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Wednesday, August 07, 2013

16 Best US Marine Corps Gen. James "Mad Dog" Mattis Quotes | Washington Free Beacon

16 Best Gen. James "Mad Dog" Mattis Quotes | Washington Free Beacon:

16 Best US Marine Corps Gen. James "Mad Dog" Mattis Quotes | Washington Free Beacon

The Best from ‘Mad Dog Mattis’

BY: Washington Free Beacon Staff March 18, 2013 (Retrieved August 7, 2013)

16 best quotes from the retiring Gen. James Mattis

http://freebeacon.com/the-best-from-mad-dog-mattis/

Gen. James Mattis, known to his troops as “Mad Dog Mattis,” is retiring after 41 years of military service.

The Marine Corps Times is calling Mattis the “most revered Marine in a generation.”

Mattis has been commander of the United States Central Command since 2010 and led the 1st Marine Division into Iraq in 2003.

According to reports, President Barack Obama decided to force the Marine Corps legend out early because he rubbed civilian officials the wrong way, and forced them to answer tough questions regarding Iran.

Mattis was an inspirational leader of men and his powerful words will go down in history.

Here are some of the best words that the “Mad Dog” has had to offer:

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Reflections of a Newsosaur: Digital doctor Bezos takes on the ailing Post

Reflections of a Newsosaur: Digital doctor Bezos takes on the ailing Post:

http://newsosaur.blogspot.com/2013/08/digital-doctor-bezos-takes-on-ailing.html

"The purchase of the struggling Washington Post by Jeff Bezos may be the best news the news industry has had in a long time, because it finally puts a true digital native at the helm of a newspaper company.

Bezos, the billionaire founder of Amazon.Com, is uniquely equipped to bring unprecedented innovation and fresh energy to an industry whose managers run their businesses like the people of Cuba treat their 1953 Plymouths: tinkering with them just enough to keep them running. "

While the people in Cuba unfortunately have no other options, the newspaper industry has been sputtering toward irrelevance for the better part of a decade because editors and publishers either don’t like or don’t get digital publishing. Perhaps, it’s a bit of both.

Either way, Bezos, who is paying $250 million of his own money to buy the newspaper from the heirs of the man who purchased it out bankruptcy in 1933, now has the opportunity to show publishers how to do digital. And it’s a safe bet he will grab it.

With a personal fortune topping $25 billion, Bezos has the demonstrated means, insight and patience to re-envision the business model of an industry that has lost more than half of its primary revenue stream since advertising sales peaked at $49.4 billion in 2005.

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3 shot dead, 3 wounded at Pennsylvania municipal meeting - herald-mail.com

3 shot dead, 3 wounded at Pennsylvania municipal meeting - herald-mail.com: "By Connie Stewart 10:19 p.m. EDT, August 5, 2013

Three people were dead and at least three others were in critical condition after a gunman opened fire at a government meeting in Pennsylvania's Monroe County on Monday night, local media reported.

Pocono Record reporter Chris Reber, who was at the meeting of the Ross Township supervisors, said smoke and plaster flew as gunshots tore holes in the walls. " ... http://www.herald-mail.com/news/la-na-nn-pennsylvania-shooting-20130805%2C0%2C7948377.story

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Chris Cillizza and Sean Sullivan: Why you shouldn’t underestimate Elizabeth Warren

Why you shouldn’t underestimate Elizabeth Warren:

"By Chris Cillizza and Sean Sullivan, Published: August 6 at 6:30

am http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/08/06/why-you-shouldnt-underestimate-elizabeth-warren/?wpisrc=nl_politics

When we first put freshman Sen. Elizabeth Warren on our rankings of the 10 Democrats most likely to wind up as the party’s presidential nominee in 2016, many people scoffed.

She just got elected! She’s not interested in running! It’s too damn early! Get off my lawn! (All but that last one is true.)"

But, a new Quinnipiac poll proves why Warren would be formidable in 2016 if she decided to run. Using a feeling thermometer — 0 meaning you feel totally cold about a politician, 100 meaning you feel warmly (aka) strong favorably toward a pol — Quinnipiac tested the majority of major national figures.

Warren finished third — behind only New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (53.1 degrees) and Hillary Clinton (52.1 degrees). She finished ahead of, among others, President Obama, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Vice President Joe Biden.

