How To Defend Your Home From Foreclosure | South Jersey Real ...

Losing one?s house to foreclosure is perhaps one of the worst nightmares that will happen to one. This worsens in case an individual is in a position where he/she is likely to lose his/her house to foreclosure. In case you are stuck in this sort of situation then rather than giving up struggling with the associated home loan payment issues you should learn certain foreclosure defense methods and apply them in order to save your house.

During this critical point of time, one may believe that one?s world is coming apart and so it would be advisable to hire a seasoned defense lawyer. When you do this you may feel more at ease because you won't be going thru the process alone and there would be a seasoned person who would pull you and your house thru the foreclosure crisis. Engaging an attorney is a great foreclosure defense method, especially when one is facing a forthcoming foreclosure.

Another foreclosure defense strategy that most people overlook is responding to their telephone calls. This is exceedingly required and definitely critical, however most folks end up ignoring the calls for payment because it is captivating to pay no attention to the calls and bury their heads in the sand. One thing that you must get is that the bank doesn't actually need to confiscate your place since they aren't in the business of owning homes, they simply would like you to make the payments. Thus so as to defend yourself and your home you need to answer the calls and talk to the bank staff to find out more about the options you have.

Another foreclosure defense technique you can adopt is to chat to a housing advisor. There is a wide number of non-profit looking for organisations who are dedicated to helping people facing foreclosures. These advisors would be well placed to help you to understand your situation and the situation you are going thru. In fact they can also delay foreclosures for you if they are efficient enough. So that you can call up a credible counselor of your choice and obtain an appointment.

Another foreclosure defense solution is to sell the house to a backer and start again with a blank slate. This is a good option only for those that have equity in their property. These financiers can help you out by taking over your home and then they'd refinance it or keep the loan under your name but the payments would be manufactured by them. The best way of hunting for these investors is to try the ?we buy homes ? ad sections in the local newspapers. You must be wary about ?foreclosure rescue ? scams though.

Emory Somervale would like to thank Herman A. Lusky and Ben J. Lusky of the Lusky Law Firm for the sound guidance on defending foreclosures and the results of foreclosure in bankruptcy, all of which was employed in preparing this piece for publication.

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Oh No They Didn't! - Season 6 Spoilers (kind of)

At least a half-dozen significant characters left True Blood one way or another in Sunday?s season finale. But the biggest departure took place off screen: The episode was series creator Alan Ball?s last as showrunner. Before we let him hand over the reins to new boss Mark Hudis, though, we have one last job for him to do ? to answer all of our burning questions about the finale, about the season as a whole and, since he?ll still be an exec producer, give us a sneak peek at Season 6! Okay, so we have several last jobs for him to do. Read on. He?s up to the task(s).

TVLINE | So, is Bill God now?
I don?t want to say if he is or he isn?t. Who?s to say what Lilith really is? He is still Bill but he is something different.

TVLINE | So there is some of the old Bill in there?
It is Bill, but it is a transformed Bill. He is not a completely new person. It?s not like his memories or his experiences have been left out and he?s just a baby.

TVLINE | Can he revert back to the old Bill?
Well, that?s the question: Is he going to be evil? What does he want? What is he going to do? Will he be able to revert back to Bill? That?s for future seasons. The implication, certainly, is that he is more ferocious.

TVLINE | As you warned me back at Comic-Con, there was a lot of death in the episode ? some more ambiguous than others. Did Luna die?
You?ll have to watch [next season]. We didn?t see her die.

TVLINE | And Russell? Is he really dead?
He?s gone. We may see him in flashbacks, but he bit it.

TVLINE | Also back at Comic-Con, you declined to tell me which couple you were having the most fun writing for this season because it would be too much of a spoiler. Can you now confirm it was Russell and Steve?
Yes. I love both of those actors and I thought they were hilarious and kind of touching.

TVLINE | Will Steve remain a viable character next season?
I don?t know. I?ve spoken to Mark briefly. They?ve only pitched some very broad ideas. I hope he does because I think he?s such a great character. I don?t know if he would be a big part of the season, but he definitely seems like that would be a person to bring back.

TVLINE | You really outdid yourself with Rosalyn?s death scene. Congratulations.
I think that is probably the most jaw-dropping [death] that we?ve done. Every time I see it I laugh.

TVLINE | The Pam/Tara kiss ? did you know at the start of the season that it was all leading up to this?
It was in our mind at the beginning of the season, yes. We wanted to really tease it out.

TVLINE | What was it about those two characters that made them relationship material in your mind?
They both were, if not full-on lesbians, than bisexual. They both were characters with real attitude. And they both hate each other ? at least they did at the beginning of the season. And that, to me, felt like it could create a lot of tension that could turn romantic towards the end.

TVLINE | Where would you personally like to see that relationship go next season?
Well, here?s the thing with relationships on True Blood: Once they happen then you have to throw a monkey-wrench into them, because to have people be happy is not that exciting.

TVLINE | But it?s your understanding that Mark is committed to that story?
All of the writers were into [them], so that is my understanding, yes.

TVLINE | Did you ever consider introducing or unmasking Warlow in the finale?
No. We didn?t want to really define Warlow until the next season.

TVLINE | So he?ll definitely figure into Season 6?
I think he?ll be kind of a big part of it.

TVLINE | Is he someone we?ve met before?
No comment.

TVLINE | With Bill heading into Big Bad territory next season, does that make Eric now the hero of True Blood?
Remains to be seen. They?ve both been heroes in their own way. Eric was kind of like a mischievous cad, but I don?t think he was ever, like, a true villain the way that Russell was or the way that Maryann was. And he?s done a lot of really heroic things himself. So I never really looked at Eric as the bad guy and Bill as the good guy ? at least not since the very early seasons. But it remains to be seen what will go down with both of them.

TVLINE | A non-finale burning question ? why did you write Hoyt out?
I felt like we had told his entire story. There weren?t many places we could go with him that we hadn?t been, but I love that character and I love Jim [Parrack] so much I didn?t want to kill him. He?s always been such a good soul. I wanted to have the possibility for him to return as well. But he fell in love and he couldn?t let go.

TVLINE | Did you feel like you had to write him out so viewers could more easily accept Jessica and Jason without feeling guilty?
That was not the thought, no. I thought the way that he left and the way that he made her glamour the memories out of him was pretty devastating. Also, there are so many characters on the show to serve. It felt like Hoyt had run his course for now, so we thought let?s send him off to Alaska and then if we need to bring him back as well.

TVLINE | The finale was your swan song ? how are you feeling?
It?s bittersweet. It?s been such a big part of my life for so long; of course it?s hard to step away. But running that show is such a huge job and I?ve been doing it for five years straight. I just don?t think I have another season left in me. I need to re-charge. And then I?m interested in doing something new ? something with different characters and a different tone. As a writer, it?s fun to create. And once you get into a long-running show with very established characters and a very established tone and format, after a while it?s a really great job but that?s what it is ? a job. You?re just continuing to create the same show. I?m at the point in my life where I don?t want to work as hard. Actually, I?ve had to take a good hard look at workaholism and it?s effect on one?s mental health. [Laughs] And, also, there are things I want to do that are different. I want to try something completely different.

TVLINE | The show is in good hands with Mark?
Very good hands. And three other writers have been there since the very beginning? It?s like a having a kid go away to college.

Source. Nothing too spoiler-y imo, but you've been warned. Mods, if you could accept this later today because we've already had 3 TB posts, I'd be grateful (also oop at me forgetting the tag).

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JMC Directory Corrections ? International : AEJMC

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico, University of

PO Box 21880, UPR Station, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00931. Tel: (787) 764-0000, Ext. 5042, FAX (787) 763-5390, http://copu.upr.clu.edu, School of Communication, Eliseo Col?n Zayas, dir. Communication Programs: BA with majors in Journalism, Advertising and Public Relations and Audiovisual Communication, MA with majors in Theory and Research and Journalism.

