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Tuesday, February 12, 2013
CEO Marissa Mayer Says Yahoo-Microsoft Search Deal Is Underperforming
TechCrunch writes, Yahoo?s search deal with Microsoft is underperforming, CEO Marissa Mayer?said during an appearance at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference in San Francisco on Tuesday. The deal has not delivered the market share gains or revenue boost that was expected, Mayer said. Yahoo and Microsoft inked the 10-year search partnership in 2010 as part of an effort to challenge Google. But Google retained a 66.7 percent share of the U.S. market as of December, almost the same as its 66.6 percent share two years ago, according to ComScore. Microsoft lagged behind with a 16.3 percent share?
Egypt protesters, police clash on Mubarak anniversary
CAIRO (Reuters) - Protesters demanding the departure of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi clashed with police outside his palace on Monday on the second anniversary of the overthrow of veteran autocrat Hosni Mubarak.
Dozens of youths threw rocks at the Ettihadiya palace after a peaceful march by thousands of demonstrators who accused Mursi's conservative Muslim Brotherhood of hijacking Egypt's democratic revolution and seeking to monopolize power.
Police responded by firing water cannon and teargas from the walls of the presidential compound, which have been raised in some places and shielded by barbed wire after petrol bombs set fire to a building in the grounds last week.
The clashes, which appeared smaller and less violent than previous bouts of anti-Mursi unrest, were broadcast live on some television channels.
"We may be few in numbers but we will not back down from fighting criminals dressed up in police uniform," said Ahmed Farghaly, a protester outside the presidential palace.
Riot police later emerged to chase the protesters away from the palace and into side-streets.
The presidency's spokesman Yasser Ali called on all parties to condemn the clashes.
"Violence will burn the fingers of those who call for it and use it ... The presidency supports the continuation of peaceful protests and freedom of expression but any attempt to veer off peaceful protesting will be dealt with firmly," Ali said on state television late on Monday.
He dismissed speculation that President Mursi may sack the existing cabinet and form a national unity government, saying it had "no basis in truth".
The main Cairo rally was in the central Tahrir Square, focal point of three weeks of demonstrations in 2011 that led to Mubarak's resignation.
Mubarak, who ruled Egypt with an iron fist for 30 years, was sentenced to life imprisonment last June for his role in killing protesters after a trial seen as setting a precedent for holding Middle East autocrats to account.
Opposition parties are now demanding Mursi be put on trial over the deaths of nearly 60 demonstrators in anti-government protests that erupted on January 25, but the public prosecutor says there is no evidence to link the democratically elected president with the deaths.
(Reporting by Marwa Awad; Writing by Paul Taylor; Editing by Michael Roddy)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/egypt-protesters-police-clash-mubarak-anniversary-190951041.html
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Cadila falls on earnings, broker downgrades
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Cadila Healthcare
Cadila said its December quarter net profit fell by 30.9 percent to 1.03 billion rupees.
Credit Suisse downgraded the stock to "neutral" from "outperform", citing delay in contribution from higher margin products.
(Reporting by Abhishek Vishnoi; Editing by Jijo Jacob)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/cadila-falls-earnings-broker-downgrades-040812974--finance.html
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Monday, February 11, 2013
US Supreme Court under the microscope
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Biodiversity statistics reveal mixed results in Court makeup
Although the current Supreme Court has been criticized for its lack of diversity on the bench, the Court is actually more diverse overall today than ever in history, according to a new study that borrows statistical methods from ecology to reveal a more precise picture of diversity.
The study, which appears in the online edition of the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, examines seven categories of diversity for every Supreme Court justice since the Court first convened in 1790 with Justice John Jay, including ethnic/racial origin, religion, professional background, childhood economic background, geographic background, education, and political affiliation. Gender was not included in the study because in part it would score almost constantly zero.
The current Supreme Court is slightly more diverse than it has been historically, the study found, particularly with high diversity in professional background, childhood economic background and racial origin.
Yet, the Court is not "optimally diverse," the study said, noting a recent downward trend in diversity of geographic background, with more justices from northeastern states, and religious affiliation, with Protestantism and other major religious groups showing less representation today. In addition, the Court completely lacks in educational diversity with every justice having attended either Harvard or Yale Law Schools.
"The lack of educational diversity is worrisome. Diversity is good in a small decision-making body. Studies have shown that it sparks creativity and improves decision-making," said Ben Barton, the study's co-author and professor of law at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville (UTK).
One of the goals of the study was to apply statistical techniques that have been used reliably by ecologists to study biodiversity but have never before been used in the study of law. The two statistical indices used the Simpson's Diversity Index and Shannon's Diversity Index are common and high-regarded measures used in ecology since the 1940s.
