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Starting in 2009, a 30-something South Korean man with the last name Jo began traveling to northeastern China. There, he met North Koreans who were government agents.
Jo allegedly met with the agents to ask them to develop game software for a cyber attack on South Korea. Those games would turn players' computers against their own country.
The South Korean man, who worked as game distributor, shelled out tens of millions of Korean won (several hundred thousand dollars) for the games, which were infected with malignant viruses. South Korean authorities state that Jo knew the men were North Korean agents and knew the games were malware, but still sold the games to South Korean online game operators.
According to Korea JoongAng Daily, when South Korean gamers played the games, the viruses embedded in them turned the computers into zombie computers that could be controlled for cyber attacks. Through these zombie computers, a distributed denial-of-service attack was launched against Incheon International Airport.
The attack was launched several times in March 2011.
Jo was arrested this weekend for violating the National Security Law.
This same North Korean government department, the Reconnaissance General Bureau, is also behind a cyber attack last fall that caused a technical glitch in the airport's flight data processor, affecting the departures of 18 flights.
Authorities don't know if last September's glitch is related to Jo's gaming malware.
Incheon Airport cyberattack traced to Pyongyang [Korea JoongAng Daily Thanks, Chi!]
(Top photo: Vincent Yu, File | AP)


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Here are a few of the most interesting Yacht Club Games statistics and facts I was able to dig up. As always, be sure to check back in the future as I will be updating this post as new and updated stats become available.
Here is our enormous collection of Yacht Club Games games and detailed information on each As always, new games are added to this collection regularly.
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(Pocket-lint) - How does Sony do it? This flagship TV in the brand's EX Series is one of the most impressive we're ever seen. The way the 55EX723 upscales all sources to fit its massive 55-inch panel is clever stuff; it cleans and polishes all kinds of web-based video to remove noise, but somehow look cinematic, too – it's a real treat.
Which is why we're just a little annoyed that 3D images on the 55EX723 are nothing short of downright dirty. The 3D aspect is actually an add-on; although thankfully there's a built-in 3D transmitter, 3D specs must be bought on top from a suitably huge range that start at £59.
More extras than a film set
It's not the only optional extra. Ethernet LAN is the default way of attaching this Edge LED-lit LCD telly to a broadband router, with a Wi-Fi adaptor costing around £50 extra. For any so-called 'smart' TV to miss built-in Wi-Fi from the spec is unforgivable in our eyes, but when a TV costing far in excess of a grand does it, it's plain rude. After all, if TVs costing £500 from the likes of Toshiba can offer Wi-Fi, why can't the 55EX723?
That said, the Freeview HD software is beautifully designed and works speedily, giving information for eight channels over two hours. It's basic, but colourful and quick – and as enjoyable an experience as a dedicated set-top box from the likes of Humax, Sky or Virgin Media. There's even some basic recording functionality if you attach a HDD via USB, though there's only one tuner so it can only record what you're watching. More useful is the pause live TV feature it creates.
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Despite its built-in hi-def TV channels, the 55EX723's biggest attraction – and one that lives up to the hype - is its Bravia Internet video service. The simple grid-style design is stuffed with things to watch, which is more than we can say for other manufacturer's efforts. Services are being added all the time and if there's a new app available, the 55EX723 flashes-up a message, downloads it, then re-starts the TV. During our test we linked the 55EX723 to a live Lovefilm account and streamed I'm Still Here, which was easy enough to do after registering online and entering a code to pair the TV with our subscription. Other apps include BBC iPlayer, Sky News, MUBI, Muzu, uStudio, blip.tv, Billabong and 3D World, among other less attractive propositions.
For those without a 3D Blu-ray player, the 3D World app could provide a first glimpse of the third dimension at home. The collection of sports, movie trailers, music videos and games trailers are all in 3D, and made by Sony, so there is an element of advertising going on here.
3D failure
However, with a good spread of content available, it's to 3D World we headed to first to test the 55EX723's 3D performance. A few trailers revealed a relatively clean, comfortable experience, but not much in the way of depth. In fact, the most impressive aspect of donning the 3D specs for 3D movies is that the brightness of the screen is immediately dulled, increasing the perception of contrast.
It's a different story with some sequences from last summer's tennis at Wimbledon. Forget the need for slightly awkward camera shots primarily from the back of the court; in the immediate foreground Jo-Wilfried Tsonga appears divorced from the background, but the 55EX723 does display some tremendous depth effects. However, Novak Djokovic at the other end of the court is blighted by a double image, and the Wimbeldon crowd in the stands are in a right old mess. It's really quite nasty – and moving to 3D Blu-ray doesn't help.
It's a shame because the 55EX723 otherwise produces a spotless performance with virtually every other video source, from dodgy quality feeds on YouTube to sparkling, detail laden and contrasty Freeview HD channels. Blur-free, with no judder from Blu-ray and colour palette that's always natural looking, the 55EX723 is a bit of a legend with 2D sources.
Audio, though, is another letdown that never achieves more than clear, audible dialogue – there's nothing in the way of bass and the surround modes add little to a thin soundstage.
It may be 3D-ready, but this 55-inch LED telly struggles with the third way. Otherwise one of the finest 2D sets around, with a peerless online dimension, we're nevertheless not sure that a TV that lacks both built-in WiFi and 3D glasses should command such a high price tag. Another great effort from Sony for 2D, but there are better value choices around – and better 3D performers.


