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04/21/2014 8:11amThe Republican voters of southwest Florida have either been entertained or appalled by the allegations made by the candidates seeking to replace their congressman, who resigned in January after being arrested for buying cocaine.
Is the White House giving Justin Bieber special treatment?
04/21/2014 1:37pmJustin Bieber is allowed to stay in the United States — for now. The White House won't comment on a petition signed by more than 270,000 asking for the pop star to be deported for his repeated starring role in famous- people-behaving-badly.
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04/21/2014 3:20pmThe top Republican in the Illinois House criticized on Monday majority Democrats' plan to offer $100 million in taxpayer money to lure Barack Obama's presidential library to Chicago.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at his meeting with Constitutional Court judges in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Dec. 13, 2013. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Metzel, Presidential Press Service)
MOSCOW: A Russian court has ordered the arrest of Sergei Pugachev, owner of insolvent French luxury goods retailer Hediard, as part of a fraud investigation, Russian business daily Kommersant reported on Thursday.
The Moscow court acted on a request by Russia's Investigative Committee, which is looking into allegations of fraud involving IIB bank - known in Russian as Mezhprombank - the paper reported citing anonymous sources. Pugachev is a beneficial owner of IIB, which saw its banking licence revoked in 2010, according to Kommersant.
According to Kommersant sources, Pugachev was also put on an international wanted list as investigators concluded he had left the country. The order for his arrest in absentia would allow them to request his extradition to Russia.
Neither the Investigative Committee nor Moscow's Basmanny District Court were immediately available for comment. A representative of the bank did not immediately respond to an email requesting comment. Hediard said it would not comment. Reuters was not able to locate Pugachev to obtain comment.
Pugachev's Luxadvor group bought the 150-year-old French chain of luxury food shops Hediard in 2007 in a deal that promised to help it expand abroad, but the chain has continued to lose money for the past six years.
Russian and French media reported that he paid more than 1 billion euros for the chain. In October, Hediard was placed under court-ordered restructuring after it filed for insolvency.
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My parent's bought me a can of nice, european tuna in oil. I love tuna but it's always just been a cheap protein to throw in salad or on pasta. I want to make something with this that highlights it and the oil. Any suggestions?
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Astronauts, family mourn humble hero Armstrong
CINCINNATI Neil Armstrong was a humble hero who saw himself as a team player and never capitalized on his celebrity as the first man to walk on the moon, mourners said Friday outside a private service attended by fellow space pioneers, including his two crewmates on the historic Apollo 11 mission.
Hundreds of people attended a closed service for Armstrong Friday at a private club in suburban Cincinnati. A national memorial service has been scheduled for Sept. 12 in Washington, although no other details have been released on the service or burial plans for Armstrong. He died Saturday at age 82.
Among some 10 former astronauts attending Friday were John Glenn and Armstrong's crew for the 1969 moon landing, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins.
"You'll never get a hero, in my view, like Neil Armstrong," said Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders, who praised Armstrong after the service for his wisdom and humility in the way he handled becoming a global icon. "It's going to be hard to top."
"America has truly lost a legend," said Eugene Cernan, an Apollo astronaut who is the last man to have walked on the moon.
Sen. Rob Portman, an Ohio Republican, eulogized Armstrong "as a reluctant hero" and said afterward the service was a mix of emotion and humor, with Armstrong's two sons talking about him as a father and grandfather.
"He touched the lives of so many," Portman said.
"He was the embodiment of everything this nation is all about," said NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. Armstrong, he said, had a courageous drive for exploration while being an "incredibly humble" man who probably wouldn't have wanted all the attention of Friday's service.
It included a Navy ceremonial guard, a bagpiper corps and songs including "When the Saints Go Marching In." Four Navy fighter planes flew over at the end of the service, one flying upward in tribute to Armstrong, a former Navy pilot who flew combat missions in Korea.
The moon made a rare full appearance Friday - the second full moon in August. Most months have just one.
Raised in Wapakoneta, Ohio, Armstrong developed an early love for aviation.
He commanded the Gemini 8 mission in 1966 and Apollo 11's historic moon landing on July 20, 1969. As a worldwide audience watched on TV, Armstrong took the step on the lunar surface he called "one giant leap for mankind."
Juri Taalman, 78, said he made a special trip from Hartford, Conn., just to stand across the road from the club where the service was held, in tribute to Armstrong.
He said he and his wife were on their honeymoon in Amsterdam the day of the moon landing. He recalled hotel employees bringing champagne to the guests watching Armstrong's first steps together on television, and an Englishman lifting his glass in a toast "to all mankind!"
Taalman's voice cracked as he discussed his visit Friday.
"I just think a really great man has passed, and the world is poorer for it," he said.


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columnBy Anthony Tambwe
LISTEN, what goes round always comes round, it is a fact that we should never forget, because it is true, amini usiamini. We live in a very sick society, I am telling you, and the main reason why I am saying this is obvious, people are living as if they will never account for their actions one day, wamekuwa wachafu!
There was a time I highlighted one of the sick habits people have, and it is very unfortunate, because these people continue unabated, as if they don't give a care in the world, hawajali!
