Pro-Huntsman group jabs at Romney in new ad (AP)

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. ? Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman on Friday urged New Hampshire voters to stand up to the status quo and reject Mitt Romney, while a group of his supporters prepared a new television ad calling Romney a chameleon willing to do anything to get elected.

The $300,000 ad campaign is expected to begin running across New Hampshire this weekend, according to an adviser for the organization known as Our Destiny PAC. The adviser was not authorized to comment publicly.

"Two serious candidates remain," a voice says in the ad, which flashes images of Huntsman, the former Utah governor, and Romney, the former Massachusetts governor and front-runner in New Hampshire. "One willing to say anything, be anything. One who can actually do the job."

It continues: "One state can stop the chameleon. Vote Jon Huntsman."

Huntsman, who served as ambassador to China in the Obama administration, has not been anywhere near that pointed in his criticism of Romney. Speaking to employees at a Portsmouth software company Friday, he said Romney would be unlikely to change the "trust deficit" in Washington given that Romney has "half of Congress supporting him."

"Who's going to want to change anything when you've got the status quo supporting you?" Huntsman said. "You can have a candidate who's going to fight for change who is not going to be in the hip pocket of special interest groups, or you're going to have the status quo choice."

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich also wouldn't do anything to restore trust in Washington, Huntsman said.

"Speaker Gingrich is not the kind of person who is going to be able to deal effectively with the trust issue because you can't deal effectively with the trust issue if you are a fixture of Washington, D.C., and have been for 40 years."

Huntsman, who is skipping Tuesday's Iowa caucuses, is betting his candidacy on a strong finish in New Hampshire's Jan. 10 Republican primary, which is open to independents as well as registered Republicans.

Huntsman entered the presidential contest with great expectations earlier in the year. But national polling suggests he's still largely unknown to many Republican voters. He's also struggled to raise enough money to pay for his own television advertising campaigns. On Wednesday, he told The Associated Press he's likely to leave the race unless he finishes in the top three in New Hampshire.

Pam Hicks, one of the software company workers, said she was 100 percent adamant before meeting Huntsman that she would not vote for him. After the event, Hicks said she was reconsidering although she doesn't like his anti-abortion views or his opposition to gay marriage, which is legal in New Hampshire.

"We believe nobody has the right to tell us how to live our lives," she said.

Still, Hicks said she planned to do more research on Huntsman.

"He needs a more serious look," she said.

Our Destiny PAC has now spent roughly $1.9 million on New Hampshire advertising to help Huntsman. That's more than any other outside group or other campaign has spent in the state, according to numbers obtained by The Associated Press.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111230/ap_on_el_pr/us_huntsman_super_pac

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Most Of ESPN SportsNation Thinks NFC QB Matthew Stafford Is The AFC's Biggest Pro Bowl Snub (UPDATED) [Nfl]

For more information, the ESPN SportsNation poll results are available via this link until someone ? anyone ? in Bristol, Conn. realizes that the Detroit Lions are, in fact, an NFC team.

UPDATE: The WWL has taken Stafford off the board and replaced him with Connor Barwin of the Houston Texans. Barwin is a linebacker; the updated poll lists him as an offensive lineman. (H/Ts Max and Cody)

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Bahrain to try 5 police officers for torture

MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) ? Five police officers will be put on trial in connection with the alleged torture of a detainee who later died in custody, the country's Information Affairs Authority said Friday.

The country's top prosecutor, Nawaf Hamza, said in a statement that two unnamed officers have been charged with torture and mistreatment and three others with negligence for failure to report the incident.

No details were provided about the five officers or the detainee. There were also no details about when and where the alleged torture took place.

The prosecution of the officers follows promises by Bahrain to address shortcomings highlighted in a scathing report on rights abuses in weeks of anti-government protests in the Gulf nation earlier this year.

A special commission authorized by Bahrain's Sunni rulers last month outlined the harsh treatment of anti-government protesters as state security forces tried to put down the largest of the uprisings to hit the Gulf. The 500-page report documented the use of torture, excessive force and fast-track trials by the government.

Earlier Thursday, Hamza said the Gulf kingdom has wrapped up an investigation into an alleged Iranian-linked terror cell and plans to put the eight suspects on trial next month.

Hamza said the unnamed suspects will be tried in the island nation's High Criminal Court on charges of espionage and of having ties to an outlawed group that uses terrorism to achieve its goals.

Bahraini authorities in November accused the group of having links to Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard and planning attacks against high profile sites, including the Saudi Embassy and a Gulf causeway linking Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. Iran rejects the allegations.

Court hearings are to begin in early January.

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Denis Leary video shows an Islamic Charlie Brown

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By Paul Bond, The Hollywood Reporter

An old parody of "A Charlie Brown Christmas" from Denis Leary -- whereby the title character converts to Islam -- didn?t get much attention when the politically incorrect comedian posted it online last week, but on Tuesday it was being dissected in political circles.

Under the description, ?In advance of Your Merry HappyHannakwanzaxmas,? the video starts with Charlie Brown seeking Lucy?s help with his doubts about Christianity. After she dismisses Tom Cruise as a ?blockhead,? Linus steps in to advise his friend to convert to Islam.

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Whereas the classic TV special has Charlie Brown purchasing a Christmas tree seemingly too weak to support a single bulb, Leary?s version features him constructing a bomb that merely detonates a few puffs of smoke. Instead of Linus delivering his true-meaning-of-Christmas speech, this bearded, camouflaged version announces: ?It is the duty of the Jihadist to bring terror to the enemy and create one global, Islamic state where there is no music, no alcohol and no Western Influences.?

?Isn?t he the cutest radical Islamist you?ve ever seen,? coos Charlie Brown?s sister, Sally, who has a crush on Linus. (The video is below).

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The parody also features lines like ?Merry F-king Christmas? and others that could cause Christians to cringe, but judging from the response thus far the only complaints are coming from Muslim activist groups or their liberal sympathizers.

Islamopohobia-Watch.com announced that ?a jaw-droppingly Islamophobic video has been posted by Irish-American comedian Denis Leary,? and Gothamist.com says ?we had a very tough time sitting through this particularly xenophobic one-note joke.?

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Many right wingers, meanwhile, are supportive of Leary?s parody. BigHollywood.com editor John Nolte, for example, writes: ?Screaming ?Islamophobia,? ?xenophobia,? ?homophobia,? ?bullying? or anything of the like, is just the cowards? way of telling the satirist to shut up.?

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Leary, the self-described "five-time Emmy award loser,"?tweeted the arrival of the three-minute cartoon from his Apostle production company twice last week and it hit the well-trafficked site WhoSay.com five days ago, though it seems to be getting more attention after Christmas than it did prior to the holiday. On Tuesday, WhoSay listed it among its biggest-trending videos, even though the video is actually several years old and once resided at the Comedy Central website. Versions have been on YouTube for years.

But on Tuesday, Glenn Beck?s TheBlaze.com linked it without much commentary, as did the Islamic news site Crescent Post and dozens of others that weren?t sure what to make of the suddenly hot, years-old cartoon, so they simply asked their readers to weigh in on the controversy.

Note: The video makes use of strong language.

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Low Volume Levels Driving You Nuts with the Galaxy Nexus? Volume+ is Here to Save the Day

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If there was one complaint that we have seen on numerous occasions and has actually affected our experience personally, it?s the low volume issue on the Galaxy Nexus. It?s tough to tell if this was Google or Samsung?s doing, but one thing is clear, the external speaker just doesn?t get loud enough. That?s where Volume+ comes in to play, as recommended by a number of readers over the last week. While I?ll be diving into it throughout the day myself, I would?recommend?that you check out the comments and reviews for the app to see for yourself that this appears to be the second coming of some speaker-fied holy figure for G-Nexes. It?s fairly inexpensive as a paid app, just make sure you read the directions at first boot to understand what?s going on.

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Virginia primary: Was it so hard for Perry and Gingrich to get on the ballot?

Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry failed to collect enough signatures to get on the primary ballot in Virginia. Yes, the state has tough rules, but other candidates have managed to register.

