Merkel says Germany, Britain must work together on EU

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Suspense to the end, Obama, Romney yield to voters

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Two fierce competitors who've given their all, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney now yield center stage to voters Tuesday for an Election Day choice that will frame the contours of government and the nation for years to come.

After a grinding presidential campaign that packed suspense to the finish, Americans head into polling places in sleepy hollows, bustling cities and superstorm-ravaged beach towns deeply divided. All sides are awaiting, in particular, a verdict from the nine battleground states whose votes will determine which man can piece together the 270 electoral votes needed for victory.

Obama has more options for getting there. So Romney decided to make a late dash to Cleveland and Pittsburgh on Tuesday while running mate Paul Ryan threw in stops in Cleveland and Richmond, Va. Obama opted to make a dozen radio and satellite TV interviews from his hometown of Chicago to keep his closing arguments fresh in voters' minds.

"I feel optimistic but only cautiously optimistic," Obama said on "The Steve Harvey Morning Show." ''Because until people actually show up at the polls and cast their ballot, the rest of this stuff is all just speculation."

Romney, asked on WTAM radio in Cleveland whether he agrees that voters always get it right in the end. "I won't guarantee that they'll get it right, but I think they will," Romney replied.

The GOP nominee then drove to a community center five minutes from his Belmont, Mass., home and cast his ballot with wife Ann at his side. The couple went from the polling site to the airport for his under-the-wire campaign swing.

Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, were among the first voters Tuesday in at a polling place in Greenville, Del., Biden's home state. Smiling broadly, Biden waited in line with the other voters and greeted them with a handshake. Outside he sent a message to people across the country who may encounter crowded polling places. "I encourage you to stand in line as long as you have to," he told television cameras.

Both sides cast the Election Day choice as one with far-reaching repercussions for a nation still recovering from the biggest economic downturn since the Great Depression and at odds over how big a role government should play in solving the country's problems.

"It's a choice between two different visions for America," Obama declared in Madison, Wis., on Monday asking voters to let him complete work on the economic turnaround that began in his first term. "It's a choice between returning to the top-down policies that crashed our economy, or a future that's built on providing opportunity to everybody and growing a strong middle class."

Romney argued that Obama had his chance and blew it.

"The president thinks more government is the answer," he said in Sanford, Fla. "No, Mr. President, more jobs, that's the answer for America."

With both sides keeping up the onslaught of political ads in battleground states right into Election Day, on one thing, at least, there was broad agreement: "I am ready for it to be over," said nurse Jennifer Walker in Columbus, Ohio.

It wasn't just the presidency at stake Tuesday: Every House seat, a third of the Senate and 11 governorships were on the line, along with state ballot proposals on topics ranging from gay marriage and casino gambling to repealing the death penalty and legalizing marijuana. Democrats were defending their majority in the Senate, and Republicans doing likewise in the House, raising the prospect of continued partisan wrangling in the years ahead no matter who might be president.

If past elections are any guide, a small but significant percentage of voters won't decide which presidential candidate they're voting for until Tuesday. Four percent of voters reported making up their minds on Election Day in 2008, and the figure was 5 percent four years earlier, according to exit polls. In Washington Lee High School in Arlington, Va., hundreds of voters were in line shortly after the polls opened at 6 a.m. and had to wait over an hour to cast their ballot.

By contrast, Election Day came early for more than a third of Americans, who chose to cast ballots days or even weeks in advance.

An estimated 46 million ballots, or 35 percent of the 133 million expected to be cast, were projected to be early ballots, according to Michael McDonald, an early voting expert at George Mason University who tallies voting statistics for the United States Elections Project. None of those ballots were being counted until Tuesday.

The two candidates and their running mates, propelled by adrenalin, throat lozenges and a determination to look back with no regrets, stormed through eight battleground states and logged more than 6,000 flight miles Monday on their final full day of campaigning, a political marathon featuring urgency, humor and celebrity.

