Ethiopia: Proclamation on Telecom Fraud Offences

In this analysis, ARTICLE 19 finds the recently adopted Proclamation 761/2012 on Telecom Fraud Offences (“the Proclamation”) to be fundamentally flawed from a freedom of expression and information perspective, and recommends its immediate repeal.

Ferrari 458 Italia Manettino, Launch Control and Interior

The 458 Italia is equipped with a racing manettino switch leading toward more sporting set ups and giving the driver a wider selection of electronic controls parameters. The ICE setting saw in the F430 has been removed, while the CT setting has been added in order to deactivate the traction control and at the same time maintain the stability control. There are five different manettino positions and conditions: Low Grip, Sport, Race, CT and CTS. Low Grip setting provides maximum grip under all driving conditions, and it is particularly suited for low grip surfaces. The emphasis is on comfort and stability without compromising the handling.

Olimpiade

Olimpiade adalah ajang olahraga internasional empat tahunan yang mempertandingkan cabang-cabang olahraga musim panasdan musim dingin serta diikuti oleh ribuan atlet dari sekitar 200 negara yang berkompetisi dalam berbagai pertandingan olahraga. Awalnya, Olimpiade hanya berlangsung di Yunani kuno sampai pada tahun 393 M. Olimpiade kemudian dihidupkan kembali oleh Pierre Frèdy Baron de Coubertin pada tahun 1896. Dalam kongres pada tahun 1894 yang diselenggarakan di Paris, didirikanlah Komite Olimpiade Internasional (IOC) dan ibu kota Yunani, Athena dipilih sebagai tuan rumah Olimpiade modern pertama tahun 1896. Selanjutnya, sejak tahun 1896 sampai sekarang, setiap empat tahun sekali Olimpiade Musim Panas senantiasa diadakan kecuali tahun-tahun pada masa Perang Dunia II.

9 Early Online Back to School Deals

This year, parents will spend an average of $688.82 on back-to-school gear, up from $603.63 in 2011.

"Backpacks rip, pencils break, and children grow, there's no way around it, but as they begin tackling their shopping lists, parents will make sure to spend smarter than they ever have before," said National Retail Federation President Mathew Shay. "We fully expect retailers to be aggressive with their promotions both in-store and online, keeping an eye on inventory levels as families look to spread out their shopping throughout the entire summer."

Supernova Progenitor Found? New Research Identifies Star System That May Explode

ScienceDaily (Aug. 3, 2012) — Type Ia supernovae are violent stellar explosions. Observations of their brightness are used to determine distances in the universe and have shown scientists that the cosmos is expanding at an accelerating rate. But there is still too little known about the specifics of the processes by which these supernovae form. New research, led by Stella Kafka of the Carnegie Institution for Science in the United States, identifies a star system, prior to explosion, which will possibly become a type Ia supernova.

The work will appear in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

Britain's Bellamy gamble pays off

CARDIFF, Wales (AP) -- Craig Bellamy is certainly no David Beckham. For Britain's Olympic football team, perhaps that's a good thing.

Britain coach Stuart Pearce caused an uproar when he left Beckham off the team for the London Olympics, opting to go with fellow midfielder Bellamy as one of his three overage players instead - alongside Manchester United veteran Ryan Giggs and defenderMicah Richards.

Chinese badminton player blogs 'farewell' to sport

LONDON (AP) -- A Chinese badminton star is apparently quitting the sport after she was one of eight players disqualified from the doubles tournament at the London Olympics for trying to lose.

A comment on a verified account for Yu Yang on the Tencent microblogging service late Wednesday read: "This is my last game. Farewell Badminton World Federation. Farewell my dear badminton."

Yu's retirement could not be immediately confirmed with Chinese badminton officials. In China, the lives of top athletes are closely controlled by sports officials, including decisions on retirement.

Yu and Wang Xiaoli were one of four doubles teams which appeared to play poorly on purpose to secure a more favorable position in the next phase of the event.

Two teams from South Korea and another from Indonesia were disqualified from competition but allowed to stay at the games - a step lighter than expulsion, the penalty for positive drug tests.

It appeared to be the first mass disqualification in Olympic history.

The feeble play was obvious to fans who attended the matches Tuesday night at Wembley Arena - they chanted, "Off! Off! Off!" - and to incredulous television broadcasters and viewers watching around the world.

