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|Energy Storage Group Changes Name, Appoints New Executive Director
|on Monday January 27 2014 by NA Windpower
|The Electricity Storage Association has changed its name to the Energy Storage Association (ESA) and appointed Matthew Roberts as its new executive director. "This is [read more]
|Freudenberg-NOK Unveils New Sealing Ring To Help Protect Turbines From The Elements
|on Tuesday January 21 2014 by NA Windpower
|Freudenberg-NOK Merkel has announced its new Merkel Radiamatic R 55 radial shaft sealing ring. According to the company, the R 55 has been designed with [read more]
|American Wind Energy Association Makes Personnel Changes
|on Monday January 20 2014 by NA Windpower
|The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has named Jana Adams senior vice president to lead its conference, membership and business development department. Adams, who fills [read more]
|Molded Fiber Glass Appoints Two New Managers
|on Wednesday January 15 2014 by NA Windpower
|Molded Fiber Glass Cos. (MFG) - a composites manufacturer serving the wind energy industry, among other sectors - has announced management changes at its Adelanto, [read more]
|ACORE Announces New Members Of Board Of Directors
|on Wednesday January 15 2014 by NA Windpower
|The American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE) has announced four new board of directors members as a result of an annual election: Dan Adler, Matt [read more]
|ACORE Names Michael R. Brower Permanent CEO, President
|on Friday January 10 2014 by NA Windpower
|The board of directors of the American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE) has appointed Michael R. Brower the new president and CEO. Brower served as [read more]
|Alstom Taps Yves Rannou To Lead Wind Division
|on Friday January 10 2014 by NA Windpower
|Alstom has named Yves Rannou senior vice president for Alstom Wind, effective April 1, 2014. He will be based in Barcelona and in charge of [read more]
|Renewable NRG Systems Promotes Justin Wheating To President
|on Wednesday December 18 2013 by NAW Staff
|Renewable NRG Systems, a designer and manufacturer of resource assessment and turbine optimization equipment, has promoted Justin Wheating, chief financial officer, to the role of [read more]
|Molded Fiber Glass Appoints Two New Managers
|on Wednesday December 11 2013 by NAW Staff
|Molded Fiber Glass Cos. (MFG) - a composites manufacturer serving the wind energy industry, among other sectors - has announced management changes at its Adelanto, [read more]
|Sage Oil Vac Wind Says Growing Wind Industry Continues To Generate Jobs
|on Monday December 09 2013 by NAW Staff
|Sage Oil Vac Wind, a Texas-based provider of on-site oil change equipment to the wind power industry, has appointed Dallas Dixon to the newly created [read more]
|Former DONG Energy CEO Becomes Chairman Of Turbine Test Center
|on Friday December 06 2013 by NAW Staff
|Anders Eldrup, former DONG Energy CEO, has been appointed new chairman of the Danish wind turbine test center LORC, where the construction of the LORC [read more]
|Renewable NRG Systems Hires Technical Account Manager For LIDAR Product Line
|on Wednesday November 20 2013 by NA Windpower
|Renewable NRG Systems, a designer and manufacturer of resource assessment and wind turbine optimization equipment, has hired Barry Dugan to develop the market and manage [read more]
|Wind Energy Advisory Group GLWN Appoints Supply Chain Research Manager
|on Friday November 15 2013 by NA Windpower
|GLWN, a non-profit wind energy advisory group and supply chain network, says it has expanded its U.S. supply chain capabilities with the appointment of Mathew [read more]
|Utech Named Obama's New Top Advisor On Energy And Climate Change
|on Tuesday November 12 2013 by NA Windpower
|Dan Utech has been named to succeed Heather Zichal as President Barack Obama's top advisor on energy and climate change. Zichal, who held the position [read more]
|Consultancy Westwood Professional Services Announces New VPs
|on Wednesday November 06 2013 by NA Windpower
|Westwood Professional Services Inc., a national land and renewable energy development consultancy, has appointed power sector leader Aaron Tippie and national land sector leader Jason [read more]


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Kashmir Hill, Forbes Staff
Welcome to The Not-So Private Parts where technology & privacy collide
Information sharing (or lack thereof) between intelligence agencies has been a sensitive topic in the U.S. After 9/11, there was a push to create fusion centers so that local, state, and federal agencies could share intelligence, allowing the FBI, for example, to see if the local police have anything in their files on a particular individual. Now the Department of Homeland Security wants to create its own internal fusion center so that its many agencies can aggregate the data they have and make it searchable from a central location. The DHS is calling it a "Federated Information Sharing System" and asked its privacy advisory committee to weigh in on the repercussions at a public meeting in D.C. last month.
The committee, consisting of an unpaid group of people from the world of corporate privacy as well as the civil liberty community, were asked last December to review the plan and provide feedback on which privacy protections need to be put in place when info from DHS components (which include the TSA, the Secret Service, and Immigration Services, to name a few) are consolidated. The committee raised concerns about who would get access to the data given the potentially comprehensive profile this would provide of American citizens.
The committee's recommendations are available in draft form below. DHS would not provide the original document — a "tasking letter" — that it issued to the committee describing its plans. But DHS's Immigration and Customs Enforcement division did announce this month that it had awarded a contract to Raytheon for a "new system [that] will enhance how agencies manage, investigate, and report on law enforcement and intelligence activities by improving data sharing between multiple law-enforcement agencies," reported Information Week. Raytheon's work started on September 27, a week before the privacy committee got back to DHS with its draft privacy policy recommendations (available below). The committee noted that it had been given an "aggressive timeline" by DHS on coming up with its recommendations.
Better data aggregation in order to root out patterns to prevent terror attacks and enhance security is the new hotness for law enforcement (see BusinessWeek's piece on the start-up that wants to help the CIA sort through data). But there are privacy concerns. One big assumption that the DHS privacy committee made in its reports is that officials will be searching their new awesome databanks using specific personal information (i.e., What has Kashmir Hill been up to this month?) as opposed to general patterns (i.e., Who all took the train between D.C. and New York this week?). The latter, pattern-based searches would make the DHS's new fusion-center-like system too much like Total Information Awareness, say critics. The ACLU sent DHS a letter [pdf] this month voicing its concerns about the mingling of commercial and government databases and the potential civil liberties violations, giving an example of a person's laptop being inspected by Customs & Border Control and then having any reports of its contents put into a profile accessible to the rest of DHS.
"Will DHS limit sharing of this information on innocent people or purge it from the system?" asks the ACLU. " Just because an ordinary American has had an encounter with DHS does not mean that his or her movements, work history, or other data should be open to widespread scrutiny."
The ACLU urges the DHS not to "rush into" things, but as noted above, at least one contract to lay the foundation for the system is already signed.
The government never stops pushing, do they?
As a nation, we have a history of passing bad laws for good reasons, and then using those laws far beyond their intended (and stated) purposes – witness our RICO laws.
The federal government has proven itself to be untrustworthy with much of the power that we have granted it (or perhaps better said, that we have not stopped it from acquiring).
Once again, we need to make the effort to stop this.
Iam wondering why you in the USA let this al happen? Are your ppl so stupid? But what me worries so much is that your laws also go over your borders. I mean like the drug laws in the 30ths . We stil have to manage with thos silly and totaly insane laws. War on drugs isnt only USA. And the war on terrorists isnt to. You force other counties to follow in those stupid and insane behavior.
Look at your Bill of Rights. Wonder what the writers from that paper wil think when they see now how you take care with it. I think they wil be ashamed.
