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Military | Imprisoned just after Easter 1989 by Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, Kurt Muse found belief-and renewed life-on the night of his execution. For the first time, Muse, the first American hostage ever rescued by the Army's elite Delta Force, shares the story of the faith that lit the fire that freed a nation
The granite-faced interrogator burst into the room flanked by a pair of enforcers. Smirking, the interrogator held a piece of paper in his hand.
"How long did you think you could keep your secret, Mr. Muse?" he asked in Spanish.
Kurt Muse, an American citizen, sat on a hard metal chair in a cramped office of the National Department of Investigations (DENI), General Manuel Noriega's secret police. Muse had lost track of time. Noriega's interrogators had kept him awake for at least two days and two nights, though it could've been longer. He knew the dictator's Panamanian Defense Force (PDF) had arrested him on April 5, 1989. But the watch he was now wearing didn't keep the date, and the hands spun without meaning.
So far, interrogators' questions seemed tentative. Exploratory. They seemed to know Muse was somehow involved in a plot to overthrow Noriega. But they had not produced any real evidence. They had not mentioned the clandestine radio transmissions, Muse's confederates-or the involvement of the CIA.
So far, Muse had managed not to incriminate himself or anyone else. But the cruelty of Noriega's thugs was legendary, and fear, hunger, and sleep deprivation now cloaked his mind in a cottony fog. He found he could not remember the answers he'd already given. He feared he was about to crack.
Muse eyed the paper in the interrogator's hand. "I don't know what you're talking about," he said.
The interrogator thrust the paper into the American's face: "This."
Examining the sheet, relief flooded through Muse, and he fought the urge to smile. "That's my son's Cub Scout roster."
Rage flushed the interrogator's face. "I am not a fool, Mr. Muse!" He jabbed his finger at a notation next to Muse's name. PDC. "You are the American coordinator for the Partido Democrata Cristiano."
The Christian Democratic Party. Noriega despised the group and made its members frequent targets. But Muse had nothing to do with the PDC, and he laughed aloud with relief. "It's a Cub Scout list! PDC stood for Picnic Day Committee. I was the chairman of the Picnic Day Committee."
"You think this is funny, Mr. Muse?"
The American's smile vanished.
The interrogator turned to his enforcers. "He thinks this is funny. He thinks this is a game. He thinks he can lie to us."
"I don't-" Muse began.
The door burst open again. In three long strides, a DENI colonel closed the distance to Muse, unholstering a 9mm Baretta as he came. He stepped behind Muse, who instantly felt the gun's barrel boring into the back of his skull.
"You've been lying to us all along, Mr. Muse," the colonel said. "You think it's funny to lie. I think it's funny to blow your brains out."
Until last August, it had been nearly two decades since Manuel Noriega was much of a news item. In December 1989, U.S. military special operations units captured the dictator during Operation Just Cause, the mission that liberated Panama. Extradited to the United States to face charges of narcotics trafficking, Noriega was convicted in 1992 and sent to a Miami federal prison. In August 2007, he was paroled and today remains in U.S. custody, fighting extradition to France. In late January, a federal judge blocked Noriega's extradition pending the deposed dictator's appeals.
Kurt Muse is keeping an eye on the whereabouts of the man who held him hostage for nine months, and who once proclaimed to the world that if America invaded Panama, Muse would be the first to die. Meanwhile, Muse has carved out a new life in the United States, speaking about his ordeal to churches and corporations, and serving as chief operating officer of a company that provides security and surveillance technologies to military and civilian agencies.
In 2006, Muse published Six Minutes to Freedom, the story of his imprisonment and his rescue by America's elite Delta Force. But lately, Muse told WORLD, he feels God has impressed on him that his story is more than a military action saga. It is also the story of two men-one strong in his Christian faith and one a nominal believer-and how God worked through them both to help free a nation.
When Kurt Muse was 5 years old, his parents moved the family to Panama, seeking an escape from the American rat race. They lived in the Canal Zone, where Kurt's father Charlie ran a successful printing supply company. Kurt attended Panamanian schools and grew up playing in the streets, a big, friendly blond kid in a sea of brown-skinned amigos.
When he turned 18, Kurt married Annie, also 18, an American schoolteacher who worked for U.S. Defense Department schools in the Canal Zone. The couple had two children, Kimberly and Erik.
Beginning in 1968, Muse watched Manuel Noriega's rise to power, first behind the dictator General Omar Torrijos, then out front, putting more and more of Panama under his heel. While a colonel, Noriega conferred on himself the rank of general. In turn, the citizens of Panama conferred on him a nickname: Cara de pina, or "pineapple face"-a riff on the general's pock-marked face.
Noriega developed a reputation for capriciousness and cruelty, ordering his enemies tortured and, it eventually became clear, murdered. He allied himself with communist governments and with Colombia's ruthless Medellin cartel.
U.S. intelligence agencies leveraged Noriega's connections to their advantage. Then-CIA director George H.W. Bush authorized monetary payments to Noriega, who allowed the United States to set up listening posts in Panama. Bush knew Noriega was playing both ends against the middle, but considered the intelligence he delivered worth the price.
Kurt Muse along with others grew to despise Noriega. His PDF roughed up innocent citizens and generally took what it wanted. Though it seemed a minor nuisance at the time, one such incident lit the fire that would eventually burn Noriega down.
During the 1980s, Muse and his close friend, Tito Mouynes, served on the Central American Board of Directors for the Salvation Army. A refrigeration-company owner and professional musician, Mouynes had lost a leg to cancer as a child. He was a fiery Christian, a "praise the Lord" kind of guy who wove Scripture into his reasoning about everyday matters.
Meanwhile, Muse had grown up in the spiritually staid Episcopalian church-home of the "frozen chosen," he jokes-where he served as an altar boy. He generally believed in God, but was a little uncomfortable with Mouynes' praise-the-Lord persona. Still, he respected his friend's faith, even his attempts to bring Muse closer to God.
As a service project, the Salvation Army refurbished a home for Panama's destitute blind. In early 1987, Muse and Mouynes attended a ceremony inaugurating the facility. As an ancient Jamaican man, blind and beatific, warbled "Amazing Grace," Salvation Army members escorted the elderly residents into their new home.
In the midst of the ceremony, Muse noticed a commotion as several PDF soldiers elbowed their way into the crowd.
"They butted their way into this thing and started grabbing the blind people and ushering them into the home themselves," Muse remembers. Worse, the PDF filmed the incident, "documenting" the benevolence of General Noriega.
Repulsed, Muse backed into the street, crossed his arms, and looked on with a scowl. Mouynes went to stand beside him. Nearby, PDF radios crackled, fuzzy voices from some distant command post filtering through.
Muse emitted a noise of disgust. "I would love to get on that channel and give them a piece of my mind," he said.
Mouynes turned to Muse and leveled a meaningful gaze. "Kurt," he said, "that's a lot easier than you think."
