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Wednesday Highlights: Eddy Cue said to have fired head of Apple's Maps, Richard Williamson, as part of Maps overhaul, to engender trust and boost accuracy; but the move does not convince some that Maps can be saved?more in our Apple/Macintosh, and Op/Ed sections; Black Friday was owned by iPad shoppers according to research; patent infringement lawsuit filed against Apple by a shell company over iPhone's use of headphones; Apple's iPad maintaining 70% hold on tablet market in China; and the gap between iPad and Android tablets is narrowing; in the Netherlands, Apple wins sales ban on Samsung Galaxy products for patent infringement over navigating images in the photo gallery whereby Samsung would have to pay up to $130,000 per day until they stop infringing; Retina-ready Photoshop CS6 rumored to hit stores on 11 December; have trouble remembering passwords?; what is the future of Apple's Logic Pro audio app given rumor that Apple is abandoning Pro apps; with tablet marketshare up for grabs, does it even matter who's got the bigger share?; Apple publishes new ad highlighting magazines on the iPad mini; The Next Web points to resource of all of Apple's TV ad ever; in today's Macworld Podcast you'll get a preview of the coming Macworld|iWorld expo; Loyd Case examines future Mac CPUs; and could we see an ARM-based Mac?; DigiTimes notes concern raised over production capacity at TSMC, following Apple's supposed change from Samsung; will we see short supplies of the iPad mini and new iMac through Q1 of 2013?; Tom's Hardware reviews the iPhone 5; Jack Purcher suggests iWallet future may be accelerated by our fear of losing our iPhones.

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News
  • "iTunes 11 still launching this week, was delayed due to engineering issues"?iMore?8:37 PM
  • "Apple's iTunes 11 could debut tomorrow, report says"?CNET News?9:37 PM
  • "WSJ: iTunes 11 to be released as soon as Thursday"?AppleInsider?8:38 PM
  • "Rumor: Adobe to announce Retina display-ready Photoshop CS6 on Dec. 11"?AppleInsider?8:35 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
  • "Migration Assistant + Thunderbolt/FireWire Adapter = huh!?"?Macworld?8:32 AM
  • "Apple zaps Thunderbolt glitches with firmware update: The small update fixes communications problems with some Thunderbolt devices."?CNET Reviews?1:46 PM
  • "OS X Updates: Thunderbolt Firmware Update v1.1"?FairerPlatform?8:13 AM
  • "Thunderbolt Firmware Update v1.1"?TidBITS?6:23 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
  • "How to remember passwords (and which ones you should)"?Macworld?8:32 AM
  • "Setting up Mountain Lion: 12 geek setup tips"?TUAW?8:37 PM
  • "Imagine: Simplicity in a Writing Application; but Needs Printing and Export Features"?eXtensions?7:52 AM
  • "Review: Adobe Acrobat XI Pro (with some comments on Adobe Reader)"?Applelinks?11:13 AM
  • "Hands on with Tokens for Mac"?TUAW?2:50 PM
  • "MacMost Now 793: Ignore Ownership On External Drives"?MacMost?7:55 AM
  • "Really Smart Paste: Keyboard Maestro and BBEdit to fix copied text from on-line database and other sources"?Betalogue?9:50 AM
  • "Quick Tip: Creating And Using Stationery Pad Templates in OS X"?Mactuts+?8:37 AM
  • "Find Specific System Preference Panels & Options in OS X Quickly with Search"?OS X Daily?6:25 PM
  • "OS X 10.8: Turning off Notification Center (Temporarily)"?The Mac Observer?7:51 AM
  • "See how long a given process has been running"?Mac OS X Hints?9:49 AM
  • "Boost Efficiency On Your Mac With Trickster And Find Recently Used Files Faster"?Mac 360?7:54 AM
  • "Is There An App That Every Mac Using Photographer Needs To Enhance Their Photos?"?NoodleMac?7:54 AM
  • "How To Clean Your Mac, Save Disk Space, Remove Files, And Maintain Your Privacy"?Mac 360?7:54 AM
  • "How Do You Unclutter The Clutter On Your Mac's Desktop? Unclutter Unclutters"?TeraTalks?7:54 AM
  • "DropKey Is The Fastest, Easiest, Worst Way To Encrypt Important Files On A Mac"?BohemianBoomer?7:54 AM
  • "The Mac Photo Framing App With 67 Adjustable Frames, Up To 9 Photos Each, 99-cents"?McSolo?7:54 AM
Op/Ed
  • "Microsoft Reportedly Planning OS X-Style Cheap, Annual Windows Updates"?TechCrunch?4:50 PM
  • "With Windows Blue, Microsoft looks to take a page out of Apple's Mac OS X playbook"?VentureBeat?1:39 PM
  • "The Future of Logic Pro"?FCPXtv?8:55 AM
Press Releases
  • "Audio Hijack Pro 2.10.6"?TidBITS?9:53 PM
  • "OS X video tutorials available at the Mac App Store"?TUAW?6:59 PM
  • "Spanish-language Vectorworks 2013 now available"?Architosh?3:14 PM
  • "Pocket For Mac Gets An Awesome Update"?AppleBitch?11:17 AM
  • "Introducing Macworld's Mac Basics Superguide for Mountain Lion"?Macworld?8:32 AM
  • "Chronos Announces Labelist 7.5"?Chronos?7:52 AM
  • "ExactCODE releases ExactScan Pro 2.23, support for Apple ImageCapture compatible scanners"?ExactCODE?7:52 AM
  • "Noteboom Productions Releases Video Tutorial on Mac OS X Mountain Lion"?prMac?7:50 AM
  • "Apple branches out with new campus in Santa Clara: While there have been construction hold-ups on the tech giant's forthcoming spaceship-like headquarters, the company has to build new offices to hold all of its workers."?CNET News?9:37 PM
  • "Perception vs. reality: Apple's sustainability gap/A survey of 100 global brands finds Apple is perceived as far more responsible than it is"?Fortune?2:46 PM
  • "Apple Has Again Ceded The Super Bowl To Samsung, Risking More Ridicule"?Business Insider?2:52 PM
  • "Who's Buying What in Super Bowl 2013: From Anheuser Busch to Volkswagen, Ads Are Shaping Up for the Big Game"?Advertising Age?2:51 PM
  • "Android seven-inchers swipe rug from under Apple: The question is, does Apple's tablet market share - or Android's for that matter - actually matter? Apple is certainly selling more of the darn things, but after a brief year's relief, sales of Android alternatives are rising even more quickly."?The Register?8:23 AM
  • "Apple's tablet lead over Android could be shrinking faster than earlier thought"?iDownload Blog?1:00 PM
  • "Apple's iPad Mini Cannibalizes Other iPad Sales While Google's Android Tablets Steal Share"?Forbes?4:02 PM
  • "iPad Still Leads Tablet Market, but for How Much Longer?"?AllThingsD?8:10 AM
  • "ABI Research Finds Apple iPad Losing Share to Androidin Q3"?The Mac Observer?8:37 PM
  • "iPhone 5 can't take Android crown as BlackBerry nosedives"?Crave @ CNET?8:17 AM
  • "New Detailed Renders & Plans of Apple's Wheel-Shaped Campus"?Apple Gazette?8:37 AM
  • "The iPad as a shopping venue"?TUAW?6:23 PM
  • "Worth watching before it's gone: A collection of every Apple television ad ever"?The Next Web?8:00 AM
  • "Is This Apple's First-Ever TV Commercial?"?Mashable?9:34 AM
  • "iSchool Campus Wants To Bring The Next-Gen Wired Classroom To K12 Education"?TechCrunch?9:38 PM
  • "Chinese smartphones upset the Apple cart"?Financial Times [Paid Membership Required]?8:13 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "'Six strikes' copyright enforcement postponed until 2013: Head of CCI says she wants to be sure 'I's are dotted and T's crossed.'"?Ars Technica?6:23 PM
  • "Microsoft's 7-Year Old Xbox 360 Puts up Impressive Black Friday Numbers"?Forbes?3:46 PM
  • "Jeff Hawkins Develops a Brainy Big Data Company"?New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required]?11:53 AM
  • "Geek Researcher Spends Three Years Living With Hackers"?Wired Magazine?11:36 AM
  • "E-readers in demand as tech gifts"?USA Today?11:32 AM
  • "Alcatel-Lucent takes on Cisco, VMware with new SDN virtualisation strategy"?Network World?11:26 AM
  • "New Splashtop variant to let you access Ubuntu desktop from anywhere: Linux-based version of the remote desktop application Splashtop has been released"?Network World?10:55 AM
  • "Mozilla mods Firefox to feature Microsoft's MSN: Second customized version in two years with a Redmond tie-in"?Computerworld?10:23 AM
  • "How Facebook's Top Engineer Is Trying to Read Your Mind"?Wired?11:36 AM
  • "Facebook tackles groups membership glitch: Facebook says it is investigating a fault which has seen some of its members re-registered to groups that they had quit."?BBC?10:13 AM
  • "Google Nexus 4 Ships In 4 To 9 Weeks: Crush of orders for Nexus 4 Android smartphone leaves Google's servers gasping for breath. It's not sold out, but you face a wait."?InformationWeek?11:55 AM
  • "Google mingles Drive and Gmail for 10GB attachments"?The Register?11:30 AM
  • "Samsung printers have secret admin account"?The Register?11:30 AM
  • "Samsung printers pose security risk with hardcoded backdoor accounts"?Techworld?11:26 AM
  • "Marissa Mayer on God, family and Yahoo"?Fortune?10:33 AM
  • "Yahoo's Mayer keeps focus on 'huge opportunity' in mobile"?CNET News?9:58 AM
  • "'Making' Is the Biggest Tech Merger Ever"?TheStreet?9:29 AM
  • "Patent Wars: Nokia seeks sales block of BlackBerry devices in US"?GigaOM?10:11 AM
  • "RIM loses arbitration, has to agree with Nokia on royalties or stop selling WiFi products"?Foss Patents?8:37 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "TUAW TV Live at 5 PM EST: Join KellyG for trash talk about Apple"?TUAW?2:50 PM
  • "Developer Spotlight: Lady Shotgun"?148Apps?12:01 PM

