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Wednesday, November 28, 2012
LN: Czech military eyes U.S. Black Hawk helicopters
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28 November 2012
Prague, Nov 27 (CTK) - The Czech military is interested in the purchase of the U.S. Black Hawk helicopters that are to replace its mostly Soviet-made machines, daily Lidove noviny (LN) writes yesterday.
The maintenance costs of the helicopters used by the Czech military are too high, this is the reason for the new plan, LN writes.
"We will opt for smaller, multipurpose machines to be used for the transportation of the wounded and a small number of people as well as fulfilment of supportive tasks including fire," Czech chief of staff Petr Pavel is quoted as saying.
This can be offered by the U.S. Black Hawk, that "acted" in the film Black Hawk Down (2001), LN writes.
The military has admitted that it likes the helicopters, but a final response will only be given by a tender that must be put up by the defence ministry, it adds.
The Sikorsky UN-60 Black Hawk had its maiden flight in 1979 and it is the backbone of a number of militaries in many countries, including the USA, Japan and Turkey. Austria, too, uses it, LN writes.
The deal will be worth three to five billion crowns, for which the Czech military may acquire 20-30 helicopters, it adds.
Black Hawk's chances are increased by their cockpits being assembled by the Czech Aero Vodochody manufacturer, LN writes.
As a result, the deal would help the Czech industry, it adds.
Helplessness, this is the word best describing the state of the helicopter force now, LN writes.
"We do not have old machines, but the military simply refuses to invest anything in them," a military engineer is quoted as saying.
"We are able to do minor repairs, but if something bigger or an overhaul are needed, we simply drop it," he added.
The military will gradually decommission the squadron of MI-24/35 helicopters. Their fate is clear. The machines will be sold, LN writes.
The military does not have the money to invest tens of million crowns in costly overhauls, Pavel said.
The military command is of the view that the purchase of the new helicopters will materialise in 2015-2017, when the life span of most current helicopters expires, LN writes.
"It is reasonable to buy new helicopters. Old machines may have wonderful prices, but as soon as the first repair is needed, the costs rise dramatically," Pavel is quoted as saying.
The intention to acquire new helicopters was confirmed by former deputy defence minister and current Czech ambassador to NATO Jiri Sedivy a couple of months ago, LN writes.
"In the long run, the military will prefer the transition to the platform of some of the Western manufacturers," Sedivy has told the paper.
Now the military is planning to have a single type of helicopters, it adds.
"If helicopters are really needed, they should be able to fulfil a variety of tasks," Pavel said.
($1 = 19.507 crowns)
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Source: http://praguemonitor.com/2012/11/28/ln-czech-military-eyes-us-black-hawk-helicopters
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Where are the first-time homebuyers? - Fortune Finance: Hedge ...
Despite the recent positive signs in the housing market, one key group has not yet returned.
FORTUNE -- ?In another sign that the U.S. housing market is recovering, the closely watched S&P/Case-Shiller index report on Tuesday noted home prices over the summer posted its biggest percentage gain in more than two years. This is good news, but?a crucial segment is missing out on better days: First-time homebuyers.
In October, the share of buyers purchasing their first home dropped to 34.7%, the lowest point in at least three years, according to a survey of real estate agents. This compares with 37.1% in June and the 40% range it has historically hovered around.
The decline comes as the sale of non-distressed homes has risen rapidly during the past year. It climbed to 64.7% in October, compared with 55.7% in February, according to the Campbell/Inside Mortgage Finance HousingPulse Tracking Survey. Current homeowners and even investors, which typically target heavily discounted foreclosed properties, have been riding the recovery wave. In October, current homeowners made up 54.2% of non-distressed sales, a jump from 50% in June. And investors made up?12.2% of sales, higher than 11.3%?during the same period.??By contrast, first-time buyers fell behind. Their share of purchases fell to 33.6% from 38.7%.
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Since the start of the year -- when the overall housing market was relatively weaker -- the U.S. Federal Reserve has been drawing attention to the problem. Now as things start looking better with home prices and sales edging up, the momentum could be deflated.??First-time buyers play an important role in the market. To be sure, these households are younger, with relatively new credit profiles and lower-than-average credit scores. Of any group, though, they are best positioned to absorb the excess inventory of distressed homes, says Tom Popkin, the survey's research director. Investors could do the job, he says, but that may not help bump prices up as bulk and cash sales usually mean the properties are purchased at deep discounts.
A few reasons explain why first-timers have been left out. For one, the deteriorating finances of the Federal Housing Administration. About 50% of first-time buyers rely on the government agency for financing. The FHA doesn't directly make loans to them, but it safeguards lenders if borrowers stop paying. In turn, this insurance makes banks more willing to offer mortgages to borrowers with lower credit scores or incomes, as well as with down payments as low as 3.5%.
All that is a big draw for first-time buyers, but FHA will have a much harder time supporting such households. The agency has struggled with huge losses from souring home loans -- a problem that has existed since at least 2009, leading many to wonder if the agency will eventually need a government bailout.
Earlier this month, experts sounded another alarm. The FHA has used up its reserves -- its capital cushion fell to -$16.3 billion at the end of fiscal 2012, according to a study by an independent actuary. The agency has tried to strengthen its finances. In recent years, it has established minimum credit scores for eligibility; required bigger down payments for riskier borrowers and raised premiums on insurance required for borrowers making smaller down payments. Starting next year, annual premiums will increase again, raising borrowers' costs by an average of $13 a month.
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This might help save FHA from financial abyss, but it also makes getting a mortgage more difficult and costly for first-time buyers. More broadly,?the worry is that if the FHA goes down, so might the overall housing market.
