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How'd snarky/sexy movie star Kat Dennings end up on the new sitcom "2 Broke Girls"? PopcornBiz lets her break it down for you:
Why she loves her character:
"I just love how real Max is. I'm from Pennsylvania and so I was in New York a lot, my brother lives in New York, and so I'm very familiar with New York girls and I just love how they are – just real, and especially Max. She's so hardworking and all she has to think about are her jobs and her rent and she never really got a moment to relax. So, it's nice to watch that journey unfold."
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On the fine line between a wittily sarcastic waitress and a just plain mean waitress:
"I think it's sort of a personality thing because I have friends who are so sarcastic, but I never view it as mean. I think it's just an intention thing, and then hopefully as the show goes on, Max's soul sort of starts to come out and you start to know her as a person. That's what so great about a show that's on every week: you really get to know these people, so as people get to know Max more they see that if she says something that might seem mean it's not because she's a nice person."
On the times she's been a broke girl herself:
"Things have been going well, sort of, as of late, but I think acting is one of the most risky businesses you could ever be in, because you literally do not know where you're next paycheck will come from and there have been moments where I haven't worked for a year. I'm a very safe saver. I save everything. I save all my money. My parents raised me like that. So it's never been an emergency, but there have definitely been times where I've been worried."
On how she broke the broke girl mode:
"Part of the reason why I relate to this show so much is because we didn't have any money when I was growing up, and I used to get all my films from the library. My mom would get me classic movies and stuff, and I actually wasn't allowed to watch TV as a kid growing up – except for, like, 'Sesame Street.' I grew up in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, my dad's a scientist, and my mom's a speech therapist. It kind of came out of nowhere. I would watch these films, and I guess I just took that "little kid wanting to be a movie star" thing way too far and actually ended up doing it. My brother's friend, weirdly, was on [the Nickelodeon show] 'The Advenures of Pete & Pete' sometimes, and I met his manager, and she sent me on auditions in Philly and then in New York. And then I would just start getting commercials, and then when I got the "Sex and the City," it just changed the things I was able to get."
On that "Sex and the City" stint, for her future "2 Broke Girls" producer Michael Patrick King:
"I actually was on an episode of "Sex and the City" when I was maybe just 14. I played Jenny Brier in the episode called "Hot Child in the City" and it changed my life. Really it did. I was a homeschooled kid living in the forest, and I didn't even have cable. I'm serious – we had to get cable to watch that episode. So all my little homeschool friends and their moms saw Kyle MacLachlan's ass. It was pretty incredible."

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COLUMBIA --- A Bluffton marketing firm is poised to land an estimated $57 million contract with a South Carolina agency to promote the state's image as a fun place to vacation.
The S.C. Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism has issued an intent to award a tourism marketing contract to BFG Communications. If the contract is executed, the public will see the company's work this fall, said agency spokesman Marion Edmonds.
He said BFG Communications will replace a Greenville firm, Leslie Advertising, which had contracted with the PRT for nearly 30 years. Edmonds said that firm changed its name to bounce -- lowercase "b" -- and later announced that it would be closing up shop.
Edmonds said the $57 million estimate listed on a document associated with the pending deal is a loose figure and could change, depending on the state's financial picture in the upcoming years. The maximum contract period would run from Jan. 15 through June 30, 2019.
The Bluffton firm would "develop and execute an integrated marketing campaign, employing traditional and emerging media strategies and public relations, to promote South Carolina as a preferred travel destination," according to PRT's announcement.
BFG is located at 6 Anolyn Ct. in Bluffton, and is one of South Carolina's largest creative communications agencies, according to In the agency's announcement Thursday.
It was founded in 1995 and employs more than 250. When the contract is executed, following a standard 10-day protest period, PRT will join clients that include Coca-Cola Company, Warner Brothers Entertainment, Hanes Brands, Snyder's-Lance Brands and Treasury Wine Estates.
"We believe South Carolina is the perfect vacation destination for both in-state and out-of-state visitors," said Kevin Meany, President and CEO, of BFG Communications, in Thursday's news release.
"Our job will be to simply uncover these hidden gems and showcase them with all the passion we have for the friendly people, intriguing places and immense opportunities offered throughout this great state."
Travel or tourism in South Carolina accounted for about $15 billion in spending, according to a PRT report from 2010. Among the biggest sources were out-of-state domestic visitors, who spent $8.1 billion, South Carolina residents who spent $2.7 billion and international visitors, who added $767 million.
Tourism also supports one in 10 South Carolina jobs and contributes $1.2 billion in state and local taxes.


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Again, if you want my advice..you'll do good to base your hybrid on a server motherboard. Your chance of both hardware compatibility and reliability go up immensely. Keep in mind, this machine needs to run 24-7.-Thom
That surprises me; I thought you could disable onboard graphics completely and just tell it to "look" at the PCIe slot or whatever and that was that. Are you sure it was properly disabled?Sorry, you said you had an issue building your MythTV, but then you said it worked fine with Myth and caused problems with LMCE - could you clarify please?
