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Daily Evening Herald and Commercial Advertiser
Contributed by: St. Louis Mercantile Library, University of Missouri - St. Louis
The Daily Evening Herald was an early newspaper in St. Louis, Missouri. The materials in this collection cover June-October of 1835.
Dallas Bartley, Small Town Boy
Contributed by: Missouri State University Special Collections and Archives Department
This exhibt presents life of Dallas Bartley. From his earliest days in Springfield through his years performing with some of the most notable jazz musicians of his time, Dallas Bartley was an accomplished performer and composer.
Dave Dexter, Jr. Collection
Contributed by: Miller Nichols Library, University of Missouri - Kansas City
A variety of material including correspondence, writings and photographs from the noted music critic, writer, and record producer from Kansas City, Missouri. Over 2000 photographs contribute to the research of the early history of the record industry during the 1930s and 1940s, as well as the development of jazz and popular music.
Deafness in Disguise
Contributed by: Becker Medical Library, Washington University
Deafness in Disguise presents images, illustrations, advertising pamphlets, trade catalogs, patents, rare books and other material pertaining to mechanical and electrical hearing devices from the 19th and 20th centuries. Of particular focus are hearing devices that were designed for concealment or camouflage within everyday items.
Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb
Contributed by: Harry S. Truman Library & Museum
This collection focusing on Trumans historic decision includes documents covering the years 1945-1964. Supporting materials include an online version of "Truman and the Bomb: A Documentary History," edited by Robert H. Ferrell.
Depicting Devotion: Illuminated Books of Hours from the Middle Ages
Contributed by: Washington University Libraries Special Collections
An exhibit of the Book of Hours showing Illuminations from the Middle Ages.
Devil's Island Paintings
Contributed by: University of Missouri - Columbia
These 24 paintings of Francis Lagrange, a prisoner on the Devil's Island, depict life within the penal colony off the coast of French Guiana. Lagrange was held on Isle Royale for 20 years under charges of art forgery and currency counterfeiting.
Diamond Vision, Missouri Tigers on the Field
Contributed by: University Archives, University of Missouri-Columbia
An exhibit depicting history of the baseball Tigers at the University of Missouri-Columbia. It includes photographs of Missouri Tiger coaches and Champions team photos, and lists of Missouri Tiger All-Americans, Professionals and Hall of Fame members.
Diary of Nancy Holmes Corse
Contributed by: Miller Nichols Library, University of Missouri - Kansas City
Personal diary of Nancy Holmes of Enosburgh, Vermont from her eighteenth birthday on March 27, 1858 until May 4, 1859.
Domino Danzero Family Photograph Collection
Contributed by: Missouri State University, Special Collections
This collection of 1056 images is part of a collaborative effort between the Missouri State Archives, which digitized the Missouri and Ozarks images, and the Missouri State Universitys Special Collections and Archives Department, which houses the entire collection.
Dramatic Images
Contributed by: University of Missouri-Columbia University Archives
Exhibit drawn from a collection of action, still, and cast photograph negatives from plays performed by the UMC Missouri Workshop Theatre between 1927 and 1951.
Dred Scott Case
Contributed by: Washington University Libraries
Collection of one hundred and eleven documents, over 400 pages of full-text searchable resource that represents the full case history of the Dred Scott Case.


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Civil servants are failing poor people like Cassiem Mahommed and many others. The decline of our civil service is one of the most important political problems facing South Africa.
In November we reported how Mahommed and dozens of other workers at the old Athlone power plant had remained uncompensated for years for asbestos-poisoning claims. Mahommed was diagnosed with asbestosis in the 1990s. He retired in 2007 and has been waiting for his claim to be paid out since at least then. We wrote, "Mahommed is currently on a monthly pension of R5,000. He has to pay for his medical costs himself, which amount to R4,000 to R5,000 every three to four months."
The GroundUp article was run in the Cape Times so Mahommed's story has gone beyond our website. It has not languished in obscurity.
Today we published a follow-up article. Despite a staff member of the Department of Labour contacting the journalist who wrote the article and promising to sort out Mahommed's claim, nothing has been done since November. No one has contacted Mahommed. Given that Mahommed's story has the highest profile in the media of workers needing compensation, it would be surprising if any of the others have been compensated since November.
Our attempts to contact the Department of Labour have been in vain. The department appeared to shut down in late December, which is absurd. All government departments should be open and functional every weekday of the year, except public holidays. Phones need to be answered. Messages need to be returned.
Are the people staffing and leading the Department of Labour callous, uncaring and incompetent? Or are they paralysed by an ineffective bureaucracy and poor political leadership? Or is it some combination of all this?
Sadly, there is nothing unusual about Mahommed's story. It is increasingly the norm as can be seen by the endless stream of news reports on government failures as well as the personal experiences most of us endure when dealing with government. The South African civil service is increasingly dysfunctional.
For many South Africans, a job in the civil service is the only path to leading a comfortable middle-class life. That people clamour to be employed in government and will use family and political connections to do so is understandable. Nevertheless it is vital to the welfare of the vast majority of people that the civil service be staffed mostly by competent, caring people able to carry out their jobs honestly.
Under apartheid the civil service was notorious for carrying out government policies that demeaned and harmed people.
In the post-1994 period, the civil service's focus was turned to massively increasing its capacity to provide houses, grants and health. It was never a bastion of great competence and clean governance, but during the mid-90s and much of the 2000s many important parts of the civil service appeared to work reasonably.
About two million RDP houses have been built. More than 15 million people receive social grants and over 2 million people receive antiretroviral treatment. These, amongst others, are incredible achievements that have benefited millions of people. But these achievements are at risk. To maintain them we need a modestly competent civil service.
GroundUp is a left-leaning publication. Our editorial line promotes social welfare and a state that helps develop our country's people.
But it is not sufficient to simply call for more expenditure and greater social welfare when the civil service is becoming a grotesque sponge of public resources that is increasingly incapable of serving poor people.
Identifying and fixing the underlying causes of the rot in the civil service must be a priority of social movements as well as anyone concerned about developing South Africa.


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Unknown Horizons 2009.1July 13th, 2009 by Crusader
Version 2009.1 of the Unknown Horizons project was released for testing by developers and other interested parties:
- All new user interface.
- Gettext supported muiltlanguage support. This release comes with complete English, French and German translations and mostly complete Norwegian and Portuguese translations.
- New main music theme.
- A boatbuilder to build new ships for your fleet.
- Hunter graphics added. No functionality yet.
- Some revamped ingame graphics, like new inhabitants.
- Some performance improvements for the build process. Previews are now shown much faster.
- Lots of bugfixes.
- Removed all drop down widgets to ensure crashfree setting changing.
- Lots of code refactoring. More to come.
- Saving and loading of games.
Unknown Horizons is an economic sim, loosely based on the Anno series, which uses the FIFE engine.
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It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's a Photographer?
February 17, 2011 by admin
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Andy Ringsmuth was flying high above downtown Lincoln Monday morning, taking aerial photographs of the city. Ringsmuth was able to capture the Grand Manse in a whole new way, from above. The aerial photo featured above truly displays the size and structure of the Grand Manse, formerly the Post Office. His work provides us with a pictorial tribute to the building's history and how it has evolved throughout time.


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Ongwediva — ONGWEDIVA will host the Nestor 'Sunshine' Tobias Boxing and Fitness Academy Boxing Bonanza on Saturday night.