"These indices take into account both the number of categories represented such as species or religions and the evenness with which they are represented. Just as a forest that is 90 percent maple with three other species at low abundance is generally considered less diverse than one in which all four species are at similar abundance, a human group must move beyond 'token' representation before it can be considered truly diverse," said Emily Moran, currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland.
Moran worked with Barton on the study while she was a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS), located at UTK. NIMBioS focuses on finding solutions to biological problems via mathematics.
"This is one of those unexpected outcomes from an interdisciplinary center like NIMBioS in which tools from one area of science can be applied beneficially in an area outside of science," said NIMBioS Director Louis Gross.
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Citation: Barton BH, Moran E. 2013. Measuring diversity on the Supreme Court with biodiversity statistics. Journal of Empirical Legal Studies.
Published online 18 January 2013.
Contact Information: Catherine Crawley, NIMBioS at ccrawley@nimbios.org; 865-974-9350
The National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) brings together researchers from around the world to collaborate across disciplinary boundaries to investigate solutions to basic and applied problems in the life sciences. NIMBioS is sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture with additional support from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
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National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS)
Biodiversity statistics reveal mixed results in Court makeup
Although the current Supreme Court has been criticized for its lack of diversity on the bench, the Court is actually more diverse overall today than ever in history, according to a new study that borrows statistical methods from ecology to reveal a more precise picture of diversity.
The study, which appears in the online edition of the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, examines seven categories of diversity for every Supreme Court justice since the Court first convened in 1790 with Justice John Jay, including ethnic/racial origin, religion, professional background, childhood economic background, geographic background, education, and political affiliation. Gender was not included in the study because in part it would score almost constantly zero.
The current Supreme Court is slightly more diverse than it has been historically, the study found, particularly with high diversity in professional background, childhood economic background and racial origin.
Yet, the Court is not "optimally diverse," the study said, noting a recent downward trend in diversity of geographic background, with more justices from northeastern states, and religious affiliation, with Protestantism and other major religious groups showing less representation today. In addition, the Court completely lacks in educational diversity with every justice having attended either Harvard or Yale Law Schools.
"The lack of educational diversity is worrisome. Diversity is good in a small decision-making body. Studies have shown that it sparks creativity and improves decision-making," said Ben Barton, the study's co-author and professor of law at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville (UTK).
One of the goals of the study was to apply statistical techniques that have been used reliably by ecologists to study biodiversity but have never before been used in the study of law. The two statistical indices used the Simpson's Diversity Index and Shannon's Diversity Index are common and high-regarded measures used in ecology since the 1940s.
"These indices take into account both the number of categories represented such as species or religions and the evenness with which they are represented. Just as a forest that is 90 percent maple with three other species at low abundance is generally considered less diverse than one in which all four species are at similar abundance, a human group must move beyond 'token' representation before it can be considered truly diverse," said Emily Moran, currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland.
Moran worked with Barton on the study while she was a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS), located at UTK. NIMBioS focuses on finding solutions to biological problems via mathematics.
"This is one of those unexpected outcomes from an interdisciplinary center like NIMBioS in which tools from one area of science can be applied beneficially in an area outside of science," said NIMBioS Director Louis Gross.
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Citation: Barton BH, Moran E. 2013. Measuring diversity on the Supreme Court with biodiversity statistics. Journal of Empirical Legal Studies.
Published online 18 January 2013.
Contact Information: Catherine Crawley, NIMBioS at ccrawley@nimbios.org; 865-974-9350
The National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) brings together researchers from around the world to collaborate across disciplinary boundaries to investigate solutions to basic and applied problems in the life sciences. NIMBioS is sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture with additional support from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
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Mother superior role for Huppert in Berlin film
BERLIN (AP) ? A new adaptation of writer Denis Diderot's 18th-century novel "The Nun" is making its debut at the Berlin film festival, featuring French star Isabelle Huppert as a convent's mother superior.
The movie, directed by Guillaume Nicloux, is one of 19 competing for the Berlin festival's top Golden Bear honor.
The story centers on a young woman, played by Belgian actress Pauline Etienne, forced by her family to enter a convent, where she suffers harassment.
Huppert's long list of credits includes "The Piano Player" and "Madame Bovary." She said ahead of the new film's premiere Sunday that her latest role offered the challenge of avoiding caricature.
"It was very easy to go behind the caricature," she said. "She's a superior mother, but she has nothing superior."
