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Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Monday, December 5, 2011
Pakistani model's nude photo causes fury
FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010 file photo, Veena Malik, Pakistani actress and former girlfriend of Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif who is allegedly under investigation over the match fixing charges, poses in Lahore, Pakistan. A Pakistani actress who posed in the nude for an Indian magazine with the initials of Pakistan's feared and powerful intelligence agency on her arm has triggered fury across this conservative nation. Veena Malik's photo on the website of FHM India, in advance of its publication in the magazine's December issue, has been lighting up social network website Facebook and Twitter since earlier this week.(AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary, File)
FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010 file photo, Veena Malik, Pakistani actress and former girlfriend of Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif who is allegedly under investigation over the match fixing charges, poses in Lahore, Pakistan. A Pakistani actress who posed in the nude for an Indian magazine with the initials of Pakistan's feared and powerful intelligence agency on her arm has triggered fury across this conservative nation. Veena Malik's photo on the website of FHM India, in advance of its publication in the magazine's December issue, has been lighting up social network website Facebook and Twitter since earlier this week.(AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary, File)
FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010 file photo, Veena Malik, Pakistani actress and former girlfriend of Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif who is allegedly under investigation over the match fixing charges, poses in Lahore, Pakistan. A Pakistani actress who posed in the nude for an Indian magazine with the initials of Pakistan's feared and powerful intelligence agency on her arm has triggered fury across this conservative nation. Veena Malik's photo on the website of FHM India, in advance of its publication in the magazine's December issue, has been lighting up social network website Facebook and Twitter since earlier this week.(AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary, File)
ISLAMABAD (AP) ? A Pakistani actress who posed in the nude for an Indian magazine with the initials of Pakistan's feared and powerful intelligence agency on her arm has triggered fury across this conservative nation.
Veena Malik's photo on the website of FHM India, in advance of its publication in the magazine's December issue, has been lighting up social network websites since earlier this week.
Many here anticipate a backlash, as nationalists and Islamists regularly stage rallies against anything they deem an insult to Islam or to the national honor. India and Pakistan have fought three wars, and the Inter-Services Intelligence agency or ISI has been accused of sponsoring terrorist attacks inside India.
Malik has broken Pakistani religious and national taboos in the past. She is a target for conservative ire and a heroine to some Pakistani liberals.
Conservative cleric Maulana Abdul Qawi declared on Aaj TV on Saturday that her latest venture into controversy was a "shame for all Muslims."
In an interview with Pakistani Geo television broadcast Saturday, however, Malik said the nude photo was published in violation of her agreement with FHM India and she was considering legal action against the magazine.
Malik acknowledged having been photographed for a "bold but not nude shot." She said the editor of the magazine had promised that he would cover most of the photo with the ISI initials.
The photo was intended to poke fun at the Indian fear of Pakistani spies, she said, adding "whatever happens (in India), people say ISI is behind that."
Magazine editor Kabeer Sharma said Malik had given full consent for the shoot and the picture.
"We have all the record(s)," he told the Pakistani television station. "Veena was very excited about that ISI idea."
Zubair Khan, a 40-year-old shopkeeper in the northwestern city of Peshawar, agreed, saying the photo had given rival India another opportunity to insult Pakistan.
"She has earned a bad name for the entire Pakistan nation," he said.
Others questioned the authenticity of the photo.
"It seems to be an Indian attempt to malign Pakistan by faking her nude pics, or she might have done it to get a cheap publicity," said Lubna Khalid, 38, a housewife in the southern port city of Karachi.
Twitter commentator Umair Javed however called on Pakistanis to "make copies of the picture and bury it in your backyard. This way, our grandkids will know there were some amongst us who lived free!"
Asked by reporters whether Pakistan would "pursue the matter" legally, the country's Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Saturday, "First, let us see whether it is real or fake."
Malik does most of her work in India. The entertainment sector there is booming, while Pakistan's is moribund. Her ties to Pakistan's archrival have landed her in controversy in the past.
During a much-publicized talk show appearance early this year, she lashed out her nemesis Abdul Qawi, who criticized her for having a scripted love affair with an Indian actor on an Indian reality show.
"What is your problem with me?" an angry Malik demanded of the scholar, who had accused her of insulting Islam.