The main attraction will be Namibia's WBA inter-continental champion Paulus 'The Hitman' Moses, who will trade blows with Zimbabwe's Ephraim Mangenda in a ten-round lightweight bout.
It will be the main bout of the evening and will be supported by nine other bouts on the undercard, involving some of Namibia's top professional boxers.
Mangenda is Zimbabwe's lightweight champion and boasts with a record of 15 wins, one draw, and two losses from 18 professional fights.
In the main supporting bout, WBA Pan African Junior welterweight champion Jason 'Taks' Naule will step into the ring against Zimbabwe's Elson Muhampi in a bout that is scheduled for eight rounds.
Naule has 12 wins from 12 fights.
Super-middleweight fighter Vikapita Meroro will take on South Africa's Delta Mukhiti, while Namibia's up-and-coming lightweight boxer Jatoroora Tjingaveta will square up against Tumelo Mabusza, also from South Africa.


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I'll be honest. Twitter sounded like a crazy idea to me. Who can say anything about anything in 140 characters? And who cares anyway? After two months (and realizing I'm not omniscient), I decided I should get a Twitter account to see what it was all about. (Experiential learning is part of VoicePro's core philosophy!) I immediately saw the draw. Fun and slightly addictive, but it still felt like a novelty to me.
Did you hear that? It's the sound of the paradigm shifting. Everything changed when professional communicators got into the Twitter game: grocery chains, coffee shops, TV networks, celebrities, Senators, pundits, and comedians. Tweeters suddenly could take 140 characters to make you laugh, cry, call your Congressman, buy a new pair of shoes, and, maybe most importantly, click on a link to find out more.
Wow, that was the epiphany. Isn't that succinct, persuasive, get-to-the-heart-of-the-matter approach at the center of good presentation skills? Fewer words, more engagement? Something that captures the imagination (or mind, or heart, or pocketbook)? A gift-wrapped box you want to open to find out more?
As you prepare for your next presentation or sales call, don't start by organizing those 27 pages of data into your 45-minute narrative. What's your short, sweet Tweet that will make brains "click" on the rest of your presentation? Be imaginative, be bold, be captivating. Check out some favorites from the Twitter folks I follow, each with a link to more content.
Admit it. Those are tweets likely to get some attention from the audience, right?
A little tweet-ology can be a helpful, disciplined way to approach a presentation, first as you set the overall message and then as you think through each sub-section or topic area. What's the nugget that captures your message – and your audience? Put your presentation together with thought and people will be listening, remembering and re-tweeting it!
By the way, you can follow VoiceProInc on Twitter, too.
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"Straighten up," your mother may have said. "Pull your stomach in. Don't slouch."
And you either stood up straight, or you ignored her and, as an adult, you're still slouching.
This isn't the only scenario that may have doomed you to poor posture, but it's a good illustration of a real life situation that can have a lasting impact on one's image, career, and even one's health.
There are good reasons why it's critical for individuals wanting to develop good communication skills for leadership to pay special attention to body position and skeletal alignment. When you're in balance, with your bones and muscles all in the right places doing what they're supposed to do, you look good, sound good, and feel good. Your mind works more clearly and it's easy for you to move.
As I was watching the 2010 U.S. Open Tennis Championships last September. I was conscious of how often the commentators mention posture and body language. "He's got that hang-dog look," Patrick McEnroe said of one player who had visibly slumped. "He'll be out of this if he doesn't change his attitude—fast."
In VoicePro's workshop, Executive PresenceTM, we take clients through a visioning exercise where they fashion a model of themselves as a leader. Some time later we ask them to assume the posture of their envisioned selves, as they would stand, sit and move, when they become the leaders they aspire to be. Every single individual changes in some way, and almost all gravitate toward what we at VoicePro® have termed Neutral Position.
Neutral Position is a natural stance that allows your energy to flow freely. Because it's free of tension, Neutral Position is also a powerful posture, its strength radiating outward and enveloping everyone in the immediate surroundings. The effect on the workshop participants is striking.
While I can't help you find Neutral Position in a few hundred words, I can give you some pointers you can use right now—today—that will change the way you stand and sit, and that will raise your stature in the eyes of others.
We see it all the time. Under stress, people protect themselves by closing up, turning away, or trying to become invisible in the midst of the crowd.
So whenever you feel yourself wanting to shrink into the woodwork, do the opposite. Open up. Let your shoulders drop and open up your chest. Let your arms hang at your sides or relax them on the arms of your chair. Resist any impulse to hide or make yourself smaller. In other words, take your space.Sit back. We all know people who, knowingly or unknowingly, invade the personal space of other people. They lean in from the waist and get "up close and personal." They perch on the edge of their chair as if they're ready to climb into your lap. They point at you. Whatever they do, you want them to just back off.
This is something else to work on. People with higher status tend to stay back, so keep your back pressed against the back of your chair. When you're standing, maintain a distance of approximately two feet from the person you're speaking with."
When you "float" your head, the high point of your body is the crown of your head. You want to feel that you're suspended on a string from the ceiling. It may help you to imagine helium balloons attached behind each ear, lifting your whole head gently upward. This natural head position will enable you to keep a straight gaze and will get rid of the kinks that can cause pain at the end of a stressful day.
Taking stock of your posture is one of the first steps in developing effective business communication skills. The way you stand, sit and move shapes your message in all kinds of ways.
I'm reading a terrific book right now by Chip and Dan Heath. It's called Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard. It's a thought-provoking guidebook on change management and I found some intriguing tidbits that will likely find their way into some of my VoicePro workshops.
But today, I want to focus on something else: how well they used storytelling as part of their presentation. That's what was so powerful about this book – the stories of real people and real companies, real successes and some very real disasters.
They had me hooked on page 12. That's where I read a story I've told to at least a dozen other people. A man named Jon Stegner believed inefficient purchasing, caused by distributing control among the company's many factories, was wasting millions of dollars each year. His first step wasn't to create an Excel spreadsheet. He didn't write a 3-page memo. He had an intern gather up one of each type of glove bought by the far-flung purchasing offices of the organization. Want to guess how many he found? 424 different kinds. It gets worse. In some cases the price for the same item ranged from $5 to $17.
He still didn't use his findings as the basis of a detailed report or a scathing email. Instead, he tagged each item with its price, piled them all on the conference room table, and invited the division presidents to come and see what he called his "Glove Shrine." As the authors say, "The reaction was visceral…Soon Stegner had exactly the mandate for change that he'd sought."
Both by the Heaths and Stegner. Stories help us educate, to transfer knowledge and create a community of common values. Stories helps an audience understand who they are, what they stand for. They create a sense of belonging. And, stories motivate, because they make the theoretical into reality and mundane into mission.
What's the image that paints the picture of your goal? What's the plotline that lets your staff see how they're either the guy in the white hat, the trusty sidekick or the cattle rustler?
Maybe I need to stop and do a little myth busting before we go on. If you believe storytellers are born, not made, you're selling yourself short. Yes, there are natural storytellers. But in my work at VoicePro I've watched people blossom as they learn to discover their stories, shape them and tell them with appeal, influence – and often a good bit of humor. It's a matter of taking time and staying in the moment. And you can do it, too.
Believe me, a happy ending starts with the first word of a story.