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  • "Who Is Eddy Cue? The Guy Who Fixes All of Apple's Problems"?Gizmodo?9:35 PM
  • "Apple's Latest iPad Mini Ads Are Genius"?Mashable?9:35 PM
  • "Apple manufacturers: ARRGH, pesky iThings are impossible to make/YOU try it, Mr I-just-draw-pretty-pictures Cupertino guy"?The Register?6:23 PM
  • "Everything About eBooks & eReaders, Pt 1: Introduction"?The Mac Observer?4:43 PM
  • "Apple Scores Dutch Ban on Older Samsung Galaxy Products"?AllThingsD?3:47 PM
  • "Yahoo's Marissa Mayer: Maps are very hard to do well and Apple's finding that out (with Video)"?MacDailyNews?2:46 PM
  • "Apple Could Launch $200 iPhone for Emerging Markets"?The Mac Observer?2:46 PM
  • "Greg's Bite: Apple's Nuclear Winter"?MacNews?11:23 AM
  • "The Macalope Daily: Unrequited disdain"?Macworld [Insider Content]?9:49 AM
  • "China To Eclipse U.S. In iOS, Android Users In 2013"?MediaDailyNews?4:48 PM
  • "Chart shows Apple's amazing profit: Statistica chart shows just how much money Apple is making"?Macworld UK?9:36 AM
  • "The Apple Beat: 5 Technologies Apple pioneered that became tech standards"?Canadian Reviewer?8:37 AM
  • "iPad falling: Apple holds lead in tablets but market share dented by Android rivals"?Digital Trends?8:26 AM
  • "iPhone being bought 'in droves' by businesses as BB10 waits to launch"?Digital Trends?8:26 AM
  • "Risk Aversion: Was having an interesting conversation this morning with Om and Hunter about the recent firing of Richard Williamson from Apple over the Maps debacle."?Cap Watkins?7:59 PM
  • "iOS 6 Maps chief Richard Williamson fired, Cue reportedly 'racing' to apply fixes to app"?O'Grady's PowerPage?11:28 AM
  • "Apple exec Eddy Cue 'racing' to improve iOS Maps"?AppleInsider?11:16 AM
  • "Apple Maps Boss Gets the Ax, But That Won't Kill Its Bugs"?Forbes?8:22 AM
  • "What's It Like to Work for Apple's Tim Cook?"?TheStreet?8:10 AM
  • "Why Video Chat Doesn't Suck"?Mashable?8:07 AM
  • "Munster: Apple Television late next year/Gene Munster predicts an Apple television in November 2013"?Macworld UK?8:07 AM
  • "How Apple Has Captured The Essence Of The Mac In The iPhone And iPad"?Mac 360?7:54 AM
  • "What Do Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Nokia, And RIM Have In Common That Samsung And Apple Do Not?"?PixoBebo?7:53 AM
Non-Apple
  • "Gmail users are switching to Outlook.com? Dream on, Microsoft"?BetaNews?3:46 PM
  • "Hardware Upgrade Decisions Not Simpler In Post-PC Era ? The 'Book Mystique"?MacPrices?1:12 PM
  • "Why I Think Google's Ingress Could Redefine Mobile Gaming [Video]?ReadWrite?1:00 PM
  • "Take action before the UN, Russia, and China hijack the Internet"?ZDNet?11:39 AM
  • "Six slick technologies re-shaping the future"?ZDNet?11:38 AM
  • "Cheap Windows 8 notebook [Gift Guide 2012]?ZDNet?11:38 AM
  • "How Best Buy Picks Its Windows 8 Tablets (and Why Its Stores Have So Few of Them)"?Techland?11:32 AM
  • "Now Available As A Gmail Add-On, PhilterIt Lets You Browse Your Inbox Visually"?TechCrunch?11:21 AM
  • "How to hire a graphic-design pro on the cheap"?PCWorld?10:54 AM
  • "Cell Phone Users More Interested in Snapping Pics, Texting Than Calls"?PC Magazine?10:53 AM
  • "Quiz: What set the Internet on fire in 2012?"?Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required]?10:42 AM
  • "The latest case of extreme baby naming? Has a mother really named her new baby 'Hashtag' after Twitter?"?The Independent?10:40 AM
  • "Stand back and let IT do its job"?InfoWorld?10:37 AM
  • "Review: Rackspace Cloud keeps IaaS simple/Rackspace stands apart with familiar tools, open standards, and enterprise-grade support"?InfoWorld?10:36 AM
  • "How design can help voice interaction go big: While the last five years have made touch interaction ubiquitous, the next interface frontier could be voice. Design can help people become more inclined to speak to -- instead of prodding and poking -- machines."?Fortune?10:33 AM
  • "Chinese smartphones upset the Apple cart"?Financial Times [Paid Membership Required]?10:31 AM
  • "Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12 Premium review: Accurate voice recognition"?Computerworld?10:23 AM
  • "BYOD: Why Mobile Device Management Isn't Enough"?InformationWeek?10:05 AM
  • "Can you ditch your smartphone data plan for Wi-Fi?"?CNET News?9:59 AM
  • "H-P, Autonomy may trigger tougher FASB rules"?MarketWatch?9:52 AM
  • "Latest Lumia Smartphone: High Quality But It's Heavy"?WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required]?9:31 AM
  • "From Now On, Every Day Is Cyber Monday"?Time?10:11 AM
Humor/Cartoons
  • "A Hilarious Guide to Texting for the Elderly"?Mashable?6:26 PM
  • "Create a Web site right on your iPhone: Clever app Zapd just got social, allowing friends and family to add content to your sites. Could be ideal for commemorating weddings, parties, and the like."?CNET Reviews?9:37 PM
  • "This 3-inch Lightning cable fits on your key ring"?iDownload Blog?8:38 PM
  • "Help Bill Nye Fund This iPad Game To Teach Aerodynamics On Kickstarter"?Cult of Mac?7:59 PM
  • "Hollywood Monsters coming to iOS"?AppleTell?6:25 PM
  • "Leather Cases That Are More Beautifully Crafted Than Your iPad"?Gizmodo?4:47 PM
  • "App Of The Day: Flashometer ? Weather And Flashlight In One"?Apple'n'Apps?3:46 PM
  • "Free version of SightSpace 3D model viewer available"?Architosh?3:14 PM
  • "ArchiCAD 16 is Product of the Year in the UK"?Architosh?3:14 PM
  • "Google Drive for iOS, Android gains mobile spreadsheet editing"?GigaOM?2:52 PM
  • "If You're Going to Use an iPhone Case, It Might as Well Come With Insurance"?Gizmodo?1:47 PM
  • "Will.i.am Wants Your iPhone To Look Like This"?AppleBitch?12:00 PM
  • "Lazerwood Industries Lazerwood Keys + Mac"?iLounge?10:10 AM
  • "500px Brings Beautiful Photography To Your iPhone With New iOS App"?Cult of Mac?10:10 AM
  • "Couples App Avocado Adds A Shared Calendar And Switches To A Freemium, Subscription-Based Business Model"?TechCrunch?10:05 AM
  • "Gorgeous Photos, In Your Pocket: 500px Arrives On iPhone"?TechCrunch?8:58 AM
  • "Spaced Receives An Out Of This World Update For All iOS Devices"?App Advice?8:44 AM
