Remplacer mon iPhone 4 par Galaxy S2

Bonsoir ? tous :-)

Cela fait un bout de temps que je suis un fid?le de la pomme, question de design, rapidit?, simplicit? et applications et clairement, avant le GS2, aucun t?l?phone ne pouvait concurrencer l'iPhone.
Envie de changer, envie d'un ?cran plus grand, et pas envie d'attendre l'iPhone 5.
Me voil? donc face au S2 qui est joli, plus grand... et avec un Android Market presque aussi complet que l'Apple Store.
Mes iPhone ont toujours ?t?s jailbreak?s sinon je vois pas l'utilit? de mettre 650? l? dedans

J'ai donc quelques questions avant de me lancer et quitter la ptite pomme :

- Existe t'il un tweak type SBsetting afin de passer en mode avion/couper la wifi en un touch??
- Existe t'il BiteSMS sur android? (Appli pour les SMS, avec photo contact, cacher des conversations etc)
- Y'a t'il une appli de correction automatique comme la native sur l'iPhone pour les texte ?crits?
- Peut-on remplacer le clavier natif android par celui de l'iPhone? (je trouve les touches mieux espac?es, plus sensibles, plus simples sur l'iPhone)

Autres questions :

-Avez-vous une id?e de quand sortira le S3 ? et quels caract?ristiques sont pr?vus?
-Je suis chez Bouygues, et souhaite passer chez orange, ? votre avis, est-il possible de "ruser" le syst?me en prenant un forfait ? 60? par mois pour avoir le t?l?phone pour une mis?re et baisser le forfait ? 30? par mois le mois suivant en changeant d'offre?

Merci ? vous !!

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Sports: Toros Celebrate the Holidays With Wins

It's been a festive week for our favorite guys, the Austin Toros. Needing one win to get back on track for the "Win 2, Lose 1" strategy that I've coined, the Toros did us one better, they won both games this week! Recaps are down below, but first, some more thoughts on the Toros of yesterday.





I've been trying to figure out just the right way to embrace our ball club now that Lance Thomas is gone. He's still across the pond in New Orleans, where he'll likely find himself a roster spot and a big pay raise from his Toros days. I've had some time now, and I'm come to accept this as reality. And my sadness has turned a 180. I'm ecstatic for Lance. He's in the NBA now! It's a dream come true for him, and for Lance Thomas fans everywhere. We might not get to see him dominate the basketball court at the Cedar Park Center anymore, and it's probably true that he's not ready to have a huge role for the NBA-owned Hornets, but we'll continue to monitor the situation, and if all goes according to plan, in a few years we'll all remember Lance's Toros days as he checks into the NBA All-Star game, wherever it be held.

In Toros news, we got our flashy playmaker, Justin Dentmon, back on the squad after he was waived by Lance's Hornets. "Slambuki Luke" Zeller was subsequently cut by the Spurs, a move that left San Antonio with just 13 players on the roster. Zeller's dynamic shooting abilities for a center, stretching the floor all the way out to 3-point distance, wasn't quite good enough for the defensive brain of Gregg Popovich, as Slambuki Luke's defense and rebounding are still lacking to make it on Popovich's bench. Zeller is likely to find his way back to the Toros, but at the moment he's weighing his options. That leaves Lance Thomas and Carldell "Squeaky" Johnson as the two Toros who have landed real roster spots in The Show, both landing with the New Orleans Hornets. It's a bittersweet moment, obviously, and we'll never forget how we enjoyed watching Johnson motor up and down the court in Austin. We'll reminisce with our pals at the corner store about the good old days, when NBA third-string point guard Carldell Johnson was our little engine that could.

The first of two recent games, the December 18 home victory against the bumbling, stumbling goofballs, the Texas Legends, brought an expected W to Austin's record. Texas came into the game at 1-7, and Austin needed the victory to establish themselves back at the 66% winning percentage (win 2, lose 1) that we at the Chronicle have outlined as a realistic goal for the team. And as figured by most, the Toros beat down the Legends 116-99. With the new starting lineup finding some insane chemistry over a very short period of time, Austin really looked like a tight-knit crew against Texas, but we need to take this with a grain of oats, what with the Legends being so dang lousy.

Omar Reed led the team in scoring efficiency for the third straight game, scoring 19 points on eight of 11 shooting. Reed, a savvy young player, is knocking on the starting lineup's door, and Head Coach Brad Jones has been impressed with his new players' abilities on offense. The Toros shot 85% from the free-throw line, and they forced 22 turnovers in beating the Legends with ease. They lead by 20 at halftime, and the general consensus at intermission was "game over." Toros 6-3 after the victory.

With plenty of practice time in between the December 18 victory and their next game, a roadie against the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, Austin was able to fine-tune their defensive game plan. After giving up an average of nearly 115 points per game in their previous four contests, the Toros were looking to prevent a second straight team from reaching the century mark in consecutive games, something they haven't done since the first two games of the season (probably thanks to Lance Thomas).

