reveal our intentions and mental states as well."

van der Wel and his research partners, Marlene Meyer and Sabine Hunnius, turned their attention to how action planning generalizes to collaborative actions performed with others in a study, titled Higher-order planning for individual and joint object manipulations, published recently in Experimental Brain Research.

According to van der Wel, the researchers were especially interested in determining whether people's actions exhibit certain social capabilities when performing multiple-action sequences in concert with a partner. "It is a pretty astonishing ability that we, as people, are able to plan and coordinate our actions with others," says van der Wel. "If people plan ahead for themselves, what happens if they are now in a task where their action might influence another person's comfort? Do they actually take that into account or not, even though, for their personal action, it makes no difference?"

In the research study, participants first completed a series of individual tasks requiring them to pick up a cylindrical object with one hand, pass it to their other hand, and then place it on a shelf. In the collaborative tasks, individuals picked up the object and handed it to their partner, who placed it on the shelf. The researchers varied the height of the shelf, to test whether people altered their grasps to avoid uncomfortable end postures. The object could only be grasped at one of two positions, implying that the first grasp would determine the postures -- and comfort -- of the remaining actions.

According to the researchers, the results from both the individual and joint performances show that participants altered their grasp location relative to the height of the shelf. The participants in both scenarios were thus more likely to use a low-grasp location when the shelf was low, and vice versa. Doing so implied that the participants ended the sequences in comfortable postures. The researchers conclude that, in both individual and collaborative scenarios, participants engaged in extended planning to finish the object-transport sequences in a relatively comfortable posture. Given that participants did plan ahead for the sake of their action partner, it indicates an implicit social awareness that supports collaboration across individuals.

van der Wel notes that, while such basic actions may seem insignificant, it is important to understand how people perform basic tasks such as manipulating objects when considering those populations that aren't able to complete them so efficiently. "How to pick up an object seems like a really trivial problem when you look at healthy adults, but as soon as you look at children, or people suffering from a stroke, it takes some time to develop that skill properly," says van der Wel. "When someone has a stroke, it is not that they have damage to the musculature involved in doing the task; rather, damage to action planning areas in the brain results in an inability to perform simple actions. A better understanding of the mechanisms involved in action planning may guide rehabilitation strategies in such cases."

According to van der Wel, the researchers are currently working on modifying the task to determine the age at which children begin planning their actions with respect to other peoples' comfort. In particular, they want to understand how the development of social action planning links with the development of other cognitive and social abilities.

Marlene Meyer is a Ph.D. candidate at the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour at Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Sabine Hunnius, Ph.D., is the director of the Baby Research Center at Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

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Handibot Smart Tool hits Kickstarter, cuts in 3D with mobile controls (video)

While CNC routers are part-digital by their nature, they haven't really kept up with the times: they're often fixed in place and don't easily adapt to unique tasks. ShopBot Tools hopes to modernize these machines by crowdfunding its Handibot Smart Tool. The device is portable and cuts 3D shapes out of many flat surfaces, but its specialty is the accessible, app-driven control that the fundraising will support. Builders can give the Handibot a wide range of instructions through apps on PCs or (eventually) mobile devices, whether they need a few simple holes or large, ornate patterns. Those pledging support will need to spend at least $1,995 to get a Handibot this September, assuming ShopBot reaches its $125,000 goal; still, it may be worth the cost for any workshop enthusiast who feels limited by existing tools.

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Mad Men, Season 6

?Going down.? That?s the last thing Don Draper hears in his office from the man Duck has brought in to replace him. The next scene shows Peggy sitting in Don?s office, looking out his window. This did not occur to me the first time I watched, but many of our more astute (or maybe morose) readers worried this was the moment Don?s body would come sailing past the office window, just as it does in the opening graphic. But then Slate?s own Fred Kaplan pointed out to me that the graphic actually ends with Don back in his chair, working, living. I think we all three agree in this TV Club that in the next and supposedly final season of Mad Men Don will probably be on his way up, even if he is no longer at the firm. Perhaps he will make it to A.A., or be closer to Sally, or live the groovy ?bicoastal? lifestyle he offers to Megan. Surely he will be on his way to becoming the '80s Don Draper we have all come to anticipate.

And what of Peggy? The symbolism in this finale was heavily pointing to Peggy joining whatever the era equivalent was of the Forbes list of most powerful women: her first-time-ever pants in the office (and what pants they were! red plaid! with a matching top!); her sitting in Don?s chair, very comfortably, rifling through his things; Ted?s injunction to her to stay behind in New York and build her career. Early on in this season Peggy had been heavily leaning in, bossing her underlings, giving Joan good advice. But then the office merger threw her off a bit, and she got sidelined again. In the next season, I am betting that Peggy morphs into Don: ruthless, untouchable, and harboring secrets.