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Nelson Mandela dead at 95
View images of civil rights leader Nelson Mandela, who went from anti-apartheid activist to prisoner to South Africa's first black president.
Nelson Mandela, the revered South African anti-apartheid icon who spent 27 years in prison, led his country to democracy and became its first black president, died Thursday at home. He was 95.
"He is now resting," said South African President Jacob Zuma. "He is now at peace."
"Our nation has lost his greatest son," he continued. "Our people have lost their father."
A state funeral will be held, and Zuma called for mourners to conduct themselves with "the dignity and respect" that Mandela personified.
"Wherever we are in the country, wherever we are in the world, let us reaffirm his vision of a society… in which none is exploited, oppressed or dispossessed by another," he said as tributes began pouring in from across the world.
Though he was in power for only five years, Mandela was a figure of enormous moral influence the world over – a symbol of revolution, resistance and triumph over racial segregation.
He inspired a generation of activists, left celebrities and world leaders star-struck, won the Nobel Peace Prize and raised millions for humanitarian causes.
South Africa is still bedeviled by challenges, from class inequality to political corruption to AIDS. And with Mandela's death, it has lost a beacon of optimism.
Feb. 1990: NBC's Robin Lloyd reports on Nelson Mandela on the eve of his release from prison in 1990. Mandela's name has become a rallying cry for the overthrow of apartheid, but no one but prison guards and visitors have actually seen him since he was jailed 27 years ago.
In his jailhouse memoirs, Mandela wrote that even after spending so many years in a Spartan cell on Robben Island – with one visitor a year and one letter every six months – he still had faith in human nature.
"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion," he wrote in "Long Walk to Freedom."
"People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite."
Mandela retired from public life in 2004 with the half-joking directive, "Don't call me, I'll call you," and had largely stepped out of the spotlight, spending much of his time with family in his childhood village.
His health had been fragile in recent years. He had spent almost three months in a hospital in Pretoria after being admitted in June for a recurring lung infection. He was released on Sept. 1.
In his later years, Mandela was known to his countrymen simply as Madiba, the name of his tribe and a mark of great honor. But when he was born on July 18, 1918, he was named Rolihlahla, which translated roughly – and prophetically – to "troublemaker."
Mandela was nine when his father died, and he was sent from his rural village to the provincial capital to be raised by a fellow chief. The first member of his family to get a formal education, he went to boarding school and then enrolled in South Africa's elite Fort Hare University, where his activism unfurled with a student boycott.
As a young law scholar, he joined the resurgent African National Congress just a few years before the National Party – controlled by the Afrikaners, the descendants of Dutch and French settlers – came to power on a platform of apartheid, in which the government enforced racial segregation and stripped non-whites of economic and political power.
As an ANC leader, Mandela advocated peaceful resistance against government discrimination and oppression – until 1961, when he launched a military wing called Spear of the Nation and a campaign of sabotage.
April, 1994: Former political prisoner Nelson Mandela is on the verge of being elected South Africa's first black president.
The next year, he was arrested and soon hit with treason charges. At the opening of his trial in 1964, he said his adoption of armed struggle was a last resort born of bloody crackdowns by the government.
"Fifty years of non-violence had brought the African people nothing but more and more repressive legislation and fewer and few rights," he said from the dock.
"I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal for which I hope to live for and achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die."
Nelson Mandela Dead at 95
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Nelson Mandela, who led the emancipation of South Africa from white minority rule and served as his country's first black president, died at 95.
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The oratory of S. Maria della Spina, Pisa's most elaborate Gothic structure, was thoroughly rebuilt starting around the middle of the third decade of the Trecento. The dramatic sculptures of Christ and the Apostles on the oratory's southern exterior, and of the Virgin and Child on the western facade, are closely connected in style to the work of Giovanni Pisano who left Pisa in 1314 and died shortly after. Modern scholarship has assumed that these sculptures were produced in conjunction with the restoration of the oratory they decorated. Accordingly two possibilities emerged: One, that they were by Giovanni Pisano, in which case the oratory's documented restoration of the thirteen-twenties would have been minor; or two, that they were not by the master but belonged to his close following. This study proposes that these sculptures, by Giovanni Pisano, would have been re-used from some other structure, the earlier oratory not excluded. Supporting evidence is found in a survey of the principal sculptural projects produced by Pisan masters in Pisa, Genoa and Barcelona during the third and fourth decades who hardly matched Giovanni in artistic ability and dramatic concept. Recently uncovered evidence reinforces the identification of the principal Pisan sculptor then active as Lupo di Francesco. The exterior architectural decorative vocabulary of the oratory matches that of the tabernacle above the eastern entrance to the Pisan Campo Santo which belongs roughly around the early thirties.
This paper discusses the iconography of Ruth as depicted in two manuscripts, the Tripartite Mahzor, a Jewish prayer book of around 1322 from the Lake Constance region and the Padua Bible, a Christian picture Bible of around 1400 from Italy. Both manuscripts were influenced by the general European iconography of Ruth, but also share some special iconographic similarities based on Jewish commentaries and midrashic texts. The Jewish connection of the Christian Padua Bible is testimony to the Christian interest in the literal sense of the Bible and its Jewish interpretations among some Christian exegetes from the twelfth century on. Alongside the Christian interest in Jewish commentaries it is possible to suggest an additional interest in Jewish or Jewish like pictorial traditions of the book of Ruth.
The essay is to show how, in the Middle Ages, a common narration, in this case the Passion of Christ, could be visually retold and, through this, adapted to specific cultic demands. Naumburg Cathedral's famous western screen with its passion cycle closes off a sort of chapel where, as far as one can deduce from the no less famous statues there, masses were said to the benefit of the founders of the cathedral for the purpose of assisting their sinful souls in purgatory. By placing emphasis in the passion-reliefs on the roles of Judas and St. Peter, the sculptor and his patrons, the Naumburg clergy, raised the question on which basis sin could be forgiven and made clear that among the most important qualifications for obtaining forgiveness was the virtue of hope, a virtue the founders had shown by doing good works and especially by benefiting Naumburg cathedral.
In 1978 Ulrich Middeldorf proposed that the Portrait of a Man Holding a Medal attributed to Botticelli (Florence, Uffizi), depicts the illegitimate son of Giovanni di Cosimo de' Medici, whom he identified as the sculptor Bertoldo. This article tests the plausibility of Middeldorf's idea within a documentary and historical framework, while using the visual evidence of the portrait itself. Furthermore, it is suggested that the sitter of the portrait may be found within the group portrait of the Medici family painted by Benozzo Gozzoli in the Cappella dei Magi in Palazzo Medici, using a new system for determining the identities of the individuals represented in the Procession of the Magus Caspar.
The presence of people embracing and kissing each other in the Last Judgment has caused astonishment and lack of understanding among Michelangelo's contemporaries as well as in modern scholarship. An explanation is proposed through a close reading of Michelangelo's poems which he wrote during the planning and execution of the fresco and which he dedicated to Tommaso Cavalieri, with whom he was passionately in love. Though referring to various topics originating from medieval mysticism,Petrarchan love-lyric and Renaissance Neo-Platonic love-treatises, Michelangelo's poems strip away the traditional allegorical and metaphorical meaning of representation of physical love. Rather, earthly interpersonal love is the indispensable prerequisite for eschatological salvation and immortality, both for lover and beloved, their love finding fulfilment only in death. This reading of Michelangelo's poetry also allows for a new perspective on the artist's self-portrait on the flayed skin of St. Bartholomew.
Bonifacio de' Pitati's Dives and Lazarus reflects pressing concerns with poor relief, sanitation and the responsibilities of the Venetian aristocrat in Renaissance Venice. This article seeks to establish the picture's correct position in Bonifacio's career and places it in the context of other, seldom discussed versions of the theme by Tintoretto, Jacopo Bassano, Benedetto Caliari and Ludovico Pozzoserrato. In re-embodying Christ's parable on the porch of a contemporary mainland villa, many of these works invite an analysis of contemporary attitudes to villa culture and the socio-economic structure of sixteenth-century lagoon life.
This study uses Vasari and some other sources to propose the influence of Danese Cattaneo's entire although mostly unexecuted project for what is now known as the Apollo wellhead in Venice on Ammannati's Juno Fountain in Florence. Both programs refer to the process of the creation of a vital substance: Danese Cattaneo's wellhead sculptures outline the process of the generation of gold, while Ammannati's refers to the evidently more complex process of the creation of water. In Danese's wellhead program the Venetian state has constrained the forces of nature to labor for them; while there may be some discussion as to whether gold or water is more vital for the state, the allegory of Ammannati is a charming fantasy based upon traditional personifications while the alchemical processes illustrated in Danese's scheme still retained a link to the history of science, and referred to beliefs still held by more than a few.
The cycle Life of Maria de' Medici painted by Peter Paul Rubens, which was executed by the artist for the Western Gallery in Palais du Luxemburg in Paris (1622-1625), was subject to political control, first and foremost by the entourage of the Queen Mother herself, and in the final stages also by King Louis XIII. One of the proofs of the existence of a system of control over the cycle are Rubens' bozzetto and modello for Disembarkation at Marseilles. The bozzetto, dated 1622, is in the collection of Alte Pinakothek in Munich, the modello - in a private collection and has not so far been described at length in literature. The modello was executed by Rubens; it may have been completed with the help of Rubens' then co-worker, Justus van Egmont. The sense of the changes in the composition of Disembarkation of Maria de' Medici at Marseilles (bozzetto - modello - painting) can be explained by the likely intervention of one of the clergymen (probably Abbé Saint-Ambroise) from the Queen Mother's immediate entourage. After the rejection of Rubens' original composition (bozzetto in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich), the artist had to paint another painting - modello (which by definition is larger in format than bozzetto and represents a greater degree of precision with regard to detail) in order to win the court's approval for the new composition. It is the only painting which exists in an intermediary format in-between a sketch (bozzetto) and a large-sized, monumental painting from the Louvre. The modello must have originated after the bozzetto; it was probably painted in Paris in May 1623, due to controversies which arose around the final version of The Disembarkation at Marseilles.