Obama's final campaign rally, Monday night in Des Moines, Iowa, was filled with nostalgia. A single tear streamed down Obama's face during his remarks, though it was hard to tell whether it was from emotion or the bitter cold.

Team Obama's closing lineup included Bruce Springsteen, rapper Jay-Z, singers Mariah Carey, Ricky Martin and John Mellencamp, the NBA's Derek Fisher and actors Samuel L. Jackson and Chris Rock. Springsteen, who hitched a ride aboard Air Force One for part of the day, even composed an anthem for the president, rhyming "Obama" with "pajamas."

"Not the best I've ever written," the rocker confessed.

Obama, making his last run for office at the still-young age of 51, was tickled to have Springsteen along as his traveling campaign, telling the crowd in Madison, "I get to fly around with him on the last day that I will ever campaign ? so that's not a bad way to end things."

Team Romney's closing events offered a slimmer celebrity quotient, including Kid Rock and country rock performers The Marshall Tucker Band. But the GOP nominee didn't seem to mind.

After a warm welcome at a rally in Fairfax, Va., Romney, 65, told cheering supporters: "I'm looking around to see if we have the Beatles here or something to have brought you. But it looks like you came just for the campaign and I appreciate it."

Wife Ann Romney addressed the crowd in suburban Washington, too.

"Are we going to be neighbors soon?" she asked hopefully.

Ryan alone logged more than 2,500 miles Monday as he hopped from Nevada to Colorado to Iowa to Ohio to Wisconsin.

At a rally in Reno, Nev., he told voters: "This feels like deja vu, doesn't it? You've seen a few of us around, haven't you?" He'd been at a rally just around the corner on Thursday.

Vice President Joe Biden crisscrossed Virginia, and fondly recalled his debate with Ryan during a stop in Richmond.

"You all learned what 'malarkey' means, didn't you?" he said. "Well, I heard a lot of malarkey."

Just in case everyone wasn't paying attention, Obama and Romney made a play for those tuned in to "Monday Night Football," each making satellite appearances on ESPN that aired during halftime of the Philadelphia Eagles-New Orleans Saints game.

The forecast for Election Day promised dry weather for much of the country, with rain expected in two battlegrounds, Florida and Wisconsin. But the closing days of the campaign played out against ongoing recovery efforts after Superstorm Sandy. Election officials in New York and New Jersey were scrambling to marshal generators, move voting locations, shuttle storm victims to polling places and take other steps to ensure everyone who wanted to vote could do so.

Obama, who voted 12 days early, was sure to observe his Election Day ritual of playing pickup basketball with friends and close advisers. The one time he skipped the tradition, he lost the New Hampshire primary in 2008.

"We won't make that mistake again," said senior adviser Robert Gibbs.

Romney was voting at a community center near his home in Belmont, Mass., before his sprint to Ohio and Pennsylvania. His campaign released a gauzy 5-minute Election Day web video called "The Moment" replaying key events from the campaign, with Romney assuring voters, "The future is better than the past."

The election played out with intensity in the small subset of battleground states: Colorado, Iowa, Florida, New Hampshire, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin. Romney's late move to add Pennsylvania to the mix was an effort to expand his options, and Republicans poured millions into previously empty airwaves there.

In the campaign's final hours, voters around the country echoed the closing arguments of the two presidential candidates.

Obama supporter Gary Muratore, of Upper Arlington, Ohio, said Obama had rescued the country "from the brink of economic disaster."

"And while I don't think the pace of the recovery has been as fast as anyone would like, I think that the only way forward is to keep on the path that he started us down," said Muratore, 62, who attended an Obama rally in Columbus on Monday.

Romney backer Anastasia Loupakos, voting in Iowa City on Monday, said Romney was "the one to turn our economy around."

"I can't stand the thought of Barack as president for four more years," she said. "I couldn't stand him spending all of our money. I feel like he's destroying more jobs than he's creating."