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She wanted to help people find careers they loved, and she wanted to help lift children out of poverty. So she started a coaching and consulting service for adults (Careers With Wings) and young people (Children With Wings). She wrote "Finding Your Passion: the Easy Guide to Your Dream Career," which was published in 2009.
When Morrison met Wells the following year, Just in Time had just received funding for a career-training program, and Morrison was ready to combine both passions into one cause. Just in Time was the right spot, and many wonderful things blossomed when Morrison and her program took root.
"She really helped me step out of my box and connect with people," said Shontá Battle, who is graduating from SDSU with a degree in gerontology but is following her dream to start an arts program for underprivileged kids and her fellow foster youth. "I learned how to network, and I also learned how to ask for help and how to give help if it's needed."
As it turns out, the lessons go both ways. For Morrison, this is the stuff that a dream life is made of, and she is living it right now.
"I feel like this is my purpose. This is why I get out of bed in the morning," Morrison said. "Anytime you see that light bulb go off, where I can see they have figured out who they are and what they want to do, there is nothing better than that,"


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For almost twenty years, the Crown Victoria has been the vehicle of choice among law enforcement agencies across the United States. Driver's eyes are trained to recognize the low-riding and gliding shark on the highways with their startling blue-red flashing lights. Now it's time to recognize a new vehicle for Washington State Patrol troopers.
Ford halted their production on the vehicle last fall opting to switch over to a new model. WSP has been preparing for the change since the last of the Police Interceptors came off the assembly line in Chicago. They decided they would be switching to the Chevrolet Caprice. While many troopers will be replacing their patrol vehicles with the Caprice, one trooper in Lincoln County requested the last Crown Victoria issued to the agency.
Tpr. Paul Wanzenried made the trek to Tumwater in June to pick up his new ride. He was met by a ceremony as WSP said farewell to one of the last of its kind that is now the mobile office for the Eastern Washington trooper.
"I think it's a historic event for WSP and watching their last Crown Vic go out the door... As for me having it. It is what it is," Tpr. Wanzenried said. "It's the end of a legacy. I wanted to take it into retirement."
The trooper has already put on over 2,000 miles since receiving the car. The vehicles are typically decommissioned around 150,000 miles, but before they reach that mileage, they're re-issued to WSP cadets.
For the 8-year-veteran in the agency, his last vehicle lacked many tools he has now. Prior to his new ride, everything was on paper. Wanzenried says he became known for keeping his "office" clean even before the new vehicle, but now he has a printer for tickets, a camera system to record incidents and even his own patrol laptop. His new vehicle issued to him is outfitted like all the agency's new Caprices from fleet. Some of these tools, common in other agencies, are luxuries to Wanzenried.
"We don't have as much cool technology, but with over 1,000 cars, it's costly," Wanzenried said.
Multiple factors added to WSP's decision to switch to the Caprice including the roomy interior up front and for whomever is in the back. In WSP's January newsletter, they explained the Caprice's interior is almost eight cubic feet larger than the Crown Victoria interior. The Caprice was also cheaper than Ford's upcoming sedan model of the Police Interceptor by $1,300.
By the time WSP had to make a decision on a new vehicle, the production of Ford's new Police Interceptor was not completed so there was no opportunity to test drive it.
As Wanzenried's fellow troopers start their shifts in the new vehicles and he remains inside the Crown Victoria, some things will stay the same. Drivers continue to recognize the symbol of law on the roads.
"[While driving a Crown Victoria] everyone has their little halos on. When I'm in my personal car, I see all sorts of crazy things," Tpr. Wanzenried said.
Just before Tpr. Wanzenried's new car was issued into the field, WSP shared a message that you can only read when you pop the hood: "This is the final fog line CVPI built for WSP, upfitted the 1st week of June, 2012! May it serve its trooper well and safe."
Other Crown Victorias remain in the agency, but as they reach retirement, they will be replaced with the Caprice.
Read more: We went on a ride-along with Trooper Paul Wanzenried last week where we got to learn all about his new office. During the four hour ride-along, he wrote three tickets for speeders and gave one courtesy ride to a man and a young boy. Here's the Storify version of that ride-along featuring tweets and photos.


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New Scientist magazine - 03 November 2012
The US military is a useful ally on climate change
A lean, green fighting machine could help tip the balance in the war for the planet
We must heed the warnings from superstorm Sandy
The lesson of Sandy is the same as those of the Eurozone crisis and events such as the Egyptian revolution: complex systems play by their own rules
Sandy shuts down New York's power grid and subway
News > Upfrontp4
Hurricane Sandy caused transformers to explode, and floods are putting the New York subway through the worst disaster in its 108-year history
Slow-moving hurricanes such as Sandy on the rise
News > Upfrontp4
Sandy will linger for days over the US east coast. Climate change means future hurricanes will be more likely to behave this way too
Expect mass death of ash trees as fungus spreads
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European ash tree populations could be slashed by a massive 90 per cent with the spread of the killer fungus causing ash dieback disease
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Flightless feathers show dinosaur didn't soar, a historical tsunami in Lake Geneva, and the balance of risk in breast cancer screening
Bugged phone deepens controversy over Italian quake
News > Upfrontp5
Six scientists were convicted for manslaughter for failing to communicate earthquake risks, but wiretapped conversations hint at further problems
Smoking drives women to an early grave
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Women who smoke into middle age lose 10 years of life, confirming they suffer the same ill effects as male smokers
SpaceX poised to bring back blood and cucumber plants
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When a commercial capsule splashes into the Pacific on Sunday, it will restore the capability to bring experiments back to Earth
Eco-warriors: US military pushes for green energy
News > Special Reportpp6-8
The Pentagon's plans to meet 25 per cent of its energy demands from renewables by 2025 could send benefits rippling throughout society
Galaxies could give glimpse of the instant time began
News > This Weekp9
Quantum fluctuations stretched out in the universe's first moments may still be detectable in the pattern of galactic clusters today
Unnatural molecules are cancer cell assassins
News > This Weekp9
Spotting the gaps common to all known genomes leads to molecules that kill cancer but not healthy cells
Polystyrene atoms could surpass the real deal
News > This Weekp10
Microscopic polystyrene spheres have bonded using the same geometries as real molecules. One day they could be used to build novel materials
Tropical plankton exodus by 2100
News > This Weekp10
One-third of phytoplankton species could be driven out of warming tropics by the end of the century, transforming ecosystems and threatening fisheries
Brain circuits run their own clocks
News > This Weekp12
How fast neurons work seems to determine how we perceive time, and could hint at how things go wrong in stressful situations
Radiation still high in Fukushima fish
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With radiation levels in fish around Fukushima not dropping as expected, scientists are seeking an explanation
Last life on Earth: microbes will rule the far future
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A timeline for habitability on rocky planets around sun-like stars offers a glimpse of Earth's future and a way to search for alien life in places we might have overlooked
Flying fish fossils hint at ancient evolution
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New fossils found in China show that flying fish were evading predators millions of years earlier than we thought
Humble bee nests in horse dung
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A newly discovered species of bee nests in tunnels burrowed into dried horse manure, arguably taking home-ownership to an all-time low
UV exposure isn't the only worry for red-heads
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The pigment that makes hair red hair may increase risk of skin cancer in fair skin, even if you stay out of the sun
'Zombie' planet: Weird world may be back from the dead
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Seemingly killed by doubt over its existence, the exoplanet Fomalhaut b could be revived as a world shrouded in murky dust
Brain stimulation gives tics to those without Tourette's
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Tourette's-free volunteers acquire copycat tics after brain stimulation, providing insight into the causes of the syndrome
Golden solution to inexpensive test for HIV
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A new method of detecting viral or cancer proteins using gold nanoparticles could lead to more sensitive and affordable tests for disease
Orphaned stars linger in dark matter haloes
News > In Briefp17
Faint light from stars ripped from their homes during galaxy mergers may explain weird splotches in the infrared sky
Prehistoric Transylvanian mammal had blood-red teeth
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Just in time for Halloween, we bring you Barbatodon transylvanicus, a mammal that scurried beneath the feet of dinosaurs and had blood-red tooth enamel
Mine your language: Software decodes company reports
Technology > Newsp19
Divining subtle meanings in the phrases of financial reports has a value, so text-mining software is getting busy
Flea-like robot takes giant leap in bot locomotion
Technology > Newsp20
A tiny robot inspired by fleas can fling itself 30 times its body length – a leap forward in the attempt to get small bots to move a long way in a hurry
Will software revamp guard grid against cyberattack?
