Expansys UK removes HTC Butterfly from listings, won't be flying into Europe after all

Following the announcement of the 5-inch, 1080p HTC Butterfly for China, a lot of people -- including us -- started getting a little excited when some signs of the device appeared on European retailers websites. HTC confirmed to us at the time that the device was officially only launching in China, leading us to believe that any purchases made in Europe would be of grey imports.

Seems that even this many not be the case anymore. The chaps over at the UK based site Coolsmartphone, actually went and pre-ordered a Butterfly from UK based Expansys. Granted, there was no price, no mention of when they would become available, but a definite intent it seemed that they would be offering the device for sale. Over the weekend they received this email from Expansys, detailing that in fact the device would not be coming to the UK at this time: 

Thank you for your recent interest and preorder of the HTC Butterfly. Unfortunately, we have now been informed by HTC that this device will not be available in European markets, and as such we have had to remove it from our website and cancel your preorder.

We're not all that sure where the Expansys stock may have been sourced from in the first place, but it's pretty clear cut that we won't be getting any. But, then again, Mobile World Congress takes place in just a couple of months, so who knows what the future may hold. 

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Video: Weapons purchased legally by shooter?s parents

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Final campaign push a day before Japanese vote

TOKYO (AP) ? Candidates made final impassioned appeals Saturday to Japanese voters a day before parliamentary elections that are likely to hand power back to a conservative party that ruled the country for most of the post-war era.

While many voters remain undecided ? reflecting widespread disillusionment with any party ? polls suggest that the electorate will dump Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's ruling Democratic Party of Japan three years after it swept to power amid high hopes for change.

The DPJ's inability to deliver on a string of promises and Noda's push to double the sales tax have turned off voters, who appear to be turning back to the Liberal Democratic Party. The LDP ruled Japan almost continuously since 1955 until it lost badly to the DPJ in 2009.

If the LDP wins on Sunday, it would give the nationalistic Shinzo Abe, who was prime minister from 2006-2007, the top job again. His hawkish views raise questions about how that might affect ties with rival China amid a territorial dispute over a cluster of tiny islands claimed by both countries.

"We want to restore a Japan where children are proud to have been born here. Please give us your hand," Abe, who would be Japan's seventh prime minister in 6 1/2 years, declared from the top of a truck at a campaign stop in Wako, a city northwest of Tokyo.

A win for Abe and the LDP would signal a shift to the right for Japan. The party calls for a more assertive foreign policy and revisions in Japan's pacifist constitution that would strengthen its military posture. The controversial proposals include renaming the Self-Defense Forces to call them a military ? taboo since World War II ? and allowing Japanese troops to engage in "collective self-defense" operations with allies that aren't directly related to Japan's own self-defense.

With Japan's economy stuck in a two-decade slump, the Liberal Democrats also call for more public works spending. They are generally more supportive of nuclear energy even though most Japanese want atomic energy phased out following last year's disaster at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant.

Prime Minister Noda, meanwhile, has sought to cast the election as a choice between moving forward or going back to the old politics of the LDP.

"It was of the Democratic Party of Japan who put in the effort to recover from Japan's 20-year slump. Are we giving this up now and are we going back to the 20-year slump? We must not do that," Noda told listeners in Tokyo.

Surveys this past week showed about 40 percent of people were undecided, reflecting a lack of voter enthusiasm for any party, as well as confusion over the emergence of several fledgling parties that have popped up in recent months espousing a wide range of views.

The right-leaning, populist Restoration Party of Japan, led by ex-Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara and Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto ? both outspoken, colorful politicians ? is calling for a more assertive Japan, particularly in its dealings with China. But their forceful leadership styles and differing views on nuclear power and free trade have raised questions in voters' minds.

The anti-nuclear Tomorrow Party, formed just two weeks ago, is led by Yukiko Kada, an environmental expert and the governor of Shiga prefecture. But the party's image has taken a hit after she joined forces with a small DPJ breakaway party led by Ichiro Ozawa, a veteran power broker with a negative reputation among many Japanese.

Major Japanese newspapers are projecting that the LDP will win a majority of seats in the 480-seat lower chamber of parliament, meaning it could rule alone or perhaps form a coalition with the closely allied Komeito, a party backed by a large Buddhist lay organization.

Those newspaper predictions were based on telephone polls, educated guesswork from reporters in voting districts across the country and analysis of past voting patterns. While such projections have generally been accurate in the past, some experts have cautioned that the actual results may be quite different, especially since so many are undecided.

"I don't know whether there is any alternative" to the current ruling party, said Keiko Seki, a-60-year-old Tokyo woman who was listening to Abe's speech. "I find this election very difficult to decide who to vote for."

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Some vehicles are exempt but these vehicles fall into a particular category? and have a particular purpose, such as work for the government or another field.? Car insurance in the UK comes in different options and in varying plans. In? different regions and countries within the UK, motor insurance can be a? different price as well. The following information explains more about car? insurance in the UK and the types of policies that are available to individuals? to protect themselves and their vehicle in case disaster strikes.

Road Traffic Act Only Insurance

One type of car insurance that is available to those in the UK is known as? Road Traffic Act Only insurance. This type of car insurance is not accessible in? all regions, however; it is not completely comprehensive and satisfies only the? minimum requirements of UK law. It offers a limit on damage that is done to any? third party?s property and is not offered in many areas because of the limits to? the coverage that it has.

Third Party Coverage

Third Party Car Insurance coverage is the minimum amount of insurance that? most auto insurers will provide. It is a satisfying but not comprehensive plan.? It meets the requirements of the UK law but does not exceed them very far. This? type of coverage does cover any liability to third party actors however this? type of motor insurance cannot be used in any other instances. For this reason,? another type of car insurance is available that provides a bit more coverage:? the Third Party Coverage Fire and Theft insurance covers a bit more, including? acts of destruction such as fires and or the actual theft of the vehicle. Other? acts of vandalism that occur to the car may or may not be covered.

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One type of vehicle insurance is known as comprehensive coverage. In this? type of motor insurance, a car is considered covered for any damages that the? individual has a result of their own actions, the actions of another, or any? vandalism that the car has had happen to it. This type of car insurance is the? most widely used in the UK with roughly two thirds of the population having? comprehensive car? insurance. It covers several different acts of vandalism that can occur to? the cars, including fire, theft, and vandalism. It covers third party damage as? well. Because of this comprehensive nature, as the name suggests, it is the most? sought after insurance to protect against personal and financial? liabilities.

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New findings on killer bacteria?s defence

Dec. 14, 2012 ? New research from Lund University casts new light on the interaction between the immune system and streptococcus bacteria, which cause both mild tonsillitis and serious infections such as sepsis and necrotising fasciitis. The way in which antibodies attach to the bacteria is linked to how serious the disease is.