There was a time someone told me that men are dogs, and we argued for nearly five straight hours, but in the five hours of argument, she told me the basic reasons for her statement and to some extent, a grain of truth was obvious. Let me tell you people, it is really sick to find a grown man in the company of a young school girl, and it becomes obvious that they have a sexual relationship, upo?
In Africa we always say that, 'mtoto wa mwenzio ni wako', simply meaning that your neighbour's child could as well be your child, so you are supposed to look out for the best interest of the kid. But it is sad to see that in the world we are living in right now, people have turned this saying into something else, and some have even tried to better the saying, and add that 'mke wa mwenzio pia ni wako!'
Anyway, that is another topic for another day, but what I am trying to say here is, it is actually very bad to see these men, bila aibu, having serious love affairs with very young girls, not caring to know that they are destroying the future of these girls.
Hivi kweli, why are you guys so hard headed? I told you once that it is bad behaviour, but you are behaving as if you are doing the right thing, ni sawa hiyo? In some cases, you find the girls are as young as 15 years, but they are in the company of old men, men who are old enough to be their fathers and sometimes grandfathers, comfortably, bila wasiwasi! Nikauliza, will you remain quiet and do nothing when another old fellow corrupts your own daughter?
Will you laugh out loud when you find this old man holding your 15 year old daughter in a very tight embrace, and calling her sweetie, while sitting on a bar stool? I don't think so, kabisa! Unlike the previous years when you actually needed some sort of courage to approach a woman, nowadays all you need is a smooth tongue and some excuse of money, and you are likely to find the right woman, wa umri wako!
But what really makes you, with the respect you might be holding in the society, to go out and seduce a girl who doesn't even know right from wrong? Mtoto wa mwenzio ni wako, that is something which should tell you that the way you would want others to treat your child, so you should treat someone else's child, with the same feeling, of a father.
Sometimes you tend to wonder, all these young girls we see in pubs and clubs in the company of men older than they are, do they really have parents? Do the parents know that their daughters, as young and innocent as they are, are being violated by men?
We need to watch out, because we are raising a future generation that will be living on a very dangerous edge, nasema kweli! That is why I always say that if you need to be in a relationship, then for crying out loud, look for someone your own age, stop robbing the cradle, it will cost us one day, and as I always say, what goes round comes round, malipo ni hapa hapa! What exactly will you be doing with a 14 year old girl in a pub at night?
What exactly do you have in common with an 18 year old? Kama sio kumuharibu ni nini? And what exactly is the society doing to deal with these sick men? Nothing! We sit and watch as a man enters a pub with a girl who is obviously too young to be in such a place, and we do nothing, because after all, sio mtoto wangu! It will cost us, take my word! 0713 807164


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Do your research before approving these cameras. They are a scam. Center Point has made a HUGE mistake by installing these cameras and now the whole council and mayor will not be re-elected. The majority of those that are ticketed are not "habitual lawbreakers" but the hard working citizens of your community. People who have never received a ticket before are receiving tickets for not stopping at a stop sign for 4 seconds or their bumper might be just over the white line. Learn more at our website at www.boycottcenterpoint.com
I guess you are okay with cameras watching you 24/7. These cameras are not "triggered" by running a stop sign or speeding. They are running all the time. These cameras will not stop texters or people not paying attention who run stop signs. They will not catch the drug deals going down on Polly Reed Road behind Popeyes. They will not stop the criminals who want to commit violent crimes against you or your loved ones. That is the real problem with Center Point. They would rather make you think that a person who "rolls" a stop sign is a criminal instead of the real lawbreakers out there. www.boycottcenterpoint.com (read the FAQ's and see the truth about these cameras)
What people are not getting are these cameras are strictly for turning a quick profit for the city of Center Point. If they were about safety don't your think they would have put the first cameras on the parkway. Nope they placed them in unmarked vehicles At the bottom of hills where the speed suddenly drops to 25mph. When my 60 year old uncle who has never received a ticket in his life receives a ticket for his bumper being over the white line at a 3-way stop, I take issue with that. I have been to city council meetings where the only one to speak in favor of these cameras are the council woman's daughter. If they were all about safety don't you think they would report these citations to your insurance or on your license? They don't because then they would actually have some standards to follow (like citing the actual offender and not the person who might actually own the car. FYI there are no cameras on the red lights in Center Point. www.boycottcenterpoint.com
Please join us www.boycottcenterpoint.com. There is a link to our online petition and we also have a group on Facebook "Say No To Center Point Traffic Cameras". Look us up!
The thing is - there are NO red light cameras in Center Point. There are 2 at stop signs and if you are even an inch over the white line - guess what - you get a ticket. If you do not stop for more than 4 seconds - guess what - you get a ticket. And I don't have a problem with those as much as I do with the ones they hide in unmarked SUV's and vans over hills and around curves. They claim it is for safety, when we all know it is to generate revenue. Especially when Henderson and the Council just voted themselves a big fat raise. www.boycottcenterpoint.com - Oh and they cannot arrest you for these citations - they are no more than a very expensive parking ticket. If it was all about safety - dont you think they would report it to your insurance. Nope cuz they can't even prove it was you driving. www.boycottcenterpoint.com
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I have been personally delivering intent to boycott letters to businesses in Center Point. They are not happy with this either. Listen to your constituents Mayor Henderson. The only examples of accidents in Center Point that were used in the meeting was on 23rd that happened over 20 years ago. Well you know what - they put up a caution light and no one has died there since. Seems like that worked. The other was the drunk teenager that hit the family and killed them off the side road entering the parkway. Well I don't think I camera is going to help that either. You know what will help. More visible police officers.
