Court decision on topless Duchess photos due Tuesday

PARIS (Reuters) - A French court will announce on Tuesday whether it will enforce an injunction that Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate have sought against magazine Closer to prevent further publication of topless photos of her.

In an affair that has rocked Britain and reawakened a debate on privacy laws, lawyers for the royal couple, titled the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, are seeking damages from Closer and have filed a separate complaint against a photographer that could lead to a criminal case.

The couple want to stop Closer from selling its photographs to any other media, including on the Internet, though an Irish newspaper has already broken an informal agreement in the British press not to publish them.

An official at the Nanterre court, near Paris, said the decision would be handed down on Tuesday.

Copies of Closer's Friday edition flew off the shelves in France, snapped up by collectors, British tourists and curious French readers, as controversy over the photos raged.

"The stock has run out," said newspaper vendor Jeremy Alluard, adding that his 30 copies of the magazine had sold out in an hour and a half. "There's no way of getting any more at the depot, there are no more to be had," he said.

A second vendor, Omar Abdel, said he had sold many copies to British tourists who explained they were unable to get hold of the weekly in Britain.

Buckingham Palace is also seeking damages from Closer's publisher, Italian company Mondadori, owned by former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who is also no stranger to media intrusion.

Closer defended its publication of a dozen long-lens shots of the duchess on the balcony of a secluded villa which show her slipping off her bikini top, relaxing topless on a sun lounger and pulling down her bikini bottoms as her husband applies lotion.

William's office branded the photos a "grotesque and totally unjustified" invasion of their privacy.

Britain's tabloid papers, fighting for their reputations after a series of recent scandals, have refrained from publishing the pictures, even though they are available on the Internet and in the pages of a tabloid in neighboring Ireland.

Italian gossip magazine Chi printed a 26-page special edition dedicated to the photos on Monday. Editor Alfonso Signorini told Reuters the images were harmless and that the balcony where the Duchess was sunbathing was visible from the street.

(Reporting by Gerard Bon and Morade Azzouz, editing by Paul Casciato)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/uk-royals-ready-criminal-complaint-against-photographer-152511850--finance.html

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Manimal Movie in the Works

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Fans of the short-lived TV series?Manimal will be happy to hear that a live-action/CG feature adaptation is in the works. ?The series, which only ran for eight episodes at the tail end of 1983, centered on Jonathan Chase (Simon MacCorkindale),?a crime-fighter who could change into any animal at will. ?The campy premise that was shredded by critics was apparently worthwhile enough to be picked up by Sony Pictures Animation for a possible adaptation. ?Coming off of the success of The Smurfs live-action/CG hybrid and with plans for a similar adaptation of?Alf,?the studio is currently mining 80s properties for all their worth. ?Hit the jump for more on the?Manimal adaptation.

Heat Vision brings the news that Sony Pictures Animation is ready to tackle the?Manimal adaptation. ?It?s a bold move to take on a property that is mostly remembered as a punchline by its campy cult following. ?The article mentions that the studio is currently in search of writers for the project; if they land the right ones,?Manimal could turn out to be a lot of fun. ?The TV series featured Chase turning into a black panther in every episode (at least they got their money?s worth out of the effects budget), so it would be a nice departure from the current state of ?realistic and gritty? that pervades a lot of action movies today. ?I picture it more in line with MacGruber?than Batman,?but who knows what direction Sony is planning on taking it. ?TV show creator Glen A. Larson is attached to produce the feature. ?Check out the?Manimal?intro below.?Manimal!!!

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Source: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1925910/news/1925910/

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NBC's Ayman Mohyeldin in Benghazi answers questions about embassy attack

Ayman Mohyeldin reports from Benghazi, Libya, where officials in the region continue to maintain that last week's deadly attack on the U.S. consulate was a targeted, pre-planned assault, carried out by foreigners. Meanwhile, U.S. officials claim there is no evidence to support this claim.

The U.S. ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, and three other Americans were killed when gunmen attacked the consulate and a "safe house" in Benghazi last Tuesday night.