Technology > Newsp20
A new operating system could protect power plants and other infrastructure from cyberattack, but the approach may have its own loopholes
Want to keep your genome safe? There's an app for that
Technology > Newsp21
A smartphone app will let you access tailored medical services on the fly without your genome falling into the wrong hands
Fear of hackers holds back online voting in the US
Technology > Insightp22
The technology is ready for elections to be held online, but until cybersecurity is strengthened they are on hold
Shot from a Doctor Who camera
It's a still image that is more about time than space – this picture has not been manipulated or Photoshopped: it's simply a different way of looking at the world
Obama is still the best hope for science in the US
Opinion > Comment and Analysispp26-27
Americans who care about science and its wider benefits should back Obama for a second term, says geneticist and Democrat campaign adviser Andy Feinberg
Why I've built my own satellite
Opinion > Interviewp27
Technology-obsessed artist Hojun Song has built a DIY satellite, but is finding it much harder to sell T-shirts to pay for the launch
Oliver Sacks: I want to de-stigmatise hallucinations
The neurologist who wrote The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat lifts the lid on hallucinations – including his chat with a spider
After a fashion
I suggest an alternative to "truth decay" in explaining the half-life of citations (22 September, p 36). New lines of research that give hope...
Reality made simple
Amanda Gefter endorsed physicist Eugene Wigner's sentiments on "The unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics in the natural sciences" (29 September, p 38...
The real deal
As a philosopher with a background in biological science, I applaud your recent special issue on reality (29 September, p 34) as a valuable marker...
Times are changing
In her letter, Susan Hall identifies many behavioural patterns that would have been socially acceptable in the past, but which we now find unacceptable, such...
Enigma Number 1722
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Badger jabs
It is not the case that "farmers in England and Wales are keen to get on with the controversial cull" of badgers (20 October, p...
For the record
• We got the title of Stephen Cave's book wrong (20 October, p 40). It is in fact Immortality: The quest to live forever and...
Fragile knowledge
Back in the mid-1970s (yes, I am that old) I was involved with some iconoclastic engineers and scientists. One of the issues much discussed...
Genetically mollified
Michael Marshall's article fails to address the major concerns of those of us who are alarmed at the roll-out of GM crops (13...
I remember you
My autobiographical memories fit the general pattern described in your feature (6 October, p 36): I have few before the age of 5 or 6...
Primate play plan
Your look at animal memory mentioned Santino the chimp, who collects and hides rocks to later throw at zoo visitors (6 October, p 34). This...
Sequencing loophole
You report the US Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues as concluding: "policies should protect individual privacy by prohibiting unauthorized whole genome sequencing"...
Vlad the infuser
So, infusions of young blood keep older brains healthy - in mice, at least (20 October, p 10). Would this suggest that Dracula, with his taste...
When is will free?
I was struck by the relationship between the letters from Mike Pollard (6 October, p 30), who believes we need to accept carbon capture and...
The great thaw: Charting the end of the ice age
Features > Cover Storypp32-35
Just 20,000 years ago, ice ruled the planet. So why did it relax its grip? Finally, it looks like the answers are in
Of lice and men: A very intimate history
Features > Featurepp36-39
We've got head, pubic and clothing lice, all with tales to tell about evolution, including how our ancestors cosied up to gorillas
Does your biology influence your vote?
Features > Featurepp40-43
The intricate connections between genetics, psychological make-up and whether you swing to the left or right at elections are starting to be unravelled
Exploding the myths about the Higgs
Opinion > CultureLabp44
Physicist Sean Carroll proves himself to be equal to the challenge of explaining the Higgs boson in The Particle at the End of the Universe
A whistle-stop tour through science history
Opinion > CultureLabp45
In A Little History of Science historian William Bynum attempts to tell the sweeping tale of science - and nearly pulls it off
Fighting TB, the unforgiving enemy
Opinion > CultureLabp45
The history of tuberculosis is rich with struggles and successes. But in Spitting Blood, Helen Bynum gets too bogged down in facts to draw the bigger picture
Parcelling up nature in One Cubic Foot
Opinion > CultureLabpp46-47
Photographer David Liittschwager used a green cage measuring 1 cubic foot to introduce random sampling into his documentation of six fragile ecosystems
Artificial intelligence: A new future
Features > Instant Expert
Neuroscience and psychology are leading to new hardware and software designs, and the internet provides a vast store of data. Will AI evolve on its own?
Artificial intelligence: Early ambitions
Features > Instant Expert
We have long imagined machines that can reason and learn as well as a human can. But building them has turned out to be surprisingly difficult
Artificial intelligence: Everyday AI
Features > Instant Expert
AIs route phone calls, approve credit card transactions, prevent fraud, trade stocks, recognise faces, and even help doctors interpret test results
Artificial intelligence: The coming superintelligence
Features > Instant Expert
As our tools get ever better, we will become better as well. We may hear less about AI and more about IA – "intelligence amplification"
Feedback: Chocolate wins Nobel prizes
The chocolate-Nobel link, LOL out loud, the spineless inherit the Earth, and more
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If you've been watching videos on the Khan Academy app on your iPad and you've found yourself thinking, "Gee, I wish I could watch these videos on my iPhone, too." Well, you could do just that with the new iPhone-optimized version of Khan Academy for iOS.
Actually, you can already do that on your iPhone even without the new iPhone-optimized version of Khan Academy for iOS. Just go to the Khan Academy website on your iPhone's browser, select a video, and watch it right there.
But if you prefer a more native browsing and watching experience, then, yes, the new iPhone-optimized version of Khan Academy for iOS is for you.
Khan Academy for iOS launched last March as an iPad-only app. But it's only now that the app has been updated with iPhone, and therefore universal, support.
Through the app's new iPhone version, you can easily watch any of the over 3,500 educational videos provided by Khan Academy.
Note, though, that with Khan Academy for iPhone, you can't download videos for offline viewing. You can't also you track your progress or navigate through videos using subtitles.
For those actions, you still have to rely on Khan Academy for iPad. Which is not at all unreasonable, since the pocket-sized screen of the iPhone is likely to be used only for short-burst video consumption anyway.
Khan Academy for iPad and, now, iPhone is available now in the App Store for free.