One thing that struck me in this finale is how often we see the adults through the eyes of the children. Sally is the most cutting in this regard, as she tells her father on the phone, ?Well, I wouldn?t want to do anything immoral,? and then follows that up with, ?Why don?t you just tell them what I saw?? And then there?s baby Kevin, trying to work his magic on Roger, giving him a Thanksgiving table that, unlike the one his daughter threatens, isn?t empty. Those children?Kevin, Bobby, Eugene, Sally, all of Sally?s outrageous girlfriends?those are the Mad Men viewers. Matt Weiner, who is 47, is contemporary with the Draper boys. ?She?s from a broken home,? Betty tells Don about Sally. But it?s broader than that. A show that seemed to be about what our parents were like is shifting into one about how they made us who we are. That?s what was so beautiful about the look that passed between Sally and Don in the last scene, an understanding between generations.

This was a strange season in that it seemed to throw up intriguing plot possibilities and then grow quickly bored with them?and then it always circled back to the disintegration of Don. I?m not sure viewers always appreciated being in such close quarters with a morose crumbling alcoholic?certainly not as much as our own Troy Patterson did. But at least we got our redemption in the end.

Gentleman, it?s been a pleasure clubbing with you this season. Seth, as you suggested: ?Let's all move to Los Angeles. We can be happy together there. Just three desks, a window, and the ocean.?

It?s all fun and games until someone shoots you in the face?

How Mad Men fought Vietnam:

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The number of Mexicans of indigenous origin in the U.S. is growing fast, but they are largely overlooked in the debate on immigration reform.

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A Netflix for the NSA's Private Info Would Make the Spying Worth It

Do you ever get the feeling that there just isn't enough stuff to watch on Netflix? You're going through the catalog every night and the same movies keep popping up. That's why we should all sign up for the fake NSA Flix. Official Comedy imagined a streaming service that holds all the information the NSA digs up on us.

Think unedited phone conversations, Skype videos, e-mails and so forth. Totally creepy? Totally invasive? Totally not... from the NSA's perspective. I'm imagining the NSA has this kind of service running internally already anyway. We the public might as well get in on the invading privacy action too. [Official Comedy via Geekosystem]

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Turkish police clear Gezi Park on eve of pro-Erdogan rally

Although the raid succeeded in clearing out the park, the brutal police methods have galvanized many to continue their anti-government demonstrations.

By Tom A. Peter,?Correspondent / June 16, 2013

Protesters try to resist the advance of riot police in Gezi park in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday. On Saturday police cleared out the park in less than an hour with tear gas and water cannons.

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Riot police moved into Istanbul?s Gezi Park with tear gas and water cannons on Saturday night. In less than an hour they managed to clear the park at the center of Turkey?s protest movement.

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Shortly before 9:00pm when police began their operation, the park and adjacent Taksim Square were packed with thousands of celebrants. With live music, barbeques, and street venders, the protest had the atmosphere of a summer festival.

Demonstrators had been expecting security forces to attempt to clear the park, but despite police warnings shortly before they began their advance, most people assumed it would come in the early morning hours when there are less people in the park. As a result many people were caught off guard, including parents with young children and elderly people.

Although the raid succeeded in clearing out the park, the brutal police methods, which have long been a core protester grievance, have galvanized many to continue their anti-government demonstrations. Now many fear the country may see a steady escalation in violence with neither side showing any willingness to back down.

?A movement has started and I think it will continue. Although cops are aggressive everyday we will continue,? says Mumu, medical student helping protesters who like many people interviewed asked only to use his nickname due to safety concerns. ?I don?t know what?s going to come next. I don?t even want to think about it, but I?m worried the cops will use real pistols.?

Protests began two weeks ago when police used excessive force to break up a peaceful sit-in opposing a commercial development that would replace Gezi Park. The park remains an issue, but demonstrations now center on anger with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who protesters accuse of behaving more like an authoritarian than a democratically elected leader.

Mr. Erdogan had agreed to postpone development of the park until the courts determined its legality. But in a speech to members of his Justice and Development Party (AKP) on Saturday he said the park must be ?evacuated.? Hours later security forces moved on the park, triggering some of the most violent clashes seen in Istanbul over the past two weeks.

As protesters fled a police onslaught, security forces used tear gas, percussion grenades, and water cannons to push thousands of demonstrators away from the park. Amid the flight, demonstrators tried to slow police by pushing trashcans, tables from nearby restaurants, and a host of other objects into the street, setting many of them ablaze.