After a long campaign that cost record sums and spawned far more political ads than ever before, Americans were showing fatigue at the end. A Pew Research Center poll released Monday showed 47 percent of Americans followed news about the election closely last week, down from 52 percent a week earlier.

Attorney John Martin, from Golden, Colo., filled out his mail-in ballot over the weekend. He didn't want to reveal whom he had chosen, but said he'd been "obsessively" watching the election for months.

Now, he's ready to move on.

"I'm old enough to be able to live with either outcome," he said.

Sometimes, it all seemed like overkill.

Biden stopped in at Mimi's Cafe in Sterling, Va., after a rally nearby. As one family left, a youngster grumbled, "So we came into the restaurant and still didn't get any food."

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Associated Press writers Nedra Pickler in Washington, Darlene Superville in Arlington, Va., Ann Sanner in Columbus, Ohio, Nicholas Riccardi in Denver, Colo., Ryan J. Foley in Iowa City, Iowa, Philip Elliott in Beloit, Wis., Jim Kuhnhenn and Julie Pace in Chicago, Steve Peoples in Belmont, Mass., and Matthew Daly in Wilmington, Del., contributed to this report.

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/suspense-end-obama-romney-yield-voters-080654405--election.html

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Educational Leadership Project: Marie Bell, Visionary Educator dies ...

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I was very sad to learn of the death of Marie Bell. She was an exceptional advocate for children and their families throughout New Zealand. Her work, initially with the establishment of Matauranga School in the 60's, and then in early childhood education, particularly as a lecturer of kindergarten teachers, made an outstanding contribution to education in New Zealand at many levels. She was totally committed to a democracy that ensured that children's rights were both protected and supported.

I have many warm memories of times with Marie, and one that stands out, is when we both shared time with Urie Bronfenbremmer beside the shores of Lake Rotoiti. They were both very tall ?totaras? in education, each making very important contributions to early childhood education.?

Later in life, Marie was an inspiration to us all in what it means to be a life long learner by completing a PhD while in her 80's. She presents to all of us such a powerful model of what it means to lead a full life and be a life-long learner. It is one thing to talk to others about the importance of life-long learning, it is another to powerfully enact in your own life.

My eldest brother?s family are also sad to be out of the country at this time as they also had a special relationship with Marie and also felt the power of her inspiration. For them, not only was she a wonderful educator, but she was also the guiding light and strength for her wider family. They will all miss her very much and the foundation she built for her grandchildren will give them the best start in life. We will all miss her.

Source: http://educationalleadershipproject.blogspot.com/2012/11/marie-bell-visionary-educator-dies-at-90.html

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Goal Setting Right & Wrong? - Dover Personal Trainer at Punch ...

If you want to lose weight, get in shape, goal setting is the first step. Goals can keep you on track and they can motivate you when the going gets tough. Mini-goals can be especially helpful if you set them and reward yourself wisely each time a milestone is attained. The problem comes in when goal-setting isn?t realistic or not done at all which is usually the case.

Failure to get serious about goal setting is like going hunting in the woods and not being told what your target is, your just shooting randomly at anything. What do you think the chances are of you hitting anything at all?? You guessed it, no chance!
First, goal setting is not optional if you desire success. Yes, it?s true. There is a right way to set goals and a wrong way. This is especially so if weight loss is the motivation for goal setting in the first place.

Exploring The Wrong Way?

Unrealistic Goals ? All too often, people forget that it took more than a few days to gain their weight in the first place. It simply can take time to shed it. This is absolutely so if losing weight and maintaining health are both desired. Goals and actions that are unrealistic can foster weight loss, but at the price of health. Plus, they can sometimes cause a loss of weight that?s only temporary. In fact, many people who proceed with unrealistic weight loss measures often gain back their weight rather quickly and add a few pounds to boot. When goals are unrealistic and the tools used to attain them are wrong, the body will suffer. There are better ways to go about enjoying healthy, long-lasting weight loss.