In the December 23 game against Fort Wayne, Austin welcomed back their star guard, Justin Dentmon, who had been waived by the New Orleans Hornets. Dentmon reclaimed his starting position, forcing Stefan Welsh back to the second unit, but in his first game back in a Toros uniform, Dentmon had trouble finding his shooting touch. He made just three of 13 field-goal attempts, but was dynamite from the charity stripe, knocking down all 12 attempts. With Dentmon returning, Omar Reed's hot streak ended, as he had just 5 points in 19 minutes, but the Toros focused their recent practice time on defense, and the effort showed as such. They held the Mad Ants to 41.4% shooting, including just 21.7% from downtown. A balanced offensive attack proved super, with the Austin starting five all scoring in double figures. Terrance Woodbury and Eric Dawson made up for Dentmon's poor shooting, shooting a combined 16 for 25 for 37 points. It was a noble team effort, and one that we should remember as the Toros beat the Mad Ants 110-98. Toros 7-3!

And with that 7-3 record comes exciting news! Going into Christmas Eve, your Austin Toros are in first place in the Western Conference! Not only that, their 7-3 record is the best in the entire D-League! The vibe all around Austin is Toros championship possibilities and how gosh darn good they look. Christmas tidings have never smelled so rosy.

The Week Ahead:
After a well deserved four-day break for the holidays, Austin is back in action with a back-to-back double home game bill against the Springfield Armor (who have one of the worst names in the D-League) on December 29 and 30. Springfield currently holds an impressive 7-5 record. The Toros need to protect home court, and even though it's always a daunting task to win a double-header like this, Austin needs to show dominance. Dentmon will have a full week of practice back with the club, and all gut feelings point to Austin winning.

The two games versus Springfield kick off a four-game homestand. Anyone able to attend all four games would be a fool not to. I'll be there, whispering magic spells to myself, trying to help the home team any way possible. Hopefully the ushers won't stop me from bringing some eye of newt into the arena. See you at the games! Happy Holidays!

Vs. Springfield: Thu., Dec. 29, 1pm; Fri., Dec. 30, 7:30pm; Thu., Jan. 5, 7:30pm. Cedar Park Center, 2100 Avenue of the Stars, Cedar Park, 512/600-5000. $8-99 plus fees.

Source: http://www.austinchronicle.com/blogs/sports/2011-12-28/toros-celebrate-the-holidays-with-wins/

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Windows Phone Marketplace hits 50,000 app-submission milestone

Just over one month after crossing the 40,000 app-submission threshold, Microsoft's Windows Phone Marketplace has hit another milestone: 50,000. According to analyses done by All About Windows Phone, the Taj Mahal of tiles has seen developers submit just over 50,000 applications for review -- 42,655 of which are currently available in the United States. What may be more telling is the rate at which developers are submitting their wares. Over 17,000 apps have been submitted to the Marketplace in the last 90-days from over 13,000 different publishers (an average of 265 per day). With Apple's iOS App Store and Google's Android Market sitting firmly atop the mobile-app-ecosystem totem pole, Microsoft is looking to close the gap and put distance between itself and Research In Motion's BlackBerry App World. Hopefully, the gang from Redmond can keep the positive momentum going through 2012... even with its next major mobile OS revision being a minor one.

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?Payroll Tax, The Sequel?: Did either side learn any lessons from Part 1?

The impasse over the payroll tax cut sent the public approval rating for Congress to new depths even as it gave Obama a corresponding boost. But as negotiators reopen discussions for a longer deal, all bets are off.

Congress took its impasse over payroll tax cuts and other expiring provisions to the brink of raising taxes for some 160 million Americans, before House Speaker John Boehner gave in.

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Now, with barely a pause, it all begins again.

Both Republicans and Democrats are assessing the fallout from a standoff that drove Congress?s approval to record low levels ? and bumped President Obama to his highest approval ratings in 12 months.

Some 47 percent of Americans approve of the way the president is handling his job, according to a Gallup poll released on Tuesday. That?s up five points since the standoff with House Republicans over the payroll tax cut began.

By contrast, Congress wound up the year at an 11 percent approval rating ? its lowest level since the Gallup organization began asking the question in 1974. Polls signal that the public blames Republicans more than Democrats for the dysfunction on Capitol Hill.

The deal that broke the impasse, first proposed by Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, extends expiring provisions for two months. It also commits House and Senate negotiators to work out a full-year extension of the payroll tax ?holiday,? as well as expiring federal jobless benefits and a ?fix? to block a 27.4 percent cut in payments to doctors serving Medicare patients.

But congressional leaders are signaling that key issues once viewed as resolved are back on the table for a new round of negotiations, casting doubt on whether a deeply divided Congress can ? or even wants to ? agree on the expiring provisions before the 2012 elections.

A key sticking point is how to pay for the $100 billion needed to extend these provisions for the balance of 2012. In the run-up to the two-month deal, Democrats publicly set aside demands to pay for extending the payroll tax cuts with a surtax on incomes over $1 million ? a nonstarter for House Republicans.

On Friday, Senate majority leader Harry Reid (D) of Nevada told reporters that he had instructed his four Democratic conferees to allow ?nothing off the table,? including higher taxes on the rich. ?I?ve talked to Senate Republicans, plural, who think that that there should be a fair tax on rich people,? he said in a briefing on Dec. 23. ?I am going to make sure that my conferees understand that that could be part of what we try to do, and we?ll see what happens.?

