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It's not just the HHS contraception mandate. Another front opens up in the 'religious freedom' debate. The Daily Telegraph reports:
As beads of sweat slithered down his temples, Andrew Hamblin stared in wide-eyed wonder at the three-foot timber rattlesnake he had thrust towards his congregation.
"I am a soldier in the army of the Lord," he boomed in a thick southern drawl, stomping a foot on the hardwood floor. "And the enemy has been fighting me this week harder than ever before".
In this shed tucked into a dark valley of the Appalachian Mountains, before 60 adoring followers speaking in tongues, throwing up their hands and dabbing tears from their eyes, Mr Hamblin was breaking the law. The 22-year-old preacher is facing up to a year in prison after being charged with illegally possessing 53 venomous snakes seized from his church by Tennessee wildlife agency officers earlier this month. Yet the charismatic young pastor, part of a century-old Pentecostal tradition in the region that takes literally an instruction in the Gospel of Mark that "they shall take up serpents", remains piously defiant.
Since appearing in court, he has continued wielding poisonous snakes during his raucous services at Tabernacle Church of God, after fresh creatures were snuck inside by his allies.
"I'm willing to fight this, because here in the United States we're supposed to be guaranteed our religious freedom under the first amendment of the constitution…"We're Christians who believe in being saved by the blood of Jesus Christ just like any other – it's not like we're part of some different religion. I do feel it is an attack upon our religious freedom."
His followers claim they are victims of a state crackdown. Mr Hamblin's mentor Jamie Coots, a a preacher based just over the border in Kentucky, had three rattlesnakes and two copperheads confiscated after being stopped while driving home through Tennessee earlier this year.
Mr Hamblin said he was called on by God to handle the creatures, and that their appearances were shows of divine power. He likened the practice to "Catholics using wine".
Yet Matthew Cameron, a wildlife agency spokesman, dismissed all talk of persecution and said Mr Hamblin's storage of the snakes in a back room was simply a serious "public safety hazard".
"We treat him just as we would anyone else found to be storing venomous snakes in their home," said Mr Cameron, who stressed that zoos and circuses must obtain permits to possess snakes in the state. Several pastors have died from bites in recent years. Mack Wolford of West Virginia, who led one of the best-attended snake-handling churches out of an estimated 125 in the region, made international headlines after being killed by a timber rattlesnake in May last year. During Mr Hamblin's service on Friday night, several young children, including some of his own five, wandered around just yards from the snake's box, while their parents prayed and sang.
Mr Hamblin stressed that only adults may handle the creatures. "I can understand not wanting to endanger another's life," he said. "That's perfectly understandable. But in 100 years, there have been only 10 deaths in Tennessee from serpents." He is himself unable to make a fist with his right hand, after being bitten on a knuckle in 2010 and ending up in hospital. "I was at death's door," he said. "Me and death were just about ready to smoke a cigarette together".
Yet God told him to continue, he said, and showed that he would be safe by allowing another snake to bite him on the back of the neck soon after. While Mr Hamblin's shirt was soaked in blood, he escaped serious injury. "I never swelled, I never itched, I never suffered nothing but bleeding," he recalled. And his congregants are intensely devoted to his style of worship. "Just weeks ago I was far from God," said Jeremy Henegar, 20, with a piercing stare.
"Whisky, beer or moonshine – I was a full-blown alcoholic. But when I took up serpents I was right there in the presence of God. I felt approval for the first time. What once was deadly, he made harmless."
While dozens of his fellow pastors hold their services in secret and close their doors to outsiders, Mr Hamblin is determined to bring his sect into the mainstream. He hopes to found America's first snake-handling mega-church. He is due back in court next month, and may face additional charges. Yet his followers have no intention of allowing the state to stop them. "If I were to be sent to be prison," he said, "boy – I think that would set off such a blast".
Skeptical as I am about so many of the claims made in the name of 'religious freedom' (too often a crude assertion of religious privilege), there's a part of me that hopes that Tennessee can, through regulation (Proper storage facilities? No children present?), find a way to accommodate this little slice of the old, weird America.
Or perhaps I'm just over-influenced by Mr. Hamblin supplying me with a lovely, fantastic, nutty image so saturated in (probably unconscious) disrespect for contemporary pieties that it merits a hallelujah or two:
"I was at death's door. Me and death were just about ready to smoke a cigarette together".