Soon after, Mouynes, who was also a Motorola representative in Panama, obtained a cache of two-way radios. Then he, Muse, and a close circle of friends launched a harassment campaign against the PDF. They dispatched the soldiers on wild goose chases and pretended to be superior officers delivering chastisements on the air. Once, Mouynes keyed open the frequency and recited the Lord's prayer.
Then one day in 1987, the radio cat-and-mouse game took a sober turn. Muse and Mouynes stumbled on a way to hack into Radio Nacional, the network that carried Noriega's public speeches live. Suddenly, what had been a way to needle the goon squad became something much more serious: a way to strike at Pineapple Face himself.
With a powerful enough transmitter, Muse and his friends could override Noriega's propaganda speeches with a message to all Panamanians: Reject the dictator. Take back our country. Unite at the next election and vote him out.
Mouynes embraced the plan immediately and built the transmitter. "Here was this one-legged, part-time church organist who was trying to overthrow the government," Muse says now. "Definitely not the kind of guy you'd pick out of a lineup as a revolutionary."
Muse recruited another man to record a special message that would launch La Voz de la Libertad, the Voice of Liberty.
On Oct. 11, 1987, Noriega was to address a captive audience of thousands at a baseball stadium. That day, four conspirators gathered around the new transmitter, and Mouynes prayed over what they were about to do. Even to plan such treason was a capital offense. Each man knew that if he were caught, he would be killed-or wish he were dead.
The conspirators waited until Noriega began his speech. Then Muse pressed "transmit." And instead of the dictator, the people of Panama heard this:
We interrupt this broadcast to bring you a message of hope from the free and democratic people of Panama. . . . One day we will finally have an opportunity to cast our vote against the tyranny of General Noriega's dictatorship. . . . We beseech you to be brave, to persevere. . . . Together we can bury General Noriega's dictatorship under a mountain of ballots. . . . The free and democratic people of Panama now return this radio station to its broadcast of oppression.
"I was sure the next thing we would hear was PDF helicopters coming over the horizon to kill us all," Muse remembers. "We were terrified."
The men immediately shut down the transmitter, ran down the steps to their cars, and sped away.
Over the next 18 months, La Voz's radio insurrection grew. In addition to harassing the PDF and breaking into Noriega's speeches, the group broadcast messages of faith, liberty, and free elections on a local FM station three times a day. The confederates gained the cooperation of Roderick Esquivel, Panama's rightful vice president.
One day in 1988, a U.S. intelligence agent approached Muse and Mouynes offering logistical support for La Voz. By then, Noriega had become increasingly brazen and erratic. U.S. officials were looking for ways to hedge their bets. Muse's response to the agent was suspicion at first, then a fresh surge of revolutionary will based on their newfound resources.
Mouynes, however, looked upward.
"'Look how God has provided for us here,' Tito told me. He always tried to remind me of the providence behind things," Muse remembers. "He always let me know we were being guided. I did not accept that. I was in charge. I was in control. I did not accept that anybody, including God, was giving any sort of guidance. Tito, of course, believed the Lord was guiding everything."
But even Mouynes had moments of doubt, at one point confiding in Muse that he wasn't sure their rebellion was right in the eyes of God. Talking it over, the friends remembered a story they'd heard of a World War II chaplain whose ship had fallen under enemy attack. The conflicted cleric struggled to think of a prayer that fit the circumstances. Finally, he simply walked among the naval gunners shouting, "Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!"
Muse and Mouynes took from the story that when Christians become embroiled in a just war, they should fight.
After that, every time the duo prepared to override a Noriega speech, Mouynes would say, "Praise the Lord!"
Then Muse would hand him the tape and say, "Pass the ammunition!"
On April 5, 1989, Mouynes and Muse flew into Torrijos Airport, separating immediately upon arrival to avoid being linked. When Muse presented his papers at customs, his heart nearly stopped: Scotch-taped to the plexiglass was a piece of paper reading:
Kurt Muse
American citizen
Arrest him
Now, in custody at the DENI office, with the colonel's gun muzzle pressed to his head, Muse thought of his wife, Annie, and his children, and prepared himself to die. Minutes spun out. Then the colonel cursed, shoved Muse's head forward with the muzzle, and stormed from the room.
"I was emotionally and spiritually crushed," Muse said. "I knew I was going to come apart at the seams."
He had been clinging to the hope that his U.S. citizenship might save him and his family. Now, though, that hope slipped away like dry sand through clasping fingers.
The other PDF also left the room and Muse found himself with a rare moment alone. Mouynes' face surfaced in his mind.
"I remembered that Tito always told me that in our lives, we will stumble, fall, and will not be able to recover on our own," Muse said. "He told me, 'Those are the times that if you don't get in the habit of letting God be in control, there will come a time when you have to let God be in control.'"
Now his friend's counsel burned in Muse's mind. At last, he closed his eyes and said aloud, "Lord, I'm defeated. I can't do this anymore. I've reached the bottom and I'm not going to make it."
Then, Muse says, "the most incredible thing happened."
The hair on the back of his neck stood up. A "beautiful presence" filled the room and was so palpable that he glanced around wildly, expecting to see its source. And then, almost as if someone were speaking to him, came three words: Don't be afraid.
Muse didn't hear the words; he felt them. And the feeling arrived not as hope, but as certainty. Suddenly, he sat up straighter in the metal chair. His backbone stiffened. His will to resist returned.
"At no point did I not worry that I was going to die," he says. "But at that moment, I realized I had a Friend who had always been there but I never knew it. I knew I was not alone."
The next day, in the same room, a PDF lieutenant forced Muse to watch as soldiers beat a Colombian man to death. "You watch!" the lieutenant told Muse. "This is your future."
The soldiers drove their steel-toed boots into the Colombian's belly, kidneys, testicles, ribs. They stomped on his skull, ripping the flesh from his face. They ground their heels into his eye sockets.
Horrified, heart banging in his chest, Muse pleaded to God: "Please-Lord-please-Lord-help-him-help-him-help-him-don't-let-him-die-don't-let-him-die."
When the prisoner could no longer beg for his life but only moan softly, the lieutenant picked up a lug wrench, swung it like a baseball bat, and crushed the man's chest.
The next day at an internationally televised press conference, Noriega announced he had captured Kurt Frederick Muse, American spy. Then soldiers stuffed Muse in a paddy wagon and carted him to Carcel Modelo, a prison infamous for the fact that those who entered its gates were never seen alive again.
Immediately after Muse's arrest, the U.S. government had spirited his wife, Annie, and children, Kimberly and Erik, to safety in the United States. The family then relentlessly lobbied U.S. officials to protect Muse and to make sure he received a fair trial. Technically, Muse had committed treason and was a lawful prisoner. Still, he was a U.S. citizen. A series of providential communications, including a personal plea from Kimberly Muse, 15, caught the attention of George H.W. Bush, who had by then been elected president. Initially, Bush authorized Operation Acid Gambit, the rescue of Muse by Delta Force.