At the same time, Senator Reid said that Democratic negotiators would be revisiting a provision in the two-month agreement that calls for reducing federal jobless benefits from 99 to 79 weeks.??We couldn?t get it done otherwise,? he said. ?And so we?ll come back and revisit that.?

Source: http://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/feeds/csm/~3/2kVod8G8C5Q/Payroll-Tax-The-Sequel-Did-either-side-learn-any-lessons-from-Part-1

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Wall Street ends 5-day rally on renewed euro-zone concerns (Reuters)

NEW YORK (Reuters) ? U.S. stocks fell more than 1 percent on Wednesday after a hefty year-end rally and the S&P 500 erased gains for the year on renewed concerns about the euro zone's financial health.

The selloff followed the euro's slide to an 11-month low against the U.S. dollar as regional debt worries prompted a wave of selling, with thin trading exacerbating volatility.

"It seems like the weakness in euro, breaking that $1.30 level, really made investors push that 'sell' button," said Ryan Detrick, senior technical strategist with Schaeffer's Investment Research in Cincinnati.

"But it's somewhat of an exaggerated move, considering that there isn't much volume, and this could end in a one-day selloff."

A recent rally on Wall Street had been supported by a series of positive U.S. economic data that encouraged investors to shift their focus from fears about Europe's debt crisis sparking a global recession to optimism that the U.S. economy was on track to recovery.

But "with no domestic economic news to guide the action, much of the focus was on Europe," WhatsTrading.com options strategist Frederic Ruffy said.

U.S. stock index futures had advanced earlier in the session after an Italian debt auction where short-term borrowing costs were halved, potentially a good sign for a sale of longer-dated bonds on Thursday.

But those gains were short-lived, as the euro fell to a session low of $1.2938, its lowest since January, before rising back to trade at $1.2949.

The Dow Jones industrial average (.DJI) fell 139.94 points, or 1.14 percent, to end at 12,151.41. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index (.SPX) dropped 15.79 points, or 1.25 percent, to 1,249.64. The Nasdaq Composite Index (.IXIC) lost 35.22 points, or 1.34 percent, to 2,589.98.

S&P UP 10.5 PCT IN QUARTER

After a 5 percent rally last week that helped Wall Street add to what has been the best quarter in over a year, the S&P 500 pulled back below its 200-day moving average, a closely watched indicator of market strength it has struggled to hold this year.

For the quarter, the S&P 500 is up 10.5 percent.

For the year, the Dow is up 5 percent, while the S&P 500 is down 0.6 percent, and the Nasdaq is off 2.4 percent.

In Wednesday's session, investors concentrated on 2012 with Europe's debt crisis as well as a slowdown in Asia and the impact of Europe's recession on a U.S. recovery on the agenda.

"There are clearly some major hurdles on the horizon," said Peter Kenny, managing director at Knight Capital in Jersey City, New Jersey. "Looking into next year, there is more apprehension about the risks associated with the current climate."

The biggest gaining sectors over the last five days, in cyclical areas like materials and energy, led the market lower on Wednesday, sparked by a drop in commodity prices. The S&P materials sector index (.GSPM) fell 2.2 percent.

Gold sank, tracking industrial metals, on concerns about the prospects for global economic growth next year. It was gold's biggest one-day drop in two weeks.

Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp (MRX.N) fell 1.2 percent to $33.35 a day after cutting its fourth-quarter earnings outlook.

Citigroup Inc (C.N) shed 2.9 percent to $26.13 after U.S. regulators won a delay in a securities fraud lawsuit against the bank. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking to appeal a judge's decision to reject its $285 million settlement with the bank.

Volume was light in the post-Christmas period and ahead of the New Year's Day holiday. Composite volume on the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq and Amex was 4.31 billion shares, well below the year's daily average of around 7.9 billion shares.

On both the NYSE and the Nasdaq, about four stocks fell for every one that rose.

(Reporting By Angela Moon; Editing by Jan Paschal)

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20111228/bs_nm/us_markets_stocks

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Texas Rangers win negotiating rights to Yu Darvish (AP)

NEW YORK ? After losing a pair of aces in the last two years, the Texas Rangers are going global to land a new one.

Winner of consecutive AL pennants, Texas also won the Yu Darvish sweepstakes Monday night with a record bid of $51.7 million. Now, the Rangers get 30 days to negotiate a contract with Darvish that would put Japan's best pitcher at the top of their rotation.

"Obviously, it's a very exciting night for our organization, our fans and our community," general manager Jon Daniels said on a conference call.

Major League Baseball announced that the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters of Japan's Pacific League accepted the highest bid for Darvish. That sealed offer was submitted under the posting system by the Rangers.

"Our ownership went the extra mile on this one," Daniels said, declining to reveal specifics.

A person familiar with the details said the winning bid by Texas was $51.7 million ? more than the $51.1 million posting fee the Boston Red Sox paid for Daisuke Matsuzaka in 2006. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the figure was not made public.

Yahoo Sports and The New York Times reported the amount first.

Darvish is considered the best pitcher in the Japanese professional leagues and several of baseball's biggest spenders were thought to be interested in him.