"They're serving fault and fault! They are just hitting the ball into the net!" the BBC's David Mercer said in disbelief. "They are both trying to lose, and that is unforgivable. This is the Olympic Games."

The Chinese players set off a domino effect when they tried to rig the draw after China's second-seeded pair unexpectedly lost to a Danish team in the morning. The South Koreans and Indonesians, wanting to avoid a tough opponent as well, followed suit in later matchups.

Teams blamed the introduction of a round-robin stage rather than a straight knockout tournament as the cause of the problem. The round-robin format can allow results to be manipulated to earn an easier matchup in the knockout round.

None of the players was made available for interviews.

Yu went on state television in China to apologize "to all the badminton fans and friends over yesterday's game, because we did not comply with the Olympic spirit, and did not deliver a match with our true level to the audience, the fans and the friends."

In a statement released to Xinhua, the Chinese Olympic delegation criticized its players' actions.

"The behavior by Yu Yang and Wang Xiaoli on court violated the Olympics ideal and the spirit of fair play. The Chinese delegation feels distressed over this matter," the delegation said.

Xinhua also reported Chinese badminton coach Li Yongbo apologized and accepted blame for the scandal.

"As the head coach, I owe the fans and the Chinese an apology," Li said. "Chinese players failed to demonstrate their fighting spirit of the national team. It's me to blame."

Associated Press writer Scott McDonald in Beijing, China, contributed to this report.

9 Scientists Receive a New Physics Prize

Physicists are rarely wealthy or famous, but a new prize rewarding research at the field’s cutting edges has made nine of them instant multimillionaires.

The nine are recipients of the Fundamental Physics Prize, established by Yuri Milner, a Russian physics student who dropped out of graduate school in 1989 and later earned billions investing in Internet companies like Facebook and Groupon.

“It knocked me off my feet,” said Alan H. Guth, a professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who was among the winners. He came up with the idea of cosmic inflation, that there was a period of extremely rapid expansion in the first instant of the universe.

Power Failures Hit Half of India

NEW DELHI — About 600 million people lost power in India on Tuesday when the country’s northern and eastern electricity grids failed, crippling the country for a second consecutive day.

The outage stopped hundreds of trains in their tracks, darkened traffic lights, shuttered the Delhi Metro and left nearly everyone — the police, water utilities, private businesses and citizens — without electricity. About half of India’s population of 1.2 billion people was without power.

Olympic Swiss Soccer Player Michel Morganella Sent Packing After Idiotic Tweet

Peppered among the grand tales of glory from the Olympics are some awful life lessons for athletes who couldn't resist taking Twitter to racist depths.

Swiss football player Michel Morganella has been sent home after taking to Twitter to voice his disgust with losing to South Korea. Instead of losing with class, he lobbed an idiotic tweet that will now mark him with shame well through the Games. 

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10-inch BlackBerry tablet surfaces, but will it ever launch?

A host of new images have surfaced claiming to show a 10-inch BlackBerry PlayBook. But according to rumors, that device has already been shelved.

A 10-inch BlackBerry tablet has surfaced on the Web.

User "vuhai6" on Vietnam-based forum Tinhte has posted several images (Translate) of what is purported to be a 10-inch BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. The device looks to have the same design as its currently available 7-inch counterpart, but according to the poster, could support 4G networking.

Speaking of 4G, the poster also shows images of a 4G 7-inch PlayBook. Although it's not immediately clear where the images were taken or when, the person claims to have obtained them from someone else.

Apple reportedly to unveil iPhone 5, iPad Mini on Sept. 12

Both devices will be announced in the middle of September, followed by the release of the new iPhone on September 21, claims blog site iMore.

Apple consumers could perhaps see the debut of both the new iPhone and an iPad Mini come September.

Citing "sources who have proven accurate in the past," blog site iMore says that Apple willannounce the two devices at a special event on Wednesday, September 12. The iPhone 5 itself would then go on sale 9 days later on Friday, September 21.

How to Promote Your Blog and Increase Traffic

Blogging is an enjoyable habit especially for those who love writing and expressing themselves to others. Many people even make a living out of it. However, gaining profits in writing blogs is not an easy task especially if you are just starting your blogging career. Other than writing relevant content, driving traffic to your website is also essential and it is not an easy task. It takes time and persistence to build online history and gain consistent traffic. No traffic, no money.