Even if FHA weren't in turmoil, first-time buyers may not be much better off.???This of course depends where you live. It's one of the cheapest times to buy, but prices?across certain metropolitan areas -- including New York, Los Angeles and Boston --? are still out of reach for households just starting out. As The New York Times? pointed recently, when prices peaked, the median cost of a single-family home nationwide was $226,000 -- four times the median income. This figure has dropped significantly, to $166,000, or 2.7 times the median income of $61,592. But places where residents typically fill very specialized and higher-paying jobs, owning a home becomes a lot less affordable: In San Francisco, the median home costs about is 4.89 times the median income; in New York, it's 4.62 times; in Boston, it runs 3.7 times.
But if buyers don't live in a big and expensive city, there's also the burden of student loans to consider. As total student debt outstanding surpasses the $1 trillion mark, younger households scrambling to repay their loans may take longer than previous generations to buy a house, economists say. With banks more choosy over who it lends to, indebted graduates may take longer to save for a down payment. They might also take longer to qualify for mortgages.
So as the housing market turns a corner, it's the young, the educated, and those living in America's biggest cities that probably won't be part of it. At least not for a while.
Source: http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2012/11/27/first-time-homebuyers-housing-market/
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
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No. 13 South Carolina wins 4th straight in rivalry
South Carolina players Jadeveon Clowney (7), Shaq Wilson (54), Akeem Auguste (3) and Brison Williams (12) carry the Palmetto Bowl Trophy after an NCAA college football game against Clemson, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012, in Clemson, S.C. South Carolina won 27-17. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
South Carolina players Jadeveon Clowney (7), Shaq Wilson (54), Akeem Auguste (3) and Brison Williams (12) carry the Palmetto Bowl Trophy after an NCAA college football game against Clemson, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012, in Clemson, S.C. South Carolina won 27-17. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier reacts during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Clemson, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012, at Memorial Stadium in Clemson, S.C. (AP Photo/Richard Shiro)
South Carolina quarterback Dylan Thompson, center, scrambles out of the pocket away from Clemson's Travis Blanks (11) during the first half of an NCAA college football game on Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012, at Memorial Stadium in Clemson, S.C. (AP Photo/Richard Shiro)
Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd (10) avoids the tackle of South Carolina's Aldrick Fordham (57) during the first half of an NCAA college football game on Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012, at Memorial Stadium in Clemson, S.C. (AP Photo/Richard Shiro)
Clemson coach Dabo Swinney reacts during the first half of an NCAA college football game against South Carolina, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012, at Memorial Stadium in Clemson, S.C. (AP Photo/Richard Shiro)
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) ? South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney gave Clemson even more to worry about a short time after he finished demolishing the Tigers on the field.
"I don't know how it feels to lose to Clemson," he said. "I'm not going to know how it feels either, because we are not going to lose to them as long as I am here."
If Clowney keeps playing like this, that's just one more season. The star sophomore had 4 1-2 sacks in the 13th-ranked Gamecocks 27-17 win over No. 12 Clemson, South Carolina's fourth-straight victory in the rivalry for the first time in 58 years.
It also gave Steve Spurrier the school wins record at South Carolina, joining the late Paul "Bear" Bryant as the only coaches with that distinction at two Southeastern Conference schools.
Backup quarterback Dylan Thompson threw for 310 yards and three touchdowns playing for injured starter Connor Shaw. But Spurrier understood that Clowney's one-of-a-kind pressure on Clemson's high-flying offense gave his team its chance at history.
"You can't block Jadeveon one-on-one," Spurrier said. "We've got him one more year. Then we are going to shake his hand and thank him for what he has done." And send him off to terrorize NFL quarterbacks.
Thompson got the call for the Gamecocks (10-2) because Shaw sprained his left foot last week against Wofford. And the Gamecocks sophomore made the most of it with TD passes of 13 and 6 yards to Bruce Ellington and 34 yards to Ace Sanders.
The Tigers (10-2) were grounded by Clowney, who set his school's single season-record with 13 sacks.
Spurrier's won 65 games in eight seasons, surpassing Rex Enright for most victories by a South Carolina coach. The Gamecocks finished with 10 victories for a second consecutive season, a first in program history.
"When we play Clemson, they don't seem to play very well," Spurrier said.
That was true again in this one as Clemson's offense and quarterback Tajh Boyd never got on track. The Tigers came leading the Atlantic Coast Conference and were sixth in the country with 535 yards a game. They finished with 328 yards against South Carolina, 165 over the final three quarters.
Boyd was 11 of 24 for 183 yards and two crushing interceptions, the last one that set up Thompson's clinching TD throw to Ellington with 4:17 left.
When it was over, South Carolina's players started their fans in the chant, "Four In A Row! Four In A Row!"
It's been 58 years since the Gamecocks could say that, their one-and-only four-game series win streak occurring from 1951-54.
South Carolina's win made the Southeastern Conference 4-0 against ACC opponents Saturday.
"Our style is a lot different in the Southeastern Conference," Gamecocks defensive coordinator Lorenzo Ward said. "We play a more physical style."
Spurrier decided Wednesday to start Thompson. "For a guy who hadn't played much, he did very well," Spurrier said.
Spurrier said Shaw should be ready for South Carolina's bowl. Did Thompson think he'd earned another start? "I'm not worried about that. We just beat Clemson four times in a row," he said.
Thompson said he got a text from injured Gamecocks star Marcus Lattimore telling him to "remember who you play for. Go all out," the quarterback said.
Lattimore injured his knee against Tennessee on Oct. 27.
Clemson coach Dabo Swinney lamented is team's inability to get the ball in the second half, running just 19 plays to South Carolina's 51.
"We just couldn't stop them on third down. The third quarter was huge. We had too many penalties, too many turnovers and South Carolina did a great job of controlling the ball," Swinney said.