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/mother-superior-role-huppert-berlin-film-170819360.html
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L.A. police to revisit firing of fugitive ex-cop
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles police will re-examine the 2008 firing of an officer wanted in three slayings, the police chief said on Saturday as a massive manhunt for the fugitive stretched from a southern California mountaintop to the Mexican border.
Police Chief Charlie Beck called on the former officer Christopher Dorner, 33, to turn himself in and tell his side of the story. Dorner was dismissed after officials found he had made false statements accusing another officer of using excessive force.
One of the three people Dorner is accused of killing this week is the 28-year-old daughter of a retired police captain who represented him in a disciplinary action that led to his firing. He is also wanted for the killing of the young woman's fiance and an officer from the town of Riverside.
Dorner posted an online manifesto this week that declared war on law enforcement and complained of his 2008 firing. Some online commentators have expressed support for Dorner and aired grievances against police.
Beck said in a statement he was not re-opening the probe into Dorner's firing "to appease a murderer."
"I do it to reassure the public that their police department is transparent and fair in all the things we do," he said.
Beck's decision was first reported by local television station KCBS, which carried a lengthy interview with him.
Officials have called on Dorner to surrender.
"He can turn himself in anywhere and he'll be taken into custody and he'll be able to get his side of the story out," LAPD spokesman Commander Andrew Smith told reporters.
Police details in southern California are protecting more than 50 officers and their families who have been threatened by Dorner, after he named specific enemies in the department in his rambling manifesto, Smith said.
Police also plan to bolster their force of officers standing guard at the Grammy Awards in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, he said.
Police have said they believe Dorner has multiple weapons, including an assault-style rifle. He claimed in his manifesto to possess Russian-made shoulder-launched missile systems, but that could not be confirmed.
The hunt for Dorner has centered on the area of Big Bear Lake, a popular ski resort in the San Bernardino Mountains about 80 miles northeast of Los Angeles, where his burning pickup truck was discovered on Thursday. Authorities have acknowledged he may have slipped away undetected.
Officers have used dogs, helicopters and armored personnel carriers equipped with snow chains to maneuver through the mountains. Over 100 officers have been deployed to the area.
Dorner joined the Navy in 2002 and the LAPD in 2005, and he has received marksmanship training in both jobs.
BORDER STAND
Federal agents at the border with Mexico were screening vehicles to prevent Dorner from fleeing the country, said U.S. Border Patrol spokesman Steven Pitts. Southbound traffic into the border town of Tijuana was clogged, with the backup extending over 3 miles on Saturday.
Police served a search warrant on Saturday at a Buena Park, California, storage locker believed to be tied to Dorner, a Los Angeles police spokeswoman said. The contents of the locker were not disclosed.
Authorities said they have established a task force to find Dorner that includes the U.S. Marshals, the FBI and several local police agencies.
Los Angeles police officers are no longer patrolling solo or on motorbikes, Smith said.
In a Hollywood-style twist, controversial actor Charlie Sheen of television show "Anger Management" addressed Dorner in a video posted to celebrity website TMZ on Saturday. Dorner had praised Sheen and other celebrities in his manifesto.
"I am urging you to call me," Sheen said in addressing Dorner. "Let's figure out together how to end this thing."
(Additional reporting by Marty Graham in San Diego and Brandon Lowrey in Los Angeles, Editing by Kevin Gray and Sandra Maler)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/californian-manhunt-ex-cop-widens-mexican-border-002614287.html
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Associated Press Issues Manti Te'o Correction For Girlfriend Stories
The Associated Press has issued a blanket correction for stories that referenced Manti Te'o's girlfriend.
The Notre Dame football player made headlines last year when his grandmother and his supposed girlfriend Lennay Kekua reportedly died on the same day. In January, it was revealed that Te'o's girlfriend never existed. Te'o claimed that he was the victim of a hoax, and a man named Ronaiah Tuiasosopo has spoken out as the person behind the elaborate scheme.
Associated Press is now asking editors to make the following correction to stories that mentioned the death of Te'o's girlfriend:
In a Sept. 15, 2012, story about Notre Dame's college football victory over Michigan State that highlighted linebacker Manti Te'o's performance, The Associated Press erroneously reported that he played in the game a few days after the death of his girlfriend, who had a long battle with leukemia. Other AP stories through Jan. 3, 2013, also contained references to the girlfriend's death, including some directly quoting Te'o and his father, Brian Te'o, about how he played through personal grief. On Jan. 16, Notre Dame officials and Manti Te'o said there was never a girlfriend or a death, and that Te'o was victimized in a hoax. Others have since come forward to say Te'o was duped in a series of phone calls and online messages purporting to be from a girl he never met in person.
(h/t Politico)
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