'Fragmented Internet' could result from failed treaty talks

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The world's major Internet companies, backed by U.S. policymakers, got much of what they wanted last week when many nations refused to sign a global telecommunications treaty that opponents feared could lead to greater government control over online content and communications.?

In rejecting even mild Internet language in the updated International Telecommunications Union treaty and persuading dozens of other countries to refuse their signatures, the U.S. made a powerful statement in support of the open Internet, U.S. officials and industry leaders said.?

But both technologists and politicians fear the Internet remains in imminent danger of new controls imposed by various countries, and some said the rift that only widened during the 12-day ITU conference in Dubai could wind up hastening the end of the Net as we know it.?

"If the international community can't agree on what is actually quite a simple text on telecommunications, then there is a risk that the consensus that has mostly held today around Internet governance within (Web-address overseer) ICANN and the multi-stakeholder model just falls apart over time," a European delegate told Reuters. "Some countries clearly think it is time to rethink that whole system, and the fights over that could prove irresolvable."?

An increasing number of nations are alarmed about Internet-based warfare, international cybercrime or internal dissidents' use of so-called "over-the-top" services such as Twitter and Facebook that are outside the control of domestic telecom authorities. Many hoped that the ITU would prove the right forum to set standards or at least exchange views on how to handle their problems.?

But the United States' refusal to sign the treaty even after all mention of the Internet had been relegated to a side resolution may have convinced other countries that they have to go it alone, delegates said.?

"This could lead to a balkanization of the Internet, because each country will have its own view on how to deal with over-the-top players and will regulate the Internet in a different way," said another European delegate, who would speak only on condition anonymity.?

Without U.S. and European cooperation, "maybe in the future we could come to a fragmented Internet," said Andrey Mukhanov, international chief at Russia's Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications.?

Hard line in negotiations
Spurred on by search giant Google and others, the Americans took a hard line against an alliance of countries that wanted the right to know more about the routing of Internet traffic or identities of Web users, including Russia, and developing countries that wanted content providers to pay at least some of the costs of transmission.?

The West was able to rally more countries against the ITU having any Internet role than agency officials had expected, leaving just 89 of 144 attending nations willing to sign the treaty immediately. They also endorse a nonbinding resolution that the ITU should play a future role guiding Internet standards, along with private industry and national governments.?

Some delegates charged that the Americans had planned on rejecting any treaty and so were negotiating under false pretenses. "The U.S. had a plan to try and water down as much of the treaty as it could and then not sign," the second European said.?

Other allied delegates and a U.S. spokesman hotly disputed the claim. "The U.S. was consistent and unwavering in its positions," he said. "In the end???and only in the end???was it apparent that the proposed treaty would not meet that standard."?

But the suspicion underscores the unease greeting the United States on the issue. Some in Russia, China and other nations suspect the U.S. of using the Net to sow discontent and launch spying and military attacks.?

For many technology companies, and for activists who are helping dissidents, the worst-case scenario now would be a split in the structural underpinnings of the Internet. In theory, the electronic packets that make up an email or Web session could be intercepted and monitored near their origin, or traffic could be subjected to massive firewalls along national boundaries, as is the case in China.?

Most technologists view the former scenario as unlikely, at least for many years: the existing Internet protocol is too deeply entrenched, said Milton Mueller, a Syracuse University professor who studies Net governance.?

"People who want to `secede' from that global connectivity will have to introduce costly technical exceptions to do so," Mueller said.?

A more immediate prospect is stricter national regulations requiring Internet service providers and others to help monitor, report and censor content, a trend that has already accelerated since the Arab Spring revolts.?

Jonathan Zittrain, co-founder of Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet Society, also predicted more fragmentation at the application level, with countries like China encouraging controllable homegrown alternatives to the likes of Facebook and Twitter.?

Zittrain, Mueller and other experts said fans of the open Net have much work to do in Dubai's wake.?

They say government and industry officials should not only preach the merits of the existing system, in which various industry-led non-profit organizations organize the core Internet protocols and procedures, but strive to articulate a better way forward.?

"The position we're in now isn't tenable," said James Lewis, a cybersecurity advisor to the White House based at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "For us to say 'No, it's got be an ad hoc arrangement of non-governmental entities and a nonprofit corporation ... maybe we could get away with that 10 years ago, but it's going to be increasingly hard."?