Please sign our petition. http://www.petitionbuzz.com/petitions/saynotocptrafficcams
There is not one camera on a red light in Center Point, but you better be careful topping a hill or rounding a curve, because they have a mobile camera that can pop up "anywhere"! It is all about the money. Even in the last City Council meeting, the only person to speak in favor of the cameras was the council woman's daughter.
Good, he should not be re-elected. He needs to focus on the REAL problems of Center Point. I will be at the City Coucil meting tonight.
Yay! Vestavia! Redflex is a scam company that uses safety as a cover to generate HUGE profits! Please visit and sign our petition to put an end to these cameras in Center Point. Also encourage your representative to vote to pass HB221. http://www.petitionbuzz.com/petitions/saynotocptrafficcams
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Yep, that something for nothing cost me $13,000! Crazy! Decided to cash out and put it in a 529 plan. So now I guess Fidelity will put my kid through college!
Because of this loser, my husband lost his job! I hope he has to do some real work in Prison (if he really even has to go).
Yay Blount!! I remember as a kid making fun of kids from Blount County.... Now I live there and would not move for anything! It's a great community!
25 Years?? Does that mean it will have taken 50 years to plan/build the Northern Beltline? I have heard about this project since I was a little kid.
They have already acquired some of the property to start this project, they just need to get on with it. I think it will bring some good things to northern Jefferson County/Lower Blount County. =)
Chad please let me know if you need ANYTHING!!!! =) Shawna
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Zambia is expected to benefit from the US$350 million set aside by the African Development Bank (AfDB) to fight drought and food insecurity in Africa.
AfDB resident representative to Zambia Freddie Kwesiga said the bank would also provide about $100 million for climate change adaptation for African countries.
Dr Kwesiga said AfDB would provide US$350 million for the fight against drought and food insecurity for the whole of Africa and that, the bank had a solid track record in supporting African countries in developing more sustainable, resilient and greener economies.
He said the green growth offers a pathway towards achieving sustainable development adding that, there was a clear recognition that growth was essentially and important for advancing Africa's development.
"But it was also important to ensure that it is the right kind of growth. Green growth is about quality of growth that we want for Africa," he said.
Dr Kwesiga said the bank had prioritised Green Growth in its long term strategy to support African's transformation into a stable, integrated and prosperous continent.
Speaking during the international workshop on enabling Green Growth in Africa at the Southern Sun Hotel in Lusaka yesterday,
Dr Kwesiga said improving the quality of growth for Africa was key for helping Africa achieve growth that was more inclusive, leading to deep reductions in poverty as well as African transition to green growth that would protect the livelihood of the people.
Dr Kwesiga said the bank was committed to helping Africa's transition to greener growth by increasing the capacity of African economies to reach their development objectives more efficiently by identifying development pathways that reduce the pressure on essential natural assets and better manage environment and socio-economic risks.
Speaking at the same function, Lands, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Deputy Minister Danny Chingimbu said Zambia like many African countries drives its economy by utilising its abundant natural resources and the environment saying that it was important for the country to sustainably use these resources to reduce poverty in order to become a middle-income country.
Mr Chingimbu said the country had for a long time depended on copper mining as its key contributors to the economy, as a result, the country was faced with numerous challenges of large-scale mineral extraction.


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> I've got a dual boot laptop, but I have to use Windows for my legal work.
> Supposedly Windows XP has a firewall, though I've never used it. But note
> that the opinion talks about having to use both a firewall and an encryption
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> So what is an "encryption device" that I can use to comply with the
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When you connect to a web site using https://www.whateversite.blah uses
an encrypted tunnel. A VPN connection uses a encryption. So, if you
connect to your home or office. And, if you use ssh, that is using an
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But, you could also encrypt the file and send it.
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If you turn on Windows Firewall, I would say it should be reasonable.
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'Give me a job': Lauren Cooper takes to Twitter to find employment and wins support of John Prescott and MPs
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THE seemingly endless letters of rejection were getting single mum Lauren Cooper down. She sent off one CV after another, but like hundreds of other jobseekers in East Yorkshire's crowded market, nothing seemed to work for her.
In desperation, Lauren took to Twitter asking for employment – and says the response has been unbelievable.
Her posts have attracted support from veteran politician John Prescott and MPs Diana Johnson and Graeme Stuart.
"I tweeted a few people saying I was desperate for a job and asking if they could help," said Lauren. "I got a few retweets, then John Prescott retweeted me and wished me luck.
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"Then a lot of other people retweeted it. I feel a little bit famous."
Lauren, 26, used to work in admin for homeless charity Hull Harp at the group's Crossings Hostel, in Great Union Street. She was made redundant in March after the centre was taken over by Riverside and she has been unable to get back into work.