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Ciudad Rodrigo
Ciudad Rodrigo thyo͞oᵺäᵺ´ rôᵺrē´gō [key], town (1990 pop. 15,985), Salamanca prov., central Spain, in Castile and León, on the Agueda River near the Portuguese border. It is a trade and tourism center for a cattle-raising area. Originally a Roman settlement, the town was abandoned and reestablished in the 12th cent. as a fortress. It has preserved its medieval flavor and has been declared a historic monument.
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Our tour guide in Jordan was remarkably frank.
"We have terrible neighbours", Ahmad told us as he explained why tourism in his Middle East country had dropped 65 per cent in the last three years.
We could see the evidence in Petra, the ancient area of narrow, deep canyons and magnificent buildings carved more than 2,000 years ago into the red, pink and orange sandstone cliffs.
The UNESCO World Heritage Site is usually teeming with visitors but, in what should have been peak season, the crowds were sparse and owners of the ubiquitous camels and donkeys were begging for riders.
A pity, really. Because those "terrible neighbours" — Syria, Iraq and now Egypt — have had a negative effect on travel to a fascinating part of the world where friendly, welcoming countries such as Jordan, Oman and Israel are paying the price.
A cruise is the safe, secure way to visit this part of the world and we were fortunate to travel on the Seabourn Odyssey, a small, luxurious ship holding slightly more than 400 passengers with a crew of 350 to provide a pampering and welcoming environment.
Our 18-day adventure actually started in Athens with a stay at the majestic five-star Grand Bretagne Hotel, built 150 years ago in the central core of the city.
Its main breakfast and evening dining area is on the top floor, with a magnificent view of the Acropolis and Parthenon.
It's a short drive from Athens to the Greek port of Piraeus, where the splendid comforts of the Seabourn Odyssey awaited us. Consistently rated as among the world's finest cruise ships, it was immediately apparent that its reputation was well deserved.
The suites (most with balconies) were large, well-equipped with plenty of closet space and included granite-lined bathrooms with double sinks and separate bath and shower. Complimentary wine and spirits of our choice were provided and the fridge was well stocked with water, beer and pop. The large, flat-screen TV had hundreds of choices — movies, music and broadcast.
As we sailed toward Israel, we revelled in the many pleasures of the all-inclusive ship — a great coffee and cappuccino bar, champagne and caviar on demand, a large library, a comfortable observation lounge (with a daily, formal tea), full-edition international newspapers delivered daily, several hot tubs and swimming pools with plenty of deck chairs. The ship was never crowded, not even in its spacious theatre, where a talented quintet of singers and two dancers put on Broadway-style shows every few days, interspersed with imaginative lounge acts.
Best of all was the staff and its "can-do" attitude and genuine desire to please. Our room stewardess even went so far as to have the ship's tailor fashion two pairs of slippers into one extra-large pair to fit John's oversized feet.
That positive attitude extended to the three main dining areas where outstanding food (supervised by a brilliant, 32-year-old executive chef) was prepared and served in a friendly, five-star manner by a rigorously trained, mainly European crew. Frankly, it was hard to find any flaws in the food or service.
But we and the 360 other guests (the ship wasn't quite full) were also on the Seabourn Odyssey to soak up the history and culture of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East. The cruise was truly the trip of a lifetime.
First stop was the port of Haifa, Israel and its access to the Holy Land. After a stop at Zippori National Park to examine some spectacular Roman ruins, we joined hundreds of pilgrims by the Sea of Galilee, bathing in the Jordan River and scaling the Golan Heights.
The next day we docked in Ashdod, Israel, for a bus ride to Jerusalem and a walking tour of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher with its last five Stations of the Cross, followed by a visit to the Western (or Wailing) Wall, the last vestige of the ramparts that surrounded the Holy Temple of the Jews. An astonishing piece of history that has kept its religious significance for centuries.
We were originally scheduled to stop along the Suez Canal for a visit to Luxor but, much to the disappointment of some guests, safety concerns (those "terrible neighbours") convinced Seabourn to bypass Egypt and keep going toward Jordan.
Nevertheless, the Suez Canal was fascinating with mostly desert on either side interspersed with a few towns, an oasis or two and lonely guards with guns every few kilometres watching us glide by.
The stop at Petra, Jordan, one of the great wonders of the world, was followed by increased security as we sailed south in the Red Sea and possible pirate activity.
Four burly, ex-Royal Navy types joined the ship, along with crates of arms, to provide a safety factor.
The captain was coy about the exact precautions he took but everyone felt safe and secure as we passed Yemen and Somalia.
There were lots of excursion choices for our stops in the Sultanate of Oman, all of them with the bold reminder, "Modest attire is required." Although modern in many respects and very welcoming to tourists, the oil-rich country is very conservative Muslim with many of the women clad in total black, some of whom even added an additional black veil over their eyeslits.
Oman has been famous for its quality frankincense for more than 2,000 years and the subtropical city of Salalah has been the centre for frankincense production and trade.
The pungent dried resin (tapped from trees) is widely available at markets throughout the city along with charcoal (for igniting the resin) and a large variety of frankincense burners. Bargaining is expected and U.S. dollars are accepted.
Driving along well-maintained roads and passing mostly through desert conditions interspersed with coconut, papaya and banana plantations, it's an easy ride to the remains of the ancient city of Zafar, founded three thousand years ago as a key port along the Indian, African and Chinese trade routes.
According to our white-robed guide, the city was also the summer residence of the Queen of Sheba.
Oman's capital and largest city is Muscat.
Here, the Sultanate's oil wealth is evident in the grandiose blue and gold Al Alam Palace and, even more spectacularly, the Grand Mosque.
With its shimmering white marble, lush courtyards and five soaring minarets, the interior of the modern mosque boasts the second largest carpet in the world (in the men's prayer room) along with the second largest chandelier on the planet.
As we finished our Middle East cruise and headed toward the ultra-modern city of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, we spoke with a few of the passengers on the Seabourn Odyssey. David and Rosa Olesik of Beaconsfield, Que., were enthusiastic.
"This is a cruise for anyone open-minded and adventurous and at the stage where they don't want to backpack anymore," they said. "It's our 10th cruise but our first at the luxury level.
"The quality of the food is so much better than on the big ships and service is almost over the top. But you get used to it very quickly!"
Other veteran cruisers experienced Seabourn for the first time.
"We hate the mandatory tipping on most lines," Percy and Pamela Hartwell of Brisbane, Australia, told us. "The service here is just sensational. It's not even remotely close to traditional lines."
A single traveller from Bradenton, Florida, Begay Atkinson, was perhaps the most outspoken. "I love it here," she said. "When this cruise ends, they'll have to take me off kicking and screaming!"
A bit of hyperbole, perhaps, but we suspect it's a sentiment shared by many.
If You Go:
Seabourn Cruise Lines: seabourn.com
Grand Bretagne Hotel, Athens: grandebretagne.gr