University of the Sacred Heart

P.O. Box 12383, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00914-0383. Tel: (787) 728-1515 (Ext. 2326, 2324) FAX: (787) 268-8874. URL: <www.sagrado.edu>. Email <cgarcia<at>sagrado.edu>. Department of Communication 1981. Carmen Sara Garc?a, director.
Department offers: BAC in Communication: majors in Advertising, Journalism, Telecommunications, Photography, Radio Production and Marketing, Visual Arts, and General Communication; Associated Degrees in Photography, and Radio Production; MAC in Communication: majors in Public Relations, Media Writing, Advertising, Script writing, and Media and Cultural Studies.

Australia

Bond University

Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia 4229. Tel: 61-75-595-1111, FAX: 61-75-595-2540. Email: <mpearson<at>staff.bond.edu.au>. Communication and Media Studies, 1990. Journalism Education Association. Mark Pearson, Professor.
Programs: Two year (six semester) program leading to BJ, BA or BComn. Postgraduate courses: Master of Journalism, Master of Communication ? one year, Master of Arts by Research and PhD.

Canberra, University of

Kirinari Street Bruce ACT, ACT 2601 Australia. Tel: + 61 26201 2475, FAX: +61 26201 2630, Email: <rwb<at>comedu.canberra.edu.au>. Web: <http://www.canberra.edu.au>. School of Professional Communication, Journalism Educ. Assoc., PR Institute of Aust., Advertising Federation of Aust., International Advertising Assoc. Kerry Green, Prof.
Programs: Print and Broadcast Journalism, PR, Advertising & Marketing Comm. B.Comm. M. Comm, PhD.

Charles Sturt University

Panorama Avenue, Bathurst, NSW, Australia, 2795. Tel: Intl Access +61 2 6338 4539, FAX: Intl Access +61 2 6338 4409, E-Mail: tomwatson<at>csu.ed.au. School of Communication, 1974. Head of School: Associate Professor Tom Watson BA PhD. Journalism Educ. Assoc., PR Institute of Aust., International Advertising Assoc.
Programs: Print and Broadcast Journalism, Sport & Recreation/Journalism, PR and Organizational Communication, Advertising, Advertising/Marketing (2004), Commercial Radio Management, Cultural Performance, Theatre/Media. Graduate Certificate and Diploma, BA, MA, MA (Hons), PhD.

Jschool: Journalism Education & Training

82 Ann Street, Brisane, Qld, 4000, Australia. [Postal: GPO Box 1275, Brisbane, 4001, Qld, Australia] Tel: +61 7 3137 0080. Email: <director<at>jschool.com.au>. Diploma of Journalism, 2002. John Henningham, Professor.
Programs: One-year intensive vocational program in journalism, with practical journalism training integrated with courses in politics, social institutions, humanities and news media theory.

Southern Queensland, University of

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia 4350. Tel: (076) 31 2100, FAX: (076) 31 2598, Electronic Mail Address: S97571<at>DDSCU.DDIAE.OZ.AU.
Journalism Program: Three-year course leading to a BA with a double major in journalism. All journalism units, except those for advanced broadcast, are available to external students.

Queensland, University of

Building 37, Blair Drive, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 4072. Tel: 61-7-3346 8288, FAX: 61-7-3346 8299. Email: <sjc<at>uq.edu.au>. Journalism, 1921. Michael Bromley, Head of School.
Journalism Program: A three-year program leading to a BJ or a BA with single major or extended major in Journalism and Mass Communication. Fourth year honours program. Coursework Master of Journalism (MJ) ? 1.5 years. Graduate Diploma in Journalism (GDJ) -1 yr., Graduate Certificate in Journalism (GCJ) ? 0.5 yr. Supervision of Research MPhil and PhD degrees.
Communication Program: A three year program leading to a BCommun with a major in Mass Communication or Public Relations. Fourth year honours program. Coursework Master of Communication (MCommun) ? 1.5 yr., Graduate Diploma in Communication (GDCommun) ? 1 yr., Graduate Certificate in Communication (GCCommun) ? 0.5 yr. Supervision of Research MPhil and PhD degree.

Western Sydney, University of

Penrith South DC 1797, New South Wales, Australia. Tel: +61 2 9852 5422, FAX: +61 2 9852 5424. Email: <commarts<at>uws.edu.au>. Web: <http://www.uws.edu.au/about/acadorg/schools/communicationarts/contactus>. Communication, journalism, PR, media production 1985, contemporary arts, design 1989; School of Communication, Design & Media 2000, School of Communication Arts 2005. The University has six campuses across Western Sydney, with all Communication Arts courses taught at Penrith.
SEQUENCES: Three and four-year program for B.Communication in Journalism, Public Relations, Advertising, Media Production. Three and four-year programs for B.Design, B.Music, B.Performance, B.Contemporary Art; one-year full-time coursework Master of Professional Communication; Masters honours by research & PhD studies.
FACILITIES: AM/FM, CN, ComN, DR, JM, PRA, VDT.

Austria

Salzburg, University of

P.O. Box 505, A-5010 Salzburg, Austria, Europe. Tel: (662) 8044-4150, FAX: (662) 8044-413, Email: <FABRIS<at>EDVZ.SBG.AC.AT>. Department of Journalism and Communications, 1968. OeGPuK, DGPuK, IAMCR. Hans H. Fabris, chair.
Communications Program: Offers a MA and PhD with sequences in journalism, PR and AV media.

Canada

? British Columbia, University of

6388 Crescent Road, Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z2. Tel.: (604) 822-6688; FAX: (604) 822-6707; Email: <Peter.Klein<at>ubc.ca>. Web: <http://www.journalism.ubc.ca>. School of Journalism. 1998. Peter Klein, Director.
FACULTY: Prof. emerita: Donna Logan; Assoc. Prof.: Peter Klein, Alfred Hermida, Mary Lynn Young; Asst. Prof.: Candis Callison; Instrs.: Carolyn Pritchard, Adjunct Professors: David Beers, Daniel Burnett, Trisha Sorrels Doyle, Kathryn Gretsinger, Nicola Jones, Kirk LaPointe, Duncan McCue, Daniel McKinney; Postdoc Teaching Fellow: Taylor Owen; Vistg. Prof.: Diane Nottle, Steve Pratt; Grad. Advisor: Barbara Curtis-Wallin.
DEGREE: MJ.

Calgary, University of

Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 2500 University Drive NW, Social Sciences 320, T2N lN4. Communication Studies Program, 1982. FAX: (403) 282-6716. Email: <dtaras<at>ucalgary.ca>.
Communication Program: Graduate program (only) offering masters in Communication Studies (course-based) and MA in Communications. Specialties: Organizational Communications, Law and Communications Policy, Intercultural Communications, Gender and New Information Technologies.

? Carleton University

1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1S 5B6. Tel: (613) 520-7404, FAX: (613) 520-6690. Email: <chris_waddell<at>Carleton.ca>; Website: <www.carleton.ca/sjc>. School of Journalism and Communication, 1945. Chris Waddell, director.
FACULTY: Profs.: G. Stuart Adam, Michael Dorland; Karim Karim; Catherine McKercher; Mich?le Martin; Dwayne Winseck Assoc. Profs.: Paul Adams, Elly Alboim, Andrew Cohen, Christopher Dornan, Ross Eaman, Joshua Greenberg, Sheryl Hamilton, Susan Harada , Peter Johansen, Kirsten Kozolanka, Mary McGuire, Kathryn O?Hara, Klaus Pohle, Chris Russill, Eileen Saunders, Lois Sweet, Allan Thompson, Andr? Turcotte, Ira Wagman , Chris Waddell,; Asst. Profs:. Melissa Aronczyk, Miranda Brady, Mary Francoli, Kanina Holmes, John Medicine Horse Kelly, David Tait; Lecturer: Jeff Sallot, Gina Grosenick, Tokunbo Ojo, Adjunct Research Profs.: Peter Calamai, Arthur Cordell, Barbara Freeman, Norma Greenaway.
FACILITIES: AM/FM, CATV, CCTV, CN, ComN, ComR, CP, DR, JN, VDT.
DEGREES: BJ, BA, MJ, MA, PhD.

