Recent attacks by radical Muslim sect in Nigeria (AP)

A look at recent major attacks in Nigeria attributed to the radical Muslim sect known locally as Boko Haram:

? Nov. 4: Sect members bomb government buildings and shoot their way through the city of Damaturu, killing at least 63, while bombs and a suicide attack in Maiduguri leave 4 dead.

? Aug. 26: A sect member detonates a car loaded with explosives at the United Nations headquarters in Nigeria's capital Abuja, killing 24 people and wounding another 116.

? June 16: A car loaded with explosives detonates at the federal police headquarters in Abuja, killing at least two people. Police first call the attack a suicide bombing, but later deny it.

? April 9: Gunmen from the sect set fire to the Maiduguri International Hotel and kill a politician ahead of local elections.

? April 8: A bomb allegedly planted by the sect explodes at an election office in Suleja in Niger state, killing 16 people.

? Jan. 28: Gunmen with the sect shoot and kill the leading candidate for governor in Borno state along with six others in his entourage.

? Dec. 31, 2010: A bomb allegedly planted by the sect explodes at a crowded and popular outdoor beer garden at a military barracks in Abuja, killing at least four people.

? Dec. 25, 2010: A series of bombs allegedly planted by the group explode in the central Nigerian city of Jos, killing as many as 80 people.

? Sept. 7, 2010: Gunmen with the sect free about 700 inmates from a Bauchi federal prison.

? July 2009: About 700 people die after sect members riot and a security crackdown hits Maiduguri, the sect's spiritual home.

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MPA/MACS Endorses Hudson Specialty Insurance Co ...

The Michigan Petroleum Association and Michigan Association of Convenience Stores (MPA/MACS) is endorsing Hudson Specialty Insurance Co. as the preferred insurer to provide underground storage tank pollution insurance to MPA/MACS members.

Insurance can be obtained through the General Agency Company, based in Mount Pleasant, Mich. The General Agency Company www.ga-ins.com has been the MPA / MACS endorsed insurance agency for pollution and property and casualty insurance since 1995.

?This new product allows us to expand our relationship with the General Agency and Hudson. This will increase the value-added proposition of being an MPA/MACS member,? said Mark Griffin, MPA/MACS president.

?Hudson is delighted to receive this endorsement and for the opportunity to provide our expertise in insuring underground storage tank pollution risks for MPA/MACS members,? said Joe Valenza, vice president for Hudson?s Environmental Products unit.

Hudson Environmental provides a broad range of environmental risk management and risk transfer solutions to association members, consultants, contractors and engineers. Hudson Insurance Group specializes in primary and excess insurance, on an admitted and non-admitted basis through Hudson Insurance Co. and Hudson Specialty Insurance Co.; both rated ?A? (Excellent) XV by A.M. Best Co. Hudson Insurance Group is the U.S. Insurance division of OdysseyRe, a worldwide underwriter of property and casualty reinsurance and specialty insurance with over $3 billion in policyholders? surplus.

The Michigan Petroleum Association/Michigan Association of Convenience Stores has been serving the state?s independent petroleum marketers and convenience store operators since 1934. MPA/MACS has 550 member companies with over 1,500 retail locations. MPA/MACS members employ over 15,000 people statewide in all of Michigan?s 83 counties.

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Ex-Penn State assistant coach charged with abuse (Reuters)

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) ? A longtime former assistant to celebrated Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno was charged with sexually abusing eight boys, a state prosecutor said on Saturday.

Former defensive coordinator Gerald "Jerry" Sandusky, 67, faces charges including seven counts of first-degree involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, all of which are punishable by up to 20 years in prison and a $25,000 fine, Pennsylvania Attorney General Linda Kelly said.

"This is a case about a sexual predator who used his position within the university and community to repeatedly prey on young boys," Kelly said.

Sandusky, who was defensive coordinator for 23 years at the State College, Pennsylvania, school and was once considered a likely successor to Paterno, allegedly targeted boys from 1994 to 2009, a grand jury report said.

He was also charged with aggravated indecent assault, eight counts of corruption of minors and four counts of unlawful contact with a minor.

Two university officials, Athletic Director Timothy Curley, 57, and Gary Schultz, 62, senior vice president for finance and business, were each charged with failing to report the crimes, and perjury. Paterno, the all-time winningest coach in major U.S. college football, was not charged in the case.

