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Automobiles

Show Us Your (Shift) Knobs, Win a Save the Manuals Prize Pack!

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By Erik Johnson

Show Us Your Knobs v3.0

It’s been a while, but we’re once again asking you to show us your weird, interesting, and/or and insanely cool shifters, knobs, and boots. Whether you select your gears with a PBR can, the disembodied head of Richard Nixon, or a bad-ass billet piece you made yourself, we want to see it—you could win a Save the Manuals prize pack!

To enter, simply post your photo in the Backfires comments below (and keep it safe for work, please). You must be a member of Backfires to submit and to vote, so make sure you’re logged in (or sign up now!). The deadline for submissions is Friday, August 2 at 12:00 P.M. EDT. There will be two winners of StM prize packs: One will be the entry that garners the highest number of “likes” from Backfires members, while the other will be selected by our editors using a highly developed scientific formula (radness+awesometude/shift factor).

Winners will be announced next Friday, August 9. Good luck!

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at Car & Driver

News, Politics, Government

Judge begins first hearing on Detroit's bankruptcy

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A judge is considering what to do with challenges to Detroit’s bankruptcy from retirees who claim their pensions are protected by the Michigan Constitution. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes settled into his chair shortly after 10 a.m. EDT. The city wants him to put a stop to lawsuits in other courts, especially after an Ingham County judge said state officials ignored the constitution and acted illegally in approving the bankruptcy last week.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at Fox News – Politics

Science & Technology

Large coronal hole near the sun's north pole

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The European Space Agency/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, or SOHO, captured this image of a gigantic coronal hole hovering over the sun’s north pole on July 18, 2013, at 9:06 a.m. EDT. Coronal holes are dark, low density regions of the sun’s outermost atmosphere, the corona. They contain little solar material, have lower temperatures, and therefore, appear much darker than their surroundings. …read more

Source: FULL ARTICLE at Phys.org

News, Politics, Government

'Schindler's List' reportedly to be auctioned on eBay

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“Schindler’s List” is being auctioned off on eBay.

No, not a DVD of the Oscar-winning Steven Spielberg film, but one of the original Schindler’s lists — the only one ever to go on the open market — will be publicly auctioned tonight on the popular shopping Web site.

The reserve price is an eye-popping $3 million.

But its sellers, California collectors Gary Zimet and Eric Gazin, are hoping it will go for as high as $5 million.

“Enter US $3,000,000.00 or more” the listing will instruct bidders when it goes live at 9 p.m. EDT, according to an advance copy obtained by The Post.

“Free Local Pickup” the listing will advise. “Item location: Israel.”

“We decided to sell the list on eBay because it has over 100 million worldwide members, and this is a global story,” Gazin told The Post.

“There are billionaires using the site, wealthy celebrities,” said Gazin, who is the president of AuctionCause.com. “We like the platform.”

The “list” was named for Oskar Schindler, a businessman from Germany who is credited with saving more than 1,000 Jewish refugees from the Nazis by deeming them essential workers for his enamel-works factories.

Of the seven original versions of the list, only four are known to still exist — including two in Yad Vashem, the Israeli Holocaust Memorial Museum, and one in the US Holocaust Museum in Washington.

The one being offered for sale on eBay tonight is 14 onion-skin pages long.

The date April 18, 1945, is written in pencil on the first page. It lists 801 male names.

“It is extremely rare that a document of this historical significance is put on the market,” Zimet said.

“Many of the survivors on this list and their descendants moved to the United States, and there are names on this list which will sound very familiar to New Yorkers.”

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at Fox World News

Science & Technology

Coronal mass ejection to pass Earth, Messenger and Juno

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On July 16, 2013, at 12:09 a.m. EDT, the sun erupted with an Earth-directed coronal mass ejection or CME, a solar phenomenon that can send billions of tons of particles into space that can reach Earth one to three days later. These particles cannot travel through the atmosphere to harm humans on Earth, but they can affect electronic systems in satellites and on the ground. …read more

Source: FULL ARTICLE at Phys.org

Linux

Simple date issue

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By Anupam_Halder

Hi ,

Here is the smaller version of the problem.

Working individually as command

Code:
************************>echo $SHELL
/bin/bash
************************>TO_DAY=`date`
************************>echo $TO_DAY
Tue Jul 16 02:28:31 EDT 2013
************************>

Not working when executing from script

Code:
************************>./test11.sh
/bin/bash

What could be the possible reason?