With a six-year-old son to support, she is desperate to find something.
"Riverside won the right to run the full building and Hull Harp didn't need as many staff," Lauren said. "I'm looking for admin or reception work ideally, because they're nine to five hours, which is better for my son.
"I would be happy to take other hours if I have to, though."
As well as applying for every vacancy she saw, Lauren emailed at least 40 companies asking if they had any openings.
Despite her best efforts, there was no response.
It was then she hit on the idea of using social media.
"I thought I would take a different approach, because just looking on websites and handing CVs out wasn't getting me anywhere," she said.
"I'm just fed up with the same route looking for work and it bugs me that people ask for experience.
"How are you supposed to get it when you've not got a chance?"
Lauren posted her first work tweet about two weeks ago.
"Need a job ASAP!! Somebody employ me ppplllllleeeeeaaaaassssseeeeee," she wrote.
It did not get much of a response, so Lauren decided to seek the help of public figures in Hull.
She tweeted Lord Prescott and Hull North MP Diana Johnson asking them to share her comments "so local employers see".
Since then, her appeals have been retweeted more than 60 times and many users have wished her luck.
It also attracted the attention of Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness.
His office contacted Lauren to ask how he could help.
"I emailed Graham Stuart about my background and his secretary rang me and redid my CV for me," she said.
"Graham got in touch with some local councillors and they advised me to start volunteering.
"I'm really hoping to get myself a job."
She has not yet found work but Lauren, who lives in Ottringham, is determined to keep looking.
Her success on Twitter was a total surprise. Now, she just hopes it translates into a salary.
Lauren is on Twitter at @Lauren_coops88.


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Is anyone else confused. I've read this one twice, and something's just not clicking on the last few pages. I get that Clint Barton is Ronin here (I think), but what game is he playing?
It looked to me like he (Ronin) was the one who threw the sword to Maya as she was getting up. I got suspicious when I saw the look on his face during Strange's "purity" spell. Is he a plant to take Strange out? Did Strange already know about it? How many chest wounds can Dr. Strange put up with in such a short time?


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I lived in a one bedroom apartment at Pine Forest for a year and found it to be pretty reasonable for the price. ($469.00, which included gas, water and trash removal) I was on the second floor and had a balcony facing a wooded area. It was pretty quiet and private. There is a park close by, and deer walk through the yard quite often. The kitchen and bathroom were average size for an apartment, but the living room and bedroom were both bigger than other apartments I've stayed in. I also had my own dining area. I never had a problem finding parking, even in the winter when certain parking spots are blocked off for snow plowing.
On the down side, the apartments are definitely older. The hallways are pretty dark and kind of dingy feeling. The kitchen cabinets are old and dark. Paint was chipping off of the bathroom cabinets. My main apartment door was gouged around the lock area and scratched up. The closet doors were all scratched up. The air conditioning wall unit was old and loud.
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Authorities say one person was killed and six others were injured when a pickup truck careened onto a crowded sidewalk and into a business.
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In the days following a violent car crash outside Hemet High School, the 18-year-old driver claimed his pickup truck's faulty brakes caused him to plow into a group of students in a sidewalk Wednesday. The California Highway Patrol argued Monday that it was the student's reckless driving that caused the crash.
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This summer the son of my dear friend is getting married. I wanted to make something for a shower gift and I immediately thought of the Coiled Rag Bowl. This bowl can fit any decor depending on the colors. I went to their registry at Pottery Barn. I made a copy of the stack of their towels, then I went out and found fabrics to match. (I realize the colors you see on screen aren't necessarily accurate, but I didn't need them to match exactly... just wanted the same feel.)
Here is the work in progress:
To get the complete directions on how to make a coiled rag bowl, check out last year's tutorial for the Rainbow Coiled Rag Bowl. Although a bit time consuming, they are fun to make and the finished bowls are so beautiful, it is worth each and every pin pricked finger :)
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Not really a summer event but my bestfriend is having her first baby this summer so I've been making her a basket of gifts, many of them from here. Right now I'm working on your hooded swaddling. I'm using a beautiful, hand painted, muted rainbow wool. I also made your felt ball and 3 nubby dolls. I want to make her a few bibs. I love your stacking birds applique and plan to put one of the birds on each bib. Thanks for all your inspiration! I have yet to try one of your rag bowls. Love the colors you are using. Want to make one for myself soon.
I love your rag bowls! I will have to make one (or more) with all my scraps of fabric.
Right now I am working on some felt poppies, and I want to make one of the felt pin cushions you posted. Now that our garage sale is over, I won't feel guilty spending some time crafting.
Thank you for all your wonderful ideas and tutorials. I have learned so much from you!
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Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan has attributed their victory over Mali to entering the game with a winning mentality.
The Black Stars beat Les Aigles by a lone goal thanks to a Mubarak Wakaso first half goal from the spot, which lightened up their chances at the 2013 Orange Africa Cup of Nations underway in South Africa.
Earlier, the Black Stars gave up a two-goal lead to settle for a 2-2 draw with DR Congo in their Group B opener, but the put up a spirited performance to earn their first win at the tournament in Port Elizabeth.