Olympics 2012: Team GB athletes at London Games Day Three

A sport-by-sport round-up of how every Team GB athlete performs on Day Three of the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

ATHLETICS
Freya Murray  chosen to replace Paula Radcliffe for Great Britain in the marathon. 

US, German finance ministers meet over euro

The top US finance official is in Berlin on Monday to meet his German counterpart and the head of the European Central Bank, fuelling hopes Europe is about to take decisive action to save the crisis-hit eurozone.


US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was to meet Wolfgang Schäuble to increase the pressure on Berlin and push for intervention in the markets to bring down the spiralling borrowing costs of Spain and Italy. 


 Afterwards, Geithner will meet ECB chief Mario Draghi, who touched off speculation the bank would resume its controversial bond-buying programme by pledging last week to do "whatever it takes" to preserve the euro. 

Twitter: Olympics opening ceremony saw 9.66 million mentions

From retweeting Tim Berners-Lee to criticizing NBC's decision to delay its broadcast of the ceremony, users around the world took to Twitter to share their opinions on the Games.

Talk of the London 2012 Olympic Games was expected to take over Twitter, and its community of 140 million active users worldwide didn't disappoint. 


On Friday, Twitter saw more tweets in a single day than it saw during the whole duration of the Beijing 2008 Olympics, according to a blog post by the microblogging service. 

Samsung, Apple head for courtroom confrontation

After 17 months of filings, a patent battle with enormous stakes for both companies shifts to a San Jose, Calif., courtroom this week.

Monday marks the start of the U.S. trial between Apple and Samsung, two companies that have spent the past 17 months attempting to disembowel one another with legal filings -- all while quietly doing business together that helps keep them afloat.

Phelps scrapes into 400m medley final

Michael Phelps got his hand on the wall just in the nick of time to scrape into the final of the men's 400 metres individual medley.

The American, who won the gruelling event at the last two Olympics, won his morning heat but only snuck into the finals in eighth place after a desperate lunge on his final stroke.

London 2012 Olympic - Day 1

London 2012 Olympic - Day 1 

RANK	COUNTRY	GOLD	SILVER	BRONZE	TOTAL
1	China	2	0	1	3
2	Brazil	1	1	1	3
2	Italy	1	1	1	3
4	United States	1	1	0	2
5	South Korea	1	0	1	2
6	Kazakhstan	1	0	0	1
6	Russia	1	0	0	1
18	Great Britain	0	0	0	0

$75M Lawsuit Claims Casino Let Man Drink to Death

By HOLBROOK MOHR Associated Press
JACKSON, Miss. July 27, 2012 (AP)


A lawsuit claims a Mississippi casino served so much alcohol to a man taking powerful prescription painkillers that he died on the floor of his hotel bathroom.


The lawsuit against IP Casino Resort and Spa in Biloxi was filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Gulfport. It seeks damages of $75 million.


The suit claims casino workers kept serving free drinks to 30-year-old Bryan Lee Glenn in August 2009, ignoring pleas from the drunken man's family to stop serving him.


The suit says Glenn died in his hotel room. He'd taken prescribed painkillers including Percocet, morphine and Xanax, as well as antipsychotic medications in the three weeks before his death, the lawsuit says. He was being treated for physical injuries as well as psychosis and hallucinations. Glenn had suffered a traumatic brain injury in a 2004 four-wheeler accident, then suffered back injuries in a 2007 car wreck.

Batik

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Part #1)

Batik (/ˈbætɪk/ or /bəˈtiːk/; Javanese pronunciation: [ˈbateʔ]; Indonesian: [ˈbatɪk]) is a cloth that is traditionally made using a manual wax-resistdyeing technique.

Javanese traditional batik, especially from Yogyakarta and Surakarta, has notable meanings rooted to the Javanese conceptualization of the universe. Traditional colours include indigo, dark brown, and white, which represent the three major Hindu Gods (Brahmā, Vishnu, and Śiva). This is related to the fact that natural dyes are most commonly available in indigo and brown. Certain patterns can only be worn by nobility; traditionally, wider stripes or wavy lines of greater width indicated higher rank. Consequently, during Javanese ceremonies, one could determine the royal lineage of a person by the cloth he or she was wearing.

