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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Bing.com to Host Largest Interactive State of the Union Experience in History; Opportunity for Americans to Share Their Views on the President's Address - Video

REDMOND, Wash. ? Feb. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ ? For the millions of Americans waiting in anticipation for the president?s State of the Union address on Feb. 12 at 9 p.m. EST, Bing and FOX News Channel have partnered to launch the first-of-its-kind Bing Pulse online voting tool, which enables Americans to track and share opinions in real time during the president?s State of the Union speech. The Bing Pulse is part of a comprehensive State of the Union experience at Bing.com/Politics. The site provides a single destination for up-to-the-minute political news, expert information, real-time conversations and social sentiment on major policy issues.

The number of Americans who crave a more interactive political experience is growing, according to a recent Bing survey showing that nearly 75 percent of people identified themselves as active participants or observers in online political discussions.* Powered by Bing search technology and its unique social search experience, Bing?s State of the Union site is a nonpartisan online destination that was launched to meet this growing need for up-to-the-minute political information and second-screen experiences that are a great companion to political broadcasts.

Bing.com/Politics will keep people in the know from a vast number of news sources and social feeds, including a live stream of the State of the Union address, expert commentary, real-time social media sentiment tracking and more, such as the following:

A live feed of President Obama?s State of the Union address at Bing.com/politics, including commentary from FOX News Channel political experts. FoxNews.com will also feature additional analysis and commentary including multiple live video streams along with photo galleries from the event. Viewers can log on at: http://www.foxnews.com/sotu.
The Bing Pulse online poll, which will feature updated results every few seconds throughout the speech. Unlike typical polls, Bing Pulse will allow people to self-identify as male or female, register their party affiliation, and join the conversation. It will feature a live count of the number of ?pulses,? or votes, along with a line graph of how users react to language and issues throughout the speech. Data will be split by gender and political affiliation.
Real-time news results using the Bing news selector that helps people navigate the news by filtering coverage from left-leaning and right-leaning sources.
Live sentiment analysis via Bing Beat, which will focus on real-time social sentiment across major issues, such as immigration, gun control and the fiscal cliff.
Original videos of former President Jimmy Carter and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich offering commentary on the State of the Union address.
A live feed of social conversations on Twitter so people can stay informed on what leading political pundits are saying about the speech.

?Bing.com/Politics is the best second-screen viewing companion for the State of the Union address,? said Mark Penn, corporate vice president, Microsoft. ?Bing uniquely offers a holistic view of information, reaction and even sentiment during this key political moment in America. Our strategic partnership with FOX News Channel allows us to provide the data Americans want to see most, and Bing Pulse will set the bar for live polls of the modern age.?

Bing.com/Politics is the place to join the conversation and see another reason for people to choose Bing over Google.

About Bing
Bing is the search engine from Microsoft. It was introduced in 2009 with a mission to empower people with knowledge ? to answer any question and provide useful tools to help you best accomplish your goals, from the everyday to the extraordinary.

About Microsoft
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq ?MSFT?) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.

* The Bing research was based on a survey by Impulse Research, an independent research company based in Los Angeles, Calif. The survey was conducted in October 2012 online with a random sample of 1,005 men and women, ages 18 to 34, who use the Internet for information on a regular basis ? all members of the Impulse Research proprietary online panel. The Impulse Research proprietary online panel has been carefully selected to closely match U.S. population demographics, and the respondents are representative of American men and women, ages 18 to 34.

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Green Blog: A Move to Protect Red-Rock Country in Utah

In a move that has heartened some environmental advocates, a state senator has proposed a resolution calling on the federal government to protect 1.5 million acres of red-rock arches, mesas and spires adjacent to Canyonlands National Park in southeastern Utah.

The Canyonlands acreage, the largest roadless tract in the lower 48 states, is currently managed by the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management. Conservationists and the hikers, bikers and backpackers who flock to the southern Utah?s five national parks say that recreation is the ?highest and best use? for this fragile area. Meanwhile, industries see the potential for a potash mine and tar sands development.

After a Utah state Senate committee hearing last week that was packed with conservationists and outdoors enthusiasts, the proposed resolution was referred to an interim committee for study. In conservative Utah, where many believe there is already too much protected land that doesn?t generate taxes for the state, the bill could have easily died, according to its author, Jim Dabakis, a Democratic state senator from Salt Lake City.