Antibodies are key to the recognition and neutralisation of bacteria by our immune system. The most common antibodies have the shape of a Y, and the two prongs fasten to molecules that belong to the bacteria. The cells in the immune system recognise the shaft and can then attack the bacteria.

Since the 1960s, it has been known that certain bacteria have developed the ability to turn these antibodies around, which makes it more difficult for the immune system to identify them. These include streptococcus bacteria, sometimes referred to as 'killer bacteria', that cause both common tonsillitis and more serious diseases such as sepsis (blood poisoning) and necrotising fasciitis (flesh-eating disease). Because it has not been possible to study this phenomenon in detail, researchers have until now presumed that antibodies are always turned around in these streptococcal infections.

Now researchers at Lund University have shown that this is not the case. In less serious conditions, such as tonsillitis, the antibodies are back-to-front, but in more serious and life-threatening diseases such as sepsis and necrotising fasciitis, the antibodies are the right way round. These findings have now been published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine and completely alter the understanding of bacterial infections with several of our most common pathogenic bacteria.

"This information is important and fundamental to improving our understanding of streptococcal infections, but our results also show that the principle described could apply to many different types of bacteria," says Pontus Nordenfelt, who is currently conducting research at Harvard Medical School in Boston.

The present study shows that it is the concentration of antibodies in the local environment in the body that controls how the antibodies sit on the surface of the bacteria. In the throat, for example, where the concentration is low, the antibodies sit the wrong way round, but in the blood, where the concentration is high, the antibodies are the right way round. This explains why the most serious infections are so rare in comparison to the common and often mild cases of throat and skin infections. The bacteria in the blood are quite simply easier for the immune system to find.

In the future, the results could have an impact on the treatment of serious infectious diseases, since a better understanding of the mechanisms behind the diseases is needed to develop new treatments.

Lars Bj?rck, Professor of Infectious Medicine at Lund University, has discovered some of the antibody-turning proteins and has studied their structure and function for over 30 years.

"It is fantastic to have been involved in moving a major step closer to understanding the biological and medical importance of these proteins together with talented young colleagues," he says.

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L.A. Reid not returning to 'X Factor' next season

NEW YORK (AP) ? L.A. Reid will soon be an ex-judge on "The X Factor."

The veteran music executive is not returning to the Fox singing competition series next season, a representative for Epic Records said Thursday. Reid is currently the chairman and CEO of Epic, a division of Sony Entertainment.

Reid joined the American version of the show last year along with creator Simon Cowell. This season also boasts Britney Spears and Demi Lovato as judges. Its finale is next week.

Last year Reid left his job as chairman and CEO of Island Def Jam Music Group, where he helped launch careers for acts like Rihanna and Justin Bieber. At Epic, his roster includes Sade, Fiona Apple, Karmin, Ciara and "X Factor" season one winner Melanie Amaro.

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Dropr Is a Dead-Simple, Drag and Drop Online Portfolio Creation Tool

Getting a portfolio of your work online takes a lot of work and effort. A beautiful webapp called Dropr takes most of the frustration away by providing an incredibly simple, drag-and-drop-based platform for getting your work online in minutes.

You sign up for Dropr with a social media account, connect any other social media accounts you want to pull data from (if any). From there you create projects you want to display on your portfolio by simple dragging and dropping any content you want to use. Dropr supports a wide number of image, audio, and video formats. You can include text, too. Projects can be organized into portfolio sections, and you can customize the look and feel of everything. While you won't have control over every last bit of design, you probably won't care. Dropr offers an attractive portfolio you can get online in minutes. Of course, you can spend an hour putting something together, like I did, because it's kind of addictive.

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Kerry Nomination Could Create Musical Chairs in the Senate

News that Amb. Susan Rice withdrew her name from consideration for Secretary of State may have brightened the days of both senators from Massachusetts.

Prior to Rice's withdrawal, she was considered one of the top two contenders for the job- the other is Sen. John Kerry, and with Rice out of the running, Kerry is "all but certain" to get the nomination, according to ABC's Jake Tapper. That means a vacant seat and a special election, which could benefit out-going Sen. Scott Brown, who lost his bid for reelection to Elizabeth Warren in November.

Brown is widely expected to seek out his old job and he would be viewed as a strong contender, particularly in a special election to fill Kerry's vacancy. Republicans have a tendency to perform better in special elections, which draw many fewer voters.

But it would be at least six months - assuming that Kerry is indeed nominated as Secretary of State and assuming that Brown wins a special election - before he could re-join the Senate.

Massachusetts law dictates that a special election cannot take place sooner than 145 days from the time an out-going Congress member's resignation is effective, meaning that at least 145 days must pass between the date that member actually leaves their job and the date that the special occurs. At this juncture in time, even if Kerry is nominated tomorrow and has an incredibly quick confirmation at the beginning of the next Congress, the earliest conceivable date to reach this mark is in June, 2013.

The special cannot occur more than 160 days from the time that the resignation is effective.

Brown's victory in a special election would not be a sure thing. Although he leaves office with high approval ratings- exit polls from the 2012 election showed him with a favor-ability rating of 60 percent- but Massachusetts is a solidly Democratic state, and there are many Democrats in elected office in the state who could challenge Brown.

In an odd twist of political gamesmanship, the law requiring a special election instead of an appointment from the Governor in the event of a vacant seat was passed by Democrats passed in Massachusetts in 2004 in case Kerry resigned if he won the presidency. He did not. But Democrats at the time were trying to take the appointment power away from the sitting Republican governor- Mitt Romney.

A request for comment from Sen. Brown's office on the news was not immediately returned.

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French reporters infiltrate Foxconn iPhone 5 factory, find few of the vaunted changes

Envoyé Spécial, a 60 Minutes-like program from public TV station France 2, went undercover at the Zhengzhou iPhone 5 Foxconn factory recently (within the past two months) and reported many of the same problems the Chinese manufacturer and Apple promised to fix earlier this year. According to the story that aired last night, dorms at the new factory were occupied by workers despite the fact that many were still under construction and had no elevators, electricity or running water -- apparently because builders focused on the production lines at the expense of housing. A Foxconn manager even warned employees on hidden camera not to plug devices into dorms that did have electricity, saying that eight workers were killed in a fire after overloading circuits.

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How to Explain Mayan Doomsday to Your Kids

With doomsday rumors making the rounds online and likely at the water cooler, those who aren't in the know ? that a Mayan apocalypse on Dec. 21 has no scientific basis ? may be understandably freaked out.

That group would include kids, who often can't distinguish TV advertisements from their favorite animated shows. That's where the U.S. government comes in. Kids.gov, a government website, is taking a stand on the side of reason ? for kids' sake.

"It is up to us to reassure kids that the world is not ending and that nothing bad is going to happen," according to the site. "To be able to talk to your kids with confidence, it is important to understand what the rumors are and why they are not true."