Working out too much ? Exercise is critical for weight loss success, but too much working out can actually be counterproductive. Some people dive in with both feet but don?t temper their enthusiasm with good common sense. It?s simply not a good idea to work out seven days a week for more than an hour at a time.

Eating wrong ? A lot of people opt for diets that simply will not work for the long haul. Starve yourself and you might lose some weight on the front end, but you?ll harm your body nutritionally. Plus, you will very likely see every pound lost regained rather rapidly.

The Right Way To Do It?

An attainable exercise plan ? It?s a lot more effective to shoot for a good workout every other day when you first start. Stick to a plan that calls for 30 to 60 minutes of exercise at a time. This will help prevent injuries and it can also assist with keeping motivation levels high.

Eating wisely ? Rather than starve your body by eating less than 1,200 calories a day, opt for a healthier routine that truly nourishes the body. The key to smart, healthy weight loss lies in eating enough to maintain health without eating so much you gain weight in the process. Select whole foods, such as grains, low-fat dairy, lean protein and fresh fruits and vegetables.

Leading By Example?
Here at Punch Gym the team and I have started early, two months early in fact! We started goal setting for the New Year back in October, and now we are full speed ahead!

We have a HUGE project that we are taking very serious, it?s called Project Raving Fan. The story behind the project is simple?we don?t just want satisfied customers, we want raving fans! We don?t just want to do a good job, we want to provide a value that consistently exceeds your expectations!

In fact, we are so committed that we are all wearing the commitment bands pictured here as a part of our uniform to constantly remind us of our goal and symbolize our commitment to YOU our customers.

The quote on the band states:

?Live The Vision-Create Raving Fans?

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Our Formula for Success?.

Value = Client Experience + Relationships + Results

In the year ahead the entire Punch Gym team will work diligently to be the very best we can be in each area of the formula and won?t remove the bands until the goal is achieved!

Our Mission?.

Develop a standard of excellence through Core values,Vision, Mission, Goals, and Automated Systems that consistently exceeds client expectations and delivers more in value than the client makes in payment. Our clients will be more than just satisfied, they?ll be raving fans.

When it?s time to set weight loss goals, be sure and opt for healthy choices. If you need help setting goals contact one of our Punch Gym personal trainers to help pinpoint goals that make sense for you.

To Your Health,

Chris Gray

President

Punch Kettlebell Gym Dover

Best Selling Author

?3 Steps To Your Best Body in Record Time?

Source: http://www.doverpersonaltrainer.com/goal-setting-right-wrong/

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Shareist Is A Content Management System For Your Content Management System (That?s A Good Thing)

As a major media figure on the Internet, I often find it difficult to manage all of my content outlets. I have a Twitter feed connected to my Facebook connected to my Tumblr. I also have a personal blog that I ignore and a few other things I shouldn't ignore. The problem, then, is how to curate and post content I'd like to share almost everywhere at once or, barring that, focus in on one content outlet for my eager, content-hungry fan (Hi, Mom!)?

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Bahrain: 2 killed in bomb blasts

MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) ? A series of bomb blasts in Bahrain's capital killed two people Monday, authorities said, a sign that some factions within the opposition may be increasingly turning to violence in the nearly 21-month uprising against the Gulf nation's Western-backed rulers.

The apparently coordinated string of five explosions in Manama ? described by officials as "terrorism" ? comes less than a week after Bahrain banned all protest gatherings in attempts to quell the deepening unrest in the strategic kingdom, which is home the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet.

Clashes have not eased, including crowds pelting three police stations with firebombs early Sunday. More than 55 people have been killed Bahrain's unrest since February 2011 as the nation's majority Shiites press for a greater political voice in the Sunni-ruled island nation.