Lewis said the United States needed to concede a greater role for national sovereignty and the U.N., while Mueller said the goal should be a "more globalized, transnational notion of communications governance" that will take decades to achieve.?

In the meantime, activists concerned about new regulation can assist by spreading virtual private network technology, which can bypass?national controls, Zittrain said.?

Backup hosting and distribution could also be key, he said. "We can devise systems for keeping content up amidst filtering or denial-of-service attacks, so that a platform like Twitter can be a genuine choice for someone in China."?

With?reporting by Joseph Menn in San Francisco and Matt Smith in Dubai; additional reporting by Leila Aboud in Paris.

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Toyota to Become Top-Selling Automaker for 2012, GM and VW Duke it Out for #2

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As 2012 comes to a close, the Toyota Motor Corp. is poised to re-claim its status as the world's largest automaker, while General Motors and Volkswagen are in a tight race for second place.

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The auto industry is headed for a record sales year, with car and truck sales set to top 80 million vehicles for the first time in history. Toyota, having recovered from epic challenges following 2011's tsunami in Japan, have pulled past General Motors, whose sales have steadily been recovering following a government bailout in 2009. While it's too close to call number two, VW already appears ready for a monumental 2013, in which the German manufacturer plans to increase production capacity by 600,000.

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Of particular note is the burgeoning sales momentum of GM and VW, and the strength of the U.S. market. GM, which lost its 77 year winning streak in 2008 when Toyota took the sales crown?as the top selling manufacturer, is set for its 12th straight quarters of profit. Meanwhile, VW's increased production numbers make the German manufacturer's claims that they'll take the top spot by 2018 entirely feasible. As for the importance of the American market, IHS analyst Rebecca Lindland says,?"Because the U.S. is so large, when we have a double-digit growth it's going to propel the rest of the world. The gains can mask a myriad of sins elsewhere, because many of the other economies aren't exactly setting the world on fire."

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Chavez allies sweep Venezuela gubernatorial vote

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) ? Allies of cancer-stricken President Hugo Chavez steamrolled Venezuela's opposition in gubernatorial elections, winning 20 of 23 states. The only good news for the opposition was the re-election of its top leader, Henrique Capriles, who lost to Chavez in October's presidential vote.

Sunday's vote came less than a week after Venezuela's leftist president was operated on in Cuba for the fourth time for a stubborn cancer that many fear he won't beat. It was widely seen as a referendum on whether his socialist-inspired Bolivarian Revolution movement has enough momentum to outlive him.

Capriles' win sets him up as the presumed challenger to go up against Vice President Nicolas Maduro, Chavez's hand-picked successor in presidential elections that would be held within 30 days of the president's death or separation from office.

"It really does underscore the fact that Chavismo really can survive, at least at the regional level, without Chavez," said Miguel Tinker Salas, a Latin American studies professor at Pomona College in Claremont, California.

"The reality is that the Chavistas today proved that their movement is institutionalized enough to sustain itself and to win statehouses in almost 90 percent of Venezuela."

The vote was the first in Chavez's nearly 14-year-old presidency in which he has been unable to actively campaign. He hasn't spoken publicly since Tuesday's surgery.

Jorge Rodriguez, campaign manager for the pro-Chavez camp, hailed the victory saying it represented "the map painted red" ? the color of Chavez's socialist party.

The strong showing could give the president's confidants a freer hand to deepen his socialist policies, including a drive to fortify grass-roots citizen councils that are directly funded by the central government.

The loss of ground by anti-Chavez candidates raises tough questions for the opposition. It lost five of its governorships, including the country's most populous state, Zulia, an important center of the oil industry that is Venezuela's economic lifeblood.

Capriles' beat former Vice President Elias Jaua in the nation's second most populous state, Miranda, and his win will allow him to cement his position as the country's dominant opposition leader. His supporters celebrated shouting with their hands in the air while fireworks exploded overhead.

Capriles told supporters in a victory speech that "it's difficult to come here and show a smile."

"This is a difficult moment, but in every difficult moment opportunities emerge," Capriles said, wearing a track suit emblazoned with the yellow, blue and red of the Venezuelan flag. "We have to strengthen ourselves more."

The 53 percent voter turnout was considerably lower than the more than 80 percent who cast ballots in October's presidential vote, when Chavez won another six-year term. Some said the closeness of the vote to Christmas and apparent apathy among some voters contributed to the relatively low turnout.

"It seems like people are more interested in getting ready for Christmas than anything else," said Ricardo Mendez, a bus driver who voted for Jaua.