The site follows with four tips to help parents and other caregivers help alleviate kids' fears about doomsday rumors (whether they be from the end of the Mayan Long Count calendar or so-called "rogue planet" Planet Nibiru):

Take their fears seriously: Suggesting to your children that their fears are silly and dismissing them will not help. Sit down and discuss the fear with them, making sure to take it seriously.

Educate yourself about the topic of their fears: Knowing the facts will only help to calm them. If their fear is the Mayan apocalypse, here are some things to know: The rumors stem from the Mayan Long Count calendar, one of three used by the ancient Maya of Central America. On Dec. 21, today's calendar coincides with the end of the b'ak'tun, or the 144,000-day cycle on the Mayan calendar. There is no reason to believe the calendar would not just start over, and experts point out the ancient Maya did not see the end of the b'ak'tun as a sign of the end of the world. [Oops! 11 Failed Doomsday Predictions]

Furthermore, two ancient calendar carvings that reference this date do not point to any doom. One found in Tortuguero, Mexico, dates to A.D. 669 and mentions the return of a deity associated with calendar changes on that day. The second carving was found in Guatemala and dates to about A.D. 696; in that text, a struggling king attempts to bolster his rule by linking it to the 13th b'ak'tun.

Help your child research the rumor: Help your child research the Mayan apocalypse, or other fear, on the Internet, making sure to note the importance of reliable sources of information. NASA has a great resource, and LiveScience also has full coverage on the Mayan Doomsday (Not).

Take the fear off their plate: "For younger children, sit down to discuss the child's fear and then tell them, 'Okay, from now on I will worry about this for you. You don't have to worry about this anymore. I?ll look into it and I will let you know what I find out,'" according to the government website.

The doomsday post by the U.S. government is not a first. In recent weeks, the U.S. space agency NASA, the Vatican and even the Australian Prime Minister (by way of a spoof video), have urged calm and affirmed the fact that the world won't end.

The latest from NASA was a video released ahead of the Dec. 21, 2012 alleged Mayan apocalypse to say the world didn't end "yesterday." The idea, according to NASA, is that the agency is so sure the apocalypse is a farce, they're willing to call it a week in advance.

Meanwhile, the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) put out a release on 12/12/12, declaring that day Anti-Doomsday.

"While many pundits and prognosticators lament the supposed end of the world on December 21, 2012 (thanks to misinterpreting Mayan predictions), here at the ASP we encourage everyone to go in the opposite ? and accurate ? direction," the statement read. "Thus, we are declaring December 12, 2012 as Anti-Doomsday Day in celebration of rational thinking and reasoned discourse."

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US hesitant in condemning North Korean launch

A screen at the General Satellite Control and Command Center shows the moment North Korea's Unha-3 rocket is launched in Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. North Korea successfully fired a long-range rocket on Wednesday, defying international warnings as the regime of Kim Jong Un took a big step forward in its quest to develop a nuclear missile. (AP Photo)

A screen at the General Satellite Control and Command Center shows the moment North Korea's Unha-3 rocket is launched in Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. North Korea successfully fired a long-range rocket on Wednesday, defying international warnings as the regime of Kim Jong Un took a big step forward in its quest to develop a nuclear missile. (AP Photo)

In this monitor screen image taken by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed in Tokyo by the Korea News Service, the Unha-3 rocket lifts off from a launch site on the west coast, in the village of Tongchang-ri, about 56 kilometers (35 miles) from the Chinese border city of Dandong, North Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. North Korea successfully fired a long-range rocket on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Korea Central News Agency via Korea News Service) JAPAN OUT UNTIL 14 DAYS AFTER THE DAY OF TRANSMISSION

WASHINGTON (AP) ? The Obama administration is drawing no "red line" for North Korea after a successful long-range rocket test, tempering the public condemnation to avoid raising tensions or possibly rewarding the reclusive communist nation with too much time in the global spotlight.

The U.S. has told the world that it won't tolerate Iran's acquisition of nuclear weapons or Syria's use of chemical stockpiles on rebels. North Korea, in some ways, is a trickier case.

The U.S. wants to forcefully condemn what it believes is a "highly provocative act," and that was the first public reaction from the White House late Tuesday. But it also is mindful of the turmoil on the Korean peninsula and treading carefully, offering no threat of military action or unspecified "consequences" associated with other hot spots.

Just two years ago, the North allegedly torpedoed a South Korean warship and shelled a South Korean island. Some 50 South Koreans died in the attacks that brought the peninsula to the brink of war.

North Korea already has the deterrent of a nuclear weapons arsenal. The U.S. is bound to protect next-door South Korea from any attack, but has no desire now for a military conflict.

Raising the rhetoric can even serve as a reward for seeking attention to a government that starves its own citizens while seeking to leverage any military advance it makes into much-needed aid.

"No doubt Pyongyang is pleased. It again has unsettled its leading adversaries. And it is in the news around the world," said Doug Bandow, senior fellow at the Cato Institute. "The allies should have responded with a collective yawn. After all, the plan is nothing new. The DPRK has been testing rockets and missiles for years."

The United States remains technically at war with the notoriously unpredictable North Koreans, whose opaque leadership has confounded successive American administrations. With no peace agreement, only the 1953 armistice ending the Korean War keeps the U.S. and the North from hostilities. Some 28,500 U.S. troops remain in South Korea to deter potential aggression.

Wednesday's surprising, successful launch raises the stakes, taking North Korea one step closer to being capable of lobbing nuclear bombs over the Pacific. As the North refines its technology, its next step may be conducting another nuclear test, experts warn.

The three-stage rocket is similar in design to a model capable of carrying a nuclear-tipped warhead as far as California. The rocket launched a satellite into space. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said the U.S. would study the launch.

"I think we still have to assess just exactly what happened here," Panetta told CNN in an interview Wednesday. He said part of the assessment would examine the final stage that launched the satellite "to determine, really, whether or not that did work effectively or whether it tumbled into space. I mean, that's the issue that we need to assess."

Despite its technological advances and military bluster, it's doubtful that the North intends to strike first against the U.S.

Even so, Panetta said the U.S. has the capability to prevent such a strike.

"I'm very confident that American defense capabilities are able, no problem, to block a rocket like this one," he told CNN when asked about the capability of U.S. missile defense systems.

North Korea has spent decades threatening but avoiding a direct confrontation with the tens of thousands of American forces in South Korea and Japan. The government has remained firmly in power despite a drought-plagued agricultural sector that leaves many North Koreans in search of food and a crumbling economy that affords few any chance of social betterment.

"It is regrettable that the leadership in Pyongyang chose to take this course in flagrant violation of its international obligations," White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters. He said the U.S. would try to further isolate North Korea in response.

State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland called the launch "highly provocative and a threat to regional security." It will only further impoverish North Koreans, she said.