Here’s why the thermometer matters — and matters for Warren in particular.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/08/06/why-you-shouldnt-underestimate-elizabeth-warren/?wpisrc=nl_politics

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Tuesday, August 06, 2013

Windows 8 adoption slows; boost sought with update | PCWorld

Windows 8 adoption slows; boost sought with update | PCWorld: "By Computerworld staff, Computerworld

Aug 3, 2013

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2045884/windows-8-adoption-slows-boost-sought-with-update.html#tk.nl_today

Windows 8's user share growth slowed significantly in July, hinting at further trouble for the struggling operating system, new statistics from an analytics company show.

The operating system's user share grew by the smallest month-over-month amount since its launch in October 2012, said Web measurement vendor Net Applications. At the end of July, Windows 8 accounted for 5.9 percent of all systems running Windows, an increase of three-tenths of a percentage point compared to June.

From November 2012 through July 2013, Windows 8's user share grew by an average of six-tenths of a point each month, with lows in February and April of five-tenths and a high in June of nine-tenths of a percentage point.

July's increase was about a third of June's." ...

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2045884/windows-8-adoption-slows-boost-sought-with-update.html#tk.nl_today

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Reflections of a Newsosaur: Digital usage overtaking all legacy media

Reflections of a Newsosaur: Digital usage overtaking all legacy media: "MONDAY, AUGUST 05, 2013

Digital usage overtaking all legacy

media http://newsosaur.blogspot.com/2013/08/digital-usage-overtaking-all-legacy.html

Americans this year are likely to spend as many hours consuming content on digital devices as the combined amount of time that they devote to gazing at TV and paging through print, according to eMarketer, a research-aggregation service.

After culling through reports from more than 40 institutions, eMarketer forecasts that the average amount of time likely to be spent on digital media this year will climb to five hours and 9 minutes (5:09), as compared with 4:31 in 2012.

If the prediction holds true, then the amount of time spent with digital media will for the first time surpass the roughly 4½ hours per day that Americans historically have watched television.

While TV heretofore has been unchallenged as the most popular medium, the shift to digital consumption (as discussed previously here) could create considerable static for local broadcasters. " ... http://newsosaur.blogspot.com/2013/08/digital-usage-overtaking-all-legacy.html

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MLB suspends Alex Rodriguez through 2014 season

Washington Post: Yankees star Alex Rodriguez has been suspended by Major League Baseball through the 2014 season, pending an appeal. Twelve other players have agreed to take 50-game bans as part of the league's Biogenesis drug investigation.

Read more at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/person-familiar-with-deliberations-a-rod-to-be-suspended-monday-can-play-during-appeal/2013/08/04/ad744552-fd64-11e2-8294-0ee5075b840d_story.html

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New York Times:

BREAKING NEWS

Monday, August 5, 2013 3:14 PM EDT

Rodriguez Suspended Through 2014 Season in Doping Inquiry; 12 Others Suspended for 50 Games

Alex Rodriguez was among 13 players suspended by Major League Baseball on Monday for violating the league’s antidoping protocols, the biggest single-day drug bust in the sport’s history.

Rodriguez, pending an appeal, will be barred for 211 games – through the 2014 season — by far the longest ban levied by the league for a doping violation. The league cited his “use and possession of numerous forms of prohibited, performance-enhancing substances” over many years.

Recovering from hip surgery and a quadriceps strain, Rodriguez had planned to make his 2013 return to the Yankees’ lineup Monday night in Chicago against the White Sox. Rodriguez is expected to announce shortly whether he plans to appeal. He would be eligible to play until his appeal is heard by an arbitrator.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/06/sports/baseball/mlb-suspends-12-in-doping-investigation.html?emc=edit_na_20130805

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Review: The new Nexus 7 is the best 7-inch tablet that money can buy | TechHive

Review: The new Nexus 7 is the best 7-inch tablet that money can buy | TechHive:

http://www.techhive.com/article/2045357/review-the-new-nexus-7-is-the-best-7-inch-tablet-that-money-can-buy.html#tk.nl_advis

If you're in the market for an Android tablet, the new Nexus 7 is the one to get. And if you're got the old one lying around, considering trading it in for this one.