I would honestly recommend an HDHomeRun, if you want a ClearQAM tuner...otherwise, get a Hauppauge HD-PVR and attach to your cable box's component out.The Gyro remotes have their own transceiver and do not use the USB UIRT. However, the UIRT will prove instrumental in IR control of your A/V gear.-Thom


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Vehicle summary
|77,083 miles
|Previous owners
|1968 cc
|MPG (combined)
|58.9 **
|CO2 emissions
|127 g/km **
|Road tax
|£120 per year
|Body type
Featured specification
- Satellite navigation
- Front and rear parking sensors
- Full leather
- Heated front seats
- Bluetooth
- 3 zone climate control
Standard specification
Driver Convenience
|Auto boot lid opening
|Colour driver's information system display
|Electro-mechanical PAS
|Service interval indicator
Exterior Features
|Aluminium window surround
|Automatic headlights + automatic windscreen wipers
|Body colour bumpers
|Body coloured door mirrors
|Chrome exhaust tailpipes
|Electric front windows
|Electric rear windows
|Front fog lights
|Headlight adjustment
|Heated electric door mirrors
|High gloss black grille
Interior Features
|3 spoke sports leather multi-function steering wheel with gear shift paddles
|3 zone climate control
|Adjustable steering column
|Centre console with cupholders
|Front centre armrest
|Front head restraints
|Front/rear floor mats
|Isofix front passenger and rear seat preparation
|Reach + rake adjustable steering column
|Rear armrest
|Rear headrests
|Split folding rear seat
|Two 12V sockets in front armrest
|Driver/Front Passenger airbags
|Electromechanical parking brake
|ESP + traction control
|First aid kit
|Front passenger airbag deactivation
|Front side airbags
|Three 3 point rear seatbelts
|Warning triangle
|Anti theft system
|Intelligent Key
|Locking wheel bolts
|Remote central locking
|Thatcham category 1 alarm + immobiliser
|Diesel particulate filter
|Space saver spare wheel
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Emissions - ICE
|CO2 (g/km)
|Standard Euro Emissions
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|Catalytic Convertor
|Cylinder Layout
|Engine Layout
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|EC Directive 1999/100/EC Applies
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|Insurance Group 1 - 50 Effective January 07
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|Engine Power - BHP
|Engine Power - KW
|Engine Power - PS
|Engine Torque - LBS.FT
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|Engine Torque - NM
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Audi A5 Sportback
By Jonathan Crouch
When it comes to prestigiously-badged compact executive German cars, traditional thinking suggests that estates are fine but five-door hatchbacks aren't. Audi however, hasn't made it to the top of the pile by traditional thinking and their first generation A5 Sportback aimed to turn such thinking on its head, with coupe styling married to a couple of rear passenger doors and hatchback practicality. Here, we look at the post-2012 facelifted version, evaluating it as a used buy.
Once, not too long ago, the German prestige brands looked down their noses at the idea of a five-door hatchback bodyshape in the compact executive segment. They left that sort of thing to mainstream Mondeos and Vauxhall Insignias. Audi changed all that with the launch of their A5 Sportback model in 2009. All of a sudden, target business buyers realised that a nicely styled hatchback could look very coupe-like, which, especially in business circles, was exactly what an increasing number of buyers were looking for. The style of a sportscar: yet to keep the Fleet Manager and/or your partner happy, the practicality of having four passenger doors. A5s run on Audi A4 mechanicals, so this is essentially the A4 hatchback that that the German brand could never be seen to build. Late 2011 saw this car get a whole range of detail improvements - more efficient engines, extra hi-tech equipment and the three-person rear seat option it should have had in the first place. This revised version lasted until late 2016 when an all-new second generation model was launched.
What You Get
Imagine what an A4 saloon might look like if it had a hatchback, was slightly wider and lower and had an A5 coupe nose and you're pretty much picturing this Sportback model. To be fair, you wouldn't necessarily immediately guess its A4 ancestry from a casual glance. This design, though just 11mm longer, is a significant 28mm wider and has the A5 coupe model's wavy waistline and frameless doors. The revised post-2012 MK1 model version we're looking at here features a sharper-looking set of wedgy A6-style headlamps. On 'S line' and top of the range models, these are surrounded by smart LED strip daytime running lights. Other MK1 model facelift revisions included a cleaner-looking single-frame front grille, as well as tweaks to the front bumper and the bonnet. The more angular tail lights were re-styled too and used brighter LED technology. Perhaps more significantly, from just before the time of this facelift, Audi decided to offer buyers from new the option of a three-person rear seat on all Sportback variants save the S5: look for used examples fitted with this feature. Perhaps the reason Audi didn't make this option available earlier was down to the inconvenient central transmission tunnel this car must have, despite the fact that it's front wheel drive. Not ideal then for an adult centre rear seat occupant, but fine if you've got three kids. For two adults in the back, legroom will be quite adequate and, contrary to expectations, rear headroom isn't too compromised by the sloping coupe-style roof. And behind the wheel? Well, it's as beautifully finished as ever, tailored like a sleek-fitting suit, everything being clear and elegant. This improved model got revised steering wheel designs, beefier column stalks, clearer white-illuminated instrumentation displays, neat chrome detailing, updated buttons, smarter upholstery and some fresh interior finish choices - one rather curiously titled 'poetry' that includes rather lovely yacht-deck style wood inlays. The optional MMI infotainment system was also easier to use, with fewer buttons and more logical menus (you can even put in a 7-digit postcode into the sat nav). Through it, you can access a whole raft of online options, everything from Google Earth mapping to in-car internet access. Luggage space in the long, flat loading bay is pretty much the same as you'd get in an A4 saloon or Avant estate, 480-litres to be exact. Some models you'll find will have been fitted with an optional ski-hatch for longer items. If that's not enough, you can extend the space available to 1263-litres by lowering the split-folding rear seat backs. A neat touch is the 70/30 split luggage cover, the larger part permanently attached to the tailgate so that it lifts out of the way when the hatch is raised. The remaining 30% is a small, hinged shelf which offers easy access to the boot space. On the negative side, the tailgate opens from quite a high loading lip, does without a rear wiper and lifts so high that it might be difficult for shorter owners to lower.