Neither Carney nor Nuland elaborated on possible consequences. The White House's initial statement referred only to potential action at the U.N. Security Council, which condemned North Korea on Wednesday and said it would urgently consider "an appropriate response." The threat of sanctions is unclear; China, North Korea's benefactor, holds veto power.

Analysts were mixed on whether a tougher reaction was appropriate.

"There has been an unspoken tendency in the United States to discount these tests as yet another foolish attempt by the technologically backward and bizarre country," said Victor Cha, a Korea expert at Georgetown University and former White House policy director for Asia. "This is no longer acceptable. The apparent success of this test makes North Korea one of the only nonallied countries outside of China and the Soviet Union to develop long-range missile technology that could potentially reach the United States."

The administration's restrained response contrasts with the warnings of military action against Iran and Syria for actions far less imminently threatening to the United States, but directly threatening Israel, an important ally.

Obama has said he won't allow Iran to acquire nuclear weapons and insists that he won't get involved in a policy of containment similar to the one the U.S. is stuck with in North Korea. He promises that he isn't bluffing.

The U.S. and Israel have held talks over what benchmarks in uranium enrichment and weapons work the Iranians would have to reach for possible military action to be triggered.

What's clear from his words is that Obama wouldn't wait for Iran to have a bomb, meaning the threshold for a U.S. attack against Tehran is far lower than against North Korea, which tested its first nuclear weapon more than six years ago.

As for Syria, the president has issued a "red line" to President Bashar Assad's government concerning chemical weapons that have never been used and are accompanied by no weapon capable of delivering them anywhere near the United States.

U.S. officials fear the increasingly desperate Assad could deploy the weapons in a bid to win a civil war that has left more than 40,000 people dead since March 2011. Or, he could transfer some weapons to anti-U.S. and anti-Israeli militant groups such as Hezbollah.

Judged on capacity and not intent, either of those scenarios would pale in comparison to the North being able to fire a nuclear warhead at the continental United States. But with U.S. officials convinced that Assad's exit may be nearing, the sterner American cautions in Syria may be less likely to be tested. If they are, the United States wouldn't have to worry about nuclear weapons as a counter-threat.

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Associated Press writers Matthew Lee in Washington and Edith M. Lederer at the United Nations contributed to this report.

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Secret Serengeti caught on camera

13 December 2012 Last updated at 07:48 By Michelle Warwicker BBC Nature

Scientists are using millions of images of Africa's elusive animals to find out how they co-exist in the Serengeti.

Hundreds of camera traps were set up across Serengeti National Park in one of the world's largest camera surveys.

The project, called Snapshot Serengeti, invites the public to collaborate with scientists to identify the animals via an interactive website.

The team says classifying the huge number of images will allow them to build a unique picture of wildlife.

Stretching 5,700 sq miles (14,763 sq km), the Serengeti is Tanzania's oldest national park, covering vast open grassland and wooded hills.

"The idea is that if we can say what's in [the pictures] and what the animals are doing then we can get the true picture of what... life on the Serengeti is like," said Dr Chris Lintott from the University of Oxford who specialises in citizen science.

The scientists are calling on members of the public to help them via the interactive website Snapshot Serengeti, launched this week.

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The site allows users to identify animals by describing physical characteristics, in order to narrow the search down, explained Dr Lintott.

It is the latest citizen science study organised by the Zooniverse project, led by the University of Oxford and Adler Planetarium. Previous Zooniverse collaborations with members of the public have included projects to classify ocean floor life and cancer samples.

"Computers are really bad at identifying species," said Dr Lintott, director of Zooniverse.

He explained that tests carried out by the research team showed that non-scientific members of the public were just as effective at identifying species as the scientists.

Intimate moments

The team hopes that the prospect of viewing some unusual shots of animals' private lives will attract people to take part.

"One of my favourite photos [is] porcupines mating," said PhD researcher Ali Swanson from the University of Minnesota, US, who initiated the camera survey and regularly visits the camera traps.

"The cameras are catching photographs of things that I've never seen after being out there for a lot of the last three years."

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For example, "male cheetahs like to spray the camera traps, so I get some very intimate shots," she told BBC Nature.

Many close-up shots are taken when animals approach the equipment to sniff and investigate: "we get a lot of noses, which is entertaining," said Ms Swanson.

Each time a camera senses motion it takes a sequence of three photographs, building up a flip-book-like database of images.

Using the action shots, researchers will investigate questions such as how carnivores interact with each other, and how predators and prey co-exist on the plains.

Traditionally, capturing animals' private lives on camera would have involved researchers in the field observing from a particular spot. But this method can create a picture of what's happening in a wider area.

The camera survey method allows Ms Swanson and her colleagues to observe how animals, especially carnivores, use their landscape: "They move over such huge areas and it's really hard to watch them," she said.

"The camera survey lets us study species on a scale we haven't been able to do before."

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US: NKorea missile launch is 'provocative act'

North Korean youths in traditional Korean outfit play instruments in front of the Pyongyang Grand Theatre in Pyongyang, North Korea, to celebrate a rocket launch on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. North Korea appeared to successfully fire a long-range rocket Wednesday, defying international warnings as the regime of Kim Jong Un pushes forward with its quest to develop the technology needed to deliver a nuclear warhead. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)

North Korean youths in traditional Korean outfit play instruments in front of the Pyongyang Grand Theatre in Pyongyang, North Korea, to celebrate a rocket launch on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. North Korea appeared to successfully fire a long-range rocket Wednesday, defying international warnings as the regime of Kim Jong Un pushes forward with its quest to develop the technology needed to deliver a nuclear warhead. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)

WASHINGTON (AP) ? The White House was quick to condemn North Korea's successful launch of a long-range rocket, calling it a "highly provocative act" that threatens regional security.

Tuesday's launch, which caught the world by surprise, apparently placed an object in Earth orbit, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said, but neither the missile nor debris from the launch posed a threat to North America.

The launch directly violated U.N. Security Council resolutions and contravened North Korea's international obligations, the White House said in a terse statement that labeled the launch "a highly provocative act."

"This action is yet another example of North Korea's pattern of irresponsible behavior. The United States remains vigilant in the face of North Korean provocations and fully committed to the security of our allies in the region," the statement from National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor said. "Given this current threat to regional security, the United States will strengthen and increase our close coordination with allies and partners."

"The international community must work in a concerted fashion to send North Korea a clear message that its violations of U.N. Security Council resolutions have consequences," Vietor added.

North Korea declared the launch of a rocket and satellite a success early Wednesday local time. Three hours later, the U.S. military confirmed that an object appeared to achieve orbit.

On Saturday, North Korea had widened the dates during which it might conduct the launch of its Unha-3 rocket, citing a technical problem. Washington says the launch is a cover for testing technology for missiles that could be used to strike the United States. The previous four attempts all failed.

