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Saturday, June 30, 2012

Jim Jarmusch, Famed Independent Filmmaker, Will Film Vampire ...

File Photo. Jim Jarmusch, the director behind such films as "Ghost Dog," "Broken Flowers" and "Dead Man" is allegedly shooting scenes for his new vampire movie in Detroit. (Flickr: Chrysart)

The famed independent filmmaker Jim Jarmusch could be taking his latest production, a vampire love story, on the road to film some scenes in Detroit, according to the Detroit Free Press.

The Free Press reports that the director of quirky, beloved films like 2005's "Broken Flowers" and 1995's "Dead Man" was recently spotted in the city where he will plans to shoot some scenes for his upcoming production ?Only Lovers Left Alive?.

Deadline Detroit writes that the filmmaker has been scouting out the Gothic-style mansions of the city's Brush Park neighborhood as potential backdrops for his new drama.

The romantic horror film, which tells the unlikely century-spanning story of two vampiric lovers, stars Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton), John Hurt ("Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"), Mia Wasikowska ("Alice in Wonderland"), Tom Hiddleston ("The Avengers) and Anton Yelchin ("Like Crazy").

Jarmusch is making "Only Lovers Left Alive" with Pandora Films, a company based in Cologne, Germany.

Michelle Begniche of the Michigan Film office told the Free Press that the film's producers have applied for a Michigan film incentive, but that the request has yet to be approved.

While it's unclear what Jarmusch thinks about Detroit, he already seems to be a fan of the city's music history. The director was reportedly working on a documentary about The Stooges and released a remix of The White Stripes single, "Blue Orchid."

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Shares of Ford driving south after warning

John Sommers Ii / REUTERS

A Ford assembly plant in Louisville, Ky.

By Roland Jones

Shares of U.S. automaker Ford are driving south Friday, down 4 percent to just below $9 amid concerns about the company?s losses overseas.

Ford?s shares bucked the performance of the overall market, which rallied strongly Friday after eurozone leaders agreed to allow rescue funds to be used to stabilize the region's banks.

Ford said in a government filing late Thursday that its second-quarter profit will come in below the $2.4 billion it made last year. Ford now expects to lose about $570 million outside North America in the quarter -- three times the $190 million pre-tax loss incurred in the first quarter.

?We continue to expect good results for Ford North America and Ford Credit during the second quarter, but our operations outside of North America are under increasing pressure,? the company said.

Ford said its South America unit is facing growing competitive and pricing pressures, as well as weakening currencies and unexpected and adverse changes in government policies that affect trade and access to foreign currency.

In Europe, Ford said ?the situation has deteriorated significantly? since the automaker gave guidance on at the beginning of the year.

?Given our strong presence in the region, we are impacted by the serious economic crisis, compounded by an intensifying competitive environment as manufacturers react to lower consumer demand and excess production capacity,? Ford said.

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"Monster" Colorado wildfire rages; Obama plans visit

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) - Firefighters struggled on Wednesday to beat back a fiercely aggressive wildfire raging at the edge of Colorado Springs that has forced at least 35,000 people from their homes and was nipping at the edges of the U.S. Air Force Academy.

The so-called Waldo Canyon Fire, fanned by gusting winds, has gutted an unknown number of homes on the wooded fringes of Colorado's second-most populous city and prompted more evacuations as flames roared out of control for a fifth day.

President Barack Obama plans to pay a visit to the area on Friday to view the damage, the White House said.

The blaze flared Tuesday night with sudden ferocity and quickly overran fire containment lines, invading the northwestern corner of the city. But officials have declined to characterize the extent of property damage there.

Colorado Springs Fire Chief Rich Brown told Reuters that he had "a number in mind" for the approximate tally of homes lost in Tuesday night's firestorm but did not want to release that information until residents of those dwellings were notified.

The blaze left an orange hue over Colorado Springs, and a smoky haze hung in the air, so thick in places that the giant, roiling pall of smoke that continued to billow into the sky over the city was obscured from the ground.

Governor John Hickenlooper said after flying over the fire zone Tuesday night that he saw many homes destroyed in a "surreal," luminous landscape below, but did not give a number.