Content of test11.sh

Code:
echo $SHELL
TO_DAY=`date`
echo $TO_DAY

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at The UNIX and Linux Forums

Linux

SWAP command not working on Linux machine

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By Basant Mishra

Hi
I am working on linux machine and swap command is not working Linux Machine
On Solaris machine it is working fine:
uname -a
SunOS rgsm01 5.9 Generic_118558-03 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-V440
swap -s
total: 6596320k bytes allocated + 1035968k reserved = 7632288k used, 38893408k available

But on linux machine it is giving following errors:
uname -a:
Linux GURKES060 2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Jun 13 18:24:36 EDT 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

swap -s
-ksh: swap: not found [No such file or directory]

Can anybody help me out?

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at The UNIX and Linux Forums

Linux

Different VMSTAT output on Linux and Solaris machines

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By Basant Mishra

Hi,
I am porting a piece of code from Solaris to Linux. Code uses VMSTAT command.
On Solaris machine VMSTAT output is following:
uname -a:
SunOS rgsm01 5.9 Generic_118558-03 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-V440

vmstat:
kthr memory page disk faults cpu
r b w swap free re mf pi po fr de sr m1 m2 m4 m5 in sy cs us sy id
0 0 0 29021296 3922400 177 335 27 568 380 0 3 0 0 0 0 182 293 221 32 11 57

On Linux machine VMSTAT output is following:
uname -a:
Linux GURKES060 2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Jun 13 18:24:36 EDT 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
vmstat
procs ———–memory———- —swap– —–io—- –system– —–cpu—–
r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa st
1 0 0 299732 802180 24825992 0 0 6 32 2 1 2 0 98 0 0

I want the paging information on linux.How can I get it?

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at The UNIX and Linux Forums

Articles of Interest

Orbital Sciences Rocket Launch Delayed Because Of Winds At NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility

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By The Huffington Post News Editors

By: Tariq Malik
Published: 04/20/2013 04:53 PM EDT on SPACE.com

The launch debut of a new privately built rocket will have to wait at least one more day after strong winds thwarted an attempted liftoff on Saturday (April 20).

The unmanned Antares rocket was poised to launch into orbit Saturday afternoon from a new seaside pad at NASA‘s Wallops Flight Facility along Virginia’s Eastern Shore when the foul weather intervened. The rocket’s next chance to launch occurs Sunday (April 21) at 5 p.m. EDT (2100 GMT).

Orbital Sciences had hoped to launch Antares at 5 p.m. EDT on Saturday, but unacceptably strong winds in the upper atmosphere — which could pose a risk to the rocket in mid-flight — prompted them to delay liftoff by an hour at first, then call off the attempt altogether. [LaunchPad Photos: 1st Antares Rocket Ready to Fly]

It is the second delay in three days for Antares’ debut launch. A minor equipment glitch led Orbital officials to call off a launch try on Wednesday (April 17) when a data cable at the pad separated from the rocket earlier than planned.

Built by the Dulles, Va.-based spaceflight firm Orbital Sciences Corp., the Antares rocket is a 13-story booster designed to launch the company’s unmanned Cygnus spacecraft on cargo delivery missions to the International Space Station. Orbital has a $1.9 billion contract to provide at least eight cargo delivery flights to the station using Cygnus and Antares.

For this first flight, the Antares rocket will not be carrying an active Cygnus spacecraft into orbit. Instead, the rocket is topped with a cylindrical “mass simulator” that mimics the shape and weight of an actual Cygnus vehicle, officials said. The mockup is also equipped with 70 sensors to measure the effects of launch on an Antares vehicle.

Orbital has also added three tiny NASA satellites — coffee-cup-size Phonesats — and a small commercial cubesat called Dove-1 to the mass simulator for this test flight. The miniature satellites will be deployed in orbit after launch, Orbital officials said.

NASA‘s Phonesats are experiments designed to test how well commercial smartphones can be used as the main computers on cheap satellites.

Orbital Sciences is one of two American spaceflight companies with NASA contracts for commercial resupply missions to the International Space Station. The other firm is Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, Calif., which has a $1.6 billion contract to fly at least 12 cargo delivery missions to the space station using its Falcon 9 rockets and robotic Dragon space capsules.

SpaceX launched its first test flight to the station in May 2012 and has flown two official cargo deliveries since then. NASA retired its space shuttle fleet in 2011 and is relying on private spacecraft to keep the space station stocked with supplies. The space agency also plans to begin flying American astronauts to the station on commercial spacecraft by 2017.