NBC News? Ayman Mohyeldin is in Benghazi reporting on the aftermath of the attacks. Who is responsible for the attack, what is fueling the continuing protests over the anti-Islam film making waves across the Middle East and what is the impact on U.S.-Libya?relations?

Ayman answered reader questions earlier today. Please click below to replay the informative Q & A chat.?

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Three Ways The Apple-Samsung Ruling Affects Your Mobile Strategy

The recent ruling in Apple's lawsuit against Samsung has hit a historical landmark, as the jury awarded over a billion dollars in damages to Apple. This isn't a minor spat between two giants. The magnitude of the result will actually affect the mobile landscape... and thus, how you manage your mobile web marketing strategy.

More Variety Of Mobile Offerings

As we discuss in our workshops on converting your website for mobile, mobile design's biggest challenge has always been device fragmentation. Americans use hundreds of smartphone models to browse the web every day, and thousands worldwide. How do you make your mobile design consistent across so many different platforms?

This has become easier in the past year because of the dominance of iPhone and Android. The recent US mobile statistics show about 80% of all mobile web browsing is done on these two platforms. These share a large, rectangular touch screen, use WebKit-based browsers, and have certain user interface similarities. This has made it easier to make a compelling mobile design that looks great on both iPhone and Android.

If the recent ruling stands, legal factors will essentially force new differences to emerge just to stay clear of any possible infringement. This can only lead to greater fragmentation and variety on the mobile web. Designers and IT teams will have to work harder to ensure consistency of visual branding, appearance and behavior across different mobile platforms.

Likely Higher Market Shares For Windows Phone & Blackberry

In the USA, the smartphone game has become mostly a two horse race. The iPhone and Android combined market share has reached 40% of all mobile phones, as of June 2012, with third place going to Blackberry at only 5%. Windows Phone 7 has lagged even more.

Unless the verdict is reversed on appeal, or the damages greatly reduced from $1 billion, that is almost certain to change.

Frankly, this verdict is fantastic news for both RIM (the maker of Blackberry) and for Microsoft (Windows Phone). Android has by far the highest US market share of any mobile platform (24.3% in June 2012). It will be a tall order for them to maintain this lead if this ruling stands, and they are indeed required to significantly change the interface. (And thus, how you interact with the phone).

Those people who don't like the new Android will have to go somewhere. Some, but likely not all, will get an iPhone. Many of the rest will get Blackberrys or Windows Phones. When the ruling was announced, I bet you could hear champagne bottles popping in the offices of RIM and Microsoft.

Constrained Medium-Term Innovation

In my view, as the founder of a mobile technology company, this ruling is harmful to the USA. Smartphones today are miraculous devices, capable of so much that even a few decades ago would have seemed like magic. (To me, they still do, sometimes.)

But these magical devices are like icebergs: what you can see, what you can directly relate to and interact with on their surface, is only a tiny fraction of what they are capable of. And this trial focused on a tiny handful of many, many critical elements.

How many? To get a sense of proportion, this ruling covered six total patents. Is $1 billion for six patents a lot? Well, patent licensing firm RPX estimates a typical smartphone's features may be affected by as many as 250,000 patents.

Now, a patent licensing firm has an incentive to overestimate here, so the real number is likely lower. But even if it's a factor of ten down, at 25,000 patents, and then you ignore 90% of those patents as low-quality or irrelevant... for 2,500 patents per phone, you are still talking about a lot of licensing fees. Especially if the going rate is $1 billion for three utility and three design patents.

The real problem is that too many US patents are being granted for things they should not be. To any software engineer worthy of their craft, patenting "Pinch to Zoom" makes about as much sense as a patent on exchanging business cards. But up until this ruling, smartphone makers were able to ignore all this, because they didn't believe the courts would actually enforce it monetarily.

As a proud American, I'm certain this trend will ultimately reverse. But for now, we must assume the US smartphone market will innovate more insularly, each company building primarily on their own past innovations, and not on the state of the art as a whole.

This will slow down the rate of progress a bit. Imagine if, out of hundreds of fast-food restaurant chains nationwide, only one of them had drive-through windows, because they had been granted a patent on it. There would be far less competitive pressure to improve the drive-through experience. (A good recent example: If you plan to eat while driving, In-N-Out Burger in California now asks if you want special packaging that makes it easier to cleanly eat in your car.)