It's OK, because we are watching them, too. We are watching the Gangstalkers, the Pedophile rings that the police won't investigate, the Franklin Cover-up, which is probably connected to the Penn State Pedophile cover-up (all covered up by the police). We are reading books about MK ULTRA, Operation Paperclip, the Occult, the Freemasons, and books about government sex slaves, like Cathy O'Brien's books. We are watching Youtube videos by people like Kay Griggs, and we are forming militias to protect our families, and our constitution. Let them watch us, they have satellites that can read newspapers sitting on the sidewalk. The constant reminders are coming from the few, but we are many.
Since the DHS screwed up the Katrina effort, failed to detect the radioactivity at ground zero at the WTCs on 9-11-2001, can't find the HAARP facilities and CIA-Evergreen Airlines causing the radical destrustive weather in the U.S. that is facilitating fraud in the 'weather derivatives' market, allows the government to run guns and drugs(Cocaine in particular) over the border with Mexico, facilitated the GoM mess from BP/Halliburton's intentional well blow out and threatened news people, and refuses to monitor radiation emanating from the U.S. designed and licensed and commissioned Fukushima plant, and the ONLY time they make the news is for raping an employee or molesting children, it may be logically concuded that the DHS only wants our genitals all in one place for their evaluation and subsequent abuse. Fire these idiots, please. They have a serious self-destruct program going on that they want help with. It is not the American peoples' duty to take away their pain.
It just continues. The government wants all our information and treats US citizens like we are the enemy.It's about time we became just that and throw the crooks out, repeal most all of these unconstitutional laws they have passed, do away with the Fed and half the cabinets they have created. What we need is Ron Paul for president and a Congress commited to doing the right thing for a change instead of enriching themselves on the backs of the poor.
To be honest, I don't know if this is surprising or not. There is a very good piece on post 9-11 civil liberties here: http://goo.gl/0Hyoj. May be of interest.


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Comets start string of road trips
- Last Updated on 07:38 AM 10/18/13
- BY Joe Chandler
The Halifax County High School varsity football team will kick off a string of three straight road games tonight when it travels to Stuart to face Patrick County High School.
Tonight's game, which starts at 7 p.m., marks the first-ever meeting between the two schools.
Halifax County High School and Patrick County High School are both winless in six games entering tonight's contest, with tonight's game guaranteeing that one of the two teams will break their lengthy losing streak.
Comets Head Coach Mike Roark is hoping that it will be his team that will see an end to some its frustration tonight.
"Everybody is a little frustrated," he admitted.
"Everybody is beat up, but the kids are fighting and clawing and that's all you can ask from them right now. The ones (players) that are here are here and we will play with those and go at it from there."
Roark said an effort was made this week to lighten the mood around the Comets camp.
"We lightened things up," he said.
"I told them let's finish this thing (the season) out having fun, coaches, players, everybody, let's just have fun."
Roark said the message to the team this week has been the same as it has been all season.
"It's let's get better, fix the things we've got to fix and play some football," he pointed out.
"It's not a lot of new stuff right now. It's Week Seven. We've got to fix some things and be very basic and play some good football.
"There is not going to be a lot of trick stuff," Roark added in reference to tonight's game.
"There is just going to be hand the ball off here, run here, tackle there and let's make plays."
Roark pointed out that he and his coaching staff have taken a simplified look at tonight's game.
"They're 0-6 and we're 0-6 and we're both fighting to get our first win," he said.
"That's how you go at it. We've just got to play our football game and quit worrying about outside things. We're gong to play our stuff on offense, play our stuff on defense, we're going to run and tackle, we're going to run fast to the ball, we're not going to fumble the ball, we're going to run the ball, we're going to move the ball and do seven and eight-minute drives, keep our defense off of the field, play the game we need to play and see what happens from there."
The Comets have struggled with inconsistent play throughout the season. Roark said it all goes back to the youth and inexperience of the team.
"You look at things and it's been the same problems all year," Roark noted.
"It goes back to youth and inexperience. You're playing varsity-level ball under pressure. For a lot of them (the players), this is the first time they've done it. It's different.
"We've got four sophomores and nine juniors playing this year," he added.
"That's the most underclassmen, from what I've heard, we've had playing in nine or 10 years.
"There is a difference between reloading and rebuilding," he added.
"You have to rebuild first before you can reload. We're in the rebuilding phase."


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Local award-winning author Gerald Warfield will present poems written by poets of Palo Pinto County at the next Mineral Wells Heritage Association's meeting. Each poet will have at least two poems read.
Everyone interested in writing and poetry is encouraged to attend. Any poets who would like to be included in this reading should contact Gerald at (940) 327-8789.
The Association meets for business at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday at the Rock School Museum, located at 105 N.W. 5th Ave. The poetry program will begin at 7 p.m. Parking is at the side of the building, and the entrance is at the rear. Refreshments will be served by Jane Bullion.


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Chris Toensing is the executive director of the Middle East Research and Information Project and editor of MERIP's publication, Middle East Report. An Arabic speaker, he has lived in Egypt and traveled widely in the Middle East since 1990.
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News about Tunisia, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Jul. 18, 2014
Militants attack army posts in western Tunisia, killing 14 soldiers; extremist group believed to be linked to Al Qaeda's North Africa arm claims responsibility. MORE
Jul. 17, 2014
Some of the most powerful and hated figures of Tunisia's former government under ousted president Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali have been released from prison, beneficiaries of shift in balance of power in Tunisia and growing leniency by military tribunals trying them; move is raising accusations of injustice from relatives of victims and human rights activists in wake of 2011 Arab Spring uprising. MORE
Jul. 3, 2014
Tunisian state news agency TAP reports four Tunisian soldiers killed by a land mine during an operation against Islamist militants in the Chaambi mountains in the north of the country. MORE
Jun. 26, 2014
Djerba Journal; Tunisia has been a center of Jewish life since at least Roman times, but only about 2,000 Jews remain in the country, down from more than 100,000 in 1948; more than 1,000 of them live on Djerba, in two settlements where they tend 14 synagogues and a Talmudic school for 100 students MORE
Jun. 14, 2014
Tunisian politicians announce that they have resolved longstanding dispute and have agreed to hold parliamentary elections before the country's presidential vote. MORE
May. 29, 2014
Gunmen in western Tunisia attack family home of Interior Min Lotfi Ben Jeddou, killing four guards in one of the most brazen assaults by Islamist militants to hit the country in months; minister was not present, and none of his relatives who were in the home were reported harmed; no group immediately claims responsibility. MORE
May. 14, 2014
Revolution known as the Arab Spring lives on in the Gafsa region of Tunisia, where protests over unemployment have idled the phosphate mines--a cornerstone of the economy--for much of the last three years; Tunisians complain of poverty and pollution, lack of basic services like electricity and clean water and government corruption in parceling out coveted jobs. MORE
Mar. 7, 2014
Pres Moncef Marzouki of Tunisia lifts state of emergency that has been in force since 2011 uprising, in sign of growing confidence in country since political accords were reached in December 2013 imposition of state of emergency, put in place by former Pres Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali during protests that set off Arab Spring, have been largely ignored by public. MORE
Feb. 22, 2014
Medical flight from Libya crashes in field near Tunis, Tunisia, after an engine caught fire, killing all 11 Libyans on board. MORE
Feb. 17, 2014
Ben Aoun Journal; break dancing groups are cropping up in Ben Aoun and other small, poor towns in Tunisia in effort to offer alternative activity to teenagers at risk of drifting into drugs or militancy. MORE
Feb. 8, 2014
Security has become the most pressing issue in Tunisia as the country tries to move forward with its democratic transition and rescue its still declining economy. MORE