If the Rangers can close the deal, the 25-year-old right-hander would join a rotation that already includes five starters: Colby Lewis, Derek Holland, Matt Harrison, Alexi Ogando and former closer Neftali Feliz, moved out of the bullpen when the club signed free-agent reliever Joe Nathan this offseason.

"If we're able to sign him (Darvish), then we'll have a very good problem on our hands," Daniels said.

It's a dynamic endeavor for the Rangers, buoyed by a lucrative television contract and back-to-back AL championships under a new ownership group led by Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan. But the team is still chasing its first World Series title ? and Texas knows all too well that nothing is done until it is done.

Despite a serious effort, the Rangers were unable to re-sign star pitcher Cliff Lee following the 2010 season. They made it back to the World Series anyway and were within one strike of winning it all ? twice ? before the St. Louis Cardinals rallied to take the trophy.

Then the Rangers lost their latest ace, C.J. Wilson, when the left-hander agreed to a $77.5 million, five-year contract with the AL West rival Los Angeles Angels this month.

"Our commitment of our ownership is to put the best team out there. The last couple of years we just haven't been able to close it out," Daniels said.

Bidding for the posting fee closed last Wednesday, and the Ham Fighters had until 5 p.m. EST on Tuesday to accept. The fee will be paid only if a contract agreement is reached with Darvish's agents, Arn Tellem and Don Nomura.

If no deal is finalized, Darvish returns to the Fighters for another season.

Two months ago, the Rangers let a championship slip away. They don't want the same thing to happen with Darvish.

In a statement released before the conference call, the Rangers said they were "pleased and excited" to win the rights to negotiate with Darvish.

"Our organization has scouted Mr. Darvish for the last several years and has been very impressed with his abilities and accomplishments. We believe he would be a great addition to the Texas Rangers pitching staff," the team said. "We look forward to beginning the next step of this process in the very near future."

Darvish, the son of an Iranian father and a Japanese mother, went 18-6 with a 1.44 ERA last season. He had 276 strikeouts to lead the Pacific League.

The Fighters gave him approval to negotiate with a major league club through the posting system. Matsuzaka and Ichiro Suzuki went to the majors under the same system.

Darvish pitched in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and was a member of the Japanese national team that won the 2009 World Baseball Classic.

The 6-foot-5 Darvish has superb control and throws seven effective pitches. It's expected he would make a front-line major league starter, though the MLB track record of Japanese aces is shaky.

"Darvish is the No. 1 pitcher in Japan, but we want him to become the ace of the world," Nippon Ham team representative Toshimasa Shimada said this month.

Darvish turned pro in 2005 at 18. His professional career got off to a rocky start when he was caught smoking in a pachinko parlor on an off day during his first spring training, despite not being old enough to legally smoke nor to gamble at the time.

In 2007, Darvish won the Eiji Sawamura Award presented to the top pitcher in Japanese professional baseball after posting a 15-5 record with a 1.82 ERA and a league-leading 210 strikeouts.

The Red Sox signed Matsuzaka in 2006 to a six-year, $52 million contract, taking the total package ? including the posting fee ? to more than $100 million.

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Associated Press Writer Terry Wallace in Dallas and AP Sports Writer Jim Armstrong in Tokyo contributed to this report.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111220/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bba_rangers_darvish

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DIY Christmas: Build the Ultimate Stocking

December 16, 2011 5:00 PM

1. Stock the Stuff

Nothing beats a bulging stocking on Christmas morning, but the traditional cloth design can hold only so many goodies. This super stocking redeploys the tough Tyvek FedEx envelopes that arrive with holiday gifts. Fully loaded, the fibrous polyethylene sock holds 50 pounds. That's enough for a generous load of toys, sugarplums or even coal. Gather up four 15 x 12?inch envelopes, a ?-inch eyebolt for wood or masonry (depending on the mantel), an S-hook, Duco Cement, eight grommets and a tough, ?-inch-diameter nylon rope.

2. Cut and Paste

Double the strength of the envelopes by gluing together two pairs of inside-out Tyvek bags (one inside another) with Duco Cement. Cut off the lower left corner of one envelope pair. Fold and glue a lower corner of the second envelope pair into a tapered stocking tip. Cut off the top flap of the lower envelope and fit it over the upper envelope's open corner, adjusting the fit until it all looks sock-like. Apply plenty of cement along the seams and lightly press the pieces together. Wipe away the excess cement. Let dry.

3. Hang with Care

Fold and glue down the adhesive sealing flap on the top envelope. Install eight grommets through the double layer on the top edge. Drive the eyebolt into the mantel. Thread the nylon rope through the grommets and tie it up. Use the S-hook to hang the rope from the eyebolt.

4. Get Festive

To decorate the outside of the stocking, use rivets or Sharpies to write in a name?or a wish list.

Source: http://www.popularmechanics.com/home/improvement/interior/diy-christmas-build-the-ultimate-stocking?src=rss

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National Parks Can Ban Bottled Water, After They Have Plan

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Kirsten Dirksen: Watch: Upscale Bay Area Home Made from Old Car Parts

When architect Karl Wanaselja built his home in Berkeley, California the junkyard became his urban forest for materials. For months he visited one of three local yards looking for car roofs and Dodge Caravan side windows. The windows became awning and the roofs became siding for the top floor of his home.