At first blush, the failure of Republican presidential contenders Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry to get on the primary ballot in Virginia suggests structural failures for both campaigns, but it also sheds light on the state?s primary ballot requirements, which are the most stringent in the nation.

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On Saturday, the Republican Party of Virginia issued tweets that said neither former House Speaker Gingrich nor Texas Governor Perry had obtained the 10,000 valid signatures required to get on the party?s March 6 primary ballot.

The Gingrich campaign responded at first by saying it would launch a write-in campaign before learning that it is not allowed for presidential primaries in the state. National Campaign Director Michael Krull promised via Facebook on Saturday that the campaign ?will make all other deadlines? and said it ?will continue to learn and grow.?

Mr. Krull also compared the situation to Pearl Harbor, saying: ?we have experienced an unexpected setback, but we will regroup and refocus with increased determination, commitment and positive action.?

The roadblock presents the other Republican candidates an opportunity to show both campaigns are ?foolish and disorganized,? says Carl Tobias, a University of Richmond law professor.

?It speaks volumes to me about the particular organizational skills of the candidates,? Mr. Tobias told the Los Angeles Times Saturday. ?It?s hard for me to understand how they could miss this opportunity.?

Indeed, at a rally held last week in Arlington, Va., Gingrich admitted his campaign was not prepared for his recent surge in popularity in the polls.

?We weren?t ready for it yet because we don?t have the structure and we don?t have the money to compete at that level, so we had to scramble a little bit,? Gingrich said.

In fact, Gingrich is leading among Virginia Republicans, according to a recent survey by Quinnipiac University, taken Dec. 13-19. Among the 489 registered Republican voters, 30 percent said they were planning to vote for Gingrich, with 25 percent for Romney, 9 percent for Paul and 6 percent for Perry.

Not getting on the Virginia ballot is particularly embarrassing for Gingrich, considering it is now his home state. Gingrich, who was born in Pennsylvania and served two decades in Congress as a representative from Georgia, now resides in McLean.

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Gingrich fails to qualify for Va. primary ballot (AP)

WASHINGTON ? Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich failed to qualify for Virginia's Super Tuesday primary ballot, the latest setback for a candidate whose standing in polls has been slipping. Gingrich's campaign said he would pursue an aggressive write-in campaign, though state law prohibits write-ins on primary ballots.

The state party said early Saturday that Gingrich and Texas Gov. Rick Perry had failed to submit the required 10,000 signatures to appear on the March 6 ballot.

Failing to get on the ballot in Virginia, where Gingrich lives, underscores the difficulty first-time national candidates have in preparing for the long haul of a presidential campaign.

And it illustrates the advantage held by Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, who has essentially been running for president for five years. Romney's team, larger than those of most of his opponents, has paid close attention to filing requirements in each state. He will appear on the Virginia ballot along with Texas Rep. Ron Paul, who also has run a national campaign before.

Ironically, Gingrich had a slight lead over Romney in a Quinnipiac poll of Virginia Republicans released earlier in the week.

The former House speaker surged in popularity in early December and tried to use that momentum to make up for a stalled campaign organization. But his standing in polls has slipped in recent days amid a barrage of negative ads in Iowa, where the Jan. 3 caucuses begin the contest for the Republican presidential nomination.

Three other candidates ? Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman ? did not submit signatures before Virginia's deadline of 5 p.m. Thursday.

Gingrich's campaign attacked Virginia's primary system on Saturday, saying that "only a failed system" would disqualify Gingrich and other candidates and vowing to run a write-in campaign.

"Voters deserve the right to vote for any top contender, especially leading candidates," Gingrich campaign director Michael Krull said in a statement. "We will work with the Republican Party of Virginia to pursue an aggressive write-in campaign to make sure that all the voters of Virginia are able to vote for the candidate of their choice."

However, according to state law, "No write-in shall be permitted on ballots in primary elections."

"Virginia code prohibits write-ins in primaries. He can't do it," said Carl Tobias, a law professor at University of Richmond.

Tobias said Gingrich may have had trouble meeting a requirement that he must submit 400 signatures from each of Virginia's 11 congressional districts.

Gingrich's campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Gingrich had been concerned enough to deliver his signatures personally. Rushing Wednesday from New Hampshire, which holds its primary on Jan. 10, he had supporters sign petitions before entering a rally in Arlington, Va.

Virginia GOP spokesman Garren Shipley said in a statement that volunteers spent Friday validating signatures on petitions that Romney, Paul, Perry and Gingrich had submitted. "After verification, RPV has determined that Newt Gingrich did not submit required 10k signatures and has not qualified for the VA primary," the party announced early Saturday on its Twitter feed. Shipley did not respond to telephone calls Saturday seeking comment.

Forty-six delegates will be at stake in Virginia's Super Tuesday primary. That's a small fraction of the 1,144 delegates needed to win the nomination. But they could prove pivotal in a close race, especially for a candidate like Gingrich, who expects to do well in Southern contests.

Gingrich already missed the deadline to appear on the ballot in Missouri's Feb. 7 primary, though he insists it doesn't matter because the state awards delegates based not on the primary but on a Republican caucus held in March.

Meanwhile, Virginia's Democrats said President Barack Obama's re-election campaign gathered enough signatures to get him on the state's primary ballot though he was the only candidate who qualified.

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Associated Press writers Will Lester and Stephen Ohlemacher contributed to this report.

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Kayani skips dinner hosted by Zardari for visiting Chinese official

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Sunday 25th December, 2011 (ANI)

Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff, Generalshfaq Parvez Kayani, skipped a dinner hosted by President Asif Aliardari in the honour of visiting Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo.

General Kayani had also skipped a dinner hosted by Prime Ministerousuf Raza Gilani on December 23.

Pakistan's Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Chairman General Khalidhameem Wynne, Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman and Naval Chief Asif Sandila were, however, present in the event, The News reports.

Bingguo had earlier called on General Kayani at General Headquarters in Rawalpindi separately. (ANI)

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Did you get a New iPad for the Holidays? Read This?

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah! ?Tis the season of the ?Top Apps of 2011? posts. The timing is great considering how many people just got a brand new iPad this morning for Christmas, or over the last few days during Hanukkah. But here?s the thing? The ?Top Apps of 2011? list is a FLAWED MODEL. It doesn?t really help people who are new to the iPad figure out what apps they want and need to download.

Why? Simple, because it isn?t about top apps in different categories, but rather what apps are most useful on a regular basis. There may be an awesome productivity app that is good for one purpose but basically useless for another. As a result, you?ll need the first app AND an additional app ? or two or three. In other words, the ?Top App? may make for good reading, but it doesn?t help you quickly get using your iPad to its fullest potential.

So we thought we would take a slightly different approach by helping those of you who are new to the iPad get going quickly.

Here is our list of top apps WE ?ACTUALLY USE on a weekly or daily basis along with their App Store descriptions and links to them. The screen shots are of Dan?s iPad folders as of Dec 24, 2011. This list was compiled by Judie, Dan and Mike.

Note: App prices are rapidly changing. For that reason we have not included prices here. Make sure to check BEFORE downloading.

Apple Apps:

Pages: Pages lets you create great-looking letters, reports, flyers, invitations, and more on your iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. And the story gets even better. Now iCloud keeps your documents up to date across all your iOS devices ? automatically. So whatever device you?re on, your projects are ready for you to pick up right where you left off. Words have never come so easily.
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Keynote: Keynote is the most powerful presentation app ever designed for a mobile device. Built from the ground up for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch, it makes creating a world-class presentation ? complete with animated charts and transitions ? as simple as touching and tapping. Use full-screen view to present right on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch. Or use video mirroring to present it on an HDTV, and preview your slides and notes on your device using the presenter display. Keynote works with iCloud, so your presentations stay up to date across all your iOS devices ? automatically. Get it here.

Communication/Social Networking:

Twitter: Follow your interests: instant updates from your friends, industry experts, favorite celebrities, and what?s happening around the world. Get short bursts of timely information on the official Twitter app. Real-time search reveals breaking news, while trending topics show what?s happening now around the world. View trends, browse your interests and see suggested users in several categories, including fashion, entertainment and travel, or search to find out what people are saying about topics you care about, such as politics or big sporting events. Get it here.

