90% The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

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Broken into nine chapters -- one for each year -- the documentary isn't a rigorous work but a felt piece of vital, if flawed, art.

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 is not your standard documentary dealing with racism in America.

A film that suffers from a surfeit of credulity.

You watch the material here and wonder whether most of the movies made about black people are meant to pacify general audiences, to distract them from demanding more of the movies.

It is mostly impressionistic - but, wow, some of those impressions really pack a punch.

This chronicle of pride and social upheaval is filled with vintage images and important voices.

...we see our parents and ourselves refracted through a cool if subjective lens, and it's easy to wonder exactly how we made it.

What is most impressive about the film is that it manages to put human faces -- not just caricatures -- on the key figures of the movement.

It's thrilling to hear from unrepentant revolutionaries such as Angela Davis and amusing to hear from their bell-bottomed white lawyers.

It may not add up to a narrative, but it's a fascinating compilation -- a mixtape you may want to hear more than once.

"Mixtape" is about a foreign country. And the foreign country is ours.

Impressively made documentary that paints a fascinating portrait of an important period in American history, not least because the perspective stands in stark contrast to the American media's coverage of the same events at the time.

This fascinating documentary brings together material shot by Swedish documentarists and TV journalists dealing with the African American civil rights movement...

The timing of this release is more than perfect. And the story behind the film is nearly as interesting as the stories it tells.

It is not a comprehensive history but the footage is an extraordinarily potent reminder that the stand taken by black people eventually bore fruit.

Interesting stuff, though it sometimes looks like a block of unedited raw material.

Blazing interviews with Angela Davis and Stokely Carmichael supply stinging and unforgettable rhetoric: it simply can't fail with footage this wild.

Like the era it represents, there are highs and lows.

Like most mix-tapes, offers crackling content even when its contexts aren't clear.

The film is testament to the power of archival legwork in documentary-filmmaking.

While it assumes a fair bit of knowledge of the social changes exploding in sixties America, there's a wealth of fascinating material and punchy insights into an earth shaking movement.

It's a dizzying mess of perspectives and lacks a firm head on its shoulders, but history buffs will find this assembly of footage - largely unseen outside of Sweden - to be riveting and important.

From the fly-on-the-wall, cin?ma-v?rit? style of the '60s to a more aggressive, advocacy approach in the mid-'70s, "Mixtape" is a wide slice of nonfiction film history.

These are the men and women Richard Nixon, J. Edgar Hoover, and the networks didn't want us to know about.

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Palestinians hope for US reserve over UNESCO funds (AP)

LONDON ? The Palestinian foreign minister said Wednesday he hopes the United States can be persuaded to reverse its decision to cut funds to UNESCO now that the U.N. agency has voted to give the Palestinians membership.

Riad Malki told The Associated Press in an interview that several countries are lobbying the U.S. over the withdrawal of the funds and that talks are planned between U.S. officials and UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova.

Following the Oct. 31 vote that made Palestine a member of the Paris-based U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, two U.S. laws kicked in that halted the flow of funds to the agency, forcing it to scale back literacy and development programs it carries out in countries such as Iraq, Afghanistan and the new nation of South Sudan.

The United States contributes $80 million annually in dues ? 22 percent of UNESCO's overall budget ? and its 2011 contribution was not yet in when the laws took effect, immediately throwing UNESCO into crisis.

U.S. officials previously have said UNESCO's decision risked undermining the international community's work toward a comprehensive Middle East peace plan, and could be a distraction from the aim of restarting direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.

"I hope that the United States will review that decision again, and re-engage with their commitment to support UNESCO," Malki told the AP, after formally signing a so-called instrument of accession to UNESCO in London, where the organization was created after World War II.

"We should not really mix politics with this kind of work. I hope that the United States and Congress should review the matter," he said.

The U.N. agency has been working to fill its money gap, appealing to other member states and creating a "click and donate" website for individuals to give money.

However, Malki said the main focus of member nations is to press the U.S. into a change of stance.

"We should really try to convince the U.S. to change its mind ... in terms of financial contribution. This is really very important," he said. "There are so many countries who are trying to do so."

Malki confirmed that the Palestinians do not intend to immediately apply for membership of other U.N. agencies ? some of which they now have an automatic right to join following their admission to UNESCO.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon had raised concern over the Palestinian Authority's efforts to join U.N. affiliates before winning full membership of the U.N. itself.

The Palestinians have asked the U.N. Security Council to grant them full membership in the United Nations, but have acknowledged they are unlikely to muster the nine votes needed to approve their bid.

"We are not interested in moving that quickly to other organizations," Malki told the AP. "Right now we are not going to endanger or put in jeopardy the work of other organizations, we will wait until we conclude our mission in the Security Council, and when we do so we will look back and see what will be our next move."

Membership of UNESCO means the Palestinians could automatically gain membership in the U.N. Industrial Development Organization, which aims to lower poverty and help the environment, and the World Intellectual Property Organization, he said.