In marketing terms, that means improvements in mobile technology - and thus, improvements in those channels and marketing tools built on them - will come more slowly. This can be a good thing if you are behind on your mobile marketing initiatives. It also gives you less opportunity get ahead of your competitors via mobile, though. So you will need to make the most of your mobile campaigns, extracting as much ROI and results from them as you can.

Source: http://mobilewebup.com/blog/apple-samsung-ruling-mobile-strategy/

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Protesters clash with Australia police over film

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Several hundred people took to the streets of Australia's largest city on Saturday, some throwing rocks and bottles during clashes with police, as anger over a film that insults the Prophet Mohammad spreads.

A demonstration that began with about 200 people outside the U.S. consulate in Sydney swelled to more than twice that number, with protesters appearing to catch police off guard as they marched through the centre of the city.

Some of the chanting protesters carried placards reading "Behead all those who insult the Prophet".

Several streets, usually thronging with weekend shoppers, were blocked off by police as the protest grew. Police, many wearing anti-riot equipment and some on horseback, used dogs and chemical sprays as they tried to control the protest.

Reuters Television pictures showed one policeman with a head injury being led away by colleagues. Police later said six officers had been injured and eight protesters arrested.

A spokesman for paramedics said there were no serious injuries.

A police spokesman said the protest was being monitored, with demonstrators gathering in a central Sydney park. A Muslim leader addressed the protesters in the park, calling for calm.

Australia, a staunch U.S. ally with troops still fighting in Afghanistan, has a Muslim population of about 476,000, or 2.2 percent of the population, according to 2011 census figures. (http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Lookup/2071.0main+features902012-2013)

(Additional reporting by Tim Wimborne; Writing by Morag MacKinnon; Editing by Paul Tait)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/protesters-clash-australia-police-over-film-082424352.html

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Caregivers in Plano, IL - Home Helpers Home Care in Chicago

September 21st is World Alzheimer?s Day. ?Dementia: Living Together? is the theme for this year?s event. World Alzheimer?s Day was created by the World Health Organization in 1994 to draw attention to Alzheimer?s Disease. This special day will highlight a month of worldwide activities designed to combat the social stigma Alzheimer?s victims and caregiving family members face.

Alzheimer?s is the most common dementia. It is a slow, progressive disease that gradually robs victims of their memory. There are no cures or effective treatments for the disease?s symptoms. In fact, experts can?t even figure out how to slow it down. The number of people diagnosed with Alzheimer?s is expected to explode in the next few decades as the post-World War II generation, the baby boomers, age.

Misconceptions and detrimental attitudes about Alzheimer?s are still too common. Caregivers struggle as their loved ones slowly lose touch with reality. They face not only overwhelming physical care and financial stress, but also the social stigma of Alzheimer?s. National Alzheimer?s Day will help victims and caregivers by encouraging positive discussions about this devastating disease.

The World Alzheimer?s Report will be released during September. Worldwide seminars, special events and workshops highlighting Alzheimer?s awareness will also take place this month. Increasing numbers of people are familiar with Alzheimer?s because of loved ones who are victims. Unfortunately many still don?t recognize Alzheimer?s symptoms or behavior. National Alzheimer?s Day will educate community members to be aware of symptoms and of dementia victims in their area.

Many communities will host fundraising Memory Walks on National Alzheimer?s Day. Caregiving families, their friends and neighbors will walk together to remember those lost and to encourage those currently fighting the disease.

Dedicated researchers are actively fighting the disease. Many diseases have been eradicated or tamed by devoted researchers who have the money to take on the task. National Alzheimer?s Day will highlight one of the worst diseases researchers have ever battled. The day will raise research money, provide information and promote awareness about Alzheimer?s victims. It will highlight their caregivers? struggles to keep them safe. Anyone dealing with Alzheimer?s dreams of the day this deadly disease will be cured. A world without Alzheimer?s is definitely going to be a better place for all of us.