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Miss Universe walks the red carpet at the Oscars!
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The goals of the California Invasive Species Action Week (CISAW) are to increase public awareness of invasive species issues and promote public participation in the fight against California's invasive species and their impacts on our natural resources.
Prevention is the most effective strategy in managing invasive species. However, hundreds of invasive plants and animals have already established in California and are rapidly spreading each year. These invaders are negatively impacting our waters, our native plants and animals (some of them rare, threatened, or endangered), our agriculture, our health, our economy, and our favorite recreational places. Help us celebrate California's Invasive Species Action Week, and more importantly, help stop the spread of invasive species, by volunteering to take action.
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Normally, I don't post on the Runner's Lounge, Take it and Run Thursday accounts, but this one really struck a chord.
I share a story that I never though would be my life. I never imagined any of the things in my life would happen to me, and that I would be 'that girl', but through it all running has helped me grow and reflect on so many different aspects of my life, that without it, I don't even know where I would be today. I begin with a background.
My sophomore year of high school, my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. She was on and off treatment including chemotherapy and radiation all throughout my high school and beginning of my college years. She was never horribly sick, but she was tired, and took many more naps and cut back on her 40 hour work weeks volunteering at the Christian school I went to growing up. If any of you met my mom, you would know instantly that she was a fighter. She was so stubborn and she bullied the cancer to have her life stay as consistent as it was before she was diagnosed.
I went to many doctor appointments with her, and once I moved away to college, we became very close. This time really allowed me to see the core of my mom, the person she was, her beliefs, her thoughts, and her wishes and it made me see who I wanted to become.
In March of 2006, the doctor came back after some testing and told her and my father that she had three to six months to live. Three weeks later she passed away. I spent those last three weeks in an abyss of artificial smiles and complete confusion. I had no idea what was happening, or how I would handle everything, and once the reality hit, she was already gone.
I was exhaustively lost after that happened. I had been running every year in high school and off and on in college. I completely stopped running. I stopped functioning. I couldn't get one foot to go in front of the other, none the less make my legs follow. I couldn't sleep. I couldn't eat. Everything had lost flavor and I had lost interest in life.
One day, I decided that it was time that I stop wallowing in my confused state, and get my life back together. I was still going to school at the time, and decided that I had to finish out the semester, after dropping one class. I finished my 18 units, but I was still very lost.
I felt like I didn't want to run because it was something I did when my mom was alive. Though I absolutely hated her at my cross country races, and I hated her watching me run track, and even hated her watching me sit the bench while on the soccer team, I wanted her there for me. I wanted to know she would be there when I got home from my run. I wanted to see her again and I felt like running was something that I couldn't do again, it wasn't apart of me anymore.
It came to me one morning. I needed it. I wanted it still. I wanted the consistency, and I wanted the control. This was when I went out once again, and found the comfort of the road under my feet. The first run I completed after she passed was a short three miler, and once I got under the cover of the brush around me, I broke down and just cried as I ran, but nothing had ever felt so good. I had consistency again, I had a path in front of me, and I had something that no one could ever take away from me.
I had breath in my lungs and with tears streaming down my cheeks, I just ran. I allowed myself to hurt, and to feel again, and I allowed myself to think. To think about the changes, about the future. It was a time of thinking. After that run, I didn't run again for a while, life got in the way, but since then, I have realized that running through the hardest times in your life, gives you something that you control. You can do it. You can come back to it. You can make a change, but you have to choose too.
So granted, I also went to counseling, and did a lot of prayer during this time, obviously, but I know, without running the biggest transition of my life wouldn't have led me to the story I have today, to the outlook I have today, or the attitude I have today. So many people tell me they are so sorry, and I am sorry too, but I can't change that, and I am lucky that I got to see a great example of what I want to become one day, and learn so many life lessons at such a young age.
Sometimes I look back at my short life thus far, and think about things that could have changed, or could be different, but I know that God had this all happen for a reason, so I got it to take it and run with it. :)


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Timothy Spall has revealed his initial reaction was "of shock and amazement" after he won a top film award for his portrayal of British painter JMW Turner.
The 57-year-old won the best actor gong at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival for his performance in Mike Leigh's Mr Turner.
He said: "After we came here first and showed the film, I knew it got a good reaction but I've been around a long time so you know..."
Timothy had to fly back to the south of France, after heading to Holland following the world premiere at the French film festival.
"I was messing about in my boat in Holland. I had my hand with grease all over it, and then the phone rang and they said, 'You've got to come back, you have to. It is imperative', so here I am," he added.
Timothy, who has starred in the Harry Potter films, The King's Speech and Secrets And Lies, said it was "an absolute delight" to reunite with longtime collaborator Mike to play the artist.
" It was an absolute delight to work with Mike Leigh, the person who's given me the best opportunities in my life to investigate one of the most complicated English artists ever in the history of the world - a contradiction, both a beast and a genius, an ape and a romantic," he said.
"I didn't have to pretend I was handsome because I'm fat. I think I'm slightly better-looking than Turner was so it wasn't a big deal on the physical front, so I could concentrate on the soul of the character."
As for his own painting skills, Timothy added: " I can now paint about as good as Turner did when he was about nine or ten. I'm never going to get as good. I just paint my own mad things."


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Despite the heavy winds, rain and flooding that has battered Manchester in recent weeks, we could be on course for a white Christmas after all.
Online bookies Betfair are offering odds of 9/2 on flurry of snow hitting the city as we settle down for our Christmas dinner.
Forecasters predict the recent stormy weather will continue to be unsettled in the run up to December 25, with heavy rain and strong winds affecting much of the UK.
But by the time Santa boards his sleigh temperatures will have dropped, and wintry showers could leave parts of Britain, including Manchester, covered in snow for Christmas Day.
Eddy Carroll, chief forecaster with the Met Office, said: "We can expect stormy weather in many areas to start the Christmas week, but looking forward to Christmas Eve and Christmas Day we are expecting it to turn colder, with a mix of wintry showers and sunny spells but for wind speeds to drop.
"So there is a chance that some places may see a White Christmas."
Officially, a white Christmas is defined as just one single snowflake falling from the sky.
But those hoping to bring the sledge down from the loft or dress a snowman with scarf and hat might be a little disappointed - unless you live in the mountains of Scotland.
"It's not going to be cold enough for widespread snow, it's more of a showery picture," said Chris Burton, from weather forecasters MeteoGroup.
"There will be a bit of sleet and snow on the higher ground, such as the hills of Wales and in northern England, and wintry showers will be heavy in the mountains of Scotland.
"But it's probably not going to be a white Christmas in central London."
Before the dreams of Bing Crosby are answered there is some bad weather for the UK to negotiate.
Much of the weekend will be cool and showery, the Met Office said, with low pressure developing over the Atlantic on Sunday and passing to the north west of the UK on Monday and into Tuesday.
That low pressure will bring widespread strong winds and heavy rain from Monday morning for 24 hours, and the Met Office has issued severe weather warnings for wind and rain across the South West and northern areas of the UK for the next few days, bringing the possibility of flooding.
People are being advised to plan and prepare for the coming bad weather, and commuters are warned to take extra care when travelling.
A spokesman for the Environment Agency said: "People who are set to be away from home for the festive period are urged to check the flood situation and take precautionary steps to prepare, for example by moving valuable items to safety, before travelling.
"People are also urged to check the flood risk situation for their journey and at their destination.
"People are also being urged not to drive through dangerous flood water. The Environment Agency has teams on the ground checking flood defences and monitoring river levels and will have teams ready to respond throughout the Christmas period."
John McTaggart, head of on-road services at the Highways Agency, said: "We are working closely with the Met Office to monitor conditions ahead of the weather being forecast for next week.
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According to Detroit Channel 4 website ClickonDetroit.com, arraigned murder suspect Jerome Kowalski, who is reportedly believed to have killed his brother Richard and his sister-in-law Brenda in their kitchen in their home in Oceola Township in Livingston County, had a motive for the killing.
According to police officials in the story:
The motive for the double slaying was money, said investigators. Jerome [Kowalski] was upset that his recently deceased mother left Richard and Brenda Kowalski her inheritance and that he thought by killing them, he would receive the money, police said.
This development is interesting, considering that it was never reported in the Livingston Daily News, the Detroit Free Press, the Detroit News, and even MLive.com. Moreover, the police, unfortunately, are still keeping a lid on the details of their investigation and the autopsy results.
What brought this up was the fact that, while my parents, my brother, my sister-in-law (his wife), and my niece (their daughter), and I were at Red Lobster celebrating Mother's Day, my brother happened to mention this to our dad that he "read it in the paper."
This development will continue, and more details should be available on or after Tuesday when Kowalski shows up for his hearing....if he shows up, that is.