With the vote to admit Palestine, "some consider UNESCO as a hero, some as a villain," UNESCO Deputy Director-General Getachew Engida said. "We're all caught in this cross-fire, unfortunately, and it is too bad. I'm an African and I feel the pain," said Engida, who is an Ethiopian.

UNESCO may be best known in the public mind for its program to protect the cultures of the world via its Heritage sites. But its core mission also includes life-sustaining activities like helping to eradicate poverty or ensure clean water as well as teaching girls to read and promoting freedom of expression and human rights. All these are essential elements of nation-building, and engendering a climate of peace and are in the public eye as the Arab Spring unfolds in painful fits of violence and hope in North Africa and the Middle East.

A grim reality is already setting in for many nations ? including those which voted for Palestinian membership ? particularly in projects where the United States was directly implicated.

A case in point is Iraq, where several projects are compromised and one may not see the light of day ? just as the United States completes its troop pullout by year's end.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had promised $900,000 for the first phase of a project to strengthen Iraq's National Water Council, joining $500,000 in Iraqi funds to set up a database to track water supplies. Without the U.S. funds, the project is at risk, officials say.

Another $1 million in U.S. funds have been suspended for a project to promote public confidence in Iraq's judiciary system.

In South Sudan, which became an independent nation in July after decades of civil war with Sudan, a plan to help create the country's first Ministry of Education is among those that may suffer without the U.S. funds.

"In my personal view, I don't think that withholding funds is in the interest of the United States," Engida said. "UNESCO works in close cooperation with the U.S. administration ... to advance on common shared values, on democracy, good governance, freedom of the press, education for all."

Even without its largesse, the United States remains a welcome member. It was voted to UNESCO's executive board 48 hours after pulling out its money.

While the click-to-donate program aimed at the public has reportedly brought in paltry sums, some nations are digging into their pockets, notably Indonesia with a pledge Tuesday of $10 million and Gabon with an early pledge of $2 million, according to UNESCO spokeswoman Sue Williams.

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Ganley reported from Paris.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/europe/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111123/ap_on_re_eu/eu_unesco_palestinians

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Egypt crowds chant rejection of election plan

Egypt's military leader promised to speed the transition to civilian rule, saying Tuesday that presidential elections will be held by the end of June 2012. But the major concession was immediately rejected by tens of thousands of protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square, who responded with chants of "Leave, leave!" now.

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Late Tuesday, tear gas was pouring into Tahrir Square but dissipated in about 10 minutes, according to tweeted reports by NBC's News' Richard Engel.

The protests continued hours after Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi vowed that landmark parliamentary elections will start on schedule on Monday, the first vote since longtime authoritarian leader Hosni Mubarak was ousted in an uprising nine months ago. And he said the military was prepared to hold a referendum on immediately transferring power to a civilian authority if people demand it.

Tantawi said he has accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Essam Sharaf's civilian government and politicians who attended a 5-hour crisis meeting with the ruling generals said the military intended to replace Sharaf's cabinet with a "national salvation" government. It was not clear who might head the new Cabinet, but names of a couple presidential hopefuls were mentioned.

"Our demands are clear," said Khaled El-Sayed, a protester from the Youth Revolution Coalition and a candidate in the upcoming parliamentary election. "We want the military council to step down and hand over authority to a national salvation government with full authority." He also demanded that the commander of the military police and the Interior Minister, who is in charge of the police, be tried for the "horrific crimes" of the past few days, when 29 people were killed in clashes, most of them in Cairo.

The standoff culminated four days of clashes and demonstrations around the country that have constituted the most sustained challenge so far to nine months of military rule. It plunges the country deeper into a crisis that may only hamper the democratic transition the protesters are fighting for.

Slideshow: Violent clashes in Egypt (on this page)

In Tahrir Square, the atmosphere was reminiscent of the 18-day uprising that toppled Mubarak, with jubilation over the large turnout mixed with the seething anger directed at the military. On Tuesday, the protesters had called for a million people to turn out and drew a massive crowd of tens of thousands.

The crowds carried an open wooden coffin with a body of a slain protester wrapped in white and held a funeral in the middle of the square.

A stuffed military uniform was hung from a central light pole with a cardboard sign on its neck saying "Execute the field marshal," a reference to Tantawi, Mubarak's defense minister of 20 years. People cheered when the effigy was hung and state television showed some hitting it with sticks or shoes.

Men in the square opened a corridor in the middle of the crowds and formed a human chain to keep it open, giving easy access to motorcycles and ambulances ferrying the wounded to several field hospitals in the square.

Sweet smells of popcorn and cotton candy mingled with tear gas and burning garbage.

As night fell on the square, thousands streamed in over a bridge across the Nile river. Men and women carrying blankets and boxes of supplies chanted: "Down with the field marshal."

The latest round of unrest began Saturday when security forces violently evicted a few hundred protesters who camped out in Tahrir. The perceived use of excessive force angered activists, who began to flock to the square. A joint army and police attempt to clear the square on Sunday evening failed, leaving protesters more determined to dig in there.