Facebook for iPad: With high-res photos, games, chat and more, now you can get the best of Facebook?on your iPad. Get it here.

Verbs: Verbs is a simple instant messaging client with a gorgeous interface. It?s slick, fast and it just works! Get it here.

FourSquare: foursquare helps you explore the world around you. Keep up with friends, get insider tips, and unlock discounts and rewards. While on the go, you can easily tell friends where you are, share pictures, get their comments (?I?m right around the corner, I?ll stop by to say hello?), and get insider tips (?order the Lobster Ravioli; it?s the best dish by far.?). Tons of places offer discounts and freebies to foursquare users, and you earn points and badges for doing the things you love.foursquare helps you explore the world around you. Keep up with friends, get insider tips, and unlock discounts and rewards. Get it here.

Line2: Line2 ? A new phone line with calling, texting and business features. Line2 is the most popular calling app among professionals and people whose calls are important to them. Get it here.

IM+ Pro: IM+ Pro has all your messaging needs covered, regardless of whether you want to text your address book contacts, stay in touch with your IM contacts or socialize with people around you. IM+ Pro supports all major IM services, including Facebook, Skype, MSN/Live Messenger, Google Talk, Yahoo!, AIM/iChat, ICQ, MySpace, Jabber, VKontakte, Yandex IM and Mail.Ru Agent. We thought you might want to check up on Twitter while messaging, so we added support for it, too. Get it here.

SmartSync : SmartSync for Facebook keeps your contacts up-to-date with their latest pictures and information from Facebook (birthday, status, address, website, company & job title). View your contacts profile pictures from Facebook when they call you! Get reminders for your friends birthdays and send them awesome gifts. If you like Facebook, then you will probably love SmartSync! Get it here.

Productivity:

Evernote: Evernote turns the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad into an extension of your brain, helping you remember anything and everything that happens in your life. From notes to ideas to snapshots to recordings, put it all into Evernote and watch as it instantly synchronizes from your iPhone to your Mac or Windows desktop.?Get it here.? ? (And with Evernote Essentials you can get up to speed even faster. Get Evernote Essentials here.)

Dragon Dictation:?Dragon Dictation is an easy-to-use voice recognition application powered by Dragon? NaturallySpeaking? that allows you to easily speak and instantly see your text or email messages. In fact, it?s up to five (5) times faster than typing on the keyboard.?With Dragon Dictation you can also dictate status updates directly to your Social Networking applications (Facebook and Twitter) or send notes and reminders to yourself?.all using your voice. ?So when you?re on-the-go, stop typing and start speaking ? from short text messages to longer email messages, and anything in between.?Get it here.

iA Writer: The quintessential writing app for your iPad. iA Writer makes sure that all your thoughts go into the text?and not into the program. With keyboard extension, focus mode, iCloud and Dropbox integration. Get it here.

iAnnotate PDF: iAnnotate?s users say it best: ?Light years ahead of the other PDF annotation apps,? ?an indispensable tool to have,? and ?the reason I bought an iPad.? Join the hundreds of thousands of users who turn to iAnnotate every day to read, annotate, and share their PDFs. Improve your productivity, reduce your clutter, and go paperless! People use iAnnotate as their ?go-to app? for taking notes on lecture slides, annotating important business documents, revising screenplays, grading papers, and much more. For tasks requiring robust annotation and file management, iAnnotate is the only app you need! Get it here.

PocketInformant HD: Pocket Informant is a fully integrated Calendar and Task solution for your iPhone/iPod Touch that lets you focus on everything you do in a day ? not just your Tasks list. With this highly customizable tool, you have the power to change virtually every feature to suit your preferences. The addition of a full-featured Notes tab, and complete Contact management eliminate the need to ever look elsewhere for your organizational purposes. Download today, and experience complete mobile organization; the way it should be! Get it here.

OmniFocus: OmniFocus for iPad combines the in-depth task management functionality of a desktop app with the advanced mobile experience of the iPad. With flexible viewing options, location-aware task lists, and on-the-fly task entry with voice notes and image attachments, OmniFocus for iPad is the trusted system you need for managing everything in your busy life.

Use OmniFocus for iPad on its own, or sync through the cloud with other copies of OmniFocus (for iPad, iPhone, or Mac). New to the iPad edition of OmniFocus are task forecasting views, a streamlined built-in review mode, and a simplified Map feature for creating and viewing tasks based on current or assigned locations. Get it here.

Docs to Go: Looking to access your Microsoft Office ? files at any time? All you need is your favorite iOS device and Documents To Go to be constantly connected! Get it here.

MindJet: Visual maps on the go. The mapping canvas maximizes your available screen, making more space for your maps. You gain 18% of the screen real estate on average compared to other mapping apps! Get it here.

Notebooks: Notebooks is the one and only notebook that you?ll ever need. It allows you to conveniently write, capture and organize your ideas, notes, reminders, journals, diaries or details of life that you want to keep close at hand. If you need to take an important note, or search for one, you?ll always have the ultimate notebook at your fingertips!

What about those important documents on your computer that you would like to carry along, too? That is easy with Notebooks: simply import and view your PDF, Pages, Numbers, Keynote, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, RTF and HTML documents, as well as photos, Safari web archives and even your Palm Memos! Get it here.

Dropbox: Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring all your photos, docs, and videos anywhere. After you install Dropbox on your computer, any file you save to your Dropbox will automatically save to all your computers, your iPhone and iPad and even the Dropbox website! With the Dropbox app, you can take everything that matters to you on the go.

Read your docs or flip through your albums when you?re out and about. Save photos or videos to your Dropbox and share them with friends in just a couple taps. Even if you accidentally leave your iPhone in a taxi, your stuff is always safe on Dropbox. Get it here.

Reading and News:

Kindle: The Kindle app is optimized for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch, giving users the ability to read Kindle books, newspapers, magazines, textbooks and PDFs on a beautiful, easy-to-use interface. You?ll have access to over 1,000,000* books in the Kindle Store plus hundreds* of newspapers and magazines. Amazon Whispersync automatically syncs your last page read, bookmarks, notes, and highlights across devices (including Kindle), so you can pick up your book where you left off on another device. Get it Here.

Zinio: Introducing Zinio, a better way than ever to explore, read and shop for the world?s best magazines on your iPad. Zinio now has more magazines than ever, and a new app built to make it easier to read your favorites anytime and anywhere. Zinio is the ultimate app for people who love magazines. Access thousands of titles, tens of thousands of issues, and millions of pages of the world?s best digital content. Read what you like! Get it here.

Reeder: Google Reader Client. Syncs with Google Reader. Get it here.

Huffington Post: The Huffington Post iPad app gives you up-to-the-minute news and opinion delivered in a lively easy-to-read format. It?s fast, fun and informative. Navigate with ease through all of HuffPost?s stories, blog posts, photos, and breaking news from the site?s wide array of sections, including politics, entertainment, comedy, tech, business, sports, books, health, and much more. The news has never been more social; make your voice heard by commenting on articles, and share your favorite stories and opinion pieces with friends, family, and coworkers via fully integrated connections to Facebook and Twitter. Get it here.

Fluent News: Fluent News aggregates made-for-mobile versions of top news sources into a single, intelligently organized, fully customizable mobile newspaper. It allows you to create up to 3 of your own custom sections based on keyword searches. You can also control the content by promoting one news source and disabling one news source. Unlimited custom sections and source filtering is available for a fee.Get it here.

Editions: Editions by AOL is a beautiful, new, daily magazine that reads you. It learns what you like (and what you don?t) and delivers a magazine that?s personalized just for you, each day. With Editions, you spend less time searching and more time reading what interests you. Get it here.

McSweeney?s: Stories. Short films. Interviews. Comics. Readings. Bad advice. All delivered straight to your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch. No more lonely moments. Get it here.

Music:

Slacker Radio:Listen to free personalized radio on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. The award-winning Slacker Radio App has been completely redesigned specifically for the iPad, while the iPhone and iPod touch receive brand new features. This app gives you access to the entire Slacker music library featuring millions of songs from thousands of artists. Listen to over 150 expert-programmed radio stations or create your own custom stations. With a Slacker Radio Plus or Slacker Premium Radio subscription, you can store your favorite Slacker stations on your device and listen even when you don?t have a wireless or Wi-Fi connection! Get it here.