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Big, bustling cities are magnets for adventure-seekers and ambitious young people. But the grit and flashiness that attract singles to New York, Los Angeles and Miami aren't necessarily what parents look for in a place to settle down. Young people looking to start a family might do well to look past the bright lights of the big city.
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opinionBy Charles Olowojoba
Psalm 136:1-4 "O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. 2 O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever. 3 O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever. 4 To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever."
God deserves my thanksgiving: I deserve nothing. People murmur when they feel they deserve compensation for their contribution- may be they have fasted or prayed or kept away from obvious sins. We deserve nothing! It is of His mercy we are not consumed. His compassion fails not.
1. He is good. God is good. Psalm 136:1 "1O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
2. He is merciful. He forgave me when everyone else thought I deserved to pay for my sins. He said to the woman caught in adultery, "Neither do I condemn you but go and sin no more." He was there to help me when no one else thought I deserved it.
3. He gave his life for me and to me. He exchanged his life for mine. He gave me a brand new life. He did not patch up my messed up old life or try to reform it. No, he replaced it with a new one. He took the old one that was completely messed up with sin, guilt and condemnation and riddled with fear, sickness and disease and gave me something completely free of sin, guilt and condemnation; full of life and joy. I am a new man!
4. He preserved my life. Psalm 30:3, "3 O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. 4 Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness."
5. He delivered me from my enemies. Psalm 18:46-50
6. He believed in me when no one else did.
7. Others will help you from a distance, but God is there real close especially when you need Him the most and no one else cares.
8. He saved me, healed me and keeps me in good health.
9. He has delivered me from the plans of all those that hate me.
10. He has provided for me at critical times when everywhere looked dry.
How Do You Show Gratitude To God?
1. By deliberately expressing your gratitude to Him for His numerous blessings. Mention specific helps and thank Him intentionally for them. Psalm 103:1-5, verse 2 says, "Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits"
2. By sharing your testimony in church, neighbourhood, office, etc. By testifying of His acts of faithfulness, kindness, and mercy in your life. Psalm 105:1 "IO give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds AMONG THE PEOPLE. 2Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works. 3Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD."
3. By refusing to do things that grieve Him. Have you heard people say, 'is that what you do to repay me after all I have done for you?' Do only those things that bring honour and glory to His name.
4. By offering yourself and skill to serve him in the church and in the world. Rom 12:1, "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service." Give him your body, skills and talents to use. This is sacrifice and service. And the bible says it is reasonable.
5. By giving back to Him a sacrifice of thanksgiving. This way you recognize and acknowledge Him as your Source. Every good and perfect gift comes from God. Exodus 23:14-17; Matt 16:22 "...what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?" How much do you consider appropriate to give to the Lord in thanksgiving for sparing your life and the lives of your loved ones? He deserves your best and your all.
What happens to those who don't give thanks? Deut 28: 47-49,
"47Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; 48Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee."
• They groan under the oppression of their enemies
• They simply dry up and fade. They diminish and lack all things. This is a description of extreme poverty. Those who are always murmuring and complaining never amount to much.
• They never know satisfaction and fulfilment.
• They may lose their lives
What happens when you give thanks?
Psalm 67:5-6, "5Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. 6Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us. 7God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him."
• You enjoy the presence of God
• You enjoy the deep joy and peace of God
• You position yourself to receive more.
• The earth yields its increase unto you.
• God blesses the thankful in every way. God makes more investments in the life of the thankful knowing that he or she will not forget.
• You are delivered from all forms of captivity.
Make thanksgiving and praise your lifestyle and you guarantee the manifestation of the presence of God in your life all the time. This year will not see your end, you will see the ends of many more years in Jesus name!
Rev (Dr) Olowojoba is Snr. Pastor of Dayspring Bible Church, Sabon-Lugbe, Abuja and President, Dayspring Christian Ministries Int'l.


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Encantada is the very first master-planned community in Puerto Rico. Today, it offers one of Greater San Juans most prominent addresses; and most active and enjoyable lifestyles.
Located just over the Trujillo Alto bridge, defined by a distinctive landscaped entrance, Encantada encompasses a score of intimate-sized communities with a variety of lifestyles. The most recent communities in Encantada are:
Aventura, now in its final stages, with spacious three-bedroom garden homes. Exclusive townhomes at either Encantada Town Village, or at RiverWalk; two truly enchanting enclaves with stunning vistas, in the finest locations. One, just steps from the Encantada Lakeside Club, and the other fronting the magnificent Río Grande.
Come live in Encantada to enjoy all of its fabulous recreational and social amenities: Racquet Club, with seven tennis courts. Track & Field Park for jogging, walking, and other aerobics events. A variety of activities at the Sports Center, including a great Olympic-sized swimming pool, professionally set up fitness center, air conditioned racquetball courts, basketball stadium, and ball fields. And the new Lakeside Club, which features a clubhouse for all types festivities and a refreshing and fun-filled community pool.
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Medicare in South Carolina
By the numbers
As of 2012, there were 820,947 total Medicare beneficiaries in South Carolina.
The following is some information on Medicare enrollment in South Carolina and spending in 2012:
- Number of South Carolina residents with Medicare: 820,947
- Amount that South Carolina spent on Medicare: $7.2 million
- Increase in Medicare spending between 1991 and 2009: 10%
- Residents who qualified for Medicare and Medicaid: 152,460
- Percentage who qualified for Medicare because of age: 80%
- Percentage who qualified for Medicare because of a disability: 20%
Medicare Advantage Organizations and Prescription Drug Plan Sponsors must have a contract with Medicare in order to sell Medicare insurance plans (such as a Medicare HMO or a Medicare Part D Plan. Depending on the terms of the contract between the plan and Medicare, not every plan is available statewide or in all service areas. Each year, the plan must renew their contract with Medicare, so the availability of a plan in a specific service area is subject to change as a result of the annual contract renewal.
Medicare resources in South Carolina
South Carolina Medicare Savings Programs: South Carolina residents can save money each year through Medicare Savings Programs for people with limited income or resources. You may qualify for help paying for your Medicare premiums, deductibles, and coinsurance.
South Carolina State Health Insurance Counseling and Assistance Program (SHIP): South Carolina and the United States government put together a program called the State Health Insurance Program (SHIP), also known in South Carolina as the Insurance Counseling Assistance and Referrals for Elders program (I-CARE). I-CARE has staff throughout the state that provides free counseling on various Medicare topics.
How healthy is the state of South Carolina?
South Carolina is the twenty-fourth most populous state in the U.S. and ranked as the 45th healthiest state to live. South Carolina's strength as a healthy state is helped by its low prevalence of binge drinking as well as high immunization coverage. Two challenges facing South Carolina are its high prevalence of obesity as well as a high prevalence of diabetes.
All data provided by Kaiser Family Foundation.


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Inequalities: When the Summers of our discontent said XX<XY in math and science
Robert Kuttner is the latest in a series of people calling for the head of Larry Summers, director of the National Economic Council, for example for not doing enough to heal an economy that is hemorrhaging jobs.
But Kuttner has to stand in line.
On January 14, 2005, Summers, then president of Harvard University, gave a memorable speech that riled up millions of the same people who would later go on to elect President Barack Obama, so that the latter, in turn, could appoint Summers as his chief economic advisor.
Summers said that the reason few women seem to excel in mathematics may be genetic, citing as evidence the indisputable fact that girls play with dolls and not chemistry sets. As we write, little girls are playing with fresh new dolls from Santa and boys are blowing up their bedrooms and the family cat.
