Quick notes: Jobs' last gift, Item numbers...

• One of Steve Jobs' last gifts was left in a brown box and handed out at his memorial service.  Inside the brown box was a copy of "Autobiography of a Yogi" by Hindu guru Paramahansa Yogananda. 



• Next Lok Sabha elections are expected to be the most expensive in history. Those expenses are largely borne by under-the-table payments from Indian oligarchs, who will expect a return for their investments. 



• With the Supreme Court monitoring the probe, Coalgate could well morph from a financial scam into a serious political crisis.  



• India and CBI need freedom from Kaangress: We need freedom from babudom: CBI tells Supreme Court



• Item numbers: The combination of raunchy lyrics and dance movements with sexual overtones, often portrayed by the female lead for a male-dominated on-screen audience, may push persons already primed for wrongdoing towards exploiting opportunities for rape. “Collective encouragement is one reason why many young men fail to appreciate the severity of the crime”.



• USA: Some 95% of 2009-2012 Income Gains Went to Wealthiest 1%



• Alternative Energy: Geothermal growth is on fire! Except in Kaangress ruled India.