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Pakistan says US gave wrong info before strike
Pakistani university students protest against the NATO airstrikes on Pakistani troops, outside the U. S. consulate in Karachi, Pakistan on Friday, Dec 2, 2011. U.S. officials gave Pakistan soldiers the wrong location when asking for clearance to attack militants along the border last weekend, Pakistani military officials said Friday. The strike resulted in the deaths of 24 soldiers and a major crisis in relations between Washington and Islamabad. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
Pakistani university students protest against the NATO airstrikes on Pakistani troops, outside the U. S. consulate in Karachi, Pakistan on Friday, Dec 2, 2011. U.S. officials gave Pakistan soldiers the wrong location when asking for clearance to attack militants along the border last weekend, Pakistani military officials said Friday. The strike resulted in the deaths of 24 soldiers and a major crisis in relations between Washington and Islamabad. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
Pakistani university students march towards the U. S. consulate to protest the NATO airstrikes on Pakistani troops, in Karachi, Pakistan on Friday, Dec 2, 2011. U.S. officials gave Pakistan soldiers the wrong location when asking for clearance to attack militants along the border last weekend, Pakistani military officials said Friday. The strike resulted in the deaths of 24 soldiers and a major crisis in relations between Washington and Islamabad. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
Pakistani university students march towards the U. S. consulate to protest the NATO airstrikes on Pakistani troops, in Karachi, Pakistan on Friday, Dec 2, 2011. U.S. officials gave Pakistan soldiers the wrong location when asking for clearance to attack militants along the border last weekend, Pakistani military officials said Friday. The strike resulted in the deaths of 24 soldiers and a major crisis in relations between Washington and Islamabad. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
ISLAMABAD (AP) ? U.S. officials gave Pakistan soldiers the wrong location when asking for clearance to attack militants along the border last weekend, Pakistani military officials said Friday. The strike resulted in the deaths of 24 soldiers and a major crisis in relations between Washington and Islamabad.
The claim was the latest in a series by mostly anonymous officials in both countries trying to explain what happened before and during last week's bombing of two Pakistani border checkpoints by U.S. aircraft.
NATO and America have expressed regret for the loss of lives, but have rejected Pakistani allegations it was a deliberate act of aggression.
The incident has pushed already strained ties between Washington and Islamabad close to rupture, complicating American hopes of securing Pakistan's help in negotiating an end to the Afghan war. In retaliation for the raid, Islamabad has already closed its western border to NATO supplies traveling into landlocked Afghanistan.
Thousands of Islamic extremists and other demonstrators took to the streets across the country after Friday prayers to protest the Nov. 26 strike. Some called on the army to attack the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan. The chants were a worrying sign for the West because it indicates that anger over the incident is uniting hard-liners and the military.
Pakistan's army, still smarting from the criticism it received after the unilateral U.S. chopper-borne raid that killed Osama bin Laden on May 2, has ordered border troops to take a more aggressive posture against intruders, said Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani.
"Instructions have been issued to all units of the Pakistan armed forces to respond, with full force, to any act of aggression and infringement of Pakistan's territorial frontiers," he said.
U.S. officials have told The Associated Press that Saturday's incident occurred when a joint U.S. and Afghan patrol requested backup after being hit by mortar and small arms fire by Taliban militants.
Before responding, the patrol first checked with the Pakistani army, which reported it had no troops in the area, they said.
U.S. officials say Pakistani troops had "given the go-ahead" for the strikes, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. This account would suggest that the Pakistanis were at least partly to blame for the deadly error.
A Pakistani military official who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the information confirmed that the Americans had provided his side with a location for the planned strike.
However, he said, the information arrived late, Pakistan never cleared the strike, and the coordinates provided were incorrect.
"Wrong information about (the) area of operation was provided to Pakistani officials a few minutes before the strike," he said. "Without getting clearance from Pakistan side, the post had already been engaged by U.S. helicopters and fighter jets."
The prime minister said that after the attack, military authorities contacted the border coordination center, where the two sides liaise over operations close to the frontier. The strikes continued, however, and "that relief and reinforcements sent from the nearby Pakistani posts also came under attack," he said.
U.S. officials at the border coordination center later "apologized privately to Pakistani officials for initially providing wrong information and the subsequent engagement of the post without prior information," he said.
The U.S. and NATO have both launched investigations. Washington has not formally apologized, saying it would not be appropriate before an investigation into the incident is complete. The mountainous, poorly defined border has been a regular flashpoint between U.S. and Pakistan, with Washington accusing Pakistani troops of tolerating or supporting militants who operate there and attack inside Afghanistan.