The hardest part was picking the cars because cars that end up in junk yards are in pretty bad shape usually so not only was I selecting on condition, no dents, as few nicks as possible and paint not coming off in sheets.

Wanaselja designed the home with Cate Leger, his partner in life and business (Leger Wanaselja Architects). They liked the look of the old cars, but they also believe firmly that reusing trumps recycling. "You know the metal is melted back down -- that requires more energy," explains Wanaselja. "So if we grab the materials before that happens it's actually that much better for the environment."

They reused more than just cars to build their home. The lower half is sided in poplar bark, a waste product of the North Caroline furniture industry. Exterior wood is salvaged redwood and the fences and windowsills are on their second life.

It sounds good, but it also looks good. The car roofs overlapped like fish scales leave the impression of slate, the side window awnings feel nautical and the poplar bark grounds the entire work.

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House to move ahead on defense bill (AP)

WASHINGTON ? Congress is on track to require military custody for suspected terrorists linked to al-Qaida and indefinite detention without trial for some suspects, even U.S. citizens captured on American soil.

Libertarian Republicans and progressive Democrats opposed to the mandates grudgingly conceded Tuesday that they had lost the fight to eliminate the provisions from a sweeping defense bill heading toward congressional approval. The House is expected to vote Wednesday on the $662 billion measure that authorizes funds for military personnel, weapons, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and national security programs in the Energy Department. A Senate vote is possible on Thursday.

The White House, which had threatened a veto over the requirements on handling suspected terrorists, was reviewing the legislation as well as last-minute changes that the leaders of the Armed Services Committees hoped would mollify President Barack Obama and his national security team. It was unclear whether Obama would carry through on the veto threat of a military bill with an election year looming.

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said the administration had sought flexibility in prosecuting the war on terror. "Flexibility has worked for us. And yet what the bill wants to do is remove flexibility. And the military presumption is still in it. I'm opposed to that," she said.

"There's a great danger to imprisoning a U.S. citizen within the United States for a crime they're accused of in the United States without a jury trial," said Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. "I still oppose it. I think we fought the good fight on it. ... We lost the overall battle."

House and Senate negotiators made several changes to appease the Obama administration during a weeklong, closed-door session that ended Monday night when they signed off on the sweeping bill.

They abandoned a House effort to limit the president's ability to implement a nuclear weapons treaty with Russia and decide on the size of the arsenal. They dropped a reference to the Defense of Marriage Act that House conservatives, angered by the end of the ban on gays in the military, had tacked onto the bill. They made changes sought by the Treasury Department to a provision slapping tough sanctions on foreign financial institutions that do business with Iran's Central Bank.

The provisions on how to handle suspected terrorists had divided Obama's senior national security officials and Congress, as well as Democrats and Republicans. The test of wills reflects the ongoing dispute over whether to treat suspects as prisoners of war or criminals.

The bill would require that the military take custody of a suspect deemed to be a member of al-Qaida or its affiliates who is involved in plotting or committing attacks on the United States, with an exemption for U.S. citizens.

Responding to appeals from Obama, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and FBI Director Robert Mueller, lawmakers added a provision that says nothing in the bill will affect "existing criminal enforcement and national security authorities of the FBI or any other domestic law enforcement agency" with regard to a captured suspect, "regardless of whether such ... person is held in military custody."

The latest revision also shifts the authority to waive the provision on national security grounds from the defense secretary to the president.

In an opinion piece in Tuesday's New York Times, retired Marine Corps Gens. Charles Krulak and Joseph Hoar urged Obama to veto the defense bill, arguing that the provisions undermine the nation's ideals in the name of fighting terrorism.

Citing the military custody provision, the former four-star generals wrote that it "would force on the military responsibilities it hasn't sought. This would violate not only the spirit of the post-Reconstruction act limiting the use of the armed forces for domestic law enforcement but also our trust with service members, who enlist believing that they will never be asked to turn their weapons on fellow Americans."

The legislation would deny suspected terrorists, even U.S. citizens seized within the nation's borders, the right to trial and subject them to indefinite detention.

Prior to the negotiators' work, House leaders dropped some $700 million in pet projects that even deficit-cutting tea party lawmakers had tucked into the bill in the spring. Media reports and a study by Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., highlighted many of the projects that violated their self-imposed earmark ban.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111214/ap_on_go_co/us_congress_defense

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New material could create technicolour dreamcoat

Sandrine Ceurstemont, editor, New Scientist TV

If you've ever dreamed of having a technicolour dreamcoat, a new colour-changing material could make it possible. Developed by David Snoswell at Cambridge University and his team, the polymer changes colour with viewing angle or when stretched. In this video, you can see it take on various metallic hues or watch embedded patterns appear in contrasting colours. When light is shined through a superthin sample, bending the material causes it to change hue.

The polymer contains an arrangement of tiny spheres that mimic a crystal structure, causing colour changes due to diffraction. The effect produced by changing vantage point is controlled by spacing in the lattice and the size of the tiny balls. But colour variations due to stretching, where hues are shifted towards the blue end of the spectrum, are caused by reducing the distance between spheres.