Feb. 5, 2014
National Guard storms suspected militant hideout in Tunis, killing seven militants, including Kamel Gadhgadhi, suspect in a 2013 political assassination. MORE
Jan. 27, 2014
Members of Tunisia's National Constituent Assembly vote to approve country's new Constitution, completing two-year drafting process and opening way for a new democratic era, three years after uprising that set off Arab Spring. MORE
Jan. 16, 2014
Editorial warns Egypt is on verge of enacting Constitution that would legitimize 2013 coup and enable authoritarian rule by giving power and immunity to military; observes that, by contrast, Tunisia is set to approve one of most liberal constitutions in Arab world; holds impending election of Gen Abdul-Fattah el-Sisi in Egypt may bring stability but it will be at expense of democracy. MORE
Jan. 15, 2014
Tunisia and Egypt, whose revolts ignited the Arab Spring, provide contrasting lesson in pitfalls and potentials for democracy in the region as they move toward new charters; Tunisia is poised to approve new constitution that is one of the most liberal in Arab world, while Egypt is seeking to pass referendum that validates military ouster of Mohamed Morsi and gives power and immunity to both military and police. MORE
Jan. 10, 2014
Ali Larayedh, Tunisia's Islamist prime minister, resigns, ending his party's two-year rule; Larayedh's resignation is setback for Islamists who wanted to lead party into elections, but is part of political agreement with opposition parties to break months of deadlock. MORE
Dec. 19, 2013
Concern is growing in Tunisia that hundreds of young Tunisians have been radicalized by Salafist mosques and trained to fight in Syria, with potential to cause trouble at home. MORE
Dec. 19, 2013
Editorial welcomes agreement reached between Tunisia's ruling Islamists and opposition parties to put a caretaker administration in charge until new elections can be held; expresses hope that Tunisians can show other Arab countries that political compromise is possible. MORE
Dec. 17, 2013
Tunisia breaks new ground with political deal between longtime enemies among the Islamists and the secular old guard; agreement aims to put in place an independent caretaker government until new elections in 2014, marking first time Islamists have agreed in face of rising public anger to step back from power gained at ballot box. MORE
Dec. 16, 2013
Tunisia's political parties select Mehdi Jomaa, country's minister of industry, to serve as prime minister, breaking months of political deadlock; Jomaa will lead caretaker government until 2014 elections. MORE
Oct. 31, 2013
Suicide bomber detonates explosives outside seaside hotel in Sousse, Tunisia, killing only himself, while another person is caught with explosives in Monastir, before they could be detonated; incidents hinder Tunisia's fragile transition as it grapples with rising Islamist extremism and political deadlock. MORE
Oct. 24, 2013
Deadly violence and street protests in Tunisia postpone talks intended to end a political standoff that had thwarted completion of a new constitution in the birthplace of, and a relative bright spot in, Arab Spring revolts. MORE
Oct. 4, 2013
Former Tunisian soccer player Nizar Trabelsi, who was sentenced to a decade in prison in Belgium in 2003 for planning a suicide bombing for Al Qaeda against military base there, has been extradited to United States to face similar charges in an American court. MORE
Sep. 29, 2013
Tunisia's governing Islamist party Ennahda agrees to step down and hand power to independent caretaker government that will lead country through elections. MORE
Aug. 28, 2013
Tunisia's Islamist government declares Ansar al-Shariah, largest radical Islamist movement in the country, terrorist organization, broadening its crackdown on Islamist extremists and distancing itself from their violent activities. MORE
Aug. 8, 2013
Tunis Journal; Theatre de l'Etoile du Nord, or North Star Theater, freewheeling cafe and dramatic space that never closes in Tunisia's capital, has become popular haunt for actors, intellectuals and revolutionaries. MORE
Aug. 4, 2013
Tunisia's dominant Islamic party Ennahda has faced setbacks since overthrow of Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, but party leader Rached Ghannouchi expresses optimism that Islamist governments in region will prevail. MORE
Aug. 3, 2013
Tunisian forces launch air and ground strikes on Islamist militants near border with Algeria after fierce clashes in area. MORE
Jul. 30, 2013
Tunisian Prime Min Ali Laarayedh, in concession to opposition groups calling for his Islamist-led coalition to resign, announces that elections will be held in December 2013 and that his government will stay in office to see through the transition. MORE
Jul. 30, 2013
At least eight Tunisian soldiers are killed in ambush on country's northwestern border, area where Islamist rebels are known to be active; Tunisian government, embattled after public protests over assassination of left-wing politician Mohamed Brahmi, calls for three days of national mourning for the soldiers. MORE
Jul. 30, 2013
Op-Ed article by Prof Karima Bennoune condemns Tunisia's ruling Islamist party, Ennahda, calling it radical group that has created climate of extremist violence; holds party is pushing for constitution that would lay foundations for repressive Islamist state, undoing decades of secular progress and destroying promise of Arab Spring. MORE
Jul. 29, 2013
Protests continue around Tunisia on the fourth day after assassination of an opposition legislator; demonstrators are calling for resignation of the government and the National Constituent Assembly. MORE
Jul. 28, 2013
State funeral for Tunisian opposition politician Mohamed Brahmi is attended by thousands of demonstrators who blame government for Brahmi's assassination. MORE
Jul. 27, 2013
Tunisian government, under pressure to produce answers, blames Islamist extremist cell linked to Al Qaeda for killing of opposition leader Mohamed Brahmi; identifies chief suspect as person also linked to February killing of opposition leader Chokri Belaid. MORE
Jul. 26, 2013
Tunisia erupts in renewed protests after Mohamed Brahmi, leader of the People's Party, is assassinated outside his home in front of his wife and children; audacity of the assassination has amplified the outrage, as many Tunisians feel the government has failed to deliver on law and order and allowed radical Islamists a license to act with impunity. MORE
May. 31, 2013
Tunisian court convicts Amina Sboui, Tunisian member of Ukrainian feminist group Femen, of carrying an incendiary object and fines her $182, but prosecutors are considering more serious charges over her protests. MORE
Apr. 12, 2013
Tunisia receives $28.8 million in the first such retrieval of what it calls looted assets held abroad by former Pres Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali and his family; billions of dollars acquired corruptly by Ben Ali, who fled to Saudi Arabia after being ousted from power, remain unaccounted for. MORE
Mar. 30, 2013
Dozens of angry Tunisians demand resignation of minister of women's affairs Sihem Badi, accusing her of failing to stand up to ruling Islamists. MORE
Mar. 13, 2013
Tunis Journal; changes along Avenue Habib Bourguiba in Tunis, named for Tunisia's first post-independence president, reflect tumult and cautious hope two years after 2011 revolution deposed Pres Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali and ushered in era of uncertainty. MORE
Mar. 9, 2013
Tunisia's Prime Min Ali Laareyedh announces new cabinet, handing over key ministries previously headed by members of ruling Islamist party to independent figures in effort to calm worst political crisis since country's revolt. MORE
Feb. 27, 2013
Tunisian police arrest four ultraconservative Islamists suspected of being accomplices to assassination of leftist leader Chokri Belaid, but they have not arrested killer himself. MORE
Feb. 26, 2013
Tunisian officials say that hard-line Islamist has been arrested in connection with killing of Chokri Belaid, opposition politician whose death touched off protests across country. MORE
Feb. 23, 2013
Islamist party that leads Tunisia's constituent assembly nominates Ali Laarayedh, former political prisoner who now runs ministry overseeing police, as new prime minister. MORE
Feb. 20, 2013
Tunisia's Prime Min Hamadi Jebali resigns after failing to form new government, saying squabbling among country's leaders has led to political crisis; Jebali met resistance in his own party when he sought to replace leaders in political coalition with technocrats. MORE
Feb. 12, 2013
Memo From Tunis; Ennahda, Tunisia's largest Islamist party and leader of governing coalition, blames news media, secular elites and remnants of old government for its troubles, in face of public anger and internal divisions after assassination of opposition leader Chokri Belaid. MORE
Feb. 9, 2013
Editorial charges murder of human-rights activist Chokri Belaid in Tunisia undermines country's progress toward democracy and pluralism; calls on Tunisia's political leadership to renew their commitment to tolerance and nonviolence. MORE
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Britain Brings Corruption Charges Against Unit of Alstom
The Serious Fraud Office said it had charged Alstom Network UK with six corruption-related offenses linked to contracts in India, Tunisia and Poland.