The physiological and psychological studies do give girls the big gold star for language/communication and they give the boys gold stars on spatial gifts, which correlate with mathematical ability.
The history of the genetic difference can be easily explained: According to paleontological evidence, back in the day, male cavepersons were hunters who required spatial abilities when deciding things like: "How far do I throw my spear to kill this ginormous dinner before me?" and "How far/fast do I have to run back to the cave if said spear doesn't get ginormous dinner?"
Cavewomen, being bereft of strip malls and catalogues at the time, were gatherers. Huddled in groups picking berries and chatting it up, as it were. Developing the verbal skills women have today─that drive men insane.
MIT professor Nancy Hopkins walked out of Summers' speech in disgust─but that was no surprise. She was just being emotional.
When someone asked, "What about Hypatia of Egypt, Sophie Germain, Ada Lovelace, Emmy Noether, Julia Robinson, Hedy Lamarr, Rosalind Franklin, Marie Curie and Lisa Meitner?", Summers replied that these women would not have gotten tenure at Harvard under his watch.
"Besides, they are the exceptions that prove the rule," Summers added, the "rule" being Newton, Einstein, and Hunting.
Is the Summers of our discontent correct, that XX<XY in math?
There are differences between the brains of men and women. Women have lady-parts, about some of which monologues have been written, and those lady-parts, like every organ, are regulated by the brain. A true scientist must concede that some of those differences may have an impact on cognition. Those lady-parts certainly prevent teen-aged boys and the occasional state governor from thinking clearly.
The problem with Summers' theory is that he unscientifically rejects a factor that would prevent anyone from measuring his alleged genetic differences. He said that the reason you do not find many female mathematicians and scientists at top American universities has nothing to do with sex discrimination, because that doesn't exist: He gave a game-theoretic argument, which he's qualified to do because he saw A Beautiful Mind and two of his uncles did not win the Nobel Prize.
In fact, two studies published in 1990 and 1995 found "a slight female advantage in computation in elementary and middle school," and, according to the 2009 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States, "girls have now reached parity with boys in mathematics performance in the U.S."
Still, only 31% of U.S. doctorates in mathematics went to women in 2007, with women being only 12% of the math and statistics professors at the top 50 universities.
This may not all be a result of sexism, but it seems odd to immediately jump to the conclusion that it is biology.
"Compared with men," a report by the National Academies says, "women faculty members are generally paid less and promoted more slowly, receive fewer honors, and hold fewer leadership positions." Moreover: "These discrepancies do not appear to be based on productivity, the significance of their work, or any other performance measures."
So if biology is not destiny, what about society? Mattel once made a Barbie doll that said, "Math class is tough." The doll also said, "I'll just have celery sticks and water, please." "Like…like so there I was and like…what-ever." And: "Oh. My. Gawd."
In our culture, it may be that math is less appealing to girls. To change this equation, actress Danica McKellar has written math textbooks with covers resembling Cosmo, and Austrian artist Peren Linn has designed jeans with Fermat's Last Theorem imprinted on them, to merge elliptic curves with feminine ones.
If you want to see how bad girls aren't at math? Watch how quickly they can figure out the marked-down price of any clothing item, during a sale. Where it's not only marked down on the tag─but another percentage listed on a big sign hovering over a certain dress rack designates "do the math" by stating, "Take an Extra 20%, 30%, 40% Off!"
Or maybe that's just one of those gathering skills yet to be explained.
So it seems as if Larry Summers was wrong on all counts. But far be it from us to tell Summers to leave math to mathematicians, and to stick to economics:
Given his track record so far, do any of us really want him to do that?
Dr. Jonathan David Farley is a mathematician at the Institut für Algebra of Johannes Kepler Universität Linz in Linz, Österreich (www.latticetheory.net). Autumn Stone has a degree in psychology, enjoys long romantic walks on the beach with her scotch, and devotes heinous amounts of energy irritating Dr. Farley with math questions ─ because he still refuses to do her taxes. And when chance permits, blows up Barbie dolls, too.
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When Kevin Bieksa joined Twitter back in September, signalling the successful end to our Twitter Needs Juice campaign, we rejoiced. The Canuck blueliner is a funny guy, and we were confident that his Twitter account would provide an additional resource for Canuck fan amusement. What we didn't expect, however, was that Bieksa would also wind up making more work for us. Not cool, bro.
Wednesday, as the Canucks enjoyed a day off prior to Thursday's big game in Detroit (where the home team has won a noteworthy 23 straight), a few of them took to Twitter to pass the time. Eventually, old man Sami Salo instituted a "no tweeting on the bus" rule, but this was after Ryan Kesler mocked the mysterious @strombone1 account that appears to belong to Roberto Luongo and Kevin Bieksa tweeted that the man behind the equally mysterious Herb Bagel (@slavy_72) account is part of the team.
Now, while Bieksa never said that this guy was a player on the Canucks, that's what most took this to mean, and our readers demanded answers. Let's investigate the clues, which will attempt to prove who Herb Bagel is and isn't, and will most definitely prove that I have too much time on my hands.Continue Reading —›


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I'm a Swedish writer and astrologer. I'm also an historian of ideas, researching the thought patterns in creation myths. My personal website: stenudd.com
Tarot Meaning
Try the old Tarot deck of cards with a free online divination. How to use the Tarot and what each card means.
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Try the ancient Chinese divination online for free. The 64 hexagrams of I Ching, The Book of Change, and what they mean in divination.
Books by Stefan Stenudd:
This book presents an imaginative method of reading the divination cards, which is the most appropriate for the Tarot, since it consists of symbolic images. Several spreads are introduced, as well as the meanings of all the 78 cards and their pictures. Click the image to see the book at Amazon.
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All the philosophers of Ancient Greece and what they thought about cosmology, myth, religion and the gods. Click the image to see the book at Amazon.
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Pisces Dates of Birth
Is Your Zodiac Sign Really Pisces?
Ephemeris, table of planetary positions, from the Renaissance.
The leap years make the dates of each Zodiac sign change slightly. Normally, Pisces starts on February 19 and ends on March 20, but that's just the mean. In reality it changes slightly in a four year period from one leap year to the next.
Here are the leap years of the last century:
If you were born on the 19th of February or the 20th of March, you have to check if you're really an Pisces or not. It never differs more than a day in each direction. The start of Pisces is on the 18th or 19th of February, and the end of it on the 20th or 21st of March. People born on other dates need not be concerned.
Zodiac Sign CalculatorIf you're unsure of your Zodiac sign, or if you want to know on what degree (between 0° and 30°) of the sign the sun was at your birth, please visit the Zodiac sign calculator. It's very easy to use, and then you'll know for sure. Here it is:
Cusp or notIf you were born on February 18th-19th, your sun may be on the very cusp (the starting point) of Pisces, or right by the end of Aquarius. If you were born on the 20th-21st of March, your sun might be at the very end of Pisces or at the cusp of Aries. You need to check the Zodiac sign calculator (see the link above) or your exact horoscope, because on those dates it depends on what time of day you were born - and in what place.
It's particularly important with this check If you were born far away from Greenwich, England, since that's the base for the dates given for Pisces.
You can get your exact complete horoscope computed for free on several websites. Go here to find instructions and links to them: Your own complete horoscope.