Concordia University

7141 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H4B 1R6. Tel: (514) 848-2424, ext. 2465; FAX: (514) 848-2473; Web: <http://artsandscience.concordia.ca/journalism>. Journalism Dept., 1975. Linda Kay, chair; email: lindamkay<at>gmail.ca
Journalism Program: Oriented toward professional training within an academic framework. Offers three-year undergraduate, one-year graduate programs in broadcasting and print and an MA in Journalism Studies.
Communication Studies Department, 1965. Rae Staseson, chair; email: rae.staseson<at>concordia.ca
Communication Studies Program: Offers BA, MA and PhD level programs in mass comm. theory and practice (excluding news and editorial seqs.).

Humber Institute of Advanced Learning & Technology

3199 Lake Shore Blvd. W., Toronto, ONT, CANADA M8V 1K8; Tel: (416) 675-6622; FAX: (416) 251-3797; Website: <www.humber.ca>. School of Media Studies & Information Technology.
Lake Shore Campus: Advertising & Graphic Design: 2 and 3 yr. diploma; Bachelor of Applied Arts in Creative Advertising: 4 year degree.

King?s College, University of

6350 Coburg Road, HaliFAX, Nova Scotia Canada B3H 2A1. Tel.: (902) 422-1271; FAX: (902) 423-3357. Email: <kelly.toughill<at>ukings.ns.ca>. School of Journalism, Associate Professor Kelly Toughill, director.
Journalism Program:?A four-year program leading to a Bachelor of Journalism (Honours) and a one year program for students with a previous degree leading to a Bachelor of Journalism. King?s also offers combined honours degrees in journalism and arts and humanities and science subjects and a minor in journalism in association with Dalhousie University.

Regina, University of

Ad Hum Bldg., Rm. 105, 3737 Wascana Parkway, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada S4S OA2. Tel: (306) 585-4420, FAX: (306) 585-4867; Email: <journalism<at>uregina.ca>; Web: <www.uregina.ca/arts/journalism>. School of Journalism, 1980.
Journalism Program: A four-year program leading to a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism or a two-year degree for students with a previous degree leading to a Bachelor of Journalism.

Ryerson University

350 Victoria St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5B 2K3. Tel: (416) 979-5319, FAX: (416) 979-5216. Email: <secretary<at>journalism.ryerson. ca>. Web: http://www.ryerson.ca/journalism/. School of Journalism, 1948. Paul Knox, chair.
FACULTY: Assoc. Profs.: Gene Allen, Marsha Barber, Lynn Cunningham, Abby Goodrum, Suanne Kelman, Paul Knox, Ann Rauhala, Ivor Shapiro, Joyce Smith; Asst. Profs:. Kamal Al-Solaylee, Jagg Carr-Locke, April Lindgren, Anne McNeilly, Janice Neil, Bill Reynolds, Vinita Srivastava; Adjunct Profs.: Bert Bruser, Brian MacLeod Rogers; Distinguished Visiting Prof: Jeffrey Dvorkin.
Journalism Program: Four-year BJ emphasizes early exposure to practical news-gathering and includes liberal studies, a wide selection of specialized and critical-issues courses, internships and capstone newsroom activities. Professional MJ includes two-year normal stream for those holding undergraduate degree; one-year accelerated stream for mid-career professionals.
FACILITIES: CP, RNA, CCTV, ComN, JM, JN, VDT, news website and online portals.
DEGREES: BJ, MJ.

St. Clair College of Applied Arts and Technology

Windsor, Ontario, Canada N9A 6S4. Tel: (519) 966-1656, FAX: (519) 966-2737. Journalism Department. Susan MacKenzie, coord.
Journalism Program: Three-year print journalism (writing, editing, photography) and one-year diploma course for university graduates.

? Western Ontario, University of

North Campus Building, Room 240, 1151 Richmond Street, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B7. Tel: 519-661-3542, FAX: 519-661-3506. Email: <journalism<at>uwo.ca> Web: <http://www.fims.uwo.ca> Faculty of Information and Media Studies (FIMS). Thomas Carmichael, dean. Email: <fimsdean<at>uwo.ca>. Nick Dyer-Witheford, Associate Dean.
The Faculty offers a one year, three-term graduate program leading to a Master of Arts degree in Journalism. The curriculum stresses a balance of academic and practical courses and offers a solid grounding in the tools and practices of print, broadcast, and online journalism. The program is supported by full facilities for TV, radio, and new-media production. A one-month internship is a feature of the program.
FACULTY: Profs: David Spencer; Assoc. Profs: Tim Blackmore, James Compton, Keir Keightley, Daniel Robinson, Romayne Smith Fullerton; Lecturers: Paul Benedetti (Journalism Program Coordinator), Mary Doyle, Meredith Levine, Cliff Lonsdale; Profs Emer.: Ken Bambrick, Peter Desbarats, Judith Knelman, Michael Nolan.
SEQUENCES: Print, Radio, Television, New Media.
FACILITIES: CCTV, CP, RNA, VDT
DEGREES: MA.

Wilfrid Laurier University

Brantford Campus, 73 George St., Brantford, Ontario, Canada N3T 2Y3. Tel: 519-756-8228 x5875. Email: <sinnes<at>wlu.ca>. Web: <http://www.wlu.ca/homepage.php?grp_id=1727>. Journalism Program, 2005. Dr. Sue Ferguson, Coordinator.
Journalism Program: Four-year Honours Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, with concentrations in print journalism, broadcast journalism, public relations and emerging journalism and new media.
DEGREE: BA.

Windsor, University of

Windsor, Ontario, Canada N9B 3P4. Tel: (519) 253-3000, Ext. 2896, FAX: (519) 971-3642. Email: <goldman<at>uwindsor.ca>; <vanzet<at>uwindsor.ca>. Communication Studies, 1969. Dr. Irvin Goldman, Chair.
Communication Program: Media production processes, communication policy, political economy of communication, media studies, and communication theory and research at undergraduate level.

Chile

Pontificia Universidad Cat?lica de Chile

School of Journalism, Alameda 340, Santiago, Chile; Tel.: 56-2-3542016; FAX: 56-2-3542054; Email: <mgronemeyer<at>puc.cl>; URL: <http://www.per.puc.cl>; <http://www.fcom.puc.cl>. School of Journalism, 2004. Maria-Elena Gronemeyer, director. Licentiate in journalism; professional title in journalism.

UNIACC University

Av. Salvador 1200, Santiago Chile; Tel.: (562) 274-6699; FAX: (562) 204-3116. Facultad de Communicacion, 1991. Andres Guiloff, dir.

Egypt

American University in Cairo, The

113 Kasr El Aini St., PO Box 2511, Cairo 1511 Egypt. Tel.: (20-2) 797-6202, FAX: (20-2) 795-7565. Email: <h_amin<at>aucegypt.edu>. Website: <http://www.aucegypt.edu>. Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, 1937. Hussein Amin, Professor and Chair.
FACILITIES: CN, DR, CCTV, RNA, VDT.
SEQUENCES: Journalism, Broadcast Journalism, and Integrated Marketing Communication. DEGREES: BA, MA.

England

City University, London

Northampton Square, London EC1V 0AB. Tel.: (+44) 020 7040 8221; FAX: (+44) 020 7040 8594; Email: <journalism<at>city.ac.uk>; Web: <www.city.ac.uk/journalism>. Department of Journalism, 1976. Rod Allen, department head; <r.allen<at>city.ac.uk>.
Courses: BA in Journalism and a Social Science, BA in Journalism and Contemporary History. Postgraduate Diplomas in Newspaper, Periodical; Television Current Affairs and Broadcast Journalism, MA in Publishing Studies, MA/MSc in Electronic Publishing, MA in International Journalism. MA in Creative Writing (screen plays and scripts, novels).