Clemson's oldest players came into their senior day ceremonies hoping to avoid an oh-fer against their rivals. The Tigers looked like they got a break before the game when Spurrier said Thompson would start for Shaw, who riddled Clemson for 317 yards in last season's 34-13 victory.
Shaw sprained his left foot in the win over Wofford last week and barely practiced during the week. Shaw came out in full uniform and helmet during warmups and appeared to move easily. Still, this was Thompson's start and he kept the Gamecocks in it.
Thompson answered Clemson's 16-play, 85-yard touchdown drive with a solid showing of his own on South Carolina's following series. He went 4-for-4 for 56 yards, including a 13-yard TD pass to Bruce Ellington.
Boyd showed Clemson's quick strike capabilities moments later, hitting DeAndre Hopkins for a go-ahead, 43-yard touchdown pass. It was Hopkins' ninth straight game with a touchdown catch and extended his school record to 16 scoring grabs this season.
But that was largely it for Clemson's scoring, limited to a field goal the last 45 minutes. "I just want to apologize to our fan base, to our seniors, to everyone," said Swinney, who fell to 1-4 against the Gamecocks.
Clowney had 1.5 sacks in the opening half, and then added three more in the final two quarters to best the team's single-season mark of 10 shared by Andrew Provence (1982) and Melvin Ingram (2011).
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Sunday, November 25, 2012
Cyprus says agrees EU/IMF bailout deal
NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus has agreed a bailout package with the European Union and International Monetary Fund and expects the lenders to confirm the deal later on Friday, the island's government spokesman said.
If confirmed by the lenders, Cyprus will become the fourth euro zone country to request a sovereign rescue. The Mediterranean island sought financial aid -- which could be up to 17.5 billion euros ($22.6 billion), equal to its entire annual economic output -- in June, after its banks were battered by their exposure to the Greek crisis.
The spokesman did not put a price tag on the bailout sum, saying this will depend on a report early in December that will establish how much money the island nation will need to recapitalize its banks.
"The deadline that was set by the European Central Bank for the recapitalization of the banks expired, so we had to enter the (EU/IMF) rescue mechanism," spokesman Stefanos Stefanou told reporters.
The government has already briefed trade unions on the terms of the deal and will brief political leaders soon after, Stefanou said. "The bailout deal includes unpleasant measures," he said without elaborating.
But the island's public sector workers already voiced their opposition to the deal. "These measures are unjust, they will be a massacre," said Glafkos Hatzipetrou, a senior official with public sector union PASIDY, after getting briefed on the deal.
The island's public sector workers have already voiced their opposition. "These measures are unjust, they will be a massacre," said Glafkos Hatzipetrou, a senior official with public sector union PASIDY, after getting briefed on the deal.
Cyprus and the troika of EU, IMF and ECB lenders have been at odds over a host of issues, including privatizations and pension cuts, as well as the amount needed to recapitalize the banks.
A source from the troika told Reuters in Nicosia that an analysis of the country's debt and its financing needs still needed to be addressed.
An analysis on the state of Cypriot banks is expected by December 3, when euro zone finance ministers meet again in Brussels and aim to decide on a program for the government in Nicosia.
(Reporting by Constantinos Tsindas; Writing by Ruth Pitchford. Editing by Jeremy Gaunt.)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/cyprus-says-agrees-eu-imf-bailout-deal-115229748--business.html
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Saturday, November 24, 2012
Video: Jesse Jackson Jr. resigns from Congress
>>> he once was a name to watch in congress, someone who was going places, perhaps above and beyond the house of representatives . but now, jesse jackson jr . is out of a job. kelly o'donnell has the latest. kelly , good morning.
>> good morning, willie. well, jesse jackson jr . has been under a cloud for months. a personal struggle with mental illness, complicated by the pressures of a very public life , and nagging questions that surface through ethics and criminal investigations. his decision to quit congress comes two weeks after he won a ninth full term and did so without even campaigning.
>> would you guys like coffee, by the way?
>> known simply as junior, the 47-year-old long carried both the blessings and burdens of a famous family name .
>> he is my father and my friend, i now present to you the reverend jesse jackson .
>> in better days, jackson jr. was routinely talked about as a future chicago mayor or u.s. senator making his slow and personal fall a source of major headlines.
>> with breaking news, the resignation of congressman jesse jackson jr ., he was once a political rising star .
>> and compassion from some chicago constituents.
>> it's sad. i don't think you want to see this happen to anybody. especially with his, you know, his health issues.
>> he thought he represented you guys well?
>> reasonably well. but if you're not able, you're not able.
>> reporter: last june, jackson disappeared from congress after a series of evolving, incomplete explanations for his absence, his office revealed he was hospitalized for bipolar disorder. wednesday, jackson sent a letter of resignation to house speaker john boehner while his chief of staff delivered copies in illinois.
>> can you tell us how he's doing?
>> he's doing good.
>> jackson wrote, my health issues and treatment regimen have become incompatible in the house of representatives . but his deteriorated health is not the only factor. in his letter he does admit to mistakes. jackson has been in talks with federal prosecutors who are looking into whether he misused campaign funds to buy personal things, including an expensive watch. i am doing my best to address the situation responsibly, cooperate with the investigators, and accept responsibility for my mistakes, for they are my mistakes and mine alobe. alone. wednesday, jackson 's father called the resignation painful.
>> it's a moment for our family and we'll face the day tomorrow with prayer and we find support in so many people.
>> jackson 's lawyers say he is cooperating, but it could take months to resolve his legal issues. illinois officials are looking at options for when to hold a special election to fill the vacant seat. and in that letter, jackson added he prays to be remembered for what he did right. willie?
>> kelly o'donnell in washington this morning, thank you and happy thanksgiving to you, kelly .
