Wow. That sa pretty brutal question, a brutal filter for what gets signed off at Apple. And it sa pretty sweet question to ensure you focus on the stuff that matters. Ask it the next time you review, curate and cull ideas.original version of this article first appeared at The App Business website.PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: SECOND ROUND FORECAST AFTER LATE FLURRY AT POLLSsix candidates pledge to respect result as millions queue to vote for successor to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad s presidential race appears poised for a runoff vote next week after millions of people queued until late across the country night to elect a successor to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.officials at Iran s interior ministry were yet to announce final results but a high turnout after a last-minute excitement caused by the reformists endorsement of a moderate candidate boosted the chances of a second round next Friday.Rouhani, the moderate cleric backed by reformists and many opposition figures, and Tehran s pragmatic mayor, Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, looked likely to emerge on top, with the chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, thought to be the favourite candidate of the clerical establishment, falling behind.4am Tehran time, the semi-official Mehr news agency cited unconfirmed reports saying Rouhani and Ghalibaf were leading in the initial counts.the same time, Rouhani s campaign also announced he had entered the interior ministry for a visit and talks with officials.the moment the polls opened state-run TV broadcast rolling coverage with a string of interviews with people sympathetic to the system. Voting was initially due to end at 6pm local time but was extended for at least five hours.after casting his vote in Tehran, Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, urged citizens to come out en masse to refute suggestions by American officials that the election in the Islamic Republic enjoyed little legitimacy.
I recently heard that someone at the US national security council said we do not accept this election in Iran , he said. We don t give a damn. State-run media worked hard to convey the same message. I am here to vote because of my leader [Khamenei], one Iranian told Channel 1 of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting. I m happy to have a say in my country s fate, said another.first-time voter said: I ve been in the queue for one hour to vote but that s no pain, I can wait for hours. A middle-aged man said: Our beloved soldiers gave their life for this revolution and became martyrs [in the eight-year Iran-Iraq war] so waiting for hours in the queue is nothing in comparison to that. It s my duty. Raquo; news agencies reported that all six presidential hopefuls had voted and pledged to respect the results. Jalili said: Any candidate that people choose, and is confirmed by the count of the ballots, should be respected by everyone. Raquo; Ghalibaf, praised by many for being a successful mayor of the Iranian capital, promised fundamental changes and a focus on development and justice. People s choice will be respected by me, too, he added.those voting was Ebrahim Yazdi, secretary-general of the Freedom Movement of Iran, a banned group that is critical of the system. Today s election is about choosing between bad and worse, he told the semi-official Mehr news agency. Voting is a national duty and a right given to you by God. least three children of the former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who was disqualified from standing, were also reported to have voted. Rafsanjani has publicly backed Rouhani earlier in the week and voted for him on Friday.statistics show that more than 50 million Iranians were eligible to vote, among them 1.6 million for the first time. In +2009, when Ahmadinejad won his second term, the opposition Green movement claimed victory and said the result had been rigged. Its leader, Mir Hossein Mousavi, remains under house arrest.believe rigging is less likely this year because Ahmadinejad is not running and the current government does not support any of the candidates.GORE: NSA S SECRET SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM NOT REALLY THE AMERICAN WAY vice-president - not persuaded by argument that program was legal - urges Congress and Obama to amend the lawsNational Security Agency s blanket collection of US citizens 'phone records was not really the American way raquo ;, Al Gore said on Friday , declaring that he believed the practice to be unlawful.his most expansive comments to date on the NSA revelations, the former vice-president was unsparing in his criticism of the surveillance apparatus, telling the Guardian security considerations should never overwhelm the basic rights of American citizens.also urged Barack Obama and Congress to review and amend the laws under which the NSA operated.
I quite understand the viewpoint that many have expressed that they are fine with it and they just want to be safe but that is not really the American wa...