"We came into the game with a winning mentality and it helped us. It was a difficult game though, but we played better. No team at this tournament can be underrated."
Ghana sits at the summit of the group with four points with a place at the knockout stage in sight; however Gyan believes there is still much to do to book a place at the next round.
"We have four points but we need to more (against Niger) to qualify," Gyan added.
Ghana scored from the spot against the Mali, but Gyan, the familiar face with scoring penalties from the Black Stars was nowhere near the ball when the time came.
"I said at the beginning of the tournament that I'm not responsible for penalty kicks in open play. I will come in when it becomes decisive. Now, Wakaso (Mubarak) is the first taker and we all have to support," disclosed the Ghana captain who missed a first half penalty as Ghana felled to Zambia at the semis last year.
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Long Awaited Bridge Project in La Crosse Getting Closer
A back-up bridge plan agreed to more than four years ago in La Crosse will finally get put to use this summer. After years of toil, the city council agreed in January of 2009 to build the current Cook street bridge to Isle la Plume as a back-up when the decades-old Niedbalski Bridge would get a long-awaited re-decking. Bids for that project are finally expected back this May with work to begin this summer. Bids are expected to be in the six hundred thousand dollar range. Cook street will be the lone access to the island once the older bridge is under construction.


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Ramona and Beezus Star Joey King to Bully Jess on New Girl!
Ms. Day (Zooey Deschanel) is in for an unwelcome surprise in an upcoming episode of New Girl.
According to E! Online, 12-year-old Ramona and Beezus actress Joey King is set to play one of Jess's students, Brianna — and she's no teacher's pet. Brianna, a spoiled mean girl with two mothers, bullies one of her male classmates, and when Jess confronts her about it, Brianna targets Jess instead. Logically, Jess turns to Winston (Lamorne Morris) and Nick (Jake Johnson) for help.
So who will win: Jess or the kid? If she has Nick and Winson in her corner, our money's on Jess. After all, Winston had no qualms gettin' aggro in that dance-off with the boy usher in "Wedding."
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Dodoma — THE government has set aside 100m/- in the fiscal year 2012/13, to improve spring water sources for human consumption in Isikizya, Ndono, Lutende and Goweko.
The Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, Regional Administration and Local Governments, Mr Kassim Majaliwa, said once the project is complete, it will benefit 1,500 people.
He said in the fiscal year 2011/12 the government spent 9m/- from its own sources at council level, to gauge the quality of water from Ilolangulu, Mabama, Upuge, Magiri and Ufuluma springs in Tabora North.
The deputy minister noted that the assessment found out that the spring water was fit for human consumption. In the previous fiscal year of 2010/11 Uyui council spent 4m/- assessing spring water from Isikizya Village and found out that it was fit for human consumption.
"The spring water source was then improved and is being distributed in Uyui (Isikizya) District, which has a population of about 4,000 people," he explained. The whole project costs the government about 200m/-, the deputy minister noted.
Mr Majaliwa was responding to a basic question from Shaffin Sumar (Tabora North - CCM), who wanted to know why the government is not considering Magiri Ward and Ishihimulwa and other areas with spring water for assessment.
He said Magiri and Ishihimulwa villages in Bukumbi Ward have three springs, adding that the whole of Tabora North has a total of 13 spring water sources. "The government recognizes the importance of the spring water sources that is why it has taken such steps to ensure water is available for human consumption.


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Broward County murder will not be tried as hate crime
Lisa Marzilli
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Craig Cohen was walking home from a local diner in Oakland Park, just north of Fort Lauderdale, last April when he was attacked by a group of men. He was pushed to the ground and repeatedly kicked in the head until his skull was crushed. Cohen spent the next six months in a brain damaged coma and died Oct. 7th, never having regained consciousness. The Broward County Sheriffâs Office said this week it will not investigate his death as a hate crime, despite requests from the manâs friends and gay rights activists.
Craig Cohen was 47 years old and openly gay. And he was not the only person attacked on April 6th. A few minutes after Cohenâs attack and less than two miles away, 27 year old David Villanova was beaten and robbed by the same men. He survived his attack. He is also openly gay.
Two suspects were arrested in May in connection with the crimes. A third, just 18 years old, was arrested this week, charged with robbery and murder. But Cohenâs friends and family say the charges arenât tough enough. So does Scott Hall, founder and president of Gay American Heroes, a foundation that honors the victims of hate crimes and also seeks to educate the public about a problem that Hall says claims an LGBT life every nine days. Hall said he appreciates Broward County Sheriff Al Lambertiâs ongoing support of the gay community, but believes the motive behind Cohenâs murder was hate, not robbery.
Cmdr. Rick Wierzbicki is with the Broward Sheriffâs Office and is Chief of the Hate Crimes/Anti Bias Task Force. When asked why Cohenâs personal effects werenât stolen by the suspects, Wierzbicki said it wasnât from a lack of trying.
Wierzbicki said it was a lack of evidence that prevented them from classifying the attacks on Cohen and Villanova as hate crimes.
As brutal a crime as this was, Wierzbicki said the facts of the case did not fit the criteria laid out in the hate crime statute.