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Friday, November 23, 2012
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Superstorm moves film from theoretical to concrete
PHILADELPHIA (AP) ? In the documentary "Shored Up," scientists warn that with a rising sea level, a major storm could put New Jersey's barrier islands underwater and create devastating storm surges. In other words, what happened last month when Superstorm Sandy slammed into New Jersey and New York.
For Ben Kalina, the Philadelphia filmmaker who was nearly finished putting together the documentary when the storm hit, it meant that the ideas in the film that may have sounded far-fetched ? or at least, discussions of something that may happen sometime in the future ? were suddenly immediate.
"Until Sandy, we were making a film about something much more meditative, really," Kalina said. "And now the stakes are suddenly much more real."
It also meant Kalina and his crew had more shooting to do, revisiting places they'd shot ? some of which were wiped away by Sandy.
That again pushed back the completion date for a film he'd been working on for three years. He's now planning to finish the film in January. It's an independent effort that he is hoping will be shown on television. He is also planning to hold screenings, particularly in the places featured in the movie, such as New Jersey's Long Beach Island.
Kalina, 36, is not a scientist, but he's fascinated by telling the stories from science by looking at the cultural and political implications, too. He worked on "A Sea Change," about the state of the world's oceans, and "After the Cap," a look back at the Gulf oil spill of 2010, among other films.
He became interested in the state of barrier islands after reading an article about how surfers opposed beach replenishment projects on the New Jersey shore.
The story became broader than that, evolving into a look at the way shore areas are developed and protected through means like jetties and beach replenishment projects. As more structures are built on barrier islands, he said, more has to be done to protect them. "Once you decide to settle in a place that's so fraught, all the decisions you make have consequences and more consequences," he said.
The solutions can be expensive, and Kalina says, not sustainable.
"Beach replenishment is not going to save the day," he said. "You get this sense of security from beach replenishment that's a false sense of security in the long run."
The film uses animation, interviews with scientists, footage of storms past and some dramatic policy debates to tell the story.
Kalina started out focusing on New Jersey's Long Beach Island, but also traveled to North Carolina. There, officials decided this year to use historical trends to build their expectations for oceanside building codes and land-use decisions rather than the more rapid sea-level rise that many scientists now expect.
The filmmaker, who grew up going to family homes on Martha's Vineyard, said the ideal time to address these how best to develop vulnerable coastlines would be before a major storm, not after one.
The irony is that nothing can draw attention to the issue like a storm.
"It's a window of time when people have actually just witnessed the destructive force of nature," he said. "There are very few windows like that."
And it could also be a window for his movie.
Before the storm, when he talked about it in his neighborhood in South Philadelphia, Kalina said, he found himself explaining what a barrier island is.
Now, practically everyone knows.
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Thursday, November 22, 2012
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Rihanna (Kind of) Apologizes to Journalists on Plane
Sounds like Rihanna finally figured out what was happening on the other side of her tour jet. In the final minutes of her 777 promotional tour (seven days, seven countries on a Delta 777 jet to promote her seventh album, Unapologetic), the "Diamonds" singer apologized to the 200 journalists who had come along for the ride. But she didn't apologize for the reported lack of food, late flights or general chaos -- rather, she said she regretted not spending any time with the people who committed their week to writing about her.
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Hamas kills suspected collaborators with Israel
ED'S NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Palestinian gunmen ride motorcycles as they drag the body of a man who was killed earlier Tuesday as a suspected collaborator with Israel, in Gaza City, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. The man was one of six suspected collaborators who, according to witnesses, were killed in a main intersection by masked men who forced them to lie down in the street and shot them in the head. The Hamas military wing claimed responsibility. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
ED'S NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Palestinian gunmen ride motorcycles as they drag the body of a man who was killed earlier Tuesday as a suspected collaborator with Israel, in Gaza City, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. The man was one of six suspected collaborators who, according to witnesses, were killed in a main intersection by masked men who forced them to lie down in the street and shot them in the head. The Hamas military wing claimed responsibility. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
ED'S NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Palestinian gunmen ride motorcycles as they drag the body of a man who was killed earlier Tuesday as a suspected collaborator with Israel, in Gaza City, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. The man was one of six suspected collaborators who, according to witnesses, were killed in a main intersection by masked men who forced them to lie down in the street and shot them in the head. The Hamas military wing claimed responsibility. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
ED'S NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Palestinian gunmen ride motorcycles as they drag the body of a man who was killed earlier Tuesday as a suspected collaborator with Israel, in Gaza City, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. The man was one of six suspected collaborators who, according to witnesses, were killed in a main intersection by masked men who forced them to lie down in the street and shot them in the head. The Hamas military wing claimed responsibility.(AP Photo/Adel Hana)
ED'S NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Palestinian gunmen ride motorcycles as they drag the body of a man who was killed earlier Tuesday as a suspected collaborator with Israel, in Gaza City, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. The man was one of six suspected collaborators who, according to witnesses, were killed in a main intersection by masked men who forced them to lie down in the street and shot them in the head. The Hamas military wing claimed responsibility. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
Palestinian gunmen ride motorcycles as they drag the body of a man who was killed earlier Tuesday as a suspected collaborator with Israel, in Gaza City, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. The man was one of six suspected collaborators who, according to witnesses, were killed in a main intersection by masked men who forced them to lie down in the street and shot them in the head. The Hamas military wing claimed responsibility. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) ? Masked gunmen publicly shot dead six suspected collaborators with Israel at a large Gaza City intersection Tuesday, witnesses said. An Associated Press reporter saw a mob surrounding five of the bloodied corpses shortly after the killing.
Some in the crowd stomped and spit on the bodies. A sixth corpse was tied to a motorcycle and dragged through the streets as people screamed, "Spy! Spy!"