The clashes played out amid charges that the military was trying to cling on to power after an elected parliament is seated and a new president elected. The military recently proposed that a "guardianship" role for itself be enshrined in the next constitution and that it would enjoy immunity from any civilian oversight.

Further confusing the political situation, the military-backed civilian government on Monday submitted a mass resignation in response to the turmoil.

In his brief televised address to the nation, Tantawi did not mention a specific date for the transfer of power, although the presidential election has long been considered the final step in the process. The military has previously floated the end of next year or early 2013 as the date for the presidential vote.

"The armed forces, represented by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, has no desire to rule and puts the country's interests above all. It is ready to hand over responsibility immediately and return to its original duty of defending the country if the people want that and through a public referendum if it is necessary," he said.

Tantawi sought to cast the military as the nation's foremost patriots and angrily denounced what he called attempts to taint its reputation.

But he hinted at conspiratorial plots behind the protests, much like Mubarak did in his final days.

He spoke of forces "who are working in the dark to incite sedition and drive a wedge between the people and the Armed Forces or between different segments of the Egyptian people."

"At the end we will hand over power to an elected civil authority," Tantawi said, but he did not offer to step down. The crowd in Tahrir Square responded with chants of, "the people want the fall of the Field Marshal."

The crowds in Tahrir immediately rejected Tantawi's proposals with chants of "erhal," or leave.

"We are not leaving, he leaves," chanted the protesters. "The people want to bring down the field marshal," they shouted.

A youth group that played a key role in the anti-Mubarak uprising said it decided to remain in the square until the military handed over power to a civilian presidential council to run the country's affairs. Beside a representative of the military, the council should include pro-reform leader and Nobel Peace laureate Mohamed ElBaradei, said the April 6 group.

"The military council has failed to manage the transitional period, and the generals' hands are tainted by the blood of the nation's youth and have been collaborating with the counterrevolution," the group said in a statement.

Others in the square said the referendum was just a ploy to divide people.

American students arrested
Three American students at the American University of Cairo, which sits on Tahrir Square, were arrested outside the university's campus Monday night, Morgan Roth, a spokeswoman for the university, told NBC News.

She did not specify whether any charges had been filed or what any charges may be, but she named the three students as Luke Gates, an Indiana University student from Bloomington, Indiana; Gregory Porter, a Drexel University student from Glenside, Pennsylvania; and Derrik Sweeney, a Georgetown University student from Jefferson City, Missouri.

The three were on a study abroad program with the American University of Cairo.

They were being held at the Abdeen police station in Cairo, NBC reported.

Egyptian television said that they had been arrested after being seen throwing fire bombs from the roof of a building owned by the American University of Cairo, NBC News' Richard Engel reported.

George Gates, the father of a 21-year-old Luke Gates, also confirmed to NBC that his son had been arrested "sometime late last night," and said the family was in contact with the Department of State.

On what appears to be Luke Gates' Twitter feed, Gates lists his location as Cairo, Egypt and makes references to being in Tahrir Square.

His last post, dated Monday, November 21, read, "reports of tear gas being fired from AUC campus on Tahrir, university officials have started investigating."

An airport official also said a U.S. citizen who had been arrested while allegedly filming security forces at Tahrir Square was deported Tuesday to the United Arab Emirates from which he had arrived.

State television showed brief footage of the three students, males who appeared to be in their early 20s.

The new wave of protests and violence around the country that began on Saturday has left 29 dead and has thrown Egypt's politics into chaos less than a week before landmark parliamentary elections were to begin.

"The army is making the same mistake as Mubarak. They hear the demands but respond when it's too late," said protester Mustafa Abdel-Hamid, a supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood who came to Tahrir even though his movement has not endorsed the protests over the past four days.

Battered economy
Egypt's military has been backed into a difficult corner. Protesters are demanding it surrender the reins of power ? or at least set a firm date in the very near future for doing so soon. Without that, few civilian political leaders are likely to join a new government for fear of being tainted as facades for the generals, as many consider the current Cabinet.

The political uncertainty and prospect of continued violence dealt a punishing blow to an already battered economy.

Egypt's benchmark index plunged more than 5 percent, the third straight day of declines. Banks closed early and many workplaces sent employees home ahead of schedule for fear of a deterioration in security.

Several main roads were closed to traffic, adding to Cairo's already congested streets.

'Deplorable' violence
The United States, which gives Egypt's military $1.3 billion a year in aid, has called for restraint on all sides and urged Egypt to proceed with elections.

"We are deeply concerned about the violence. The violence is deplorable. We call on all sides to exercise restraint," White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters Tuesday.

Political uncertainty has gripped Egypt since Mubarak's fall, while sectarian clashes, labor unrest, gas pipeline sabotage and a gaping absence of tourists have paralyzed the economy and prompted a widespread yearning for stability.

Meanwhile, rights group Amnesty International accused Egypt's rulers on Tuesday of brutality sometimes exceeding that of Mubarak, saying the hopes of protesters had been "crushed."