When researching options for?caregivingagencies?in Plano IL, call us at?(630) 659-1044.??Senior care?counselors at Home Helpers?are available to talk with you about your?in-home care?needs including how to reduce?caregiver?stress while providing better, affordable care. We are an?elder care?agency providing?caregivers?in Plano, IL.

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Source: http://www.homehelperschicagoland.com/caregivers-in-plano-il

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Three dead as protesters attack U.S. embassy in Tunisia

TUNIS (Reuters) - At least three people died and 28 others were wounded on Friday after police fought hundreds of protesters who ransacked the U.S. embassy in Tunisia in their fury over a film denigrating the Prophet Mohammad, state television said.

A Reuters reporter saw police open fire to try to quell the assault, in which protesters forced their way past riot police into the embassy.

The protesters smashed windows, hurled petrol bombs and stones at police from inside the embassy, or started fires in the embassy and the compound. A black plume of smoke rose from the facility.

One protester was seen throwing a computer out of a window, while others walked away with telephones and computers.

A Tunisian security officer near the compound said the embassy had not been staffed on Friday, and calls to the embassy went unanswered. A Reuters reporter saw two armed U.S. soldiers on the rooftop.

The protesters, many of whom were Islamic Salafists, also set fire to the nearby American School, which was closed at the time, and took away laptops and tablet computers.

The protests began after Friday prayers and followed a rallying call on Facebook by Islamist activists that was quickly endorsed by the local faction of the Islamic militant group Ansar al-Sharia.

Libyan officials suspect the Libyan branch of Ansar al-Sharia of being behind an attack in Benghazi in which four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador to Libya, were killed on Tuesday.

The moderate Islamist Ennahda movement, which heads the Tunis government, had advised Tunisians against participating in the protest against the crude, low-budget film, made in California and trailed online, which portrayed the Muslim prophet engaged in vulgar and offensive behavior.

"The (Tunisian) government does not accept these acts of aggression against foreign diplomatic missions," said a statement read on state television. It said Tunisian authorities were "committed to ensuring the safety of foreign diplomatic missions".

Hundreds of protesters wielding petrol bombs, stones and sticks had charged at the security forces protecting the embassy before jumping a wall to invade the compound.

"Obama, Obama, we are all Osamas," they chanted, in reference to the slain al Qaeda leader, Osama bin Laden.

The protesters pulled down the U.S. flag flying over the embassy, burned it, and replaced it with a black flag emblazoned with the Shahada, the Islamic declaration of faith.

Riot police finally drove the protesters from the embassy and the compound, and a Reuters reporter saw them arresting around 60.

The compound was cordoned off by police, soldiers and members of the elite presidential guard, but clashes continued in the el-Aouina district across a highway from the smart Auberge du Lac neighborhood where the embassy is located.

(Reporting By Tarek Amara; Writing by Souhail Karam; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/protesters-attack-u-embassy-cradle-arab-spring-165247459.html

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Olympus E-PL5 and E-PM2 interchangeable lens cameras leak into view

DNP Olympus

Secrets have been hard to keep in the camera world lately, and now Olympus has undergone its second leak in as many days, but this time with a couple of higher-profile actors -- the E-PL5 and E-PM2 mirrorless cameras. Both will use the Olympus E-M5 sensor with TruePic VI image engine and touchscreen, and are reported to be priced at €399 ($520) for the E-PM2 with a 14-42mm kit lens (in silver, below the break) and €599 ($780) for the E-PL5 with the same lens, shown above. That follows earlier leaks from Sony, Fujifilm and others, along with two upcoming lenses from Olympus that were also outed ahead of time. Hopefully, there'll still be a couple of surprises left when Photokina rolls around next week.

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New Report Shows Rise in Hunting, Fishing & Wildlife-Related ...

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New Report Shows Rise in Hunting,

Fishing & Wildlife-Related Recreation in 28 States

September 12, 2012

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New Report Shows Rise in Hunting, Fishing & Wildlife-Related Recreation in 28 StatesParticipation in wildlife-associated recreation increased in 28 states since 2006, according to the findings of the 2011 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation State Overview Report released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today.? The State Overview Report is the second in a series of reports to be released by the Service over the next few months highlighting results from the National Survey.