As an American, Muse was protected under the Panama Canal treaty. That meant U.S. officials were able to force Noriega to allow visits from a U.S. military doctor and attorney. For the next nine months, both men used their visits to reconnoiter the prison, passing intelligence to Delta. The doctor, Air Force Lt. Col. James Ruffer, also passed messages between Muse and his wife in the form of Scripture verses.
After further provocation from Noriega, including a rigged election, the murder of a political enemy, and the killing of a Marine Corps officer, President Bush wrapped Acid Gambit into a new mission: Operation Just Cause, the liberation of Panama.
In late 1989, a faction disloyal to Noriega attempted a coup. The PDF quickly put it down, tossed the traitors into Carcel Modelo, and blamed the U.S. government. Noriega then issued a warning: At the next hint of U.S. aggression, Kurt Muse would die.
Muse was sitting in his cell when a PDF soldier in camouflage face paint and full battle dress walked up and peered through the bars. In the corridor, the soldier set up a machine gun on a bipod stand, threaded in a bullet belt, and aimed the weapon at Muse's chest.
Muse was 100 percent certain his life was over. "Thinking you're going to die is totally different than knowing you're going to die," he said. Terror gripped him.
Smirking, the painted soldier stared Muse down. With one hand, he lifted the tail of the bullet belt then let it down slowly:
Again. Click-click-click-click-click.
The torment rattled Muse to his core. He crept into a darker part of the cell and lay down flat on his back on the ground, shaking uncontrollably. "My heart raced, and I prayed and prayed: 'I'm afraid, Lord. I'm terrified! I'm going to die! What do I do?'"
Muse isn't sure, but he thinks 30 minutes passed. Then, as suddenly as it had during his interrogation, a peace descended on his heart. "It was the same thing, the same message: 'Don't be afraid. I'm with you.'"
Muse took a deep breath and exhaled. An image came to him of old film clips, Jewish people in Hitler's concentration camps, walking calmly to their deaths. "I had never understood that," Muse says now. "I had always told myself that if it were me, I would charge the machine guns. I wouldn't go down without a fight."
But suddenly Muse understood the Holocaust victims completely. "I realized I was going to die, and there was no reason to fight. There was a certain quiet acquiescence to it."
Muse sat up in his cell, found a scrap of paper, and wrote a final message to his family. Then, he says, "I folded my hands in my lap, looked at the soldier, and waited for him to shoot me."
But when sunup came, the soldier packed up his weapon and left.
"You can't imagine the joy of being alive!" Muse says now. He had had accidental near-death experiences before, but this was different: "When this happened, I had a profound sense of gratitude and an understanding that this happened for a purpose. I have been seeking that purpose since that day when God gave me a new life."
On Dec. 20, 1989, Delta Force stormed Carcel Modelo and rescued Kurt Muse. During the subsequent hunt for Noriega, Delta operators discovered that the dictator was also a religious man. But as was his style, he played both spiritual ends against the middle: In one Noriega home, Delta Force found a pair of altars, one Catholic and one satanic. On the run from U.S. forces, Noriega chose the former faith as his port of refuge, seeking asylum at the Vatican embassy in Panama City. U.S. troops kept him surrounded there until, on Jan. 3, 1990, he surrendered.
Noriega's last days
April 5 (1989): Returning to Panama from Miami, Kurt Muse is arrested under Noriega's orders.
May 7: Panama holds presidential elections, and former president Jimmy Carter, sent as an international observer, declares them fraudulent.
May 10: Noriega breaks up demonstrations protesting the election then nullifies the results.
May 11: President George H.W. Bush sends additional troops to Panama and prepares to evacuate Americans.
Aug. 31: Panama's sitting National Assembly is dissolved and Noriega's close friend Francisco Rodriguez takes over the interim government.
Sept. 1: Bush severs diplomatic ties with the country.
Sept. 4: Bush designates Noriega and various associates as Cuban agents, forbidding U.S. citizens and companies to conduct business with them.
Oct. 3: Noriega squelches an attempted coup.
Dec. 15: National Assembly declares war on United States and proclaims Noriega "maximum leader."
Dec. 20: U.S. forces invade Panama to depose Noriega, simultaneously rescuing Muse.
Jan. 3 (1990): Noriega flees to the Vatican but surrenders to U.S. troops


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After what appeared to be a successful install, when attempting to connect to http://localhost:7633/desktop/login.jsp, I received the error: "Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at localhost:7633."
When I checked the Windows Services, the "Zimbra Desktop Service" was not running. I've repeatedly started it only to see it stop a few seconds after it starts. The Window Event Viewer shows the following:
"The Zimbra Desktop Service service entered the stopped state.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp."
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Being there is a key ingredient in the Cooke familys recipe for success in running a chain of community newspapers.
A high-school dropout who once sold encyclopedias door-to-door in his native Canada, John Kent Cooke Jr.s grandfather was a millionaire by the time he was 31. Among the businesses he would come to own were radio stations, Americas largest cable-TV company, the Los Angeles Daily News, the Los Angeles Lakers (he built the Forum, where they and the L.A. Kings, the professional hockey team he also owned, played) and New York Citys quarter interest for $300,000 in 1961, the year after he was made a U.S. citizen by a special act of Congress, he became majority owner in 1974 and sole owner in 85. I want to be buried in a burgundy-and-gold coffin, he said in 1992. And when Im gone, someone named Cooke is going to run the team. And when hes gone, someone else named Cooke is going to run the team.
The Squire, as he was called, is long gone, dying at 84 in 1997. But nobody named Cooke is running the Redskins. Jack Kent Cooke, who was married five times to four women, left most of his fortune to his foundation, and the estate sold the football team and its stadium for $800 million to a group led by Dan Snyder in 1999. The Squires son who had run daily operations since 1981 was outbid. He is now a gentleman farmer in Virginia, and his son and namesake, once the Redskins vice president of marketing, works out of a newspaper office in Eastern North Carolina.
Nothing strange about that, says that someone else named Cooke, who got to Greenville by way of the Florida Keys, where he spent most of the last decade overseeing operations of four small newspapers and affiliated publications. After all, his grandfather first struck it rich working for Canadian press baron Roy Thomson. A year ago, Cooke Communications LLC outbid a Southern Pines-based group to buy The Daily Reflector, The Rocky Mount Telegram and The Daily Advance in Elizabeth City and 10 smaller papers in Belhaven, Windsor, Edenton, Kenansville, Williamston, Farmville, Elizabeth City, Snow Hill, Ayden-Grifton and Robersonville. But with even the biggest newspapers in the nations largest cities losing readers and advertising revenue, why would anybody sink millions they wont say how many into a place many would consider the hinterlands?
Therein lies the key to what the Cookes believe will be their success. As John Kent Cooke Sr. says: We like the newspaper business in small towns that are isolated and away from larger metropolitan areas.