What to Look For
As a whole, Audi A5 Sportback owners seem to be a pretty satisfied lot, though we did come across a few issues in our survey. Most seemed to relate to electrical problems. A number of owners have experienced issues with the electric window mechanism, so check that. One owner had a problem with the MMI infotainment system failing; another found dashboard rattles - and particular issues with rattly speakers. As for mechanical stuff, well, we found one owner who reported an oil light issue and a handful who had reported brake grinding issues. Corrosion is simply not an issue with Audis and another reason why resale values are high. Look for a fully stamped up service history and look for uneven tyre wear on the more powerful models.
Replacement Parts
(approx based on a 2013 A5 2.0 TDI) A clutch assembly kit will be around £250 and an exhaust system (without catalyst) will be about £300. An alternator should be close to £150 and a radiator around £170. Front brake pads are around £75, rear brake pads will be around £50.
On the Road
Since on paper, the A5 Sportback is exactly the same under the skin as any of Audi's A4 or A5 models, you might expect it to be little different from any of those cars to drive. In fact, that's not quite true for in its wisdom, Audi has decided to make this variant a little softer and 'GT'-like, which might not suit those used to the sharper, more focused approach of the A5 coupe. You could opt for a variant fitted with stiffer S line trim to try and sort this out but the end result is rather over-firm for British roads. A few models you'll find will have sorted this issue with the optional fitment of a CDC Continuous Damping Control system, this allowing you to match the ride to the road you're on and the mood you're in. Other A5 Sportbacks were specified with the option of quattro four-wheel drive, tempting indeed given our wintry climate. Normally, this system distributes the engine's power primarily to the rear but if necessary, can redistribute torque towards the front at lightning speed. Opt for a variant fitted with the Sport differential that was available on the top 3.0 TDI and S5 models and torque can even be distributed from side to side at the rear, firing you from corner to corner. So far so good. What let the side down a bit though on the original version of this car was the steering and as a result, this revised version got an all-new hi-tech electromechanical set-up which was supposed to enhance driver feedback, though that's still not this car's strongest suit. Some original buyers tried to improve it by paying extra for 'dynamic steering'. Most though, were happy to stick with Audi's optional 'Drive Select' system which tweaks steering feel along with engine management, auto gearbox response - even the air conditioning - in line with your choice of 'comfort', 'auto', 'dynamic' or even 'efficiency' modes. Under the bonnet, if you're an enthusiastic driver, less is probably more. With less weight to carry around, lower-order 2WD petrol and diesel models feel more agile and more responsive than their pokier 3.0-litre stablemates and we prefer the 6-speed manual transmission to the auto-only set-up you're limited to on pricier models. In the TFSI petrol line-up, even the entry-level 170PS 1.8-litre variant manages sixty in 8.2s on the way to 143mph. Beyond that, there's the venerable 211PS 2.0-litre unit from the Golf GTI, this offered with two or four wheel drive. For us, a 2.0 TFSI A5 capable of sixty in just 6.6s on the way to 150mph is pretty much the perfect package. But most A5 Sportback buyers will be choosing a 2.0-litre TDI diesel. You can see why. It makes sense on the balance sheet and offers plenty of performance, the exact amount depending upon your choice between 136, 163 or 177PS outputs. Both the two quickest variants are capable of reaching sixty in around 8.5ss on the way to around 140mph and the fastest version is offered with the option of quattro 4WD. That only leaves the 3.0-litre models, two of them diesel-powered. 3.0 TDI buyers choose between a 204PS variant with two wheel drive and 8-speed Multitronic auto transmission, a surprisingly efficient package. Or a tempting 245PS 3.0 TDI quattro model with 7-speed s tronic auto transmission - a car that's really very quick indeed, sixty from rest occupying just 5.9s on the way to an artificially limited 155mph maximum. Or at least you'll think it is until you try the flagship S5 quattro model, powered by a 333PS version of the supercharged 3.0TFSI petrol unit borrowed from the S4 super-saloon. Here, sixty is just 5.1s away from rest.
Audi proved with this A5 Sportback that there was room in the market for a compact executive saloon with a fifth door and an added dose of charisma. Whether the people buying them are actually conquest customers is another issue entirely of course but when you're offering models to suit every conceivable market niche, you can never be quite sure of that. This post-2012 revised version certainly stacks up on paper, with impressively low CO2, fuel economy and benefit-in-kind statistics - and unlike the original model, can potentially seat five people. Which makes it even harder to ignore if you're target market for this kind of car. One thing's certain: here's another very desirable Audi.
** Depending on the age of the vehicle, MPG and CO2 may be quoted using either NEDC or WLTP testing standards. Find out more
Figures are provided for comparison purposes. Fuel consumption under real world driving conditions and the CO2 produced will depend upon a number of factors, including any accessories fitted after registration, variations in driving styles, weather conditions and vehicle load.
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In itself, a distributed denial of service, or DDoS, attack on a bank's website is little more than costly hooliganism. It essentially consists of hackers ordering a bunch of malware-infected computers to "click" on a bank's website until it's too overwhelmed to respond to legitimate users.
The effect is pretty similar to a barricade across the entrance to your bank: You can't get in, but your money is still safe inside the bank.
But what if thieves used a DDoS attack as cover for a more harmful attack that did actually compromise customer checking accounts? That appears to be exactly what happened to a customer of Bank of the West, according to a report from security blogger Brian Krebs:
A Christmas Eve cyber-attack against the website of a regional California financial institution helped to distract bank officials from an online account takeover against one of its clients, netting thieves more than $900,000.
At approximately midday on Dec. 24, 2012, organized cyber crooks began moving money out of corporate accounts belonging to Ascent Builders, a construction firm based in Sacramento, Calif. In short order, the company's financial institution — San Francisco-based Bank of the West — came under a large distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack …
There were 62 individuals suckered in to acting as "mules" for the stolen money, according to Krebs.