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From: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/20/orbital-sciences-rocket-launch-winds-nasa-wallops-flight-facility_n_3125376.html

News, Politics, Government

Watch Live: 2013 White House Science Fair

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By Megan Slack

Ed. note: Watch the Science Fair live in this blog post, or at wh.gov/sciencefair, beginning at 11:30 am EDT on Monday, April 22, 2013.

On Monday, April 22, President Obama will host the 3rd Annual White House Science Fair and celebrate the student winners of a broad range of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) competitions from across the country.

This year’s Science Fair will showcase students projects such as economically-viable algae biofuel, a robot that paints with watercolor, a computer program that improves cancer detection and many more.

To learn more about the White House science fair, check out the video above, and be sure to tune in Monday, April 22 starting at 11:30 am EDT, right here or at wh.gov/sciencefair, to watch the event live.

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From: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/04/20/watch-live-2013-white-house-science-fair

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FBI Updates on Investigation Into Multiple Explosions in Boston

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Updates on Investigation Into Multiple Explosions in Boston

April 18, 2013, 5:00 p.m. EDT
Video and Photos Released in Bombings Case

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To Provide Tips in the Investigation

If you have visual images, video, and/or details regarding the explosions along the Boston Marathon route and elsewhere, submit them on https://bostonmarathontips.fbi.gov/. No piece of information or detail is too small. 

You can also call 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324), prompt #3, with information.
All media inquiries should be directed to the FBI’s National Press Office at (202) 324-3691.

– Boston FBI

Business, Finance, Occupation & Industry

Are Bonds Announcing a Stock Market Correction?

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By Alex Dumortier, CFA, The Motley Fool

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This week’s see-saw dynamic in U.S. stocks continues this morning, with the S&P 500 and the narrower, price-weighted Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.65% and 0.55%, respectively, at 10:05 a.m. EDT.

Moving in separate directions
Even before this week’s stock market gyrations, which were kicked off by a sharp decline on Monday, many investors and pundits had been loudly calling for a correction. Indeed, the market‘s rally since last year’s June low has been a dogged, low-volatility climb that appeared to break from the “risk-on/risk-off” dynamic that has governed asset markets in the aftermath of the financial crisis, despite the fact that many of the same macroeconomic headwinds remain.

One ominous sign for stocks can be found not in the stock market, but in bonds, with Treasury bonds in particular finding new favor with investors since early March. Bill Gross, who manages PIMCO’s Total Return Fund, the world’s largest bond fund, has lifted its allocation to U.S. Treasuries to 33% against 28% in February — the highest it has been since July. The decline in yields suggests that the risk of deflation, or at least a slowdown in the economy, has increased.

As the following graph shows, bonds’ new-found popularity shows up in a split between the charts of the 10-year Treasury yield and the S&P 500’s level over the past month (as bond prices increase, yields decline):

Note that a drop in yields (blue line) has accompanied the stock market wobbles in mid-2011 and during the second quarter of 2013:

While I’m not convinced that a stock market correction is imminent, I do think this week is a healthy reminder that stock prices do not move only in one direction. Volatility had been remarkably muted over the past several months, and investors need to accept that this is unlikely to be the status quo on an ongoing basis.

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From: http://www.dailyfinance.com/2013/04/18/are-bonds-announcing-a-stock-market-correction/

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Splunk CIO Discusses the Impact of the Internet of Things at Bloomberg Enterprise Technology Summit

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By Business Wirevia The Motley Fool

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Splunk CIO Discusses the Impact of the Internet of Things at Bloomberg Enterprise Technology Summit

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Splunk Inc. (NAS: SPLK) , the leading software platform for real-time operational intelligence, today announced that Doug Harr, chief information officer, Splunk, will discuss the impact of machine data and analytics on the Internet of Things during an interview panel at Bloomberg Enterprise Technology Summit. The summit will be held Wednesday, April 24 at the Apella at the Alexandria Center in New York City. The Internet of Things panel is scheduled to begin at 3:45 p.m. EDT.

“Splunk has dozens of customers who are already using their data to discover incredible insights well beyond traditional IT, from airline manufacturers analyzing flight data to military bases discovering energy cost savings through facility sensors. The common link among these organizations is machine data,” said Harr. “Thousands of Splunk customers monitor and analyze machine data in real-time, and the Internet of Things is an emerging source of machine data that promises enormous new insights. I look forward to sharing what I’ve learned from our customers and to a lively discussion on what the future holds.”