July 25, 2014, Friday
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Palestinians Find Show of Support Lacking From Arab Leaders Amid Offensive
The governments were accused of dithering at critical moments, and at one point, Egypt even blamed Hamas, rather than Israel, for dozens of Palestinian deaths.
July 20, 2014, Sunday
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Tunisia: Militants Hit Soldiers in Deadly Attack
An extremist group believed linked to Al Qaeda's North Africa arm claimed responsibility for the attack that killed at least 14 soldiers, the authorities said Thursday.
July 18, 2014, Friday
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Questions of Justice in Tunisia as Ousted Leaders Are Freed
Most of the senior officials of Tunisia's former government have been released from prison, raising accusations of injustice from relatives of victims and human rights activists in the wake of the 2011 Arab Spring uprising.
July 17, 2014, Thursday
Tunisia: Four Soldiers Are Killed in Operation Against Militants
The Tunisian soldiers were killed by a land mine during an operation against Islamist militants in the north of the country, the state news agency TAP reported.
July 3, 2014, Thursday
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Buffeted by Tumult, Jewish Population in Tunisia Dwindles
Tunisia has been a center of Jewish life since Roman times, but only about 2,000 Jews remain in the country — down from more than 100,000 in 1948.
June 26, 2014, Thursday
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Why two Arab governing models are doomed.
June 25, 2014, Wednesday
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As Moderate Islamists Retreat, Extremists Surge Unchecked
Elected Islamists have been shoved to the margins, and they are debating how to revive the Arab Spring's dream of synthesizing Islam and democracy.
June 19, 2014, Thursday
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Tunisia: Deal Paves Way for Elections
Tunisian politicians announced Friday that they had resolved a longstanding dispute and had agreed to hold parliamentary elections before the country's presidential vote.
June 14, 2014, Saturday
Gunmen in West Tunisia Attack Interior Minister's Home, Killing 4 Guards
The official, Lotfi Ben Jeddou, was not home during the assault, one of the most brazen by Islamists militants in months.
May 29, 2014, Thursday
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General Information on Tunisia
Official Name: Tunisian Republic
Capital: Tunis (Current local time)
Government Type: Republic
Population: 10.3 million
Area: 63,378 square miles; slightly smaller than Missouri
Languages: Arabic (official and one of the languages of commerce), French (commerce)
Literacy:Total Population: [74%] Male: [83%]; Female: [65%]
GDP Per Capita: $8,800
Year of Independence: 1956
Web site: Ministeres.tn (French)
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Discussion in 'The Ammo & Reloading Forum' started by jdon72, Sep 30, 2012.
New brass often needs sized. Not always, but don't be shocked if it doesn't work out for you.
Just go ahead and load up 5000 rounds......then test !
" refer to the first post..."--jdon
"I believe it should be possible, but any input is appreciated."--jdon
Referring to the first post , it does not look like just any
input is appreciated, but that's clearly my own view.
I'd like to see a picture of this machine. I couldn't find anything doing a search.
Bullets may seat crooked, and WILL seat inconsistently due to the excessive space in the die. You wont be able to crimp because the dies are ground to produce a taper crimp on a case that measures .381 at the mouth. the .380 is .373 at the mouth.
Again.. Good luck.
This is what I came up with
It is more like the one on the bottom right. I will take a pic or video.
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I am really looking forward to Stoker. The posters alone have sold me on the film, and the fact that it's directed by Park Chan-wook and produced by Ridley Scott just seals the deal. There's a new poster out which adds a little more mystery to the messed-up family tale. It looks like a portrait of an almost disturbingly perfect, wasp-y family, but look a little closer and you'll see Mia Wasikowska's character is holding a pencil in her bloodied hand. There's also a very prominently placed key around her neck. What can it be there for? I'm sure it unlocks something dark, and hidden ...
Here's a refresher on the plot, the poster follows:
After India's (Wasikowska's) father dies in an auto accident, her Uncle Charlie (Goode), who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her emotionally unstable mother Evelyn (Kidman). Soon after his arrival, she comes to suspect this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives, but instead of feeling outrage or horror, this friendless girl becomes increasingly infatuated with him.


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Commercial vegetable oils used by restaurants for cooking, frying, and baking often contain trans fat, as do many margarines, shortening, and pre-fried foods, baked goods and snack foods. Cities and states are enacting legislation to ban the use of artificial trans fats in foods and beverages sold at food service establishments. Ingesting trans fat contributes heavily to obesity and heart disease. Researchers at Harvard estimate that eliminating trans fats from the U.S. food supply could prevent between 6 and 19 percent of heart attacks and related deaths each year.
Denmark banned trans fat in 2003. New York City was the first location in the U.S. to legal mandate removal of trans fat from restaurants.


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HOUSTON -- Marcus and Marlon Davis are identical 5-year-old twins who could be the next big rappers to hail from Houston. But first, they'll have to overcome an obstacle bigger than those typically faced by singers seeking fame in the rap game.
Their group -- The Official Two Times Two -- is out with their new single called, "I'ma Act Bad."
The twins were four when they started rapping, but they're moving up quickly.
Marcus and Marlon recently had their first live performance at a small downtown venue.
"It was fantastic. I thought they were going to be nervous but they weren't," said their mother, Felicia Pollard.
Their mother is nervous for another reason.The twins have a severe case of sickle cell anemia.
"They've been hospitalized 36 times, both of them," Pollard said. "Marlon, we almost lost him before Thanksgiving," said their aunt and manager, Linda Marshall.
Doctors have told the family that the twins may not live to see the age of 21. Sickle cell causes the boys' red blood cells to collapse into a crescent shape. This can lead to organ damage. It always leads to excruciating pain.
In between hospital stays, Marcus and Marlon enjoy sessions in the studio.
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Their next goal is to appear on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show."
"We want to rock her show," Marlon said. "We want to dance with Ellen."
Ellen's staff is presently on break for the holidays and could not be reached for a reaction.
If the little boys do make it onto the show, they can cross it off their bucket list.
In the meantime, there is a blood drive the family hopes will get the public's attention. Marcus and Marlon require regular transfusions to stay alive and avoid debilitating pain.
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Reports by the Iowa Policy Project on why ALEC's economic policy recommendations are the wrong prescription for state prosperity, In The Public Interest on ALEC's privatization agenda, the National Employment Law Project on big business, corporate profits, and the minimum wage, the State Budget Crisis Task Force on structural fiscal threats to the states, the National Regulatory Research Institute on the status of telecommunications deregulation legislation in 2012, the Commonwealth Fund on the status of state actions to establish health exchanges, The Sentencing Project on the extent of felon disenfranchisement in different states, the National Institute on Retirement Security on the role of defined benefit pensions in reducing economic hardships among older households, and Citizens for Tax Justice on the state-by-state effects of tax breaks for 13 million working families at stake in the federal tax debate.