Scott Hall says the Sheriffâs Dept. needs to be pressured to reevaluate the case because if the brutal beating of Cohen canât be classified as a hate crime then maybe itâs time to rewrite the statute.
Statistically, Broward County has the highest recorded number of hate crimes in the state. WMNF asked Cmdr. Wierzbicki why he thinks that is.
Cmdr. Wierzbicki said that now that Cohen has died, the charges against 21 yr. old Victor Gonzalez, 25 yr. old Pargu Leandro and 18 yr. Chad Olah will be the stiffest that can be levied, with or without a hate crime classification: that of 1st degree murder.
Cohenâs friends have established a fund that aims to help the other victims in crimes such as Cohenâs: the pets who are left behind. At the time of the attack Cohen shared his life with a dog named Eddie and 5 indoor cats, who Scott Hall said might have had to be euthanized, were it not for the âCraig Cohen Animal Advocacy Projectâ. The CCAAP is part of âThe Pet Projectâ which helps people living with HIV/AIDS keep their pets by providing care and support. Although still a developing initiative, CCAAP found caring homes for all of Cohenâs cats and Eddie was adopted by a neighbor. To learn more about The Craig Cohen Animal Advocacy Project go to http://www.petprojectforpets.org. For information about the Gay American Heroes Foundation visit http://www.gayamericanheroes.info.comments powered by Disqus
Commentswhat a horror!
reading that story was heart wrenching. r.i.p. craig. i hope the devils who did this are awarded the stiffest penalty and suffer suffer suffer!!!!
WELL MISS U COLA!!! GET INTO IT WIT A NIGGA, GOTTA TOT MA GUn!
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Chad Olah is what BSO used to appease the communitys pressure for the hate crime statute, he had nothing to do with the crime. In court the other day over and over it was Leandro and Gonzalez that commited the horrible acts against mr> Cohen If you are the TRUTH radio you should have got the truth outside BSO and from the Lack of evidence against Mr. Olah It was the demands that pushed BSO to arrest a white child to serve up to the media masses so you all can be happy while the real killers sit back and dont even cratch the surafce when they are ADMITTEDLY the ones who attacked Mr. Cohen Prayers to MR. Cohens family and Friends and Prayers for Chad Olah the political poster child for a crime committed by others


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STOP PRESS - IRRV East Anglian Association AGM and Social Event - 3 July 2015
The AGM will take place on Friday 3rd July 2015 at 10.30 for 11.00 am to be held at Boys Smith Room, St John's College, Cambridge CB2 1TP. Guest speakers will be David Magor, OBR IRRV, Chief Executive and Kevin Stewart, IRRV President.
The meeting will start at 11.00am with tea and coffee available beforehand and will be followed by a fascinating optional tour of the college.
The meeting will be FREE to IRRV members with a £20 charge for non members.
The following links give details of how to get there http://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/maps-directions and the general park and ride site http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/info/20149/park_and_ride which I hope you find useful.
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East Anglian Association Training event - Payment Negotiation and Effective Telephone Handling 21 and 22 July 2015
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Plauen is a city in the Free State of Saxony, east-central Germany.
It is the capital of the Vogtlandkreis. The city is situated near the border of Bavaria and the Czech Republic.
Plauen's slogan is Plauen - echt Spitze.
In the late 19th century, Plauen became a textile manufacturing center, specializing in lace. Around 1910 Plauen, as a kind of industrial 'boomtown', reached its population peak (1910 census: 121,000, 1912: 128,000).
In the 1930s Plauen earned the dubious distinction of hosting the first chapter of the Nazi Party outside of Bavaria. Plauen's population shrunk dramatically since World War II (1939: 111,000 inhabitants).
From 1945 on, Plauen belonged to the Soviet occupation zone of Germany, from 1949 to 1990 to the German Democratic Republic. During that time it hosted a large Red Army occupation garrison and in the last years of the East German state the officer school of the border guards ("Grenztruppen der DDR"). The exposé Fast Food Nation gives special mention to Plauen as the first city in East Germany following the collapse of the Berlin Wall to have a McDonald's restaurant.
In the district reform of July 1 2008, Plauen lost its urban district status and was included into the district of Vogtlandkreis.


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Yesterday, at Apple's "Back to the Mac" special event, Steve Jobs announced the Mac App Store: a place where we'll soon be able to find the very best Mac apps, all in one place. Following this, we've heard from MacStories that a Mac version of Flight Control HD is already in development.
The news came directly from Firemint: the development company that created Flight Control. A picture of a MacBook Air running a Mac version of the famous game was posted recently (above), informing Firemint's fans of the company's intended move to Mac.
Undoubtedly, many other iOS developers are going to want to branch out to the Mac now, following Mac App Store's announcement. The App Store revolutionized the mobile experience; with any luck, the Mac App Store will be just as successful. If there are any other iOS games you'd love to play on the Mac, let us know in the comments below!


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PhD, University of Connecticut
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Work motivation, work-life integration, managing diversity.