"The original Nexus 7 was merely a bargain, a good-enough tablet at a great price. The new Nexus 7 is a downright steal. It’s the best 7-inch tablet, period. Google has redefined budget tablet so that it no longer refers to cheap-feeling, sub-$200 devices. You can now grab a svelte, premium 7-inch tablet with a high-resolution screen, wireless charging, quad-core processor, and 2GB of RAM for a measly $229.

The revamped Nexus 7 is more than just the next stock Android gadget offering from Google. It’s the company’s re-do of what it should have done right the first time. The search (and maps, and mail, and…) giant, with its ginormous, seemingly all-inclusive Android ecosystem, has finally entered the premium tablet market."

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Washington Post to be sold to Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon

By Paul Farhi, Published: August 5, 2013

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/washington-post-to-be-sold-to-jeff-bezos/2013/08/05/ca537c9e-fe0c-11e2-9711-3708310f6f4d_print.html

The Washington Post Co. agreed Monday to sell its flagship newspaper to Amazon.com founder and chief executive Jeffrey P. Bezos, ending the Graham family’s stewardship of one of America’s leading news organizations after four generations.

Bezos, whose entrepreneurship has made him one of the world’s richest men, will pay $250 million in cash for The Post and affiliated publications to The Washington Post Co., which owns the newspaper and other businesses.

Seattle-based Amazon will have no role in the purchase; Bezos himself will buy the news organization and become its sole owner when the sale is completed, probably within 60 days. The Post Co. will get a new, still undecided name and continue as a publicly traded company without the newspaper.

The deal represents a sudden and stunning turn of events for The Post, Washington’s leading newspaper for decades and a powerful force in shaping the nation’s politics and policy. Few people were aware that a sale was in the works for the paper, an institution that has covered presidents and local communities and gained worldwide attention for its stories about the Watergate scandal and, in June, disclosures about National Security Agency surveillance programs…

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Monday, August 05, 2013

Amazon founder Bezos to buy Washington Post - herald-mail.com

Amazon founder Bezos to buy Washington Post - herald-mail.com: "By The Associated Press 5:06 p.m. EDT, August 5, 2013

http://www.herald-mail.com/news/hm-amazon-founder-bezos-to-buy-washington-post-20130805%2C0%2C229959.story

LOS ANGELES — Jeff Bezos, the Amazon.com founder who helped bring books into the digital age, is going after another pillar of “old media”: The Washington Post.

Bezos, 49, struck a deal announced Monday to buy the venerable Washington broadsheet and other newspapers for $250 million. It was a startling demonstration of how the Internet has created winners and losers and transformed the media landscape."

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Baltimore Sun: Charged with killing his fiancee, Baltimore police officer dies in apparent suicide in jail

Charged with killing his fiancee, Baltimore police officer dies in apparent suicide in jail

Aug 5, 2013 | 11:55 AM

A Baltimore city police officer – who had been charged in the shooting death of his fiancee – died in an apparent suicide in jail early Monday, state prison officials said.

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Remembering those who served in The Forgotten Korean War - baltimoresun.com

Remembering those who served in The Forgotten War - baltimoresun.com: "By Kevin Dayhoff, 9:32 a.m. EDT, August 5, 2013

Remembering those from Carroll County who served in the Korean War

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Remembering those who served in The Forgotten War - baltimoresun.com: "By Kevin Dayhoff, 9:32 a.m. EDT, August 5, 2013

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph-ce-eagle-archives-0804-20130804,0,6922260.story

Saturday, July 27, was the 60th anniversary for what is known as National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day.

Never heard of it? You are not alone.

It was 60 years ago that, according to my 1970 edition of "A Concise History of The United States Marine Corps 1775-1969," "Finally, after two years of frustrating and often fruitless meetings with the Communist negotiators, an armistice was signed at Panmunjom, and the fighting (in Korea) ended on 27 July 1953 …""

Unlike armed conflicts of the past, there was really nothing conclusive about the end of the active hostilities.

There has never been a peace treaty. Technically, the Korean War never ended. To this day, the U.S. still maintains 28,500 troops in South Korea in an effort to maintain an uneasy peace.

Growing up in Carroll County in the 1950s, I recall very little mention of the Korean War. At the time, Carroll, like much of the country, was trying to get accustomed to a new post-World War II economy. Residents were busy with new houses, jobs and the task of raising young families that followed the six years of World War II.