London College of Printing and Distributive Trades

Elephant and Castle, London SEl 6SB, England. Tel: (07l) 735 9100, FAX: (071) 587 5297.
Journalism Program: The college offers various courses in Journalism including a Postgraduate Diploma in Radio Journalism.

Finland

University of Tampere

Kalevantie 4, Tampere, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, 33014 University of Tampere, Finland. Tel: +358-3-35516243, FAX: +358-3-35516248, Email: <tiedotusopin.laitos<at>uta.fi>, Website <http://www.uta.fi/laitokset/tiedotus/index1.html>. Taisto Hujanen, Head.
Journalism Program: Originating from an undergraduate program established in Helsinki in 1925, includes today BA, MA and PhD studies within the Faculty of Social Sciences. Sequences in print journalism, photojournalism, radio journalism, television journalism, new media, and media culture. Instruction given mainly in Finnish language.
FACULTY: Profs.: Taisto Hujanen, Risto Kunelius, Heikki Luostarinen, Kaarle Nordenstreng, Pertti Suhonen; Lectrs.; (i.a.): Ari Heinonen, Jyrki Jyrkiainen, Kaarina Melakoski, Inari Teinila, Hannu Vanhanen.
FACILITIES: newsroom laboratory, FM radio station, journalism research and development centre.

France

Universite Pantheon-Assas (Paris II)

Institut Fran?ais De Presse, Sciences De L?Information, 92 rue d?Assas 75006 Paris. Tel: 01 444 15793, FAX: 01 444 15949; Email: <ifp<at>u-paris2.fr>. Nadine Toussaint Desmoulins, chair.
Journalism Program: For third-year (BA) students, at MA and PhD levels.

Germany

Catholic University

School of Journalism, Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, Ostenstr. 25, 85072 Eichstaett, Germany. Tel: +49/8421/93-1555, Fax +49/8421/93-1786. E-mail: <klaus-dieter.altmeppen<at>ku-eichstaett.de.>. Klaus-Dieter Altmeppen, Chair. Web: http://www.journalistik-eichstaett.de.
DEGREES: BA, MA.

University for Music and Theater Hannover

Hannover, Expo ? Plaza 12, Germany D-30539. Tel: (511) 3100-497, FAX: (511) 3100-400, Email: <info<at>hmt-hannover.de>; Website: <http://www.ijk.hmt-hannover.de>. Department of Journalism and Communication Research, 1985. Helmut Scheres, chair.
FACILITIES: AM/FM, CCTV, VDT, media library.
DEGREES: BA, MA.

Malaysia

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia(National University of Malaysia)

43600 UKM Bangi, Malaysia. Tel: 03-8256796, 03-8292456, FAX: 03-8256484. Department of Communication, Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities, 1976. Samsudin Abdul Rahim, PhD and department head.
Communication Program: Sequences in PR, Jour., Film, Adv., Dev. Comm., Broadcasting; BA, MA and PhD degrees.

Qatar

Northwestern University in Qatar

Suite 225 ? 1st Floor Texas A&M University Building? Education City P.O. Box 34102 Doha, Qatar +?974?4230300 Email: <?nu-qadmissions<at>northwestern.edu>; Web: <http://www.qatar.northwestern.edu/default.aspx>. John Margolis, Dean, Richard Roth, Senior Associate Dean.
Northwestern University in Qatar is one of six campuses of leading American universities, established in Education City, Doha, as a result of collaborative agreements between the universities and the Qatar Foundation. Each of those American universities brings to Qatar educational programs for which those institutions are especially renowned. ??Programs in journalism and in communication are offered by Northwestern University in Qatar. The journalism program, with concentrations including print, broadcast and multimedia, leads to a Bachelor of Science in Journalism degree awarded by Northwestern?s Medill School of Journalism. The communication program, with curricular offerings in the areas of communication theory, history, and industries and media technologies and practices, leads to a Bachelor of Science in Communication degree with a major in Media Industries and Technologies, awarded by Northwestern?s School of Communication.???Northwestern University in Qatar offers curricula modeled on the innovative undergraduate programs of Northwestern?s School of Communication and Medill School of Journalism. Courses are taught by scholars and practitioners who hold faculty appointments and have had first-hand experience teaching on the Evanston campus

Netherlands

Amsterdam, University of

Amsterdam 1012 CX, Netherlands. Department of Communication, Kloveniersburgwal 48. Tel.: +31 20 525 2230; FAX: +31 20 525 3681.

Peru

Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)

Laureate International Universities, Prolongaci?n Primavera 2390 Monterrico ? Santiago de Surco. Telf: (+511) 3133333 anexo 1060 Fax: (+511) 3133333 anexo 1613; Cel:(+511)9-989-048-887. Email: ursula.freundt<at>upc.edu.pe Web: www.upc.edu.pe. ?rsula Freundt-Thurne, Decana Facultad de Comunicaciones, Directora de Comunicaci?n y Periodismo
The UPC School of Communication offers?five-year programs: Audio-Visual Communication and Interactive Media; Communications and Advertising; Communications and Journalism; Communications and Marketing; Communications and Corporate Image.

Saudi Arabia

? Institute for Public Administration

PO Box 205, Riyadh, 11141, Saudi Arabia. Faisal Al-Gabbani, head, Planning and Development Dept.

Scotland

Strathclyde/Glasgow Caledonian, Universities of

Scottish Centre for Journalism Studies, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, G1 1XH Scotland. Tel: 041-553 4166, FAX: 041-552 3493, Telex: 7742. Internet: <gordon.j.smith<at>strath.ac.uk>. Scottish Centre for Journalism Studies, 1993. Jennifer McKay, course dir.
SEQUENCES: Print Journalism, Broadcasting, Law, Government, Shorthand, Information Management, Journalism and Society.
DEGREES: Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism Studies, M.Litt Journalism Studies and M.Litt Journalism Research.

Singapore

Nanyang Technological University

31 Nanyang Link, 637718 Singapore. Tel.: +65 6790-5809; TeleFAX: +65 6794-3662. Website: <http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/>;. Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information. Benjamin H. Detenber, Chair.
Communication Studies Program: Honours degree programme with four sequences: Journalism, PR and advertising, Broadcasting and Cinema Sstudies, and Communication Policy and Research. Facilities include campus newspaper, computer and multimedia labs, television and digital audio studies. Mandatory internship and honours thesis (i. e., Final Year Project).

South Africa, Republic of

Potchefstroom University

Private Bag X6001, 2520 Potchefstroom, Republic of South Africa. Tel.: +27 18 299 1642. TeleFAX: +27 18 299 1651. Email: <komasdeb<at>puknet.ac.za>. Department of Communication. Arnold S. de Beer, head.
Communication Program: A three/four year program in mass communication (print and broadcasting media), corporate communiction (advertising and public relations), and interpersonal communication (intercultural, development, organizational, speech communication) and graphic design. BA, MA & PhD programs.
Institute for Communication Research: Arnold S. de Beer, dir. Publishes, inter alia, Ecquid Novi, the only refereed research journal for journalism in South Africa.

United Arab Emirates

American University of Sharjah, The

PO Box 26666 Sharjah, UAE, Tel.: +971-6-515-2872. Email: <mhashem<at>aus.edu>. Website: <http://www.aus.edu>. Department of Mass Communication, 1937. Mahboub Hashem, Professor and Chair.
The Department of Mass Communication: (MCM) at the American University of Sharjah is fully accredited in both the UAE and USA. MCM majors study a variety of mass media-related subjects including advertising, communications theory, media production, public relations and journalism.
The mass communication program emphasizes a generalist approach with optional concentration in three professional areas: advertising, journalism and public relations. This allows students to have the greatest flexibility in tailoring their mass communication degree to best serve their career goals. It builds upon acquisition of technical, oral and written communication competencies. Graduates receive a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communication.