  • "NYNE Debuts NB?250 Bluetooth Speaker Compatible with iOS Devices"?PadGadget?8:34 AM
  • "Rock the Holiday Party with these iPad Tips"?PadGadget?8:34 AM
  • "George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire ? A Game of Thrones Guide for iPhone and iPad"?iMore?8:32 AM
  • "Pocket's Native Mac App Gets Twitter & Facebook Support, New Keyboard Shortcuts, More"?Cult of Mac?8:24 AM
  • "iPhone Case Transforms Touchscreen into Keypad [Video]?Mashable?8:08 AM
  • "View Presentations On The iPhone And Edit On The iPad With New Prezi Apps"?TechCrunch?8:05 AM
  • "Big updates to Skype, Vimeo, & TomTom iOS apps, deals, more"?9 to 5 Mac?9:14 AM
  • "Vimeo Launches Faster, More Social Video App for iPhone"?Mashable?9:14 AM
  • "Vimeo Updates Its iPhone App To Simplify Uploads And Improve Sharing"?TechCrunch?8:05 AM
  • "Skype iOS App Update Adds Microsoft Login Support"?PC Magazine?11:28 AM
  • "Skype Brings Microsoft Account Support, Animated Emoticons To iOS App"?Cult of Mac?8:24 AM
  • "Skype for iOS updated with Microsoft account support, additional emoticons and message editing"?The Next Web?8:03 AM
  • "Kickstarted: Podi-m Dock For Lightning iPhones, iPads - The Perfect Christmas Gift?"?App Advice?8:02 AM
  • "Everything.me, The Search App That Bridges The Native And HTML5 Divide, Gets $25M From Telefonica, Mozilla And Singtel"?TechCrunch?7:52 AM
  • "Tablet Weights, a new 2 in 1 acrylic display stand designed to hold most tablets, including the iPad, in multiple positions. As a display, Tablet Weights holds all popular tablets in the portrait or landscape position. As a work base, Tablet Weights hold your tablet on a non-skid silicone ring on a comfortable 20 degree angle."?newPCgadgets?7:51 AM
  • "TomTom updates for iPhone 5 and iOS 6 (but loses Google Local Search)"?SlashGear?7:51 AM
  • "Boldomatic App For iPhone - Attention Made In Switzerland"?prMac?7:50 AM
  • "Hado Labs releases Snowflakes 1.0 for iPad with Retina display"?prMac?7:50 AM
  • "I Wanna Duck'n Roll All Night, and Tap Every Day on iOS"?prMac?7:50 AM
  • "iDoMath - Tips + Tricks for iOS: Learn Advanced Math Shortcuts with Ease"?prMac?7:50 AM
  • "Jet Raiders New Action Packed Arcade Game Released on iPhone and iPad"?prMac?7:50 AM
  • "Convertible 1.5 for iOS - A Truly Unique Conversion Tool"?prMac?7:50 AM
  • "Art App Best Of Cezanne is Released For iOS"?prMac?7:50 AM
  • "The Best Free iPhone App to find and enjoy Indian Movies from YouTube"?prMac?7:50 AM
  • "Super Mad Cats is Available Now for iOS and Android Devices"?prMac?7:50 AM
  • "Why HP Should Fire Meg Whitman And Hire Scott Forstall"?Forbes?9:39 AM
  • "The H-P boot hasn't kicked Meg Whitman yet"?MarketWatch?11:48 AM
  • "To Save H.P., Break It in Two"?New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required]?9:39 AM
  • "HP Should Focus on Small Acquisitions, Milano Says" [Video Report]?Bloomberg?9:43 AM
  • "HP preps memristor-based successor to server CPUs"?EE Times?10:25 AM
  • "Lynch Fires Back at HP" [Video Report]?Bloomberg?12:50 PM
  • "Hewlett-Packard Credit Rating Cut by Moody's on Competition"?Bloomberg?3:46 PM
  • "Critics pile on HP as Moody's cuts rating"?CNET News?9:37 PM
  • "Moody's downgrades HP credit rating"?Financial Times [Paid Membership Required]?6:24 PM
  • "Audit firms sued in HP's Autonomy acquisition"?Reuters?6:29 PM
  • "Microsoft Declares Quarterly Dividend: Board of directors also announces committee appointments."?PRNewswire?6:30 PM
  • "Microsoft: Windows 8 Sales Match Early Win7 Results/Despite analyst reports suggesting a slow start for new OS, Microsoft says early sales and upgrades are strong."?InformationWeek?10:35 AM
  • "Windows 8 launch outdoes Windows 7's, says Microsoft bigwig"?The Register?11:29 AM
  • "Windows 8 off to an awkward start, Nomura says"?CNET News?9:57 AM
  • "Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 Plagued by More Problems"?TheStreet?9:29 AM
  • "Windows Phone 8 Random Reboot Fix Coming Over-The-Air Next Month, Says Microsoft"?TechCrunch?11:24 AM
  • "Microsoft fix in works for random Windows Phone 8 reboots"?PCWorld?10:54 AM
  • "Microsoft 'fesses up to Windows Phone 8 reboot bug: Patch coming in December"?The Register?11:30 AM
  • "Ballmer defends Microsoft"?Reuters?6:59 PM
  • "Microsoft's promises slow upgrade for loyal Phone 7 customers"?The Register?6:24 PM
  • "'Microsoft to make its own Surface phones' - mutterings: Microsoft has, apparently, signed up with iPhone manufacturer Foxconn to build its own handset next year, extending the Surface brand into mobile telephony."?The Register?11:30 AM
  • "#StuffMicrosoftSays: 'Don't Get Scroogled,' Launches Holiday Bing Campaign"?TechCrunch?11:21 AM
  • "Microsoft Says Don't Get Scroogled, but Bing is Not So Scot-Free"?AllThingsD?8:37 PM
  • "Microsoft annual shareholders meeting today"?Seattle Times?11:10 AM
  • "IBM flash interconnect aims to bust bottlenecks"?EE Times?10:25 AM
  • "Dell's Quest: Bring Business Insights To Email Data/Quest Software's first 'big data play,' MessageStats 7.0, adds email mining and analytics tools for business-side users."?InformationWeek?10:35 AM
  • "Latest Java zero-day exploit renews calls to disable it: Oracle contributes to the problem by not working more closely with the security industry on Java defenses, one security expert said"?CSO?10:37 AM
  • "Intel 'preparing' to put an end to user-replaceable CPUs"?ZDNet?11:39 AM
  • "Intel updates CPU roadmap for 1Q13"?DigiTimes?9:35 PM
  • "AMD To Raise $150-$200M In Sale/Lease Deal On Austin Site"?Forbes?9:36 AM
  • "Congressman proposes 2-year ban on bills about Internet"?CNN?10:20 AM
  • "Rep. Darrell Issa introduces a 'don't mess with the Internet for two years' bill"?VentureBeat [Free Registration Required]?9:34 AM
  • "Congressman proposes Internet law 'freeze'; more harm than good?"?ZDNet?11:39 AM
  • "U.N. summit may usher in more Internet regulations"?CNET News?9:58 AM
  • "Get Ready For Gigabit Wi-Fi: Emerging 802.11ac WLAN products could drive nearly 7 Gbps of throughput. Buckle up."?InformationWeek?10:05 AM
  • "Flexible electronics breakthrough claimed"?EE Times?10:25 AM
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Supporting the Troops with Holiday Shopping