Mr. Dabakis, who won a special election in December, said he planned to propose to the federal government and Congress that 1.5 million acres around Canyonlands be protected from development while an unspecified amount of federal land in eastern Utah was turned over to energy development. ?That way, we protect the land but still do right by the people of Utah,? he said.

?The recreation people aren?t going to be happy, the drill-baby-drill crowd isn?t going to be happy,? he said. ?But it will be an giant victory with some individual losses.?

Some conservationists are hoping that President Obama has his eye on the area and will seek federal protection for it at the end of his term as a way to shore up his environmental legacy. Environmentalists see a precedent for such presidential actions in the designation of Grand Staircase-Escalante as a national monument by President Clinton in 1996 under the Antiquities Act.

That law does not require any further public review or federal study, so Utah officials and residents had no say in the matter.

The otherworldly rock formations around Canyonlands, sculptured over the millennia by sediment deposits and wind erosion, have provided the backdrop for movies including ?Thelma and Louise.? Shafer Point, where the two fugitives ended their road trip by driving their blue Mustang convertible off a cliff, would be included in the proposed protected area.

The move comes at a time of great uncertainty for stewardship of public lands. As the new fiscal cliff of March 1 looms, national parks may be forced to slash $5 million from their budgets, and the five in Utah, including the massive Canyonlands and nearby Arches, would be hard hit. Meanwhile, although the economic benefits of outdoor recreation are considerable, local officials complain that only about 8 percent of the county?s land is private and tax-generating.

Mr. Dabakis is sympathetic. ?The severance tax on an oil well is real cash that marches right into the tax coffers,? he noted, whereas the benefits from the flow of environmentally minded people into Moab is less direct.

Still, ?here is an opportunity to protect over a million acres of roadless land,? he said. ?Do we want potash there, or do we want beauty forever and ever??

Source: http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/12/a-move-to-protect-red-rock-country-in-utah/?partner=rss&emc=rss

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Easton mayor says moving city hall offices will save money

EASTON, Pa. -

Construction of a proposed intermodal facility in Easton hasn't started yet, but there's already a high-profile tenant ready to move in. City Hall will call the building home, said Mayor Sal Panto, D-Easton.

The move, Panto said, will reduce space and save the city money. He also said that if the city is paying for the facility, the taxpayers should get the benefits of the building, as well.

The plans for the intermodal facility look the same with three floors, a parking deck and 45,000 square feet of space. The majority of it will be used by the city.

"It wasn't something that was just thought in the last two weeks or the last two years," said Panto. "We've thought about this for a very long time."

The space at the current City Hall is too large for city services, said Panto, adding that it will save money in energy cost and space.

"My office will be much smaller," added Panto. "Our office conference rooms will be much smaller. We will be basing it more on a work station. So, we have less space, more efficiency, maximizing the efficiency."

The moving of City Hall means the Alpha Building will be up for sale. The city is currently doing an appraisal on that building, Panto said.

After taking a long, hard look at the numbers, Panto said this is the best move for the city, even if it's still not known how much will be saved.

"We're still crunching the final numbers," added Panto. "We don't want to give out anything today."

The cost of the intermodal building is estimated at $14 million. The city is going to pay for half and the rest will be paid through federal and state grants.

The move still needs City Council approval. A formal presentation of the plan will be made Wednesday, and Panto said he hopes the move will be approved in March.

Source: http://www.wfmz.com/news/Easton-mayor-says-moving-city-hall-offices-to-save-money/-/121458/18502408/-/yrnxqd/-/index.html

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What Is Hypnosis and NLP Techniques | Wendi Friesen

What Is Hypnosis

Before we learn the ?cool? self hypnosis techniques that Wendi Friesen uses, such as how to hypnotise someone, let?s answer these questions: what is hypnosis, is hypnosis safe and does hypnotherapy work?

Hypnosis is a very deep, relaxed, focused state of concentration. It has been said to be a state of sleep and should not to be confused with sleep hypnosis. However it was recently discovered that the mind is actually very much awake. It simply enters a state that it is receptive to hypnotic suggestion. NLP techniques (Neuro-linguistic programming) are mostly used after you have entered your hypnotic world to effectively alter your patterns of behaviour. Hypnotism helps to bring you to a state where NLP Techniques become easier for your mind to accept. CLICK HERE to learn Hypnosis Techniques

Self hypnosis techniques are so relaxing that most hypnosis for fingernail biting people don?t even notice they are in trance at all. However, while in this state, your mind is working away at distinguishing brain wave activity, or forms of subliminal ?instruction? to help you perform certain tasks or get over addictions. This is a method used in clinical hypnosis by certified hypnotherapists including Wendi Friesen, to help you break undesirable habits or addictions such as hypnosis to quit smoking or hypnotherapy for anxiety. There is even self hypnosis for weight loss.