Pressed for an estimate of property losses on Wednesday, fire information officer Greg Heule said, "We've started the process of identifying the structures, but we haven't completed the inventory," adding "there's still active fire in there."

Brown called the firestorm threatening his city - in a metropolitan area of more than 650,000 people - "a monster" and said that flames were "not even remotely close to being contained."

The fire, which has scorched more than 15,000 acres in the shadow of the famed Pikes Peak mountaintop, was not as intense early on Wednesday as the day before. But thunderstorms hampered firefighting efforts by bringing erratic winds, whipping flames from one direction to another.

"I've never seen any progression like that," incident commander Rich Harvey said at a late-afternoon news conference. "The winds keep shifting on us. Again the winds are causing us problems out here."

The number of evacuees stood at 32,000 on Tuesday night. But after additional residents in and around the nearby town of Woodland Park, population 7,600, were ordered from their homes on Wednesday, El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa said the number displaced people had grown by about 3,000.

Colorado wildfires have killed four people so far this year in what the governor called "the worst fire season in the history of Colorado," but no serious injuries from the Waldo Fire were reported on Wednesday.

AIR FORCE SENDS HELP

The Air Force Academy said the evacuation zone included two communities of single-family homes on its grounds housing around 2,100 civilian and military personnel and their families. Despite the blaze, the academy will welcome a class of over 1,000 new cadets on Thursday, officials said.

Proximity to the academy, which saw a spot fire break out on its grounds in one vacant corner, seemed to bode well for U.S. government support in responding to the emergency.

The Air Force said it was dispatching up to 25 military helicopters, joining four giant C-130 air tankers already devoted to the effort. Over half of federal firefighting resources are deployed in Colorado, the White House said.

Fire commanders said they have called for reinforcements and expect to have as many as 1,000 personnel on the lines soon.

At a gas station in Colorado Springs, Andrew Heintzelman, 34, said he had been on the roof of his home in the nearby community of Mountain Shadows on Tuesday trying to keep the flames at bay but had since been forced to flee.

"I was spraying the hose on the shingles and the cops came through the neighborhood and told me to get out now," said Heintzelman, 34, who lives with his mother.

Animal welfare groups said shelters had taken in scores of dogs, cats and even a turtle and pet rats displaced by the fire. Of particular concern to veterinarians was the risk that horses could suffer colic from being moved too quickly and that pets were being spooked by the steady wail of sirens.

The Waldo Canyon Fire was one of about a dozen burning across Colorado. The biggest of those, the High Park fire near Fort Collins in the northern part of the state, has consumed 87,250 acres but was 65 percent contained. It now ranks as the most destructive wildfire on record in Colorado after devouring about 250 homes.

Elsewhere across the Rocky Mountain West, a wildfire in Montana that has scorched 19,000 acres in the eastern part of the state has forced 600 residents to leave their homes, said Kent Atwood, a state hazard mitigation officer. An unknown number of houses were destroyed in Montana.

In Utah, authorities found a body in the ashes of the fast-moving Wood Hollow Fire about 100 miles south of Salt Lake City on Tuesday, marking the first fatality in a blaze that has scorched more than 46,190 acres of rolling hills covered by parched cheatgrass and sagebrush.

Colorado accounts for eight of 35 large, active wildfires being fought across the country. The bulk of them were in nine western states - Colorado, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, South Dakota, New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona and California - according to the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho.

Although federal authorities say the fire season got off to an early start in parts of the northern Rockies, the number of fires and acreage burned nationwide is still below the 10-year average for this time of year, according to fire agency records.

(Additional reporting by Ellen Miller in Grand Junction, Jennifer Dobner in Salt Lake City and Laura Zuckerman in Salmon, Idaho; Writing by Steve Gorman and Alex Dobuzinskis; Editing by Cynthia Johnston and Eric Walsh)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/monster-colorado-wildfire-rages-obama-plans-visit-015308406.html

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Thursday, June 28, 2012

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Spain just Euro 2012 final away from history

By PAUL LOGOTHETIS

AP Sports Writer

Associated Press Sports

updated 10:33 a.m. ET June 28, 2012

DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) -Spain is just one victory away from making history and securing its reputation as perhaps the greatest national side ever.