Officials also suggested three could be crackdowns against Shiite religious leaders, and that could sharply intensify the clashes. Government spokeswoman Sameera Rajab blamed the attacks on statements by some Shiite "religious figures who haven't ceased inciting violence against civilians and police."

She said authorities would show "zero tolerance" in its efforts to stamp out unrest.

In Monday's violence, two Asian men were killed and a third person was injured as at least five homemade explosive devices were detonated, the Interior Ministry said. One man died after kicking a bomb and triggered an explosion, and the other died from injuries in a separate blast, officials said. The dead were a 29-year-old Indian and a 33-year-old citizen of Bangladesh, they said. A 33-year-old Indian was wounded.

Like all Gulf Arab countries, Bahrain has a large South Asian community of expatriate workers.

The official Bahrain News Agency described the blasts, over a nearly five-hour span, as an "act of terrorism."

Anti-government factions in Bahrain have used homemade bombs in the past, including a blast that killed a policeman last month in a mostly Shiite village. The latest attack suggests an expanding campaign of violence because of the scope of the bombings and their placement scattered throughout the heart of the capital, including near one area of restaurants and nightlife popular with Westerners.

On Wednesday, foreign ministers from the Gulf Cooperation Council plan to meet in Bahrain to discuss regional issues, including Bahrain's tensions and growing clashes in Kuwait between security forces and an opposition led by Islamists.

Bahrain's Western allies have urged renewed efforts at dialogue to ease the crisis, but opposition groups insist that talks cannot move forward unless the monarchy is willing to make greater concessions to loosen its hold on the country's affairs. Bahrain's leaders have so far made reforms that include transferring more oversight powers to the elected parliament.

Shiites make up about 70 percent of Bahrain's 525,000 citizens. They claim they face systematic discrimination, such as being blocked from top political and security posts.

Last week, the U.S. State Department issued unusually harsh criticism against ally Bahrain after its decision to outlaw public demonstrations. Previously, officials in Bahrain had permitted some protest marches, but most clashes have occurred outside the authorized rallies.

"The decision to curb these rights is contrary to Bahrain's professed commitment to reform and will not help advance national reconciliation nor build trust among all parties," said State Department spokesman Mark Toner.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/bahrain-2-killed-bomb-blasts-090052144.html

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Smell you later! Chemosignals communicate human emotions

ScienceDaily (Nov. 5, 2012) ? Many animal species transmit information via chemical signals, but the extent to which these chemosignals play a role in human communication is unclear. In a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, researcher G?n Semin and colleagues from Utrecht University in the Netherlands investigate whether we humans might actually be able to communicate our emotional states to each other through chemical signals.

Existing research suggests that emotional expressions are multi-taskers, serving more than one function. Fear signals, for example, not only help to warn others about environmental danger, they are also associated with behaviors that confer a survival advantage through sensory acquisition. Research has shown that taking on a fearful expression (i.e., opening the eyes) leads us to breathe in more through our noses, enhances our perception, and accelerates our eye movements so that we can spot potentially dangerous targets more quickly. Disgust signals, on the other hand, warn others to avoid potentially noxious chemicals and are associated with sensory rejection, causing us to lower our eyebrows and wrinkle our noses.

Semin and colleagues wanted to build on this research to examine the role of chemosignals in social communication. They hypothesized that chemicals in bodily secretions, such as sweat, would activate similar processes in both the sender and receiver, establishing an emotional synchrony of sorts. Specifically, people who inhaled chemosignals associated with fear would themselves make a fear expression and show signs of sensory acquisition, while people who inhaled chemosignals associated with disgust would make an expression of disgust and show signs of sensory rejection.

To test these hypotheses, experimenters collected sweat from men while they watched either a fear-inducing or a disgust-inducing movie. The men followed a strict protocol to avoid possible contamination. For two days prior to the collection, they were not allowed to smoke, engage in excessive exercise, or consume odorous food or alcohol. They were also instructed to use scent-free personal-care products and detergents provided by the experimenter.