"It was a surprise in terms of the timing," said Bruce Bennett, senior defense analyst with the RAND think tank. "They had talked about postponing for a week. To recover so quickly from technical problems suggests they have gotten good at putting together a missile."

North Korea has also conducted two nuclear tests since 2006, deepening international concern over its capabilities, although it is not believed to have mastered how to mount a nuclear warhead on a missile.

The U.S., Japan and South Korea last week vowed to seek further U.N. Security Council action if the North conducted a launch. It remained to be seen whether Russia and China, the North's main ally, would agree to further sanctions.

Victor Cha, a Korea expert at Georgetown University and a former White House policy director for Asia, said a successful launch was a major national security concern for the United States.

He said there would still be technical hurdles for the North to overcome, particularly in terms of getting a rocket to re-enter the atmosphere, but it would mean that North Korea is able to launch a long-range ballistic missile ? the first rival state to the U.S. do so since the Soviet Union and China.

Rep. Ed Royce, incoming Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said the launch showed that new North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had no intention of giving up his nuclear weapons program. Royce also criticized U.S. policy toward Pyongyang, calling it a "long-term failure."

"The Obama administration's approach continues to be unimaginative and moribund. We can either take a different approach, or watch as the North Korean threat to the region and the U.S. grows," Royce said in a statement.

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Facebook 'back to 100 percent' after outage

11 hrs.

Devin Coldewey , NBC News

A number of Facebook users found themselves unable to access the social network Monday for a short time, but things are now back to normal, the company said.

The outage started in the early afternoon and lasted, for some, at least an hour. For many, the site was down completely, while others saw only missing images. Subdomains like beta.facebook.com worked correctly, allowing people to access the site even when www.facebook.com would not load.

Frustrated users took to blogs and services like Twitter to vent, also demonstrating the the outage, while fairly short, occurred in a number of countries worldwide.

An unrelated issue caused Gmail and Google Drive?to be unavailable this morning, making it something of a rocky day for those who rely heavily on the Web apps.

A Facebook spokesperson issued the following statement to NBC News in an email:

Earlier today we made a change to our DNS infrastructure and that change resulted in some people being temporarily unable to reach the site. We detected and resolved the issue quickly, and we are now back to 100 percent. We apologize for any inconvenience.

DNS is the system by which clients and servers on the Web keep track of each other, and is occasionally the source of short outages like this one. It can also be deliberately disrupted?by hackers, but that's not what happened Monday.

Devin Coldewey is a contributing writer for NBC?News Digital. His personal website is?coldewey.cc.

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Judge: Strauss-Kahn, NYC hotel maid settle suit

FILE - This combo made from file photos shows former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn on June 6, 2011, left, and Nafissatou Diallo on July 28, 2011, in New York. Diallo?s sexual assault lawsuit against the former IMF leader could wrap up as soon as Monday, Dec. 10, 2012, in a quiet deal. A person familiar with the case tells The Associated Press the court date concerns a possible settlement. (AP File Photos)

FILE - This combo made from file photos shows former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn on June 6, 2011, left, and Nafissatou Diallo on July 28, 2011, in New York. Diallo?s sexual assault lawsuit against the former IMF leader could wrap up as soon as Monday, Dec. 10, 2012, in a quiet deal. A person familiar with the case tells The Associated Press the court date concerns a possible settlement. (AP File Photos)

Nafissatou Diallo, a hotel housekeeper who alleged that she was sexual assaulted by former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn, appears in court in New York, Monday, Dec. 10, 2012. State Supreme Court Justice Douglas McKeon announced that after lengthy negotiations, the parties "came together and put terms of a settlement on the record." The amount of the settlement was kept confidential. The lawsuit stemmed from a May 2011 hotel suite encounter that also spurred criminal charges, forced Strauss-Kahn's resignation from the IMF and cut off his potential candidacy for the French presidency. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool)

Former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn leaves his apartment building in Paris, Monday Dec. 10, 2012. The outcome of a New York City hotel housekeeper's sexual assault lawsuit against Dominique Strauss-Kahn will be settled Monday in a New York court.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

Nafissatou Diallo, who claims she was sexually assaulted by the former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn, arrives at a Bronx courthouse Monday, Dec. 10, 2012 in New York. The outcome of the sexual assault lawsuit against may soon be decided in court. Lawyers for both will update a judge Monday on the status of settlement discussions. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn enters his car after leaving his apartment building in Paris, Monday Dec. 10, 2012. The outcome of a New York City hotel housekeeper's sexual assault lawsuit against Dominique Strauss-Kahn will be settled Monday in a New York court. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

NEW YORK (AP) ? Former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn and a hotel maid settled her lawsuit Monday over sexual assault allegations that sank his political career and spurred scrutiny of his dealings with women on two continents.

State Supreme Court Justice Douglas McKeon announced that after lengthy negotiations in the suit brought by Nafissatou Diallo, the parties "came together and put terms of a settlement on the record." The amount of the settlement was kept confidential.

Strauss-Kahn did not attend the hearing on Monday at a Bronx courthouse. Diallo, her hair covered by a leopard-print scarf, looked composed and resolute as the deal was announced.

"I thank everybody all over the world and everybody at the court, and God bless you all," Diallo said afterward.

Her attorney, Kenneth Thompson, called her "a strong and courageous woman who never lost faith in the justice system. With this resolution, she can move on with her life."

In a statement, attorneys William Taylor III and Amit Mehta, thanked the judge.

"On behalf of Mr. Strauss-Kahn, we are pleased to have arrived at a resolution of this matter," they said. "We are grateful to Judge McKeon whose patience and forbearance allowed this agreement to be formulated."

The lawsuit stemmed from a May 2011 hotel suite encounter that also led to criminal charges, forced Strauss-Kahn's resignation from the IMF and cut off his potential candidacy for the French presidency.

Diallo, a housekeeper 33-year-old from Guinea, told police Strauss-Kahn forced her to perform oral sex and tried to rape her after she arrived to clean his suite. The 63-year-old Strauss-Kahn, who has since separated from his wife, has said what happened was "a moral failing," but was consensual.

The criminal case was dropped after prosecutors said Diallo had credibility problems.

She said she always told the truth about what happened between the two and would press her claims in the lawsuit. Strauss-Kahn called the suit defamatory and countersued for $1 million.

On Monday, the judge said he first met with Diallo earlier this year.

"At that time we discussed her willingness to allow settlement negotiations to take place in this case," he said.

"I've developed a great affection for all of you," the judge continued, referring to the parties, "and have gotten to know Ms. Diallo through the time that I spent with her. I want to say what a privilege it has been to work with all of you and to work on this case."

After Diallo came forward, other sexual allegations emerged against Strauss-Kahn, who had been known as a womanizer but largely viewed as debonair.

French judges are to decide by Dec. 19 whether to annul charges linking him to a suspected prostitution ring run out of a luxury hotel in Lille. He acknowledges attending "libertine" gatherings but says he didn't know about any women getting paid to participate.