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Is Justin Timberlake's long-ago breakup with ex-girlfriend Britney Spears still on his brain? Some at the "Suit & Tie" singer's DirecTV Super Bowl-eve concert thought so — thanks to an offhand comment he reportedly made about a former relationship with "some bitch."
On Saturday, Feb. 2, Timberlake, 32, took the stage in New Orleans for his first live show in five years. Backed by a 13-piece band and four back-up singers, he rocked the house for nearly two hours with a mix of new tracks from his upcoming album, The 20/20 Experience, and fan favorites from his previous records, Justified and FutureSex/LoveSounds. Among the older hits on his setlist? "Cry Me a River," the ultimate kiss-off anthem, which he wrote after his epic 2002 breakup with the "Hold It Against Me" starlet, 31.
"Sometimes in life, you think you found the one," Timberlake reportedly told the crowd before launching into the song. "But then one day you find out that she is just some bitch."
After the concert, the newly married musician apparently felt compelled to set the record straight. "OK. I see you. Wouldn't disrespect ANYONE personally. Ever," he tweeted on Feb. 3, alluding to his comments the night before. "#Relax #ItsBritneyBitch I do love that saying though *with accent* #Respect" ("It's Britney, bitch" is a line from Spears' hit "Gimme More." Since the song's 2007 release, the phrase has been sampled in various other tunes, including "Til the World Ends," featuring Nicki Minaj and Ke$ha, and will.i.am's "Scream & Shout.")
Timberlake, who married Jessica Biel in October 2012, hasn't spoken much recently about his relationship with Spears, but he did tell Vanity Fair in 2011 that he wished her the best. "That goes without saying," he told the magazine, adding that they hadn't spoken in "nine or ten years."
"We were two birds of the feather — small-town kids, doing the same thing," he said of Spears, whom he first worked with on The Mickey Mouse Club in 1992. "But then you become adults, and the way you were as kids doesn't make any sense. I won't speak on her, but at least for me, I was a totally different person. I just don't think we were normal; there was nothing normal about our existence."
Not that Spears' life is so normal now. The last decade has been a tumultuous one for the singer, full of ups and downs in both her professional and personal life. Most recently, she quit her job as a judge on The X Factor and broke off her engagement to fiance Jason Trawick.
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Stocks are tumbling this morning with the dollar higher, Euro lower, bonds higher, oil is down, gold & silver are down, and food commodities are falling in the midst of an obvious correction.
$3 trillion in cuts on the backs of the wealthy doesn't exactly sound like it would produce a roaring stock market, so low and behold some more of the fluff is removed. Damned if they do, damned if they don't is the exact situation debt saturation produces. What matters is WHO controls the production of money. As long as the private central banks are in control the situation will remain impossible, backed by impossible math.
The economic data is pretty slim this week, primarily housing data and the FOMC clowns utter their nonsense on Wednesday while their minions on Wall Street wait with baited breath. This morning the Housing Market Index fell from the deep depression level of only 15 to 14. Plop. Thud.
Don't worry though, on my commute back and forth to the boat show this past week I keep being reassured by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) that they have our back and are in there fighting for us! LOL, like those cheerleading monkeys weren't and aren't a huge complicit part of the problem. They were, and they still are.
The market never did move out of that nasty looking flag, and in fact just produced a lower high which now looks an awful lot like a Head & Shoulder's pattern. Should we break below the bottom of that flag/ pattern, we may be in for quite the ride ahead shortly:
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I've been revamping my lesson plans as I go this year to give them a new twist, and try to help my students understand the skill we're practicing each month even better. These activities mentioned briefly in this post would be perfect to be incorporated into your preschool classroom curriculum, or even to be used at home with your own kiddos.
November had us reading Rhyming Dust Bunnies (Jan Thomas), I'm Your Bus (Marilyn Singer), and Each Peach Pear Plum (Allan and Janet Ahlberg). How much do I love Rhyming Dust Bunnies? A better question would be "How much do my students love it?" The answer: A LOT! We couldn't get enough of this one and its sequel Here Comes the Big, Mean Dust Bunny!. I'm Your Bus was another great one for allowing my students to predict and fill-in the rhyme that would end each page's text.
We brainstormed rhyming words, made rhyming buses, hunted for hidden rhymes in a drawing, and made rhyming signs that were fun to hold up proudly each time we heard rhyming words in our stories.


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Letchworth Museum, with its displays of local archaeology, will be closing to the public in September 2012. For once, that's not one of these all-too-common tales of woe from a public sector that is cutting its soft targets to balance its books. It's all to do with investment in a new district museum that will tell the story of North Hertfordshire, which is due to open in 2014.
In the meantime, I am working on understanding the objects in our collection that will best illustrate that story. Currently, we do not have a complete catalogue of the hundreds of thousands of archaeological objects held by the Museums Service. True, we have an Accessions Register stored in four ledgers that go back to the opening of Letchworth Museum in 1915 (and, fittingly, the first entry is for a collection of sixteen English silver coins that are curated as part of the archaeological collection). However, they are only partly computerised and, for the earlier entries, the information they contain is minimal. To compound matters still further, there has been no systematic entry of excavated material (much of it excavated by the Museums Service itself from the 1970s to 1990s), most of which remains unaccessioned.
As a compromise solution, I decided to create a stand-alone database detailing everything that is in our collection. Working on it for one day a week for several months, I have now reached 2761 objects, the last entry being a small jar from a Romano-British cemetery in Baldock, excavated in 1928 (and accessioned on 15 May 1928). At this rate of progress, I ought to be finished in about thirty years! Thankfully, with help from our dedicated band of volunteers, it ought to be finished before the new museum is opened.
It is a truism that only a tiny fraction of a museum's collections can ever be displayed at any time. With the archaeological objects from North Hertfordshire, it's well under 1% of the collection. Most of the material will never be displayed because it consists of seemingly unpromising potsherds, broken tile, animal bones and so on. Of course, we need to keep this material for further research, usually carried out by outsiders from research institutions such as universities. In this way, the service has contributed parts of a Bronze Age collared urn for lipid analysis (it had formerly contained a milk-based substance), human vertebrae with evidence for tuberculosis (of six samples submitted, four tested positive for TB) and a collection of material excavated at Ravensburgh Castle in 1964 that has been borrowed for analysis and publication.
Most of our archaeological material is stored at the Museums Resource Centre at the Bury Mead industrial estate in Hitchin. This is where I am based much of the time, although I also work in Letchworth and Hitchin Museums, where I am available to give advice (including identifying artefacts) to members of the public. The service moved into the buildings in 1990 as a temporary measure and, twenty-two years later, we seem to be here more-or-less permanently. A purpose built bulk store (for non-sensitive archaeological material) was constructed in 1991; it has twenty-seven bays of roller racking and four bays of fixed shelving, which are full to capacity. Archaeological small finds were also moved here temporarily in 2003, but will be moved into better storage shortly.
Over half of the archaeological collection comes from excavations in Baldock. This is as a result of three large campaigns of excavation: the excavation of an extensive Roman cemetery site by Percival Westell of Letchworth Museum from 1925 to 1930, the excavation of several large areas of the Roman town by Ian Stead of the British Museum from 1968 to 1972 and numerous excavations in advance of development by Gil Burleigh of Letchworth Museum from 1978 to 1994. The site has yielded some spectacular finds, including the earliest Welwyn-type burial ever found (it dates from no later than 100 BCE). There is also a large collection of material from an important but sadly poorly known prehistoric settlement at Blackhorse Road in Letchworth Garden City, excavated by John Moss-Eccardt of Letchworth Museum from 1957 to 1974, where there was extensive Late Neolithic and Iron Age occupation as well as the only Anglo-Saxon cemetery excavated in North Hertfordshire. Recently, the Museums Service acquired the material from Guy Beresford's excavation of the deserted settlement of Caldecote from 1974 to 1976, which has a good range of medieval pottery (including a complete St Neots Ware cooking pot of probably tenth-century date).
I find it a real privilege to curate such an extensive, diverse and important collection of objects. There are enough display worthy Iron Age and Roman brooches to fill a museum with them alone; the same goes for Iron Age and Roman coins or for prehistoric flint artefacts. Much as a specialist would appreciate this sort of display, it wouldn't help us tell the story of North Hertfordshire. True, there are challenges. A lot of the material acquired in the early days is poorly provenanced or not even from the area; there are even some exotic objects (we have a small collection of Ancient Egyptian artefacts, for instance) that we are no longer part of our collections policy. In a way, this stuff is part our local story: it tells us about Victorian and early twentieth-century collectors and about what was thought appropriate for local museums to hold. As work progresses on determining exactly which stories the new museum will tell and with which objects, we will be blogging about it on our own dedicated museums website.


