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Charlize Theron – in Christian Dior – at the 69th Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills

Apple loses another copyright lawsuit in China: Xinhua

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A Chinese court has fined Apple Inc 1 million yuan ($160,400) for hosting third-party applications on its App Store that were selling pirated electronic books, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Friday.

Apple is to pay compensation to eight Chinese writers and two companies for violating their copyrights, the Beijing No.2 Intermediate People's Court ruled on Thursday, Xinhua said.

Earlier in the year, a group of Chinese authors filed the suit against Apple, saying an unidentified number of apps on its App Store sold unlicensed copies of their books. The group of eight authors was seeking 10 million yuan in damages.

"We are disappointed at the judgment. Some of our best-selling authors only got 7,000 yuan. The judgment is a signal of encouraging piracy," Bei Zhicheng, a spokesman for the group, told Reuters.

Apple said in a statement that it takes copyright infringement complaints "very seriously".

"We're always updating our service to better assist content owners in protecting their rights," Apple spokeswoman Carolyn Wu said.

China has the world's largest Internet and mobile market by number of users, but piracy costs software companies billions of dollars each year.

Apple, whose products enjoy great popularity in China, has faced a string of legal headaches this year. In July, Apple paid 60 million yuan to a Chinese firm, Proview Technology, to settle a long-running lawsuit over the iPad trademark in China.

India : The Rape Victim's Last Journey

Indian residents Meena Rai (L) and Usharai (R) - neighbours of a gangrape victim - stand with police personnel outside a cremation ground in New Delhi on December 30, 2012, after a cremation ceremony. The victim of a gang-rape and murder which triggered an outpouring of grief and anger across India was cremated at a private ceremony, hours after her body was flown home from Singapore. The unidentified 23-year-old, the focus of nationwide protests since she was brutally attacked on a bus in New Delhi two weeks ago, was cremated away from the public glare at the request of her traumatised parents. The murdered victim of a gang-rape in New Delhi was to marry her boyfriend who was injured in the same attack, neighbours who attended her funeral said.

Coincidence or conspiracy?

At the premiere of Batman "The Dark Knight: The Legend Continues" in a suburb of Denver, was shot 14 people.
The incident took place in the theater at a shopping center in the Denver suburb of Aurora (Aurora) on Friday night, July 20. According to some reports, the perpetrator was in a gas mask. He opened fire at visitors and blew a smoke bomb or a bomb with tear gas.
During the film for 3 seconds appears in the frame map of the city, where you can see the inscription «Sandy Hook».
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The school in which after 21 weeks (after the massacre at the cinema) a guy shot children is called ... Sandy Hook

Obama : Gun control

"This time, the words need to lead to action," said Obama, who set a January deadline for the recommendations. He vowed to push for their implementation without delay.
The president, who exerted little political capital on gun control during his first term, also pressed Congress to reinstate an assault weapons ban, which expired in 2004. He also called for stricter background checks for people who seek to purchase weapons and limited high capacity clips.
"The fact that this problem is complex can no longer be an excuse for doing nothing," Obama said. "The fact that we can't prevent every act of violence doesn't mean we can't steadily reduce the violence."
Obama's announcement Wednesday underscores the urgency the White House sees in formulating a response to the shooting in Newtown, Conn. Twenty children and six adults were killed when a man carrying a military-style rifle stormed an elementary school.
The massacre has prompted several congressional gun rights supporters to consider new legislation to control firearms, and there is some concern that their willingness to engage could fade as the shock and sorrow over the Newtown shooting eases.
Obama said Wednesday it was "encouraging" to see people of different backgrounds and political affiliations coming to an understanding that the country has an obligation to prevent such violence.
Appealing to gun owners, Obama said he believes in the Second Amendment and the country's strong tradition of gun ownership. And he said "the vast majority of gun owners in America are responsible."
The president tasked Vice President Joe Biden with leading the administration-wide effort to create new gun control policies. Obama also wants his team to consider ways to improve mental health resources and address ways to create a culture that doesn't promote violence.
The departments of Justice, Education, Health and Human Services, and Homeland Security will all be part of the process.
Biden's prominent role in the process could be an asset for the White House in getting gun legislation through Congress. The vice president spent decades in the Senate and has been called on by Obama before to use his long-standing relationships with lawmakers to build support for White House measures.

Connecticut Shooter Adam Lanza

Adam Lanza of Newtown, Connecticut was a child of the suburbs and a child of divorce who at age 20 still lived with his mother.