Rdio: Rdio is a new social music service for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, and the best way to listen to unlimited, on-demand music everywhere with your friends, and no ads. Follow your friends and other people with great taste in music, and find new and old favorites. Play any of our more than 10 million songs as much as you like, make your own playlists, and collaborate with friends on theirs. Search and find any song, album or artist, and start listening immediately. Sync songs, albums and playlists to your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch and listen even when you?re offline. Get it here.

Pandora: Pandora Radio is free personalized radio that only plays music you?ll love. Just start with the name of one of your favorite artists, songs or classical composers and Pandora will create a custom ?station? that plays similar music. Already a Pandora listener? Even easier. Just log in. Pandora on iPhone is fully integrated with Pandora on the web. Enjoy all your existing stations ? and create new ones right from youriPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. Get it here.

Music Production:

Garageband: GarageBand turns your iPad, iPhone and iPod touch into a collection of Touch Instruments and a full-featured recording studio ? so you can make music anywhere you go. Use Multi-Touch gestures to play pianos, organs, guitars, drums, and basses. They sound and play like their counterparts, but let you do things you could never do on a real instrument. Enjoy a full range of Smart Instruments that make you sound like a pro ? even if you?ve never played a note before. Plug an electric guitar into your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch and play through classic amps and stompbox effects. Use the built-in microphone or a guitar to record, or capture any performance. Then mix up to eight tracks to create a song you can share. Get it here.

Korg iMS-20: iMS-20 is an analog synth studio; a complete recreation of the Korg MS-20 synth, an analog sequencer, a drum machine, and even Korg?s Kaoss Pad technology. Plus, you can share your songs online via the SoundCloud! iMS-20 is a complete music production app for iPad. It consists of a complete recreation of the legendary Korg MS-20 analog synth with the patching capability, plus a 16-step analog sequencer based on the Korg SQ-10, a six-part drum machine which can create drum parts by simply tapping the buttons, and a seven-channel mixer with 14 types of effects. Get it here.

iElectribe: Korg?s ELECTRIBE?R has been coveted by dance musicians for ten years running. Today, this indispensable instrument has been reborn as a dedicated iPad app ? the KORG iELECTRIBE virtual analog beatbox! With the iELECTRIBE, sound creation is easy, fun and intuitive ? just as on a vintage analog synthesizer. Simply choose a part (or sound) and touch the 16-step sequencer to quickly build a groove. This easy-to-use interface combines forces with the iPad?s 9.7? multi touch display to offer an intuitive ?hardware? feel, sure to inspire and captivate the imagination of any user. Get it here.

Animoog: Animoog, powered by the new Anisotropic Synth Engine (ASE), is Moog Music?s first professional polyphonic synthesizer designed exclusively for the iPad. ASE allows you to move dynamically through an X/Y space of unique timbres to create a constantly evolving and expressive soundscape. Animoog captures the vast sonic vocabulary of Moog synthesizers and applies it to the modern touch surface paradigm, enabling you to quickly sculpt incredibly fluid and dynamic sounds that live, breathe, and evolve as you play them.
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Xenon Groove Synthesizer: XENON includes highly tweakable polyphonic hybrid synthesizer, 2 x VA monophonic synthesizer, polyphonic PCM synthesizer, rhythm machine, sequencer, mixer and also includes over 350 preset sounds. Get it here.

Video:

Hulu+: Hulu Plus. The Hulu You Know + More Shows and Movies + More Ways to Watch. Stream thousands of episodes from hundreds of current and classic TV shows to your iPad, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, 3rd generation iPod Touch, computer, TV, and other devices with a Hulu Plus subscription. Get it here.

i.TV: i.TV is the #1 TV guide in the App Store. See what?s airing on TV, available on Netflix, Hulu, and iTunes, schedule your TiVo DVR, and look up show information on IMDb and Wikipedia. Get it here.

Crackle: Crackle is one of the fastest growing digital entertainment networks, offering quality movies and TV series from Columbia Pictures, Tri-Star, Screen Gems, Sony Pictures Classics and more. Crackle is available via web, mobile, gaming systems and set-top boxes. For more information, visit www.crackle.com. Crackle is a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment. Get it here.

iMovie: Make beautiful HD movies anywhere with iMovie, the fast and fun moviemaking app for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Designed for the Multi-Touch screen, iMovie puts everything you need to tell your story at your fingertips. Browse and play projects in the Marquee view. Make a movie in minutes by adding video, photos, music and sound effects. Then give it the Hollywood treatment by adding a theme, titles and transitions. And you can share share your movie with the world ? right from iMovie. Get it here.

Photography:

Photogene: Photogene is about improving your digital photos and having fun while at it. Get it here.

iWatermark: The essential Watermarking App for Professionals, Business and Personal Use? Easily, secure, protect your photos/art with a visible text or graphic or QR watermark. Once added to a photo this visible watermark displays your creation and ownership. Watermarking is increasingly important and like signing your name to a photo to subtly display, no matter where your photo goes, that its yours. Watermarking can also be used to add a personal message or fun graphics to any photo. Get it here.

Skitch: Express yourself with fewer words, emails and meetings?with Skitch for iPad! Use shapes, arrows, sketches and text annotation to get your point across fast. Mark up photos, screenshots, maps, and webpages then share them with anyone you like. Get it here.

Diptic: Diptic helps you easily combine multiple photos and apply artistic effects to create exceptional photo collages that can be shared with friends and family via email, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Tumblr or Posterous. With rounded borders, 21 customizable layouts and color effects, there are unlimited options to create unique images! Get it here.

Halftone: Halftone goes beyond typical ?photo filter? apps to give images a unique, vintage style that makes them look like they came from an old comic strip. With 27 paper styles, nine built-in layouts, two caption styles, six different speech balloon styles, more than 25 stamps, and the ability to choose a font (including three embedded fonts), photos can be customized, then saved to the photo album, sent via e-mail, shared with friends on Facebook and Twitter, sent to other apps like Instagram, Camera+, and Color Splash, printed, and sent as a real, physical postcard! Get it here.

Doodle Booth HD: Use the iPad 2 camera to make photos and doodle them up! Get it here.

ColorSplash: ColorSplash? lets you quickly and easily give photos a dramatic look by converting them to black and white, while keeping your chosen details in color. We specially adapted our best-selling, award-winning iPhone app to the iPad. The beautiful large screen and fast processor make ColorSplash an absolute joy to use! Use your finger as a brush to ?paint? sections of your image black and white, or to bring back the original color. Zooming in and out using the two-finger pinching gesture allows you to work on details with pixel-accuracy. Get it here.

Travel and Shopping:

Tripit: Get peace of mind while traveling, by having all your plans in one place. No more frantic searching for confirmation emails in your inbox ? or worse yet ? hunting down that pesky manila folder. TripIt is an easier way to organize and share travel. TripIt ?automagically? takes all your trip details and creates one truly helpful itinerary that?s there when and where you need it ? on your iPhone or iPad, sync?d with your calendar, and online at tripit.com. Get it here.

OpenTable: Restaurant Reservations ? Free, Instant, Confirmed. With OpenTable for iPad you can make free restaurant reservations at more than 15,000 OpenTable-enabled restaurants in the United States, Canada, and United Kingdom. Plus, OpenTable members earn valuable Dining Rewards Points redeemable for Dining Cheques good at any OpenTable restaurant. Get it here.

Amazon: The Amazon Mobile App allows iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch users to quickly search, shop, compare prices, read reviews, and make purchases on Amazon using a simple, yet elegant, interface. To make on-the-go shopping and price comparison even easier, the Amazon Mobile App includes helpful shopping features that allow users to scan a barcode, snap a photo, or type a search, to quickly compare prices and check availability. Amazon customers have full access to their existing cart, wish lists, payment and shipping options, order history, 1-Click (R) settings, and Prime membership benefits, just as they do on the web. All purchases made on Amazon Mobile are routed through Amazon?s secure servers. Get it here.