The panel will be moderated by Nick Turner, Team Leader of U.S. Telecom and Media at Bloomberg News, and includes executives from The ADT Corporation, GE Global Software and Analytics and Zebra Technologies, Inc. For more information about the summit, please visit http://www.bloomberglink.com/event/tech-2013/.

Register now for .conf2013, the 4th Annual Splunk Worldwide Users’ Conference, featuring more than 100 sessions by Splunk customers, partners, experts and employees. .conf2013 is being held September 30-October 3 at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas.

About Splunk Inc.

Splunk Inc. (NAS: SPLK) provides the engine for machine data™. Splunk® software collects, indexes and harnesses the machine-generated big data coming from the websites, applications, servers, networks and mobile devices that power business. Splunk software enables organizations to monitor, search, analyze, visualize and act on massive streams of real-time and historical machine data. More than 5,200 enterprises, universities, government agencies and service providers in over 90 countries use Splunk Enterprise to gain Operational Intelligence that deepens business and customer understanding, improves service and uptime, reduces cost and mitigates cybersecurity risk. Splunk Storm®, a cloud-based subscription service, is used by organizations developing applications in the cloud.

From: http://www.dailyfinance.com/2013/04/18/splunk-cio-discusses-the-impact-of-the-internet-of/

Business, Finance, Occupation & Industry

Why Bank of America Is Down Despite Quadrupled Profit

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By Alex Dumortier, CFA, The Motley Fool

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After posting solid gains yesterday, U.S. stocks are falling hard this morning, with the S&P 500 and the narrower, price-weighted Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.87% and 0.7%, respectively, at 10 a.m. EDT.

Bank of America still looks cheap
I’ve been a student of Finance and the financial markets for years, and yet I still fall into this trap. After reading the first part of the Reuters headline “Bank of America profits quadruple,” I immediately checked the quote page and was briefly, almost instinctively, surprised to find that the shares were down in premarket trading. I shouldn’t have been; as Howard Marks writes in the excellent book The Most Important Thing: “First level thinking says, ‘I think the company’s earnings will fall; sell.’ Second-level thinking says, ‘I think the company’s earnings will fall less than people expect, and the pleasant surprise will lift the stock; buy.'”

In other words, expectations provide the context necessary to analyze results and their impact on the share price. And so it was that B of A’s quarterly profit rose to $2.62 billion in the first quarter from $653 million in the prior year period, which worked out to $0.20 per share; alas, analysts were looking for $0.22. In addition, total adjusted revenue fell 4%.

It pays to remain focused on what matters relative to your investing style. Mimicking Marks‘ above distinction, I’d say a trader is concerned with the impact of quarterly earnings on the share price, whereas a long-term investor focuses on what earnings can tell us about a company’s future earning power. In that regard, B of A’s results look encouraging on a number of fronts: Brian Moynihan is doing a creditable job shrinking costs, and the provision for loan losses continues to decline, while capitalization ratios continue to improve.

Based on the newly released end-of-first-quarter balance sheet data, Bank of America shares are changing hands at roughly a 10% discount to their tangible book value this morning, and they still look like an attractive (i.e., underpriced) risk to me.

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From: http://www.dailyfinance.com/2013/04/17/why-bank-of-america-is-down-despite-quadrupled-pro/

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KAR Auction Services, Inc. to Announce First Quarter 2013 Earnings

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By Business Wirevia The Motley Fool

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KAR Auction Services, Inc. to Announce First Quarter 2013 Earnings

CARMEL, Ind.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– KAR Auction Services, Inc. (NYS: KAR) announced today that it will be releasing its first quarter 2013 earnings on Wednesday, May 1, 2013.

KAR Auction Services, Inc. will also be hosting an earnings conference call and webcast on Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. EDT (10:00 a.m. CDT). The call will be hosted by KAR Auction Services, Inc.’s Chief Executive Officer, Jim Hallett and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Eric Loughmiller. The conference call may be accessed by calling 1-888-466-4414and entering participant passcode 156725 while the live web cast will be available at the investor relations section of www.karauctionservices.com.

A replay of the call will be available for two weeks via telephone starting approximately 30 minutes after the completion of the call. The replay may be accessed by calling 1-888-203-1112and entering pass code 1235452. The archive of the web cast will also be available following the call and will be available at the investor relations section of www.karauctionservices.com for a limited time.