With?the onslaught of the shopping season, we can help you avoid the traffic and crowds: Do your Holiday shopping from the warmth and comfort of your own home and Support Our Troops at the same time!

Here are 4 Easy Ways to Shop and Support our Troops:

1. Shop on our eBay page to support Operation Gratitude!

We recently listed lots of new items and 100% of the proceeds go directly to Operation Gratitude to pay for the shipment of more Holiday Care Packages!

Look for items with the blue and yellow??Charity Ribbon? and the words ?DIRECT SELLER? and ?OPERATION GRATITUDE? (all in caps) in the listing title.

New items are added weekly?sometimes even daily?so please visit the page often between now and the end of the year holidays (and throughout the year too!).

On our eBay page, you can also buy great Operation Gratitude ?Swag?? logo?d?items including t-shirts, tank tops, keychains, pins and other items nowhere else to be found (except at our Armory)!

Also: We welcome your donations of items for us to sell on eBay.? Suggested items to donate: Collectibles; jewelry; electronics; video games; gaming consoles; new?clothing, etc.? Maybe you have items hiding in your garage, attic or closet?don?t forget them too!? You can receive a tax write-off for the donated item (we will provide an acknowledgment of receipt), and the proceeds from the sale help us send care packages to the troops!

2. Check out several other vendors supporting Operation Gratitude on our Vendors With Great Ideas page. The donation amount from each purchase varies by vendor.

3. Don?t forget to trade-in your old Smartphone! You will receive cash for your phone PLUS Smartphonetradein.com will donate $5 to Operation Gratitude for every trade-in! Learn more and trade in here: Smartphonetradein.com

4. And of course, you can always make a donation directly to Operation Gratitude in honor of a loved one, colleague or friend. We will provide our lovely Tribute card(s) that you can send or give in person to your honoree(s). What a beautiful and meaningful Holiday Gift! Click here to make a gift that makes a difference: DONATE NOW

Or send a check payable and addressed to:

Operation Gratitude**
16444 Refugio Road
Encino, CA 91436

**Important: Please note ? NO PACKAGES OF DONATED ITEMS will be accepted at the Encino address.

Donated ?Wish List? items and letters must be sent separately (with a Donation Form) to:

Operation Gratitude/California Army National Guard
17330 Victory Boulevard
Van Nuys, CA 91406
Attn: Rich Hernandez

Find helpful shipping tips, cost-saving ideas and important donation information here.