Sandusky was arraigned on Saturday and released after posting $100,000 bail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Wednesday.

His attorney, Joe Amendola, told reporters on Saturday that Sandusky, who left Penn State coaching in 1999, was shaken by the charges but knew they were coming.

"He's maintained his innocence. He's been aware of these allegations now for over three years," Amendola said.

Penn State President Graham Spanier said in a statement on Saturday that Curley and Schultz had his "unconditional support" and that the allegations against both men would be proven "groundless."

Attorneys for Curley and Schultz issued statements on the university's website on Saturday saying the two men were innocent and that they would fight the charges against their clients in court.

PROSECUTOR CITES TESTIMONY FROM ALLEGED VICTIMS

According to the report from the grand jury investigating the case, Sandusky met the victims through his Second Mile organization, a statewide nonprofit organization devoted to "helping troubled young boys."

"Through the Second Mile, Sandusky had access to hundreds of boys, many of whom were vulnerable due to their social situations," the grand jury report said.

Kelly said testimony from numerous victims and witnesses led to the criminal charges that were filed on Saturday.

The alleged sexual assaults came to light after a graduate assistant witnessed Sandusky "sexually assaulting a naked boy who appeared to be about 10 years old" at the Lasch Football Building on the Penn State campus late one night in March 2002, the grand jury report said.

The graduate assistant told Paterno, who alerted Curley, according to the report. Curley and Schultz later met with the graduate assistant and told Sandusky not to bring boys to the football building, but did not alert police, the report said.

"The failure of top university officials to act on reports of Sandusky's alleged sexual misconduct, even after it was reported to them in graphic detail by an eyewitness, allowed a predator to walk free for years -- continuing to target new victims," Kelly said.

(Writing by Eric Johnson; Editing by Greg McCune and Peter Cooney)

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Canon EOS Concept SLR Will Shoot Killer 4K Video [Cameras]

A Canon EOS 4K SLR is on the way. We just learned about the $20,000 Canon EOS C300 Digital Cinema Camera due out in January. Canon has also released some details about a video-oriented SLR, and we're drooling. More »


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'Glee' Star Charice's Dad's Suspected Killer Surrenders

Angel Capili Jr. turned himself in to authorities in Manila, Philippines, on Thursday.
By Gil Kaufman


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The suspect in the murder of the father of "Glee" star Charice Pempengco turned himself in to police in Manila, Philippines, on Thursday (November 3) and admitted responsibility for the crime.

According to the Associated Press, Angel Capili Jr. surrendered to the chief of his village near Manila three days after construction worker Ricky Pempengco, 40, was stabbed with an ice pick by a drunken man on Monday. Capili is also reportedly a construction worker, but police said he did not appear to know Pempengco.

"I had really planned to surrender because what I did was wrong," Capili told reporters on Thursday. "I am seeking forgiveness from the family left behind by Mr. Pempengco. ... I am prepared to suffer whatever is the judgment." The suspect, however, did not answer questions about why he stabbed Pempengco.

Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo told a local TV station that he had spoken with Capili and that the suspect said he was assaulted by Pempengco. "He was claiming that he was already backing away but then [the victim] continued to attack him so he got a screwdriver and he stabbed Mr. Pempengco," Robredo said. "We will compare the account of witnesses with the account of the suspect."

The family tragedy prompted teen star Charice — who has a recurring role on "Glee" as exchange student Sunshine Corazon — to pull out of scheduled concerts on Wednesday and Thursday. She tweeted an apology to her fans, writing, "I am very sorry to all my fans from Singapore. ... I am not going to be there to be part of David Foster and Friends concert. I have to go back to the Philippines as soon as possible to be with my family. I hope you all understand. I love you all and I will see you next year."

The singer, 19, who was estranged from her father, flew back to the Philippines on Wednesday to be with her family. "Whoever did this must be brought to justice. Justice must be served, not just for my father but for everyone concerned," she said in a local radio interview.

Charice was first introduced to American audiences when she appeared on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" back in 2008, following that up with appearances in '09 and '10. Since then, she has released several songs ("Pyramid," "One Day") and appeared on "Glee."

Her second studio album, Infinity, dropped earlier this year.

Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1673677/glee-charice-dad-killer-surrenders.jhtml

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Growing up Geek: Sascha Segan

Welcome to Growing Up Geek, an ongoing feature where we take a look back at our youth and tell stories of growing up to be the nerds that we are. Today, we have the lead analyst for mobile at PCMAG, Sascha Segan.

When I turned eight in 1982, we moved house, I starred on a game show and we got an Atari 800. The modem came a year later, free with the 850 serial interface. I needed it so I could print homework on my new Epson FX-80 printer.

The 830 acoustic modem had two rubber cups: you'd dial your number on a rotary-dial phone, listen for the "whee-ooo!" of the modem and slam it down into the cups, hushing everyone around you because too much noise could break the connection. One favorite game was to try to talk to the modem, figuring out which pattern of your own "whee-ooo"s would create something that looked like words. 300 baud was just about as fast as I could read.

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NASA airborne mission maps remote, deteriorating glaciers

ScienceDaily (Nov. 3, 2011) ? NASA's airborne expedition over Antarctica this October and November has measured the change in glaciers vital to sea level rise projections and mapped others rarely traversed by humans.

Operation IceBridge, nearing completion of its third year, is the largest airborne campaign ever flown over the world's polar regions. Bridging a gap between two ice elevation mapping satellites, and breaking new scientific ground on its own, IceBridge this fall has charted the continued rapid acceleration and mass loss of Pine Island Glacier.

IceBridge has now generated three years of laser altimetry data over certain locations to continue the record from NASA's Ice Climate and Elevation Satellite (ICESat), which stopped operating in 2009. IceBridge measurements show Pine Island following its rapid deterioration that began around 2006. Combined IceBridge and ICESat data show the glacier is losing more than six times as much mass per year -- mass loss was measured at 7 gigatons a year in 2005 and about 46 gigatons a year in 2010 -- making it one of the most significant climate change response trends that scientists see worldwide. For comparison, the Chesapeake Bay holds about 70 gigatons of water.

Satellites still operating, such as NASA's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE), can provide a large-scale picture of this trend. But it takes a more focused mission such as Operation IceBridge to gather higher-resolution data near the surface to piece together the dynamic interactions of ice, bedrock and ocean currents behind specific changes, and to improve the models that scientists use to predict how much an unstable ice sheet like West Antarctica will contribute to sea level rise.

Two planes make up this year's Antarctica 2011 campaign -- NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory, based at Dryden Flight Research Center, Palmdale, Cal., and a Gulfstream-V (G-V) owned by the National Science Foundation and operated by the National Center for Atmospheric Research. The campaign also spotted and flew over a large rift developing across the Pine Island ice shelf on Oct. 14. A natural process, the crack could calve a new iceberg of about 350 square miles of surface area in the coming weeks or months. Pine Island Glacier hasn't calved a major iceberg since 2001.

On a follow-up flight on Oct. 26 to gather data around Pine Island's grounding line, the DC-8 was able to fly along the crack for about 18 miles at an altitude of 3,000 feet, making what are believed to be the first detailed airborne measurements of an active calving rift.

In flights to Slessor and Recovery glaciers, which have only been traversed by humans once and twice respectively, IceBridge made a historic and scientifically important suite of measurements. Perhaps most significantly for these rarely studied regions of East Antarctica, an ice-penetrating radar instrument onboard the DC-8 was able to measure the topography of the bedrock underneath the ice sheet. Without a better understanding of the shape and contour of the bedrock, it is impossible to know how much ice sits on top of the continent in all. Topography also greatly influences the speed and direction of a glacier's ice flow.

"At a time when glaciers and ice sheets are showing rapid changes, we need consistent data that shows how and why that change is happening," IceBridge project scientist Michael Studinger said. "With three years of IceBridge data in hand, we have successfully continued the ice sheet elevation record in key areas and broken new ground in understanding the nature of the bedrock under ice sheets and the shape of the seafloor under ice shelves."

A gravimeter aboard the DC-8 senses changes in gravity fields to map the sea floor. This bathymetry controls ocean currents, which can inject warming waters under ice shelves and accelerate their thinning, as is happening at Pine Island and other glaciers.

The G-V was outfitted with one instrument for this campaign -- a laser-ranging topographic mapper called the Land, Vegetation and Ice Sensor (LVIS). The instrument is suited for measuring large swaths of the surface at high altitudes. The G-V flew at around 45,000 feet for most of its 2011 missions.