The Doctor is Out to Lunch: ALEC's Recommendations Wrong Prescription for State Prosperity [1] — The policy prescriptions of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) are not a recipe for growth and prosperity — if anything, they are the opposite. That's the conclusion of this brief by Peter S. Fisher, Research Director of the Iowa Policy Project, which takes a look at the yearly ALEC-Laffer Economic Outlook rankings and judges their validity against the same performance measures they themselves rely on. Taking a look at ALEC's 2007 rankings and each state's economic performance in the years since, the analysis finds that there is "virtually no relation" between a state's ranking and the growth in GDP, while for other measures such as job growth, the correlation was stronger — but in the wrong direction. "The more a state's policies mirrored the ALEC low-tax, regressive taxation, limited government agenda, the lower the state's per capita income and median family income throughout the period 2007-2010, and the higher the poverty rate," writes the author, adding that the numbers show ALEC's state economic rankings to be "a recipe for economic inequality, low wages, and stagnant incomes that at the same time deprive state and local governments of the revenue needed to maintain the public infrastructure and education systems that are the underpinnings of long term economic growth."
Profiting from Public Dollars: ALEC's Privatization Agenda [2] — In The Public Interest published this brief outlining the role of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and their corporate backers in promoting costly state privatization efforts in many different sectors through model bills that "have the potential to generate lucrative sources of revenue for ALEC's corporate sponsors." The agenda of a number of ALEC task forces are explored, including efforts to make it easier for companies to influence outcomes of privatization proposals, to encourage states to contract with companies to provide "virtual" schools that would be recognized as public schools, to incentivize states to privatize vital health programs, and to force state governments to sell off public prisons to private for-profit corporations. The brief summarizes some highlights from a forthcoming In The Public Interest report, "Profiting from Public Dollars: How ALEC and its members promote privatization of government services and assets."
Big Business, Corporate Profits, and the Minimum Wage [3] — This data brief by the National Employment Law Project takes a look at the connection between skyrocketing corporate profits and stagnating wages for workers earning at or near the minimum wage, finding that "the majority of America's lowest‐paid workers are employed by large corporations, not small businesses, and that most of the largest low‐wage employers have recovered from the recession and are in a strong financial position." Among the report's specific conclusions are that: 66 percent of low‐wage workers are employed by large corporations with over 100 employees, 92 percent of the largest 50 employers of low-wage workers had largely recovered from the recession and were profitable last year, and the average compensation for top executives at these companies was an astonishing $9.4 million, while the companies had returned $174.8 billion to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks over the past five years.
Report of the State Budget Crisis Task Force [4] — This extensive report from the State Budget Crisis Task Force, a group co-chaired by former New York Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch and former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, examines current and future fiscal threats to six large states (California, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Texas, and Virginia) and concludes that there are "persistent and growing structural deficits in many states which threaten their fiscal sustainability." Among the major threats identified are growth in Medicaid spending, the underfunding of retirement programs, eroding and volatile tax bases, spending cuts and the focus on deficit reduction at the federal level, and fiscal stress in local governments. While the report mostly stays away from making recommendations on tax structures, the co-chairs of the task force strongly note that it is their view that "the existing trajectory of state spending, taxation, and administrative practices cannot be sustained," and that "the basic problem is not cyclical. It is structural."
The Year in Review: The Status of Telecommunications Deregulation in 2012 [5] — A 2012 year in review report by the National Regulatory Research Institute rounds up the state telecommunications deregulation legislation enacted between 2010 and 2012, highlighting some of the key provisions of the bills enacted into law. In that time, the report notes, 21 states enacted laws that limit what state public utility commissions can regulate, with nine of the states having "severely limited or completely eliminated Carriers of Last Resort obligations and the requirement that carriers provide a tariffed basic local service product." The report also highlights that all of these states eliminated public utility commission oversight of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) other IP-enabled services, while, as of April, deregulation legislation was pending in an additional 14 states.
State Action to Establish Health Insurance Exchanges [6] — This updated interactive map by the Commonwealth Fund allows users to quickly access information about the status of state action on the health insurance exchanges provided for under the Affordable Care Act. In all, as of July, sixteen states and Washington, D.C. had passed legislation or seen their governors issue an executive order establishing an exchange. Only eight states had indicated they plan not to pursue a state-run exchange, while another 24 are categorized as studying the establishment of an exchange or pursuing alternate options. This resource also details some key aspects of existing exchanges, state legislation, and executive orders for the sixteen states that have established exchanges.
State-Level Estimates of Felon Disenfranchisement in the United States, 2010 [7] — The Sentencing Project published this report co-authored by professors at the University of Minnesota and New York University looking at the effect of state laws restricting voting rights for those convicted of felonies. According to the report, approximately 2.5 of the total voting age population in the United States is disenfranchised due to a current or former felony conviction — a number equal to 1 out of every 40 American adults. Other key findings in the report include that in six states (Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Virginia) over 7 percent of the adult population is disenfranchised and that, nationally, 1 out of every 13 African Americans of voting age is disenfranchised — including 23 percent of African American adults in Florida, 22 percent in Kentucky, and 20 percent in Virginia.
The Pension Factor 2012: The Role of Defined Benefit Pensions in Reducing Elder Economic Hardships [8] — This new study from the National Institute on Retirement Security takes a look at households with defined benefit pension income and concludes that such income continues to "play a vital role in reducing the risk of poverty and material hardships among older Americans." According to the report, poverty rates among older households lacking pension income were about nine times greater than the rates among older households with DB pension income in 2010 — a ratio that is up from six times greater in 2006. According to the report, governments saved by spending about $7.9 billion less on public assistance to older households because of this income. The analysis concludes that "households with lifetime pension income are far less likely to experience food, shelter, and health care hardship, and less reliant on public assistance," and that "pensions are a factor in preventing middle class Americans from slipping into poverty during retirement."
The Debate over Tax Cuts: It's Not Just About the Rich: Tax Breaks for 13 Million Working Families with 26 Million Children Are Also at Stake [9] — Citizens for Tax Justice released this state-by-state analysis of the effects of the tax credits for working families with children that are set to expire at the end of 2012 — the child care tax credit and the expansion of the earned income tax credit. These provisions would affect over 13 million working families, including 25.7 million children, in 2013. With Congress threatening to allow both of the provisions to expire, a total of $11.1 billion in tax savings is at stake — virtually all of which would go to families earning less than $50,000.


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- Whisk the ketchup, water, molasses, Worcestershire sauce, white wine vinegar, Dijon mustard, brown sugar, salt, hot pepper sauce, granulated garlic, and black pepper together in a small heavy-bottomed saucepan and place over medium heat. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and continue cooking at a simmer, stirring together, another 10 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool completely. Pour into a glass jar and store uncovered in the refrigerator for 8 hours or overnight. This allows the flavors to blend and reduce any sharpness from the vinegar.
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Very quick to prepare and a tasty sauce. I also whipped this together when I was out of barbecue sauce (and Tabasco), so added 1/2 of a finely diced chipotle pepper (drained off the adobo sauce), and used a sugar-free ketchup, because husband needs to cut down sugar. Chipotle added a nice underlying smokiness to the taste, I would recommend it. Simmered it for about 35-40 minutes, because I needed it that night. It was quite good even the same day, but was definitely a better sauce the next day, worth the wait. It was a hit, and will make it again. Thank you for adding it.
good sauce, i used regular vinegar and it turned great... next time i'll use different kinds of vinegar to see whats flavors come out... but i liked it, i cooked up some choppe up chicken and made some chicken sandwiches with it.... now ribs are cooking and i'm gonna do those with the sauce....