Happy Thanksgiving.


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Weekly Urdu Times Chicago is a free Urdu newspaper from Chicago. It was first published in 1980. Over the years Urdu Times extended the area of publication and is now being published in New York, Washington, D.C, Atlanta, Miami, Detroit, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Mississauga, Montreal, London, Birmingham and Manchester. Khalil-ur-Rehman is the chief editor of Urdu Times. In Canada the papers is headed by Mohammad Azam Gondal and Tahir Chaudhary in the United Kingdom. In 1980, it was a 4-page newspaper. Since there was no internet or Pakistani channels and the telephone was very expensive, to get the news Khali-ur-Rahman used to pick up the latest copies of the Pakistani Urdu newspapers from the Pakistan International Airlines staff that used to fly with the flight from Pakistan. Most of the pages were prepared by cutting and pasting the news from the old daily Pakistani papers while the latest few news were received by telephone the day before the publication. Also, since there were no computers, Mr. Rahman hired the lone Urdu 'Katib' in New York city to write the headlines. For Those Who Want to Read Urdu Times Chicago Weekly Newspaper they can Visit its Official Website: www.urdutimesusa.com/chicago At The Website You Will Find Urdu Times Chicago old Newspaper Too. You Are Visiting Urdu Times Chicago Page of Epaper.PkNewspapers.com.


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Finally, I say. After deflecting the need for and promising the availability of 2-step verification, Microsoft officially announced the roll out of optional 2-step verification on Microsoft account on April 17.
First, what is 2-step verification? It is a method by which services force you to provide an additional verification item to ensure you are actually who you say you are, before allowing you to login. Typically, this is done through a code sent via SMS after logging in with username and password. That way, the service ensures that just because someone has access to your username and password, they won't be able to easily login to your account.
For Microsoft account, you can enable this feature by going to https://account.live.com/proofs/Manage. Once you enable it, you will be required to provide the code sent to your phone or if you set up a secondary method like email, then via email after providing your username and password. Additionally, for smartphones there are authenticator apps that work with Microsoft's 2-step verification and Microsoft has also built an app for Windows Phone for the same purpose.
Once you set up the 2-step verification, it will work on Windows Phone, Windows 8, the web as well as Microsoft services on iOS and Android. As is the case with Google and other services that have already implemented 2-step verification, for clients that cannot support entering codes like Xbox, Microsoft will allow you to set up an app password. Once you have the app password for a particular client, it will remain associated with that client so you don't have to enter the code at every login.
Microsoft has also enabled functionality where you can choose to have the code remembered for a particular application or service. If you do that, the code won't be requested for 60 days, thereby making the process seamless.
It is also worth noting that Microsoft has enforced 2-step verification for some of its services already. For example, with SkyDrive you can remotely fetch files from other computers. Since this is a critical feature which can be abused by someone breaking into your account, Microsoft required a security code to be entered in addition to username and password.
Finally, remember that if you change your phone number or email, it is important to update the information in your account preferences before losing the number or email since it is something that cannot be updated by customer support. If you do lose the number and it is not reflected in your account preferences, you will have to wait for 30 days which is the typical account recovery period.
I like this step that Microsoft has taken. 2-step verification is not easy and has a lot of issues when the account is also used for authentication on other services besides the provider's. It does seem like Microsoft is aware of the complexity involved and have tried to make it a bit more user-friendly than competing services. With more of our lives being stored in digital form, it is important to have good "locks" installed to protect our digital properties. 2-step verification is just one of the steps, and I am glad Microsoft has chosen to implement it.
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Canadian-born comedian Norm Macdonald decided not to go to the Kings/Rangers Stanley Cup finals game last night, choosing instead to get a hold of an old friend in Moncton, N.B.
As the city went into lockdown because of a shooter on the lam and the world followed the #PrayForMoncton hashtag, Norm Macdonald tweeted his phone conversation with Phil Robinson, the man who had taken him in for a week many years ago.
It didn't take long for the talk to turn to hockey.
"You remember when I took you to the Hawks game, Norm?" Robinson, now in his 70s, said
He complained about being garrisoned in his basement, forced to watch the big game on a crappy black-and-white TV.
Later, Robinson decided nothing was going to stop him from heading upstairs to the room with the big-screen.
"Let the sonofabitch shoot me right here in my easy chair, drinking a Molson and watching hockey on a 50-incher," he said.