According to Dermot Leonard, a member of the team seeking out commercial applications, it's the first material of this type where dyes can be added to complement the colours produced. The team is receiving a lot of interest from fashion designers looking for smart textiles but the material also has many other potential uses, such as for anti-counterfeiting systems.

If you enjoyed this video, check out a slippery material inspired by a carnivorous plant or watch a squishy metal bend like rubber.

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Ray Rice runs Ravens over Browns 24-10

Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice (27) breaks free for a 30-yard run against the Cleveland Browns in the first quarter of an NFL football game on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011, in Cleveland. Trailing the play are Browns defensive tackle Phillip Taylor (98), linebacker Chris Gocong (51) and Ravens guard Marshal Yanda (73). (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice (27) breaks free for a 30-yard run against the Cleveland Browns in the first quarter of an NFL football game on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011, in Cleveland. Trailing the play are Browns defensive tackle Phillip Taylor (98), linebacker Chris Gocong (51) and Ravens guard Marshal Yanda (73). (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice, center, celebrates a touchdown against the Cleveland Browns with tight end Dennis Pitta (88) and fullback Vonta Leach (44) in the second quarter of an NFL football game on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice (27) runs through the tackle of Cleveland Browns cornerback Sheldon Brown (24) for a touchdown in the second quarter of an NFL football game on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Torrey Smith (82) runs for a 32-yard gain as Cleveland Browns cornerback Joe Haden (23) makes the tackle in the third quarter of an NFL football game in the rain on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)

Baltimore Ravens cornerback Jimmy Smith (22) intercepts a pass intended for Cleveland Browns wide receiver Mohamed Massaquoi (11) in the second quarter of an NFL football game on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)

CLEVELAND (AP) ? As Ray Lewis watched from the sideline, Baltimore's other Ray ran roughshod over the Browns.

Ray Rice rushed for a career-high 204 yards, breaking loose on a game-changing 67-yarder in the third quarter, and the Ravens kept pace with Pittsburgh atop the AFC North by pounding Cleveland 24-10 on Sunday.

Rice and Ricky Williams had short touchdown runs and Lardarius Webb returned a punt 68 yards for a TD for the Ravens (9-3), who toyed with the Browns (4-8). Baltimore racked up 290 yards rushing, and were in such control that quarterback Joe Flacco took a knee three times to run out the final two minutes.

The Ravens turned to Rice on a blustery, misting day, when Flacco had trouble throwing and kicker Billy Cundiff missed a pair of field-goal attempts.

Cleveland lost for the fifth time in six games, and the banged-up Browns have just three days to prepare for the Steelers.

One play after Cleveland closed within 10-3, Rice broke the Browns' backs with his long run.

Taking the handoff from Flacco at his own 27, Rice swept left, found a seam and cut back to the middle of the field. He was able to pull away from a bunch of pursuing Browns near midfield before being pushed out of bounds at Cleveland's 5. From there, Williams carried twice, bowling in from the 1 to put the Ravens ahead 17-3.

For the third straight week, the Ravens were without Lewis, their motivational leader and star linebacker who has been slowed by a nagging toe injury. But the 5-foot-8, 212-pound Rice, who has become one of the NFL's best all-around backs, carried the load and made sure Baltimore didn't miss a beat.

The Ravens hadn't played since Thanksgiving and were out of sync at times. However, they were finally able to beat a weaker opponent following a quality win. Three times this season, they had stubbed their toe on the road following victories but despite two botched field goals, and a fumble that gave the Browns great field position, the Ravens pushed toward the playoffs.

The Browns have major problems.

Quarterback Colt McCoy finished just 17 of 35 for 192 yards and a TD. But he fell to 0-7 in his career against division opponents, and did little to convince Browns management that he should be their QB of the future. He's got four games left this season to make a favorable impression, assuming he's healthy enough to play.

McCoy injured his right knee early, came back after missing one play and took several hard shots in the second half.

After throwing a short pass in the first quarter, McCoy was hit by Ravens defensive end Arthur Jones as he backpedaled. At first, McCoy, whose white No. 12 jersey was smeared with grass stains and dirt, appeared to be seriously injured. He fell back to the turf, was treated by trainers and limped to the sideline. Backup Seneca Wallace came in for one play, but McCoy returned the next time Cleveland got the ball.

The Ravens thoroughly dominated the Browns in the first half, but led only 10-0 at the break after Cundiff missed field-goal attempts of 34 and 41 yards.

Baltimore had the ball for 18:49 and racked up 158 rushing yards on 28 carries in the opening 30 minutes. At halftime, the Ravens had 260 total yards to 93 for Cleveland. Amazingly, it was still a game at the break.

Following Cundiff's second miss to the right, Cleveland had a chance to run out the clock and escape to the locker room trailing just 7-0. But McCoy was intercepted by Jimmy Smith, who returned it to the Browns 15. The Ravens, who inexplicably stopped giving the ball to Rice in the final minutes of the first half, had to settle for Cundiff's 21-yard field goal with 13 seconds left.

Somehow, the Browns managed to hang around and cut it to 10-3 in the third on Phil Dawson's 21-yard field goal.