Spain labored to a penalty shootout win over Portugal to reach Sunday's final, where only Germany or Italy can keep it from winning a third straight major tournament - an unprecedented feat between World Cup and continental competitions.

"Hopefully we can achieve what nobody else has achieved," coach Vicente del Bosque said. "This would be great for everyone: for Spanish football and for our country as a whole.

"These are signs of progress taking place in Spanish sports, and hopefully it will carry over into society as well," Del Bosque added.

The record run is on course even if Spain's attack hasn't exactly lived up to high expectations, with the team's ability to grind out results becoming its trademark in Poland and Ukraine.

Spain is the only side apart from West Germany to have reached three straight finals, and the team can go one better than that West German side from the 1970s with a victory in Kiev.

"Spain has already made history and now we continue making it," captain Iker Casillas said. "I hope people remember this all their lives because who would have thought we could achieve this four years ago."

The Spanish, who started their current run by winning Euro 2008, remain on course after Cesc Fabregas netted the decisive penalty after Wednesday's game ended 0-0 after extra-time.

"I had an intuition. In the afternoon I was thinking about it, that I would have a unique opportunity and I told (assistant coach) Toni Grande that I didn't want to shoot second, that I wanted to shoot fifth," Fabregas said at the Donbass Arena. "I think I spoke to the ball, I know what I told the ball. I said 'I think we'll be together right to the final."'

Del Bosque's team has an extra rest day over its opponent, something that will surely be appreciated as the Spanish coach admitted that he replaced Xavi Hernandez against Portugal because of fatigue.

And there are no preferences for the world champions come the final.

"In either case, whichever team gets out of the semifinal will be a great team," Del Bosque said.

Spain's biggest concern going into the final will be its starting attack after surprise choice Alvaro Negredo failed to gel with his teammates against Portugal. Fabregas or Fernando Torres are the favorites, with the pair having scored two goals each and having both started twice in five games.

Despite its difficulties in finding the back of the net, Spain remains upbeat about its chances.

"Spain keeps making history, nobody has done what we have and now if we win Sunday's final we can add the exclamation point to this era," said defender Sergio Ramos, whose audacious soft chip in the penalty shootout helped put Spain in command. "I hope people appreciate how difficult it is to get to where we are. Spain won't always win every game but we hope that's not the case on Sunday."

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Paul Logothetis can be reached at: www.twitter.com/PaulLogoAP

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Balotelli, Italy stun Germany

PST: Star scores two goals in the first half to send the Italians into the Euro 12 championship match against Spain on Sunday.

Italy beats Germany 2-1 to reach Euro 2012 final

WARSAW, Poland (AP) -Mario Balotelli finally showed some quality finishing, scoring twice in the first half Thursday to give Italy a 2-1 win over Germany and an unexpected spot in the European Championship final.

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Google Maps updated with offline caching

Following up on the Maps announcement a few weeks ago, Google has released the long-awaited update for Android which will enable offline caching. That means you'll be able to keep navigating when you're outside of data coverage for whatever reason. Over 150 countries are supported, and you can store up to six large metropolitan areas (like New York, London, or Paris) using the new menu option. Bundled with this update are a few performance optimizations for compass mode in Street View.

Offline caching in Google Maps is going to be particularly awesome for frequent travelers that don't want to get nailed with harsh roaming fees and can't get their hands on a local SIM card. It also makes Wi-Fi-only Android devices viable for navigation, which was never much of an option before.

If you've got an Android device running 3.0 or higher, you can get the update over in the Google Play store. Three are also a bunch of other core apps that were updated for Jelly Bean compatibility.

Source: Google Lat-Long

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Bisphenol A exposure linked to brain tumor diagnosis ...

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Exposure to bisphenol A may be a risk factor for a common type of brain tumor called meningioma, reports a study from China. This is the first study to suggest a link between brain cancer and the chemical, which is widely used in consumer products.

Those with the highest urine BPA levels were about 1.6 times more likely to be diagnosed with meningioma compared to those with lower concentrations.

This link was observed even after accounting for other factors associated with meningioma. More research is needed to confirm the findings.

Meningioma?is a type of brain tumor that develops from the meninges, the membrane that surrounds the brain and spinal cord.