??????????????????????? Happy Shopping & THANK YOU for your support!

Operation Gratitude annually sends 100,000 care packages filled with snacks, toiletries, entertainment items and personal letters of appreciation addressed to individually named U.S. Service Members deployed in harm's way, to their Children left behind, and to Veterans, Wounded Warriors and First responders. Our mission is to lift morale, bring a smile to a service member's face and express to our our Military and their families the appreciation and support of the American people. Operation Gratitude receives the names of Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines from commanders in the field who see the positive impact of care packages on their troops' morale. Each package contains donated product valued at $75-100 and costs the organization $15 to assemble and ship. For safety and security, assembling of packages occurs at the Army National Guard armory in Van Nuys, California. Since its inception in 2003, Operation Gratitude has shipped more than 800,000 packages to American Military and their families.

Source: http://opgrat.wordpress.com/2012/11/27/supporting-the-troops-with-holiday-shopping/

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Neighbor arrested in murder of girl kept in chains

By The Associated Press

Benton County Sheriff's Office via AP

Booking photo of Zachary Holly.

A neighbor has been arrested as a suspect in the killing of a 6-year-old Arkansas girl whose high-profile child abuse case last year sent her father and stepmother to prison, police said.

Jersey Bridgeman was reported missing the morning of Nov. 20. Minutes after a search for her began, Jersey's body was discovered in an abandoned house two doors from her home in Bentonville.

Zachary Holly, 28, who lives next door to where Jersey was staying, is being held in the Benton County Jail on charges of capital murder, kidnapping and residential burglary, police Chief Jon Simpson said Monday night.

Simpson said Holly will have a bail and probable cause hearing Wednesday, during which a probable cause affidavit will be released. At that point, "many questions related to this investigation and arrest will be answered," Simpson said.

He did not release details of how Jersey died or what led police to Holly. Simpson said work by the State Crime Lab helped speed the arrest.

Jersey's short life was checkered with discomfort. About a year before her death, her father and stepmother were charged with abuse after investigators discovered they had chained her to a dresser to stop her wandering around the house at night. David Bridgeman, Jersey's father, told investigators he restrained his daughter to prevent her from getting into medication and other things around the house.

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Undated photo of Jersey Bridgeman.

David and Jana Bridgeman, Jersey's stepmother, pleaded guilty in June to false imprisonment, permitting abuse of a minor and endangering the welfare of a minor.

Jana Bridgeman is serving a 12-year prison sentence, plus three years for a probation revocation. David Bridgeman is serving an 18-year prison sentence.

Police Capt. Justin Thompson said there was "no reason ... for the community to be worried at this point," but otherwise revealed little more about the homicide investigation in Bentonville some 215 miles northwest of Little Rock.

Thompson said the girl died sometime between midnight and 6:53 a.m. on the day her body was found. He would not say who called 911 to report her missing. Investigators later searched the home where she lived and the house where her body was found, as well as the homes in between.

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Sony Announces Puzziball Rolls to PlayStation Mobile Store

9h ago - Heavy Spectrum's Matt Birch has announced that Puzziball is rolling into the PlayStation Mobile Store today.

To quote: Heavy Spectrum here. It's exciting to be talking to you all again so soon! After Bullion Blitz we've been working hard to get the second of our debut titles to the PlayStation Mobile store, and tomorrow you'll be able to check it out!

The game is Puzziball, and like our previous game Bullion Blitz, it came about from a desire to create something tactile and engaging. This time however, we focused on sliding your fingers and how that could translate into a game which "felt" like a physical object.

As with the first title, we iterated through many control ideas quickly, and the moment we felt things fall into place was when we combined dragging objects around the screen with the occasional flick of the device to "bounce" the playing area.

Inspired by vintage sliding block puzzle games (like the ones you had as a kid!), using this mechanic we devised a game that combined the fun factor of those classic games with modern twists to tax the brain.

So here it is - Puzziball, a dynamic puzzle with a ball trapped in a maze constructed of movable "sliders." The sliders are arranged in two layers, and you can move the ball between them by aligning the holes in the sliders and "tipping" the ball - either literally, thanks to the all-knowing motion sensor, or by tapping the screen for those "I'm bouncing around on a rickety bus" moments.

That's all you need to play - just slide the sliders and tip the ball. It's simple enough to begin with, but we've added a few twists to make life more interesting - teleporters to send the ball across the stage, bombs to blow things up (controlled detonations good, unplanned explosions bad) and locked doors are among the devices that will challenge your brainpower.

Once again, we really hope the puzzle game fans amongst you give the game a try - we're sure you'll enjoy it!

Thanks from everyone at Heavy Spectrum and Sony XDev for your time - we really appreciate you reading this post and taking an interest in the games we've been working so hard on.

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Relief Efforts Underway for Enfield Family Whose Home Was ...

An Enfield family which suffered severe damage to their home and lost most of their possessions in a Thanksgiving Day fire has been aided by an onslaught of support from the local community.

The Marone family will be displaced from the structure at 22 Laurie Drive for at least six months, following the blaze which originated in the basement of the ranch-style house.

District 4 Town Councilman Tom Kienzler, whose constituency includes the Whit Acres neighborhood, helped organize relief efforts for the family.

A meeting attended by more than 30 people Sunday afternoon began the process of organizing a fundraiser to assist the family. Final details are being worked out, but Kienzler said it most likely will be held in early January.

In the meantime, members of the community have shown an outpouring of support for the Marones. Clothing for Jennifer and Herb Marone and their two children was collected at a vendor fair at the Enfield Elks Club on Saturday, and numerous other donations of clothing and household items have been dropped off at 36 Walnut Street, the home of Jennifer Marone's aunt and uncle.

An account has been set up at Rockville Bank for monetary contributions to the family. Donors may go to any Rockville Bank location and contribute to the Marone Family Relief Fund.

A PayPal account has also been established for monetary donations, and a jar on the counter of Freshwater Package Store is also set up for contributions.

In an online chat with Enfield Patch, Jennifer Marone simply wrote, "I don't know how to thank everyone."