Anti-American demonstrations took place around Pakistan on Friday, including a 2,000-strong rally in the country's commercial hub of Karachi by the Sunni extremist Sipah-e-Sahaba group. The group is banned because of its ties to al-Qaida, but that ban is largely ignored.
Aurangezeb Farooqi, a leader of the group, asked the protesters whether they were ready to join the army to fight Americans. Many raised their fists in response and shouted "God is great!" Some held up placards saying: "There is only one treatment for America: jihad, jihad," meaning holy war.
Washington believes that Islamabad's cooperation is vital to negotiate a truce with Afghan insurgent leaders based on Pakistani soil, so that the U.S. can withdraw most of its troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2014.
But Islamabad has its own interests, chiefly in ensuring that whatever regime remains in Kabul after U.S. forces withdraw is friendly to Pakistan, and hostile to India, its long-term regional foe. Consequently, Pakistan appears to be in no rush to take political risks helping the United States.
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Associated Press writers Ashraf Khan in Karachi, Pakistan and Asif Shahzad in Islamabad contributed to this report.
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Sunday, December 4, 2011
World Bank approves $255 million plan for Haiti (AP)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti ? The World Bank will spend $255 million to help house Haitians, clean up neighborhoods and send thousands of children to school over the next year under a plan approved Thursday by the agency's board.
The new funds seek to fill critical needs in Haiti as the troubled nation nears the second anniversary of the January 2010 earthquake that toppled thousands of homes, destroyed hundreds of schools and force more than a million Haitians into precarious settlements in the capital and elsewhere.
The money will go toward housing 22,500 people, many of whom have been living in the hundreds of tent camps that sprang up after the quake. It will also help spruce up parks and repair roads in neighborhoods that are home for 75,000 people, pay for school tuition for 100,000, train 8,000 teachers and provide hot meals five days a week for 75,000 youngsters.
The funds give hope that reconstruction will move along even though a recovery panel that was supposed to coordinate those efforts dissolved in October.
The Interim Haiti Recovery Commission, which was co-chaired by former U.S. President Bill Clinton, came to an end after Haitian authorities failed to renew its 18-month mandate.
A transition team and Prime Minister Garry Conille are trying to figure out the shape and responsibilities of a new panel.
The World Bank announcement came the same week that a forum hosted by the Haitian government and the Inter-American Development Bank brought hundreds of potential investors to Haiti, an impoverished country long overlooked because of its tattered infrastructure, cumbersome laws and unpredictable political climate.
President Michel Martelly said at the event that he wants to create 500,000 jobs within three years.
Some of those jobs are to be generated by two international businesses that announced projects this week: a $224 million industrial park in the north, the country's biggest private investment since the quake, and a $45 million Marriott Hotel to be built in the capital.
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Saturday, December 3, 2011
Why do some people never forget a face?
ScienceDaily (Dec. 2, 2011) ? "Face recognition is an important social skill, but not all of us are equally good at it," says Beijing Normal University cognitive psychologist Jia Liu. But what accounts for the difference? A new study by Liu and colleagues Ruosi Wang, Jingguang Li, Huizhen Fang, and Moqian Tian provides the first experimental evidence that the inequality of abilities is rooted in the unique way in which the mind perceives faces. "Individuals who process faces more holistically" -- that is, as an integrated whole -- "are better at face recognition," says Liu.
The findings will appear in an upcoming issue of Psychological Science, a journal published by the Association for Psychological Science.
In daily life, we recognize faces both holistically and also "analytically" -- that is, picking out individual parts, such as eyes or nose. But while the brain uses analytical processing for all kinds of objects -- cars, houses, animals -- "holistic processing is thought to be especially critical to face recognition," says Liu.
To isolate holistic processing as the key to face recognition, the researchers first measured the ability of study participants -- 337 male and female students -- to remember whole faces, using a task in which they had to select studied faces and flowers from among unfamiliar ones.
The next two tasks measured performance in tasks that mark holistic processing. The composite-face effect (CFE) shows up when two faces are split horizontally and stuck together. It's easier to identify the top half-face when it's misaligned with the bottom one than when the two halves are fitted smoothly together. "That's because our brain automatically combines them to form a new" -- and unfamiliar -- "face," says Liu: evidence of holistic processing. The other marker of holistic processing is the whole-part effect (WPE). In this one, people are shown a face, then asked to recognize a part of it -- say, the nose. They do better when the feature is presented within the whole face than when it stands on its own among other noses: again, we remember the nose integrated into the whole face. The researchers also assessed participants' general intelligence.