Discovr Music: With more than 15 million songs and 3 million artists in the world of music how do you find the music you like? We built Discovr Music to make it easy to find and explore new music. Enter an artist you like and you?ll discover artists you love. Get it here.

Discovr Apps: Discovr Apps is an interactive map of the App Store and makes it easy to discover new apps for your iPhone & iPad. Simply search for an app that you like or choose from one of our featured apps. We?ll show you how the apps you choose are connected in a massive, never-ending map of the App Store, and we?ll give you great recommendations for other apps to download. When you find an app you like you can read the app descriptions, check out the screenshots and ratings, or buy it directly from the App Store. You can also share your favorite apps and maps with your friends via Twitter, Facebook or email. Start with one of your favorite apps and we?ll help you discover more great apps. Just start with something you like. Maybe it?s Flipboard, or Instagram, or Foursquare, or Angry Birds, or any other app. We?ll recommend something good for you. Get it here.

AppShopper: The official AppShopper.com app from the creators of TouchArcade.com. AppShopper keeps you up to date on the newest App Store apps, sales and freebies. Organize apps in your own customized Wish List and automatically get notified when there is a sale or update. Get it here.

eBay: With a brand new simple interface optimized specifically for the features of the iPad, eBay members will enjoy a new rich search experience with seamless transitions, no pages, to buy and pay for items. Integrated access to My eBay makes it easy for members to quickly check on an auction or monitor sales activity from wherever their iPad has taken them. The eBay iPad experience is streamlined, colorful, and simpler than ever before! Get it here.

Mint: Mint.com allows you to track, budget and manage your money all in one place, so you can see where you?re spending and where you can save. Open an account, add your bank, credit, loan and retirement accounts and Mint will automatically pull in and categorize your transactions. It?s safe, secure and easy to keep your personal finances organized. Get it here.

eWallet:
Don?t take risks with your passwords, account info, card numbers, or IDs. Keep them protected, secure, and easy to access in eWallet?. Your passwords are very important ? just think about it. All your money, your bank accounts, financial info, health info, credit cards, insurance, and everything else you need to keep private is protected by passwords. They?re not just for email, Facebook and Twitter. Get it here.

Utilities:

TextExpander:With TextExpander touch, you create a library of abbreviation shortcuts for snippets of text that you use frequently, such as addresses, URLs, and standard replies. Tap that abbreviation, and it automatically expands to the full snippet. (You can even insert today?s date automatically with the default abbreviation ?ddate?!) New: Sync your snippets with Dropbox! You can use your TextExpander touch snippets directly in over 100 apps that support it, including Twittelator, TwitBird Pro, Elements, Simplenote, WriteRoom, Circus Ponies NoteBook, DEVONthink To Go, BusyToDo, Things, and Zendesk. Get it here.

LogMeInIgnition:Remotely control your PC or Mac, plus view, transfer and save files or folders from your iPad or iPhone. Ignition is a one-time purchase that runs on both your iPad and iPhone and works with LogMeIn software on your computers. Install LogMeIn software on an unlimited number of remote computers, and you?ll be able to access them all from your iPad and iPhone. Get it here.

Games:

Avadon: The Black Fortress: Avadon: The Black Fortress HD is an epic, old school fantasy role-playing adventure, with a fascinating story and 40+ hours of gameplay. Experience huge adventures, cunning foes, hundreds of magic artifacts to find, and countless enemies of your people to hunt down. Avadon HD is the first chapter in a new, epic fantasy saga. You will serve the keep of Avadon, working as a spy and warrior to fight the enemies of your homeland. As a servant of the Black Fortress, your word is Law. Experience an exciting fantasy role-playing adventure and battle a conspiracy to destroy your people. Get it here.

Civilization Revolution:Sid Meier?s Civilization Revolution for iPad is an award-winning title with ?just one more turn? put into the palms of your hands. Enjoy the app that has been in the Top 5 iPad games in over 31 countries. Lead your civilization from the dawn of man to the modern age and beyond. Go head to head with history?s greatest leaders as you wage war, conduct diplomacy, discover new technologies, inspire your nation and build the most powerful empire the world has ever known. Get it here.

Infinity Blade II: The God King has been defeated, an unlikely hero has emerged and now you must discover the truth behind the secrets of the Infinity Blade. The continuing journey of young Siris unfolds as you delve deeper into the world of the Deathless tyrants and their legion of Titans. Can you unlock all the mysteries and successfully wield the power of the Infinity Blade in this timeless swordplay adventure of champions and villains? Get it here.

Plants vs. Zombies: Get ready to soil your plants in this high-definition, Multi-Touch adaptation of the PopCap hit! Winner of over 20 Game of the Year awards.* Plants vs. Zombies? was spawned from the fertile minds that created Bejeweled?, Peggle?, Zuma? and Bookworm?. A mob of fun-loving zombies is about to invade your home. Defend it with an arsenal of 49 zombie-zapping plants that will slow down, confuse and mulchify all 26 types of zombies before they reach your door. Get it here.

World of Goo: This is the FULL award winning game, now on iPad. Drag and drop living, squirming, talking, globs of goo to build structures, bridges, cannonballs, zeppelins, and giant tongues.
Get it here.

Health:

Withings: This application allows you to easily monitor essential health and fitness data: weight, fat mass, lean mass, BMI, blood pressure and heart rate. Thanks to the graphic displays, you can check changes in health trends with just a glance. All our users will tell you, the Withings app helps them stay on track for a healthier lifestyle.
Combined with the wifi body scale and/or blood pressure monitor for iOS Device, the Withings app is invaluable. All your data is automatically recorded and available under the application, without lifting a finger. Weigh yourself and measure your blood pressure; Withings does the rest! Get it here.

Lose It: Succeed at weight loss with Lose It! Set goals and establish a daily calorie budget that enables you to meet them. Stay on track each day by recording your food and exercise and staying within your budget. The average active Lose It! user has lost more than 12lbs and more than 85% of our active users have lost weight. Lose It! is completely free- get started losing weight with Lose It! today! Get it here.

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Scott Weiland's 'Winter Wonderland' Frame By Frame

Foster the People and others help break down the Stone Temple Pilots frontman's Christmas video.
By Matt Elias

Scott Weiland in his "Winter Wonderland" video
Photo: Atco / Softdrive Records

With Christmas just around the corner, it's safe to assume you're enveloped in holiday tunes — whether inescapably at the mall or blaring from your laptop by choice. Beyond the old standards, there's Michael Bublé's chart-topping Christmas album and even Justin Bieber's first Christmas contribution, Under the Mistletoe, but you might not be aware that Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland released his own holiday disc this year.

That's right, and while Weiland's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year dropped back in October, even some of his contemporaries were unaware of his Xmas effort. That gave us the perfect opportunity to share the album's first music video with the bands on the bill at KROQ's annual Almost Acoustic Christmas earlier this month. In true holiday spirit, the artists graciously took us through the kitschy retro-themed clip for "Winter Wonderland," frame by frame.

Initially, everyone was surprised by the video, in part due to Scott's never-before-heard classic croon, but also by his "Mad Men"-inspired, clean-cut new look.

"I like his scarf a lot," Marcus Mumford of Mumford & Sons said.

"He's very handsome," fellow bandmember Winston Marshall added.

While the reactions ran the gamut from "good" to "insane," there were other clues in the video, some believed, that this whole thing might be more of a wink and a nod than a serious musical venture.

"He kinda has a very weird eyebrow thing that I only noticed now for the first time," Grouplove's Ryan Rabin said.

"I can't tell if it's tongue-in-cheek or not," Mark Foster of Foster the People wondered. "You think it's tongue-in-cheek or you think he just lost his mind? 'Cause he definitely had a bout with [in]sanity for a while."

Of course, the sight of a '90s rock icon cozying up to the Yule log left some baffled, but Death Cab for Cutie had their own take on Weiland's "Wonderland."

"I mean, is he more Bing Crosby or is he more Danny Kaye?" DCFC's Chris Walla asked.

"He's got a lotta Bing, he's got a lot of ... I mean there's some Sinatra there too," DCFC bassist Nick Harmer said.

They both agreed that Weiland was fully committed to the act.

"And it's good! It's classic," Walla said.