? Zayed University

Academic City, Al Ruwayyah, PO Box 19282, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Tele.: ++971-4-402-1111 FAX: ++971-4-402-1016. Email: marilyn.roberts<at>zu.ac.ae; Web: <www.zu.ac.ae>. College of Communication and Media Sciences, 1999. ASJMC, BEA, ICA. Marilyn Roberts, Dean. Andrea Juhasz, Senior Academic Administrative Officer <andrea.juhasz<at>zu.ac.ae>.
FACULTY: Profs.: Badran Badran (badran.badran<at>zu.ac.ae); Jack Hillwig (Asst. Dean, Abu Dhabi) (jack.hillwig<at>zu.ac.ae); Renee Everett (Assoc. Dean, Dubai) (renee.everett<at>zu.ac.ae); Assoc. Profs.: Adel Jendli (adel.jendli<at>zu.ac.ae); David Bulla (david.bulla<at>zu.ac.ae); Gaelle Duthler (Director, College of Communication and Media Sciences Graduate Programs) (gaelle.duthler<at>zu.ac.ae); James Piecowye (james.piecowye<at>zu.ac.ae); Lena Jayyusi (lena.jayyusi<at>zu.ac.ae); Nadia Rahman (nadia.rahman<at>zu.ac.ae); Ode Amaize (ode.amaize<at>zu.ac.ae); Sheena Westwood (sheena.westwood<at>zu.ac.ae) Theomary Karamanis (theomary.karamanis<at>zu.ac.ae) Asst. Profs.: Alia Yunis (alia.yunis<at>zu.ac.ae); Birgit Trauer (birgit.trauer<at>zu.ac.ae); Catherine Strong (cathy.strong<at>zu.ac.ae); Jody Johannessen (jody.johannessen<at>zu.ac.ae); Matt Duffy (matt.duffy<at>zu.ac.ae); Matt Dyck (matt.dyck<at>zu.ac.ae);Will McCarthy (william.mccarthy<at>zu.ac.ae).
MAJOR: Communication and Media Sciences.
SPECIALIZATIONS: Converged Media, Integrated Strategic Communications, Tourism and Cultural Communications, Visual Communications.
INTERDISCIPLINARY SPECIALIZATIONS: Emirati Studies, Multimedia Design.
MASTERS: Master of Arts (M.A.) in Communications
SPECIALIZATIONS: Tourism and Cultural Communications, Strategic Public Relations
MINOR: Communication and Media Sciences
CERTIFICATE: Graduate Certificate in Tourism and Cultural Communication, Graduate Certificate in Public Relations
DEGREE: B.S.

United Kingdom

? Lincoln, University of

Faculty of Media and Humanities, Brayford Pool, Lincoln LN67TS United Kingdom. Brian Winston, head.

University of Wales, Cardiff

School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies. Bute Building, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. CF10 3NB Tel:029 2087 4041 FAX: 029 2023 8832 E-mail Jomec<at>cardiff.ac.uk Head of School: Professor John Tulloch.
SEQUENCES: BA in Journalism, Film & Broadcasting, Diploma Journalism Studies, Diploma Public & Media Relations, MA Journalism Studies, MA European Journalism, MA in Journalism Studies, MA in International Journalism, MA in International PR and MA in Political Communication.
DEGREES: BA, Diploma, MA, MPhil, PhD.

Westminster, University of

Watford Road, Northwick Park, Harrow HA1 3TP United Kingdom. Tel.: 0207-911-5000. School of Communication and Creative Industries.

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Record rhino slaughter in S. Africa tied to Vietnam

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A rhino poaching crisis in South Africa is fed by an insatiable demand in Vietnam for the large animals' horns, which are believed to promote health, cure hangovers and even cancer, according to a new report. In South Africa, more and more rhinos

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TalkGwinnett.com ? Obama Immigration Policy Makes Some Illegal ...

Under Georgia law, new immigrants who are pending action on their cases are eligible to receive a state driver?s license. The law is intended to expedite a legal immigrant?s assimilation into the community. However, under President Obama?s recent action giving deferred status to millions of aliens here illegally, those in Georgia could become eligible for a license unless Governor Nathan Deal acts.

Under the [Obama] policy ? which was announced in June and took effect last week ? eligible immigrants must have arrived in the U.S. before their 16th birthday, are 30 or younger, have lived here at least five years, and are in school or graduated or served in the military. They also must not have a criminal record or otherwise pose a safety threat. They can apply to stay in the country and be granted a work permit for two years, but they would not be granted citizenship.

D.A. King, director of The Dustin Inman Society, an organization promoting legal immigration policies, has called on readers of his site to contact Governor Deal and encourage him to prevent government agencies from issuing the licenses:

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed an executive order Aug. 15, the day the policy took effect, telling state agencies not to give driver?s licenses or other benefits to illegal immigrants who obtain work authorizations under the deferred status.

Governor Deal?s office, according to King, can be contacted at 404-656-1776 or online here.

via Some illegal immigrants can get Georgia drivers licenses | The Augusta Chronicle.

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Consider that what your children need is an authority figure not a buddy. Photo/FILE?

There are guys who ?catch pints? with their fathers. Yes, booze. They sit and drink like old chums. I know a guy who tells me that when he goes to ?shags? (that?s what the old school ones call the village) he has to show up with a bottle of something tucked under his arm ? a bottle which they later share under a mango tree as they jabber away about God-knows-what.

My father has never seen me hold a bottle of anything alcoholic, let alone see me drink from one (he sings in the church choir and you know how the choir feels about alcohol and its partakers). So I found this drinking-with-your-father phenomenon fresh and disturbing in equal measure.

I remain eternally curious as to how this son-father drinking arrangement works. What do you talk about when you sit down with your father over a tipple? Which topics are taboo, and which ones do you broach only when his eyes start getting droopy?

Is he better at dishing out sound advice when he is slightly smashed? Does he tell you family secrets, like who he has removed from his will, or where the bodies are buried (if he?s Mungiki or Chinkororo)?

Does he give you business ideas that he doesn?t have the strength, time or funds to see through? Do you talk about women, and does he, in the process, say something about your mother that either makes you think, ?Not Mom, come on,? or make you want to smash a bottle over his bald patch?

The only thing I am certain about is who gets to carry the seats back to the house after the drinking meet: you. This guy who drinks with his father says the best nuggets of wisdom, stuff that has informed his manhood, have always come from his father when they are drinking under that tree.

I like that. It?s what fatherhood should be. Unfortunately, it isn?t too common in my age group for one?s father to be a friend. It?s only now, when we are fathers ourselves, that they feel we deserve to eat from the same plate as them.

We ? the X-generation ? feel the need to treat fatherhood like a democratic process. We look back at the Spartan manner in which our fathers raised us and we want to do it differently. So we hug our children more (even our sons, my God).

We listen to them ? I mean really listen, not grunt and groan from behind a newspaper. We are ?sensitive? to their ?feelings? and, once in a while, we resort to ?Google Parenting? for stuff like ?how+ to+ punish+ 7yr old+ and + have + him + blame + mum+ for + it.?

This has blurred the line between our kids and us, which isn?t such a great thing all the time. Sometimes it?s necessary for the child to know that there is a supreme being who lives in that house; a being who will have his liver for dinner if he turns into a brat or plants marijuana in the back yard.

That said, fatherhood is subjective. There is no formula which promises a sound, well-adjusted kid.

Some of the children who had ?freedom? while we were growing up now roam about in a haze of drugs, and some who were not allowed to get in contact with the outside world got knocked up by the age of 19. It?s tricky.

I was watching one of those Dr James Dobson-like Internet streams where a balding Nigerian child psychologist was giving advice to fathers about disciplining a child, especially a girl.

I found it as helpful as scratching your beard with your toe; he recommended things like having your child write down what they feel. Annoying.

Discipline, like everything else, depends on how much your child can take before you scar them emotionally. Punishment shouldn?t be a debate; it shouldn?t fit the child?s personality.