The group said Egypt's Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) ? which assumed control after an 18-day uprising toppled Mubarak in February ? had made only empty promises to improve human rights.

In a report, Amnesty said military courts had tried thousands of civilians and emergency law had been extended. Torture had continued in army custody, and there were consistent reports of security forces employing armed "thugs" to attack protesters, it added.

"The SCAF has continued the tradition of repressive rule which the January 25 demonstrators fought so hard to get rid of," said Philip Luther, Amnesty's Middle East and North Africa acting director.

"Those who have challenged or criticize the military council ? like demonstrators, journalists, bloggers, striking workers ? have been ruthlessly suppressed in an attempt at silencing their voices ... The brutal and heavy-handed response to protests in the last few days bears all the hallmarks of the Mubarak era."

By August, Amnesty said the military council admitted about 12,000 civilians had been tried by military courts and at least 13 sentenced to death. The trials were "grossly unfair", said the rights group.

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45398123/ns/world_news-mideast_n_africa/

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Google Goes After YouTube Domain Typo Squatter

YoutubePro Tip: If your new business plan entails buying a bunch of domains that are clearly just one letter off from that of a major brand, you're probably doing it wrong. Such is the case for one gent from Illinois, who snatched up not one, not two, but six domains meant to look nearly identical to YouTube.com, filling them dubious surveys. As you'd expect, Google has now moved to seize the domains.

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PFT: Elway 'very hopeful' Tebow is answer

Gary Kubiak, Matt LeinartAP

The bad news is that I gained no ground on Rosenthal last week in the picks contest.

The good news?? I lost no ground, either.

We matched our records in Week 11 with 10-4 efforts; he picked the Dolphins when I foolishly trusted the Bills.? Fortunately, Rosenthal sided with the Jaguars while a scored a near hole in one, picking the Browns to win by the score of 13-10.

For the year, he?s 109-51.? I?m 98-62.

This weekend, when factoring in the Thanksgiving picks, we disagree on five games.? If I?m right on all of them, I can cut his lead nearly in half.

Now, where?s that damn wishbone?

Vikings at Falcons

Florio?s take:? Barring a miracle, Minnesota tailback Adrian Peterson will miss the game.?? And that will make it even harder for the 2-8 Vikings to avoid losing their ninth game of the season, especially since the Falcons now have a great opportunity to leapfrog the Giants and the Bears for a spot in the playoffs.? The fact that former Falcons quarterbacks coach and current Vikings offensive coordinator Bill Musgrave knows the Atlanta offense could help keep it from being a blowout.

Florio?s pick:? Falcons 31, Vikings 20.

Rosenthal?s take:? The Falcons have shown an ability to consistently beat bad teams, which may be enough to get them back to the playoffs. While the Vikings don?t feel 2-8 bad, their offense will be among the league?s worst without Adrian Peterson. Heck, it was among the league?s worst with Adrian Peterson.

Rosenthal?s pick: Falcons 28, Vikings 17.

Browns at Bengals

Florio?s take:? After close losses to the Steelers and Ravens, the Bengals should believe that they can play with anyone.? If the Bengals somehow can?t play with the Browns, the Bengals definitely won?t be playing past January 1.

Florio?s pick:? Bengals 20, Browns 0.

Rosenthal?s take: It took a dropped pass and some bad playcalling by the Jaguars for the Browns to win their fourth game. The Bengals won?t be so forgiving.? Jay Gruden has quietly been among the best offensive coordinators in the league.? He?ll be happy to face a division rival that isn?t Baltimore or Pittsburgh.

Rosenthal?s pick: Bengals 23, Browns 10.

Panthers at Colts

Florio?s take:? Carolina has become an unexpected entrant in the ?Suck of Luck? sweepstakes.? It won?t last.? The Panthers are better than the Colts, and the Colts are fine with that . . . at least until they clinch the top pick.

Florio?s pick:? Panthers 28, Colts 14.

Rosenthal?s take: The Colts have finally found a team they can score against! The Panthers defense is second-to-last in points allowed this year.? The only problem: The Colts are dead last in the same category.? And they don?t have Cam Newton.

Rosenthal?s pick: Panthers 28, Colts 24.

Texans at Jaguars

Florio?s take:? Publicly, the Texans see the glass as half full in the wake of Matt Schaub?s season-ending injury.? Privately, they have to be worried that Matt Leinart isn?t the answer.? If the Jaguars team that beat the Ravens last month shows up on Sunday, the Texans may be bidding farewell to their shot at a bye.

Florio?s pick:? Jaguars 20, Texans 17.

Rosenthal?s take:? I don?t expect much out of Matt Leinart, but I do expect him to be better than Blaine Gabbert. The Jaguars defense has been strong all year, but it struggled last week without Terrance Knighton and Clint Session. Allowing Colt McCoy and Chris Ogbonnaya to have breakout games was a bad sign.

Rosenthal?s pick: Texans 24, Jaguars 17.