"Thank you! I mean — yeah! Thanks for making that Scott, seriously," Harmer concluded.

What do you think of Weiland's version of "Winter Wonderland"? Tell us in the comments.

Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1676455/scott-weiland-winter-wonderland-video.jhtml

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Mel Gibson and Wife Finalize Divorce After 30-Year Marriage (omg!)

A Superior Court judge finalized Mel Gibson's divorce on Friday from Robyn Moore, his wife of 30 years, The Associated Press reports.

Almost all details of the split were kept confidential, but reports say Moore stands to get a big pay-off from the divorce. Because there was no prenuptial agreement, it was ruled that Moore is entitled to half of everything the actor earned during their three-decade-long marriage, according to Entertainment Tonight. Gibson's fortune was once estimated by the Los Angeles Business Journal to be worth approximately $850 million.

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Moore filed for divorce in April 2009, but Gibson alleged they had been living apart since 2006. That was the year Gibson was famously arrested for a DUI in Malibu and made anti-Semitic and misogynistic remarks to his arresting officers.

The Braveheart actor, 55, and Moore were married in 1980 and have seven children together, but their 12-year-old son is the sole minor and, therefore, the only one subject to a custody agreement.

Mel Gibson in first public interview since released tapes: "It's one terribly awful moment in time"

Moore defended her estranged husband last year when he was engaged in an ugly custody battle with Gibson's girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva, with whom he has a 2-year-old daughter, Lucia. Grigorieva accused Gibson of domestic violence after recordings were leaked of him allegedly yelling at her and ?threatening her. He pleaded no contest ? but admitted no fault ? to a misdemeanor battery count in March. Moore filed a brief declaration in the case stating that Gibson had never physically abused her or their children.

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Dell | Microsoft Management and Virtualization Solutions

Simplify virtualization management. Reduce costs. Remove barriers.

As businesses work to virtualize a greater portion of their data centers and hold costs down, integrated management solutions are essential. With Dell | Microsoft Management and Virtualization Solutions, you can take an approach that simplifies virtualization management, reduces costs and removes barriers to cloud adoption.

Integrated management solutions
Announced in April 2011, Dell | Microsoft Management and Virtualization Solutions is a new, 3-year strategic initiative. The goal is to help customers quickly deploy and manage virtualization and private cloud technologies. This partnership can help you simplify management and improve efficiency with integrated management solutions comprised of the Dell? Virtual Integrated System, Dell Advanced Infrastructure Manager (AIM) and Microsoft? System Center. These virtualization solutions?are based on Microsoft Windows Server? 2008 Hyper-V?, which delivers strong workload performance and low total cost of ownership.

A single point of contact
Of course, with Dell you get a single source for hardware, software, services and support. We can help guide you through a successful implementation of virtualization technology by offering jointly engineered solutions based on Dell's hardware and virtualization management technologies, and Microsoft's hypervisor and systems management technologies.

We've been engaged with Microsoft throughout the design and testing of the next-generation Microsoft Windows Server? OS, providing input on Hyper-V, Microsoft's hypervisor-based server virtualization technology. Additionally, the Dell Global Infrastructure Consulting team has a pool of expertise and best practices related to Microsoft's virtualization technology.

Dell | Microsoft Management and Virtualization Solutions?will help you:

• Remove management barriers
  Dell and Microsoft?will help you accelerate virtualization by providing unified and consolidated management with Dell AIM and Microsoft System Center. This approach allows for more automation and provisioning management across physical and multi-hypervisor virtual environments. By implementing unified tools to manage across server, storage, network, apps?and services, you can reduce complexity between multiple hypervisors.
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• Alleviate cost barriers
  With Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, you can hold licensing costs down and retain your investments in training, hardware and software. By using the right hypervisor for the right workload, you can achieve better application performance and lower total cost of ownership.
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• Deliver cloud and IT as a?Service (ITaaS) faster
  Most of the integration work has already been done by Dell and Microsoft with our Business-Ready Configurations and Microsoft Hyper-V Cloud Fast Track solutions. So you can minimize risks and deploy private clouds faster and easier by using solutions that are proven, jointly engineered, optimized and tested. With self-service options, you can scale up or down on demand.

While new management and virtualization solutions will be developed by Dell?and Microsoft under this partnership, you can begin your journey to large-scale virtualization today by leveraging the solutions already available.

Learn more about Extending Virtualized Environments with Multiple-Hypervisor Management. Or to learn more about Dell | Microsoft Management and Virtualization Solutions,?contact us today.

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Community donations help 58 residents

Blue Santa parcels delivered Dec. 17

Estes Park Elementary School students and staff collected 1,500 donation items for the Police Auxiliary s Blue Santa program, benefitting local residents in need.

The Estes Park Police Department Auxiliary, employees and their families delivered Blue Santa donations to 58 elderly, disabled, or shut-in residents in Estes Park on Dec. 17.

"Thanks to the generosity of the community, Blue Santa was a great success again this year," said Police chief Wes Kufeld. "Many of the recipients look forward to this visit all year, and the entire community should be proud of this program."

Through Blue Santa, each individual received two boxes of food and hygiene products, along with gifts such as blankets and holiday decorations. More than $3,000 in cash donations from the community allowed recipients to receive a greeting card with postage stamps and a $35 gift card for Safeway. "Gift cards for groceries allow individuals to purchase items they cannot purchase with food stamps, such as pet food," Chief Kufeld commented.

Estes Park Elementary School students donated 1,500 items, with a Blue Santa campaign organized by staff members Britt Hakonson and Terry Johnson. The preschool/Kindergarten class donated the most items - 335 total. Students also decorated the Blue Santa donation boxes, with Gordon Angelo's second grade class winning a friendly competition for the best design.

In addition to town hall, many local organizations opened their doors to accept Blue Santa donations, making it convenient for people to make donations. These organizations were Animal Medical Center of Estes Park, B & B Food Market, Boulder Valley Credit Union, Country Market, Estes Park Elementary School, Estes Park Medical Center, Estes Valley Library, Estes Park Senior Center, Estes Park Visitor Center, First National Bank, MedX of Estes Park, Rocky Mountain Athletic Club, Rocky Mountain National Park, Elk Valley Auto Parts, Safeway, YMCA of the Rockies and the UPS Store.

For more information on Blue Santa, contact Amanda Nagl, community services manager at the Estes Park Police Department, at (970) 577-3822 or anagl@estes.org. To receive town news in your email inbox, please email townadmin@estes.org.

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Romney goes on TV to attack Gingrich (Reuters)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) ? Presidential candidate Mitt Romney unloaded on rival Republican Newt Gingrich on Tuesday on a liberal television network, comparing him to former candidate Herman Cain and others who have led the field briefly before flaming out.

"(Gingrich's) lead is not as much as it used to be," Romney said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe." "But that's sort of the process that other people have gone through."

"I suspect he'll lead until he doesn't lead," Romney said.

Former House of Representatives Speaker Gingrich's status as the Republican front runner to take on Democratic President Barack Obama in November's election is fading after weeks of attacks by rivals and intense media scrutiny of his political record and personality.

A poll on Monday put Gingrich in third place in Iowa, which kicks off the election cycle on January 3, behind U.S. Representative Ron Paul and Romney, the former Massachusetts governor.

Romney criticized Gingrich for remarks he made about Republican Representative Paul Ryan's plan to privatize the Medicare healthcare program for the elderly and an ad he did about global warming with former Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Romney said that on two of the biggest issues for conservatives, Gingrich sided with liberals.

"So for him to say he's more of a conservative is a bit of a stretch," Romney said. He said he thinks Gingrich will continue to fade as voters get to know more about him.

"There's a lot about Newt Gingrich that I didn't know," Romney said.

Romney, a candidate in the 2008 presidential election, said that at the beginning of this campaign he and his advisers thought winning Iowa "would be a real stretch."

While a win in Iowa followed by a win in New Hampshire, where Romney has consistently led, could give him enough momentum to cement the nomination early, Romney said he has raised the money and has the resources to compete until "the very, very end."