Women were then exposed to the sweat samples while performing a visual search task. Their facial expressions were recorded and their eye movements were tracked as they completed the task.

As the researchers predicted, women who were exposed to chemosignals from "fear sweat" produced fearful facial expressions, while women who were exposed to chemosignals from "disgust sweat" produced disgusted facial expressions.

The researchers also found that exposure to fear and disgust sweat altered the women's perceptions during the visual search task and affected their sniffing and eye-scanning behaviors in accordance with either sensory acquisition or sensory rejection. Importantly, the women were not aware of these effects and there was no relationship between the effects observed and how pleasant or intense the women judged the stimuli to be.

These findings are important, Semin and colleagues argue, because they contradict the common assumption that human communication occurs exclusively through language and visual cues.

Rather, the findings provide support for the embodied social-communication model, suggesting that chemosignals act as a medium through which people can be "emotionally synchronized" outside of conscious awareness.

The researchers acknowledge that these effects could very well contribute to the kind of emotional contagion that is often observed in situations involving dense crowds.

The study was co-authored by Jasper H. B. de Groot, Monique A. M. Smeets, Annemarie Kaldewaij, and Maarten J. A. Duijndam of the University of Utrecht.

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Top Immigration Headlines: October 2012 | Legal Language Services

The immigration stories for October 2012 range from political to personal. As the presidential election nears, it is no surprise that the candidates? stances on immigration are being analyzed. At the same time, new programs are being formed to effectively handle how to send deportees home to Mexico.

Some immigrants are objecting to terms often used to describe them, while others are upset over what they consider racial profiling near schools. Still others are busy starting businesses, though only certain groups of immigrants are finding success with this type of venture. Read on to learn more about the immigration news for October 2012.

1. Immigration a wedge between Obama, Romney

It?s clear to most people by now that Obama and Romney do not tend to agree on immigration issues. Matt O?Brien of San Jose Mercury News discussed the differences between the two presidential candidates. He pointed out that although Obama?s administration has deported more illegal immigrants annually than past White House occupants have, it has also granted relief from deportation to the children of illegal immigrants. On the other hand, Romney has said he would discontinue the deportation relief program and veto the DREAM Act, but create similar acts that would allow some immigrants to remain in this country. Many immigrants are unsure of which candidate to trust.

2. Immigrant entrepreneurship remains flat, study shows

According to Tim Monzingo of the Houston Business Journal, the number of immigrants founding companies has not grown at all since 2005. In fact, it has declined slightly, though Indian and Chinese immigrants have managed to buck this trend since each group has increased the number of immigrant-led businesses by about 7 percent. According to recent statistics, the most popular states for immigrants to start businesses are California, Massachusetts and Texas.

3. ?Illegal Immigrant?: Dehumanizing to Some, But Not to the AP

Ted Hesson of ABC News Univision reported that some people in this country illegally are calling for journalists to stop using the term ?illegal immigrants.? Though some news outlets are considering changing how they refer to these immigrants, the Associated Press recently attested its reporters will continue to use the term. While some claim it is dehumanizing, the AP has stated its journalists often use the word ?illegal? to describe a number of people breaking the law in some ways, not just immigrants.

4. Dozens demonstrate against immigration crackdown in Detroit

According to Megha Satyanarayana of the Detroit Free Press, many families are upset about an arrest that occurred after some parents were recently questioned by police on their way to drop off their kids at school in Detroit. Though more than one person has been approached by police near local schools, one man in particular was arrested once the police found out he had already been deported before and also had a DUI on his record. But some people are protesting because they see such arrests as racial profiling, which has caused some unauthorized immigrants to be afraid to drop their children off at school. Protestors marched in front of Obama?s local campaign office to show their displeasure with the situation.