Bills at Jets

Florio?s take:? With multiple teams clustered between 6-4 and 4-6 in the AFC, one of them likely will get hot and take the final playoff spot.? Though there?s a good chance that neither the Jets nor the Bills will be that team, one of them has to win this one (barring a tie, obviously).? Injuries have decimated the Bills, and the rollercoasting Jets will head back up the mountain once again, with three winnable games on tap before a trip to Philly and a ?visit? from the Giants.

Florio?s pick:? Jets 27, Bills 14.

Rosenthal?s take: Even the most cynical Bills fan couldn?t have imagined a collapse like this. They?ve lost three straight games by a combined score of 104-26. Fred Jackson is done for the year. Ryan Fitzpatrick?s future looks shaky. Their defense can even make Mark Sanchez look good. Bills fans deserve better.

Rosenthal?s pick: Jets 27, Bills 13.

Cardinals at Rams

Florio?s take:? The Rams predictably struggled through the tough seven-game stretch of their schedule to open the season.? But they?re now unexpectedly struggling through the supposedly soft spot.? The Cardinals continue to have issues at quarterback, and if the Rams slide to 2-9, Steve Spagnuolo may not be around to get fired after the season ends.

Florio?s pick:? Rams 23, Cardinals 13.

Rosenthal?s take:? This is a big game for Steve Spagnuolo. If the Rams can?t beat John Skelton in St. Louis, what games can they win? I have doubts the Rams will win many more games, but Spagnuolo should at least get his third win Sunday.

Rosenthal?s pick: Rams 20, Cardinals 17.

Buccaneers at Titans

Florio?s take:? The Bucs gained some confidence via a loss at Lambeau Field, and the Titans haven?t shown an ability to take advantage of opportunities to gain ground on the Texans.? With the seat heating up for Raheem Morris, look for Tampa to string a few wins together during a rare respite from their tough schedule.

Florio?s pick:? Buccaneers 27, Titans 20.

Rosenthal?s take: The Titans are 5-5 because they beat bad teams. Tennessee is 4-0 against teams that currently have a sub .500 record. The Bucs are a bad team. Raheem Morris? defense is near the bottom of every meaningful statistical category for a reason. He can?t complain about the schedule when they lose this one.

Rosenthal?s pick: Titans 24, Bucs 17.

Bears at Raiders

Florio?s take:? The banged-up Raiders and the healthy-but-for-the-most-important-position-on-the-field Bears each need this one.? Badly.? The Raiders are fending off the Broncos, and the Bears need to guard against a gaggle of would-be wild-card contenders.? Even without Jay Cutler, the Bears have the firepower to overcome an Oakland team that isn?t as good as its record would suggest, especially in light of all the injuries.

Florio?s pick:? Bears 21, Raiders 17.

Rosenthal?s take: This would have been Sunday?s best game before Jay Cutler?s thumb injury ruined it. I?m not buying that the Bears will survive without Cutler. He made Chicago?s offensive line look a lot better than it really was by making throws Caleb Hanie shouldn?t even attempt.

Rosenthal?s pick: Raiders 24, Bears 14.

Redskins at Seahawks

Florio?s take:? But for the 49ers, the Seahawks ? even at 4-6 ? would be on track for a second straight NFC West crown.? They remain tough to beat at home; just ask the Ravens.? Or the Redskins come Sunday night.

Florio?s pick:? Seahawks 20, Redskins 13.

Rosenthal?s take: This game looks close (and uninteresting) on paper.? It won?t be close. It will be uninteresting. The Seahawks? defense has quietly grown into a difference-making unit. Tarvaris Jackson is playing well enough at quarterback.? By well enough, I mean ?better than Rex Grossman.?

Rosenthal?s pick: Seahawks 28, Redskins 14.

Patriots at Eagles

Florio?s take:? The New England defense is improving, and the offense can?t get much better.? The longest-tenured coach in the NFL never has beaten the second longest-tenured coach in the NFL, and that?s not likely to change, regardless of whether Mike Vick or Vince Young is playing quarterback for the home team.

Florio?s pick:? Patriots 24, Eagles 20.

Rosenthal?s take: This is probably the toughest game left on New England?s schedule, even if Vince Young starts. Philadelphia?s wide receiver talent can overwhelm the Patriots? undrafted afterthoughts. The Eagles have the secondary to slow down New England in man coverage. That?s a long way of saying Philly will be in position to win, but blow another fourth-quarter lead.

Rosenthal?s pick: Patriots 35, Eagles 31.

Broncos at Chargers

Florio?s take:? What you gonna do, Chargers, when Tebowmania runs wild on you?? It?s illogical and counterintuitive, but after seeing what I?ve seen over the last three weeks, I can?t pick against the Broncos.? And after what I?ve seen from the Chargers since they started 4-1, I can?t pick San Diego to win, either.

Florio?s pick:? Broncos 15, Chargers 12.

Rosenthal?s take: A month ago, who would have believed that Tim Tebow would be in position to bury Philip Rivers? playoff hopes in this game? And who would have believed John Elway would be rooting for Rivers?