The Hamas military wing, Izzedine al-Qassam, claimed responsibility in a large handwritten note attached to a nearby electricity pole. Hamas said the six were killed because they gave Israel information about fighters and rocket launching sites.
The killing came on the seventh day of an Israeli military offensive that has killed more than 120 Palestinians, both militants and civilians. Israel has launched hundreds of airstrikes, targeting rocket launching sites, weapons caches and homes of Hamas activists, as Palestinians fired hundreds of rockets at Israel.
In selecting its targets for airstrikes, Israel relies on unmanned spy planes, or drones, but also on a network of Palestinian collaborators who feed information to their handlers from Israel's domestic Shin Bet security service.
Israel has relied on informers ever since it captured the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem in the 1967 Mideast War. Some are recruited with promises of work permits or money, while others are blackmailed into collaborating.
There is broad consensus among Palestinians that informers for Israel deserve harsh punishment, and it is rare to hear someone speak out against killings of alleged collaborators. Such public killings been carried out in the West Bank and Gaza since the first intifada ? or uprising ? against Israeli occupation in the late 1980s.
Tuesday's killings took place in Gaza City's Sheik Radwan neighborhood.
Witnesses said a van stopped at the intersection, where four masked men pushed the six suspected informers out of the vehicle. Salim Mahmoud, 18, said the gunmen ordered the six to lie face down in the street and then shot them dead. Another witness, 13-year-old Mokhmen al-Gazhali, said the informers were killed one by one, as he mimicked the sound of gunfire.
They said only a few people were in the street at first ? most Gazans have been staying indoors because of the Israeli airstrikes ? but the crowd quickly grew after the killings. Eventually several hundred men pushed and shoved to get a close look at the bodies, lying in a jumble on the ground. One man spit at the corpses, another kicked the head of one of the dead men.
"They should have been killed in a more brutal fashion so others don't even think about working with the occupation (Israel)," said one of the bystanders, 24-year-old Ashraf Maher.
One body was then tied by a cable to the back of a motorcycle and dragged through the streets. A number of gunmen on motorcycles rode along as the body was pulled past a house of mourning for victims of an Israeli airstrike.
In Israel's last major Gaza offensive four years ago, 17 suspected collaborators who fled after their prisons were hit in airstrikes were later shot dead in extra-judicial killings.
During the current offensive, Tuesday's killings brought to eight the number of suspected informers being shot dead in public. On Friday, the body of one alleged informer was found in a garbage bin, and another was shot dead in the street. Hamas claimed responsibility for both killings.
Since seizing Gaza in 2007, Hamas has executed four informers by firing squad, and about a dozen more are on death row in Gaza.
During Israel's direct occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, some informers openly cooperated with Israeli forces. For example, one informer in the West Bank town of Jericho displayed a photograph of Israel's army chief at the time on the wall of his office, in a defiant display of his allegiance.
After Israel pulled back troops from parts of the West Bank, he and others were given refuge in Israel. Other informers were evacuated from Gaza after Israel withdrew in 2005, but Israel is believed to have maintained a network there. Human rights groups have alleged, for example, that Gaza medical patients seeking treatment in Israel are sometimes approached by the Shin Bet at the crossing into Israel.
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Samsung Movies UK coming to an end, final screening on December 15th
After over a three year run,the Acetrax-powered Samsung Movies is about to fade to black. We received an email advising UK subscribers that the service will no longer be available as of December 15th and that its website would drift into oblivion. It's uncertain if this will affect customers in other European territories, but Acetrax references its plans to offer extended service for those looking to continue after Samsung Movies officially meets its maker. In addition to deep-sixing the service, the gloomy message advises that support has ended for the Galaxy Tab, Galaxy S, Wave, S8300 Tocco Ultra Edition, S7350 Classico, M7600 Beat DJ, i8910 HD and Jet. Check out a snapshot of the customer email after the break.
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Syrian civil war spillover draws Israeli fire
Syrian fighters check their ammunition during clashes with Syrian army forces in the town of Harem, on the outskirts of Idlib, Syria, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)
Syrian fighters check their ammunition during clashes with Syrian army forces in the town of Harem, on the outskirts of Idlib, Syria, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)
Iranian Foreign Minister, Ali Akbar Salehi, center, speaks with media, prior to start the "Syria National Dialog" conference, at the Esteghlal Hotel in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012. Iran held Sunday a conference to reconcile Syria's government with opposition factions and end the country's civil war, the official IRNA news agency reported. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iranian Foreign Minister, Ali Akbar Salehi, right, speaks during the "Syria National Dialog" conference, as his deputy minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian, sits at left, at the Esteghlal Hotel in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012. Iran held Sunday a conference to reconcile Syria's government with opposition factions and end the country's civil war, the official IRNA news agency reported. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Participants listen to a speaker during the "Syria National Dialog" conference, at the Esteghlal Hotel in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012. Iran held Sunday a conference to reconcile Syria's government with opposition factions and end the country's civil war, the official IRNA news agency reported. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
JERUSALEM (AP) ? Israel shelled Syrian fighters after gunfire from their civil war spilled over to the Israel-controlled Golan Heights, the military said Sunday, as the conflict appeared to inch closer to the Jewish state.
The civil war in Syria has renewed tensions in the Golan Heights, a strategic plateau that Israel captured from Syria in the 1967 war. Despite constant hostility between the two countries, Syria has been careful to keep the border quiet since the 1973 Mideast war.
In recent days, Israeli troops have fired into Syria twice before, responding to what appeared to be stray mortar shells exploding in Israel-held territory. On Sunday, an Israeli military spokesman said soldiers fired artillery toward the source of gunfire late Saturday night.
Speaking on condition of anonymity according to protocol, the spokesman said the military identified a hit. He did not know if the targets were Syrian rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad or forces loyal to him.