It's standard operating procedure for scammers to recruit unsuspecting individuals and businesses ("make big money working from home!") to accept a substantial deposit from thieves and wire the bulk of it overseas, keeping a portion for themselves as payments. Typically, the money clears and the mule completes the transfer, only to have the authorities catch up with them and claw back the money, leaving them on the hook for most of the losses.
Obviously, you never want to agree to accept and transfer cash as these mules did. Aside from the legal implications of engaging in what amounts to money laundering, what good are promised payoffs if they're going to be clawed back later?
Another important step to avoid having your account on the receiving end of this type of coordinated attack is having up-to-date antivirus software installed on your computer. Krebs writes that the thieves may have gained access to Ascent Builders' bank logins using malware surreptitiously installed on its computers. And you don't want that happen to you, especially on Christmas Eve.
What do you think? Do you worry about online thieves draining your accounts? What precautions do you take to prevent that from happening?
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War on Want's research on the sweatshop conditions facing the workers who make our clothes has made front page news and attracted attention nationwide. Yet in spite of widespread awareness of the issue, it is not always clear what practical steps we can take to end sweatshop labour. Asking companies to regulate themselves hasn't worked. Boycotts have only led to further job losses.
Sustainable change can only be achieved through legally binding regulation that protects the rights of workers supplying the UK high street. We are demanding that the government regulate the business practices of UK retailers to ensure that overseas workers are guaranteed a living wage, decent safe working conditions and the right to join a trade union.
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WASHINGTON – The Obama administration appears determined to vacate Afghanistan as fast as possible. If the latest leaks are to be believed, officials are willing to leave as few as 6,000 U.S. troops behind after 2014, concentrated at the Bagram air base and a few other installations around Kabul. The mind boggles at what this would mean in military terms.
Consider one simple fact: Kandahar, the city where the Taliban movement started, is 500 km southwest of Kabul. Imagine that intelligence analysts have identified a "high-value target" — say, a terrorist facilitator with links to both al-Qaida and the Taliban — in Kandahar. How would the U.S. military capture or kill him without a secure base in Kandahar?
This scenario is, on some level, fanciful, because the lack of a U.S. presence on the ground around Kandahar would make it very difficult to generate useful intelligence. How would the CIA or the Defense Intelligence Agency run agents or even operate drones? Even assuming that the intelligence could be garnered, it would be exceedingly hard to act on the information.
A SEAL or Delta Force team typically reaches its target by helicopter. But Kandahar is a two-hour helicopter flight from Kabul and a fully loaded Blackhawk would need to refuel to make the round trip. Assuming there is no U.S. base in Kandahar, this would require aerial refueling, which is difficult and costly and would not necessarily be available 24-7. Given the long flight time, there is a good chance that by the time the commandos arrived, the target would have moved on.
It is doubtful that such a force would be dispatched in the first place, however, because commanders would be reluctant to send special operators into high-risk situations without having quick-reaction forces standing by to rescue them in the event of trouble. U.S. generals would not feel comfortable entrusting the lives of these elite operators to local Afghan Army forces, especially in light of the well-advertised problem of Taliban infiltrators, so they would probably not order the mission in the first place.
That would leave only one way to attack a terrorist kingpin in Kandahar: from the air, with either an armed Predator or a manned aircraft such as an F-16. Yet the ability to keep either kind of aerial platform over Kandahar would be severely limited by the need to fly 1,000 km round-trip from Bagram simply to arrive on station. So there would probably be a considerable time lag simply to drop a bomb, which again raises the risk of missing the target.
Relying on air power carries other risks, such as the potential for collateral damage, which can create more enemies than missions eliminate. Aerial attacks on wedding parties and the like were especially common in Afghanistan before the troop surge started in 2009. Without forward air controllers to call in air strikes, the possibility of errors goes up.
Another problem with air power is that it precludes the possibility of interrogating suspects and examining their computers and paperwork — one of the best sources of intelligence about terrorist machinations. The Joint Special Operations Command, composed of the top-tier special operators, has become such an effective man-hunting machine precisely because it has become so proficient at "sensitive site exploitation" and interrogation of detainees, sometimes leading to fresh missions being launched the night before a detainee's confederates are even aware that he has been taken into custody. That will become impossible under the planned drawdown.
All in all, limiting the U.S. presence to 6,000 or so troops in Bagram and Kabul would be a major counterterrorism setback. It would also have a deleterious impact on the combat effectiveness of the Afghan army and police.
The Afghan National Security Forces, now 352,000 strong, have made considerable strides, but they remain heavily reliant on U.S. help for air support, logistics, intelligence, route clearance and other key "enablers." The Defense Department's new Report on Progress Toward Security and Stability in Afghanistan noted that only one of 23 Afghan Army brigades is able to operate without coalition help. The report also "anticipates that the [Afghan Army] will continue to require assistance with logistics and acquisition processes beyond December 2014."
Afghanistan is not expected to have a functioning air force before 2017, so Afghan forces will remain especially dependent on U.S. help for air support and aerial medevac. But it is doubtful that U.S. commanders would call in airstrikes without having U.S. advisers embedded with Afghan units — and under the rumored plan, no such advisers will be available. Afghan security forces will be on their own to face an entrenched insurgency, which has been degraded by the surge but remains a major threat in southern and eastern Afghanistan, thanks in no small measure to its havens in Pakistan.
It is hard to imagine how anyone in the Obama administration could conclude that a force of just 6,000 personnel would be sufficient after 2014 when, even with 68,000 troops today, the United States cannot prevent the Taliban and Haqqanis from operating openly an hour's drive from Kabul. Such a precipitous drawdown vastly increases the risk of a Taliban takeover.