Rosenthal?s pick: Chargers 24, Broncos 20.

Steelers at Chiefs

Florio?s take:? Blown out four times this year, the fifth one is coming, courtesy of the team for which Todd Haley?s dad once worked.? The Steelers have too much firepower on offense, and the Chiefs simply have no answer for it.

Florio?s pick:? Steelers 38, Chiefs 13.

Rosenthal?s take: If Tyler Palko led the Chiefs to three points in Foxborough, he may score negative three points against Pittsburgh. Perhaps Kyle Orton will come in woefully unprepared during the second half like Carson Palmer did in his first Raiders game. That may be the only way this game stays interesting into the fourth quarter. (But, uh, watch it. It?s on NBC.)

Rosenthal?s pick: Steelers 30, Chiefs 10.

Giants at Saints

Florio?s take:? With a bye week plus an extra day to prepare for the Giants, the 7-3 Saints will do their best to keep pace with the 49ers for the No. 2 seed in the NFC.? Or possibly to cut San Fran?s lead in half, if the 9-1 Niners slip up in Baltimore on Thursday night.

Florio?s pick:? Saints 34, Giants 21.

Rosenthal?s take: Conflicting emotions here. As Florio has mentioned, I got a fleur de lis tattoo while in college at Tulane. I also picked the Giants to win the NFC East, a choice that isn?t looking as good these days. When in doubt, take the team that hasn?t lost at home.? (Note: I didn?t actually get that tattoo.? Also: I?m not actually 15. I?m 19.)

Rosenthal?s pick: Saints 33, Giants 30.

Source: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/11/23/elway-is-very-hopeful-that-tebow-will-be-the-answer/related

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Police on leave after protesters pepper sprayed

The president of the University of California system said he was "appalled" at images of protesters being doused with pepper spray and plans an assessment of law enforcement procedures on all 10 campuses, as two police officers and the police chief were placed on administrative leave.

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"Free speech is part of the DNA of this university, and non-violent protest has long been central to our history," UC President Mark G. Yudof said in a statement Sunday in response to the spraying of students sitting passively at UC Davis. "It is a value we must protect with vigilance."

Yudof said it was not his intention to "micromanage our campus police forces," but he said all 10 chancellors would convene soon for a discussion "about how to ensure proportional law enforcement response to non-violent protest."

Protesters from Occupy Sacramento planned to travel to nearby Davis on Monday for a noon rally in solidarity with the students, the group said in a statement.

UC Davis said early Monday in a news release that it was necessary to place police Chief Annette Spicuzza on administrative leave to restore trust and calm tensions. The school refused to identify the two officers who were place on administrative leave but one was a veteran of many years on the force and the other "fairly new" to the department, Spicuzza earlier told The Associated Press. She would not elaborate further because of the pending probe.

Videos posted online of the incident clearly show one riot-gear clad officer dousing the line of protesters with spray as they sit with their arms intertwined. Spicuzza told the AP that the second officer was identified during an intense review of several videos.

Video: Did cops go too far in pepper-spraying students? (on this page)

"We really wanted to be diligent in our research, and during our viewing of multiple videos we discovered the second officer," Spicuzza said. "This is the right thing to do."

Both officers were trained in the use of pepper spray as department policy dictates, and both had been sprayed with it themselves during training, the chief noted.

Meanwhile, UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi said she has been inundated with reaction from alumni, students and faculty and would speed up an investigation that was to have taken three months.

"I spoke with students this weekend and I feel their outrage," Katehi said in a statement Sunday.

Katehi also set a 30-day deadline for her school's task force investigating the incident to issue its report. The task force, comprised of students, staff and faculty, will be chosen this week. She earlier had set a 90-day timetable.

She also plans to meet with demonstrators Monday at their general assembly, said her spokeswoman, Claudia Morain.

The UC Davis faculty association called for Katehi's resignation, saying in a Saturday letter there had been a "gross failure of leadership." Katehi has resisted calls for her to quit.

"I am deeply saddened that this happened on our campus, and as chancellor, I take full responsibility for the incident," Katehi said Sunday. "However, I pledge to take the actions needed to ensure that this does not happen again. I feel very sorry for the harm our students were subjected to and I vow to work tirelessly to make the campus a more welcoming and safe place."

Reverberations
The incident reverberated well beyond the university, with condemnations and defenses of police from elected officials and from the wider public on Facebook and Twitter.

"On its face, this is an outrageous action for police to methodically pepper spray passive demonstrators who were exercising their right to peacefully protest at UC Davis," Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, said in a statement Sunday. "Chancellor Katehi needs to immediately investigate, publicly explain how this could happen and ensure that those responsible are held accountable."

The protest Friday was held in support of the overall Occupy Wall Street movement and in solidarity with protesters at the University of California, Berkeley who were jabbed by police with batons on Nov. 9.

Nine students hit by pepper spray were treated at the scene, two were taken to hospitals and later released, university officials said. Ten people were arrested.