Delicious. Tangy and sweet and very zippy! I reduced the Tabasco by half so there would be a higher chance that my kids would eat it. I made it the night before, and then used it on beef ribs in the crock pot. Wonderful flavor! The ribs are gone, but I've been eating the leftover sauce on rice all week. I'll make this again any time I need a bbq sauce and have time to let it sit all night.
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Many people go to tanning salons to get a so-called "base tan" before leaving on a beach vacation. The theory behind this is a few sessions of indoor tanning will protect your skin from sunburn. But there's little evidence that this is true.
Tanning under the sun or a sunlamp gives protection that is equivalent to a sun protection factor (SPF) of 4 or less, which translates into a little extra time in the sun before you start to burn. But the larger issue is that any change in skin color is a sign of damage from ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Repeated exposure to UV radiation — whether from the sun or a tanning bed — increases your risk of premature skin aging and skin cancer.
To prevent sunburn and other skin conditions, use these sun protection methods:
Some people have medical conditions, such as polymorphous light eruption, that may require small, incremental exposures to UV light before a vacation to prevent flare-ups. Talk to your doctor before beginning a regimented sunbathing program if you need to treat or prevent a skin condition.
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---- — OTTUMWA — Ottumwa-native Sarah Horgen, education and outreach coordinator for the University of Iowa Museum of Natural History, will be the speaker at the annual Borlaug Fall Seminar at Indian Hills Community College on Tuesday, Oct. 15. She will speak at 7 p.m. in room five of the Rural Health Education Center on the college's Ottumwa campus.Since 2012, Horgen has been assisting with coordination of an excavation for mammoth bones in Mahaska County where, so far, evidence of at least three separate wooly mammoths has been unearthed. The Mahaska County dig will be the topic of her talk. Horgen has also been involved with the ongoing Tarkio Valley Sloth Project in southwest Iowa.Horgen's presentation is free and open to the public. Her visit is sponsored by the Indian Hills Community College Science Club and the college's Department of Arts and Sciences.


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Big Bird will team up with Michelle ObamaIts something of a victory lap for Big Bird. Four months after Mitt Romney famously pledged to cut funding for the large yellow Muppet, Big Bird is dancing in the White House to promote the first ladys healthy living initiative. The Sesame Street character and Mrs. Obama have teamed up in two new public service announcements to encourage kids to eat healthy and get active. One features Big Bird with the first lady in the White House kitchen looking for a healthy snack to eat (Big Bird opts for a similarly-colored banana). In the other, Big Bird shows off his dancing skills while exercising in the East Room.
02-21-13, 12:03 PM #2SI VIS PACEM PARA BELLUM-Ex-Sheriff Martin Howe to Will Kane in "High Noon"
"It's a great life. You risk your skin catching killers and the juries turn them loose so they can come back and shoot at you again. If your honest , your poor your whole life. And , In the end , you wind up dying all alone on some dirty street. For what? For nothing. For a tin star."
Far from being a handicap to command, compassion is the measure of it. For unless one values the lives of his soldiers and is tormented by their ordeals , he is unfit to command.
-General Omar Bradley, United States Army
So Big Bird is now openly saying he is in bed with anti Americans as well and we are still paying for it.Do not war for peace. If you must war, war for justice. For without justice there is no peace. -me
We are who we choose to be.
R.I.P. Arielle. 08/20/2010-09/16/2012
At least Big Birds butt won't look so big!For the morning will come. Brightly will it shine on the brave and true, kindly upon all who suffer for the cause, glorious upon the tombs of heroes. Thus will shine the dawn.
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August 2, 2014
HARRISONBURG Fire fighters like to work quickly in fire situations to put out the flames, but this one was a challenge for firefighters.
Chief Larry Shifflett said the department got a call about a fire on Smithland road at about 10 a.m. on Wednesday.
When fire fighters got to the scene, the power substation was on fire. They had to wait roughly an hour to start working on the fire, so harrisonburg electric commission could re-route the electrical lines to another station. Chief Shifflett said safety was why it took so long to put out the fire.
"Our main concern was having our people protected from the explosion here and making sure nobody got hurt from the electrical system itself," said Chief Shifflett.
The chief says power was disrupted for only an hour, since power was rerouted to another substation. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.


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Paralegal CertificationFebruary 14th, 2011
Currently, a paralegal certification is not a precondition to get the job, but most people choose to learn the ropes and get the certificate. In the last fifty years, the number of paralegals has grown, and the demand for new paralegals is always there. Lawyers need someone that can do the job and they need professionals that know the business and what it takes to win a case.
Not a Must
Getting a paralegal certification is not a must, but some will say it actually is. According to them, paralegals who pass the certification process bring more value and skills such as data research, capacity, professional ethics, knowledge of laws and conventional legal processes, professional writing and higher communication abilities.
Also, they argue that lawyers would prefer to hire those who have learned and gone through professional training because it shows seriousness and long-term thinking. There is always competition, and just as in any other job, the best one wins.
Salary Differences
While the paralegal certification is a not a precondition for working in law firms or for the government as a legal assistant, the fact that a person has a certificate that can prove his or her knowledge can increase the salary to 50% more than an uncertified colleague. It can even change the way they are introduced in front of costumers and other paralegals.
These claims make sense and have been proved a few times in the past in other professions that don't necessarily require certification.
Formality and Paralegal Certification
Law firms cannot list their paralegals as their legal assistants if they have no certification. By having the "certified paralegal" next to your name, you can get the appropriate recognition and jobs. Most law firms will not list you if you haven't gone through the certification process, and you can't blame them. They want their clients to trust them and to know that they are handled by the best. Listing an uncertified paralegal can ruin that trust.
There are two leading national agencies offering designations to paralegals who meet voluntary regulation specifications:
- National Association of Legal Assistants – NALA. They offer a certified legal assistant examination. The exam is actually a 2-day examination that will designate those who pass as Certified Legal Assistant or Certified Paralegal. They call it CLA and CP. Both of the designations are trademarks owned by NALA.
- National Federation of Paralegal Associations – NFPA. They offer the PACE – Paralegal Advanced Competency Exam. The exam contains several legal topics and will last four hours. If you pass the exam you are called a PACE-Registered Paralegal and have the "RP" designation.
Fight Your Way Up
Just like lawyers, paralegals fight their way up the ladder to get best cases and more money. The job is demanding, and uncertified paralegals are sometimes offended by others who don't recognize them as professionals, even if they have much more knowledge and experience than the young lawyer sitting next to them.
Not having the certificate might cause a few problems in the future, if certifications become a must-have requirement. We are not prophets and we can't see the future, so all we can do is make sure we are covered and work hard to make our dreams come true.
Paralegal certification is needed. You don't want to submit resumes and find out that all the "good" jobs have been taken by certified paralegals. By getting the certification you will be more recognized and you will be able to ask for more money as a professional. Law firms will chase you instead of you chasing them. There are more than 1,000 colleges and universities in the United States alone that can give you the desired certification and help you start on a new career.


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esterday, we asked what D&D monster you would be for Halloween. Today, we're interested in challenging your D&D knowledge—as it pertains to the undead, demons, devils, and all other things fiendishly appropriate for the holiday!
Take the following trivia challenge, and see how your knowledge of the game measures up! Answers will be available at the end, with your written choices highlighted in the field above.