About KAR Auction Services, Inc.

KAR Auction Services, Inc. (NYS: KAR) is the holding company for ADESA, Inc. (“ADESA”), Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. (“IAA”), and Automotive Finance Corporation (“AFC”). ADESA is a leading provider of wholesale used vehicle auctions with 67 North American locations and its subsidiary OPENLANE provides a leading Internet automotive auction platform. Insurance Auto Auctions is a leading salvage vehicle auction company with 163 sites across North America. Automotive Finance Corporation is a leading provider of floorplan financing to independent and franchise used vehicle dealers with 104 sites across North America. Together, KAR Auction Services provides a unique, comprehensive, end-to-end solution for our customers’ remarketing needs. Visit karauctionservices.com for additional information.

KAR Auction Services, Inc.
Treasurer and Vice President, Investor Relations
Jonathan Peisner, 317-249-4390
jonathan.peisner@karauctionservices.com

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Vishay Precision Group Announces Fiscal 2013 First Quarter Financial Results and Conference Call Dat

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By Business Wirevia The Motley Fool

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Vishay Precision Group Announces Fiscal 2013 First Quarter Financial Results and Conference Call Date

MALVERN, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (NYS: VPG) , a leading producer of precision sensors and systems, based on its resistive foil technology, will release results for its Fiscal 2013 first quarter results, which ended March 30, 2013, at approximately 8:00 a.m. EDT (7:00 a.m. CDT) on May 7, 2013.

A conference call will be held on May 7, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. EDT (9:00 a.m. CDT). To access the conference call, interested parties may call 888-317-6016 or internationally 412-317-6016, or log on to the investor relations page of the VPG website at http://ir.vishaypg.com.

A replay will be available approximately one hour after the completion of the call by calling toll-free 877-344-7529 or internationally 412-317-0088 and using the conference number: 10027576. The replay will also be available on the investor relations page of the VPG website at http://ir.vishaypg.com. It will be available via phone and website for a limited time.

About Vishay Precision Group

Vishay Precision Group (VPG) is an internationally recognized designer, manufacturer and marketer of: components based on its resistive foil technology; sensors; and sensor-based systems specializing in the growing markets of stress, force, weight, pressure, and current measurements. VPG is a market leader of Foil Technology Products, providing ongoing technology innovations in precision foil resistors and foil strain gages, which are the foundation of the company’s Force Sensors Products and its Weighing and Control Systems. The product portfolio consists of a variety of well-established brand names recognized for precision and quality in the marketplace. To learn more, visit VPG at www.vishaypg.com.

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Wendy Wilson, Senior Director Investor Relations
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Investors@VishayPG.com

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News, Politics, Government

White House Hangout: Vice President Biden and Mayors Discuss Reducing Gun Violence

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By David Agnew

This week, Vice President Biden will host a virtual conversation with mayors around the country to discuss commonsense steps to reduce gun violence. Mayors know first hand the impact of gun violence on communities across the country – and they've come together to demand action.

On Wednesday, April 17th, at 2:45 p.m. EDT, the Vice President and mayors will discuss how we can protect our children and communities by reducing gun violence. We hope you'll tune in.

During the Google+ Hangout, Vice President Biden will be joined by:

  • Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson, Gary, IN
  • Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Baltimore, MD
  • Mayor R.T. Rybak, Minneapolis, MN
  • Mayor Steve Scaffidi, Oak Creek, WI

Watch the hangout with Vice President Biden and mayors live on Wednesday, April 17th, at 2:45 p.m. EDT on WhiteHouse.gov, or tune in to the White House's Google+ page or YouTube channel.

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From: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/04/16/white-house-hangout-vice-president-biden-and-mayors-discuss-reducing-gun-violence

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American Airlines reservations system down, flights grounded nationwide

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American Airlines flights across the country are grounded because of computer problems.

American asked the Federal Aviation Administration to halt its flights until 5 p.m. EDT. Flights on regional affiliate American Eagle heading to Dallas, Chicago or New York’s LaGuardia Airport have been stopped until 3:30 p.m. EDT.

Some passengers are stuck on planes while others can’t make reservations.

Passengers are using social media to flood the airline with complaints.

American Airlines spokesman Kent Powell said Tuesday that the airline is trying to resolve the issues as quickly as it can.

On Twitter, American is sending out apologies but not offering customers much information about when the problem will be fixed.

From: http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/national/~3/4s1C4lVHAKk/