By the end of the night, protesters had scattered throughout the city and clashes with police continued until the early morning hours, with some still going on after sunrise.

?It will be a failure tonight, but not in the long-term,? says Yigit, a bank employee among the protesters. In what may become a rallying point for many people, Yigit also expressed frustration about police carrying out the raid when the park was filled with many people who hadn?t come to clash with police.

?We all were expecting something like this, but not today when it was the most crowded with civilians. I saw mothers, children, and disabled people in the park,? he says.

Numerous demonstrators who fled the park in the initial chaos of the police raid described seeing young children separated from their parents and elderly people unable to quickly escape the gas fired into the park. Police also fired tear gas into the lobby of the nearby luxury Divan Hotel where a number of protesters had taken refuge to escape the violence.

The excessive force used by police to break up the original sit-in at Gezi Park is among the main reasons listed by many Turks to explain why they joined in calls against the government. Consequently, the clearing of Gezi Park will likely add fuel to the protest movement.

?This is what we are against, the extreme police response so we will continue protesting,? says Merih, a banker. ?The only one who can stop this is the prime minister and he does not want to. In fact he is doing the opposite.?

Erdogan has met with members of the protest movement, but so far has yet to offer any significant compromises beyond a referendum to determine the park?s future. Those in the park met the referendum with much skepticism, many saying they worried that voting would not be fair.

Violence and clashes are likely to continue and possibly intensify on Sunday. Yesterday, demonstrators had already begun calling for a million people to march to Taksim Square on Sunday. Meanwhile, supporters of Erdogan, who have thus far staged few public rallies in Istanbul, had also been planning their own demonstration.

?We have demands, but we don?t know what?s going to happen because no one in the government is going to step back,? says Ezgi, a translator.

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Radio Communication system improvement procurement grinds into ...

Guzi reviews the Communications System for Botetourt County.

Sheriff Ronnie Sprinkle had been concerned for months about the radio communication system for Botetourt County. Earlier this year the system failed for? 12 hours leaving deputies and EMS unable to communicate effectively with Dispatch. In Botetourt County, school buses are on the system as well.? Sprinkle? had understood after the 2014 budget sessions the solutions to the problem had begun, but recently learned that was not the case.? Parts on the current system were so old and antiquated that EBay was used to acquire them.

However after Sprinkle had talks with Fincastle Supervisor Jack Leffel and County Administrator Kathleen Guzi, a special meeting of the Board of Supervisors took place. On Friday June 14, the Board of Supervisors held a meeting to speed up the procurement? with a vote to allocate needed funds. It may still take up to? 6 months due to the manufacture of the needed parts.? Leffel lauded the Sheriff for his concern and actions for the safety of Botetourt citizens and emergency and public safety employees.

The three Supervisors members present, Terry Austin, Mac Scothorn and Leffel voted to begin the process and approved the funding? for solving the communications problem. The cost is over $450, 000 for the needed upgrades, though all of it will not take place at one time. The contractor, Pro Com will be contacted to begin and a time line will be formed for the process, noted Austin.

The Roanoke Times has additional coverage of the radio system here.

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10 Things to Know for Today

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

1. OBAMA DEFENDS SURVEILLANCE AMID GLOBAL UPROAR

The administration has no plans to shelve the controversial collection of records revealed by an NSA contract worker.

2. POLICE USE TEAR GAS TO MOVE TURKEY PROTESTERS

Some activists lobbed fireworks and stones at hundreds of police who pushed through barricades to scatter people who have occupied an Istanbul park for more than a week.

3. FIRST VOTES SET ON IMMIGRATION

While the Senate prepared for procedural votes to allow debate to move forward, senators prepared amendments on border security and health care.

4. US DROPS OPPOSITION TO AGE LIMITS FOR MORNING-AFTER PILL

The Obama administration said it would drop its appeal to the judge's order to make emergency contraception available to girls of all ages.

5. JOURNALIST WHO BROKE NSA STORY DOESN'T HIDE HIS OPINION

The Guardian's Glenn Greenwald has argued in three books that the government tramples on personal rights and called the collection of phone records "rampant abuse."

6. SELECTION A SLOW PROCESS IN ZIMMERMAN CASE

Attorneys interviewed just four potential jurors Monday, including one who said both Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin were at fault.

7. FAMILY TURMOIL OF SANTA MONICA GUNMAN

The mother of the man who shot five people, including his father and brother, said her husband became abusive five years into her marriage when she moved from Lebanon to join him I the U.S.