Thats a smart game plan, according to Jock Lauterer, director of the Carolina Community Media Project at UNC Chapel Hill. This whole thing about the vanishing newspaper needs to be put in context. He counts 140 weeklies in North Carolina. More than half are still in the hands of families, private companies and small corporations that dont have to answer to the whims of Wall Street. Corporate journalism might be in trouble, and that means that corporate community newspapers are at risk, too. But as I look around the state and Ive been to 136 papers in my 10 years here I see that these guys are absolutely dodging the bullet, as far as the economy goes. Theyre not hurting as much. Theyve weathered the storm far better than their big-city cousins.
The Cookes became interested in North Carolina two years ago when Atlanta-based Cox Enterprises Inc. announced it was putting almost all of its newspapers on the block to raise cash to pay down debt. Cox, which publishes the Atlanta Journal Constitution but is concentrating on its broadcasting, cable-TV and other media properties, had acquired the North Carolina papers in 1996 from members of the family that had owned The Daily Reflector since 1882. The operation is considerably larger than the one Cooke Jr. managed in Florida, with about 300 employees, daily circulation totaling about 45,000 and weekly circulation totaling about 25,000. The Key West Citizen, the largest and only daily Florida paper, has circulation of about 8,900, less than half that of The Daily Reflector.
Phil Murray of Dirks, Van Essen & Murray, the Santa Fe, N.M.-based broker Cox retained for last years sale, insists that there is a relatively robust marketplace for newspapers, particularly ones that serve discrete markets like Greenville. The town is growing, the hospital [Pitt County Memorial] is growing, the college [East Carolina University] is growing. The same is true for Elizabeth City and Rocky Mount. Thats what attracted Cooke Communications and the other bidder The Pilot LLC, which publishes the thrice-weekly paper in Southern Pines and is controlled by members of the family that once owned The News & Observer in Raleigh and other publications (including Business North Carolina).
Greenville is a great town, says Pilot Publisher David Woronoff, who lived there as a boy, and its a great town for publishing. And we liked the widespread aspect of the Cox operations, from I-95 to the coast. The communities where the 13 papers are situated are all very solid, and the sun will shine again on Eastern North Carolina. Woronoff, who will step down this month as president of the North Carolina Press Association, says the papers were successful under Cox which had kept Jody Whichard, great-grandson of one of The Daily Reflectors founders, as group publisher because they knew their mission. Thats to serve the communities where theyre located. Nobody is able to cover ECU football or a Pepsi-Cola Little League team better than The Daily Reflector.
Go local. Understand the dynamics of your specific market, and then deliver a product unavailable from anyone else. Something unique, something of specific value to this particular place, something its people want and need: local news. Thats what the Cookes have tried to do since they got back into the newspaper business in 2000. They bought the Florida properties from none other than The Thomson Corp., which had decided to sell 54 small papers in the United States and Canada to focus on its databases and cyberspace holdings. To hear John Kent Cooke Jr. tell it, ink has always been in his blood. He learned to read at his fathers knee not Dick and Jane or The Poky Little Puppy but the sports section of the local paper. His first job out of college had been with a small paper the family owned in Colorado. His father still talks with regret about selling the weeklies they owned out West. They were attractive properties, and we knew we wanted to get back in the community paper business someday.
Since coming to North Carolina his brother, Thomas Kent Cooke, is now president of the Florida operations and continues as chief executive of the floridakeys.com Internet business John Kent Cooke Jr. has been trying to get a feel for the dozen communities where he does business and what sort of community news is wanted in each place. We need to concentrate on the fundamentals in football terms, the blocking and tackling. In newspaper terms, we must report news that matters to the people here. We need to deliver it on time, and we need to print it clearly. We have to go out and sell ads. We will figure out a way to do well in this kind of economy.
A redesign of the newspapers went into effect in early February. The Greenville paper touted how it would renew, refocus, reevaluate, redesign, reflect, rejoice, reward, revive. Another r wasnt touted: reducing paper costs by going to a narrower page, resulting in a more horizontal layout, with news briefs at the top of certain pages. Thats not something most readers are going to notice or, if they do, care about. But with the redesign, Cooke says, comes renewed commitment to emphasize local news and features on the front of each daily newspaper, though a state and national summary of important news runs down the left-hand column. We want all local things on the front page and no wire copy. News that affects peoples lives is what should be displayed.
In an open letter to Greenville subscribers and readers, Cooke outlined some of his views as local publisher, pledging to continue the newspapers role as an independent source of information: We are not handmaiden to any special interest group, nor are we necessarily Republican or Democrat. We cover the news independently. We will no doubt ruffle some feathers from time to time, but it is our goal to get to the truth while reporting all sides of any particular story fairly, accurately and objectively.
Al Clark, the papers executive editor, says, He has come in, moved his family here and quickly become part of the community. The transition is working out very well. He has done a very good job of coming into the newsroom and getting involved. He is providing story ideas, and Id say hes been as much a hands-on publisher as we had under the Whichards. He makes a point to attend as many meetings in the newsroom as he can, to offer his insights, and weve helped him focus on what our major issues are.
Cooke Communications has spent more than $100,000 on new equipment for its printing plant on the northeast side of Greenville, which prints all 13 papers, and Cooke wants to expand its contract printing business. After switching the dailies to their own individual websites earlier this year, efforts are under way to develop websites or pages for each of the nondailies. He is making sure that top officers at each newspaper keep up with what is happening at the other papers by meeting at least twice a month once in Greenville and once at their respective sites and frequently communicating via phone and e-mail.
Because newspapers need to stop giving away their content free online, he hopes to replicate a strategy that worked in Florida, where the Key West newspaper has about 1,200 paid online subscribers. Instead of letting anyone with a computer have access, the newspaper only lets paid subscribers read and search all the content. We put a news story and a couple of feature stories behind a pay wall, he explains. And rather than drive readers away, the Key West paper has one of the highest percentages of paid online subscribers 13% of its overall ABC [Audit Bureau of Circulation] audited net-paid numbers in the industry.
The Florida papers maintained stable circulation even as the population shifted and decreased, he says, and thats the minimum of what Cooke intends to do in North Carolina. My goals are to begin to grow newspaper circulation again. We could increase even without a growing population because there is room for growth in our core market area. I think the best way to do this is to put out a strong paper.
For the six months ended March 31, The Daily Reflector showed one of the biggest gains for average weekday circulation among small North Carolina dailies, increasing 7% to 21,490. Meanwhile, some of the states biggest papers showed steep declines: The News & Observer, down 12%; The Charlotte Observer, 11%; and the Greensboro News & Record, 17%. Cookes Elizabeth City and the Rocky Mount dailies each saw half-precent declines equivalent to holding steady, given the economy. The Goldsboro News-Argus showed a gain of less than a half percent to 17,245, while The High Point Enterprise fell 3% to 17,459 and The Salisbury Post slipped 1% to 19,753.