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This is the first 'Day of Archaeology' that we (Eastbourne Ancestors) have taken part in and so we are quite excited to be involved!
I'm also excited as this is my first full time job in archaeology as the Project Co-ordinator for Eastbourne Ancestors. I work in the commercial world of archaeology as an osteoarchaeologist (human and animal remains) in my spare time too, as well as excavating with a local society and the Eastbourne Museum Service. Archaeology is for everyone and I strongly believe in the community aspect, getting hands on.
You can follow our progress here: http://www.facebook.com/EastbourneAncestors
Although the 'Day of Archaeology 2012' fell on 29th June, I was in meetings which wouldn't have made for exciting reading…but today is a different story.
We are a Heritage Lottery Funded project run by the Eastbourne Museum Service in East Sussex. Our aim is to To fully examine all the human skeletal remains in our collection from the Eastbourne area in order to produce a demographic profile of the past populations that were living here.
The skeletal analysis will include determining the age, biological sex, stature, metric and non-metric traits, ancestry, health, diet, handedness and evidence of pathology. We will also be conducting research into migration studies using isotope analysis, physical appearance using facial reconstruction and family connections, DNA and C14.
As part of this project, we will be giving volunteers the opportunities to participate in artefact conservation, osteoarchaeology workshops, field work, study days, talks and demonstrations and much more. We will conclude the project with academic and public published material as well as an exhibition.
On Friday, Jo (the boss) and I took a road trip to Bournemouth University to deliver 30 skeletons to students to study for their MSc dissertations. We also have a student from Exeter University studying clavicles for two weeks with us for her research. In a few months time we will be taking some of the collection to Canterbury University to be studied by their MSc and BSc students too.
Today is our first volunteer day, we have 5 volunteers busily cleaning skeletal remains from an Anglo-Saxon cemetery site in Eastbourne. Each day for a month, volunteers will be helping to get the remains ready for analysis, which they will also receive training for as part of the Project.
By the 2013 'Day of Archaeology' I hope to have some interesting findings to write about: Where did these people come from? Are they local? How did they live and die? What did they wear? What did they look like?


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Teachers find ways to talk about Boston explosions with students
Students taught to remain vigilant
Teachers are finding ways to talk to their students about the bombings at the Boston Marathon.
Dan Distel threw the lesson plan for Tuesday's contemporary social issues class at Mason High School out the window. Instead, he chose to focus his class on what was on the minds of all of his students -- what happened in Boston Monday.
"America is going to go through a lot here in the next few days as we figure out more and more. We're here to help them process that information," said Distel.
While he admitted that he doesn't have answers, he wanted to make sure his students had the proper information.
He also reminded them to be vigilant and aware of their surroundings. Distel told them to always know where exits are located and to speak up if something seems out of place.
For some students, one lesson was already starting to stand out among others.
"Some of the runners who finished the race, they continued on to the hospital to donate blood. I think it's amazing how we come together even in times like this," said one student.
Distel agreed that images and stories of the death and destruction are overshadowed by those of kindness and compassion.
"There were a heck of a lot of people when I was watching the recording of this stuff that were running toward the blast because they wanted to help," Distel pointed out to students.


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Here are samples of 'Debug View Art' from a project we recently finished at Dpt.
Our client wanted a physical and interactive presence in selected concert hall lobbies before and after each show. We developed an air instrument (piano and guitar) installation where users were able to 'control' the visuals and the music through simples hand gestures alone. We used both a Leap Motion and a Kinect sensor devices as input.
Elie and I used much of our heavily modified fork of ofxParticles and of course the inevitable ofxUI. We also received amazing help and OpenGL tips from James Acres. Read more


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The Gear 2 Neo is now the cheapest way to get a Samsung smartwatch on your wrist.
It's the 'budget' plastic version of Samsung's Gear 2, does 99% of what the more expensive device can do and trims in all the right places while knocking the price down by about ₹6000.
It sounds like a recipe for success and in some ways it is - the Neo still isn't perfect, but it is the Gear we'd be most likely to buy.
It's almost identical to the Gear 2
This is essentially the same device so most of our in-depth Gear 2 review also applies to the Neo. It's the same clear, bright and colourful 1.63in Super AMOLED touchscreen and the same sci-fi functionality. It reliably pulls in email, message and phone notifications from your smartphone via Bluetooth as well as playing music, counting steps and even measuring your heart rate.
And best of all, it's the same 300mAh battery (and clip-on charging cradle). As on the Gear 2, battery easily lasts two to three days on one charge. Our Gear 2 Neo dropped around 30% a day unless we really hammered it.
There are some differences. There's no camera on the Neo, but that's really no great loss. After the first heady snapping session, we pretty much forgot about using the cam on the Gear 2.
We also got on a lot better with the auto screen-on function on the Neo than our Gear 2 unit, which is odd. A flick of the wrist activates the Neo's watchface around nine times out of ten - a significant improvement on the more expensive model.
But the Neo is, as with the Gear 2, only compatible with select Samsung phones, while the likes of the Pebble Steel smartwatch play nice with all iOS and Android phones.
And right now there's also a dearth of Gear apps - we really couldn't find anything we wanted to download to our Neo apart from Feedly. For now, Pebble is clearly ahead of Samsung here, with mapping, transport and smart home apps providing plenty of good reasons to jump on the smartwatch bandwagon.
READ MORE: Pebble Steel review
Operating system - Tizen-based
Screen - 1.63in Super AMOLED with 320x320 resolution (278ppi)
Processor - 1 GHz dual-core processor
Storage - 4GB
Sensors - Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Heart Rate
Colours - Charcoal Black, Mocha Grey and Wild Orange
Dimensions/weight - 37.9 x 58.8 x 10mm / 55g
It looks cheaper because it is
The Gear 2 looks stylish if you squint, but our Mocha Grey Neo has all the charm of an army watch. Sure, the Charcoal Black looks smarter than the grey. But the all plastic build and textured strap still feel cheap against wrists that are accustomed to finer materials.
It is durable, comfortable and light - 55g compared to the Gear 2's 64g. And it's waterproof to IP67 standards, too, so showers aren't kryptonite to the Neo.
So it all boils down to how much you care about looks. When it comes to smartwatches, we care. The Pebble's a bit of a retro throwback, the Gear 2's a bit nerdily blinging, but both are a bit nicer than the halfway house Neo - at least to our eyes. We'd say the world is still waiting for that first unequivocally sexy smartwatch. Perhaps it'll be the iWatch?
Samsung Gear 2 Neo Verdict
Having said all that about the looks, we'd still take the Neo over the Gear 2. Losing the camera really isn't a loss at all, and while the Neo is less premium, the Gear 2 isn't that gorgeous to begin with.
₹15,450 is still a load to spend on an accessory for a Galaxy phone, though, and next to the more open, more apptastic Pebble it looks like pretty poor value.
Perhaps the bigger problem, though, is Android Wear: Google Now-powered smartwatches are coming from LG, Motorola and more, and they certainly look and sound to be a step-up from the current smartwatch crowd. If you must geek out right now, the Neo is the Gear we'd get. But we'll be waiting for Wear.