The call ended with Macdonald hoping for Robinson's safety, and the older man telling him to call back during Game 6.
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Mamosi Soft Drinks: Mocktails in a Bottle
Mamosi Beverages is a new line of non-alcoholic soft drinks that aims to replicate the experience of getting hammered on 90s-era girly drinks without the risk of a hangover. (One curious feature of Mamosi is the lack of a twist-off cap; you have to use a church key to open the bottles, making them more reminiscent of a bottle of beer than the elegant cocktail experience they're trying to conjure.)
Crippled with the truly unfortunate slogan "Ain't nothing un-cool about it!!!" (and winning no points for misspelling 'San Antonio' on their website), Mamosi's 12-ounce bottles are sweetened with real sugar, though there's nothing else healthful about the line. This is pure food alchemy, ingredient-wise, and makes its case through novelty and not nature. Still, the label promises that it's "sexy", so I put on my smoking jacket and dived right in.
The Mamosi flagship is a mimosa drink-alike that comes in a regular and light version (the latter is still sugar-sweetened, but drops the calorie count to 50; given the likely target demo, it's curious there's no diet drinks in the line). The overwhelming flavor of both—there's virtually no taste difference between the two, and the ingredients are also almost identical save for the presence of something with the ominous name of "NEOBEE" in the "Lite" version—is a slightly perky citrus fizz, not entirely unlike orange juice but almost totally lacking in anything that smacks of Champagne. It isn't bad, it just doesn't justify its existence as anything more than a alcohol-themed Orangina.
The rest of the line goes for a flavored-martini vibe, starting with the CosMotini. It's got a nice strong scent and a peppy fizz, and its flavor is lighter and more refreshing than the mimosa clones; it still doesn't have any faux-alcohol taste, so it's just basically a cranberry-citrus soda, but as cranberry-citrus sodas go, it's a pretty good one.
PomCheri has a tasty, tangy flavor to start, but it has a bit of a weird finish and is by far the most syrupy of the line. Finally, PuckerUp, the Mamosi flavor meant to ape an appletini, is probably the best of the bunch; it has a fun radioactive green color, and its apple flavor is enhanced but not overwhelmed by the sour quality.
As a line of quirky soft drink flavors, Mamosi is enjoyable enough; but as a substitute for drinking actual cocktails, it's not going to set the world on fire, and leads to some pretty silly claims in the marketing. But it'll look almost as good in your hand as a martini glass, and that's something.
Would you give Mamosi a whirl at a party? What are your favorite cocktail-substitutes?
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The Hôtel Plaza Athénée in Paris leads a 24-hour-a-day life of its own, like a grand luxury liner that just happens to be moored in the middle of Avenue Montaigne, its jaunty red window awnings aloft in a sea of couture houses, high-carat jewelers and nineteenth-century mansions.
Service begins with breakfast at 7:00 a.m. in the Regence and runs right through into late lunch, when fashion designers and their rich-and-thin clients fill the tables with hot gossip over cold salmon and salad. By 5:00 p.m., the columned alcoves of the glittering Les Gobelins are full to overflowing, quietly clattering with the service of high tea and pastries, a piano tinkling softly in the background. (There's tea in the Relais Plaza, too, accompanied by a harp.) By 7:00 p.m., tea has given way to predinner cocktails and coupés de Champagne. And late into the night and early-morning hours, French show-business stars encounter their visiting Hollywood counterparts in the English Bar downstairs, where musicians, singers and occasional impromptu performances by well-known guests turn the clubby, mahogany-paneled room into the "backstage Plaza."
Since its opening in 1911, in the full flower of the Belle Epoque, the Plaza Athénée has been the most glamorous of Parisian palatial hotels, acquiring a famous clientele including Rockefellers and Vanderbilts, Charles Lindbergh and Josephine Baker, Marlene, Ava and Liz. Heiress Barbara Hutton used to arrive with her own satin sheets. Today's roster might list Harrison Ford or Jack Nicholson, Michael Jackson or the king and queen of Spain.