Syrian shells have exploded inside the Israel-held Golan Heights several times in recent weeks, damaging apple orchards, sparking fires and spreading some panic but causing no injuries.
Though the two nations have been bitter enemies, Israel is concerned that if the Assad regime is toppled, Syria could fall into the hands of Islamic extremists.
While it is widely believed that Assad does not want to pick a fight with Israel, some in Israel warn that if his situation becomes desperate, the embattled Syrian leader might try to draw Israel into the fighting as a distraction.
More than 36,000 people have been killed since the Syrian uprising began in March 2011.
Fighting has raged nationwide over the weekend, killing at least 108 people on Saturday alone, according to activists.
The Britain-based Observatory for Human Rights said opposition fighters clashed with troops around rebellious Damascus suburbs. The military repeatedly shelled them with artillery.
Heavy fighting was also reported in Aleppo, Syria's largest city and a major front in the civil war since the summer. Clashes have been particularly fierce around an army base known as Base 46 in Aleppo province, according to Rami Abdul-Rahman, the Observatory's head. He said rebel units ousted regime troops from parts of the installation on Sunday.
Clashes were also in progress in the eastern oil-rich province of Deir el-Zour, where the rebels took control of the Hamdan airport on Saturday.
The airport, near the town of al-Boukamal along the border with Iraq, has been turned into a military base. Rebels have been making advances in the town for weeks, seizing control of the military security building and a checkpoint at the edge of al-Boukamal earlier this week.
The rebels have captured swaths of land and several strategic installations, particularly along the border with Turkey, but they are outgunned by the regime in battles to hold on to them. The Syrian military has relied on air power to reverse the rebel gains.
In Tehran, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi warned that providing opposition groups with heavy arms could put the entire region at risk of "organized terrorism." He was responding to a move in Europe to cancel an arms embargo.
He said that arming Assad's opponents, as Damascus accuses Qatar and Saudi Arabia of doing, violates international law and principles of nonintervention in domestic affairs.
"Unfortunately, now some reports have been published saying some sides are intending to send semi-heavy and heavy arms for the opposition groups openly," Salehi said at a conference to reconcile Syria's government with some Syria-based opposition factions which are tolerated by the regime.
Iran has backed Assad in the conflict. Iran, Russia and China are Syria's main allies.
The conference is seen as a response to last week's meeting in Qatar, where opposition groups formed an umbrella coalition against Assad.
So far, France is the only Western country to recognize the Doha-formed Syrian National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces. Other EU nations and the United States and have said they prefer to wait to see whether the coalition represents the variety of people in Syria before they recognize it.
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Associated Press writers Barbara Surk in Beirut and Nasser Karimi in Tehran, Iran contributed to this report.
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Santa Barbara covets Huguette Clark home for museum
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The mysterious oceanfront home of Huguette Clark in Santa Barbara, Calif., could become an arts institution open to the public. Community leaders are siding with her last will and testament, which has been disputed by Clark's relatives.
Community leaders in Santa Barbara, Calif., have begun a public relations effort to encourage preservation of the oceanfront home of the reclusive heiress Huguette Clark as an arts institution, as provided in her last will and testament.
Clark's entire estate, which is being contested by her relatives in a New York court, is valued conservatively at?$307 million. The case could go to trial in 2013, if it isn't settled first. Attorneys were meeting Friday for preliminary settlement discussions.
The estate's largest asset is Bellosguardo, her cliffside vacation home above Santa Barbara's East Beach. The property on 23 acres is valued by her executor for tax purposes at $85 million.
Her will called for creation of a Bellosguardo Foundation as an educational institution "for the primary purpose of fostering and promoting the arts." She left to that foundation most of her works of art, as well as 15 percent of her estate after the payment of other bequests. Clark was a member of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art from the 1940s until her death.
If the home goes to the foundation, it may someday be opened up for public viewings. Few people have been allowed inside the mysterious home, which has been carefully maintained even though Clark and her immediate family stopped visiting approximately 60 years ago. "It could be a house museum. I believe people would pay to go through it, to see it," said Sheila Lodge, a former Santa Barbara mayor who visited the house about 20 years ago.
If Clark's relatives are successful in their challenge to her will, the home presumably would be sold so the money could be divided among them.
Community leaders speaking out in favor of the Bellosguardo Foundation include Lodge, Mayor Helene Schneider, and leaders of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, the Music Academy of the West and the Santa Barbara Foundation. The group held a news conference on Oct. 31, and has established a website,?which declares, "The Last Will is still being contested by lawyers in New York courts. The participants do not care about Huguette Clark's wishes or about Santa Barbara."
Huguette (pronounced "u-GET") Marcelle Clark, born in Paris in 1906, inherited her fortune from William Andrews Clark (1839-1925), a U.S. senator from Montana who was among the richest men of the Gilded Age, a copper miner, banker, builder of railroads and founder of the city of Las Vegas.
His youngest daughter attracted the attention of NBC News in 2009 because of her vacant but well-manicured mansions and questions about the management of her money. She lived her last 20 years in spartan hospital rooms, dying in May 2011 just weeks before her 105th birthday. The archive of all Clark stories, photos and videos is at?http://nbcnews.com/clark/.
To direct her fortune, at age 98, Huguette Clark signed two wills in 2005.
The first will left $5 million to her private-duty registered nurse, Hadassah Peri, and the bulk of her estate to her relatives from her father's first marriage. The family members were not named in that will, which left the estate to her "intestate distributees," legal language for the people who would inherit if she died without a will. Because Clark had been married only briefly, and had no children, her closest relatives were the descendants of her father from his first marriage. These were Huguette Clark's half great-nieces and half great-nephews, and their children. Huguette and her four half-siblings had each received one-fifth shares of W.A. Clark's empire in 1925. Huguette's mother, Anna, received Bellosguardo, which then passed down to Huguette when she died.