Many historians refer to the Korean conflict as "The Forgotten War." I tend to refer to it as "The Inconvenient War." History has unceremoniously relegated it to a footnote wedged in between World War II and Vietnam.

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Michele Catalano: Pressure cooker search was not due to NSA surveillance.

Michele Catalano: Pressure cooker search was not due to NSA surveillance.:

By Daniel Politi

Posted Friday, Aug. 2, 2013

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2013/08/02/michele_catalano_pressure_cooker_search_was_not_due_to_nsa_surveillance.html?wpisrc=newsletter_jcr:content

"Michele Catalano refused to grant interviews or answer questions after her blog post went viral Thursday

The Internet went wild on Thursday for a blog post written by a Long Island journalist who claimed that a Google search for "pressure cooker" and "backpack" had led police to her doorstep. Turns out that wasn’t really the case. Michele Catalano wrote a post on Medium that claimed “six agents from the joint terrorism task force” came to her front door as a result of the searches. “Little did we know our seemingly innocent, if curious to a fault, Googling of certain things was creating a perfect storm of terrorism profiling,” she wrote. “Because somewhere out there, someone was watching." At a time of Edward Snowden and heightened paranoia over NSA surveillance, the implication was clear: Everyone is being watched. Always."

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Health Care Law Raises Pressure on Public Unions - NYTimes.com

Health Care Law Raises Pressure on Public Unions - NYTimes.com:

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By KATE TAYLOR

Published: August 4, 2013

Cities and towns across the country are pushing municipal unions to accept cheaper health benefits in anticipation of a component of the Affordable Care Act that will tax expensive plans starting in 2018.

The so-called Cadillac tax was inserted into the Affordable Care Act at the advice of economists who argued that expensive health insurancewith the employee bearing little cost made people insensitive to the cost of care. In public employment, though, where benefits are arrived at through bargaining with powerful unions, switching to cheaper plans will not be easy.

Cities including New York and Boston, and school districts from Westchester County, N.Y., to Orange County, Calif., are warning unions that if they cannot figure out how to rein in health care costs now, the price when the tax goes into effect will be steep, threatening raises and even jobs.

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Stars and Stripes Daily Headlines for August 4, 2013

USS Ponce stays afloat in unique role as forward staging base
When the USS Ponce returned to Norfolk in December 2011 with its 360 crewmembers and thousands of additional shipmates — roaches that had inhabited the vessel — it was supposed to be its final deployment.

30 years later, families unite to honor fallen Marine
Phillip Herrera Jr. was married just five days before he was deployed, and his bride buried him almost a year later, in 1966. On her deathbed, she entrusted boxes of Herrera's belongings to her son, and implored him to find the Herrera family and return the boxes.

$100M museum proposed at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst
"People enjoy looking at artifacts, but the centerpiece of the museum will be the strong, compelling human stories connected to them," said Nino De Pasquale, president of the nonprofit museum organization.

Future uncertain for family of Marine accused of killing Iraqi
While her Marine husband was in prison at Fort Leavenworth for killing an unarmed Iraqi, Reyna Hutchins got a call from the FBI: her name was on a "hit list" of a suspected American terrorist, an Al Qaeda sympathizer.

US posts in Muslim world will remain closed
U.S. diplomatic posts in 19 cities in the Muslim world will be closed at least through the end of this week, the State Department said Sunday, citing "an abundance of caution."

States consider regulation of drones in US skies
Thousands of civilian drones are expected in U.S. skies within a few years and concerns they could be used to spy on Americans are fueling legislative efforts in several states to regulate the unmanned aircraft.

Families of helicopter attack find strength in each other
Memorial by memorial, the magnitude of the tragedy became real: 30 Americans, 22 of them in naval special operations, all lost together on Aug. 6, 2011 - the single deadliest day for Americans in the Afghanistan war.

Fort Hood and the rarity of military executions
Hundreds of unarmed soldiers, some about to deploy to Afghanistan, were waiting inside a building for vaccines and routine checkups when a fellow soldier walked in with two handguns and enough ammunition to commit one of the worst mass shootings in American history.

New Navy ship to carry USS Indianapolis name
The U.S. Navy intends to name a new combat ship the USS Indianapolis, honoring the crew of the cruiser of the same name whose sinking in the final weeks or World War II was the military branch's worst single loss of life at sea.