Max Boot is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and the author of the forthcoming book, "Invisible Armies: An Epic History of Guerrilla Warfare From Ancient Times to the Present."
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Yet another example of how little our own government values our money. No wonder the quantity of money/ Debt is raging out of control. And once again, to get the story we cannot rely on American media and must get the information from Al Jazeera. Think about this money and why we are there… who is profiting, who is this costing? Eight years of war now, the original target long, long gone, what does "victory" here look like? (ht Keith)
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Deputies: Detention officer shot pregnant woman, set her on fire
Richland County Sheriff's deputies have arrested a detention officer they say shot a pregnant woman and set her body on fire last week.
A spokesperson for the Richland County Sheriff's Department said 23-year-old Tristan Gist has been charged with murder and death or injury of a child in utero due to commission of a violent crime.
Gist was taken into custody without incident at his home Monday afternoon. He's been identified as a detention officer at Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center.
Authorities identified the victim as 22-year-old Dierra Fisher.
Fisher's body was found in a five acre woods fire near the 3200 block of Screaming Eagle Road Thursday afternoon. She was 21 weeks pregnant.
Investigators say Gist shot Fisher and then drove her body to the wooded location. Inside the car with Fisher's body were two young children, investigators said.
Once they arrived to Screaming Eagle road, Gist removed Fisher from the vehicle and set her body on fire.
Richland County Coroner Gary Watts tentatively released the name of the victim, Dierra Fisher, pending positive identification from medical records. Watts says Fisher died as a result of a single gunshot wound to the head.
According to deputies, the two have a child together.
Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said this was "a horrible act of domestic violence."
Gist will be transported to Lexington's detention center. According to a South Carolina criminal background check, Gist has no prior arrests in the state.
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My name is Colm Moloney and I am the Managing Director of Headland Archaeology (Ireland) Ltd. We are one of the larger commercial archaeological companies operating in Ireland.
In my working life Fridays tend to be meeting heavy but in July that all changes as the holiday season hits. This Friday (Day of Archaeology) I have a fine balance of some interesting archaeology and quite a lot of commercial activity. Here it is warts n' all!
I started my day off at 8am in the office in Little island, County Cork preparing a news article for Seanda, the annual archaeology magazine of the Irish National Roads Authority. This summarises a group of 6 corn drying kilns from an amazing Early Christian site in County Tipperary.
At 10am I met with the Business Support Manager to have a look at the mail and discuss the forthcoming week and programming of work. Great news – we won tenders for three fieldwork projects!
Lunch is postponed as the archive for a site I will be writing up over the next year arrives at the office and needs to be stored away carefully. One box contains a complete and intact prehistoric pot. The most amazing things go through this office!
Next it was straight into an end of month financial review with the accountant and other directors. This involves checking that we have hit our financial targets for the month and then going through our forecasting for finance for the next 12 months. Once the forecasting is complete we meet with the sales team to discuss targets and what work we need to get in to keep the business going steady. While this may seem mundane and boring it is by far the most important part of my job particularly in the midst of a recession.
After lunch is spent working on the Bronze Age chapter for a monograph that we are writing on the archaeology of the N7 Nenagh to Limerick Road scheme for the National Roads Authority. Today I was producing a distribution map of Bronze Age settlements between Limerick city and Nenagh in County Tipperary – I love this part of my job!
This afternoon I have a strategy meeting for our new business – Know Thy Place Ltd. We started this in response to the recession and it is really starting to gather momentum. We are now looking at pushing the service in the USA and todays meeting will focus on how best to achieve this. I have to admit this is all very exciting and it is great to be doing something positive to fight the recession.
My final tasks of the day involve reviewing the illustrations for an article I have written for the Tipperary County Journal with our Graphics Manager and making a start on a blog post for Know Thy Place on a family of troglodytes who lived in my home town of Midleton, County Cork during the early medieval period.
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Editors of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business 2012 have singled out the Haynes and Boone, LLP Franchise and Distribution practice as one of the nation's best, setting it apart from all others in the Dallas market.The full-service practice, the editors concluded, is "renowned for its franchise litigation and transactional work, with an increasing focus on international franchise development in emerging markets." Its leaders have built up considerable experience in product distribution and "in the restaurant and food service industry, with notable expertise in the area of food safety," the editors said.Within the practice's national Band 2 ranking, Partner Joyce Mazero maintained her top, Band 1 rating, while Deborah S. Coldwell repeated her Band 2 appearance. No other Dallas-area practice achieved similar results. The two make "a well-respected leadership team," according to those interviewed by the Chambers researchers.Mazero was lauded by her peers as "a wonderful business lawyer." The editors quoted industry sources as saying, "She is a long-standing force in franchising," citing the recent accomplishment of representing Tempur-pedic in reshaping its supply chain legal processes. Coldwell, meanwhile, was described as an "outstanding trial lawyer" who successfully defended Curves International against claims brought by a former International master franchisee.Two more members of the practice were included for the first time in this year's recognitions. Partner Jan Gilbert of the Washington, D.C. office made his debut in Band 4, while Austin Partner Robert Lauer joined as "up and coming." Editors said that Gilbert is "very sophisticated and impressive" and highly regarded for his technical skills. Lauer, who concentrates on international transactions, "is an outstanding lawyer," Chambers quoted sources saying.Independent and objective, Chambers USA is carefully researched and widely considered to be the most reputable law firm directory in the world. Its rankings are based on thousands of interviews with leading practitioners and clients from coast to coast. Ranking criteria include technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial astuteness, diligence, commitment and other qualities most valued by legal clients.The Haynes and Boone Franchise and Distribution practice represents companies of all sizes and in diverse industries. Its attorneys have the industry insight to help clients establish new franchise, licensing and distribution programs around the world. By drawing on the firm's capabilities to help with financing, IP, tax, real estate, corporate, labor and employment, and many other issues, its attorneys help resolve whatever business problems arise for clients – from structuring the franchise or distribution program to enforcing the agreement and creating innovative financing and operational solutions.