Just six weeks passed before Clark signed a new will. It specified that she intentionally left no money to family, with whom the will said she had little contact.?The family is claiming that this will was the product of fraud and undue influence by Clark's nurse, attorney, accountant and others. The newer document makes specific bequests to her attorney, accountant, doctor, hospital and several employees, and the remainder is split among the nurse, a goddaughter and the Bellosguardo Foundation. (See the earlier story and read the two documents:?A twist: Heiress Huguette Clark signed two wills.)
The Santa Barbara community leaders are not forming another legal entity or seeking to intervene in the legal case, but said they wanted to make known that the community encourages the prospect of this new cultural institution and wants to make sure that Huguette Clark's wishes are followed.
Besides the current and former mayors, members of the Santa Barbara committee include?Edward Birch, chairman of the board emeritus, Santa Barbara Bank & Trust; Ginny Brush, executive director, Santa Barbara County Arts Commission; Sarah Chrisman, president, Granada Theater; Robert Emmons, former chair, Santa Barbara Museum of Art and Lotusland Foundation; Larry Feinberg, director and CEO, Santa Barbara Museum of Art; Ron Gallo, president and CEO, Santa Barbara Foundation; Karl Hutterer, executive director, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History; Palmer Jackson, philanthropist ; Robert Light, philanthropist; Peter MacDougall, president emeritus, Santa Barbara City College; Sara Miller McCune, publishing executive and philanthropist; Scott Reed, president and CEO, Music Academy of the West; Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree, CEO and chairman of the boards of Pacific Air Industries and Air-Cert, philanthropist; Andre Saltoun, president, Community Arts Music Association; Michael Towbes, philanthropist; Anne Smith Towbes, former president, Lobero Theatre Foundation; and Sharon Westby, chair of the board, Music Academy of the West.
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The Santa Barbara Independent,?The Los Angeles Times?and KEYT TV have reported on the community effort.
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Friday, November 16, 2012
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Scientists 'clone' carbon nanotubes to unlock their potential for use in electronics
ScienceDaily (Nov. 14, 2012) ? The heart of the computer industry is known as "Silicon Valley" for a reason. Integrated circuit computer chips have been made from silicon since computing's infancy in the 1960s. Now, thanks to a team of USC researchers, carbon nanotubes may emerge as a contender to silicon's throne.
Scientists and industry experts have long speculated that carbon nanotube transistors would one day replace their silicon predecessors. In 1998, Delft University built the world's first carbon nanotube transistors. Carbon nanotubes have the potential to be far smaller faster, and consume less power than silicon transistors.
A key reason carbon nanotubes are not in computers right now is that they are difficult to manufacture in a predictable way. Scientists have had a difficult time controlling the manufacture of nanotubes to the correct diameter, type and ultimately chirality -- factors that control nanotubes' electrical and mechanical properties.
Think of chirality like this: If you took a sheet of notebook paper and rolled it straight up into a tube, it would have a certain chirality. If you rolled that same sheet up at an angle, it would have a different chirality. In this example, the notebook paper represents a sheet of latticed carbon atoms that are rolled up to create a nanotube.
A team led by Professor Chongwu Zhou of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and Ming Zheng of the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Maryland solved the problem by inventing a system that consistently produces carbon nanotubes of a predictable diameter and chirality.
Zhou worked with group members Jia Liu, Chuan Wang, Bilu Liu, Liang Chen, as well as Zheng and Xiaomin Tu of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
"Controlling the chirality of carbon nanotubes has been a dream for many researchers. Now the dream has come true," Zhou said. The team has already patented its innovation, and its research was published Nov. 13 in Nature Communications.
Carbon nanotubes are typically grown using a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) system in which a chemical-laced gas is pumped into a chamber containing substrates with metal catalyst nanoparticles, upon which the nanotubes grow. It is generally believed that the diameters of the nanotubes are determined by the size of the catalytic metal nanoparticles. However, attempts to control the catalysts in hopes of achieving chirality-controlled nanotube growth have not been successful.
The USC team's innovation was to jettison the catalyst and instead plant pieces of carbon nanotubes that have been separated and pre-selected based on chirality, using a nanotube-separation technique developed and perfected by Zheng and his co-workers. Using those pieces as seeds, the team used CVD to extend the seeds to get much longer nanotubes, which were shown to have the same chirality as the seeds.
The process is referred to as "nanotube cloning." The next steps in the research will be to carefully study the mechanism of the nanotube growth in this system, to scale up the cloning process to get large quantities of chirality-controlled nanotubes and to use those nanotubes for electronic applications.
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'Snow White' museum exhibit celebrates classic film
?Snow White,? the beloved, first, full-length animated feature film, created by the Walt Disney Studios, is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year with a major exhibit at the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco.
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Thursday, November 15, 2012
Sexiest Man Alive: Who Are The Sexiest Husbands Alive?
Antonio Banderas
Antonio Banderas' 16-year marriage to Melanie Griffith is one of Hollywood's most enduring celebrity relationships. Despite <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/17/antonio-banderas-struggli_n_1680299.html">breakup rumors</a>, the two were spotted <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/24/melanie-griffith-antonio-banderas-going-strong_n_2008500.html">leaving a restaurant</a> together last month.
Blake Shelton
Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert have been married since 2011, though they recently revealed that they've <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/31/blake-shelton-miranda-lambert-married-150-days_n_2050236.html">only spent 150 days together</a> since the wedding. We don't understand how Lambert can stay away from her sexy husband for so long!
Daniel Craig
Who wouldn't want to be married to James Bond? Daniel Craig's lucky lady is Rachel Weisz, whom he married in a <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20505712,00.html">secret ceremony </a>in 2011.