It should be uncomfortable. And it should be fun for the parent, because if you don?t enjoy it, they might.

Source: http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Fatherhood+is+not+friendship+/-/1216/1486140/-/4nahhhz/-/index.html

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[Interview] Christian Larsen on Latino Heritage at Cooper-Molera ...

I enter the [Cooper-Molera] estate and get lost in the archives for what seems to have passed in just a couple of minutes but has elapsed over hours. By midday the sun has evaporated the marine layer and the quaint recreation of a sunny Victorian garden replete with adobe horno and artesian well beckons curious glances from a few lost Japanese tourists. But the house remains locked, and the curious painted plaster volumes of various geometric shapes that together form the homes of three families over three generations remains unseen, untouched, inaccessible. I?m about the only one with a key, alone inside and left to sort through this bric-a-brac. As quiet as a tomb ...

So writes Christian Larsen, a Bard Graduate Center student who worked as the National Trust?s scholar-in-residence this summer through a partnership with the Smithsonian Latino Center (SLC). In particular, he spent time at Cooper-Molera Adobe, a National Trust Historic Site that preserves life from the era when Monterey was part of Mexico to the beginnings of California statehood.

The three-acre site in Monterey, Calif. -- which includes a house built by several generations of the Cooper and Molera families, historic barns, vegetable and flower gardens, and an extensive museum store -- tells the story of ship captain John Rogers Cooper, who immigrated to California in the early 19th century and married into a prominent Mexican family.

But equally important are the stories of his wife Encarnaci?n Vallejo de Cooper; the Diaz family, who owned a portion of the property and had their own home and dry goods store; and the broader hybridization of families, cultures, and styles.

This showpiece saddle from Mexico (c. 1880) is decorated with silver thread embroidery, silver mounts, and intricate stamped leather designs. It was exhibited at the New Orleans World?s Fair (Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition) in 1884-5 and the Paris Exposition Universelle 1889.

Larsen?s assignment at Cooper-Molera was to help catalog the materials that have accumulated since the 1820s when Captain Cooper first moved to the property. He ended up sorting through thousands of articles in the collection. ?It was a big puzzle for me to sort out what?s what, from when, and date things, identify the manufacturer, and give them more backstory,? Larsen says.

Before Larsen wrapped up his residency, we sat down with him at National Trust headquarters and asked him about his experiences, discoveries, and hopes for the site.

How did this project come about?

This project comes out of the National Trust?s attempts to uncover stories that have not been told at their sites. They realize that a lot of the sites have had a traditional and/or static story line going on, and that there are sites and objects related to Latino culture they should probably be telling. And the best way to find those story lines is through objects and collections, because they do have intimate connections to Latino story.

These manufacturer markings help identify the saddle.

What did you hope to achieve through the cataloging process?

The National Trust sent me out there to identify what objects in the collection had any relevance -- what was made locally or made in Latin American countries, as well as what materials, craftsmanship, and techniques from those areas might have contributed to the objects and been part of these people?s daily lives.

I wanted to answer: How did the families express their Latino identity through the things they owned? What kinds of things would speak to that relationship of a hybrid family? And you see it in the collection itself -- Victorian-looking East Coast furniture, right next to stuff from China, right next to stuff from Mexico.

It?s a very cosmopolitan, global perspective ? and this is in 1820s California. Most Americans think of California at that time as a western backwater, but it wasn?t at all. Even at that time, they were globally connected. This house reflects the glory days of Monterey.

Where do you even start on a project of this scale? Who helped you ?crack the case,? so to speak?

I worked with a number of different people, but two groups stand out. I talked to many of the volunteers; they?re the nice little old ladies from the community who sell items at the gift shop. But they have heard many stories over the years and become repositories of the history of the place. Some of it is accurate, some of it is totally mythologized, but it?s interesting to get their perspective, and their thoughts, ideas, and stories gave me leads on where I should be looking.

I also worked with California State Parks, who is the state steward and operator of the site. The rangers have been working with the collection for decades. They don?t necessarily know all the objects? histories, but they know the conservation history and they have inklings about where to start.

The biombo folding screen is an artistic and decorative form that originated in Japan but took root in Latin America. That the Cooper or Molera families would have such a screen in their collection speaks of continued cultural ties to Mexican traditions and a much more marked taste for oriental wares in California than seen in other regional American households at the time.

You focus mainly on objects and material cultures. How do objects relate to the places they reside?

While we occupy houses, they?re more the repository for our experiences and the things that we live with. But they?re all part and parcel. I don?t distinguish that much between the building and the things in it; I think the building is equally important, and I look at it as a whole, as a complete experience. They all reflect changing tastes and styles change over time.

What do you hope visitors to Cooper-Molera will learn?

I would love visitors to understand the history of 19th century California -- this really crazy time when there are a few different sets of governments, who?s in power, what?s going on, and what daily life was like. It was really different.

You have to make history come alive. You can intellectualize it all you want, but the best way to reach people is through visceral sense. And that?s what sites do for you: You?re in the space, encountering it visually and through all your other senses. How can we give them the smells, the music, the dances? A place should evoke that feeling and give the visitor an intuitive sense of what it was like to live there.

Now the National Trust is re-imagining how to make the site more vibrant and more of a living place with better access to visitors and programming that keeps people coming back. If they can convey a sense of what daily life at that time was like, that would be the biggest takeaway.

Read more about Larsen's work on NBC Latino.

The archeological dig in the Diaz privy/trash pit uncovered shards of this British transfer-printed earthenware. This English Staffordshire ceramic pattern was produced between 1845-51 by Thomas Walker at the Lion Works in Tunstall.

Julia Rocchi is the managing editor for the National Trust. By day she wrangles content; by night (and weekends), she shops local, travels to story-rich places, and walks around looking up at buildings.

Source: http://blog.preservationnation.org/2012/08/24/interview-christian-larsen-on-latino-heritage-at-cooper-molera-adobe/

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Obama campaign to start accepting text message donations

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Alina Selyukh , Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In an election dominated by multimillion-dollar donations, Democratic President Barack Obama's campaign is about to give small donors a new weapon by starting to accept text message donations for the first time in history.?

Marking the beginning of what could be a revolution in U.S. campaign finance, the Obama campaign said on Thursday it is wrapping up agreements with Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel Corp, U.S. Cellular and T-Mobile USA ? a unit of Deutsche Telekom AG ? to open the floodgate for donations by text this week.?

In the coming days, voters are likely to start seeing a message on video screens at Obama rallies, at the end of ads or on fliers, encouraging them "to contribute $10 to Obama for America, text GIVE to 62262." The numbers spells out "OBAMA."?

The campaign of Republican Mitt Romney, Obama's rival in the November 6 election, will soon start accepting donations as well, a campaign official said on Thursday. Its number is expected to be 466488 ("GOMITT"), already used to contact supporters by text.?

The Obama campaign said agreements with other phone companies ? including AT&T Inc, the second-largest after Verizon - were anticipated "in the near future."?

Thanks to their small size and spontaneity, text donations could empower smaller donors in a campaign marked by six-figure donations to outside groups to fund what is likely to be the most expensive U.S. election in history.?

Text donations, as they are currently approved, can be made anonymously but have to be capped at $10 per text, $50 per month and $200 in total for one candidate or campaign. Donations are prohibited from foreigners, people under 18 or corporations, which could also mean corporate phone accounts.?

The United States has more than 330 million wireless service subscribers. Almost nine in 10 U.S. adults have at least one cell phone line and about three-quarters of those use text messaging, according to the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project.?

The fee question?
The process of political giving via text would be similar to giving to charity: A donor would send a short message to a text code, confirm intention and eligibility, and later pay for the donation as part of the monthly cell phone bill.?

But in this case, carriers and aggregators processing the payment would take a significant cut from each transaction, as they do with other non-charitable transactions, such as purchases of ring tones.?