Meanwhile Sunday, police in San Francisco, about 80 miles south of Davis, arrested six anti-Wall Street protesters and cleared about 12 tents erected in front of the Federal Reserve Bank.

Across the bay in Oakland, police made no arrests after protesters peacefully left a new encampment set up in defiance of city orders.

Photoblog: Who is occupying Wall Street?

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45385629/ns/us_news-life/

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Debt crisis sweeps towards heart of Europe (Reuters)

BRUSSELS/MADRID (Reuters) ? The euro zone's debt crisis swept closer to the heart of Europe despite a clear-cut election victory in Spain for conservatives committed to austerity, adding to pressure on the European Central Bank to act more decisively.

Spain's Socialists became the fifth government in the 17-nation currency area to be toppled by the sovereign debt crisis this year. Portugal, Ireland, Italy and Greece went before, while Slovakia's cabinet lost a confidence vote last month and faces a general election in March.

An absolute parliamentary majority for Mariano Rajoy's center-right Popular Party brought no respite on financial markets increasingly alarmed by the absence of an effective firewall to halt a meltdown on sovereign bond markets.

Rajoy kept investors, and Spaniards, guessing about his plans to tackle the crisis, saying the constitution will make him wait until just before December 25 to name an economy minister and explain how he will get five million people back to work.

The risk premiums on Spanish, Italian, French and Belgian government bonds rose as investors fled to safe-haven German Bunds, while European shares (.FTEU3) fell more than 3 percent after Moody's warned that France's credit rating faced new dangers.

"This crisis is hitting the core of the euro zone. We should have no illusions about this," European Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn said.

He defended the European Union executive's advocacy of austerity policies blamed for choking off growth and jobs.

"One simply cannot build a growth strategy on accumulating more debt, when the capacity to service the current debt is questioned by the markets," Rehn told a Brussels seminar. "One cannot force foreign creditors to lend more money, if they don't have the confidence to do it."

Greece's new technocrat prime minister, Lucas Papademos, on his maiden trip to Brussels, won an assurance that euro zone finance ministers should be in a position to agree at their next meeting, next Monday, to disburse vital bailout funds to avert bankruptcy.

Papademos was expected to meet European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi on Tuesday evening in Frankfurt.

Borrowing costs for both Spain and Italy hit levels regarded as unsustainable last week before the European Central Bank stepped in temporarily to steady the market.

Two newspapers said the ECB's governing council had imposed a weekly limit of 20 billion euros on purchases of euro zone government bonds, a figure analysts say prevents it wielding massive deterrent power in the markets. Germany's central bank has led resistance to the bond-buying it sees as inflationary.

The latest weekly figures released on Monday showed the central bank bought nearly 8 billion euros in the week to last Wednesday, far below that reported limit in a week when Italian and French spreads hit euro era highs.

Critics say this reluctant, piecemeal approach is aggravating the situation rather than restoring confidence.

ECB governing council member Ewald Nowotny, regarded as a dove, told a conference in Vienna that the central bank could not simply start printing money but would have to discuss its next response to the crisis.

"What we certainly have to discuss is what is a role for the ECB in these difficult times, but this is also something we will discuss in Frankfurt at the appropriate time," he said.

FRENCH RATING RISK

Ratings agency Moody's said a recent rise in interest rates on French government debt and weaker economic growth prospects could be negative for France's credit rating.

"Elevated borrowing costs persisting for an extended period would amplify the fiscal challenges the French government faces amid a deteriorating growth outlook, with negative credit implications," Senior Credit Officer Alexander Kockerbeck said in Moody's Weekly Credit Outlook dated November 21.

France's government spokeswoman insisted on Monday that Paris would not impose a third package of budget savings, despite market pressure on its cost of credit.

Talk of a possible break-up of the 12-year-old single currency has grown among analysts, mostly outside the euro area, as EU paymaster Germany has rejected most of the widely-touted solutions to the debt crisis.

The chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Jim O'Neill, said the crisis of European economic and monetary union (EMU) meant "big decisions have to be taken pretty quickly."

"It's not obvious to me that EMU could survive without Italy," he told a Confederation of British Industry conference.

"It's not obvious to me that Italy can survive with 6-7 percent bond yields, so something's going to have give pretty quickly. Italian bond yields have got to come down pretty quickly or EMU will have some severe challenges."

Dutch Finance Minister Jan Kees de Jager, one of Berlin's closest allies, acknowledged that the euro zone could splinter.

Asked whether a break-up of the euro would cause an economic depression, he told BNR radio: "This could be a consequence from the euro zone falling apart, that is correct."

The chief executive of Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE), Josef Ackermann, said Greece leaving the Eurozone would cause incalculable damage and make it less likely that Greece would pay its debts.

Spaniards gave the People's Party a clear mandate for more austerity against a background of 21 percent unemployment and one of the highest budget shortfalls in the region.

"We will stop being part of the problem and will be part of the solution," Rajoy said after the vote.