Another inquiry, centered on allegations of rape in a hotel in Washington, D.C., was dropped after French prosecutors said the accuser, an escort, changed her account to say she wasn't forced to have sex.

And French prosecutors also have looked into writer Tristane Banon's allegations that Strauss-Kahn tried to rape her during an interview in 2003, a claim she made public after his New York arrest and he called called imaginary and slanderous. Prosecutors said they believed the encounter qualified as a sexual assault, but the legal timeframe to pursue her complaint had elapsed.

The Associated Press does not name people who report being sexually assaulted unless they come forward publicly, as Diallo and Banon have done.

Several hours before the court date in New York, Strauss-Kahn was seen in Paris leaving his new residence in the Left Bank neighborhood of Montparnasse. Dressed in jeans, a white shirt and open black jacket and clutching a stack of dossiers, he ducked into a black Audi waiting for him. Asked by AP Television News if he was relieved the New York end of his legal problems would soon be over, he refused to respond.

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Associated Press Writer Tom Hays in New York contributed to this report.

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Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office West Bank crime report, Dec. 7 ...

This information reflects initial calls for service reported by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office for the west bank of Jefferson Parish. Locations are approximate due to automated location methods and address inconsistencies, the Sheriff's Office says. Burglar alarm calls are excluded.

600 block of 3rd Avenue - Dec. 7, 6:56 p.m., battery.
6700 block of 4th Street - Dec. 7, 10:36 a.m., auto theft.
4th Street and Barataria Boulevard - Dec. 7, 5:52 p.m., vehicle wreck.
2300 block of Alex Kornman Boulevard - Dec. 7, 10:38 p.m., residence burglary.
Allo Avenue and Westbank Exp - Dec. 7, 3:54 p.m., disturbing the peace.
3400 block of Ames Boulevard - Dec. 7, 2:56 a.m., business burglary.
Ames Boulevard and August Avenue - Dec. 7, 5:28 p.m., vehicle wreck.
400 block of Avenue A - Dec. 7, 4:15 p.m., criminal damage.
2500 block of Barataria Boulevard - Dec. 7, 2:49 p.m., battery.
500 block of Barataria Boulevard - Dec. 7, 5:53 p.m., vehicle wreck.
9600 block of Barataria Boulevard - Dec. 7, 10:46 p.m., suspicious person.
Barataria Boulevard and 4th Street - Dec. 7, 3:29 p.m., vehicle wreck.
Barataria Boulevard and Bergeron Court - Dec. 7, 6:32 p.m., suspicious person.
Barataria Boulevard and Pritchard Road - Dec. 7, 3:46 a.m., suspicious person.
Belle Chasse Highway and Bellemeade Boulevard - Dec. 7, 12:00 a.m., disturbing the peace.
100 block of Blk 4th Street - Dec. 7, 1:24 a.m., suspicious person.
1600 block of Blk Apache Drive - Dec. 7, 11:31 a.m., suspicious person.
1200 block of Blk Manhattan Boulevard - Dec. 7, 7:02 a.m., suspicious person.
1000 block of Blk Pailet Avenue - Dec. 7, 7:37 p.m., suspicious person.
3300 block of Bretagne Court - Dec. 7, 2:48 p.m., theft.
1000 block of Brown Avenue - Dec. 7, 10:45 a.m., suspicious person.
3700 block of Burntwood Drive - Dec. 7, 11:06 p.m., vehicle burglary.
100 block of Carita Drive - Dec. 7, 5:19 p.m., theft.
1700 block of Carol Sue Avenue - Dec. 7, 3:18 a.m., suspicious person.
6700 block of Carver Drive - Dec. 7, 7:29 a.m., auto theft.
1500 block of Central Park Boulevard - Dec. 7, 10:51 a.m., vehicle wreck.
100 block of Cherry Street - Dec. 7, 8:18 p.m., disturbing the peace.
2500 block of Colorado Drive - Dec. 7, 11:53 p.m., battery.
500 block of Commerce Street - Dec. 7, 1:28 p.m., burglary.
1100 block of Crape Myrtle Lane - Dec. 7, 8:09 a.m., suspicious person.
Dolores Street and Helis Drive - Dec. 7, 8:02 p.m., suspicious person.
2900 block of Dove Avenue - Dec. 7, 9:53 a.m., suspicious person.
Drake Avenue and Westbank Exp - Dec. 7, 5:56 p.m., vehicle wreck.
Eiseman Street and Field Street - Dec. 7, 1:21 a.m., suspicious person.
2700 block of Fairfield Drive - Dec. 7, 11:11 a.m., theft.
1900 block of Faith Place - Dec. 7, 9:11 p.m., auto theft.
500 block of Farmington Place - Dec. 7, 5:13 p.m., robbery.
Florence Street and Estalote Avenue - Dec. 7, 12:19 p.m., drug law violation.
Guardian Avenue and Matador Drive - Dec. 7, 6:34 p.m., suspicious person.
Harvey Boulevard and Wall Boulevard - Dec. 7, 4:50 p.m., vehicle wreck.
700 block of Hickory Street - Dec. 7, 2:31 p.m., theft.
300 block of Holmes Boulevard - Dec. 7, 4:21 a.m., suspicious person.
300 block of Jean Lafitte Boulevard - Dec. 7, 11:20 a.m., suspicious person.
400 block of Jeffer Drive - Dec. 7, 7:10 p.m., suspicious person.
2100 block of La Quinta Via - Dec. 7, 8:50 a.m., vehicle burglary.
2200 block of Lapalco Boulevard - Dec. 7, 8:57 a.m., drug law violation.
2200 block of Lapalco Boulevard - Dec. 7, 2:41 p.m., theft.
4800 block of Lapalco Boulevard - Dec. 7, 2:21 p.m., theft.
4900 block of Lapalco Boulevard - Dec. 7, 10:51 a.m., theft.
5100 block of Lapalco Boulevard - Dec. 7, 9:50 p.m., vehicle wreck.
Lapalco Boulevard and Alex Kornman Boulevard - Dec. 7, 2:23 a.m., suspicious person.
Lapalco Boulevard and Manhattan Boulevard - Dec. 7, 6:13 p.m., suspicious person.
Live Oak Manor Drive and River Road - Dec. 7, 10:19 p.m., suspicious person.
3700 block of Longleaf Lane - Dec. 7, 6:58 p.m., disturbing the peace.
1100 block of Mac Arthur Avenue - Dec. 7, 9:06 a.m., vehicle burglary.
1100 block of Manhattan Boulevard - Dec. 7, 2:00 p.m., vehicle wreck.
1500 block of Manhattan Boulevard - Dec. 7, 1:59 p.m., theft.
1700 block of Manhattan Boulevard - Dec. 7, 7:06 p.m., theft.
1700 block of Manhattan Boulevard - Dec. 7, 7:06 p.m., theft.
900 block of Manhattan Boulevard - Dec. 7, 6:11 p.m., assault.
Manhattan Boulevard and Westbank Exp - Dec. 7, 1:55 p.m., vehicle wreck.
700 block of Maple Avenue - Dec. 7, 8:12 p.m., drug law violation.
600 block of Nel Court - Dec. 7, 1:57 p.m., drug law violation.
West Nine Mile Point Road and U South 90 Highway - Dec. 7, 4:38 p.m., vehicle wreck.
West Nine Mile Point Road and U South 90 Highway - Dec. 7, 9:47 p.m., vehicle wreck.
900 block of Parc Helene Drive - Dec. 7, 10:30 p.m., vehicle wreck.
4300 block of Patriot Street - Dec. 7, 2:26 p.m., theft.
4300 block of Patriot Street - Dec. 7, 3:34 p.m., assault.
Patriot Street and Destrehan Avenue - Dec. 7, 3:01 p.m., vehicle wreck.
9300 block of Paula Court - Dec. 7, 2:00 p.m., disturbing the peace.
Pine Street and Marion Street - Dec. 7, 7:38 a.m., suspicious person.
Pine Street and Yetta Street - Dec. 7, 7:54 a.m., suspicious person.
Pine Street and Yetta Street - Dec. 7, 8:19 a.m., suspicious person.
Pygmalion Drive and Tallow Tree Lane - Dec. 7, 8:16 a.m., battery.
Richelle Street - Dec. 7, 2:50 p.m., disturbing the peace.
5300 block of Richland Drive - Dec. 7, 11:49 a.m., theft.
Sauvage Avenue and Rue Racine - Dec. 7, 11:04 p.m., suspicious person.
6100 block of Singleton Drive - Dec. 7, 8:39 a.m., theft.
1500 block of Somerset Place - Dec. 7, 9:55 a.m., battery.
50 Terry Parkway - Dec. 7, 7:18 p.m., suspicious person.
100 block of Terry Parkway - Dec. 7, 6:41 p.m., vehicle wreck.
300 block of Terry Parkway - Dec. 7, 7:41 p.m., suspicious person.
800 block of Terry Parkway - Dec. 7, 9:31 p.m., suspicious person.
Terry Parkway and Carol Sue Avenue - Dec. 7, 4:40 p.m., vehicle wreck.
Ute Drive and Manhattan Boulevard - Dec. 7, 2:16 p.m., vehicle wreck.
3300 block of Wall Boulevard - Dec. 7, 2:17 p.m., auto theft.
500 block of Wall Boulevard - Dec. 7, 10:32 p.m., criminal damage.
Wall Boulevard and Harvey Boulevard - Dec. 7, 6:56 a.m., vehicle wreck.
100 block of Westbank Exp - Dec. 7, 1:35 p.m., disturbing the peace.
4600 block of Westbank Exp - Dec. 7, 9:42 a.m., suspicious person.
4600 block of Westbank Exp - Dec. 7, 8:34 p.m., vehicle wreck.
4600 block of Westbank Exp - Dec. 7, 9:29 p.m., vehicle wreck.
5000 block of Westbank Exp - Dec. 7, 12:44 p.m., suspicious person.
Westbank Exp and Mac Arthur Avenue - Dec. 7, 10:43 p.m., suspicious person.
Westbank Exp and Manhattan Boulevard - Dec. 7, 7:46 p.m., suspicious person.
Westbank Exp and Robinson Avenue - Dec. 7, 5:59 p.m., vehicle wreck.
Westwood Drive and 4th Street - Dec. 7, 1:25 a.m., suspicious person.