Flacco was stripped by Browns rookie defensive end Jabaal Sheard and Cleveland recovered. McCoy connected with a wide-open Peyton Hillis for 52 yards to the Baltimore 5. But the Browns couldn't score a TD as tight end Evan Moore let a pass from McCoy sail through his hands in the back of the end zone.

The missed opportunity was magnified moments later when Rice ran wild.

The Ravens rode Rice for their first score, taking a 7-0 lead in the second quarter on his 6-yard run. He darted through the line and found his way to the end zone, capping a 61-yard drive in which he carried seven times for 48.

Associated Press

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Worms in space: how one experiment could send them to Mars

Research from a worm experiment aboard the International Space Station was published online Wednesday. Already, it's shedding some light on interplanetary questions.

Forget people. The first travelers that humans intentionally rocket to Mars could well be tiny worms.

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A team of scientists from Britain and the United States have found that the humble worm Caenorhabditis elegans ? which usually calls a compost pile home and finds rotting fruit a delicacy ? can be a big help to researchers trying to figure out how alien environments could affect space-suited explorers.

No, worms don't have Mars on their itinerary anytime soon. But five years ago, they did spend six months on the International Space Station. Researchers sent a colony of 4,000 worms to the station to see how extended exposure to microgravity affects their behavior and flaccid physique.

On Wednesday, research from that experiment was published online in the Royal Society's journal Interface. Already, it's shedding some light on interplanetary questions universal and intimate.

For instance, one enduring issue that until recently space agencies have been somewhat squeamish about discussing publicly is the effect of microgravity on human reproduction in space. Some organisms that researchers have sent up have been unable to reproduce.

But if results involving C. elegans provide any hint for humans, no worries. C. elegans eggs developed to adulthood in ways comparable to control specimens on Earth. The adults in turn had offspring. In all, the researchers tracked the on-orbit mini-colony through 12 generations of wriggling nematodes.

More broadly, declines in muscle mass that the worms experienced in space, as do humans, seemed to plateau after a period. The team says the results suggest that the loss ? whether of muscle or, in the case of humans, of bone as well ? may represent an adaptation to a new environment, not a relentless degradation, as some had feared.

Such a change may play itself out within the first two or three generations, says Nathaniel Szewczyk, with the University of Nottingham's School of Graduate Entry Medicine in Britain, who led the team.

In the Interface paper describing the research results, the team readily acknowledges that "a worm is not a man."

However, humans and C. elegans have comparably sized genomes. Some 50 to 60 percent of the worm's 20,000 protein-encoding genes have clear human counterparts.

C. elegans has well-evolved nerve and muscle systems, moves equally well in soil or liquid, and responds to changes in its environment ? sensing changes in chemicals, heat, oxygen, and ultraviolet light, for instance. The organism already is used to study the effects of environmental contaminants. Worms in space, the team posits, could provide the same service in designing radiation shielding and other elements of an interplanetary life-support system.

The worms' home away from home on the station consisted of layered trays, or cells, containing a liquid that carried the worms' food. It was also the medium in which they lived. Tiny video cameras, with small LEDs for klieg lights, allowed researchers to keep tabs on the worms. Nearly everything came together in a box about half the size of a large shoe box, and the experiment used off-the-shelf, 1980s technology, says Dr. Szewczyk.

During the course of the worms' mission, the researchers varied the amount of food available to see how the worms would react compared with similarly treated counterparts on Earth. The orbiting worms' level of activity was similar when well fed, and their behavioral reactions to starvation and restoration were similar.

"We have been able to show that worms can grow and reproduce in space for long enough to reach another planet and that we can monitor their health" remotely, Szewczyk says.

The tiny worms represent "a cost-effective option for discovering and studying the biological effects of deep-space missions," he says.

To boldly go where no worm has gone before?

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Donald Trump's Debate Will Be a Farce (ContributorNetwork)

COMMENTARY | With Herman Cain's candidacy for the presidency "suspended," the remaining Republican hopefuls are scrambling to win big in the upcoming New Hampshire primary and Iowa caucuses. They appear not to have learned the lesson of Cain's situation, however: publicly doing stupid things kills campaigns. Several of them have foolishly agreed to participate in a so-called debate hosted by NewsMax, which the network website says will feature Donald Trump.

The loud-mouthed, bad-wig-wearing, egotistical reality-show host will "moderate" the event, which is akin to being the ringmaster at the circus of political stupidity. Trump acts like a self-important narcissistic bullying snob and will probably get more value from hosting the show than the candidates. After all, he'll be in position to make himself the center of attention -- and isn't that what he does best?

One candidate's stated reason for attendance paints the event as a farce. An ABC News report quotes Newt Gingrich as saying he would "want to go just for the entertainment value." We Americans need candidates who are more interested in entertainment than in the problems facing the citizens like we need an extra hole in our heads.

The New York Daily News reports that Ron Paul and Jon Huntsman declined to participate. Paul demoted Trump from ringmaster to floppy-shoe-wearing comic by calling his invitation "clownlike." A Business Insider report says the Huntsman campaign mocked participating candidates as sucking up to Trump.

If we're lucky this will be a plot by Republicans to weed out stupid candidates. Anyone showing up would be grilled on TV and then told "You're fired!" and kicked out of the race.