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Windows Phone 8 Application Development Essentials
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- Learn how to design fast and fluid apps that users will love
- Packed with examples and illustrations that help you understand how to make high quality software
- Build applications using the modern MVVM pattern
Book DetailsLanguage : English
Paperback : 118 pages [ 235mm x 191mm ]
Release Date : October 2013
Author(s) : Tomasz Szostak
Topics and Technologies : All Books, Mobile Application Development
Table of ContentsPreface
Chapter 1: XAML in Windows Phone
Chapter 2: App Design – Best Practices
Chapter 3: Building a Windows Phone 8 Application using MVVM
Chapter 4: Integrating with Windows Phone
Chapter 5: Integrating with Twitter and Facebook
- Chapter 1: XAML in Windows Phone
- Types of XAML objects
- Navigation
- PhoneApplicationFrame
- PhoneApplicationPage
- Containers
- Canvas
- Border
- Grid
- Panorama
- Pivot
- ScrollViewer
- StackPanel
- List controls
- ListBox
- LongListSelector
- Common controls
- ApplicationBar
- Button
- CheckBox
- HyperlinkButton
- Image
- MediaElement
- MultiScaleImage
- PasswordBox
- Popup
- MessageBox
- RadioButton
- RichTextBox
- Slider
- TextBlock
- TextBox
- ToggleButton
- WebBrowser
- User controls
- Third-party controls – Windows Phone Toolkit
- Working with data
- Binding expressions
- DataContext
- Element-to-element data binding
- Binding mode
- INotifyPropertyChanged
- Value converters
- List binding
- Summary
- Chapter 2: App Design – Best Practices
- First impression
- The golden circle – people don't buy what you do, people buy why you do it
- Why? how? what? – planning
- Commands and navigation
- Flat navigation
- Hierarchical navigation
- Groups or section tiles
- Details
- Pivot
- Panorama
- Application bar
- Context menu
- Touch in the Windows Phone 8 application
- Touch and gestures
- Target size guidelines
- Branding in the Windows Phone application
- Simplicity is not bad!
- Principles for UI/UX
- Being fast and fluid
- The grid system
- Windows is one
- Controls design best practices
- Fonts
- Tiles and notifications
- Summary
- Chapter 3: Building a Windows Phone 8 Application using MVVM
- The project structure
- Folder structure
- View
- Model
- ViewModel
- Bindings
- Model
- ViewModel
- View
- MVVM communication
- Wrapping model/property changes
- Exposing commands
- Direct method calls
- Data templates
- Value converters
- The MVVM Light Toolkit
- Getting the MVVM Light Toolkit
- Messaging
- Page navigation with MVVM
- ViewModel locator
- Unit testing
- Creating the application SociAgg
- Summary
- Chapter 4: Integrating with Windows Phone
- Isolated storage
- The Settings API
- The File API
- Reading the file
- Creating a folder and writing files
- Reading and writing serializable classes
- Implementing tile notification
- Updating the application tile from code
- Background agents
- Toast notifications
- Launchers
- Choosers
- Summary
- Chapter 5: Integrating with Twitter and Facebook
- Facebook for developers
- Using Graph API
- Facebook SDK integration
- Twitter integration
- Summary
Easy to understand and supported by a fully functional piece of code, this book clearly exposes good practices to use in your Windows Phone 8 developments. - Gilles de Bordeaux
I highly recommend this book for those who want to kick-start developing on Windows Phone or whoever wants to take a look on the platform from a developer perspective as this book provides a good knowledge in a very simplified way guiding to the real ESSENTIALS of the WP Apps Development. - Abdullah Al Nady
In a nutshell, it was an excellent read. Furthermore, the book is great for the developers who want a jump start course on Windows Phone 8 app development while learning about very important topics in programming which are XAML and MVVM pattern. - Rami Sarieddine
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Sample chapters
You can view our sample chapters and prefaces of this title on PacktLib or download sample chapters in PDF format.
What you will learn from this book
- Create a consistent UI for Windows Phone
- Explore built-in and custom controls
- Plan and schedule work on applications
- Use XAML and C# in Windows Phone applications
- Set up automatic tests for mobile applications
- Implement data and command binding
- Utilise storage in mobile applications
- Develop applications with multitask support
- Integrate with social media
In Detail
Windows Phone 8 replaces Windows Phone 7 devices with the Windows NT kernel found on many Windows 8 components. Windows 8 will give you more options to develop better and more visually appealing PC and Tablet applications.
A practical guide that will show you how you how to create testable MVVM applications keeping in mind the best UI practices. You will learn how to integrate peripheral sensors and social portals like Facebook and Twitter into your applications. This book shows the advantages of using modern patterns instead of the traditional way of programming.
Starting with a Windows Phone UI description, the guide then takes you through the world of fast and fluid design guidelines. After that, you will be shown the beauty of C# and MVVM advantages, finishing with clear descriptions of mobile-application integration with peripherals and social media. Clear and well-described examples throughout will help you become a WP8 developer.
You will also learn how to test your applications using Unit Test cut dependencies in your methods using Mocks, and use the newest features of C# such as asynchronous methods. If you are more of a designer than a developer, then there is also an explanation on how to create a consistent look and feel for Windows Phone applications.
A mini-tutorial full of code examples and strategies to give you plenty of options when building your own applications for Windows Phone 8.
Who this book is for
This book is ideal if you are a developers who wants to get into mobile development. Some C# background may be useful for a complete understanding.


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Resource Repository
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Additional Resources
Emergency Management for Schools Training
Meeting Materials
Recent Training Materials
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Partner Organizations
American Academy of Pediatrics
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is an organization of more than 60,000 pediatricians. In 2006, the AAP Board of Directors identified disaster preparedness as 1 of 7 priority issues requiring special attention and resources by ensuring children's issues are addressed as early as possible in the development of disaster preparedness programs, materials, and activities, and involving pediatric experts in all levels of disaster planning and response (medical home to national levels). Resources available include a Disaster Preparedness Plan for Pediatricians, Family Disaster Action Plan, and Family Readiness Kit; information on Health Risks to Children from Wildfires, a Pandemic Influenza Issue Brief, and Pediatric Terrorism and Disaster information.
The American Red Cross
Disaster Services, Educator's Information
Provides additional materials for teachers, educators, and presenters to help children and families learn how to stay safe and prevent or reduce the effects of disasters or other emergencies.
Masters of Disaster
Teaches students how to prepare for disasters and stay safe during and after an emergency at home, school, or in their community.
Campus Safety Health Environmental Management Association (CSHEMA)
CSHEMA provides information sharing opportunities, continuing education and professional fellowship to people with environmental health and safety responsibilities in the education and research communities. The Campus Safety Association, CSA, was founded in 1954 to address the unique safety challenges that are found on a college or university campus setting.
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Campus Safety Magazine
Campus Safety Magazine provides public safety and security information for hospitals, schools, and universities.
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The Center for Bioterrorism and All-Hazards Preparedness (CBAP)
The Center for Bioterrorism and All-Hazards Preparedness (CBAP) at Nova Southeastern University, College of Osteopathic Medicine (NSU-COM) is a regional and national resource for the provision of educational services and programs focused on bioterrorism and all-hazards preparedness and response for health care professionals, health care workers, first responders, and students preparing for health careers. CBAP is the recent recipient of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) grants from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) to develop and implement interdisciplinary bioterrorism and all-hazards preparedness curriculum for health professional students.
Disability.gov - Emergency Preparedness Page
This section of Disability.gov includes information that people with disabilities, their families, employers, and first-responders need to know about actions that should be taken before, during, and after emergencies. Comprehensive information on emergency preparedness, response, and recovery plans that take into account the needs of people with disabilities, as well as practical tips on how individuals, schools, and places of business can prepare for emergencies, is also available in this section of the site.
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for Kids
Teaches children how to prepare for disasters and prevent harm from disasters. Kids can play games, read stories, and learn what causes disasters.
FEMA's mission is to support citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards. FEMA is divided into 10 regional operations:
Resources for Parents and Teachers
Provides caregivers with safety information, a curriculum, and learning activities appropriate for the home or classroom.