Hypnotic suggestion is in no way dangerous, you?re always in control. It?s not possible to put someone in a hypnotic state to make them do something they would not normally do. If you are under hypnosis, and something goes wrong, your body will wake you up. I have experienced this quite recently. While under deep sleep hypnosis, my cat got his claw stuck in a chair in another room. Though I was under self hypnosis, my subconscious recognized his distress call, and I immediately awoke from my hypnotic state.

So do I think hypnotherapy techniques work? Absolutely! Wendi Friesen has self help hypnosis techniques that has helped me to stop biting my nails, drink more water and has even helped me to communicate with two of my animal spirit guides. I can definitely say I have experienced the amazing power of hypnosis. So I will continue to learn and share my experiences with you.

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Monday, February 11, 2013

Another one bites the dust: Home Depot ditches BlackBerry for iPhone

JOHANNESBURG, Feb 10 (Reuters) - A hamstring injury has ruled Nigeria striker Emmanuel Emenike out of Sunday's African Nations Cup final, denying him a chance to finish as the tournament's outright leading scorer. But Victor Moses, who had been doubtful for the match, will play for Nigeria against Burkina Faso at Soccer City. Emenike suffered a hamstring injury in Nigeria's 4-1 semi-final win over Mali after he had scored his fourth goal of the tournament giving him the same number as Ghana striker Mubarak Wakaso, who played his last game on Saturday. ...

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/another-one-bites-dust-home-depot-ditches-blackberry-130008151.html

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Among U.S. evangelicals, surprising support for immigration reform

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thou shalt compromise, at least on immigration reform.

That is the message being heard from some leading evangelicals in the United States. After decades of promoting traditionally conservative causes like opposition to abortion, many evangelical leaders are now wielding their formidable influence to persuade Republican lawmakers to back one of President Barack Obama's top priorities.

With Hispanic attendance at their churches rising, these evangelicals are among the loudest advocates of a U.S. immigration reform. A group of pastors has launched a 40-day campaign to have churchgoers pray, read scripture passages about welcoming the stranger and lobby their members of Congress, many of them in the conservative South.

"We have pastors preach in pulpits to parishioners in Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas - in all the wonderful red states across America," that aiding immigrants, illegal or not, is a Christian duty, said Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, one of the country's most prominent Hispanic evangelicals.

While evangelicals have been a major force in Republican politics for years, Republican lawmakers will take some persuading to back the sort of immigration reform supported by President Barack Obama, which includes a "pathway" to citizenship for immigrants in the country illegally.

Conservatives in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives want to focus the debate initially on securing the border with Mexico and making sure illegal immigrants are not rewarded with an amnesty.

"Some of them don't necessarily see or acknowledge the changing demographics or the electoral merits of passing immigration reform, but I do think that many of these religious leaders could push them in that direction by really referencing the humanitarian interest, or moral argument," said Republican strategist Ford O'Connell.

Rodriguez and other pastors are speaking to members of Congress "on a daily basis" to ask them to legalize the status of 11 million undocumented immigrants.

Targeted lawmakers include Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte of Virginia, who chaired a House hearing on immigration last week, and Rep. Raul Labrador of Idaho - a leading Tea Party thinker on immigration.

Unlikely as it may have seemed at the height of the "culture wars" of the last two decades, these evangelicals are attempting to nudge Republicans to the center. The effort is well timed, coming as the Republican Party strives to improve its appeal to Hispanic voters who went solidly Democratic at 2012 elections.

"This is one area where social conservative input is extremely welcomed by the Republican Party," said O'Connell.

Pastors are asking worshippers to email their lawmakers and tell them: "I am a Christian, a conservative and I vote. I want you to support immigration reform this year," said Rodriguez.

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Support for an immigration overhaul among Christian conservatives has been growing over time. In 2011, the 16 million-member Southern Baptist Convention - the country's largest Protestant body - called for "a just and compassionate path to legal status" for illegal immigrants while urging the government to secure U.S. borders.