Nicolas Lopez, head of research at M&G Valores, said the government had to introduce convincing measures. "While these measures are being taken, the ECB will have to buy up bonds as it has been doing to maintain confidence," he said.

(Additional reporting by Gilbert Kreijger in Amsterdam, Kirsten Donovan and Fiona Sheikh in London, Lefteris Papadimas in Athens, Crispian Balmer in Rome and Jan Strupczewski in Brussels; Writing by Paul Taylor; Editing by Mike Peacock)

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Correction: Massachusetts Terror Charge story (AP)

BOSTON ? In a story Nov. 17 about the trial of an American accused of plotting to help terrorists, The Associated Press erroneously reported the date authorities said defendant Tarek Mehanna and alleged co-conspirators contacted trial witness Daniel Maldonado about getting automatic weapons for planned mall attacks. Authorities made the statement in October 2009, not Nov. 16 of this year. The story also should have made clear that Mehanna was never indicted on charges related to planned mall attacks.

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Gates testifies in $1B lawsuit against Microsoft

Microsoft founder Bill Gates arrives at the Frank E. Moss federal courthouse in Salt Lake City, Monday, Nov. 21, 2011. Gates was scheduled to testify in a one billion dollar antitrust lawsuit brought by Novell Inc. Gates, wearing a gray suit and a yellow tie, was the first witness to testify as Microsoft lawyers presented their case in the trial that's been ongoing in federal court in Salt Lake City for about a month.(AP Photo/Jim Urquhart)

Microsoft founder Bill Gates arrives at the Frank E. Moss federal courthouse in Salt Lake City, Monday, Nov. 21, 2011. Gates was scheduled to testify in a one billion dollar antitrust lawsuit brought by Novell Inc. Gates, wearing a gray suit and a yellow tie, was the first witness to testify as Microsoft lawyers presented their case in the trial that's been ongoing in federal court in Salt Lake City for about a month.(AP Photo/Jim Urquhart)

(AP) ? Billionaire Bill Gates envisioned a computer in every home in America, and he wanted to be the one who put them there, the Microsoft Corp. co-founder testified Monday in a $1 billion antitrust lawsuit filed against the software maker by the creator of then-rival WordPerfect.

Gates took the witness stand in a case that accuses Microsoft of duping its competitor prior to the rollout of Windows 95. He began his testimony with a history of Microsoft and was expected to remain on the stand throughout the day.

Gates said he was just 19 when he helped found the software giant.

"We thought everybody would have a personal computer on every desk and in every home," he said. "We wanted to be there and be the first."

Gates, wearing a gray suit and a yellow tie, was the first witness to testify Monday as Microsoft lawyers presented their case in the trial that's been ongoing in federal court in Salt Lake City for about a month.

Utah-based Novell Inc. sued Microsoft in 2004, claiming the Redmond, Wash., company violated U.S. antitrust laws through its arrangements with other computer makers when it launched Windows 95. Novell says it was later forced to sell WordPerfect for a $1.2 billion loss. Corel now owns it.

The company argues that Gates ordered company engineers to reject WordPerfect as a Windows 95 word processing application because he feared it was too good. WordPerfect once had nearly 50 percent of the market for computer writing programs, but its share quickly plummeted to less than 10 percent as Microsoft's own office programs took hold.

Novell attorney Jeff Johnson has conceded that Microsoft was under no legal obligation to provide advance access to the Windows 95 operating system so Novell could prepare a compatible WordPerfect version. Microsoft, however, enticed Novell to work on a version, only to withdraw support months before Windows 95 hit the market, he said.

Microsoft lawyer David Tulchin said Gates decided against installing WordPerfect because it threatened to crash Windows and couldn't be fixed in time for the rollout. He argued that Novell's missed opportunity was its own fault, and that Microsoft had no obligation to give a competitor a leg up.

"Novell never complained to Microsoft," Tulchin said during arguments Friday. "There's nothing in the evidence, no documents."

Johnson maintains Novell was tricked in violation of federal antitrust laws so Microsoft could monopolize the market.

"We got stabbed in the back," he said.

Microsoft is seeking a dismissal, calling the claims groundless.

Throughout arguments Friday, U.S. District Judge Frederick Motz openly expressed doubts that Novell's claims had merit.

"I don't see why I have to give a product to a competitor so he can beat me," Motz told Novell attorneys.

Associated Press

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Chris Brown AMA Performance: Taking it "All Back"


Chris Brown knows how to put on a show.

Love him or hate him, the guy is a performer. At the 2011 American Music Awards on Sunday, Brown dressed in a white T-shirt and jeans and began his performance with his emotional slow jam "All Back" alongside his backing band.

With little accompaniment, the singer displayed unusually raw and strong vocals:


Chris Brown - All Back (American Music Awards)

Then his turn on stage cranked up several notches for a rendition of "Say It With Me," showcasing Chris' dance moves. Haters are gonna hate regardless, but his performances of both songs are sure to win raves from Team Breezy.

Source: http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2011/11/chris-brown-ama-performance-taking-it-all-back/

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