Chavez's political allies had framed the elections as a referendum on his legacy, urging people to dedicate the vote to the president. Banners went up on lampposts ahead of the vote reading "Now more than ever, with Chavez."

Chavez, meanwhile, remained out of sight in Cuba, recovering accompanied by his four children after the latest operation for pelvic cancer.

David Smilde, a University of Georgia sociology professor, said the president's candidates benefited from Venezuelans' uncertainty about a future without Chavez and fears of losing benefits they've accrued under him.

"I think with Chavez sick ... it makes them think what would things be like without Chavez," Smilde said. "People are thinking of their own interest."

There were some complaints of improper campaigning on election day. While voting was under way, Maduro spoke on television urging supporters to vote, while opponents called his remarks a violation of electoral rules.

Speaking at a news conference, Maduro implored voters: "Let's not fail Chavez." He addressed those who hadn't cast ballots yet, saying "let's not make a bad impression with our commander Chavez."

Opposition leader Ramon Guillermo Aveledo said his remarks violated a prohibition on campaigning on election day, and called for the National Electoral Council to take action. Vicente Diaz, a member of the council, called Maduro's comments inappropriate and said he would take up the matter with the council.

At polling stations, voters from both camps chatted about the possibility of a new presidential vote coming soon if Chavez is unable to remain in office.

Chavez is due to be sworn in for another term on Jan. 10. But if his condition forces him to step down, Venezuela's constitution requires that new presidential elections be held within 30 days.

Chavez said before undergoing the surgery that if he's unable to continue, Maduro should take his place and run for president.

Tinker Salas said that in the event of a presidential election, Chavez's allies would go into it with strong campaign machinery given their latest victories.

The opposition also continues to be stymied by "the lack of a clear programmatic alternative to Chavez," Tinker Salas said. He pointed out that Capriles tried to campaign against Chavez in the presidential vote espousing more moderate policies akin to those of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, including keeping social programs for the poor, and he still lost.

"In this election, except for their dislike of Chavez, most candidates did not offer an alternative," he said.

Antonio Ledezma, the campaign manager for the opposition coalition, accused the government of "doing everything possible for abstention to win." He cited the electoral council's decision to schedule the vote at a time when many Venezuelans are leaving home on vacation, and also a government decision to push forward the start date of school vacations.

Ledezma also said, however, that the opposition's defeat is "an opportunity to reinvent ourselves."

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Associated Press writers Frank Bajak in Lima, Peru, and Vivian Sequera and Christopher Toothaker in Caracas contributed to this report.

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When styling, for a split second I was going to top these shakes with crushed candy canes. That would have been pretty and all, but I wanted to keep these beauties sugar free.

I love pomegranate arils (seeds) they are like little gems?

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Man City announces losses of more than $150M

By ROB HARRIS

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updated 1:31 p.m. ET Dec. 14, 2012

LONDON (AP) -Manchester City lost more than $150 million last season as the club maintained its heavy spending on players before winning its first English title in 44 years.

Another 90 million pounds ($145 million) was spent bolstering the squad in the last financial year as transfer spending since the club entered Abu Dhabi ownership in 2008 went beyond 580 million pounds ($935 million).

Owner Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan pumped another 169 million pounds ($272 million) of equity into the club, taking the total he has injected in four years to almost 1 billion pounds ($1.6 billion).

But the Premier League champions are starting to stem the tide of their losses and spending as they try to comply with UEFA's Financial Fair Play regulations, which were introduced to curtail spending sprees by the likes of Sheikh Mansour.

The losses of 97.9 million pounds ($158 million) in the 2011-12 financial year are around half those recorded the previous year.

And manager Roberto Mancini is having to spend less on the squad, with the transfer outlay dropping to 90 million pounds after exceeding 130 million pounds in each of the previous three years.

But City's wage bill rose 15 percent to 178 million pounds ($287 million) on a turnover of 231 million pounds ($372 million).

That revenue generated by the club exceeded 200 million pounds for the first time as cash coming in from sponsorship doubled to 97 million pounds ($157 million), thanks largely to a new deal with Etihad Airways.

Attracting sponsors will be crucial if City is to avoid being barred from the Champions League from the 2014-15 season for not breaking even on its football-related business.

City said in its annual report that the results position the club "well for compliance with UEFA's Financial Fair Play regulations."