Typically, these fees can take 30 percent to 50 percent of the money sent over text, industry experts told the Federal Election Commission earlier this year.?

The FEC has since ruled that carriers could offer discounts to political campaigns if they are negotiated by an aggregator firm, sort of middlemen between the two, in its regular course of business and applies to all its political customers equally.?

It remains unclear what percentage exactly the Obama campaign will be paying in fees.?

"Every avenue of fundraising that we have costs us money," said an Obama campaign official. "We pay the most competitive rates available in the marketplace to ensure our supporters have the greatest impact with their contribution."?

Anticipated pioneer?
Text donations had originally been expected to launch in early June, when federal regulators first approved the program. But the wireless carriers, whose support is key to facilitate the process, had caused a delay as they sought legal protections over fraud and profitability.?

The FEC ruled on August 15 that political campaigns are "solely responsible" for ensuring donations are not fraudulent or excessive, and that carriers could refuse text-donation services to campaigns not deemed commercially viable.?

On the day of the vote, fundraisers and campaign finance experts quickly pointed to the Obama campaign ? which had reached out to almost all of the FEC commissioners to urge their approval of text donations ? as the likely pioneer of the plan.?

"President Obama's reputation is that he's reaching out to the grassroots... He's more of a natural person to be an early adapter," veteran Republican digital fundraiser Peter Pasi said at the time, in anticipation of the launch of the program.?

A Pew Research study late last year also found that of all U.S. adults using cell phones to text, African-American and Latino phone users are the most active texters, and these groups are generally seen as Democratic voting blocs friendly to Obama.?

The Obama campaign, whose small-donor prowess helped it set fundraising records and win the 2008 election, has been raising a notably larger portion of cash from small checks than Romney.?

"As we push through the last 100 days of this election," the Obama campaign said on Thursday, "we remain focused on making this campaign as accessible as possible to the small-dollar donors that are the heart and soul of our organization."

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Central Valley slaughterhouse closed over inhumane treatment

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U.S. officials act after viewing video of apparent torture and cruelty to cows provided by Compassion Over Killing. In-N-Out Burger severs ties with the firm.Federal officials shuttered a Central California slaughterhouse after they concluded that cattle had been subjected to inhumane treatment but said Tuesday they had seen nothing to indicate that the company had compromised the safety of the public's food supply.

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FCC approves Verizon deal to buy cable company spectrum, asks for concessions

Verizon received the Department of Justice's blessing for its cable company spectrum purchase last week, and now it's the FCC's turn to rubber stamp the plan. The agency has followed Chairman Julius Genachowski's recommendation and voted that Verizon can snap up the relevant AWS airspace as part of its LTE network expansion. Some riders are attached to the deal, although they're not all weighty. Verizon has to make an "unprecedented divestiture" of spectrum to T-Mobile in addition to its swap with Leap, promise certain coverage levels in the newly acquired zones at 3- and 7-year milestones, guarantee some roaming deals and provide updates on how its DSL service adoption is impacted by all that 4G. That Verizon has 45 days to finalize the T-Mobile deal gives some idea of how quickly everything has to move, although it could be a long while before we see AWS-ready Verizon devices in the shops.

To no one's surprise, advocacy groups are still upset: the Alliance for Broadband Competition believes the FCC decision "does not go far enough" to keep a level playing field, for example, and wants to voice its problems to the FCC. Anxiety still exists that just about any deal concentrates too much spectrum in the hands of Big Red. Still, there's a sense among groups like these that Verizon has had to at least partially address worries over unfair competition.

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The Duffel Blog dupes news sites with bogus stories

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By Jeff Black, NBC News

News flash: The Pentagon is replacing the classic stabbing bayonet on rifles with a tomahawk ?designed for quick chopping motions? complete with a twist-off head providing room for storage.?And, the Department of Defense is ordering troops to stop wearing the popular TapouT MMA T-shirts because of security concerns.

Believable? Maybe, but not true.

With a hint of truth these cheeky fake news stories recently duped some serious blogs. Both Gizmodo and Yell magazine happened to mistake the posts on The Duffel Blog, a five-month old satirical website, for real news.

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The Duffel Blog ? also on Facebook (13,600 fans) and Twitter (1,450 followers)???is starting to gain a following among service members and veterans.

It aims not only to poke fun at military culture and foibles through humor and ridiculousness, but also to provide social commentary that can raise awareness on serious issues such as PTSD and suicide, said founder Paul Szoldra. It compares itself to The Onion, but with a military bent.

The Duffel Blog, Szoldra told NBC News, now has more than a million page views a month and some 500,000 users. A recent spike in traffic crashed the servers hosting the site, forcing an upgrade.

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Paul Szoldra

The Duffel Blog's Inverted Multi-Purpose Ballistic Tomahawk Bayonet.

Szoldra is a 28-year-old former Marine infantryman originally from Terryville, Conn. He served eight years, was honorably discharged in 2010 and is now a senior studying entrepreneurship at the University of Tampa on the GI Bill.

Gizmodo, a site for technology fans, recently bit on the Duffel blog?s report announcing the ?limited deployment? of the new Inverted Multi-Purpose Ballistic Tomahawk Bayonet, or IMBTB. Gizmodo even ran a picture of the rifle and said the storage area in the IMBTB would contain ?five matches, a small compass, maps, and two gallons of pressurized JP-8 fuel.?

?The picture was an awful Photoshop job,? Szoldra ?said. ?Probably the worst I?ve ever done.?

A reader gave Gizmodo a heads-up on The Duffel Blog?s real purpose, triggering an apology.

?The problem with the US military is that sometimes their contraptions get so wacky that I can believe anything they say,? Gizmodo?s blogger wrote. ?My mistake, people. Sorry about that.?

Yell magazine, which covers mixed martial arts among other topics, also fell for a story about ?Dr. James Miller, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy? banning attire emblazoned with the TapouT logo, writing a full rebuttal.

Still, with The Duffel Blog billing itself as ?The American Military?s Most-Trusted News Service,??it does fool people.

?It happens every day, Szoldra said. ?People e-mail me all the time. Individuals read a story and think it?s true. Most people get spoofed at first, but then later figure it out.?

Other recent posts include ?Army Increases Combat Effectiveness With More Reflective Belts? and ?Airmen Offered Free Pickup Art Classes, Students Aim Higher To Score Babes.?

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Szoldra said the dark humor he experienced in the infantry and his natural joker attitude helped him get started. ?He started the blog on his own but since has added more than 20 contributors ??active duty military and veterans???who provide insider knowledge of all the branches of the service.

Szoldra, who is married with a 3-year-old son, has only been writing satire a short time, but his very first article, about a colonel banning chairs at MacDill Air Force Base because he?s sick of the Chair Force nickname, went viral.

One of his inspirations is a Marine comic called Terminal Lance, who helped give The Duffel Blog a boost early on by linking to The Duffel Blog.

Satire has proved wildly popular but Szoldra also has his hand in more serious work. He serves as the media relations director for a new nonprofit group called the Marine Infantry Veterans Foundation, which supports infantry Marines when they get out of the service . ?It?s infantry helping infantry,? he said.

While the site makes a little money through advertising and donation, that revenue primarily pays for the server costs, Szoldra said. When he graduates in December he hopes to continue his education to get a master?s degree in digital journalism, or make The Duffel Blog a full-time job.

?I do want to make people laugh,? Szoldra said, ?but at the same time I do have a little bit of a following, a bully pulpit if you will, where I can highlight something that I think is worth making fun of and a lot of time it?s better to make fun of it than it is to just complain about it.??

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National Partnership Launches Website on Deferred Action for ...

The Immigration Advocates Network, in partnership with United We Dream and leading immigrants? rights organizations, has launched a new website that offers online tools to help immigrants brought to this country as children apply for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). The site, Own the Dream (http://www.weownthedream.org) or Unete al Sueno (http://www.unetealsueno.org) in Spanish, offers assistance to the hundreds of thousands of young immigrants who are eligible for this opportunity.