I doubt we're that lucky. The show is sure to be watched by the types of viewers who enjoy "reality" television and watching drunken strippers fight on certain talk shows. The candidates who refuse to participate in the event will not be praised for their character; they'll simply be one step further from the oval office because other candidates were willing to sell out for a few more minutes of air time.

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Cable companies to resell Verizon Wireless service

NEW YORK (AP) ? Cable companies Comcast Corp., Time Warner Cable Inc. and Bright House Networks are giving up on their dreams of creating their own wireless network, opting instead to resell Verizon Wireless service.

The companies said Friday that they will be selling their wireless licenses ? which they haven't been using ? to Verizon Wireless for $3.6 billion.

Cable companies have long had ambitions to get into wireless, and some of them have linked up with Sprint Nextel Corp. and Clearwire Corp. to offer service. Lately, there has been speculation that the cable companies would invest in ailing No. 3 and 4 carriers Sprint or T-Mobile USA to gain access to the wireless market.

The link-up with No. 1 carrier Verizon Wireless and the sale of the spectrum appears to preclude that kind of deal.

"It's really hard for a cable company to expect to compete in a highly competitive wireless market," said Time Warner Cable spokesman Alex Dudley. He pointed to Cox Communications, another cable company, which this year shut down its plans to build out a wireless network.

"We got a good price for the spectrum," Dudley said. "An arrangement like this makes a lot of sense."

Time Warner Cable currently resells access to Clearwire's wireless data network as "4G" service. Dudley said it could continue to provide service to existing subscribers, but the arrangement with Verizon Wireless is exclusive, so it will stop selling to new subscribers.

Comcast, the country's largest cable company, owned the majority of the spectrum holding company, and will get $2.3 billion from the sale. Time Warner Cable, the second-largest cable company, will get $1.1 billion. Bright House, the sixth-largest, will get $189 million.

The three companies and Verizon Wireless will resell each other's services, so it will be possible to sign up for cable service in a Verizon Wireless store. Billing will be separate.

Verizon Communications Inc., the New York-based phone company that owns 55 percent of Verizon Wireless, resells satellite TV service from DirecTV Group Inc.

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Long's wife says she'll withdraw divorce petition (AP)

DECATUR, Ga. ? The wife of Atlanta-area megachurch founder Bishop Eddie Long has filed for divorce after more than 20 years of marriage, but says she plans to withdraw the petition.

Vanessa Long filed for divorce Thursday in DeKalb County Superior Court in suburban Atlanta. She and Eddie Long, the pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, married on March 10, 1990. According to the divorce petition, the couple is living in "a bona fide state of separation."

On Friday, Vanessa Long said in a statement issued through the church that she plans to withdraw the divorce petition. Her statement says, "I love my husband. I believe in him and admire his strength and courage."

She says that the divorce filing "followed years of attacks in the media that frustrated and overwhelmed me."

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Musical glories in Rossini's biblical opera (AP)

NEW YORK ? Rossini was nearing the end of his opera-writing career in 1827 when he composed "Moise et Pharaon," a stirring musical setting of the Israelites' escape from Egypt.

This French adaptation of a piece he had written a decade earlier in Italian has some magnificent choral music and some glorious numbers for soloists. But though it deals with momentous events ? and climaxes with the parting of the Red Sea ? the plot is fairly static and it feels more like an oratorio than an opera.

So perhaps the best way to enjoy it is in a concert performance like the one put on by the Collegiate Chorale at Carnegie Hall on Wednesday night, with James Bagwell conducting soloists, chorus and the American Symphony Orchestra.

For most of the four acts, Moses has one confrontation after another with Pharaoh in a cycle that goes like this: Moses demands freedom for his people, Pharaoh refuses him, and God visits a plague upon the Egyptians. One of those plagues, which plunges the country into darkness, gives rise to the most inspired passage in the score ? a hushed choral plea for mercy accompanied by a long, winding melody in the orchestra.

There's also a love story between Pharaoh's son Amenophis and Moses' niece, Anai, which ends with her renouncing him and fleeing with her people. Surely Verdi had "Moise" in mind more than 40 years later when he wrote "Aida," about an Egyptian prince in love with a beautiful slave.

Anai's decision to renounce her lover is played out in the opera's biggest solo showpiece, a wonderful extended aria, "Quelle horrible destinee." Soprano Marina Rebeka sang it with gleaming tone and fearless coloratura phrasing that made her the star of the evening.

She had some competition from another soprano, the remarkable Angela Meade, who took the smaller role of the Pharaoh's wife, Sinaide. One wished Rossini had given her more opportunity to unfurl her imposing voice, which rang out on a couple of occasions on high C and above.

Both the title roles are written for bass-baritones. Veteran James Morris sang Moses with majestic authority but wobbly intonation; Kyle Ketelson deployed his burnished voice with impressive agility as Pharaoh.

As the unsympathetic Amenophis, tenor Eric Cutler fidgeted distractingly at his music stand but coped reasonably well with a difficult role full of high notes and rapid runs. Another tenor made a striking impression ? Michele Angelini as Moses' brother Aaron (here renamed Eliezer). Mezzo-soprano Ginger Costa-Jackson sang with smooth, compelling tone as Moses' sister, Marie.

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