Despite its newfound success on the pitch, City is still living in the shadow of neighbor Manchester United, which it beat to the Premier League title on goal difference in May.

But United now holds a six-point lead over City at the top of the league and generated 320 million pounds ($516 million) in the last financial year.

"Manchester City has come a long way in a relatively short time," City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak said. "In the last two seasons we have tasted victory in the FA Cup, experienced the UEFA Champions League, won the Barclays Premier League and with two goals in added time, redefined what is typical of City for a generation of supporters.

"The responsibility lies with all of us to continue the hard work that will ensure that this is only the beginning of a long and successful era for Manchester City."

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About 10 years ago, cell phones reached the mass market. And they weren?t just for making phone calls ? cell phones became fashion accessories and people wanted to personalize them in every possible way, from colorful cases to celebrity wallpapers to blaring ringtones. The insatiable appetite for digital personalization ? especially among young users ? spawned an industry of mobile media companies who sold ringtones and wallpaper images for a couple bucks each to a newly connected generation. A tremendous amount of wealth was created for many companies and investors in only a few years.

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One of the early entrepreneurs in the field ? Jim Manis ? saw something that everyone else had overlooked: ?the same technology and billing systems that made it possible to sell cheap ringtones could be re-purposed to allow cell phone users to make charitable donations. The idea came to him in January 2005 when the Indonesian tsunami devastated southeast Asia.? Jim reached out to all of the wireless carriers in the U.S. and proposed a text messaging campaign to raise money for hurricane relief. ?Users could send a ?premium text message? that would result in a donation being made to a charity rather than a ringtone being sent to their phone.?The concept worked.? It was reinforced later that year in August when Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, but it was still a one-off experiment. Less than a year later, Jim?s company was sold, leaving him with the time and financial resources to turn ?mobile giving? into a full-time job.

Mobile Giving Foundation established in 2007.

The Mobile Giving Foundation was founded by Jim Manis in 2007 and established as a 501c(3) non-profit.? Jim and his early team met tirelessly with the U.S. wireless carriers to ensure that network connectivity, billing and customer care were in place and operational for charitable giving.? From the beginning, the MGF and the wireless carriers were determined to pass through 100% of donations directly to their intended charities, with neither the MGF nor the wireless carriers keeping any portion of the proceeds for administrative purposes. The MGF also had to establish standards to ensure that participating charities were properly vetted to meet both industry and carrier quality standards. And of course, the MGF had to establish its own operations, billing, and auditing functions.

Mobile Giving Foundation, Canada: a Phi provides start-up funding to reach a socially conscious younger audience.

It was during the MGF?s first year of operations that I became involved. Together with my business partner in Montreal (not a Phi Delt, but he would have made a fine one!), I had been running an early stage venture capital fund called Acta Wireless that was focused on the wireless industry. We were seeking ? and continue to seek ? entrepreneurs who discover ways to use the magic of wireless to disrupt the status quo and change everyday life. When we learned about the MGF, we were immediately struck by its potential to transform philanthropic giving in three key ways: by reaching a younger and socially conscious audience; by reaching them on their cell phones, which are ubiquitous and personal; and by enabling smaller donations ? $5 and $10 ? with the push of only a few buttons.

All of the ingredients for transformation were in place. We proudly made the first corporate donation to the MGF in 2007 to found the Mobile Giving Foundation of Canada which then drew the full support of all the Canadian wireless carriers.

International giving and mobile apps are the next area of growth.

It?s been five years now since the MGF made its debut. The organization?s ability to transform philanthropic giving has been proven over and over again, perhaps most dramatically during the Haiti earthquake, when the MGF processed more than $40 million in individual $5 and $10 donations in less than 1 month. Today more than 800 charities are registered with the MGF and donations are growing exponentially across the U.S. and Canada.

The MGF continues to grow and extend its reach. In 2012, the MGF formed a joint venture with the Council of Better Business Bureaus and Better Business Bureau?s Wise Giving Alliance in order to reach more charities and simultaneously ensure the quality and suitability of participating charities. The MGF is exploring opportunities to expand its international footprint and to enable giving through emerging channels such as mobile apps and social media.

How you can get involved.

The MGF depends on corporate sponsorships for funding, since it passes through 100% of all cell phone donations to charities. I would urge all Phis with appropriate corporate ties to consider supporting the MGF financially. I would also urge all Phis with ties to national and international scale non-profits to contact the MGF to explore the suitability of mobile giving. We live in a special time ? the mobile and digital revolution ? and should seek to put these technologies to work for the greatest good of all.