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Despite the international community's choice to intervene militarily and impose a no-fly zone in Libya, the rebels and forces loyal to Muammar Qaddafi appear stuck in a stalemate. This, however, is not the only concern.
As the world debates what needs to be – and can be – done in Libya, the significant threat of terrorism is going largely unnoticed. Islamist terrorists once in custody can now exploit Libya's internal chaos and operate with impunity, directly threatening US interests.
Because of my research on terrorists and disengagement efforts in Yemen and Saudi Arabia, the Qaddafi Foundation invited me to visit Libya last year along with a group of journalists and other researchers to learn about the country's so-called extremist rehabilitation program.
It was a relatively simple concept. Imprisoned Islamist fighters were able to gain their freedom in exchange for recognizing the government's legitimacy and renouncing violence.
I was at Tripoli's notorious Abu Salim prison the day more than 200 detainees were released from prison. It was a chaotic sight to see as the prisoners simply walked out of the prison to go their separate ways and rejoin their families. There was no process for preparing prisoners for release, nothing to help reintegrate them into society, and no way to monitor their future activities or ensure that they weren't participating in terrorist activities.
This was essentially a political choice to demobilize former fighters – not rehabilitation or reintegration. The focus was solely on ending the violence against the state, and not reducing the likelihood of future militancy. There were few signs that many former detainees had truly given up their previous beliefs.
Libyan ties to Al Qaeda
During my time in Libya, I met with the emir, spiritual guide, and military commander of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG), a jihadi group that waged a violent insurgency in Libya during the late 1990s and tried to assassinate Mr. Qaddafi several times. The network had been the greatest single challenge to the Qaddafi regime up until the uprising began a few months ago.
The LIFG was largely made up of veterans of the war against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan, some of whom were reportedly close to Osama bin Laden. The group reportedly trained more than a thousand Libyan nationals in Afghan training camps before 9/11 and the group was often thought of as the most lethal Islamist group in North Africa. Some members were tied directly to Al Qaeda, but others chose instead to deal solely with the Islamist fight against Qaddafi in Libya.
Libyans are instrumental in international terrorist networks. Only Saudis made up a bigger segment of foreigners in Iraq fighting against the American military according to one study. And there have been several notable Libyans who have served instrumental and senior leadership positions in Al Qaeda. Since the Libyan uprising began, there has been an unprecedented flurry of messages from Al Qaeda in support of their bid to bring down the hated Qaddafi regime.
Qaddafi's half-baked release of militant Islamists
With this reality, Qaddafi's ill-conceived and half-baked release of Islamist fighters over the past couple years is now a major concern for the international community. Hundreds of Islamist fighters who were recently in jail have been released in the past couple of years as beneficiaries of Libya's haphazard rehabilitation program and this includes committed militants, many of whom have previously participated in violence.
The number of once-jailed Islamists at-large is even higher as the regime unwisely released more prisoners this year in a vain attempt to quell the uprising before it took hold – and more have escaped from prison as fighting broke out. Militant Islamists freed by Qaddafi and those who escaped from prison are now operating amid a raging civil war. There is now little – and rapidly evaporating – state control over a space that has a great deal of small arms and under-guarded stocks of chemical warfare agents.
Who makes up Libyan opposition?
Where are these Islamists now? And what are they doing? These are the questions that Washington must find answers to immediately. While there's no doubt that not all of the Islamists who were released are a threat to the United States, there needs to be better information shared about who was let out and why they were originally put in prison.
We know next to nothing about the composition of Libya's opposition. Over the last few weeks, a number of media stories have reported on Islamist extremists fighting alongside the rebels. European newspapers have even quoted Libyan rebel commanders as stating that some of their fighters have links to Al Qaeda, including ones who have allegedly fought against Western forces in Afghanistan.
Very clearly, such elements of the opposition do not share long-term US goals in Libya and present a lurking danger for the US as we get further enmeshed in the future of the country.
Risk is clear: Washington needs to act
As Libya descends deeper into chaos, the risk stemming from Islamist fighters on the loose goes up: Violent extremists find fertile ground in weak and failing states for planning terrorist attacks abroad. Even if Qaddafi manages to cling to power, the issue of Islamists working at large in Libya will still be a major problem, and the United States can't take its eyes off this threat. We must work now to stanch this little seen danger.
Washington needs to do everything in its power to ensure that any future Libyan government is a partner in fighting terrorism. And thinking beyond Libya, the Obama administration should do more to support, finance, and ensure that countries abide by the world's best practices in disengagement and rehabilitation programs for extremists. Such practices include comprehensive post-release monitoring and reintegration support, which are a far cry from Libya's politically motivated, perilous release of Islamists who now threaten Libyan and US security.


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Saul of Tarsus first appears in Acts as one involved in the stoning of Stephen (Acts 7:58) and then in connection with the more wide-scale persecution that broke out in Jerusalem (Acts 8:1-5). Peter, Stephen, Philip, and Paul play a significant role in the book of Acts because they were involved in events that led to the spread of the Christian faith beyond the Jewish world. Stephen is of particular significance because his preaching and martyrdom appear to have had a profound influence on Saul of Tarsus.
Stephen himself was a Greek-speaking Jew, and one of the original seven deacons (Acts 6:3-6). According to Acts, a group of Greek-speaking Jews who had come to live in Jerusalem (Acts 6:9) entered into a dispute with Stephen over the content of his preaching about Jesus. It is possible, maybe even likely, that Saul of Tarsus was involved in these debates.
Read Acts 6:9-15. What charges were brought against Stephen? What do these charges remind you of? (See also Matt. 26:59-61.)
The fierce hostility toward Stephen's preaching appears to have resulted from two different things. On the one hand, Stephen drew the ire of his opponents by not placing primary importance on the Jewish law and the temple, which had become the focal point of Judaism and were treasured symbols of religious and national identity. But Stephen did more than merely downplay these two treasured icons; he vigorously proclaimed that Jesus, the crucified and risen Messiah, was the true center of the Jewish faith.
No wonder, then, that he angered the Pharisee Saul
(Phil. 3:3-6 ). The Pharisees were a Jewish religious group that followed Jewish laws very strictly. Saul saw that the great prophetic promises of God's kingdom had not yet been fulfilled (Daniel 2, Zech. 8:23, Isaiah 40-55), and he probably believed it was his task to help God bring that day about — which could be done by cleansing Israel of religious corruption, including the idea that this Jesus was the Messiah.
|Convinced he was right, Saul was willing to put those whom he thought wrong to death. While we need zeal and fervor for what we believe, how do we learn to temper our zeal with the realization that, at times, we just might be wrong?
Source: Daily Sabbath School Lessons