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Fire highlights harsh lives of Bangladesh workers

Bangladeshis protest outside a garment-factory where a fire killed more than 110 people Saturday on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, Nov. 26, 2012. About 15,000 Bangladeshi workers protested blocks from the gutted fire Monday, demanding justice for the victims and improved safety. Some 200 factories were closed for the day after the protest erupted in Savar, a suburb of Dhaka, the capital.(AP Photo)

Bangladeshis protest outside a garment-factory where a fire killed more than 110 people Saturday on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, Nov. 26, 2012. About 15,000 Bangladeshi workers protested blocks from the gutted fire Monday, demanding justice for the victims and improved safety. Some 200 factories were closed for the day after the protest erupted in Savar, a suburb of Dhaka, the capital.(AP Photo)

Bangladeshi firefighters and workers try to douse the fire at a garment-factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, Nov. 26, 2012 two days after a similar incident killed more than 110 people on the outskirts. No casualty was reported in Monday's fire. Bangladeshis were Monday blocking the streets near Dhaka, throwing stones at factories and smashing vehicles, as they demanded justice for those killed in Saturday's fire. (AP Photo)

Bangladeshis take to a protest through the streets Monday, Nov. 26, 2012 after a garment factory fire killed more than 110 people Saturday on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bangladeshis Monday blocked the streets near Dhaka, throwing stones at factories and smashing vehicles, as they demanded justice for those killed in the fire. Saturday's blaze highlighted unsafe conditions in an industry producing for retailers around the world. (AP Photo)

A Bangladeshi man, right, reacts as he looks for his son's body outside a garment factory where a fire killed more than 110 people Saturday on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, Nov. 26, 2012. Bangladeshis Monday blocked the streets near Dhaka, throwing stones at factories and smashing vehicles, as they demanded justice for those killed in the fire. Saturday's blaze highlighted unsafe conditions in an industry producing for retailers around the world. (AP Photo)

A man takes photographs inside a garment-factory where a fire killed more than 110 people Saturday on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, Nov. 26, 2012. Bangladeshi workers protested blocks from the gutted fire Monday, demanding justice for the victims and improved safety. Some 200 factories were closed for the day after the protest erupted in Savar, a suburb of Dhaka, the capital. (AP Photo)

(AP) ? Clothing is king in Bangladesh, a country that exports more garments than any other in the world except China. It is responsible for four out of every five export dollars and has turned factory owners into members of parliament and leaders of sports clubs.

That strength has often been turned against the workers in those factories, especially those who complain about poor working conditions and pay that can be less than $40 a month. A law-enforcement agency called the Industrial Police is specifically assigned to deal with unrest in factories, and labor activists accuse government forces of killing one of their leaders. Employees are barred by law from forming trade unions, even though Bangladesh allows workers in other industries to unionize.

Workers hope that could change following the industry's latest tragedy, a fire Saturday that killed 112 people at a factory that made T-shirts and polo shirts for Wal-Mart and other retailers around the world. But they have their doubts.

"The owners must treat the workers with respect. They should care about their lives and they must keep in mind that they are human beings. They have families, parents and children," said Nazma Akhter, president of Combined Garment Workers Federation. "Is there anybody to really pay any heed to our words?"

There have been many garment-factory fires in Bangladesh ? since 2006, more than 300 people have died. But Saturday's was by far the deadliest, and has drawn international attention to labor practices as the government tries to encourage Western countries and companies to expand their relationships here.

The Tazreen Fashions Ltd. factory had no emergency exit, and workers trying to flee found the main exit locked. Fire extinguishers were left unused, either because they didn't work or workers didn't know how to use them. One survivor said that after the fire alarm went off, managers told workers to get back to work.

In an interview published Tuesday in Dhaka's Daily Star newspaper, the managing director of Tazreen Fashions expressed concern ? about possibly losing foreign buyers. "I'm concerned that my business with them will be hampered," said Delwar Hossain. But there was no mention in the article of concern for victims or their families.

Tazreen has not responded to repeated requests from AP for comment.

Bangladesh's $20 billion-a-year garment industry accounts for 80 percent of its total export earnings and contributes a major share of the country's $110 billion GDP. This from an export market created only in 1978, with a consignment for 10,000 men's shirts.

By 1982, the country had 47 readymade garment factories. In three years the number rose to 587. Now it has more than 4,000.

The factory owners are a powerful group, holding parliamentary posts in both major parties. The head of the prominent Dhaka sports club Mohamedan is in the business; so is a former president of the national cricket board.

An important reason for their success is cheap labor. Almost a third of the South Asian country of 150 million lives in extreme poverty.

The minimum wage for a garment worker is 3,000 takas ($38) a month, after being nearly doubled this year following violent protests by workers. According to the World Bank, the per capita income in Bangladesh was about $64 a month in 2011.

On Tuesday, as Bangladesh held a day of mourning for the dead, 10,000 people, including relatives and colleagues, gathered near the site of Saturday's blaze, many wearing black badges as a sign of mourning. Security forces were deployed, but no clashes were reported.

"I've lost my son and the only member to earn for the family," said Nilufar Khatoon, the mother of a worker who died. "What shall I do now?"

The country's factories were closed as a mark of respect, and prayers for the dead were held in places of worship across the Muslim-majority South Asian nation. The national flag flew at half-staff in government buildings.

Authorities buried 51 unidentified bodies in a grave outside Dhaka. Many of the dead were charred beyond recognition. Some other bodies were buried in the same grave Monday.

Also Tuesday, about 2,000 members of 14 labor organizations held a rally in central Dhaka where leaders accused the government of neglecting the rights of garment workers.

About 15,000 workers protested a day earlier near the burned factory to demand better safety.

The factory itself is gutted. Its eight floors are littered with burned clothes, yarn, machinery and furniture. Broken windows and black ashes are scattered on the floors and staircases.

Authorities have formed three committees to look into the incident. An industry group has suggested that sabotage may be to blame, though fire officials have said it was not the fire itself, but the poor safety measures that caused the high death toll.

"It was complete darkness," said Mohammad Zakir Hossain, a Tazreen worker who survived the fire. "I couldn't see anything but I started moving forward. I can hear shouts from many of my colleagues in the darkness, 'Oh Allah, save me, save me.'"

Hossain says he was making 4,500 takas ($55) a month, plus about 30 takas (37 cents) an hour in overtime.

Wal-Mart has said the Tazreen factory was making clothes for the retail giant without its knowledge. Wal-Mart, which had received an audit deeming the factory "high risk" last year, said it had decided to stop doing business with Tazreen, but that a supplier subcontracted work to the factory anyway. Wal-Mart said it stopped working with that supplier on Monday.

Wal-Mart and other companies linked to the factory's products have expressed sympathy for the victims and a commitment to improving worker safety.

The European Union's delegation to Bangladesh said while it recognizes the importance of the garment industry to the local economy and European consumers, "the EU has always been very clear about the need to improve working standards and safety in this sector."

Dan Mozena, the U.S. ambassador to Bangladesh, also expressed his concern over labor rights and warned that any chaos in the sector could drive global brands away.

The United States and even many global buyers have been pressing Bangladesh to allow garment factories to form trade unions, but the government and industry have resisted.

The industry fell under more pressure after a labor leader was killed in April, his body found in a roadside ditch. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton raised concern about the killing, and workers' rights issues overall, during a visit to Bangladesh the following month.