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Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. – Chinese proverb.
As knowledge management professionals, we want to encourage sharing and the dissemination of knowledge throughout our organizations. We know how hard it can be to do that and to encourage people to do the same. You may have set up wonderful systems and resources to help promote this, but sometimes it may seem that you just can't reach everyone with the "good word" of KM.
Don't be frustrated. Be creative.
As a KM professional, you are a "go to" person in your firm. People come to you for answers. This is a great opportunity for you to not only respond to their needs, but to promote the KM way of doing things. In other words, don't just give someone a fish, also teach them to fish.
Take this opportunity; do it regularly. Integrate it into everything you do – make it a part of your standard operating procedure, a part of who you are as a KM professional and person. Always be ready to teach someone to fish. Here are a few examples:
- If you're in a role that requires you to respond to requests for research assistance (e.g., professional support lawyer, paralegal, reference librarian, etc.), in addition to giving them the fish ("here is the list of cases that you asked for"), also include a link to resource. This may help the requesting attorney find something on their own the next time. Of course, I am not suggesting that you adopt a "go-find-it-yourself" attitude. But giving people self-service tools is always a nice option.
- If there is no "lesson" related to the request, as in the above example, then offer a different species of lesson fish. Perhaps you know that the requesting attorney is typically interested in certain areas of the law. Regardless of what they ask of you, use the opportunity to add a post script to the response ("I thought you might be interested in this new resource we just added to the Firm Intranet…")
- My favorite is the "email signature" approach. You can add a "Did you know"-type footer to your emails. So, regardless of the communication, you are always promoting some KM tool or concept. For example, "Did you know you can find model documents using the firm's enterprise search engine [link]?" or "Find contacts and connections for business development with [insert name, and link to, CRM system]." or "Have you checked out the firm's electronic library [insert link]?" or "Check out our Knowledge Management resource page [link] on the firm Intranet."
And don't just stop there. Encourage others to teach people to fish. Even though they are not "KM professionals," others in your firm may be your biggest KM proponents – especially lawyers. The next time a lawyer thanks you for introducing them to that great new KM resource or tool, ask them to spread the word to their peers ("Thanks for the note, please tell your fellow attorneys about it."). It is often more compelling when customers (the lawyers in your firm) sing the praises of your KM efforts to other potential customers (the lawyers in your firm who are not yet KM converts). That's why you see customer testimonials on infomercials. The Shamwow Guy is pretty convincing, but it's those actual customers who "can't live without it" who really sell the product.
I hope you find these ideas helpful. I'd love to know how you teach people to fish. Please share your story or thoughts in the comments.


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Drew Peterson's defense lawyers were a united, wisecracking front during most of the former suburban Chicago police officer's 2012 murder trial, and rarely without their dark sunglasses. But by the time Peterson was found guilty of killing his third wife, the attorneys' bond was irreparably fractured.
The public feud between former lead trial counsel Joel Brodsky and colleague-turned-nemesis Steve Greenberg was taken into a courthouse Tuesday. The defense called several witnesses in a bid to bolster their contention that Peterson deserves a new trial because Brodsky botched the first trial.
Drew Peterson's defense lawyers were a united, wisecracking front during most of the former suburban Chicago police officer's 2012 murder trial, and rarely without their dark sunglasses. But by the time Peterson was found guilty of killing his third wife, the attorneys' bond was irreparably fractured.
The public feud between former lead trial counsel Joel Brodsky and colleague-turned-nemesis Steve Greenberg was taken into a courthouse Tuesday. The defense called several witnesses in a bid to bolster their contention that Peterson deserves a new trial because Brodsky botched the first trial.
If Will County Judge Edward Burmila rejects the motion for a retrial, he has said he would move on to Peterson's sentencing.
Peterson, 59, faces a maximum 60-year prison term for murdering Kathleen Savio, who was found dead in her bathtub with a gash on her head. As a convicted felon, he had to enter court Tuesday in blue prison garb and shackles — a stark contrast from the business suits the then-suspect was allowed to don for his trial.
Among those the defense called to the stand Tuesday was a law school teacher who testified that Brodsky had violated ethical norms by allegedly signing a contract to split future book and movie proceeds with Peterson years before the case even went to trial.
"It seems that this is over the line," Clifford Scott-Rudnick, a professor at Chicago's John Marshall Law School told the judge.
Cutting business deals with clients, he said, raises the danger that lawyers will act in their own business interest rather than in their client's legal interest.
The bitter acrimony between a former and a current attorney is the latest twist in the peculiar saga of the former Bolingbrook police sergeant, who gained notoriety after his much younger fourth wife, Stacy Peterson, vanished in 2007.
Disagreements among the counsel during trial are not uncommon, said Chicago-area defense attorney Gal Pissetzky, but such spats spilling into public view are.
"A new team of lawyers might accuse an old team of lawyers of making mistakes at the trial — but lawyers on the same trial team blaming each other? I've never heard of anything like this," he said. Pissetzky is not connected to the Peterson case.
The feud escalated earlier this month when Brodsky filed a defamation lawsuit against Greenberg, which claims Greenberg became "irrationally fixated and obsessed with destroying Brodsky" and held Brodsky up to "great public scorn, hatred, contempt (and) ridicule."