The results: Those participants who scored higher on CFE and WPE -- that is, who did well in holistic processing -- also performed better at the first task of recognizing faces. But there was no link between facial recognition and general intelligence, which is made up of various cognitive processes -- a suggestion that face processing is unique.
"Our findings partly explains why some never forget faces, while others misrecognize their friends and relatives frequently," says Liu. That's why the research holds promise for therapies for that second category of people, who may suffer disorders such as prosopagnosia (face blindness) and autism. Knowing that the mind receives a face as one whole thing and not as a collection of individual parts, "we may train people on holistic processing to improve their ability in recognizing faces," Liu says.
The article is entitled, "Individual Differences in Holistic Processing Predict Face-recognition Ability."
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'Super 8' And More: 10 Best Film Scores Of 2011
'Hugo' and 'War Horse' also make the list of film music that moved us this year.
By Kara Warner
Joel Courtney, Ryan Lee and Riley Griffiths in "Super 8"
Photo: Paramount
Continuing with our comprehensive collection of best-of 2011 movie stories, in which we count down our favorite elements of our obsessive movie love (including the top 20 movie trailers and the ), this compilation is focused on yet another crucial element involved in a film's success: the music. A good film score can make or break a scene, move you to or prevent you from shedding tears, make you smile. A great one can do all of the above. Here's a look at our favorite musical masterworks this year.
10. "Rango"
This south-of-the-border-inspired score was a clever and creative companion to Gore Verbinski and Johnny Depp's quirky animated western about a domesticated chameleon who dreams of becoming an actor and leading a more adventurous life. Hans Zimmer's spin on spaghetti-western sound with an authentic kick of Mexican folk from Los Lobos made for a perfect musical marriage.
9. "The Muppets"
If there's anything better than seeing the Muppets back on the big screen, it's the concerted effort put into the film's multiple musical layers. For example, you can't talk about composer Christophe Beck's excellent original instrumentals without mentioning "Flight of the Conchords" star-turned-music-supervisor Bret McKenzie's catchy tunes "Life's a Happy Song" or "Man or Muppet." Not to mention the star-studded Green Album that features favorite artists including Weezer, OK Go, the Fray, My Morning Jacket, Amy Lee, Feist, Hayley Williams and Rachael Yamagata belting out updated versions of classic Muppet tunes.
8. "War Horse" and "The Adventures of Tintin"
Any year in which John Williams composes a film score is a year in which you'll likely find his work named to the tops of all the best-of lists. And this year Williams is serving up the one-two punch of "War Horse" and "Tintin," both of which feature the Oscar winner's sweeping, stand-out, magical touch. They are paired together on this list because they're both uniquely terrific but it's too hard to rank one above the other.
7. "The Artist"
One of the year's most buzzworthy films, "The Artist" features an appropriately memorable score. Composed by Ludovic Bource, this score is light and happy with a delicate and glamorous finish reminiscent of the film's 1920s setting.
6. "Hugo"
It makes perfect sense that Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese would pair up with Oscar-winning composer Howard Shore to score a family-friendly crowd-pleaser. There's a sense of wonder, magic and magnitude in Shore's music that fits perfectly with the film's underlying theme.
5. "Midnight in Paris"
Similar to the variety of music featured in "The Muppets," Woody Allen chose to incorporate old-school classics by Cole Porter, Benny Goodman and Duke Ellington, along with original instrumental music composed by Stephane Wrembel that further enhanced the film's love letter to nostalgia and self-reflection.
4. "Drive"
As much talk as there has been surrounding the story and performances in Nicolas Refn's violent thriller "Drive," the film's score, composed by Cliff Martinez, has been getting just as much attention for its unique and classically cool '80s retro synthesizer sound. Much like how Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross' different and daring score for "The Social Network" took the critics by storm, Martinez's work on "Drive" is poised to do the same.
3. "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
Speaking of Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, fans can't wait to hear and see what last year's Oscar winners have done with the music for David Fincher's adaptation of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo." Although the film doesn't open for a few more weeks, a special sneak peek of the score has appeared online via the company producing it. Unsurprisingly, the music is as chilling, complex and captivating as the film's poster and trailer.
2. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2"
In looking at prolific composer Alexandre Desplat's résumé, it's a wonder the man has any time to sleep with the number of film scores he churns out annually. Not that we'll ever complain, however, because the fruits of his 2011 labor include "The Tree of Life," "Carnage," "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" and our #2 favorite score of the year: "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2." Desplat's work had our emotions perfectly in tune with what played out on screen: on the edge of our seats, prepped for battle, celebratory and sniffling.