His experience for 10 years in Key West speaks for itself, his father says. They are highly successful papers. He knows how to run a paper. The only thing you can read into this is that he wants to remain in the newspaper business, and so far, hes having a whale of a time with the dailies and weeklies. Plus, theres really nothing to turn around. They [the North Carolina papers] were very well run, and weve left the personnel intact. All weve done is modernize the appearance and change the size of the page.
After a year in his new surroundings, John Kent Cooke Jr. seems pleased with where he finds himself. Its not in a suite in Jack Kent Cooke now FedEx Stadium, but North Carolina is where I want to be at this point in my life. Nor does he regret trading yellowtail snapper and conch fritters for barbecue and hush puppies. This community has been so welcoming to my family, and I still love newspapers. Im having a ball.
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Miss Iowa is top 15 but she said Iowa is the "Hawkeye State" so I hope she goes down.
Miss Montana has a mild form of autism
Miss DC (not top 15) is having a double mastectomy after the competition because her mother, grandmother, and a great-aunt have all died of breast cancer.
Miss Oklahoma holds two Guinness World Records for ballet-related talents.
Miss Illinois, Oklahoma, Texas, and Indiana all made it through as usual.
Pretty sure Miss Iowa is from ISU...
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Pretty sure Miss Iowa is from ISU...
her name was Mariah Cary. She was all about the Hawkeyes, so if she's from ISU, she's a traitor!
She's from Burlington and Mount Mercy College
Nevermind I lied, not who i thought it was
nope, student at Mt. Mercy. Miss Iowa for the Miss USA contest is from ISU though. That's not confusing at all!
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nope, student at Mt. Mercy. Miss Iowa for the Miss USA contest is from ISU though. That's not confusing at all!
Ahhhh, now it makes sense...
swimsuit contest next for those who feel like flipping from the game, ahah. The girl from my home state (IL) won the prelim contest earlier this week.
I need to get this swimsuit for vacation this summer, they are so cute!
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I liked Wyoming best. And the girl in blue, but I forget who she is.
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At a press conference flanked by members of the Multi Party Committee on Climate Change, Julia Gillard said that she was determined to price carbon and was "not intending to take a backwards step" in the ensuing debate. This firm commitment complete with a specific time-frame is extremely positive news.
It sets clearly the direction of government climate policy. Since the three-time defeat and subsequent shelving of Kevin Rudd's emissions trading scheme (ETS) in 2009, Government statements on climate change have been worryingly short on detail. With Thursday's announcement, the Government has outlined one of the key building blocks to lowering emissions and transitioning to the more sustainable, prosperous, low carbon economy.
The announcement has been rightly welcomed by a significant portion of the business community as the first step to providing the certainty needed to make long term investment decisions.
Most of the detail is still to be decided – detail that will be crucial to determining if the plan can both survive the intense political debate that will surely come; and ultimately be successful in bringing down emissions and stimulating low carbon growth.
Crucially, we don't yet know what the carbon price will be, or by how much it will rise once in place. Setting an adequate initial price and raising that price over time are both vital to underpinning the innovation and investment that will lower emissions.
Also to be decided are the arrangements for transitioning to a full emissions trading scheme and what the eventual cap will be - the specifics of which will be vital to ensuring confidence and certainty from business. How the government will deal with compensation for industry and households is another vital issue not addressed so far.
These questions and others will leave the Multi Party Committee on Climate Change a long and tricky list to get through this year.
The issue has a strong history of collateral damage in Australian politics. Since 2009 it has claimed one leader apiece from Labor and The Coalition with both Malcolm Turnbull and former PM Kevin Rudd owing much of their demise to climate politics.
This time around, the political numbers look better for the Government – but nothing is guaranteed. Labor's majority in the lower house is built on an alliance with the Greens and three independent MPs: Tony Windsor, Rob Oakeshott and Andrew Wilkie.
The Greens have openly opposed the industry compensation package negotiated by Labor in 2009 for its ETS. Despite that opposition, Julia Gillard has said she considers them to be her starting point this time round. And though the three independents seem to be broadly on side, they have yet to give their formal support. Tony Windsor in particular will take some persuading, stressing yesterday that "nothing is settled" in his view.
In the Upper House, a new Labor-Green majority will replace the current Coalition majority when the new Senate takes its seats as of the 1st of July, making the passage of any bill more likely, but still far from assured.
Internationally, the announcement is certainly a step forward. Since Cancun, countries' domestic actions on climate change are increasingly seen as the most likely basis for any international agreement. While Australia's five per cent emissions reduction goal is still significantly lower than IPCC targets, it does show that Australia's commitment to some domestic action is still alive and kicking – an essential message for other countries. The announcement will also ensure Australia retains some leverage at the negotiating table.


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News from the world of Maths
November 30, 2010
To get you in the festive spirit Science in School is offering you an advent calendar with a difference — no little doors to open, no pictures of snowmen and no chocolate. Instead, each day for 24 days, they will send you an email with an inspiring teaching idea. Perhaps a science game to play at the end of term, maybe a fun experiment, some fascinating science facts, links to particularly good websites, or a beautiful picture to use in lessons.
November 30, 2010
What are continued fractions? How can they tell us what is the most irrational number? What are they good for and what unexpected properties do they possess? Where are they in the Universe and just what does chaos have to do with it? You can now watch John Barrow's lecture about the fascinating things you can uncover by writing numbers in this way.
November 26, 2010
Worried you missed Pi day? Never fear! Thanks to the kind people of Wolfram we now have a bevy of mathematical dates to celebrate — six in November alone! November 23, or 11/23 for people in the US, is Fibonacci day as 1,1,2,3 is the start of the Fibonacci sequence. And even mathematically-minded Twilight fans have had something to celebrate...
November 26, 2010
The dramatic curved surfaces of some of the iconic buildings created in the last decade, such as 30 St Mary's Axe (AKA the Gherkin) in London, are only logistically and economically possible thanks to mathematics. Curved panels of glass or other material are expensive to manufacture and to fit. Surprisingly, the curved surface of the Gherkin has been created almost entirely out of flat panels of glass — the only curved piece is the cap on the very top of the building. And simple geometry is all that is required to understand how.
November 26, 2010
The Further Mathematics Support Programme (FMSP) and Rolls–Royce plc are pleased to invite entries for the third national poster competition for undergraduate or PGCE mathematics students.
November 25, 2010
Quantum mechanics is usually associated with weird and counterintuitve phenomena we can't observe in real life. But it turns out that quantum processes can occur in living organisms, too, and with very concrete consequences. Some species of birds use quantum mechanics to navigate. And as Plus found out at a recent conference, studying these little creatures' quantum compass may help us achieve the holy grail of computer science: building a quantum computer.
November 25, 2010
A group of school students-turned-researchers has delivered new data that will help scientists stem the spread of infectious diseases. A study designed by the students reveals social contact patterns among primary schools students. This type of information is crucial in mathematical models of how diseases spread, which can be used to test the effects of interventions like vaccination and school closures. The study was based on specially designed questionnaires which were handed out to primary schools and achieved an unprecedented response rate of nearly 90%.