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New Analysis Method Uncovers Factors in Vehicle Burglary Rates
By applying a new method to modeling spatial patterns of crime, University of Texas at Dallas researcher Dr. Yongwan Chun analyzed vehicle burglaries in Plano, Texas, and found factors associated with increased and decreased burglary rates.
Chun, an assistant professor of geospatial information sciences (GIS) in the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, used GIS data from the Plano Police Department to analyze the 17,549 vehicle burglaries that occurred from 2004 to 2009 in the Dallas suburb.
The method Chun applied is an extension of eigenvector spatial filtering (ESF), which was originally developed by two UT Dallas GIS faculty members, Dr. Daniel Griffith and Dr. Michael Tiefelsdorf. Chun's study was published online in Geographical Analysis in April.
Dr. Yongwan Chun
"Dr. Chun's recent article presents a refinement of a relatively new and sophisticated mathematical modeling methodology that allows effective and efficient analysis of crime data, while accounting for the geographic location and time stamp of crimes," Griffith said. "It furnishes a practical application of this methodology to Plano car burglaries and summarizes results that can be helpful to the local community and law enforcement, as well as fellow researchers."
Chun used ESF to determine whether there were significant links between socioeconomic and physical environments and vehicle burglaries in Plano.
The study included socioeconomic factors, such as median home value, poverty and unemployment rates, and variables that reflect social instability, such as rates of homeownership, residential mobility and house vacancy.
Because people who are at home may play the role of "guardians" over the property, Chun said, the rates of people working at home and households with young children also were considered. He also examined whether railroads or parks were nearby and the distance to a major highway.
Chun said three of his findings were expected:
- Vehicle burglaries increased when the home vacancy rate increased.
- Vehicle burglaries decreased when the median home value increased.
- Vehicle burglaries decreased when distance to the highway increased.
"The distance is very interesting to us as spatial scientists. One thing I can interpret is when a vehicle burglary happens, the burglar wants to get out of the site as fast as possible. If they have a close distance to the highway, it might be easier for them."
"The distance is very interesting to us as spatial scientists," Chun said. "One thing I can interpret is when a vehicle burglary happens, the burglar wants to get out of the site as fast as possible. If they have a close distance to the highway, it might be easier for them."
A fourth finding — vehicle burglaries increased with increased homeownership — needs further investigation, Chun said.
"It is counterintuitive," he said. "Usually when we have a higher rate of homeownership, we think that there is a higher level of guardianship of the area, but it shows a positive association."
Chun hopes the new method will make it easier for fellow scholars to apply the spatial aspect into their studies.
A decade ago, it was almost impossible to collect such comprehensive data, he said, but many police departments, including Richardson and Frisco, now have GIS systems with computerized data points.
"Usually, crime analyses focus on the large cities, so we have a number of papers about crime in places such as Chicago or Dallas," Chun said. "Suburban areas have not been investigated as much in the field, primarily because of lack of data. Fortunately, the Plano Police Department has a great, rich data set, which is collected, organized and managed using their GIS system.
"The study presents one application for that type of data that can be applied to other smaller, suburban cities."
Media Contact: The Office of Media Relations, UT Dallas, (972) 883-2155, [email protected].


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Padres call up Cedeno to play short for Cabrera
As expected, the Padres on Tuesday selected the contract of Ronny Cedeno from Class A Lake Elsinore. The move came one day after starting shortstop Everth Cabrera was suspended 50 games for violating MLB's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.
Cedeno started this season with the Astros, hitting .220 with one home run, 12 RBIs and 12 runs scored in 51 games before being designated for assignment on July 22. With Cabrera's suspension looming, the Padres signed Cedeno to a Minor League deal on Friday. He subsequently went 1-for-8 with a double, two walks and a run scored in two games with Lake Elsinore.
Along with his brief stint with the Astros, Cedeno has spent time with the Mets, Pirates, Mariners and Cubs during his nine-year Major League career. Though primarily a shortstop, he has also logged time at second base, third base and left field, while also playing one inning at first base for Houston on April 7.
Cedeno, 30, is a .245 lifetime hitter with 38 home runs, 230 RBIs and 253 runs scored.


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Live blog of the health care decision (Sponsored by Bloomberg Law)
Welcome to the liveblog. Thursday is the day. Here is our schedule, all times EDT. 8:45a – liveblog begins with introductory explanation. 9a-10a – answers to your questions. 10a-1045a (appx) – decision announcements. We expect the health care decision to be announced at roughly 10:15a. 1045a-1p – live coverage and analysis.
Thanks very much for coming, and once you enter the liveblog below please, please DO NOT refresh your browser; updates will appear automatically.
Recommended Citation: Kali Borkoski, Live blog of the health care decision (Sponsored by Bloomberg Law), SCOTUSblog (Jun. 28, 2012, 9:29 AM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2012/06/live-blog-of-the-health-care-decision-sponsored-by-bloomberg-law/


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I'm programming applications for a D70 using the API and I need to know: is it possible for one app to open up another app? For example, could I set one of the softkeys within the demo Caller ID app to, when pressed, open a different application?
Thank you in advance.


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Tropical storm likely to hit Havering
PUBLISHED: 18:55 08 August 2014 | UPDATED: 12:49 09 August 2014
A tropical storm that has been battering the Caribbean has a 60 per cent chance of hitting the south of England, the Met Office has warned.
The remains of hurricane Bertha, which has now weakened in to an Atlantic storm, will come steadily towards the UK during the next few days.
Forecasters now predict it is expected to pass over, or close to, the UK from early on Sunday after initially believing the UK was "likely" to stay out of its path.
While the south of England is most at risk, there is a 30 per cent chance the storm could pass across the north of France and just miss the UK or an even lower probability it could hit Wales and northern UK.
The Met Office's chief forecaster, Eddy Carroll, said: "There is still considerable uncertainty surrounding this weekend's weather, with the potential for heavy rainfall and strong coastal winds, along with large waves.
"However, there is a chance that the system may pass to the south of the country, or spread heavy rain even further north.
"Rain and strong winds may well bring disruption, especially in the south, and people should stay up to date with the latest Met Office warnings."
The storm is moving away from the western side of the Atlantic, after hitting the Caribbean islands with gusts of more than 90 mph (145 kph), leaving thousands of homes without power.
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Monday January 21st: skiing in the World Special Olympics
Starting on January 29th, athletes will be converging on South Korea for the 2013 Special Olympic Winter Games. Among those athletes will be two from New Hampshire. Laura Lemieux of Berlin will compete in Nordic Skiing and Mark Lagueux of Laconia will compete in Alpine. Jennifer Crompton caught up with Mark at a training session at Gunstock recently to see a true champion, in action.
Entrepreneur George Donovon recognized the quality of his favorite ski boot maker, Strolz Boots of Austria, and decided to bring them to an American market. For those in search of the right ski boot to enjoy the mountains of NH, George says he has the perfect fit.
And on Fritz Wetherbee's New Hampshire: Marion Morehouse Cummings in Madison.
For more information on tonight's stories:
Special Olympics of New Hampshire
(603) 624-1250
14th Annual Penguin Plunge
Hampton Beach
Sunday, February 13th
Strolz Ski Boots
Hampton, NH
Hosting this week from:
Granite Gorge Ski Area
Roxbury, NH
(603) 358-5000