Own the Dream provides an online self-screening tool for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals applicants so they can determine their eligibility for the program and a searchable directory of free or low-cost nonprofit immigration legal services providers in all 50 states. The site also features a calendar of community events, such as information sessions and application workshops, as well as up-to-date news about the Deferred Action program and frequently asked questions. It leverages a technology platform developed by Pro Bono Net, a national nonprofit that works to increase access to justice, which is used to support broad-based networks of legal aid, civil rights and pro bono lawyers.

Own the Dream campaign partners include AFL-CIO, America?s Voice Education Fund, American Immigration Council, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Americans for Immigrant Justice, Asian American Justice Center, Asian Pacific American Legal Center, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Educators for Fair Consideration, Farmworker Justice, Immigration Advocates Network, Mi Familia Vota, National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, National Council of La Raza, National Immigration Law Center, National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, PICO National Network, Presente.org, Pro Bono Net, Service Employees International Union, and United We Dream.

Source: http://eiic.org/blog/national-partnership-launches-website-on-deferred-action-for-childhood-arrivals/

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Turkish military convoy hit by explosives in southeast

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - A convoy carrying Turkish soldiers in the mainly Kurdish southeast was hit by four remote-controlled explosive devices on Wednesday, security sources said, the latest sign of escalating violence in the restive region.

The convoy was travelling in the Semdinli region of Hakkari province bordering Iraq when it was hit, security sources said. There were no immediate reports of any deaths. The army sent in troop reinforcements and helicopter gunships in response.

The attack follows a car bombing on Monday that killed nine people, including children, and wounded more than 60 others in the southern town of Gaziantep, more than 600 km to the west.

The government blamed that attack on the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which has denied involvement.

Roadside bomb attacks by the PKK are common in the southeast, scene of a 28-year conflict between the military and the PKK, listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union.

The militants have stepped up attacks in recent months, and Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad of backing the rebels, underscoring fears that the chaos in Syria could destabilize neighboring countries.

(Reporting by Seyhmus Cakan; Writing by Ayla Jean Yackley; Editing by Nick Tattersall and Alison Williams)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/turkish-military-convoy-hit-explosives-southeast-133745234.html

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SKorea to resume Iranian oil imports next month

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ? South Korea will resume imports of Iranian crude next month within levels that comply with U.S. sanctions, government and industry officials said Tuesday, as the country tries to manage the pain that diminished oil supplies meant for the domestic economy.

The resumption will make South Korea the latest Asian country to bypass the European Union's insurance ban on Iranian oil shipments. In July, the EU ban hit the four key Asian markets for Iranian oil, China, India, Japan and South Korea, which were earlier exempted from U.S. government penalties after they made significant cuts to their Iranian oil imports.

South Korea is in a difficult position in its dealings with Iran, analysts said: Seoul wants to maintain close ties with its most important ally, the United States, as Washington pushes for tighter sanctions meant to derail Iran's suspected nuclear weapons program, but South Korea also needs to keep alive crucial business and energy ties with Iran, whose crude is cheaper than other oil exporters.

Critics say major Asian countries' pursuit of Iranian oil hurts Western efforts to confront Tehran's nuclear ambitions.

South Korean government officials, however, said the oil import resumption will comply with the Obama administration's guidelines.

"The volume of oil South Korea is set to resume importing from Iran is within the range that was promised to the United States," said an official at South Korea's Knowledge Economy Ministry. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of his involvement in ongoing diplomacy on the issue. The official confirmed that imports of Iranian crude oil will resume next month.

In the first five months of this year, South Korea reduced its Iranian crude imports by 16 percent from a year earlier.

Since the EU ban stopped imports from Iran in July, South Korean refiners have been talking with the Iranian National Oil Co., the National Iranian Tanker Co. and the Iranian government about ways to ship crude on tankers provided and insured by Tehran.

Before the EU sanctions hit, South Korea was the world's fourth-largest buyer of Iranian crude.

SK Energy Co., South Korea's largest oil refiner, which purchased 10 percent of its crude from Iran before the sanctions hit, is discussing dates and details with Iranian firms and the government in Tehran, said spokesman Yoo Jung-min. Hyundai Oil Bank Co., South Korea's No. 4 refiner, also expects to restart oil purchase from Iran next month, company spokesman Koh In-soo said. They are the only South Korean refiners that buy crude from Iran.

The resumption of oil imports will help the nearly 3,000 mostly small and mid-sized South Korean businesses that do businesses with Iran. Seoul joined global sanctions against Iran in 2010 and bans selling goods related to nuclear weapons and oil to Iran. But South Korea and Iran found a way for South Korean companies to conduct trade with Iran without violating sanctions.

Under a 2010 agreement, Iran's Central Bank opened accounts at South Korean banks. While exporters usually get paid in the foreign currency used by trading partners, the 2010 measure allowed South Korean exporters doing business with Iran to get paid in Korean won.

Because deposits are then later used to pay South Korean exporters that sold goods to Iran, halting oil imports from Iran hurts these exporters. South Korea's exports to Iran increased 32 percent last year over a year earlier to $6 billion.

Last week, India joined Japan to offer state-backed insurance coverage on Iranian oil shipments. Insurance coverage is crucial in shipping oil because of possible environmental claims and liability from oil spills.

Seoul and Washington are major trade and security partners that recently put in place an ambitious free trade deal, and 28,500 American troops are stationed here as a deterrent against North Korea. But South Korea, Asia's fourth-largest economy, depends heavily on oil imports and is uneasy with joining a campaign against an important energy partner.

"South Korea's participation in the U.S. sanctions against Iran has been more symbolic than substantive," said Lee Hee-soo, a political scientist and Middle East expert at Seoul's Hanyang University. "Considering the huge trade South Korea does with Iran, it is difficult for South Korea to be as tough on Iran as the United States wants its ally to be. Iran's too big an energy and business partner for South Korea."

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Associated Press writer Sam Kim contributed to this report. Follow Youkyung Lee on Twitter at http://twitter.com/YKLeeAP .

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/skorea-resume-iranian-oil-imports-next-month-095429326--finance.html

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Pew! Pew! Pew! NASA's Curiosity Rover Zaps Mars Rock with Laser

A NASA rover has fired the first laser gun on Mars to take a peek inside a small Martian rock.

The Mars rover Curiosity zapped a rock scientists are now calling "Coronation" on Sunday (Aug. 19) to test an instrument that measures the composition of targets hit by its powerful laser beam. The rover fired 30 laser pulses in 10 seconds at the fist-size Coronation rock in order to analyze the results.

"We got a great spectrum of Coronation ? lots of signal," said Roger Wiens, lead scientist for the rover's laser-wielding instrument at the Los Almos National Laboratory in New Mexico, in a statement. "Our team is both thrilled and working hard, looking at the results. After eight years building the instrument, it's payoff time!"

Curiosity's Chemical and Camera instrument, or ChemCam, fires a laser pulses that last just five one-billionths of a second but deliver more than a million watts of power, enough to turn solid rock into an ionized plasma. A trio of spectrometers in the tool then studies the sparks from the laser fire on 6,144 different wavelengths of ultraviolet, visible and infrared light to determine the composition of the vaporized rock.

Sunday's laser firing was primarily target practice for Curiosity, but early results suggest the high-tech instrument is working well, mission managers said. Data from the test showed ChemCam is performing even better than in ground tests on Earth, they added.

"It's so rich, we can expect great science from investigating what might be thousands of targets with ChemCam in the next two years," said instrument deputy project scientist Sylvestre Maurice of the Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Plan?tologie (IRAP) in Toulouse, France.

ChemCam is one of 10 instruments packed on Curiosity that rely on the rover's plutonium power source to study Mars. The $2.5 billion rover landed on the Red Planet on Aug. 5 and is expected to explore its Gale Crater landing site for the next two years to determine if the region could have ever supported microbial life.

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