If your sun is at the very end of Pisces, you may show personality traits of both Pisces and Aries, but If you were born at the very start of Aries, no matter how early in it, you're most definitely an Aries.
That's because each sign is the most powerful at its beginning, its cusp.
DecansThe strongest is not equal to the most typical, though. A Zodiac sign is its most typical at the part of it (decan) corresponding to its quality: cardinal, fixed or mutable. Each Zodiac sign is one of the four elements fire, earth, air, and water. It's also one of the three qualities. So, four elements and three qualities make twelve possible combinations.
Pisces is the mutable water sign. That means its most typical part is the last one - the ten degrees making its third decan, 21°-30° Pisces. That corresponds approximately to the dates March 11-20. If your birth date is within this range, you're likely to be a very typical Pisces.
If you were born in late February, the 20th-29st, you're still a Pisces, but with character traits comparable to those of Cancer (the cardinal water sign). If you were born on March 1-10. you have some tendencies similar to those of Scorpio (the fixed water sign).
But the most important thing to decide is what sign you are. So, If you were born on February 18th-19th or March 20th-21st, please check with the Zodiac sign calculator (see the link above) or get your complete horoscope to be sure of your star sign.
Zodiac Sign Dates of BirthHere are all the twelve Zodiac signs and their dates of birth, i.e. the period when the sun passes through them. For more about the dates for a specific Zodiac sign, please click the link.


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His murder came barely a few weeks after another member of the state legislature was killed by suspected bandits in the state.
The lawmaker was killed at Hotoro by Ring Road on the outskirts of Kano metropolis.
The Public Relations Officer of the State Police Command, ASP MagajiMajiya confirmed the killing in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Friday.
He said that Kademi, who was representing Gaya constituency in the state assembly before his death, was killed at about 6: 30 p.m. by gunmen suspected to be hired assassins.
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The witnesses said no trader was attacked by the gunmen, "they shot at only the vigilante men and killed 17 of them as well as set ablaze their motorcycles."
A top official of the local government told LEADERSHIP Weekend that the deceased had been buried.
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The police public relations officer (PPRO) DSP Hassan UsmanTalba, who confirmed the incident.


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POLICY ON OFFERS OF GIFTS & HOSPITALITY RECEIVED Introduction 1. Employees should be aware that this is an area where perception is almost always more important than fact. It follows from this that no matter that something may be accepted with selfless motives and solely in the interests of the Company, if an external observer could put an adverse construction on a gift or hospitality; this is what is likely to happen. In accepting any gift or hospitality, therefore, the individual and, if applicable, his or her line manager, must exercise judgement about how acceptance might be perceived, recognising that what at first sight might appear to be reasonable might nevertheless become the subject of unreasonable comment or criticism by external parties. The judgement made therefore needs to include an assessment as to whether the benefits gained by the Company through the acceptance of a gift of hospitality might be outweighed by adverse third party criticism, even when that criticism is not reasonable. 2. Employees and directors should always undertake their duties according to the "Seven Principles of Public Life" set out in Annex 1 to this Policy. Accordingly, SLC requires that its employees should not use their official position to receive gifts, hospitality or benefit of any kind which might reasonably (in the light of the comments in the paragraph above) be seen to compromise the Company's position or the employee's personal judgment and integrity. 3. The intention of this Policy is to set out rules and guidance for all staff to follow to ensure that the Company can demonstrate that no undue influence has been applied by an external organisation or anyone else dealing with the Company. General Rules 4. In general, employees shall not use their authority or office for personal gain and shall seek to uphold and enhance the standing of the Company by maintaining an unimpeachable standard of honesty, impartiality and integrity in all their business relationships. 5. Each member of staff has a personal responsibility to ensure that an audit trail exists for all offers of gifts or hospitality, and should complete the form at Annex 2 to notify the Legal & Compliance Manager of gifts and hospitality offered to Company employees, whether the offer is accepted or not. 6. The Legal & Compliance Manager shall maintain a Register of Gifts and Hospitality, in accordance with the form at Annex 2, and shall make this available for inspection as required. The register shall be provided for inspection by the Chairman and Chair of Audit Committee annually Policy on Offers of Gifts and Hospitality Received 1 Final 11th December 2007 immediately before the Board meeting in March of each year and confirm at that Board meeting that they have inspected the register. Any questions or issues arising from the inspection shall be followed-up with the CEO by the Chair of the Audit Committee. 7. Employees responsible for, or involved with, procurement on behalf of the Company should take particular care. Specific rules applicable to this area are set-out later in this document. This is to ensure that there can be no criticism that unequal treatment has been give to external organisations involved in a tender process. 8. In addition, any offer of a bribe or commission made by external organisations, or anyone else dealing with the Company must be reported at once to the Legal & Compliance Manager and Internal Audit. 9. This Policy is intended to complement the Staff Code of Conduct and Disciplinary Rules, in particular with regard to gifts and hospitality, and should be read in conjunction with that Code. 10. Any employee who becomes aware of a breach of this Policy must report this immediately to line management or the Legal & Compliance Manager. The Finance Director must also be advised to enable appropriate action to be taken against any third parties, if necessary. Where an offer is accepted, a proven breach of this Policy will lead to disciplinary action in relation to the employee involved and may constitute gross misconduct. Rules for Specific Groups of Persons 11. Procurement staff and those advising procurement staff: Persons working within the procurement function should not accept gifts or hospitality of any kind, unless the hospitality takes the form of an invitation to attend a supplier or industry conference, seminar or trade show, where the hospitality element is incidental to the event and relevant business information is expected to be gained through their attendance. These rules are set out on page 4 below in more detail. Persons having significant advisory input into procurement decisions where they have provided or are likely to provide advice should not accept gifts or hospitality, unless it is principally to discuss business matters at either lunch or dinner, or at a conference or trade show, in accordance with the rules set out on page 4. Specifically, however, no offers of lunch or dinner should be accepted during, or immediately before or after, a related procurement exercise is being undertaken. 12. Directors: in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act 2006, Directors must not accept any benefit from a third party which he or she receives because they are a director of the Company except where the benefit cannot be reasonably regarded as likely to Policy on Offers of Gifts and Hospitality Received 2 Final 11th December 2007 give rise to a conflict of interest. In addition to this supervening statutory requirement, the Policy in this document shall apply to Directors as if they were employees. Gifts 13. Gifts (defined as items given without the expectation of receiving anything in return) should not be accepted where they may appear to be disproportionately generous or could reasonably be construed as an inducement to affect a business decision. 14. Any gifts offered (whether accepted or not) which are not of a trivial nature, should be notified to the Legal and Compliance manager using the form in Annex 2. A gift will be considered trivial if by virtue of its nature or branding it has no material commercial value, that is to say, no unrelated third party would reasonably be expected to purchase the item for a sum in excess of £20. Gifts of alcohol will not be considered to be trivial in any circumstances. 15. Any gifts falling outside the definition of trivial should not be accepted by an individual. There may be occasions when to refuse a gift may cause offence. In these circumstances and those where a gift cannot be returned or refused, the gift should be accepted and then surrendered to the Company Secretary for display in an office in the case of a gift from a visiting organisation or to be raffled for charity at an appropriate time such as a national or local fund raising event. The employee receiving the gift should, seeking advice from the Company Secretary, write to the donor explaining the Company's policy and seeking confirmation from the donor that he is content that the gift should be raffled for charity. 