8. HOW TO SECURE THE OLYMPICS

Russian officials say they will use drones and robotic vehicles to make sure the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi will be "the safest Olympics in history."

9. WHAT'S NEW ON THE NEXT PLAYSTATION

Playstation 4 costs about $100 less than Microsoft's Xbox One, and doesn't require a steady online connection for its games.

10. TEBOW TO JOIN FORMER TEAM'S RIVAL

The ex-New York Jet is expected to join the New England Patriots minicamp today.

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Jim Tankersley wonders if the era of uncertainty is over and whether a growth boom will begin. Drex Davis asserts that the Marketplace Fairness Act will bankrupt small businesses. And here is everything you need to know about cronuts.

The Economy: Bigger and More Profitable

Construction spending (pdf) increased in April, the service sector picked up slightly and the trade deficit is $6.3 billion (pdf) smaller than a year ago. Auto sales roared back in May, and Ford truck sales hit their highest levels since 2007. The financial sector is bigger and more profitable than ever. But factory orders rose less than expected, manufacturing declined and Vahan Janjigian believes that manufacturing is on life support. A research paper asks if the information technology revolution is over. A? poll finds that more than half of America thinks we?re still in a recession and only 36 percent are satisfied or very satisfied with the economy.

Jobs: Solid

The jobs report was ?solid? but unemployment ticked up and wages are not rising. Private employers added 135,000 jobs in May, and small businesses picked up the hiring pace. Gallup says job creation is the best it has been in five years.

Ideas: Drone Deliveries

Here are 2013?s 100 most creative business people. Amazon starts delivering groceries, and Matt Yglesias explains why. Burger King gets into the delivery game and, not to be outdone, Domino?s uses a drone to deliver pizza. The Dollar Shave Club introduces a very special product for the guy who has everything ? and a jilted girlfriend leaves a brilliant note for her guy.

People: Taco Bell Responds

Smoking employees cost employers $6,000 a year, a study finds. A Taco Bell employee appears to lick a bunch of shells, and here?s how the restaurant chain responded. John Patrick Pullen says transparency is essential to a trusting staff. A Cornell professor discusses whether tipping should be banned. These internship stories paint a tough picture for young professionals. Here are Jim?s greatest office pranks. One in 10 young job hunters is rejected because of social media. A peer-to-peer bonus system is made easy for employers. A job site is recruiting only beautiful candidates. A mind-body therapist explains her methods for reducing stress for Google?s employees. Apple employees based in Cupertino, Calif., earned $2 billion in 2012 and the company is poised for another hiring spree.

Cash Flow: Excess Cash

An online resource for entrepreneurs and small businesses releases a guide to help owners get an overview of the different types of Small Business Administration loans. Ked Harley suggests four steps to take before applying for a small-business loan, and Pam Baker summarizes all of the ways you can be paid. Michael Shedlock says the Federal Reserve?s policies and President Obama?s programs are exacerbating the credit squeeze for small businesses. Ian Kerrigan wants owners to think about diversifying their investments, and here are a few places to consider investing excess cash.

Red Tape: Insurance Premiums

The president wants to prosecute patent trolls. The Internal Revenue Service continues to take heat. Here are six ways that the new health care law changes insurance premiums, and a dental start-up sees profit in the law?s gaps.

Women: A New Index

The United States tops Dell?s new index on female entrepreneurship, but unfortunately the opportunities are not as good in India. This is what you should know about women in agriculture. Richard White suggests 10 tips for female entrepreneurs to stay on track.

Management: Three Companies in Five Weeks

A book offers help for easing any manager?s people problems. Jay H. Heyman explains how much a $10 bottle of wine really costs. A Cigna study finds America?s sole proprietors are independent and confident ? and often uninsured. And if a tornado destroys your business, here?s what to do. Salvatore Babones says that when it comes to business profits, ?it?s the ?plutonomy? versus the ?realonomy? ? and the plutonomy is winning.? R. Kay Green shares six lessons in entrepreneurship. Kevin Owyang thinks you might be a social entrepreneur without knowing it. One entrepreneur sells three companies in five weeks.

Marketing: Getting Leads

John Jantsch suggests giving stuff away to generate referrals. Harry and Sally Vaishnav explain why better packaging improves sales. Ciara Pressler evaluates whether you should hire a publicist or do it yourself. Sara Davidson explores where marketers get leads.