Meanwhile, the DC-8 carries multiple instruments which are better suited for low-altitude flying. Once the plane reaches its science target, it flies at about 1,500 feet, allowing the radars, gravimeter, digital cameras and the Airborne Topographic Mapper (ATM), which captures higher resolution details of the ice surface than is possible from satellites. The DC-8's range and speed can also reach more remote, unstudied locations and cover more ground than smaller aircraft or ground traverses.

"This has been an excellent campaign for the science side of the mission, and it's our job to put the plane in positions to make that possible," said Mission Manager Walter Klein, based at Dryden.

One example of the flight side of the mission enabling science occurred during the second Pine Island Glacier flight, when the pilots flew the DC-8 by sight over the calving rift in the glacier's ice shelf at an altitude of 3,000 feet.

During the IceBridge Antarctica 2011 campaign, the DC-8 has flown 13 missions covering 51,600 miles, while the G-V has flown 11 science missions covering about 50,000 miles. As planned, the G-V left Punta Arenas to return to the United States on Weds., Nov. 2. The DC-8 is scheduled to remain in Punt Arenas up to mid-November, when it will return to its home base of Dryden Flight Research Center in Palmdale, Cal.

The next flight leg of IceBridge once the mission team wraps up in Punta Arenas will be based in Greenland in the Northern Hemisphere spring of 2012. IceBridge is scheduled to fly one Arctic and one Antarctic leg each year until ICESat-2 launches in 2016.

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Ming Chen: 5 Myths About MBAs

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Should I get an MBA? More and more people seem to be asking that question, with a 9.9 percent drop in applications for two year MBA programs, the third consecutive year showing decline. Meanwhile, more specialized degrees, like a Master of Finance, are seeing increases. Is the MBA no longer about training tomorrow's captains of industry and more about training the next Richard Fuld, last CEO of Lehman Brothers and infamously dubbed the "Worst CEO of All Time"?

While, certainly, a few bad apples have given MBAs an aura of infamy, I'd like to bust a few commonly held myths about MBAs.

Full disclosure: I have an MBA. Fuller disclosure: I went to HBS. Even fuller: I am inextricably linked to Hult International Business School.

Myth #1: MBAs are greedier.

MBAs are occupying the world. On the hunt for more money and power, the typical MBA looks no further than their paycheck for career and life goals. WSJ cites the stats to prove it: the typical MBA expects twice the salary of an undergraduate, an average of $85,854 to the typical undergrad's expected $42,859. No wonder, as MBAs tend to gravitate to the most mercenary of places -- Wall Street. The top industry choices of your average MBA graduate? Finance and consulting, by a long shot.

Truth:

More and more business school graduates are looking to impact the world. Case in point? The dream employer for graduating MBAs is Google, by a wide margin. For five years in a row. According to a Google spokesman, "People want to work here because they know they'll be doing innovative work." (Stock options help, too). CNN Money reports that MBAs going into the Internet field expect to be making nearly 30 percent less than their banking counterparts five years into their career. Business school students seem to be looking beyond their paycheck and considering their impact on the world.

Myth #2: MBAs can't do anything useful.

While MBA may stand for Master of Business Administration, there are plenty of alternative acronyms -- "Master of Business Advancement," "Master of Barely Anything," and a few other, less choice names. MBAs know everything -- but specialize in nothing. Time's article "Why a Rise in MBAs Coincided With the Fall of American Industry" contends that America's once-proud automotive industry was destroyed by MBAs and that America needs to "fire the MBAs and let engineers run the show."

Truth:

There is a vast number of MBAs who truly want to change the world, whether through business or social enterprise. Wharton School of Business reported this year that more students than ever are crafting careers around the nonprofit sector. In addition, students from almost all of the FT's top 100 business schools, including Harvard, Columbia and Stanford, participated in the Hult Global Case Challenge, the biggest case competition in the world that crowdsources ideas from MBAs. In total, over 20,000 consulting hours were donated by top business school students for charities such as Water.org, Habitat for Humanity, Solar Aid and One Laptop Per Child.

Myth #3: MBAs have low ethics.

Bloomberg reported that "MBA students cheat more than other grad students," a closer look reveals a more nuanced story. Even more telling, after the financial crisis, students at Harvard Business School circulated an ethics pledge -- that was only signed by 1 in 5 students. Business Insider demeaned the effort as "silly and infantilizing" and Jon Stewart parodied this well-intended but ill-received pledge on the Daily Show.