All 211 rooms and suites in the hotel face either onto the chic bustle of the Avenue Montaigne or onto the spectacular, ivy-walled courtyard, with its window boxes dripping with red geraniums. The rooms are all done in soft colors of cream, pale yellow, peach or apricot, with satin or silk damask and lots of gilded moldings; furnishings run the course of eighteenth-century elaborate, from Louis XIV to Empire. Femme fatale and notorious spy Mata Hari preferred Suite 120-121, with its exquisite carved-oak-paneled sitting room, gold-satin-and-peach-brocade bedroom and Louis XV rosewood furniture. Gina Lollabrigida's favorite is a junior suite in pale yellow and powder blue. Presidential Suite 309-310 is immense, all gold and white, with crystal chandeliers and red velvet sofa and chairs. Standard doubles are usually quite spacious, if a bit more simply furnished. Sixth-floor rooms and suites facing the avenue have balcony terraces overlooking the Seine and the Eiffel Tower--a truly magical sight at night.
Television sets and other audiovisual equipment are hidden in damask-covered round tables and will rise up for use at the simple push of a button. All of the hotel's bathrooms have been modernized and done in marble; almost all have separate stall showers and all have the requisite amenities including hair dryers, magnifying mirrors, heated towel racks and baskets full of assorted toiletries.
The Regence restaurant--a Michelin one-star--is a grand hotel dining room from the good old days, aglow with candlelight and crystal, with oak paneling around a marble fireplace, chairs and banquettes upholstered in rose velvet and towering bouquets of flowers. In fine weather, the restaurant moves into the courtyard--tables under red umbrellas for lunch, candlelight at night. Chef Gerard Sallè keeps his menu simple and classic, with luxury ingredients to the fore: caviar, Norwegian smoked salmon, langoustine ravioli in tarragon bisque, lobster salad, scallops in coriander broth, lobster soufflé, roast lamb with oregano and celery purée, filet mignon with Chinon wine, parsleyed marrow and profiteroles with pistachio ice cream. The extensive (and expensive) wine list is complemented by a selection of very old Cognacs, Armagnacs and other elixirs, and the humidor is stocked with eight brands including Romeo y Julieta Churchill ($27), Cohiba ($26) and Davidoff No. 2 ($20). (Among the Plaza's regular cigar smokers: French actor Alain Delon and Geneviève Dalle, wife of L'Oreal President François Dalle.)
One of the Plaza Athénée's few drawbacks is the lack of a pool or exercise facilities, but the hotel has an arrangement with the Ken Club, a health club on the Avenue de President Kennedy, about a 10-minute drive from the hotel, with transportation provided.
With all its round-the-clock activity, the Plaza Athénée usually gets top marks for service from its guests, and for a very good reason: in a profit-sharing scheme unique to Paris hotels, the hotel's staff receives a percentage of the operating profits each trimester. From the busboy to the head concierge, everyone has a direct financial interest in keeping the clientele happy and the guest register full.
-- Judy Fayard is a writer who makes her home in Paris.
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Phone: 33 (1) 47 23 78 33
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The Blues is an African American dance done to Blues music, which can be very up close and personal! When you're feeling a little tired and lacking energy, the Blues is ideal. It can be slow, smooth and highly rhythmical and improvisational. You don't even need to smile.
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The Cake Walk
The Cake Walk is a traditional African American form of music and dance which originated among slaves in South America mocking their white slave-owners' dancing. Typically, couples would link elbows, lined up in a circle, dancing forward alternating a series of short hopping steps with a series of very high kicking steps. Cake, or slices of cake, were offered as prizes for the best dancers, giving the dance its name. The phrase 'a piece of cake' also comes from this practice.
Swing dancing is a dance style, or a group of dances, originating from Harlem, New York with Afro-American Roots. The feeling of the dance is "swinging", as it developed to the swing style of jazz music from the 1920s to the 1940s or 50s. The most known swing dance is the lindy hop that is danced today around the whole world. Developing from dances called breakaway and Charleston, swing dancing has not only that "swinging" feeling but lots of space for improvisation between partners. Swing dancing is danced socially, not just in competitions, which makes it interactive, fun and a great time as you get to meet and dance with lots of different people and have fun outside lessons too.
From 1919 to 1927, Breakaway was a popular swing dance developed from the Texas Tommy and Charleston in Harlem's African American communities. The Breakaway was danced to jazz, and while it often began in closed position, the leader would occasionally swing the follower out into an open position, hence "Breaking away". When in open position the dancers would improvise with fancy moves. Some variations included both dancers completely breaking away from each other to dance 'alone'.