Around the Country: Best Cities

Rieva Lesonsky explains why you should get ready for National Small Business Week. Constant Contact will celebrate the week with Get Down to Business events across the country. A report says that Denver, Minneapolis and Seattle are the cities most friendly to employees of small companies. Two Philadelphia women are selling fashion from a truck. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology explain why doubling a city?s population increases its economic productivity by 130 percent. Other countries are seeking entrepreneurs from Silicon Valley. A New York factory of the future fabricates customer-ordered designs with top-of-the-line, industrial 3-D printing machines.

Around the World: Learning From Dabbawalas

A Spanish city is using a network of sensors to improve services and save money. David Rohde explains how privately financed economic initiatives are quietly spreading peace in the Middle East. A recalculation of gross domestic product may help app designers in Nigeria. The International Monetary Fund halves Germany?s growth forecast, and Australia?s economy expanded at the slowest annual pace in almost two years. Unemployment in France rose to 10.8 percent. Brandon Smith reports that Canada could be an entrepreneur?s utopia, and this is what start-ups in India can learn from dabbawalas. A teenage ?wakeboarder? takes on a flood.

Start-Up: Big Data

Bill Gates is helping lead a $35 million investment in a networking Web site for scientists. Intel creates a $100 million fund for more ?human-like? devices, and Bloomberg L.P. introduces a fund to invest in start-ups. A new company aims to beat Verizon and AT&T with free mobile phone service. A 17-year-old entrepreneur learns about starting a business from Jack Dorsey. Here is how to avoid bad advice that can kill a start-up. Dealstruck takes on banks with a ?Lending Club for small businesses.? Here are 14 big data start-ups you?re going to hear more about, and Tim Devaney and Tom Stein explain what big data can do for a small business.

Social Media: A LinkedIn Strategy

Here is how to avoid a virus on Facebook that can drain your bank account. Jill Konrath suggests a LinkedIn strategy that can pay off, and this is how Motorola Solutions uses Facebook to generate more engagement. SocialBro raises $1.8 million to help businesses manage, analyze and monetize their Twitter communities, and here are six factors that make a picture popular on Pinterest. The grumpy cat gets a movie deal.

Online: The Best Unsubscribe Message

Andy Crestodina compares your blog to a beer: ?an enticing head is just the beginning.? Hubspot creates the best unsubscribe message ever. A case study shows how two artists used online content to build their face-to-face business. Joy Gendusa shares four aspects of pay-per-click marketing that can help you solve the puzzle. Jayson DeMers explains how to build an online community around your business. Daniel Oyston has advice for improving content marketing, and here?s how to not break the law when using testimonials, endorsements and online reviews.

Mobile: A Competitive Edge

Google is closing the mobile app gap, and its Chrome browser starts to take off even as Android dips among mobile operating systems. The Onion reports that a new, improved Google Maps lets users launch missiles at any location on the globe. Foursquare is testing small-business promotions. This is how mobile marketing is changing the way companies appeal to customers. Francesca Louise Fenzi explains why Starbucks? mobile payment success is good news. Here are seven oddball mobile apps.

Technology: Windows 8

The number of Amazon Web Services servers has exploded. Om Malik shares his thoughts on Salesforce?s decision to buy Exact Target for $2.5 billion. Windows 8 is failing to beat Windows 7 (and XP and even Vista). Insightly integrates its customer relationship management software with Microsoft Office 365 and Outlook 2013. Here are 10 excellent video-editing apps, and this is how to protect your small business from cybercriminals. A teenage inventor tests a homemade submarine. Here are nine great hotels for technology users.

Tweet of the Week:

@saundiela ? If a company just can?t seem to make it, you need to look at the top! A good manager is a good checker & a good owner checks his managers.

The Week?s Best Quotes:

Andr? Mouton warns that the first quarter was business as usual for cloud companies ? and that?s a bad thing : ?Cloud companies are growing, and they?re losing money. If that?s all you know about them, it?s enough. Those two facts define the industry more than any hyperbole coming out of Silicon Valley. Much as their predecessors did 15 years ago, today?s tech companies are selling an exciting new technology; and like the dot-coms, they?ve embraced a business model that will self-destruct at the first sign of trouble.?

Derek Thompson explains why work-life balance is so bad: ?Although the workweek has fallen, the changing composition of families has put tremendous time stresses on more mothers. Over all, research shows that lower-income men have never had more downtime, while working single mothers have never been more common. The first part is a problem. The second is a crisis.?

This Week?s Question: Where do you get your leads?

Gene Marks owns the Marks Group, a Bala Cynwyd, Pa., consulting firm that helps clients with customer relationship management. You can follow him on Twitter.

Source: http://boss.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/10/this-week-in-small-business-cronuts/

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Crow Sounds Exactly Like A Rooster (VIDEO)

Don't let anyone tell you not to do you, crow.

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