About 90 percent of diagnosed meningiomas are benign. That is, they are non-cancerous, slow-growing tumors. The other 10 percent are malignant. However, benign tumors can cause illness and death as they?grow and press against the brain and spinal cord.

Meningioma affects six in 100,000 people in the United States. It is more common in women than in men (Bondy et al. 1996) and in those older than 40. Radiation, genetic disorders and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) (Blitshteyn et al. 2008) are potential risk factors. Tumors may also be related to previous head injury and viral infections, although more research is needed to confirm this.

Meningioma is a hormone-sensitive cancer ? the tumor thrives and grows in the presence of hormones. Because of this, there are concerns that endocrine disruptors ? compounds known to mimic or block hormones in the body ? may play a role in the development of cancers like meningioma.

Bisphenol A (BPA) is a widely used chemical that can behave like estrogen. It is used in the manufacture of polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins. BPA is in many consumer products, including the lining of food and beverage cans, plastic food packaging, dental sealants, paper receipts and water pipes. Exposure in people is widespread and occurs mainly through eating or drinking contaminated food and beverages.

Animal and human studies have linked BPA to hormone-sensitive cancers, including breast and prostate cancers. The relationship between BPA exposure and meningioma is unclear.

Researchers examined the relationship between BPA exposure and the diagnosis of meningioma. They followed 247 patients with the brain cancer and 258 patients with no history of cancer who were getting medical exams at the Union Hospital in Wuhan, China.

Meningioma was confirmed with a brain scan or a biopsy ? a tissue sample. BPA concentrations were measured in participants' urine samples.

Researchers used questionnaires and medical records to collect the patients medical history and information on factors potentially related to meningioma ? for example, age, gender, use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT), body mass index (BMI) and family history of cancer.

Participants were placed into one of four exposure groups based on the BPA concentrations in their urine: less than 0.53 nanograms per milliliter (ng/mL), 0.54 - 0.91 ng/mL, 0.92 - 1.69 ng/mL and greater than 1.69 ng/ml. They assessed whether the odds of being diagnosed with meningioma increased with increasing BPA concentrations in urine.

Several factors potentially associated with meningioma ? age, gender, race, BMI, family history of cancer, HRT use ?also were considered in their analysis.

There was a positive association between BPA concentrations in urine and diagnosis of meningioma.

The patients with higher concentrations of BPA in their urine ? the three groups with greater than 0.53 ng/ml ? were more likely to have the brain cancer compared to those with the lower concentrations ? less than 0.53 ng/mL. Specifically, those with higher concentrations were 1.4 to 1.6 times more likely to be diagnosed than patients in the group with the lowest urine concentrations.

The results also support what other studies have shown. The personal factors of gender, BMI and use of HRT influence the risk of the disease. However, when considering the link with BPA, the personal factors did not alter the results.

This means the association was consistent regardless of BMI status. There was a positive association between BPA levels in urine and meningioma among normal weight, overweight and obese participants.

Similar results were observed for patients with or without HRT use. Among HRT users, those with urine BPA concentrations above 0.92 ng/mL had 1.4 to 1.5 times the risk of being diagnosed with meningioma compared to those with lower concentrations. Non-HRT users had 1.5 to 1.7 times the risk of a positive diagnosis.

Exposure to BPA may be a risk factor for the hormone-related brain cancer meningioma. The preliminary study found the higher the levels of BPA measured in urine samples, the higher the chance of a positive tumor diagnosis.

This is the first study to show a link between BPA exposure and diagnosis of meningioma.

Previous studies in animals have observed an association between BPA and other hormone-sensitive cancers like breast and prostate cancer. This study adds to that because, according to the authors, it "demonstrated emerging evidence of the role of environmental exposure to BPA on estrogen-sensitive tumors in humans."

The study findings are also consistent with prior studies that report hormone replacement therapy raises the risk of the disease.

Importantly, the association between BPA exposure and meningioma diagnosis was present even when they included other known risk factors for the disease. This is important because it indicates that BPA is a risk factor by itself ? regardless of body mass or HRT use.

Results also confirm findings from previous research regarding the risk factors. Gender, HRT, and BMI were associated with the cancer.