5. Deportees flown to Mexico City in new program to bypass border towns

A Reuters article in the Chicago Tribune reported that immigration officials just started flying deportees to Mexico City instead of sending them to border towns. This is because many border towns are rife with crime, which can either bring harm to deportees dropped off there, or influence them to commit crimes themselves. In addition, taking them to northern border towns may make it easier for them to try entering the US illegally once again. Only deportees not from northern cities are eligible for these flights, and they are not voluntary. When they are dropped off in Mexico City, local officials will arrange for bus rides back to their hometown. This program will run until the end of November, at which point its results will be analyzed.

Source: http://www.legallanguage.com/legal-articles/immigration-october-2012/

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At Apple, two high-profile executive departures

Apple announced this week that Scott Forstall, the VP in charge of iOS software, is leaving the company -- reportedly in connection with the rocky launch of Apple Maps. It also announced the unrelated departure of retail chief John Browett. Is Apple floundering a bit, or just streamlining?

By Jeff Ward-Bailey,?Contributor / October 31, 2012

Apple announced Monday that Scott Forstall, the senior VP in charge of iOS software, will be leaving the company next year. Retail head John Browett is also departing. Here, Forstall discusses the iPhone at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, California on June 6, 2011.

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Monday was a tough day to be an Apple executive. The company announced that Scott Forstall, the head of the iPhone and iPad software and a 15-year veteran of the company, will leave next year. And John Browett, the company's senior VP of retail, is also leaving -- though the two departures reportedly aren't related.

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Apple hasn't officially commented on why Forstall is leaving, noting only that many of his responsibilities will be distributed to several other execs including Jony Ive, the company's chief industrial designer. But The Wall Street Journal reports that Forstall's departure is probably connected to the recent bumpy launch of Apple Maps.

After Apple replaced Google Maps with its own service in iOS 6 software, many users complained that the new maps weren't very accurate and that parts of the interface didn't work well. The concerns surrounding the launch led Apple to do something it almost never does: apologize. Chief Executive Tim Cook even went so far as to suggest that customers use alternative mapping services until Apple Maps improved.

But Forstall, whose team built the Maps service, refused to sign the apology letter, the Journal says. Instead, he thought Apple should address users' concerns without apologizing (think of how the company responded to the iPhone 4's antenna issues, for example). Forstall had apparently clashed with other Apple executives before, and after he declined to put his name to the apology Cook asked him to leave. He'll be an advisor to Cook until he leaves next year, the company said.

One interesting result of Forstall's departure: in addition to giving increased responsibility to Ive and other Apple execs, the company is also creating a new "Technologies" group comprising all of Apple's different wireless and semiconductor teams. This group could help Apple to more seamlessly marry its interface and design to the chips and hardware that make up its devices; the company says the new group will "foster innovation ... at an even higher level," adding, a touch mysteriously, that the semiconductor teams have "ambitious plans for the future."

The reasons for Browett's departure are a little less murky: his tenure as chief of retail hasn't been met with much enthusiasm since he came to Apple earlier this year. Soon after he was hired, Browett instituted a faulty retail formula that led to layoffs and reduced hours among Apple Store employees. The policy reportedly didn't go over well with Browett's fellow execs, and unsurprisingly, it wasn't a big hit with the employees he was managing, either.

To be fair, Browett had big shoes to fill: he was hired to replace Ron Johnson, who served as retail head for more than a decade and came up with the idea for the Apple Store and the Genius Bar. Browett's apparent focus on profits wasn't always well-received by employees who were used to a culture that made simple customer service a priority. Apple says the search for a new retail head is already underway, and that Cook will oversee the Retail group directly in the meantime.

The high-profile departure of both executives is the biggest shakeup at Apple since Cook took the reins in 2011. It's tempting to worry that the company is losing its footing in the post-Steve Jobs era, but relax -- there's ample evidence to suggest Apple is just responding to internal power struggles so it can get back to making new products.

Readers, what's your take on the departures of Forstall and Browett? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.

For more tech news, follow Jeff on Twitter: @jeffwardbailey.

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