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar released the first report on August 15, 2012.? The National Survey, conducted since 1955, measures participation in these activities and related spending on trips and equipment across the nation and in individual states. The 2011 National Survey data show that hunters, anglers and wildlife watchers spent $145 billion last year on related gear, trips and other purchases such as licenses, tags and land leasing or ownership.

?Hunting, fishing and wildlife watching are part of our national heritage, and the trip and equipment-related spending of participants? forms significant support for local economies across the country,? said Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe. ?These survey results are good news for the small businesses and rural communities who depend on wildlife-related tourism, and it shows an encouraging increase in personal investment of citizens in the future of wildlife and wild places.?

Public lands managed by federal and state agencies support much of the fishing, hunting, and wildlife-associated recreation that Americans enjoy. The State Overview, released today provides national survey data on wildlife-related recreation at the state level, which helps state natural resource agencies to plan and provide wildlife-related recreation opportunities.

?The State by State data from the National Survey is where the rubber meets the road for state fish and wildlife agencies,? said Dr. Jonathan Gassett, Commissioner of the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission and President of the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. ?These results help each state set the course for future fish and wildlife conservation and they help quantify the results of investments that each state has made in its wildlife-related recreation programs, especially hunter and angler recruitment and retention programs.?

Highlights from this overview include the following information:

  • Of the 28 States with increases in the number of wildlife-related recreation participants from 2006 to 2011, the largest percentage increases were seen in Alaska (47 percent) and Louisiana (40 percent).
  • South Dakota had the highest proportion of state residents who hunted? 21 percent.
  • Alaska had the highest proportion of state residents who fished? 40 percent.
  • Vermont had the highest proportion of state residents who wildlife watched? 53 percent.

Overall, the 2011 Survey found that 38 percent of all Americans 16 years of age and older participated in wildlife-related recreation in 2011, an increase of 2.6 million participants from the previous survey in 2006. Participation in recreational fishing increased by 11 percent and hunting was up 9 percent.? This increase reverses a trend over previous Surveys showing a 10% decline in hunting participation between 1996 and 2006.? The 2011 Survey reports a corresponding increase in hunting equipment expenditures, which are up 29 percent from 2006.

Through landmark conservation laws supported by American sportsmen and women, funds collected by states through the sale of hunting and fishing licenses are combined with federal funds from excise tax on sport weapons and ammunition and on angling equipment to pay for fish and wildlife conservation and associated recreational opportunities. Together, these laws support the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs, first established 75 years ago.? Since then, hunters and anglers have paid more than $11 billion in excise taxes on purchases of firearms, ammunition, archery, fishing and boating equipment toward thousands of conservation projects, wildlife-associated recreational opportunities and access, and sport shooting ranges around the nation.

The National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation, conducted every five years since 1955, has become one of the most important sources of information on fish and wildlife recreation in the United States. Federal, State, and private organizations use the rigorously-compiled and detailed information to manage wildlife and wildlife-related recreation programs, market products, and forecast trends in participation and economic impacts.

The 2011 report was requested by the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, coordinated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service?s National Survey Branch of the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program, and administered by the U.S. Census Bureau.? The Census Bureau conducted detailed interviews from individuals at 48,627 households across the country to obtain samples of sportspersons and wildlife watchers. Information was collected through computer-assisted telephone and in-person interviews. The Survey is funded through a Multi-State Conservation Grant from the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program.

The Survey is being released in phases ? the first report was issued in August 2012 and presented data for the nation as a whole.? The final national report will be available in November 2012, and the detailed state reports will be issued on a flow basis beginning in December 2012.

The full State Overview Report can be downloaded at http://library.fws.gov/Pubs/natsurvey2011-prelim-state.pdf.

Image from Torrey Wiley, pocketwiley on the flickr Creative Commons

Source: http://www.garyengbergoutdoors.com/blog/2012/09/13/new-report-shows-rise-in-hunting-fishing-wildlife-related-recreation-in-28-states/

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