16. Any employee who has received two gifts from any external organisation within a single financial year should not accept any further gifts during that financial year from the same organisation. Summary of Gifts Rules Type of Rules Required Notify for Gift Action Register Trivial Gift Acceptable if occasional. Complete YES (up to notification form £20) in Annex 2 Non- Cannot be accepted by an Complete YES trivial gifts individual. Decline or if this is notification form (over inadvisable or impossible, to be in Annex 2 £20) surrendered to the Company Secretary Hospitality Policy on Offers of Gifts and Hospitality Received 3 Final 11th December 2007 17. Invitations to lunch or dinner: Invitations to lunch or dinner from an external organisation should only be accepted where the primary reason for accepting an invitation is to discuss business matters either with representatives of the hosting organisation or with representatives of other organisations that may have business interests or activities in common with the Company and where the venue and hospitality are not in themselves an inducement to accept the invitation or the purpose of the invitation. 18. Invitations to conferences and trade shows: Subject to the above point, it is recognised that participation in certain events such as supplier or industry conferences, seminars and trade shows can be of particular value where they support the establishment of relationships with strategic suppliers to the business or enhance the Company's knowledge or understanding of a particular area. For such events, the hospitality element should be incidental to the event and relevant business information is expected to be gained through attendance. For these events, should an invitation to a major sporting or cultural event be included, reference should be made to the section below on invitations of a social kind. Specifically, if the event is a new product launch, competitors should be given the opportunity to advise of their competitive response before an order is placed. Prior written authorisation of the CEO should be obtained to accept invitations of this kind and they should be recorded in the form in Annex 2. 19. Invitations of a social kind: Invitations of a social kind (e.g. sporting and cultural events) should be declined except where the interests of the Company can be clearly demonstrated in advance and the business justification is both compelling and exceptional. Acceptance must be agreed in advance in writing by the CEO or Chairman and properly documented. Care must; however, be taken to ensure that acceptance could not be construed as giving unreasonable access to SLC management to one company and not to that company's competitors. 20. Hospitality that includes travel or overnight accommodation must not be accepted. The only exception to this rule may be when an employee is speaking at a conference and travel and accommodation is provided by the organisers, and only then with the prior written approval of the Chief Executive. 21. Where an invitation has been received for multiple or group attendance, prior consent must be sought from the Chief Executive. 22. Repeated invitations are deemed to be inappropriate, and any employee who has accepted hospitality of a social kind (e.g. sporting and cultural events) from an external organisation should not accept any further invitations of a similar type from the same organisation within the following twelve months. Policy on Offers of Gifts and Hospitality Received 4 Final 11th December 2007 23. In all cases any offer of hospitality should only be accepted with the prior approval of the appropriate manager (see table below), which will be demonstrated by the manager's signature on the form in Annex 2. The reason for acceptance should always be recorded in advance. 24. Declined offers of hospitality should be recorded on the form in Annex 2. 25. In cases of doubt, where an employee or line manager is concerned about issues relating to the acceptance of hospitality, the matter should first be discussed with their line manager, or the Legal & Compliance Manager, or the Company Secretary or the Chief Executive. 26. Where a possible issue relating to this Policy arises, the advice of the Chief Executive or Company Secretary should be sought. Policy on Offers of Gifts and Hospitality Received 5 Final 11th December 2007 Summary of Hospitality Rules Type of Rules Required Notify Hospitality Action for Register Conventional Normally acceptable if in Record reason for attendance YES Hospitality such the interests of the in advance and seek prior as Lunches / Company. approval of line manager, by Dinners completing the notification form in Annex 2. Should be used to promote the Company's business or as a learning exercise from host or similar businesses. Attendance at Acceptable if in the Record reason for attendance YES supplier or interests of the Company. in advance and seek prior industry These events can be of approval from the Chief conferences particular value where Executive, by completing the and seminars at they support the notification form in Annex 2. the invitation of establishment of Should be used to promote current or relationships with the Company's business or as prospective strategic suppliers to the a learning exercise from the supplier business or enhance the event. Any associated travel Company's knowledge or and accommodation should understanding of a always be paid for by the particular area. For such Company. events, the hospitality element should be incidental to the event and relevant business information is expected to be gained through attendance. Other Acceptable only if the Record reason for attendance YES Hospitality interests of the Company in advance and seek prior (particularly can be clearly approval from the Chief sporting and demonstrated. Executive, by completing the cultural events, Because of the external notification form in Annex 2. and invitations construction that is likely Should be used to promote overseas) to be put on acceptance the Company's business or as of invitations to sporting a learning exercise from and cultural events, similar businesses. Any authorisation will be given associated travel and only in compelling and accommodation should exceptional always be paid for by the circumstances. Company. Travel and Not acceptable. Record in Register, by YES accommodation, completing the notification holidays and the form in Annex 2. use of vehicles. Policy on Offers of Gifts and Hospitality Received 6 Final 11th December 2007 Annex 1 The Seven Principles of Public Life Outlined in 'Spending Public Money: Governance and Audit Issues', (Cm 3179), March 1996. The following seven principles of public life were set out by the Committee on Standards in Public Life (the Nolan Committee) for the benefit of all who serve the public. Selflessness Holders of public office should take decisions solely in terms of the public interest. They should not do so in order to gain financial or other material benefits for themselves, their family, or their friends. Integrity Holders of public office should not place themselves under any financial or other obligation to outside individuals or organisations that might influence them in the performance of their official duties. Objectivity In carrying out public business, including making public appointments, awarding contracts, or recommending individuals for rewards and benefits, holders of public office should make choices on merit. Accountability Holders of public office are accountable for their decisions and actions to the public and must submit themselves to whatever scrutiny is appropriate to their office. Openness Holders of public office should be as open as possible about all the decisions and actions that they take. They should give reasons for their decisions and restrict information only when the wider public interest clearly demands. Honesty Holders of public office have a duty to declare any private interests relating to their public duties and to take steps to resolve any conflicts arising in a way that protects the public interest. Leadership Holders of public office should promote and support these principles by leadership and example. Policy on Offers of Gifts and Hospitality Received 7 Final 11th December 2007 Annex 2 Form for Receipt of Offers of Gifts or Hospitality All Offers (whether accepted or refused) of Gifts or Hospitality Name of Employee (Recipient) Job Title and Department Description of Gift / Hospitality Offered (Including Date Received / Date Offered) Name and Address of the External Organisation that has made the Offer Relationship to the Company Estimated Value Accepted / Declined (Individual / Group) Reason for Acceptance / Decline Employee's Signature Date of Notification Acceptance of Offers of Non-Trivial Gifts only Company Secretary's signature confirming receipt of non-trivial gift Date of receipt by Company Secretary Action taken by Company Secretary Acceptance of Offers of Hospitality only Appropriate Manager's Name / CEO Manager's / CEO's comments (e.g. on frequency) where appropriate Manager's / CEO's signature Date of Approval (must be in advance) Policy on Offers of Gifts and Hospitality Received 8 Final 11th December 2007 Annex 3 Register of Gifts and Hospitality Name of Job title and Description of Name of Estimated Accepted / Date of Approved by employee Department Gift / External value Declined notification and date (where (recipient) Hospitality Organisation appropriate) received / that made the offered offer (including date) Policy on Offers of Gifts and Hospitality Received 9 Final 11th December 2007
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