Teaching Courses
Creating Effective Organizations: Leadership
Diversity in Business
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Graves, L. M., Ruderman, M. N., Ohlott, P. J., & Weber, T. (in press). Driven to work and enjoyment of work: Effects on managers' outcomes. Journal of Management.
Graves L. M. & Sarkis, J. (in press). Fostering employee proenvironmental behavior: The impact of leadership and motivation. In D. R. Gallagher, N. Christensen, & R. N. L. Andrews (Eds.), Environmental Leadership: A Reference Handbook. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Graves, L. M., & Powell, G. N. (2008). Sex and race discrimination in personnel decisions. In S. Cartwright and C. L. Cooper (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Personnel Psychology (pp. 438-463), Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Graves, L. M., Ohlott, P. J., & Ruderman, M. N. (2007). Commitment to family roles: Effects on managers' attitudes and performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 92, 44-56.
Graves, L.M., & Elsass, P.M. (2005). Sex and sex dissimilarity effects in ongoing teams: Some surprising findings. Human Relations, 58(2), 191-221.
Powell, G. N., & Graves, L. M. (2003). Women and Men in Management (3rd edition). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Elsass, P.M., & Graves, L.M. (1997). Demographic diversity in decision making groups: The experiences of women and people of color. Academy of Management Review, 22, 946-973.
Graves, L.M., & Powell, G.N. (1995). The effect of sex similarity on recruiters' evaluations of actual applicants: A test of the similarity-attraction paradigm. Personnel Psychology, 48, 85-98.
Graves, L.M., & Karren, R.J. (1992). Interviewer decision processes and effectiveness: An experimental policy capturing investigation. Personnel Psychology, 45 (2), 313-340.
Graves, L.M., & Powell, G.N. (1988). An investigation of sex discrimination in recruiters' evaluations of actual applicants. Journal of Applied Psychology, 73 (1), 20-29.


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During his trial in 1997, Youssef was found to have concocted a plot in 1995 to bring down 12 US airliners over a two-day period over the US West coast area. The plot was discovered in 1995 on his computer in Manila by Philippine intelligence agents.
According to Wilkinson, Youssef developed ways of assembling otherwise innocent-seeming bomb components in-flight. In 1994, the procedure almost brought down a Philippine airlines plane when a bomb made this way exploded prematurely, but the pilot managed to land the damaged plane safely, despite the loss of one passenger sucked through the hole created by the bomb.
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Diabetes and Obesity
Weight control is an important issue in diabetes. Type 2 diabetes often results from insulin resistance, which is made worse by excess body fat. Getting and keeping your weight in an ideal range will help you to better manage your diabetes.
If you are overweight, it is important that you work with your doctor in developing diet and exercise parameters to get you to a more healthy weight.
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Dan Matthews of PETA interview, Part II
Mitch E. Perry
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Dan Matthews of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals was in Tampa yesterday to promote his new book, âCommitted: A Rabble-Rouserâs Memoir.â
Matthews is the mastermind behind many of the audacious and outrageous protests that have made PETA such a controversial, but effective group.
Speaking with WMNF yesterday, we asked him if thereâs ever been any incident he did that made him feel like PETA had gone a little "too far."comments powered by Disqus


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With 12 episodes of totally irrelevant side-story in between, Sword Art Online finishes the tale introduced within the first – and according to the man who created the game himself, the purpose of it all was nothing.
After Guilty Crown, one had to ask themselves "will there ever be another anime series this horrible?" – and apparently, yes, there certainly is.
This 14th atrocity initiates with an insulting mess – a legion of pathetic losers continue their efforts to kill a digital monster against whom they clearly stand no chance. And we're not merely shown the usual one frame fight scene – we're showered with an Armageddon of single still frames. It's not even reminiscent to PowerPoint – rather, it's a complete intercession of a PowerPoint presentation in the midst of the series, each with slashes of vivid color traveling across them as if intended to represent some kind of movement.
Save the ridicule and laughter for later however, the series is set to get hysterical.
Past the opening sequence, everyone is moping around – mortified by how their friends' side-character status was not enough to shield them from death. Yet suddenly, the protagonist decides to run up to the red guild leader and make a jab at him with his blade. The fellow turns out to have been the game's creator – and subsequently, goes into a lengthy monologue about the fun of an MMORPG and whatnot.
For a genius, the game's creator is seemingly quite a fool for the obvious reason that based on this series alone, we would never know the fun of an MMO. If anything, Sword Art Online has merely gone to show that even social outcasts can successfully find love on the internet – and lonely middle-aged men can resort to mass-murder, or making themselves popular in a game, instead of simply finding something productive in reality.
Come to think of it however, this fellow who devised Sword Art Online has managed to do both – a true inspiration for all the children who turn giddy over this series.
After the meaningless jabber, it's not even appropriate to keep referring to these scenes as "fights" any more – an exchange of single still frames occurs between the protagonist, and the game creator, the latter of whom effortlessly deflects all single frames of the former.
And while the game creator cast a spell on the whiny heroine to make her temporarily invincible by Kirito's request so her worthless life kindles for a while longer, on top of the fact that he paralyzed everyone within the room, she apparently seems to have learned a lot from Kirito and utilizes her inner protagonist power – somehow breaking through both spells of the game master and jumping in front of Kirito as he was going to be slashed in half, dying in his place.