Source: http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2012/12/jefferson_parish_sheriffs_offi_1195.html

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Celebrates Ribbon Cutting For New $1.5M School | Osprey Observer

Dec 10, 2012

By Tamas Mondovics

Students, teachers and some 80 special guests have gathered in a brand new ?cafetorium? for plaques and presentations, as well as a ribbon cutting last month on what school officials called a gleaming new 12,000 sq. ft. charter school in Ruskin.

The celebration at Redlands Christian Migrant Association (RCMA) Leadership Academy located off U.S. 301, on the campus of Beth-El Mission, at 18234 U.S. Highway 301 South in Wimauma, marked the end of a fundraising campaign that began in 2008, a construction project that began in March and final touches on a cafeteria and auditorium that opened just one week prior.

School officials proudly emphasized that collectively the festivities? honored guests generated more than $1.5 million in donations for the project.

According to RCMA Director of Communications and Marketing Bill Coats, opening this fall Leadership Academy, currently cares for 52 students in grades six and seven, but at capacity, will serve 132 students in grades 6-8.

?It is a sibling to the 12-year-old RCMA Wimauma Academy, an elementary school next door,? Coats said. It was created to provide high-quality education customized to the bi-cultural lives of south Hillsborough County?s low-income families are extensions of RCMA?s larger role of early childhood education for Florida?s rural poor that runs 18 child care centers in the Tampa Bay area and 71 statewide.

RCMA Leadership Academy now boasts eight classrooms, a 900 sq. ft. area for administrative offices, the cafeteria and auditorium.

Honorees included Gary Wishnatzki, an RCMA board member and owner of Plant City-based Wish Farms, which along with an annual tennis tournament, accounted for more than $330,000 in donations to the Leadership Academy building campaign.

In Wishnatzki?s honor, the school named the cafeteria bearing his family name as well as planted a live oak on the grounds and mounted a painting of strawberry pickers in the office.

Also on the roster of honored guests was Tampa businessman John Kirtley, founder of Step Up For Students and leader of Florida?s movement for parental choice in schools.

Kirtley personally donated $100,000, while Step Up for Students matched that amount.

?A live oak was also planted in front of the school in honor of Kirtley and his family,? Coats said.

Also honored were two local groups that contributed more than $50,000 apiece: the Interfaith Council of Sun City Center and the Community Foundation of Greater Sun City Center.

?Building this school was like giving birth,? said Mainster. ?Once it was done, we could forget all the pain.?

For more information about RCMA Wimauma Academy, please visit www.rcma.org.