Other regions of Indonesia have their own unique patterns that normally take themes from everyday lives, incorporating patterns such as flowers, nature, animals, folklore or people. The colours of pesisir batik, from the coastal cities of northern Java, is especially vibrant, and it absorbs influence from the Javanese, Arab, Chinese and Dutch cultures. In the colonial times pesisir batik was a favourite of thePeranakan Chinese, Dutch and Eurasians.

LEGALLY BLIND ARCHER SETS WORLD MARKS

Legally blind archer Im Dong-hyun set the first world records of the London Olympics, breaking his own record in the 72-arrow mark and helping South Korea set a team record in the ranking round on Friday.

Im broke the record he had set in Turkey in May by three points with a score of 699, hours before the 2012 Games official opening ceremony.

Is Obama losing his brand?

After weeks of blistering attacks on Mitt Romney's record, the Obama campaign is shifting gears. This week the campaign released two ads featuring President Obama speaking straight to camera with a mostly positive tone, the first of their kind this cycle.

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Wrong flag accompanies North Korean names; delays match

Day one of competition brought some controversy when the North Korean women's soccer team refused to come out of their locker room for more than an hour before their match in Glasgow Wednesday.

Apparently someone on the stadium staff attached a graphic of the South Korean flag to the North Korean team's player photos during introductions prior to their game against Colombia.

The Best Free Antivirus for 2012

Even if your budget doesn't include any money for antivirus protection, you've got plenty of good choices for free antivirus. (by : PCMag)

If only every computer user in the world would install antivirus software, the Internet would be a safer place. Botnets would only infest systems whose antivirus definitions hadn't quite caught up, meaning they would never achieve the massive reach necessary for DDoS attacks. Fake antivirus (scareware) threats would lose the ability to make money. Given the quality of free antivirus tools around, there's really no excuse to do without. Here's a run-down on your choices.

RVP wants £10m a year

According to Robin van Persie’s agent Kees Vos, Arsenal’s Captain Fantastic — who is better known as RVP by many of the Gunners’ faithful supporters — wants £195,000-a-week in wages, The Sununderstands.

Vos reportedly broke the news to Italian giants Juventus during a meeting with the club. RVP would be amongst the highest-paid footballers in the world should he get the contract he craves. Juventus were initially unwilling to pursue RVP due to his massive wage demand, but the Serie A champions have allegedly changed their minds.

The fact that the Dutchman has three of the world’s biggest clubs — Juventus, Manchester City and Manchester United — on the edge of their seats certainly helps his cause.

Manchester City makes £250 million bid for Arsenal's history

PREMIER League champions Manchester City have tabled an offer to buy up Arsenal’s entire roll-call of honours for an estimated £250 million, plus Adam Johnson.

If accepted, the offer would see City retrospectively crowned league double winners in 1970-71, 1997-98 and 2001-2002, first division champions three seasons running between 1933 and 1935 as well as last-gasp victors in 1989 when they went to Anfield and snatched the title from Liverpool.

Used toyota yaris -practicality and convenience

Selection and get of a car is quite a hard choices. Let's move on from the incontrovertible fact that choosing a car is nearly always quite expensive, the cost of which depending on performance, safety, comfort and mainly, the category of desired vehicle. It must be noted that for the promoted branding you'll need to pay more, however you should not deny yourself the preferred choice of a definite brand or company. Color and shape of the chosen car- it is actually the main, what delayed eye.

Women Who Survived Theater Shooting Grieve for Hero Boyfriends

Of the 12 people killed in the Aurora theater shooting, four of them were men who made the ultimate sacrifice to protect their girlfriends. Now, each of these women are struggling to come to terms with both their grief and their gratitude.

Alexander Teves, 24, attended the midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" with his girlfriend Amanda Lindgren , 24,and another friend.

Aurora Shooting: William Friedkin Thinks James Holmes Deserves 'Gas Chamber'

In the wake of the Aurora, Colo. shooting at movie theater showing "The Dark Knight Rises" that left 12 dead, Hollywood stars and executives have had to answer some difficult questions about violence in cinema. The alleged shooter, James Holmes, reportedly claimed he was "The Joker" after police arrested him and was an apparent fan of Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight."

Now, at least some in the film industry are vehemently discounting any connection between the cinema and Holmes' actions.