November 5, 2010
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America's Got Talent stunners Heidi Klum and Mel B might try to one-up each other on wardrobe choices while on TV, but the rest of the time, the judges are beauty buddies. In a recent Instagram picture, the ladies stripped away the makeup and showed the world just how stunning they look au naturel.
Heidi Klum and Mel B always look perfectly polished while sitting on the judges' panel for America's Got Talent. As such, it comes as a bit of a surprise to see the celebs completely barefaced. But during a recent primping session, the two ditched their makeup for a quick snapshot, inducing extreme jealousy among their social media followers.
Technically, Heidi and Mel B were not entirely barefaced. Although they wore no makeup for their Instagram picture, they were in the process of testing out a special eye treatment designed to eliminate the look of tiredness. For the photo's caption, Heidi wrote, "Eye treatment! You won't recognize us tomorrow on AGT."
Of course, when the next episode of America's Got Talent arrived, the two judges were completely recognizable. That's not to say they didn't look amazing — just that they always are stunners. Heidi later posted a follow-up photo in which she and Mel B posed with Nick Cannon, forming what the model referred to as a "beauty sandwich." Her fans clearly agreed, offering plenty of positive feedback on both the makeup-caked and the makeup-less versions of Heidi and Mel B.
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The Military and Veteran Psychology Area of Emphasis (MVP®) is a coordinated array of efforts to train culturally competent mental health professionals to provide services to military service members, veterans, and their families. MVP® requires students to complete focused academic coursework (Meeting the Needs of Returning Veterans and Systems; Military Families and the Cycle of Deployment; Trauma and the Military; Substance Abuse and Addiction in the Military), to participate in 2 years of non-academic personal development activities with other students, to provide relevant direct services through field training, and to conduct research in the areas of military and/or veteran matters.
Our veterans flagship program Train Vets to Treat Vets® (TVTV) is funded by the Massachusetts Department of Veteran Services to train William James College student veterans to become clinicians effective in working with veteran populations, to outreach to SM/Vets to consider careers in mental health, while simultaneously educating them about the mental health needs of veterans returning from deployment, to create a supportive community for student veterans, family and friends of military personnel, and for those interested in working with veterans and military families. The program also offers state-wide training conferences for mental health professionals to expand awareness of veterans' mental health needs.
The MVP® area of emphasis at William James College is open in its entirety to clinical and counseling psychology students, whether they are veterans or civilians. The coursework associated with this emphasis is also available to organizational and school psychology students who have completed the necessary prerequisites.
The Military & Veterans Psychology (MVP®) Program is offered as a concentration in the following academic programs:


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Denver Police Department Public Information Officer Sonny Jackson said thanks to a tip they found a 2002 Buick Rendezvous not far from the accident in Southeast Denver around midnight.
Jackson said they do not have a suspect in the case, and that they working to identify the driver involved.
The victim was identified as Zewde Ali, 61.
It happened at 6:07 p.m. on the eastbound lanes of Parker Road, just west of East Mississippi Avenue.
Police believe a driver attempted to bypass a line of cars stuck in rush-hour traffic by moving into the center turn lane at high rate of speed, striking Ali as she crossed south to north. Police say she may been coming from a bus stop.
There were several pieces of the vehicle at the scene.
"We will go about the business of collecting every broken piece of the vehicle that was left at the scene," Denver Police Lt. Robert Rock said. "Our forensic scientists at our crime lab are able to piece the debris back together."
That section of Parker Road was closed for several hours while police gathered evidence.
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December 9, 2011
Is maths always true?
December 8, 2011
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December 7, 2011
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December 6, 2011
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December 5, 2011
It's Cyber Monday and apparently this lunchtime we will all be shopping online. In case you are hunting for presents today, you can find our mathematical suggestions behind Door 5.
December 4, 2011
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|Runners, jumpers and throwers return to action for HHS track and field team
|Written by Kyle Arnoldy
With only seven seniors out for track this year, the team is very freshman and sophomore heavy, but with 43 total kids out, the Dragons will have plenty of talent to put to use.
"I think we have great numbers and we do have some solid leadership at the junior and senior level," head coach Luke Thomas explained. "I think we have a really great coaching staff, too. I would say that that's a huge strength of our team."
The team is returning three kids who made it to state last year. T.J. Gertner, Ryan Parker and Matt Golden were all a part of a 4x800 relay team that earned 15th place at the state meet. As a team, HHS finished in fifth.
"I just want to keep everyone healthy. No injuries, that would be ideal," Thomas said. "I just want to make sure that the kids are successful, that they are achieving their goals and naturally we want to send some kids to state."
After two years as the assistant coach for the Holyoke Dragon track and field team, Thomas has stepped into the head coaching role.
Thomas, who also is the head coach of the high school swim team and the junior high football team, will be joined by assistant coaches Kia Kassman, Cindi Beavers and volunteer coach Guy Kuntz. Kassman will oversee the shotputters and discus throwers, Beavers will coach the hurdlers, Thomas will focus on runners and Kuntz will work with the jumpers.
Returning to help Holyoke chase a state title in track and field are last year's letterwinners, pictured from left, front row, A.J. Brandt and Morgan Golden; and back row, Jacinda Krueger, Lindsay Helgoth, Bianca Rodriguez, Matt Golden, T.J. Gertner, Ryan Parker, Brittney Prottsman and Cierra Prelle. Not pictured is Javy Rojo. —Enterprise photo
The beginning of the season is always hectic as many athletes only have a handful of practices under their belt before the first meet due to the postseason of winter sports.
This early in the season, Thomas noted that he is pleased with the team's focus, but would like to see them pick up the intensity a little bit.
The Dragons opened the season at the Brush Invitational Saturday, March 16. The girls' varsity team secured a ninth-place finish while the boys ended the day in 10th place.
Returning letterwinners are seniors Golden, Lindsay Helgoth and Cierra Prelle; juniors Jacinda Krueger, Parker and Brittney Prottsman; and sophomores A.J. Brandt, Morgan Golden, Bianca Rodriguez, Gertner and Javy Rojo.
Joining them on the HHS track team are seniors Becca Weaver, Gaby Chavez, Chris Pell and José Jaquez; juniors Zuri Lopez, Malena McWilliams, Andrew Kent, Daniel Bencomo, Carlos Diaz and Jacob Vasa; sophomores Rubi Canales, Ana Olivas, Anastasia Conklin, Rosa Ochoa, Logan Gift, Luke Stewart, Jack Gorwitz and Troy Brown; and freshmen Dani Brandt, Lori McWilliams, Monica Montes, Megan Parker, Peyton Dittmer, Roni Beavers, Adi Bencomo, Wendy Payan, Cody Lamm, Eric Rojo, Fernando Rojo, Jesus Martinez, Marques Harvey and Xander Nelson.