Truth:

While 56 percent of MBAs admitted to cheating, so did 54 percent of engineers. The vast majority of MBAs aren't corrupt, power-hungry businessmen. Many are at the forefront of much needed social change. From HBS grad Salman Khan of Khan Academy to Columbia Business School grad Warren Buffett to the executive team of Teach for America, this "silent majority" of MBAs spend their careers making changes instead of making headlines.

Myth #4: MBAs are Master of Bull...

MBAs are notoriously good at talking and even better at making themselves look good. The Management Myth, written by Matthew Stewart, declares that "MBAs have taken obfuscatory jargon -- otherwise known as bullsh*t -- to a level that would have made even the Scholastics blanch." Bullsh*tting seems to be built into the business school curriculum. MBAs spend their time analyzing case studies, talking to classmates, making PowerPoints, networking and learning the jargon: "Let's incentivize the best of breed to monetize the paradigm shift to create a win-win for all stakeholders."... Huh?

Truth:

Actually, the best storytellers are usually the best brand builders. Take Phil Knight of Nike or Joe Coulombe of Trader Joe's, both Stanford MBAs and marketing giants. Joe knew the power of a good story. His grocery stores were born in the shadow of then-giant 7-Eleven, which was big, cheap and had the best locations. Joe's strategy wasn't to out-compete in prices or offer better service. Instead, this American franchise managed to convince their target demographic (the over-educated but underpaid) of its "exotic neighborhood store" pedigree with faux-Caribbean oars and steel drum music. More than 60 years and $8 billion in revenue later, Trader Joe's proves that a little "obfuscatory jargon" can make a big difference.

Myth #5: MBAs can't think outside four quadrants.

MBAs come out indoctrinated with business school principles and theories that don't do much good when they hit the real world. MBAs often don't have the experience in relevant fields, but are sure their "business insights" will lead to a breakthrough. This leads to MBAs trying to fit everything inside their neat models, which might fit inside PowerPoint, but are out of sync with commercial reality.

Truth:

You don't have to look far to see that MBAs are definitely not only thinking outside the box, but redefining it. We find MBAs at the helm of America's best tech companies -- Facebook's COO Sheryl Sandberg and Apple's CEO Tim Cook. HBS alumnus Sheryl Sandberg is not only revolutionizing the web, but also whole societies, as we saw in the Arab Spring (and, incidentally, she was an awesome college aerobics instructor!). Duke Fuqua MBA Tim Cook has inherited Steve Job's mantle at Apple, the disruptor of at least a half dozen industries. Tim can't rely on four quadrants for easy answers as the rest of the world looks to him to redefine them.

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Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries: Behind the Break Up


With Kim Kardashian having filed for divorce from Kris Humphries, numerous theories are flying around for why this marriage couldn't last longer than 73 days.

The most prominent being: D'uh! They were never really in love! They pocketed millions of dollars and made fools out of millions of fans. it's difficult to dispute this notion.

Other sources claim the couple's living arrangements were an issue, as Kris wanted to settle down in Minnesota, but Kim clamored for life in Los Angeles.

It seems hard to believe this topic would actually lead to divorce at this point in the pair's lives, however, considering Kris will be flying around half the year anyway for his job in the NBA, while Kardashian spends every other weekend traveling to a different location for... whatever the heck she does for a living.

So... what went wrong?!?

Hilariously, an insider tells TMZ the main point of contention rested in the fact that Humphries grew too fame-obsessed during the relationship. He was reportedly looking to brand himself with colognes and appearances. He began "chasing fame," the source claims, quoting Kim as saying to a pal recently:

"He's not in f**king Hollywood. He plays sports."

Yes, folks, Kim Kardashian was angry because someone else - the man she supposedly loved! - wanted to make money without actually putting in any work. We don't even have a joke here.

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Duke Nukem 3D hits Android, explosions ensue

As promised, our favorite cigar smoking, wise cracking first-person protagonist has hit the Android Market, and it didn't even take 15 years. The mobile version of the classic FPS is available now for Android 1.6 and up (that's according to the Market listing -- its producers recommend 2.1 and up), courtesy of Tapjoy and Machineworks Northwest as a $0.99 download. And don't worry, there's plenty of Duke to go around.

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