There are several study limitations. For one, researchers measured only one urine sample to establish exposure to BPA but a one-time, current sample is a fairly weak indicator of the long-term exposure presumably required to cause or promote tumors. In part, this is because BPA exposure varies greatly from day to day (Ye et al. 2001). BPA is rapidly excreted from the body (Stahlhut et al. 2009) so one sample may not adequately reflect long-term exposure. This is a particular concern for a disease like meningioma, which can take years to develop. Additionally, a one-time, current sample cannot confirm that BPA exposure preceded and led to the tumors.

Additionally, while one previous study (Stahlhut et al. 2009) suggests that BPA might linger in the body and not be rapidly eliminated, the prevailing view is that BPA is rapidly cleared and excreted (V?lkel et al., 2002). If the latter is true, then using one urine sample to assess long-term exposure is a particular concern for a disease like meningioma, which can take years to develop. (Correction 6/26/12)

Also, researchers did not report or statistically account for the type of urine samples collected. Samples collected in the morning may be more concentrated than spot samples randomly collected throughout the day.

Because researchers also failed to report average BPA concentrations observed in the participants? urine, the results cannot be compared to other populations.

Larger, more in-depth studies that address these study limitations are needed. Even with these caveats, the authors suggest that "until then, however, clinicians and patients should be aware of the risk of those products that contain BPA."

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Stahlhut, RW, WV Welshons and WH Swan. 2009. Bisphenol A data in NHANES suggest longer than expected half-life, substantial nonfood exposure or both. Environmental Health Perspectives 117: 784-789.

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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

1 month to go: Olympic rings on London's Tower Bridge

The Olympic Games opens in exactly one month's time and London marked the moment by lowering giant Olympic rings from Tower Bridge. Msnbc.com's Dara Brown reports.

By ITV News

Five giant rings were lowered off London?s Tower Bridge over the River Thames Wednesday, bringing the famous Olympic symbol to one of the city?s most recognizable landmarks to mark exactly a month to go to the start of the 2012 games.

The rings - 82 feet wide and 37 feet tall - are part of efforts to bedeck the city in Olympic banners ahead of the competition, which starts on July 27 and ends on August 12.

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The rings weigh three tons and cost more than $300,000 to produce, but have a highly symbolic presence on the bridge, which sits opposite the Tower of London and acts as a gateway for river traffic to the city center.

London Mayor Boris Johnson promised the city will ?cope very well? during the games.

Speaking on a boat on the river, he said: "I'm convinced that we have done everything that we can.?The venues are ready, they are under budget, the Park is looking fantastic already, the policing situation is great, you've got all the security in place, the transport network has had masses of investment and I know that it's going to cope very well."

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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Global auto companies start exporting sedans & SUVs from India ...

Source: The Economic Times, Jun 25, 2012

MUMBAI: Japanese carmakers Nissan and Toyota have started exporting midsized cars made in India, spearheading a strategic change that seeks to make the most of the country?s cost advantage and growing technical prowess.

In the next 12-18 months, Nissan plans to export 50,000 units of India-made sedan Sunny to the West, executives familiar with the matter said, adding that rival Toyota will ship Etios cars, made at its Indian unit, to South Africa.

Volkswagen, Ford and Renault are expected to join them soon. Experts say exports not only help in dealing with the slowdown in the domestic market, but also act as a hedge against costlier imports, which have turned dearer by 25-30% in recent months.

French carmaker Renault plans to export to the UK about 25,000 units of its sports utility vehicle Duster over 12-18 months. The shipments may start in October.

Similarly, Germany?s Volkswagen is keen on producing left-hand drive Vento sedans in India for markets in the West. Volkswagen, which exports India-made Vento cars to South Africa and Malaysia, has mandated vendors to develop components for a left-hand drive version of the sedan.
The carmaker plans to export 8,000-10,000 such units by 2013, said an executive, who did not wish to be named.

?Our export of the Vento to South Africa confirms that we are able to produce high-quality cars in India at competitive costs,? Volkswagen India?s spokesperson said, adding, ?This also shows our potential to further extend our exports to other markets. We are looking at various opportunities in the future, also in left-hand drive markets.?

The Volkswagen spokesperson, however, declined comment on target markets and numbers.