Senior Rachel Schneider and freshman Makenna Bishop will work as team managers.
Holyoke will head to the Yuma Early Qualifier meet Saturday, March 23 with competition slated to begin at 10 a.m.
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Speak Up for San Carlos Library!
San Mateo County Library (SMCL) is leading an effort to understand the community's current and future needs regarding Library Services in San Carlos. We invite the public to attend one or both of the two community meetings being conducted by Anderson Brule Architects (ABA).
Please Attend Our Planning Meetings!
ABA will be compiling a needs assessment for the San Carlos Library that will be used for an interior redesign of our building. The first workshop is scheduled for May 25 from 7-9:30 in the conference rooms on the second floor of the Library located at 610 Elm Street. You'll have a second opportunity to participate on July 13, also from 7-9:30. Meeting attendees will be asked to participate in some brainstorming activities. Light refreshments will be available courtesy of the Friends of the San Carlos Library.
We Want to Hear From You!
In addition to these meetings, SMCL has also added a survey. This survey will be available until June 13. We encourage all to fill out this survey whether or not you can attend either of the community meetings. This is your opportunity to directly affect the future course of San Carlos Library services and the building in which these services are provided.
For more information please call the library at 650.591.0341
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Hi everyone, I am brand new so please bare with me. I have been looking for an alternative to Outlook and have stumbled upon Zimbra. I am in the process of setting it up as we speak and I need some help. I run a business that deals in the corporate world. Therefore my email signatures need to look corporate if you know what I mean. I also have to have a disclaimer in the email signature, for protection.
I am setting up the email signature now and it is saying it is too big. Is zimbra able to handle a corporate signature or should I just go back to outlook?


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I am trying to install BES Express 5.0.2 on an Windows 2008 R2 Server Standart 64Bit. What I have done so far:
- Installed a fresh W2k8 R2 Server with all Updates
- Installed Outlook 2007 with all Updates
- Installed the Connector following the AdminGuide > http://files2.zimbra.com/website/doc...AdminGuide.pdf
Now, when trying to install the BES Express 5.0.2, the installation constantly crashens, when I try to get past the MAPI-Preferences (see attachement). When I click on "Next", the installation crashes.
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Maria Sharapova is co-starring in Nike's LACE UP, SAVE LIVES campaign which I mentioned on World AIDS Day last December.
She joins Didier Drogba, Andrei Arshavin, Clint Dempsey, Denilson, Marco Materazzi, Javier Mascherano, Fabio Cannavaro and Kobe Bryant in wearing NIKE(RED) laces in this video to help bring awareness to the epidemic and raise funds to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa.
The sports giant is donating 100% of the profits from the sale of the NIKE(RED) laces to the Global Fund, which helps fund HIV/AIDS programs that support purchasing Antiretroviral medications and other necessities, and football-based programs that help fight AIDS in Africa.
Wanna do your part? Visit the website by clicking here to find out how.
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Yay! Red laces!ReplyDelete
I love the behind-the-head-but-looking-like-through-the-ears move. I'm going to try that later. :P
I'm pissed Nike didn't go for my hands-and-feet-tied-to-the-bedpost-while-butt-nekkid trick. And I did it all by myself too. Boo.ReplyDelete
I was really disappointed in the lack of FC Barcelona players. If there's someone who can sell ANYTHING, it's Gerard Pique. Seriously, I almost blew a month's salary when I saw his campaign ads for some jewelry brand.ReplyDelete
If you managed that maneuver all by yourself...I'll be right over.
With Rafa, who needs to learn that trick. ;)
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The upgrade took about 2 hr but went really smoothly.
Even though its probably possible to go from 5.0.4 FOSS to 5.0.13 NE, after reading the forums and seeing reccomendations I decided to upgrade from FOSS to FOSS first.
Once i tested that for a few mins, I decided the risk was minimal to go from FOSS to NE. This went very smoothly and we have a new shiny NE server.
I also have another server running 5.0.13 FOSS. Once you get through your DNS issues, everything goes very smoothly. On my FOSS server, I decided to use bind9 to help with the DNS. You can literally install a version of zimbra without messing around with your DNS server. This wiki entry really helped
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The drive for miniaturizing electronic devices has resulted in today's extensive use of surface-mount electronic components. An important aspect in electronics design and the choice of materials is a product's durability and lifetime. For surface-mount resistors and other components producing heat it is a well-known problem that temperature cycling can lead to cracks propagating through the solder joints, resulting in premature failure.
For electronics in general there is a strong interest in changing the soldering material from lead- or tin-based solder alloys to other mixtures. This multiphysics example models the heat transport and structural stresses and deformations resulting from the temperature distribution using the Heat Transfer in Solids and Solid Mechanics interfaces.


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We're migrating from an iPlanet (SunOne) ver. 5.2 emai/calendar system to
Zimbra (latest network version.) We'll be running a split domain with iPlanet as the primary server and zimbra as the secondary.
Currently email routing for *@example.com through the zimbra MTA seems correct. If the user is found locally, email is delivered to zimbra and if not, it's forwarded to iPlanet and if the user is found, delivered there.
My question/issue/problem is that we're going to adjust the forwarding
address of our migrated, iPlanet users to the newer Zimbra MTA for delivery
from the other direction. However we get a bounce sending mail to
firstname.lastname@example.com and it simply bounces back. (Note: zmta is the name of our zimbra mta host.)
Can I or Should I create a "domain alias" for example.com such as "migrate.example.com" so that our forwards from the old system to zimbra can get through cleanly? If I use the hostname of the zimbra mta server postfix tries to deliver the mail locally. An aliases file on the mta requires local accounts be created and that's out.
Any thoughts or help would be great,
OS: RedHat ES 4. whatever's the latest
Zimbra: 4.0.4 Network Edition (latest also)
iPlanet config: iplanet.example.com (single box, web,imap,pop,smpt,cal)
Zimbra config: zmail.example.com (store, logger, web, imap, pop)
zldap.example.com (Zimbra LDAP)
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Teenagers who were told by a fellow student she had been assaulted at Wheeling Park High School on Dec. 13 did the right thing: They informed school administrators immediately....
Im sure you did. What happens at the school-stays at the school I guess
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It turned out that the box, which was mailed to a Meridian resident from Europe, contained only strudel mix.
The mix had leaked from inadequate packaging and gave off a strong odor. It initially also tested positive for an illegal drug, but additional tests all proved negative.
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Email Chuck and Woo Woo your "Relationship 911" and we'll read a new one every weekday morning at 7:50am!
Dear Chuck & WooWoo, Im really bothered by the lies I keep catching my brother telling. I live here in VB, He is in New Hampshire. I keep catching the lies on Facebook and from friends who email me. He tells everyone he has a psychology degree. He does not. He never graduated. He claims he is related to George Bush, says he used to live in Paris, and was hit on by Julia Roberts. I MEAN HE IS CRAZY!! I called him out on FB & he deleted my post!!! My parents are oblivious to the lies, but it is really starting to make all of us look bad. Does he need psychological help?!? How do you confront a pathological liar?