(Reporting By Sam Youngman; Editing by Vicki Allen)

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Here's The Real Story Behind Ron Paul's Racist ... - Business Insider

So as Ron Paul is on track to?win the Iowa caucuses, he is getting a new dose of press scrutiny.

And the press is focusing on the newsletters that went out under his name in the late 1980s and early 1990s. They were called the Ron Paul's Political Report, Ron Paul's Freedom Report,?the Ron Paul Survival Report?and the?Ron Paul Investment Letter.

There is no doubt that the newsletters contained utterly racist statements. ?

Some choice quotes:

• "Given the inefficiencies of what DC laughingly calls the criminal justice system, I think we can safely assume that 95 percent of the black males in that city are semi-criminal or entirely criminal."
• "We are constantly told that it is evil to be afraid of black men, it is hardly irrational."
• After the Los Angeles riots, one article in a newsletter claimed, "Order was only restored in L.A. when it came time for the blacks to pick up their welfare checks." ?
• One referred to Martin Luther King Jr. as "the world-class philanderer who beat up his paramours" and who "seduced underage girls and boys."
• Another referred to Barbara Jordan, a civil rights activist and congresswoman as "Barbara Morondon," the "archetypical half-educated victimologist."

Other newsletters had strange conspiracy theories about homosexuals, the CIA, and AIDS.

In 1996 when the Texas Monthly investigated the newsletters, Paul took responsibility for them and said that certain things were taken out of context. (It's hard to imagine a context that would make the above quotes defensible.)

When the newsletter controversy came up again during the 2008 campaign, Paul explained that he didn't actually write the newsletters but because they carried his name he was morally responsible for their content. Further, he didn't know exactly who wrote the offensive things and they didn't represent his views.

But it is still a serious issue. Jamie Kirchick reported in The New Republic that Paul made nearly one million dollars in just one year from publishing the newsletters. Could Paul really not understand the working of such a profitable operation? Reporters at the libertarian-leaning Reason magazine wrote that the author was likely longtime Paul-friend and combative polemicist Lew Rockwell.?

Scan of a Ron Paul newsletter

Even though many of the newsletters are written in a first person, conversational style, many observers don't believe that Ron Paul actually wrote them.

There aren't any videos on YouTube with Paul speaking in ?incendiary terms about minorities. The newsletters don't "sound" like Ron Paul - he doesn't do wordplay like "Morondon" or use prefixes like "semi-criminal" or "half-educated" in his speech or his recent writings.?Further, most newsletter and direct-mail operations in politics employ ghostwriters.?

So why were Ron Paul or his ghostwriters engaged in racism and conspiracy theories? And why did Ron Paul allow this??

The first answer is simply that marginal causes attract marginal people.?

The Gold Standard and non-interventionism have long been pushed to the fringe of our politics, and ambitious people tend to dive into the mainstream. That means that some of the 'talent' that marginalized ideas attract will be odd and unstable.?

There are two strategies for dealing with this problem. You purge your movement of cranks to preserve credibility and risk alienating a chunk of supporters. Or you let everyone in your movement fly their freak flag and live with the consequences. Ron Paul, being a libertarian, has always done the latter.?

The second answer to this question: These newsletters were published before a decade of war that has exhausted many Americans, before the financial crisis, and before the Tea Party.

All three made Ron Paul's ideas seem more relevant to our politics. They made anti-government libertarianism seem (to some) like a sensible corrective.

But in the 1990s and 1980s, anti-government sentiment was much less mainstream. It seemed contained to the racist right-wing, people who supported militia movements, who obsessed over political correctness, who were suspicious of free-trade deals like NAFTA.?

Murray Rothbard, libertarian theorist

At that time a libertarian theorist, Murray Rothbard argued that libertarians ought to engage in "Outreach to the Rednecks" in order to insert their libertarian theories into the middle of the nation's political passions.

Rothbard had tremendous influence on Lew Rockwell, and the whole slice of the libertarian movement that adored Ron Paul.

But Rothbard and Rockwell never stuck with their alliances with angry white men on the far right. They have been willing to shift alliances from left to right and back again. Before this "outreach" to racists, ?Rothbard aligned himself with anti-Vietnam war protestors in the 1960s. In the 2000s, after the "outreach" had failed, Rockwell complained bitterly about "Red-State fascists" who supported George Bush and his war. So much for the "Rednecks." The anti-government theories stay the same, the political strategy shifts in odd and extreme directions.?

As crazy as it sounds, Ron Paul's newsletter writers may not have been sincerely racist at all. They actually thought appearing to be racist was a good political strategy in the 1990s. After that strategy yielded almost nothing - it was abandoned by Paul's admirers.?

You can attribute their "redneck strategy" to the most malignant kind of cynicism or to a political desperation that made them insane. Neither is particularly flattering.?

Phil Klein of the Washington Examiner is correct when he writes:

Rick Perry and Mitt Romney have both attacked each other for what was written in their respective books. If either of those books had included a number of overtly racist statements, their candidacies would be over before they started.

This is undoubtedly true. The media seems to simply accept that Ron Paul has some oddities in his past and in his inner circle. They take his grandfatherly demeanor at face-value. ?In part this is because they believe he is not a serious candidate.?

Winning the Iowa caucuses would change all that instantly. Undoubtedly the movement that Paul inspired has moved far beyond the race-baiting it engaged in two decades ago. Young people from college campuses aren't lining up to hear him speak because of what appeared in those newsletter about the 1992 L.A. riots. Rand Paul tried his hardest to place Paul-style libertarianism into the context of the Tea Party. And he will likely carry on the movement without this 1990s baggage.?

But the questions remain. If Ron Paul is so libertarian that he won't even police people who use his name, if his movement is filled with incompetents and opportunists, then what kind of a president would he make? Would he even check in to see if his ideas are being implemented??Who would he appoint to Cabinet positions? ?

These are all legitimate questions. And the media is going to start asking them now.

If there isn't already a "ceiling" on Ron Paul's support, widespread knowledge of the newsletters could build one quickly.?

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-the-real-story-behind-ron-pauls-racist-newsletters-2011-12

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Turning point in spending battle (Politico)

Filling in the blank spaces from the August debt accords, Congress approved a far-reaching $1 trillion-plus budget bill Saturday morning that sets a new template for government spending through the 2012 elections ? and very well beyond.

Final passage came on a 67-32 Senate roll call which followed on a strong 296-121 bipartisan vote in the House Friday afternoon.

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The action caps a year of remarkable turmoil in which the Republican-controlled House seemed forever the aggressor?and President Barack Obama one step behind. Very little real deficit reduction has emerged from all the bloodshed, but the bill now is an exception and testifies to a fragile political center that has begun to reassert itself and demand some level of order.

Filling over 1200 pages, the appropriations giant is remarkable for its reach ? touching thousands of accounts from Pakistan counterinsurgency aid to Pell Grants for low-income American college students. Ten Cabinet departments and the Environmental Protection Agency share in the core appropriations of about $917 billion and an additional $126.5 billion is provided in overseas contingency funds, chiefly for U.S. military operations in Afghanistan.

Overshadowed by the payroll tax fight ? and largely dismissed in the press as another anonymous ?year-end spending bill? ? the measure may be seen with time as a real turning point. Certainly for the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, enactment of the bill became crucial if they were ever again to be a force in the budget debate.

To reach this goal, the House committee chairman, Rep. Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) had to face down hostile tea party Republicans, who often seemed more intent on sinking the ?aircraft carrier? of government than steering it. At the same time Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) and his staff became crucial intermediaries between the House GOP and an angry, often distant Obama.

The end product is a real cut of about 10 percent from non-defense appropriations when compared to last January when the GOP took over the House. Allowing for inflation, domestic appropriations will have been rolled back to the level set in another pre-Christmas deal in 2007 at the end of the Bush administration.

Indeed, after the burst of bold spending at the beginning of his first year, Obama will now be leading a government that is very much retrenching. In a matter of months the president will submit his new budget plan for 2013. But the August accords allow him only a minimal increase in appropriations and the bill now defines the new reality facing the president ? a plateau stretching into the future with annual growth pegged below the rate of inflation.