Aminul Islam had complained before his death about police harassment, wiretapping and even being abducted and tortured, allegedly by a domestic intelligence agency. Authorities are investigating his death but have revealed nothing about their progress. Meanwhile, the leading Bengali-language Prothom Alo newspaper recently reported, citing an anonymous source, that top officials of the National Security Intelligence had regular contact with the main suspect before and after Islam's death.

Even as it fends off criticism, Bangladesh is seeking more business from the West, including pressing the United States for quota-free and duty-free access for its garment products to the U.S. market.

Earlier this month, senior executives from more than two dozen global brands and retailers visited Bangladesh in a bid to forge long-term agreements to source garments from its factories.

In September, Karl-Johan Persson, chief executive of the Swedish retail chain H&M, visited Bangladesh and said his 2,600-store group would increase its business relationship with the country.

Mustafizur Rahman, executive director of the Center for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh's leading independent think tank, said there is "hypocrisy" among buyers who "talk about ethical buying and ethical sourcing, but when it comes to price they refuse to offer a good rate. They often go to less compliant factories for a cheaper rate. Being compliant is not cheap."

At the same time, Rahman said Saturday's fire "highlights inner weaknesses of a giant industry very essential for the country's survival."

"This has come as a strong warning," he said. "But it was too costly."

Phil Robertson, deputy director of Human Rights Watch's Asia division, blames a "nexus of influence" between senior government officials and factory owners that "allows impunity to flourish." Until that changes, he said, government vows to improve safety should be treated with skepticism.

"Six months or eight months down the road, if history is any indication, we will have another factory fire, and more workers will be killed," he said.

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Recreational Sport ? Steps to Follow When Choosing Your Leisure ...

How do you know which recreational sport is right for you? Though this is a simple question, it may not have a simple answer. Before answering this question, it makes sense to know the definition of a recreational sport. In simple terms, a recreational sport is any sport activity or event that one engages in during leisure time. In other words, it is a sport activity or event performed primarily for entertainment and fun. Though in some cases there may be monetary rewards associated with passtime sport, it is not usually the main goal. Other reasons associated with participating in a leisure activities includes: fitness, health, socialization, competition and sport support among others.

There are several options of leisure activities available for all age categories ranging from indoor to outdoor. Making the decision on which choice to pursue can be a real challenge and this varies significantly from one person to the other. For former professional athletes, the decision may be easier especially if they continue participating in their particular former professional sports (i.e. recreational level). The big task of choosing the right recreational sport is however on beginners. In order to make the right choice(s) if you are a beginner, it is important to consider the following general guidelines:

1. Choose a sport that you understand and are passionate about: Leisure sport in a way becomes part of your lifestyle and therefore needs to be entertaining and enjoyable. Choosing something that you don?t like or have no knowledge about can be frustrating even if your friends adore it. It only makes sense to pursue something that you know its rules and regulations. However, this does not mean one cannot learn a new sport or game, but it easier to do so if you love the sport.

2. Consider your goals and objectives: As mentioned above, there are different reasons that drive people into recreational sports. Choosing a sport that is in line with your goals, for example losing weight will only enrich the whole recreational experience. Some one looking for a recreational sport to aid in cutting down some extra body weight may benefit from running, jogging, walking, hiking or swimming among other high calorie burning sport activities as opposed to playing cards or video games. On the other hand somebody looking for a recreational sport that favors socialization may benefit from the latter.

3. Facilities, tools and equipment required: Different recreational sports may require different tools, facilities or equipment or in some cases may require none at all. These tools, facilities or equipment may also vary depending on the needs of every person. For example if you want to play golf for recreation, you will definitely have to purchase a golf club, balls and perhaps shoes. You will also need an available and accessible golf course to play. In some cases if you have more than one favorite recreational sport, you may have to choose what is more convenient based on availability of facilities. It makes more sense to go running at a nearby track especially if you get off work late in the evenings than having to drive for several miles to get to a golf course (i.e. if you like both golf and running).

4. Availability of time: Since a recreational sport is a pastime sport, choosing the right one may be dictated by how much free time is at one?s disposal. Some leisure sports are more time consuming than others. Additionally some of these sports must only be played outside. Where as some sports such as running, jogging, walking, playing tennis, playing basketball or swimming offers both indoor and outdoor options, some of them, for example playing golf, hiking, kayaking, surfing among other don?t. The more time one has, the more the options to choose from and the vice versa.

5. Seasonality: Though this may not be a big deal to people living along the equatorial line geographically, it definitely affects people living in areas with winter and summer climatic seasons. Some recreational sports such as those requiring snow may only be available during winter and only in some parts of the world. So if skiing is the only favorite recreational sport that one can participate in, it means there will be nothing to do for most of the year i.e. during the other seasons. When deciding on the right sport for recreation, it is advisable to have more than one option especially in a situation where one is affected by seasonal changes.

6. Number of participants required: Where as most sports require participation of more than one person at one time, some can be pursued individually. If your schedule does not allow group or team participation, choosing a recreational sport that will enable you to participate alone is a good idea. Jogging, walking, swimming, biking and running are great examples.

As mentioned earlier, this is not an exhaustive list of guidelines, but it is only meant to give you an idea of how to pick the best sport that will make your recreational life a success. Remember the bottom line is fun and entertainment.

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Amanda Bynes returns to Twitter, Instagram

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Amanda Bynes is coming out of retirement -- online, that is.?The 26-year-old starlet famously (and abruptly) stripped down her Twitter account to nearly nothing in August, after she was accused of being involved in a hit-and-run accident -- one of two such charges she faced this year. But on Friday, Nov. 23, the "What a Girl Wants" actress resurfaced on the site.?

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"My phone got taken twice but I got it back & am waiting to get reverified. I love my fans!" she tweeted, along with a note telling her nearly 284,000 followers to subscribe to her new Instagram account.

The former Nickelodeon child star then began posting a series of Instagrammed shots in which she appears in a fur coat, red turban, oversized sunglasses, and maroon-colored lipstick.?

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"What up doe?" she wrote below one photo, which appeared three separate times on her account. (Each version of the pic had a different caption. One was accompanied by "(Love) my turban!" Another read "Bout to get my nails done. :D What color should I get? I want to go long and pointy!")?

Bynes also shared a photo of her super-skinny legs, with the note: "Losing weight is hard to do! I love jeans with sexy holes, mine are from Current Elliot :D"?

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The somewhat unusual self-portraits are the first the star has posted in quite a while. She's been keeping a low profile as she deals with her many legal troubles -- in addition to the hit-and-run charges, she faces a DUI and two counts of driving with a suspended license -- but she insists she's doing just fine.

"I'm not 'troubled.' I don't get naked in public," she told Us Weekly earlier this month, after InTouch published a story claiming that the actress had paraded naked around an NYC tanning salon recently. "I'm 26, a multi-millionaire, retired. Please respect my privacy."