This morning he appears to have started his day by shooting his mother Nancy in the face, and then driving to nearby Sandy Hook Elementary School armed with at least two handguns and at least one semi-automatic rifle.


There, before turning his gun on himself, he shot and killed 20 children, who President Obama later described as between five and 10 years of age. Six adults were also killed at the school. Nancy Lanza was found dead in her home.


A relative told ABC News that Adam was "obviously not well."


Family friends in Newtown also described the young man as troubled and described Nancy as very rigid. "[Adam] was not connected with the other kids," said one friend.


State and federal authorities believe his mother may have once worked at the elementary school where Adam went on his deadly rampage, although she was not a teacher, according to relatives, perhaps a volunteer.


Nancy and her husband Peter, Adam's father, divorced in 2009. When they first filed for divorce in 2008, a judge ordered that they participate in a "parenting education program."


Peter Lanza, who drove to northern New Jersey to talk to police and the FBI, is a vice president at GE Capital and had been a partner at global accounting giant Ernst & Young.


Adam's older brother Ryan Lanza, 24, has worked at Ernst & Young for four years, apparently following in his father's footsteps and carving out a solid niche in the tax practice. He too was interviewed by the FBI. Neither he nor his father is under any suspicion.


"[Ryan] is a tax guy and he is clean as a whistle," a source familiar with his work said.


Police had initially identified Ryan as the killer. Ryan sent out a series of Facebook posts saying it wasn't him and that he was at work all day. Video records as well as card swipes at Ernst & Young verified his statement that he had been at the office.


Investigators are looking into whether Adam Lanza was carrying his older brother Ryan's identification at the time of the shooting, which may have caused the confusion. Neither Adam nor Ryan has any known criminal history.


With reporting by Pierre Thomas, Jim Avila, Santina Leuci, Aaron Katersky, Jason Ryan and Jay Shaylor

Help Paying off Student Loans - Tips and Tricks

After finishing college or university many people have been in school for a long time.  It’s easy to grow accustomed having the structure and once you graduate lots of students look around thinking now what? He can be a little overwhelming and on top of that most students have a massive debt to worry about. Don’t worry; there are a few suggestions and tips to help you deal with your newly activated that it which are in the right direction.

Have you ever heard the term starving student? This isn’t some random term with no basis in reality it is usually how students have to live while finishing their degree.  Knee-jerk reaction after living like this for, three, four or five years is to want to spend money. It’s natural to want to reward yourself after paying the price in achieving an important goal. Here are a few considerations before making any commitments or deciding what to do next.

Debt Reduction: Simple But Not Easy

In the world of that reduction there are two basic ways to pay off debt and they are:

• Make more money
• Make larger payments on your debt

Sounds pretty simplistic and it really is, however simple doesn’t mean easy. If coming out of school you don’t have a job lined up already and you have no income or first goal is to manage your debt.

Tips To Help:

• Re-enroll at your school and this will help you buy some time because it will usually suspend payments toward your student loans. You could also qualify for apell Grant  where the money could be used for paying debt. This will also help you protect your credit by not defaulting on your student loan when you can’t make payments.
• Borrow money from your parents to pay down or pay off or even just make some payments will you line up a job. If your parents do have the money to help you this may be the best time to ask since you just finished your degree and are probably happy about that. Once you find a job, even a temporary one, pay your parents back.
• Take a temporary job that may not even be in your field of study. This can be difficult because he focused on a specific area of study and sometimes only jobs available or have nothing to do with what you studied. Finding a job can take sometime several months and in the meantime you can be making money and using that to pay down your debt.
• This next one is going to be hard, don't spend any money and do not make any major purchases. By reducing or limiting your spending for a year or two (even six months), is a huge investment in your future. By focusing any money that you make on your existing debt will shave years off how long to be in debt. If it’s possible move back or continue to live with your parents. It’s better that the $800-$1000 you’d be spending in rent go towards your debt.
• Government support for student loans is another consideration. There is help available through government programs for a number of the different types of professionals like civil service, military, teachers and others. They can help by possibly freezing your debt and get you back on track.

Organizing your Finances into a Plan

Debt is just one area of an overall financial plan to look at. A lot of information about personal financial planning usually isn’t taught in school but should be required learning. To help you organize your finances and development plan here’s some additional resources on some of the different areas to focus on:

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Conclusion

Always remember that you are not alone if you are struggling with college debt.  After completing a college or university education it's common for many if not most of the students to have that to deal with. Good luck in this backstage of your life and always consider seeking professional advice before you make any decisions or take any action on advice.