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By Tamas Mondovics Riverview Tags: Beth-El Mission, Bill Coats, Gary Wishnatzki, Interfaith Council of Sun City Center, John Kirtley, Migrant School, RCMA Academy, Step Up For Students, Wish Farms in Plant City

Source: http://www.ospreyobserver.com/2012/12/celebrates-ribbon-cutting-for-new-1-5m-school/

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Analysis: Myanmar's Suu Kyi shows pragmatism

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 file photo, opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, second right, listens to a Buddhist monk who suffered from burn injuries when security forces cracked down protesters camping at a military-backed copper mine, during her visit to a hospital in Monywa, northwestern Myanmar. For Suu Kyi the democracy activist, the 25-year struggle against Myanmar's former army rulers was a largely black-and-white affair - a clear fight for freedom against one of the world's most oppressive regimes. But Suu Kyi the elected lawmaker is finding it a lot more difficult to pick her battles, and she's a lot more pragmatic when she does. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 file photo, opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, second right, listens to a Buddhist monk who suffered from burn injuries when security forces cracked down protesters camping at a military-backed copper mine, during her visit to a hospital in Monywa, northwestern Myanmar. For Suu Kyi the democracy activist, the 25-year struggle against Myanmar's former army rulers was a largely black-and-white affair - a clear fight for freedom against one of the world's most oppressive regimes. But Suu Kyi the elected lawmaker is finding it a lot more difficult to pick her battles, and she's a lot more pragmatic when she does. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2012 file photo, supporters of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi reach to touch her hand as she leaves after a public meeting close to Letpadaung mine in Monywa, northwestern Myanmar. For Suu Kyi the democracy activist, the 25-year struggle against Myanmar's former army rulers was a largely black-and-white affair - a clear fight for freedom against one of the world's most oppressive regimes. But Suu Kyi the elected lawmaker is finding it a lot more difficult to pick her battles, and she's a lot more pragmatic when she does. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe, File)

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 file photo, a novice Buddhist monk, who suffered from burn injuries when security forces cracked down protesters camping at a military-backed copper mine, points to his wounds as he is treated at a hospital in Monywa, northwestern Myanmar. For Aung San Suu Kyi the democracy activist, the 25-year struggle against Myanmar's former army rulers was a largely black-and-white affair - a clear fight for freedom against one of the world's most oppressive regimes. But Suu Kyi the elected lawmaker is finding it a lot more difficult to pick her battles, and she's a lot more pragmatic when she does. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 file photo, Myanmar police officers stand guard at the entry point to Letpadaung mine in Monywa, northwestern Myanmar, after security forces cracked down on protesters occupying the mine earlier in the day, hours before opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was expected to hear their grievances. For Suu Kyi the democracy activist, the 25-year struggle against Myanmar's former army rulers was a largely black-and-white affair - a clear fight for freedom against one of the world's most oppressive regimes. But Suu Kyi the elected lawmaker is finding it a lot more difficult to pick her battles, and she's a lot more pragmatic when she does. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe, File)

BANGKOK (AP) ? For Aung San Suu Kyi the democracy activist, the 25-year struggle against Myanmar's former army rulers was a largely black-and-white affair ? a clear fight for freedom against one of the world's most oppressive regimes.

But Suu Kyi the elected lawmaker is finding it a lot more difficult to pick her battles, and she's a lot more pragmatic when she does.

With the long-ruling junta gone and a reformist government in place, the political prisoner-turned-parliamentarian is now part of a nascent government dealing with a complex transition to democracy ? even as she maintains her role as opposition leader.

This week, Suu Kyi moved to settle a dispute that has festered in the northwest for years: controversy over a military-backed copper mine in Letpadaung that has raised environmental concern and forced villagers from their land with little compensation.

Suu Kyi made a two-day trip to the region to hear people's grievances and try to help mediate a resolution. Hours before she arrived Thursday, security forces launched a brutal crackdown on protesters that was the biggest of its kind since President Thein Sein took office last year.

Police used water cannons, tear gas and smoke bombs to break up an 11-day occupation of the mine project. Protesters saw their makeshift shelters ablaze. A nurse at a Monywa hospital said 27 monks and one other person were admitted there to be treated for burns.

Addressing a crowd of more than 10,000 people in the nearby town of Monywa on Friday, Suu Kyi criticized security forces but said protesters may have to accept a compromise for the sake of national honor.

Myanmar's former army junta made past deals without taking into account the wishes of the people, she said, but such commitments must be honored "so that the country's image will not be hurt."

A Chinese company is part-owner of the mine, and Beijing previously complained when Myanmar pulled back on a dam project in which China had an interest.

In other comments during her trip to Monywa, Suu Kyi said she would work for the country's benefit but called on people to be "open-minded."

"To walk the democratic system is a tough path," she said. "It's not straight."

Though mine protesters may not be satisfied by those words, they at least know that they have Suu Kyi's attention. The Nobel Peace laureate has gotten less involved in other conflicts.

Since taking her seat in the legislature in April, Suu Kyi has not set foot in northern Kachin state, where a war is raging between rebels and the army that has forced than 75,000 people to flee. She also has yet to visit the western state of Rakhine, where two waves of sectarian violence between ethnic Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims has killed nearly 200 people and driven 110,000 people from their homes since June.

Suu Kyi has urged calm in both crises, but she not attempted to mediate, either.

"When entire communities of Rohingya and Muslims were wiped out in the state-backed ethnic cleansing in Rakhine state .... she didn't even bother to tour the violence-struck" region, said Maung Zarni, a Myanmar expert and visiting fellow at the London School of Economics. "Why not?"

The answer, it seems, is that Suu Kyi has evolved into a pragmatic politician, one who must pursue personal and party goals without upsetting her new relationship with Myanmar's new power brokers, including Thein Sein. The army still wields enormous power in this Southeast Asian nation, and Suu Kyi has argued she must work with them on the path to national reconciliation.

One of the most prominent signs of Suu Kyi's pragmatism has been her failure to speak out strongly against what rights groups say is the widespread repression of the Rohingya minority.

Although she has condemned the recent unrest, she has pointedly refused to take sides, saying violence has been committed by both Buddhists and Muslims.

The Rohingya, though, are among the most persecuted people in the world, largely denied citizenship by Myanmar and rejected by Bangladesh. They have borne the brunt of the recent violence, which Zarni and others argue is part of an effort by ethnic Rakhine to drive Muslims out of the state. The vast majority of the 110,000 displaced are Rohingya, many of whom lost homes in arson attacks.

But Suu Kyi is well aware of her movement's desire to sweep national elections in 2015. The Rohingya are a deeply unpopular cause, and standing up for them is politically risky in a predominantly Buddhist nation where they are widely denigrated as foreigners from Bangladesh, even though many have lived in Myanmar for generations.

In April, Suu Kyi got a taste of the new political world she was entering shortly after her National League for Democracy party won almost all of the several dozen seats up for grabs in the country's historic by-election.

Before taking their seats in the legislature, Suu Kyi's party got embroiled in a major dispute over what they called the undemocratic wording of the oath of office. The party defiantly declared it would not take its seats until the phrasing was changed.

After a weeklong stalemate, Suu Kyi announced they would take the oath anyway and take their seats in a legislature where a quarter of seats are controlled by the army and most of the rest are occupied by retired military officers.

"Politics is an issue of give and take," Suu Kyi said. "We are not giving up. We are just yielding to the aspirations of the people."

Associated Press

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