Orlando Bloom
"Pirates of the Caribbean" hunk Orlando Bloom <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20404484,00.html">married supermodel Miranda Kerr</a> in 2010, and the two are now the proud parents of an <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2184069/Orlando-Bloom-Miranda-Kerr-spend-family-day-sea-Flynn-aboard-luxury-yacht.html">adorable baby boy</a>.
Mark Ruffalo
"The Avengers" star Mark Ruffalo has been <a href="http://www.popsugar.com/Pictures-Mark-Ruffalo-His-Wife-Sunrise-Coigney-Touching-Down-LAX-14458075">married to Sunrise Coigney</a> since 2000. He <a href="http://www.contactmusic.com/news/mark-ruffalo-likes-men-checking-out-his-wife_1314171">recently said</a>, "My wife is very attractive and I've seen guys checking her out and I get tickled by that. It's hot."
Mark Consuelos
Mark Consuelos met wife Kelly Ripa <a href="http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/how-kelly-ripa-mark-consuelos-kids-spent-hurricane-sandy-in-nyc-2012911">on the set of "All My Children"</a> in 1995, and the couple married in Las Vegas the following year. Since then, the pair have shared the screen as co-hosts on "Live! With Kelly" and after 16 years, still appear as in love as ever.
Will Smith
Hollywood power couple Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith have been married since 1997, and Pinkett Smith <a href="http://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/jada-pinkett-smith-says-there-are-no-negatives-in-her-marriage-1.1002041">recently said</a> there are "no negatives" to being married to Will. "I hit the jackpot with that one," she said, and we kind of agree.
Hugh Jackman
In anticipation of his leading role in the upcoming film adaptation of "Les Miserables," let's take a moment to admire Hugh Jackman. Not only is the Broadway and action star gorgeous, but he's also been a <a href="http://www.parade.com/celebrity/sunday-with/2011/10/09-hugh-jackman.html">happily married man</a> for 16 years (to fellow Aussie <a href="http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/deborra-lee-the-good-wife/story-e6frf96x-1226514934946">Deborra-Lee Furness</a>). He and his wife even <a href="http://celebritybabies.people.com/2009/02/24/hugh-jackman-adopting-mixed-race-children-was-a-no-brainer/">adopted two children</a>. Heart melting starting... now!
Josh Duhamel
Just look at that piercing gaze. Josh Duhamel <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20251507,00.html">wed pop star Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson</a> in 2009, and the couple stayed together despite <a href="http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/josh-duhamel-cheating-claims-set-me-straight-16227646.html">cheating rumors</a> later that year. Fergie recently <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/19/fergie-josh-duhamel-cheating-infidelity-oprah_n_1986321.html">told Oprah</a>, "When you go through difficult times it really makes you stronger as a unit. As a partnership. It does for us, anyway. Our love today is a deeper love." Awww!
Carmelo Anthony
New York Nicks star Carmelo Anthony <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2010/07/carmelo-anthony-lala-vazquez-wedding-married.html">married VH1 reality show host Alani "La La" Vazquez</a> (now La La Anthony) in 2010, and the pair debuted their own reality show, <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/city_gonna_for_carmelo_go_gaga_girl_jzYo8Wvv64TInthO5GEHIN">"La La's Full Court Life,"</a> last year. The hot hoops player was accused of cheating on his wife in March, though <a href="http://www.popularcritic.com/2012/03/26/lala-anthony-addresses-carmelo-cheating-rumors-and-talks-marriage/">La La shot the rumor down</a>.
Patrick Dempsey
"McDreamy" tied the knot with <a href="http://www.wetpaint.com/greys-anatomy/articles/who-is-jillian-dempsey-5-things-to-know-about-patrick-dempseys-wife-">makeup artist Jillian Fink</a> in 1999, and the two now have three children together. Though some reports claim <a href="http://gossip.whyfame.com/patrick-dempseys-marriage-in-danger-10341">their marriage is in trouble</a>, it appears Fink hasn't let her man go yet.
Justin Timberlake
Justin Timberlake <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/24/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-wedding-photo-details-ceremony_n_2008433.html">married Jessica Biel</a> last month, which means the teen heartthrob and movie star is now officially off the market. Congrats to the newlyweds!
Ryan Reynolds
Blake Lively made an honest man out of Ryan Reynolds in September, when the pair <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/15/blake-lively-ryan-reynolds-secret-surprise-wedding_n_1883709.html">wed in a low-key ceremony</a> in South Carolina. Reynolds has been known to rock a <a href="http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/165065-ryan-reynolds-in-the-full-green-lantern-cg-suit">skin-tight bodysuit</a> (for his role in "The Green Lantern") so we're not too shocked this cutie was named <a href="http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20315920_20442733,00.html">People's Sexiest Man Alive in 2010</a>.
Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington's <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2212271/Denzel-Washington-wife-29-years-Pauletta-look-love-holiday-Italy.html">29-year marriage</a> to wife Pauletta makes him somewhat of an anomaly in Hollywood (but in the best, most handsome way). The two met in 1977 while filming a television show, married in 1983 and renewed their vows in a ceremony officiated by South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu in 1995.
David Beckham
Sexy soccer star David Beckham has been <a href="http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/pictures/victoria-beckham-her-life-as-a-married-mom-of-four-2012164/21830">married to "Posh Spice" Victoria Beckham</a> since 1999, and the pair has four children together -- making "Becks" quite the <a href="http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/see-how-david-beckham-kids-feted-victoria-beckham-for-her-birthday-2012174">family man</a>! Honestly, we're a little surprised this marriage has lasted so long, what with both stars' busy schedules. Becks must be doing something right (besides sculpting his abs, of course).
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/14/sexiest-man-alive_n_2133249.html
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