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If the same message arrives for more than one user, only a single file is store but informatio
for the files is set in the database for all the recipients.
I think there is a problem here ( or I did not understand it right ).
If the same mesage arrives for user A and B and the file is only stored in the mailbox ( directory ) of user A, B may lost the message if for some reason he will need to reindex his mailsotre.
I did not see any information related recipients in the raw message file. If A and B need to reindex their mailstore ( database crash and index information is corupted ), there is enough information in the message file to set again an index for B ? or B wont be able to see that message anymore ?


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On windows, I have Android Commander installed so whenever I double click on an APK file, the information about it (ie: package name, version, etc) is displayed. I'm looking for something similar for a Mac OS X. What are my options?
The best and quickest way to use it is to obtain the tool from the Android SDK, called
An example of the output is shown:
This will extract certain but limited values and parse the encoded
You can use QuickLookAPK, a APK Quicklook plugin. It's actually a wrapper of the
You might want to take a look at e.g. apktool, which is written in Java and will run on a Mac -- the linked page even contains the installation instructions.
You might also want to take a look at APKInspector (written in Python, it seems). Not having a Mac, I cannot say for sure whether it will run on it.
Mentioned for completeness: APK Multi Tool. Will probably not run on a Mac, as the page only advertizes a Windows and a Linux version -- but maybe the latter can be made working with minor effort, so you might want to contact its developer.
You might want to try apktool. This will run on your Mac.
And as @Izzy mentioned, you can try APK Multi Tool to get the APK properties.
One last thing you could try is viewing the contents of the APK. This can be done by renaming your apk file to .zip and extracting its contents. You will then see a file called AndroidManifest.xml, this will show app version, package name, etc.


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Mary Ann Frieda (Merchant) Harnack, 74, of Remsen, Iowa was unexpectedly called home to her Lord on Saturday, Saturday, January 5, 2013 at her residence. Funeral services will take place at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, January 10, 2013 at the Mauer-Johnson Funeral Home in Le Mars. Rev. Don Meyer will officiate. Burial will follow at the Remsen Community Cemetery. Visitation with the family present will begin at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at the Mauer-Johnson Funeral Home. There will be a prayer service at 7:00 p.m. Visitation will resume at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday prior to the funeral. Expressions of sympathy may be directed through www.mauerjohnsonfh.com
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HR plays a vital role in any organization's ethics program. In an organization where management and employees view the ethics program as unimportant, the role of HR becomes even more critical.
The question I would first ask: why is the program viewed as unimportant? Since events of the past 10 years have shown that ethics is an area of strategic importance to every organization, the lack of regard for the program is a function of the program and its support, not the issue of ethics itself.
In many organizations, ethics is a buzzword with as much impact as a mission statement that serves only to cover a hole in the lobby wall. Organizations that have successfully demonstrated the importance of ethics have linked ethics to real business issues and actual processes. Ethics helps frame the behaviors that are needed not only for the organization to be in compliance, but also to be high-performing. Cultures based on fear and frustration generate both business and ethics risks.
Ethics relates to how small or large a gap exists between actual corporate culture and the behaviors a company must demonstrate to meet compliance requirements and preserve its reputation in the marketplace. Success in closing this behavior-standards gap depends on actions, not empty words. In this regard, HR plays an important role by responding to the behaviors that underlie the strategic goals of integrity.
HR professionals see the inefficiencies when employees are conflicted about the company's culture and the values that are actually demonstrated, versus those that are preached. HR professionals see the cost of turnover based on basic lack of respect for individuals, as well as the cost of dealing with complaints and charges ranging from retribution to harassment and discrimination. HR can see whether people are promoted and rewarded for behavior that is contrary to the company's values, and whether people who seek to do the right thing are protected or victimized.
The successes in these areas should be presented to the workforce and to management as critical factors in whether the company reaches its corporate responsibility objectives.
By addressing these kinds of issues in the context of their relation to ethics, the human resources department can demonstrate the practical benefits of a company's ethics program. It is how HR handles these issues that often will determine whether a company's ethics program is taken seriously or not.
HR can take an active role in boosting an ethics program by linking its own programs and initiatives to issues raised in the ethics program or the code of conduct. For example, HR campaigns that encourage diversity of opinion or enable decisions to be challenged should be directly linked to compliance topics and corporate values--as well as corporate governance and the possible risk to a company's reputation. In this way, the annual calendar of HR programs can be used to implement strategic initiatives such as corporate governance and responsibility.
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Testimony :: Hon. Alcee L. Hastings
Co-Chairman - Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
I would also like to welcome our eminent witnesses to today's hearing. I am extremely pleased that we are able to have this distinguished panel of experts addressing such a timely and pressing subject. This is an extremely complex topic and I will be listening with an open mind.
The issue we're addressing today is of tremendous salience, really, throughout the OSCE region. Unfortunately, it is not possible in the course of a few hours to do justice to each and every country or region where inter-ethnic relations are of interest. I want to pay homage to the breadth of geographical expertise represented by our witnesses. At the same time, let's be clear that there are countries or minority groups or inter-ethnic issues we cannot cover today, simply for lack of time. Nevertheless, we are interested in how this issue plays out throughout the whole OSCE region – whether we manage to talk about every nook and cranny today or not.
I do want to flag one particular concern which, I believe, exacerbates tensions within, between and among participating States: the practice of one country extending its citizenship to citizens of another country. I hope this will be discussed in the course of our hearing today, especially considering that the leadership of the newly elected Hungarian government has suggested it may seek to extend Hungarian citizenship to hundreds of thousands of citizens of other countries. We recall that some other OSCE participating States have gone down this path – sometimes leading to or at least contributing violent outcomes.
The war between Russia and Georgia in August 2008 had many causes, proximate and longstanding, including ethnic tensions However, the mass issuance of Russian citizenship to Georgian citizens exacerbated the tenuous relations between the two countries, as Ambassador Tagliavini makes clear in her report. . The High Commissioner on National Minorities has cautioned against the conferral of citizenship upon groups within another state, stressing that exercise of extra-territorial jurisdiction over populations in another state violates the principle of sovereignty.
The unresolved conflicts between Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as the Transnistria region of Moldova, also continue to be fed by ethnic tensions. There is still pervasive fear and the threat of ethnically-based violent incidents in Kosovo and Bosnia-Herzegovina. While there is no uniform means of resolving these situations, a genuine commitment to OSCE principles and the exercise of political will on the part of the stakeholders would further efforts toward an acceptable resolution to each conflict.
I look forward to hearing your views on these issues and your perspectives as to whether the ongoing Corfu Security Dialogue in Vienna has affected progress toward resolving inter-ethnic conflict in the region. I would also appreciate your views on whether the OSCE field mission in Georgia could have done more to mitigate the 2008 conflict. Thank you.


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