In an open letter to Brodsky in September, Greenberg accused him of "single-handedly" losing the trial, adding he "wafted the greatest case by ignorance, obduracy and ineptitude."
As Tuesday's hearing began, Burmila said he was obliged to ask Peterson directly if he had full confidence in the current attorneys sitting next him, including Greenberg.
"Yes, your honor," Peterson promptly replied.
Apparently satisfied with that answer, Burmila said proceedings could continue with Greenberg acting Peterson's lead attorney.
The current acrimony is in stark contrast with the beginning of the trial, when the limelight-seeking defense team faced the media horde together. Several times, they joked that Stacy Peterson — who authorities presume is dead but whose body was never found — could show up any day to take the stand.
It seemed likely Brodsky would take the stand himself at some point during the hearing that began Tuesday. If he does, he could face aggressive cross-examination by Greenberg or other erstwhile colleagues. There's even an outside chance Peterson could be asked testify.
Among the accusations against Brodsky, chief is that he was so bent on publicizing himself that he pressed Peterson into a damaging pretrial media blitz.
But one of hearing's focuses is expected to be a decision that backfired during trial — calling divorce lawyer Harry Smith to be a witness for the defense. Greenberg says that was Brodsky's decision; Brodsky says all the defense lawyers agreed on it.
Under questioning by Brodsky, Smith told jurors that Stacy Peterson had asked him a question before she vanished: Could she squeeze more money out of her husband in divorce proceedings if she threatened to tell police that he murdered Savio three years earlier?
Brodsky hoped Smith's testimony that Stacy Peterson allegedly sought to extort her husband would dent the credibility of statements she made to others that Drew Peterson threatened to kill her.
Savio's death was initially deemed an accident, a freak slip in the tub. But after Stacy Peterson vanished, Savio's body was re-examined and her death was reclassified as a homicide.
During Smith's testimony, Brodsky repeatedly stressed how Stacy Peterson seemed to sincerely believe her husband had killed Savio. Chief state's prosecutor James Glasgow called it "a gift from God," and some jurors said later Smith's testimony persuaded them to convict Drew Peterson.
Judges rarely grant retrials. When they do, it is usually because an attorney didn't make a certain argument or call a witness who might have exonerated a defendant, explained Kathleen Zellner, another Chicago-area defense attorney.
"It's usually not for something an attorney did but for what they did not do," she said.
But this case has been full of oddities since first making headlines in 2007. Peterson's trial was the first in Illinois history where prosecutors built their case on hearsay, thanks to a new law tailored specifically for the case, dubbed "Drew's Law."
Still, most legal observers agreed that the motion for a new trial is a longshot, at best.
"Nothing in this case has been usual," Pissetzky said. "But the chances for this motion to succeed are slim to none — and slim just left the building."
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Test for hormones in blood not reflective of hormones in breast tissue; breast cancer risk
(22 Apr 2008: VIDYYA MEDICAL NEWS SERVICE) -- Many studies determine hormone levels in the blood as a marker of breast cancer risk. But it hasn't been known whether these blood tests reflect what is happening in the breast tissue, where certain hormones fuel cancer. Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center's (GUMC) Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center found that measuring the levels of four hormones in blood known to be linked to breast cancer doesn't necessarily reflect the levels of these hormones in the breast tissue itself.
In fact, the scientists say that blood tests used in research studies that measure these hormones could give a false impression of both the real breast cancer risk women face, and an imprecise picture of how these hormones affect breast cancer development. The findings are being presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research.
"We know from this study that measuring the hormones in a patient's blood is not sufficient but that is how many research studies looking at breast cancer risk are being conducted," says the study's lead author, Adana Llanos, a graduate student in genetics at GUMC. "Understanding how cancers develop in breast tissue is the key to prevention, and we need to understand how these hormones affect breast tissue."
The research team, led by Llanos and under the guidance of senior investigator, Peter G. Shields, MD, head of Lombardi's Cancer Genetics and Epidemiology Program, did something that has not been done before: They tested normal breast tissue for the levels of IGF-1, IGFBP-3, adiponectin, and leptin. High levels of IGF-1 has been linked to breast cancer development, while low levels of IGFBP-3 is linked to increased risk. High levels of adiponectin and leptin are both related to obesity, which is, in itself, a risk factor for breast cancer.
"By understanding these hormones in the normal breast environment, we will have some insight into how early changes in the breast lead to breast cancer," Llanos says. The researchers asked 15 women who were undergoing breast reduction surgery to participate in the study, and then collected three samples of discarded tissue from each breast, as well as blood, and extensive epidemiological data.
They first assessed whether levels of these hormones were the same in each of the three tissue samples taken from the women, which represented different areas of the breast. "We found that the hormones were distributed in the same way across the breast, which is a good thing to know because it means that a tissue biopsy taken from one part of the breast will likely represent the breast as a whole," says Llanos.
They then tested the blood to see if levels of the hormones matched those found in the breast tissue, and found that leptin, adiponectin, and IGFBP-3 correlated, whereas IGF-1 did not. But even that may be misleading, Llanos says, because hormone levels may differ between a woman's two breasts. "Breast cancer usually develops in a single breast, so it is not clear that looking at these hormones in the blood is sufficient," she says.
"If we want to know what is occurring in the breast, then we have to go to the tissue itself," Llanos says. "Measuring blood would be more convenient, but our study shows that, alas, this may not be accurate."
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Google's "Captain of Moonshots," Astro Teller, yesterday described how the company dropped a plan to purchase spectrum for its balloon-based wireless network, replacing it with a plan to lease the network to telcos in various countries.