Ford Motor, too, is likely to export its yet-to-be launched EcoSport SUV from India, according to people familiar with the company?s plans.

Executives dealing with the projects of multinational carmakers say that over 100,000 sedans and SUVs manufactured in India are slated for export over the next 12 months. The depreciating rupee, which ended at a record low on Friday, is only likely to accelerate such plans.

Experts say the growth in exports, which comes at a time the global economy is slowing down, could accelerate once the economy picks up. There are not many right-hand drive manufacturing bases that are as cost competitive as India, said Kumar Kandaswami, director at Deloitte.

?The cost of engineering, both at the carmaker?s end and supplier?s level is very competitive, which gives India an edge. Manufacturers use exports as not only an opportunity to mitigate risk arising out of volatile currency, but even to balance the demand in the domestic market,? said Kandaswami.

Toyota Kirloskar, the Indian subsidiary of the Japanese carmaker, has already received orders to export 20,000 units of the Etios sedan to South Africa. The company?s deputy MD, marketing, Sandeep Singh, told ET the exports will help cut losses on account of the falling rupee.

Ford, too, is firming up plans to export its EcoSport SUV from India to South Africa next year.

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Facebook Hides Your Email Address Leaving Only @Facebook.com Visible. Undo This Poppycock Now

In an attempt to improve email address privacy, Facebook has screwed up big time in what seems like a self-serving attempt to increase usage of @facebook.com email addresses that direct to your Facebook Messages Inbox. Now everyone's personal email addresses have been hidden from their profiles, regardless of previously selected privacy settings. Instead, your @facebook.com contact info is the only one visible to people with permission to see your email addresses. This?makes it harder for friends to contact you via third-party email unless you reset your controls. I think Facebook should seriously consider a rollback or at least some strong notification of the changes so that 900 million people don't suddenly find their email addresses more closed and disconnected.

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Watchdogs ask Facebook to protect pre-teens from advertisers

Tineka Smith Published 20 June 2012

Plea comes after reports the site was going to open membership to under 13s

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A group of consumer, privacy and child advocacy groups have asked the social network to provide solid privacy and marketing security measures if it proceeds with reportedly opening the service to children under the age of 13.

In a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the group asked for assurances that the social site will be safe, parent-controlled and free of advertising.

"Safeguards need to be put in place to address information that Facebook collects when the user is logged in, off-site, and lands on a page with a Facebook button on it," the group wrote.

"Children and their network of friends should not be subject to behavioural or personalized marketing efforts."

The group has also asked that children's personal data will not be collected from Facebook for marketing purposes, which the site is known to do with its current members.

"The pre-teen experience on Facebook should be ad-free in its entirety," the groups wrote.

The letter comes after the Wall Street Journal wrote an article about Facebook making plans to allow access to its site for children under the age of 13. Facebook did not confirm or deny claims in the report.

"We urge Facebook to forgo collecting or using pre-teens' information to show them ads, expose them to social media marketing practices, or analyze and track their activity using social analytics for commercial purposes," the group wrote.

In a recent survey by Consumer Reports, more than 5.6 million children under 13 were estimated to already have Facebook accounts.

Facebook's policy currently does not allow pre-teens to access the site but many children are able to register using fake birthdays.

"Research shows that children often have a difficult time differentiating between advertising and other media content, especially in the digital context," the group wrote. "Children should be allowed to "Like" a company or product on Facebook, with their parents' consent. But that information should not then be used to target that child with ads, nor should it be used to conduct social media marketing, in order to convince the child's friends to also interact with the product or company."

The group suggests that pre-teens who sign up for Facebook accounts should be required to link their account to their parents. If the parents do not have a Facebook account they should be able to monitor their children's interactions in other ways.

The letter was signed by 15 groups some of which include the Consumers Union, Center for Digital Democracy, Center for Media Justice, Consumer Watchdog, the Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and World Privacy Forum.