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Orleans judges spent generously on supplemental insurance, audit ...

In a long-awaited and blistering report on the spending habits of New Orleans judges, the state's legislative auditor highlighted one year's worth of insurance premiums: in 2010, the 13 judges of Orleans Parish Criminal District Court collectively held 249 supplemental insurance policies fully funded by the court.

That averages 19 policies per judge, at a cost of $14,500 apiece.

In three years, Auditor Daryl Purpera found, the criminal court judges and their counterparts in New Orleans civil and city courts illegally used public money to buy more than $800,000 in such "excessive and unnecessary" supplemental coverage on top of their state-funded healthcare plans. The extra programs included whole life insurance plans with cash surrender values, and tens of thousands paid to a company called Exec-U-Care, which reimburses deductibles, co-pays and other out-of-pocket medical expenses.

Monday's reports, totaling 100 pages split between criminal and civil courts, were released more than a year after the Metropolitan Crime Commission questioned the judges' decades-long, multi-million-dollar use of their judicial expense fund - collected from fines and fees they impose on convicts.

"I knew there were problems, but I'm still stunned by the level of abuses," the commission's president, Rafael Goyeneche, said after reading Monday's report.

The auditor analyzed three years of the practice, and found that Orleans Parish Criminal District Court judges improperly spent $637,367 between 2009 and 2011 "to provide themselves with supplemental and additional insurance benefits." Civil and City Court judges did the same with $191,073.

The practice has been in place since at least 1994, and Goyeneche estimates millions have been spent on supplemental insurance.

State law forbids judges from receiving any compensation above the judicial salary set by statute at more than $130,000 a year, and specifies that insurance premiums can be paid only at the same rate as other state employees.

The auditor recommended that the court immediately halt the practice, seek reimbursement from the judges for all improper payouts, require that any interest on life insurance policies be returned to the court and report the additional income to tax collectors.

The judges canceled the policies in February, after they became publicly problematic, and reimbursed the court $71,983 in cash surrender values of the cancelled life insurance policies, according to the audit.

Both courts responded to Purpera's report with near-identical, 15-page rebuttal letters that called the audit "misleading and unsound."

Robert Kazik, judicial administrator for Criminal District Court, and Piper Griffin, chief judge of Civil District Court, questioned the office's authority to second-guess the court, suggesting that the state Supreme Court was the only entity with the power to condemn district judges.

Their rebuttals made two main points: the use of the judicial expense fund for supplemental insurance is a widespread and long-standing practice, known for decades to the Supreme Court, which ruled in its silence to tacitly approve of it.

Valerie Willard, spokeswomen for the Louisiana Supreme Court, said the court has never taken up the issue at all.

"It hasn't been tacitly approved," she said, "and it hasn't been tacitly denied."

In 1994, the Orleans Parish courts hired a lawyer and an accounting firm to analyze the practice, and both determined it permissible, the courts' response noted.

Many judges, individually, told the auditors they simply didn't know: they signed the insurance documents handed to them on their first day and assumed the judges before them had determined the practice was proper.

Tthe two courts also claimed that other courts in the state allow judges to buy supplemental insurance out of the judicial expense fund, though did not name specific jurisdictions.

Locally, Jefferson Parish Chief Judge John Molaison said that his bench has never used its judicial expense fund to pay for supplemental insurance policies.

Adrienne Stroble, Court Administrator for the 22st Judicial District Court, which covers St. Tammany and Washington parishes, said that court's 12 judges used to spend $20,000 from the fund to cover dental insurance, though no additional supplemental policies were offered. They discontinued the practice in July 2011, after Goyeneche's complaint of Orleans judges alerted them to the potential problems, Stroble said.

Goyeneche said St. Tammany's action is evidence of the deterrent effect Monday's report is likely to have on any court still paying premiums from the judicial expense fund.

"The value of this report is basically to fire a warning shot to every other court in the state: you better stop this or the auditors are going to come knocking on your door, too," he said.

Goyeneche pointed to the 249 policies held among 13 judges in 2010. Each judge had multiple life insurance and long-term care policies. Some had multiple policies for their spouses; all but one had several critical-illness policies, and one judge had more than one accident policy.

Between 2009 and 2011, the judges held between 197 and 249 policies between them, costing between $7,280 and $14,566 per year per judge, all on top of their state benefits.

"These are redundant policies, but because it wasn't their money, it didn't really matter how much it cost," Goyeneche said.

The judicial administrator described the redundancy as "clerical oversight" based on enrollment in a new policy before cancelling the old one.

And the judges insist that the judicial expense fund is not public money, it's "self-generated money." Because it comes from fines and fees collected, not taxpayer-funded state accounts, it's not subject to the same law as general public money, they argue.

State law limits the judicial expense fund to "any purpose connected with, incidental to, or related to the proper administration or function of the court or the office of the judges thereof..."

The court argues that supplemental policies fit that definition. One judge told the auditor that when he took the bench 11 years ago, "he was told being a judge is stressful and that maintaining good health was important."

Goyeneche believes otherwise: the court has in recent years bemoaned budget cuts and threatened to halt trials early without money to pay for security and clerks. The judicial expense fund is better suited for those expenses, he countered.

Purpera, the auditor, agreed: "It would appear to be a tremendous conflict of interest for judges to be able to assess fines and fees that they may then use for their own personal benefit," he wrote in his rebuttal to the judges' rebuttal. ?

The controversy has already spurred discord at the courthouse. District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro initially referred the case to the Attorney General, noting that the judges could have committed malfeasance and gross misconduct, and might be subject to removal from office. In the letter, he confessed that he might have also taken advantage of the supplemental benefits during his 17-year tenure on the bench.

The judges, meanwhile, began recusing themselves from cases tried by Cannizzaro, citing the accusations laid out in his letter.

Assistant Attorney General David Caldwell, who leads the office's public corruption unit, said Monday that his office is still reviewing the auditor's report to determine whether the spending constitutes a crime.

Monday's audit also looked at the judges' travel spending and employee record keeping.

Criminal court judges had not documented their travel expenses as required by law, and paid "excessive amounts" for lodging during training and meetings.

The court has no policy for travel record-keeping for reimbursements - one judge told the auditor he "uses the honor system" when dealing with travel expenses.

Those who did keep records often omitted key facts: the dates, for instance.

"Without complete travel records of detailed receipts, we could not determine the business purpose of all travel expenses," the report concluded.

Several judges on the civil bench, similarly, "incurred lodging expenses which appear excessive" while traveling for meetings and training.

The auditor also analyzed the judges' employees' times and attendance records, and found that in both criminal and civil courts employees under the direct supervision of judges were not required to document their time and attendance at work.

Source: http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/11/orleans_judges_spent_generousl.html

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