1. "Super 8"
There are several wonderfully epic scores on this list, but the biggest, baddest, bell-iest was Michael Giacchino's brilliant music for "Super 8." It is so many things: sweet, sentimental, wondrous, fascinating ... Plus, in trying to pinpoint that very specific tintinnabular sound that plays throughout the film, we learned about a new instrument: a celesta, which Giacchino told us is kind of a "bell piano."
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Friday, December 2, 2011
PFT: Colts to start Orlovsky at QB vs. Pats
APBills coach Chan Gailey praised the work of WR Brad Smith.
The Dolphins? recent winning ways killed their chances to draft Stanford QB Andrew Luck, but USC?s Matt Barkley, Oklahoma?s Landry Jones and Baylor?s Robert Griffin all could be draft-day options in Miami.
Former Patriots WR/DB Troy Brown likes what he sees in current Patriots WR/DB Julian Edelman.
Said Jets QB Mark Sanchez of the way the team played in the win over the Bills, ?We play like that again, lose the turnover battle, lose time of possession, all those stats ? I think our chances of winning the game were probably somewhere like 20, 30 percent chance. Maybe less. Maybe in the teens. Because you can?t win like that. That?s not a winning formula.?
Asked about offensive coordinator Cam Cameron?s play calling, Ravens coach John Harbaugh said, ?I think all of our coaches have done a great job. I think Cam has done a great job.?
Bengals coach Marvin Lewis has a 5-13 career record against the Steelers.
The Browns seem to be heading toward another Top 10 pick.
Said Steelers coach Mike Tomlin of the team?s struggles on third down, ?We need more separation. We need to make more competitive catches in order to keep the chains moving and keep ourselves on the field.?
Texans coach Gary Kubiak calls QB Jake Delhomme a good fit for the offense.
Colts QB Dan Orlovsky, who just became the team?s starter, has started seven games in his career, all for the 0-16 Lions.
Here?s a look at new Jaguars interim head coach Mel Tucker.
Titans coach Mike Munchak says he?s just taking care of his own business, and not worrying about whether the Texans? quarterback situation will allow Tennessee to catch up in the AFC South.
Some in Denver think Tim Tebow should be a Pro Bowler.
What the Chiefs have got here is a failure to communicate.
Raiders RB Michael Bush was on the field for 68 of 71 offensive plays against the Bears.
Said Chargers DB Eric Weddle of the team?s playoff chances, ?It?s like Dumb and Dumber, where the guy says, ?So I have a chance???
In Dallas, there?s talk that Cowboys defensive coordinator Rob Ryan could leave to become a head coach.
The Giants are bringing back LB Chase Blackburn.
The Eagles insist they?re not quitting on their season.
Redskins FB Darrel Young is expected to play this week despite suffering a concussion Sunday against the Seahawks.
There?s optimism in Chicago that QB Caleb Hanie will be better in his second start for the Bears than he was in his first.
Asked about Lions DT Ndamukong Suh, Mean Joe Greene said, ?If you haven?t played interior defensive line, you won?t know and you?ll never know what it?s like in there. I don?t think anything that happens on the field is dirty, but Suh shouldn?t have done what he did. He let the moment get away.?
Packers G Evan Dietrich-Smith hasn?t talked to the media about the Suh suspension.
Viking QB Christian Ponder will see Broncos QB Tim Tebow again on Sunday; when they met in college Tebow?s Florida Gators whipped Ponder?s Florida State Seminoles 45-15.
Injuries are forcing the Falcons to shuffle their secondary.
Panthers offensive coordinator Rob Chudzinski says he sees improvement in the running game.
Asked if he thinks about breaking Dan Marino?s passing yardage record, Saints QB Drew Brees said, ?Absolutely. But only in the framework of winning.?
Bucs QB Josh Freeman says the cut he suffered on his thumb while shooting a gun was ?just cosmetic.?
The Cardinals think they have a bright future, given how young their roster is.
Asked about the fans in St. Louis booing, Rams coach Steve Spagnuolo said, ?I?d rather have that than people not caring. I want to thank the fans for their passion, and I mean that sincerely. I know with that it goes both ways. Frustration and disappointment, and their reactions to that. I understand it. I get it.?
Long snapper Brian Jennings is the only player left who?s been to the playoffs with the 49ers.
Seahawks DE Chris Clemons is having a big season but not getting much attention.
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