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Monday, June 25, 2012

ASUS' high-end Transformer Pad TF700 is coming to the US next month for $499 and up

The last time we heard from ASUS, the company was on a tear at Computex, unveiling Windows 8 device after Windows 8 device. Looking back, it seems quaint that its mobile lineup was so recently dominated by Android tablets -- and that the Transformer series was once regarded as unique for having detachable keyboard docks. But this week, at least, it's back to Android for ASUS: the company just announced that the Transformer Pad Infinity announced back at Mobile World Congress is finally going on sale here in the US. It's expected to hit shelves the week of July 16th, starting at $499 for the 32GB model and $599 for the 64GB version. Like other Transformer tabs, the accompanying dock will sell separately for $149.

We've got a rundown of the full specs after the break, and as it turns out, we've also been testing one for the past week. So once you're done browsing those official press shots, head on over to our full review for benchmarks, impressions and many, many more photos.

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Sunday, June 24, 2012

2012 NFL Preview: Kansas City Chiefs

NFL: Buffalo Bills at Kansas City Chiefs

Chiefs fans will be happy to get Jamaal Charles back. Credit: Denny Medley-US PRESSWIRE

Another day, and another team previewed for the 2012 season. We wrap up our preview of the Seahawk?s old rivals from the AFC west with the Kansas City Chiefs. It wasn?t too long ago that Aarowhead had the reputation that that CenturyLink has now: The loudest stadium in the NFL. Clearly there are passionate fans in Kansas City.

Biggest Team Need Heading Into Offseason:?RT, DT, WR, S, TE, RB

Key Free Agents Retained:?Dwayne Bowe (franchise tag), Brandon Flowers (In season extension)
Key Player Additions:RT Eric Winston, RB Peyton Hillis, TE Kevin Boss, Cb Stanford Routt, NT Dontari Poe, S Abram Elam

Key Players Leaving:?CB Brandon Carr, (Bad) RT Barry Richardson (Welcomed departure), S Sabby Piscitelli (Would have paid him to leave)

Quick Thoughts on Draft:?The Chiefs were finally in a place where they could draft for depth as most of their starting positions were pretty well set. After Dontari Poe in the first round, Scott Pioli went to work building his offensive line. He also added younger depth and talent at the WR position.

Quick?Thoughts?on 2012 schedule:?It is a pretty fair schedule a touch on the tough side. If the Chiefs have any hope of actually winning a playoff game, this schedule will be a nice test for them. They?ll likely start off around .500 and could make a run late in the season when the schedule eases up a bit.

Most Interesting Roster Battle:?Brady Quinn and Ricky Stanzi. The battle for the backup QB position in KC is very important because of the lingering concerns over Matt Cassel?s ability. Should Cassel struggle or get injured, the next man up will be inheriting a young and talented offense with plenty of weapons. He?d better be ready. For Stanzi, it would be a chance to nab a starting job in the NFL. For Quinn, it could be his last chance.?

Biggest Strength?Heading Into?2012:?The defense. Eric Berry, Tamba Hali, Brandon Flowers and Derrick Johnson are all Pro Bowl-caliber players. If Dontari Poe works out, KC should be tough to score on.?

Biggest Weakness Heading Into 2012:?QB. This isn?t necessarily a knock on Cassel so much as it is a compliment to the rest of the team. KC is pretty strong everywhere but Cassel is the biggest question-mark on the team. The tackle situation is also one injury away from being a potential problem.

Biggest Question Still To Be Answered:?How will KC?s big three, Charles, Moeaki and Berry rebound from the ACL injuries that ended their seasons.

2012 Prediction:?I have a good feeling about this season like I did about the 2010 team. With Rivers and Manning in the division there is no telling what will happen. I anticipate a tight three-way race between the Chiefs, Chargers and Broncos. If they avoid injury, I think the Chiefs will come out on top with an 11-5 record.

The Chiefs are a better team than their 7-9 record from last season would indicate. The played the entire season without their best offensive player, Jamaal Charles, and their best defensive player, Eric Berry. They also lost QB Matt Cassell for an extended time, forcing them to go with an awful Tyler Palko, and then to pick up Kyle Orton off the street and get him on the field. Just by getting those players back, and all are healthy now, this team will be much improved.

The Chiefs wont be the sexy pick to win the division like the Broncos, but when healthy, the Chiefs might be the best team of the group. They might not win the division, but they should at least be in the running for a wild card spot.

Tags: Chiefs, Eric Berry, featured, Jamaal Charles, Kansas City Chiefs, Matt Cassell

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