A Public Religion Research Institute poll in 2010 showed white evangelicals support, by a margin of 2-1, an immigration reform that would allow illegal immigrants to become Americans.

After the election, a group of evangelical leaders signed a letter to Obama endorsing "a path toward legal status and/or citizenship" for immigrants. Among the signers was Tim Daly, president of the Focus on the Family ministry.

Immigration is providing a rare foray into bipartisanship for evangelical veterans of fights over gay marriage and abortion like lawyer Mathew Staver, vice president of Liberty University, founded by evangelical leader Jerry Falwell in Lynchburg, Virginia. Staver's Liberty Counsel group threatened to sue a Florida library in 2000 for promoting witchcraft by encouraging young people to read a Harry Potter novel.

As recently as last November 8, Staver wrote on Liberty Counsel's website that Obama won re-election because, "Millions of Americans looked evil in the eye and adopted it."

But now he acknowledges that Obama deserves credit, along with the Republican head of the House Judiciary Committee and Senators from both sides of the aisle, for drawing up plans for an immigration overhaul.

"I think it is incumbent upon us to work together and I applaud the bipartisan committee in the Senate and I applaud the leadership of Bob Goodlatte," Staver said. "I applaud President Obama too, I just don't want to use this as a political ping pong."

But any talk of an alliance between the White House and evangelicals to win immigration reform is stretching it.

Christian conservatives strongly oppose a proposal by Obama to give spousal visas to same-sex foreign partners of American gays and lesbians. And evangelical leaders disagree among themselves on whether to grant undocumented immigrants the full right to U.S. citizenship or allow them some other, more limited, legal status in the United States.

Neither option is acceptable to some conservative evangelicals, like Iowa pastor Cary Gordon who opposes loosening immigration laws and accuses his co-religionists of "unbiblical naivete."

'I WAS A STRANGER'

Much of the Christian case for helping illegal immigrants is based on stories of Biblical "immigrants" like Abraham and Moses and passages such as Matthew 25:35: "I was a stranger and you invited me in."

"The scriptures command us to take care of the immigrant. It's not just one verse here or there, it's a repeated command throughout the Biblical text," said Matt Soerens of the World Relief organization, who lectures churches on immigration.

U.S. Representative Doug Collins, an Air Force Reserve chaplain, says hospitality to foreigners is fine but must be balanced with respect for immigration laws.

"Scripture also teaches very clearly that there is government and civil authority and that there is an understanding of rule of law," said Republican Collins, who sits on the House Judiciary Committee.

He represents a strongly conservative district in Georgia which has seen a spike in undocumented workers in the poultry and construction industries and opposes giving illegal immigrants a path to citizenship.

The evangelicals' pro-immigration passion reflects changes in the conservative Christian movement which, while still predominantly white, has taken on a Latin tinge.

Rodriguez, the pastor, who heads a U.S. Hispanic organization with 40,000 member churches, gave a benediction at the Republican National Convention in Tampa last year.

While some two-thirds of U.S. Latinos are Catholic, Hispanics form the fastest-growing group in evangelical churches and are seen as a bulwark against dropping attendance.

Rodriguez put the number of Hispanics in the United States who are either "born-again" or evangelical Christians at between 10 million and 16 million, and growing fast.

While numbers are hard to come by, "there are lots of indirect pieces of evidence" that point to the growth of Latino evangelicals, said Victoria DeFrancesco Soto, who studies Hispanic politics.

Six percent of evangelicals were Latinos in 2007, according to a Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life poll. Eight percent of evangelical or "born-again" voters in a Reuters/Ipsos exit poll at last November's election said they were Hispanic.

Worshipping together with newly arrived Christians - as well as the new emphasis on Biblical teachings on immigration - is melting conservatives' doubts about illegal immigrants, said Danny Carroll, an Old Testament professor at an evangelical seminary in Colorado.

He is part of a congregation at a church in Aurora that is attended mostly by white Americans on Sunday mornings. In the afternoons, the church then hosts separate services with their own pastors for Hispanic, Korean, Filipino and Russian immigrant groups

"Once a quarter, all these congregations get together for a worship service so all of a sudden you are sitting next to someone with a different face, different color, different language. Once you put a human face on it, the whole conversation changes," he said.

(Editing by Fred Barbash, Tiffany Wu and Todd Eastham)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/among-u-evangelicals-surprising-support-immigration-reform-062511481.html

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