The goal of Project Loon is "covering the world with balloons that are like floating cell towers so that everyone in the world could have Internet connectivity," Teller said at Tech Crunch Disrupt. The Loon team had spent six months "arguing with these large companies" to make a deal to buy spectrum, expending "easily 600 man hours of really heavy lifting," Teller said.
"We thought this was going to be absolutely critical to the project, and we wanted to get it done before we launched," Teller said. Then, a year ago, "we went to [CEO] Larry [Page] and Larry said, 'nah.' You're going to hit a double, that's not interesting."
Page challenged the Loon team to hit a home run, and they came up with a plan to lease the balloons to telcos in various countries. "We did come up with something that's way better than buying a relatively thin piece of harmonized spectrum that's now the way that Google Loon is going to function," Teller said. "Basically, by using the spectrum that already exists in each country, and then if you're a telco in some country, I come to you and I say, 'you're just going to lease the balloons when they pass over Argentina. It's your spectrum. You already have the spectrum.'"
Google has said its goal is to bring 3G-like speed to the "two out of every three people on Earth" who lack a fast, affordable Internet connection. Signals would be transmitted from ground stations to the balloons and back down to antennas on people's homes. It's still in testing, so it's not clear when it could be widely available.


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November 3, 2011
Call Hillary Clinton at the State Department: tell her to ease up on UNESCO and ensure the Flotilla safe passage 202-647-5291
Lastest News on the Flotilla
Learn more about the UNESCO Vote:
What Palestine's UNESCO membership could mean on the ground
Heritage agenda includes Ibrahimi Mosque in the West Bank
PCHR Welcomes Decision
Amira Hass: Palestinians Must Say No to Negotiations
Dear CODEPINKer,
Breaking News: the latest Flotilla is en route to the Gaza Strip and CODEPINK activist Kit is on board.
This past week we witnessed, with tears in our eyes, history in the making when the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) voted in favor of admitting Palestine as a full member, marking a major step in the Palestinian people's struggle for self-determination.
UNESCO's mission is to contribute to building peace, eradicating poverty, and creating sustainable development and intercultural dialogue through education, the sciences, culture, communication and information, all the while emphasizing gender equity. Sounds a lot like the goals of CODEPINK, no? This admirable institution will now include Palestine, a move that has been greeted with both celebration and condemnation.
What is the US response?
With the whole world watching, the US government again flouted international will by opposing Palestinian membership (along with only 13 other countries and none from the EU save Germany).
On Monday the US pledged to kill all funding to UNESCO, against its own best interests, which amounts to $70 million annually. This means some programs, (like the Afghan police literary program,) may be cut out of the budget. Why? Because in 1990 the US Congress passed a legislative bill requiring the U.S. to withdraw funding from any UN body which accords the Palestine Liberation Organization the status of a member state.
But the façade of the US as honest broker is crumbling. Watch this stunning video at right as a State Department spokesperson attempts to justify the US position in the face of excellent questions from Matt Lee of the Associated Press. The US spokesperson makes a poor case for how membership to UNESCO could harm the (nonexistent) peace process but we know the truth about what will be harmed by the US reaction: it will further erodethe US's standing in world public opinion; it will undermine UNESCO's ability to protect World Heritage Sites and indigenous languages; and will harm UNESCO's work sharing science around the globe.
Join us in calling the State Department to voice your outrage about this misguided behavior. Hillary Clinton: 202-647-5291
What will Palestine's new UNESCO membership mean on the ground?
UNESCO supports education, environment, and culture, which are all under continual destruction for Palestinians in East Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. For example, while it continues to build settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, the Israeli government withholds building permits for Bedouins to build schools, while one of UNESCO's primary goals is to further early childhood education. To sustain their many lush pools and palm tree farms, Israeli settlements suck the water resources for Palestinian communities dry; UNESCO is working to provide capacity building and resource management to address dire water issues.
UNESCO has in the past frequently cited Israel's repeated desecration of religious sites. The membership of Palestine means the ability of Palestinians to advocate for more of their sacred sites (and even practical ones including ancient cisterns and wells) to be given World Heritage status so that they can be protected and not defined solely in terms of one religion that does not represent them.
We recognize this is only one step, and is the very least that the international community can do; much more is needed to end occupation and subjugation, and to ensure liberation and justice for all Palestinian people.
The US may be on the wrong side of history on this issue, but we don't have to be take action today by calling the State Department.
Onward ever,
Alli, Kristen, Nancy, Rae, Sasha and the CODEPINK Team
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Hi, I'm running Linux mint 17.3 and the latest IFL. My configuration is as follow:
/ is on the 1st drive and I want to backup the entire drive. /home is on an intel raid 5 and is backed up real time using syncovery so I don't need IFL to back that up. For what it's worth, my /etc/fstab successfully creates a network share to a NAS drive.
In the same folder of that same NAS share is a subfolder named images, where I want the backup to go.
I've gone all through the sudo ./makeGRUB and attached a script and I can reboot and select IFL from the boot menu. When I do, it brings up the gui asking if I want to make a backup, do a restore...etc. but doesn't automatically start a backup and IFL indicates no shares are mounted. I CAN make a drive using IFL's interface. Here's my script with all the ## removed for easier reading for you. I'm not going to display the functions because I've not changed any of that.
#export TERM=dumb I'm not ready to run a cron job yet so I haven't removed the #
(I've tried the ip address as well)
(This is a folder I created on my /home drive which as I said is a separate raid 5 drive. I've also tried /media/syncovery which is on the / drive because that's where fstab mounts that permanent share.)
mountoptions="-o guest" (no login required)
## Set [1] of image command line parameters (backup example given)
iflcmd1[1]="-b --d:l1"
iflcmd3[1]="--vb --uy"
iflmessage[1]="Creating image myimage"
#################### End Configuration #######################################