After steady expansion under Bush and Obama, the Homeland Security Department faces persistent real cuts, for example. And just to keep up with commitments for frontline agencies like the Secret Service and Border Patrol, the bill now imposes a $1 billion or 30 percent reduction affecting the ability of state and local first responders to buy necessary equipment.

The Internal Revenue Service will be cut $305 million below current funding ? a $1.5 billion reduction from Obama?s request. The self-financed Securities and Exchange Commission emerges with a $136 million increase, but the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is largely frozen in place and Obama still faces an uphill battle to get the money he needs to implement Wall Street reforms.

Most sensitive for any Democratic president is the labor, health and education title of the bill. There, spending will come down by $1.4 billion from the 2011 program level, forcing a series of difficult choices that won?t go away after one year.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http%3A//us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/politico_rss/rss_politico_mostpop/http___www_politico_com_news_stories1211_70588_html/43936697/SIG=11mr7ihf6/*http%3A//www.politico.com/news/stories/1211/70588.html

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Havel, Czech playwright and president, has died (AP)

PRAGUE ? Vaclav Havel, the dissident playwright who wove theater into politics to peacefully bring down communism in Czechoslovakia and become a hero of the epic struggle that ended the Cold War, has died. He was 75.

Havel died Sunday morning at his weekend house in the northern Czech Republic, his assistant Sabina Tancecova said.

Havel was his country's first democratically elected president after the nonviolent "Velvet Revolution" that ended four decades of repression by a regime he ridiculed as "Absurdistan."

As president, he oversaw the country's bumpy transition to democracy and a free-market economy, as well its peaceful 1993 breakup into the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Even out of office, the diminutive Czech remained a world figure. He was part of the "new Europe" ? in the coinage of then-U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld ? of ex-communist countries that stood up for the U.S. when the democracies of "old Europe" opposed the 2003 Iraq invasion.

A former chain-smoker, Havel had a history of chronic respiratory problems dating back to his years in communist jails. He was hospitalized in Prague on Jan. 12, 2009, with an unspecified inflammation, and had developed breathing difficulties after undergoing minor throat surgery.

Havel left office in 2003, 10 years after Czechoslovakia broke up and just months before both nations joined the European Union. He was credited with laying the groundwork that brought his Czech Republic into the 27-nation bloc, and was president when it joined NATO in 1999.

Shy and bookish, with wispy mustache and unkempt hair, Havel came to symbolize the power of the people to peacefully overcome totalitarian rule.

"Truth and love must prevail over lies and hatred," Havel famously said. It became his revolutionary motto which he said he always strove to live by.

Havel was nominated several times for the Nobel Peace Prize, and collected dozens of other accolades worldwide for his efforts as a global ambassador of conscience, defended the downtrodden from Darfur to Myanmar.

Among his many honors were Sweden's prestigious Olof Palme Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest U.S. civilian award, bestowed on him by President George W. Bush for being "one of liberty's great heroes."

An avowed peacenik whose heroes included rockers such as Frank Zappa, he never quite shed his flower-child past and often signed his name with a small heart as a flourish.

In an October 2008 interview with The Associated Press, Havel rebuked Russia for invading Georgia two months earlier, and warned EU leaders against appeasing Moscow.

"We should not turn a blind eye ... It's a big test for the West," he said.

Havel also said he saw the global economic crisis as a warning not to abandon basic human values in the scramble to prosper.

"It's a warning against the idea that we understand the world, that we know how everything works," he told the AP in his office in Prague. The cramped work space was packed with his books, plays and rock memorabilia.

Havel first made a name for himself after the 1968 Soviet-led invasion that crushed the Prague Spring reforms of Alexander Dubcek and other liberally minded communists in what was then Czechoslovakia.

Havel's plays were banned as hard-liners installed by Moscow snuffed out every whiff of rebellion. But he continued to write, producing a series of underground essays that stand with the work of Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov as the most incisive and eloquent analyses of what communism did to society and the individual.

One of his best-known essays, "The Power and the Powerless" written in 1978, borrowed slyly from the immortal opening line of the mid-19th century Communist Manifesto, writing: "A specter is haunting eastern Europe: the specter of what in the West is called 'dissent.'"

In the essay, he dissected what he called the "dictatorship of ritual" ? the ossified Soviet bloc system under Leonid Brezhnev ? and imagined what happens when an ordinary greengrocer stops displaying communist slogans and begins "living in truth," rediscovering "his suppressed identity and dignity."

Havel knew that suppression firsthand.

Born Oct. 5, 1936, in Prague, the child of a wealthy family which lost extensive property to communist nationalization in 1948, Havel was denied a formal education, eventually earning a degree at night school and starting out in theater as a stagehand.

His political activism began in earnest in January 1977, when he co-authored the human rights manifesto Charter 77, and the cause drew widening attention in the West.

Havel was detained countless times and spent four years in communist jails. His letters from prison to his wife became one of his best-known works. "Letters to Olga" blended deep philosophy with a stream of stern advice to the spouse he saw as his mentor and best friend, and who tolerated his reputed philandering and other foibles.

The events of August 1988 ? the 20th anniversary of the Warsaw Pact invasion ? first suggested that Havel and his friends might one day replace the faceless apparatchiks who jailed them.

Thousands of mostly young people marched through central Prague, yelling Havel's name and that of the playwright's hero, Tomas Garrigue Masaryk, the philosopher who was Czechoslovakia's first president after it was founded in 1918.

Havel's arrest in January 1989 at another street protest and his subsequent trial generated anger at home and abroad. Pressure for change was so strong that the communists released him again in May.

That fall, communism began to collapse across Eastern Europe, and in November the Berlin Wall fell. Eight days later, communist police brutally broke up a demonstration by thousands of Prague students.

It was the signal that Havel and his country had awaited. Within 48 hours, a broad new opposition movement was founded, and a day later, hundreds of thousands of Czechs and Slovaks took to the streets.

In three heady weeks, communist rule was broken. Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones arrived just as the Soviet army was leaving. Posters in Prague proclaimed: "The tanks are rolling out ? the Stones are rolling in."

On Dec. 29, 1989, Havel was elected Czechoslovakia's president by the country's still-communist parliament. Three days later, he told the nation in a televised New Year's address: "Out of gifted and sovereign people, the regime made us little screws in a monstrously big, rattling and stinking machine."

Although he continued to be regarded a moral voice as he decried the shortcomings of his society under democracy, he eventually bent to the dictates of convention and power. His watchwords ? "what the heart thinks, the tongue speaks" ? had to be modified for day-to-day politics.

And post-revolutionary life contained many challenges.

In July 1992, it became clear that the Czechoslovak federation was heading for a split. Considering it a personal failure, Havel resigned as president.

But he remained popular and was elected president of the new Czech Republic uncontested.

He was small, but his presence and wit could fill a room. Even late in life, he retained a certain impishness and boyish grin, shifting easily from philosophy to jokes or plain old Prague gossip.

In December 1996, just 11 months after his first wife, Olga Havlova, died of cancer, he lost a third of his right lung during surgery to remove a 15-millimeter (half-inch) malignant tumor.

He gave up smoking and married Dagmar Veskrnova, a dashing actress almost 20 years his junior.

Holding a post of immense prestige but little power, Havel's image suffered in the latter years as his people discovered the difficulties of transforming their society in the post-communist era.

His attempts to reconcile rival politicians were considered by many as unconstitutional intrusions, and his pleas for political leaders to build a "civic society" based on respect, tolerance and individual responsibility went largely unanswered.

Media criticism, once unthinkable, became unrelenting. Serious newspapers questioned his political visions; tabloids focused mainly on his private life and his flashy second wife.

Havel himself acknowledged that his handling of domestic issues never matched his flair for foreign affairs. But when the Czech Republic joined NATO in March 1999, and the European Union in May 2004, his dreams came true.

"I can't stop rejoicing that I live in this time and can participate in it," Havel exulted.

Early in 2008, Havel returned to his first love: the stage. He published a new play, "Leaving," about the struggles of a leader on his way out of office, and the work gained critical acclaim.

Theater, he told the AP, was once again his major interest.

"My return to the stage was not easy," he said. "It's not a common thing for someone to be involved in theater, become a president, and then go back."

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111218/ap_en_ot/eu_czech_obit_havel

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