The protagonist breaks down – as now, the only person to ever love him, an assembly of pixels representing a girl equally as pitiful as himself, has perished. He loses the will to live – which aside from making the sacrifice of the female lead entirely vain and pointless as he begins dawdling his dual blades around like twigs before being stabbed to death, also shows that he's some senile freak who believes the death of a videogame character is something to end his life over.
What ever happened to making a struggle to return to reality, or his evidently extraneous little sister he once mentioned? He's seemingly forgot them all long ago.
Yet don't forget, Kirito is a protagonist. As one will notice, unlike everyone else who vanishes immediately upon their defeat in Sword Art Online, protagonist class characters are resistant to death. The series gives no logical explanation whatsoever for any of this – though at least those who are earnestly curious behind what happens needn't worry as one can be sure that a more desperate few fans of the light novel will be quick to wail about what the light novel says.
Nonetheless, the loser turns transparent, although still lives – he sticks around much longer than he should and stabs the game creator, at which point, all goes white. And at this point, it seems one may have seriously misjudged this series – protagonists aren't resistant to death, they're completely immune. In Sword Art Online, protagonists don't die even when they're killed.
Kirito and his harlot find themselves somewhere in the sky – and the game creator is there as well. Now although Kirito was enraged like a little kid earlier, furious at the game creator for allowing so many expendable side-character to die – Kirito seemingly forgets all of that once the game creator starts speaking. Don't be too harsh on Kirito however, he's not the only character of this series with a mental deficiency.
As it turns out, the game's very creator doesn't even know why he himself bothered pouring so much effort into making Sword Art Online – literally admitting himself he doesn't know the reason behind why he made the game. And when asked of the 4000 or so who have been selfishly killed – they're essentially labelled collateral damage.
In spite of the heavy emphasis on 10,000 people stranded in a virtual world within episode one, this 14th round of disgust confirms what we've seen over the course of the previous 12, there never was a point to any of it. The game creator didn't even know why he did anything.
And with that, Kirito awakens back to reality – a frail reject who has at least gained something valuable during his time in Sword Art Online. From before, he had nothing – he had no friends, and he was lonely, a total discard of society. However now, Kirito's life has changed entirely – he can get people to feel sorry for him once they learn he's a refugee of an online videogame, going from the ranks of nobody, to a pitiable creature.
On top of that, he'll be remembered forever – protagonist of the worst series of all-time.


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Schenker XIRIOS B502 SeriesProcessor: Intel Core i7 3632QM
Graphics Adapter: Intel HD Graphics 4000
Display: 15.6 inch
Weight: 2.2kg
Price: 1100 euro
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mobility: 85%, workmanship: 67%, ergonomy: 76%, emissions: 87%
Schenker XIRIOS B502 i7-3632QM
SpecificationsNotebook: Schenker XIRIOS B502 i7-3632QM
Processor: Intel Core i7 3632QM
Graphics Adapter: Intel HD Graphics 4000
Display: 15.6 inch, 16:9, 1920x1080 pixels
Weight: 2.2kg
Price: 1100 euro
Links: Schenker homepage Schenker notebook section
Chameleon? Schenker offers an inexpensive and very freely configurable business notebook based on the Clevo W551EU Barebone. Does the endless competition leave room for such an alternative?
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Positive: device can be composed individually
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 05/21/2013
Modern games should be playable with these graphics cards at low settings and resolutions. Casual gamers may be happy with these cards.
Intel HD Graphics 4000: Processor graphics card in the high end Ivy Bridge models. Offers a different clock speed in the different CPU models (ULV to desktop quad core) and therefore a different performance.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Core i7: The Intel Core i7 for laptops is based on the LG1156 Core i5/i7 CPU for desktops. The base clock speed of the CPUs is relatively low, but because of a huge Turbo mode, the cores can dynamically overclock to up to 3.2 GHz (920XM). Therefore, the CPU can be as fast as high clocked dual-core CPUs (using single threaded applications) but still offer the advantage of 4 cores. Because of the large TDP of 45 W / 55 W, the CPU is only intended for large laptops.
3632QM: An Ivy Bridge-based quad-core processor clocked at 2.2 GHz with Turbo Boost support up to 3.2 GHz. Offers an integrated HD Graphics 4000 GPU and a dual channel DDR3 memory controller. The speciality of the i7-3632QM is the low TDP of 35 Watt compared to 45 Watt of the other Ivy Bridge quad core CPUs (e.g. 3610QM).
15.6: 15 inch display-variants are the standard and are used for more than the half of all notebooks. 15.4 inch display with 16:10 are the standard for notebook displays. However nowadays, more and more 16:9 displays with 15.6 inch appear. The reason why so many people like displays with medium size is, that this size is not exhausting for the eyes, does not need too much energy and the laptops can be kept quite compact.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
2.2 kg:
These sub-notebooks weight less than the average of all notebooks, but represent a heavier class of weight among the sub-notebooks. 13 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.
2.2 kg:
79%: This rating is not convincing. The laptop is evaluated below average, this is not really a recommendation for purchase.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.