State offices and agencies of emergency management are key partners for both schools and IHEs involved in emergency management planning.
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International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators
The International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA) advances public safety for educational institutions by providing educational resources, advocacy and professional development services. IACLEA is the leading voice for the campus public safety community.
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International Association of Emergency Managers, Universities and Colleges Special Interest Committee
The purpose of this committee is to provide emergency managers from institutions of higher education a voice on a national and international scale to ensure their needs are also being addressed by government and industry officials.
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National Association of School Resource Officers (NASRO)
A not-for-profit organization for school based law enforcement officers, school administrators, and school security/safety professionals working as partners to protect students, school faculty and staff and the schools they attend.
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National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement
The National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement was established in December 2005 with funding from the September 11th Children's Fund and the National Philanthropic Trust. The Center is located at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, and provides a national source of Technical Assistance and Consultation in the field of helping students, staff, and families cope in times of crisis and loss.
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National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security (NCS4)
The University of Southern Mississippi's National Center for Spectator Sports Safety & Security is an outgrowth of a grant initiative funded by the Mississippi Office of Homeland Security and Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. Established in 2006, the capabilities of the Center are enhanced by its close links with other Southern Miss academic and research centers as well as with other institutions of higher learning, professional associations, and corporate partners.
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National Coalition for Food-Safe Schools
The Food-Safe Schools Action Guide
This website provides a wide range of school food safety information and resources, including tools for assessing your school's strengths and weaknesses, building food-safe school programs, building a support team, and taking action to prevent foodborne illnesses.
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National Child Traumatic Stress Network
National Learning Center for Child and Adolescent Trauma
An online resource for professionals. The Learning Center provides free access to NCTSN experts and up-to-date, science-based information in the areas of assessment, treatment and services, training, research and evaluation, and organizational and systems change for traumatized children, adolescents, and their families. The website also features a special topics section, which aims to connect mental health professionals, students, researchers, and others interested in the field of child trauma to the various free resources that are available through the National Child Traumatic Stress Network.
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National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN)
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) brings a singular and comprehensive focus to childhood trauma through collaboration with frontline providers, researchers, and families and is committed to raising the standard of care while increasing access to services. The network is funded by the Center Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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National Public Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC)
A federation of organizations whose mission is to improve public safety communications and interoperability through collaborative leadership.
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National Resource Center on Advancing Emergency Preparedness for Culturally Diverse Communities
The National Resource Center serves as a central clearinghouse of resources and an information exchange portal to facilitate communication, networking and collaboration to improve preparedness, build resilience and eliminate disparities for culturally diverse communities across all phases of an emergency.
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National School Transportation Association
Provides school transportation professionals with the tools and resources they need to make school buses safe, affordable, and efficient nationwide.
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National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster
(National VOAD) is a nonprofit membership organization founded in 1970 in response to Hurricane Camille in the Gulf Coast. Members of National VOAD include national nonprofit organizations whose mission includes programs in either disaster preparedness, response and/or recovery.
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State School Safety Centers
Following September 11, 2001, approximately 20 states developed school safety resource centers to provide support, training, and information for their state on issues of school preparedness and safety. The Center directors routinely provide the Department with valuable information regarding emerging issues related to school safety in their respective states.
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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting public health activities in the United States.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
To enhance school safety, the Department of Homeland Security offers funding, training, and resources for efforts such as providing money for emergency preparedness, training school bus drivers in security and hardening school buildings' vulnerability.
Federal Partnership for Interoperable Communications (FPIC)
The Department of Homeland Security Office of Emergency Communications sponsors a group of representatives from forty-four (44) Federal Agencies, as well as state and local advisory representatives to identify and leverage partnerships with federal, state, and local agencies that are implementing wide area infrastructure that would address common communications needs and enhance interoperability.
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The Office of Cybersecurity and Communications (CS&C) is responsible for enhancing the security, resiliency, and reliability of the nation's cyber and communications infrastructure. CS&C actively engages the public and private sectors as well as international partners to prepare for, prevent, and respond to catastrophic incidents that could degrade or overwhelm these strategic assets.
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National Center for Biomedical Research and Training (NCBRT)
The NCBRT is a DHS training partner providing high-quality training to emergency responders throughout the United States and its territories under the NCBRT's Homeland Security National Training Cooperative Agreement. The NCBRT offers many courses to help U.S. citizens prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from acts of domestic and international terrorism, weapons of mass destruction (WMD), and high-consequence events through teaching, training, technical assistance, and research.
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The National Integration Center (NIC) Incident Management Systems Integration (IMSI) Division
The Secretary of Homeland Security, through the National Integration Center (NIC), Incident Management Systems Integration (IMSI) Division (formerly known as the NIMS Integration Center), publishes the standards, guidelines, and compliance protocols for determining whether a Federal, State, tribal, or local government has implemented NIMS. Additionally, the Secretary, through the NIC, manages publication and collaboratively, with other departments and agencies, develops standards, guidelines, compliance procedures, and protocols for all aspects of NIMS.
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The Ready Campaign
In February 2003, the Department of Homeland Security launched the Ready Campaign, a national public service advertising campaign. Its purpose is to inform and empower citizens to prepare for and respond to terrorist attacks, disasters and other emergencies. The Ready Campaign offers community-based information, guides and strategies for staying safe and secure at home and in the community.
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Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium
Congress and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) established the Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium (RDPC or the Consortium) to develop and deliver relevant all-hazards training in support of rural homeland security requirements. All training delivered by the RDPC is certified by DHS and is offered tuition-free.
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U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)
COPS School Safety: Guides & Reports
The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (the COPS Office) is the component of the U.S. Department of Justice responsible for advancing the practice of community policing by the nation's state, local, territory, and tribal law enforcement agencies through information and grant resources. The COPS Office has produced and compiled a broad range of information resources that can help schools and law enforcement better address school safety issues.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), New England Office
College and University Initiative
An Integrated Enforement and Assistance Strategy
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University of Colorado at Boulder
Natural Hazards Center
Using an all-hazards and interdisciplinary framework, the Center fosters information sharing and integration of activities among researchers, practitioners, and policy makers from around the world; supports and conducts research; and provides educational opportunities for the next generation of hazards scholars and professionals.
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ULL vs. South Alabama baseball postponed because of rain
The start of a three-game series between Louisiana-Lafayette and South Alabama at M.L. "Tigue" Moore Field on Friday has been postponed because of rain.
The Cajuns (34-15, 15-9 Sun Belt) and Jaguars (37-13, 17-7) will now begin their series at 6 p.m. on Saturday and play at 1 p.m. doubleheader on Sunday.
Tickets to Friday's game can be used for admission to either Saturday or Sunday's games.


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Knocked Up
|Release Date: June 01, 2007
|Running Time: 132 mins.
|MPAA Rating: R
|Box Office: $148,734,225.00
|Genre: Romantic Comedy
• Katherine Heigl And Josh Kelley Adopt A Second Child
• Jonah Hill Says He's 'Bored' With Comedy Roles
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Summary:Alison Scott is an up-and-coming entertainment journalist whose 24-year-old life is on the fast track. But it gets seriously derailed when a drunken one-nighter with slacker Ben Stone results in an unwanted pregnancy. Faced with the prospect of going it alone or getting to know the baby's father, Alison decides to give the lovable doof a chance. An overgrown kid who has no desire to settle down, Ben learns that he has a big decision to make with his kid's mom-to-be: will he hit the road or stay in the picture! Courting a woman you've just knocked up, however, proves to be a little difficult when the two try their hands at dating. As they discover more about one another, it becomes painfully ... Full Summary >>
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