For more information, please visit: www.mobilegiving.org.

Mark McDowell, Mass Gamma (MIT) 1988. Mark is the co-founder of Acta Wireless, an early stage investment fund focused on the wireless industry.

Here are some tips from Mark on how to be an entrepreneur in the wireless industry.

Q:??????? How can a person prepare academically for a job in the wireless industry?

A:??????? The wireless industry at one time was the domain of electrical and radio frequency (RF) engineers. Those?skills?are still needed and rewarded in the industry, but wireless has?expanded to include mobile media and advertising, retail and commerce, gaming and design. One area of growth?during the next 5-10 years will?undoubtedly?be mobile health, or mHealth.

Any number of educational?backgrounds can lead to success in mobile, including engineering and computer science, medicine, business, communications and media, and graphic arts.

Q:??????? What do you see as the Top 5 skills/qualities a person needs to be an entrepreneur?

A:??????? There are?probably?1,000 or more books on this subject. Here are my top?five, in reverse order:

5.???????? INDEPENDENCE. If there?s a?common trait to all?entrepreneurs, it would have to be a deep vein of independence. Entrepreneurs need to do things their own way ? and they are easily frustrated when they encounter?inefficiency?or mediocrity in the status quo.

4. ??????? SELF-CONFIDENCE. Entrepreneurs will face steep resistance as they try to make prospective customers understand, accept and buy something new. Entrepreneurs will be lonely and discouraged at many points along their journey, and deep internal commitment and passion are required to pull through the low?spots.

3. ??????? PRAGMATISM. The flip side of self-confidence???every entrepreneur must be grounded in reality. The strong self-confidence that marks many entrepreneurs can also lead them into wishful thinking and an inability to see facts. Young businesses often need to ?pivot? and it?s a wise entrepreneur who recognizes that?moment?and acts on it.

2. ??????? DECISIVENESS.?Entrepreneurs?make a hundred decisions before breakfast every day. They don?t torture themselves about whether they?re right or wrong???they make decisions, make them decisively, and move on. The best entrepreneurs make their decisions right, whether?they?originally were or not.

1. ??????? ABILITY TO SELL. Entrepreneurs must?constantly?sell.??Of course, they sell their products or services, but they also sell themselves and their ideas???to investors and?employees, and to skeptical spouses. The best entrepreneurs are obsessive about staying in close contact with their customers, despite how large their organizations may become.

Source: http://phideltblog.com/2012/12/13/using-cell-phones-to-transform-philanthropy-how-the-mobile-giving-foundation-and-a-phi-was-first-to-bring-cell-phone-technology-to-charitable-giving/

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Gettting out of bed 'against all natural instincts'

He didn?t grab a coffee and a muesli bar

According to the Institute for Studies, leaving warmth and safety to enter a dark, sub-zero environment is a grotesque violation of nature.

Professor Henry Brubaker said: ?Millions of years of evolution has taught us to seek comfort and shelter ? basically bed.

?Our ancestors would not have left their caves to venture into freezing pitch darkness, they weren?t that stupid.

?They stayed under their bearskins, getting up about midday to go and grab some berries and twigs before quickly running back to the fire.

?Everything about this whole ?going to work? thing is utterly against our natural drives. It?s why everyone in this country is insane.?

Office worker Tom Booker said: ?I struggle to get out of bed because on some subconscious level I am worried about bears and wolves.

?We?re conditioned to blame ourselves as being lazy, but actually these things are horrible for a reason.

?I may be a glorified monkey but I must be true to my inner voice. So I?ve just called in sick with pretend Norovirus.?

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Source: http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/gettting-out-of-bed-against-all-natural-instincts-2012121353201

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Syria state media: Blast near Damascus kills 16

BEIRUT (AP) ? Syria's state news agency says a bomb blast near the capital, Damascus, has killed 16 people. It says at least half of those killed are women and children.

The SANA news agency says a car packed with explosives blew up on Thursday near a school in a residential part of the southwestern suburb of Qatana.

The report quotes medics from a nearby hospital as saying 16 people were killed, including seven children and "a number" of women. It says nearly two dozen people were wounded.

Anti-regime activists say more than 40,000 people have been killed since the start of the uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime in March 2011.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/syria-state-media-blast-near-damascus-kills-16-093833789.html

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