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At first, the step started off with a simple twisting of the feet, to rhythm in a lazy sort of way. It's became a fast kicking step, kicking the feet, both forward and backward and later done with a tap." The Charleston and similar dances such as the Black Bottom which involved "Kicking up your heels" were very popular in the later part of the 1920s. They became less popular after 1930, possibly because after seven years of being fashionable people simply became less interested.
The jitterbug
The jitterbug is a kind of dance popularized in the United States in the early twentieth century and is associated with various types of swing dances such as the Lindy Hop. A young, white middle-class man from suburban Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania learned to dance jitterbug in 1939 by going to the "Hill City" section of that city to watch black dancers. They danced smoothly, without hopping and bouncing around the dance floor.
The jitterbug basic is counted in six counts of music, but there are (in the basic step) only four steps. On counts one and three, you take small steps to the side, and on counts five and six, you do a rock step to the back. Counts two and four are the lengthening of steps on counts one and three. Essentially, the steps you end up with are: slow, slow, quick, quick. Of course, with jitterbug music, even the 'slow' steps are not all that slow.
The hardest thing to learn is the pelvic motion. You have to sway, forwards and backwards, with a controlled hip movement, while your shoulders stay level and your feet glide along the floor. Your right hand is held low on the girl's back, and your left hand down at your side, enclosing her hand. Blues musician Muddy Waters did a jitterbug during his performance at the 1960 Newport Jazz Festival, prompting massive cheers from the audience. His performance was recorded, and released on the LP At Newport 1960.
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WORKSHOP: The Leadership Challenge in Healthcare
This free workshop is designed to highlight the specific challenges in leading and managing in the healthcare industry. We will introduce techniques that can help leaders in healthcare create an even more engaged workforce, where your employees are more committed to deliver high quality patient care efficiently.
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You will discover what causes an employee to become disengaged from an organization and the most important factors to address those causes. You will recognize the benefits of building a culture of engagement and the positive effects such a culture has on the bottom line. You will gain practical tools to use with both clinical and non-clinical staff to build an effective culture of motivated and inspired associates.
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Engaged team members consistently have a positive effect on patient outcomes and core business goals. They choose to bring discretionary effort to the organization rather than just doing the minimum. Effective leaders know how to respond to issues and resolve conflict to increase productivity. By expanding your leadership toolkit you will find new ways to engage your team members.
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You will develop awareness as a leader as to what you can do to make a difference. You will learn how to tap into people's potential and bring out the best in them. You will have an improved understanding of the value of your people and their impact on your results.


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Sprint has decided that it doesn't want to let Clearwire out of its sights.
The company on Tuesday announced that it has revised its $2.97-per-share offer for Clearwire to $3.40 per share. The increased offer represents a 14 percent increase from Sprint's previous offer, valuing Clearwire at $10.7 billion. More importantly, it's 10 cents higher than the $3.30-per-share offer made by Dish.
Sprint already owns about 50 percent of Clearwire. The company had previously said that its offer was superior to the one Dish brought to Clearwire earlier this year, and Clearwire's board agreed. Sprint had indicated that it wouldn't make another offer for Clearwire, but evidently, it had a change of heart.
In a statement Tuesday, Sprint said this offer is its "best and final."
The timing on Sprint's bid is by no means coincidental. Clearwire shareholders were slated to vote today on the original Sprint transaction. Now, though, Clearwire's board must vote on the transaction and then leave it up to the shareholders to make a final decision. According to Sprint, Clearwire partial owners Comcast, Intel, and BrightHouse, which collectively own about 26 percent of Clearwire's shares, have endorsed the share-price increase.
In its own statement on the deal, Clearwire said that its special committee will review the new offer. It now expects to hold the shareholder vote on May 30.
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My Perspective on Chasing Storms
I'm a scientist. I graduated with a degree in meteorology, and there is something primal that excites me about storms!
Since I was a 4th grader the prospect of tornadoes ignited some sort of fire deep within. My first real interest with thunderstorms and tornadoes took place after watching a PBS special called "Tornado" in the 80s.
This documentary focused on research scientists mainly from the University of Oklahoma. Researchers like Don Burgess, Bob Davies Jones, and Howie Bluestein were the main players showcasing their science in this atmospheric play. These were my idols growing up; the true pioneers of storm chasing that started in the late 70s. These rock stars in the field hooked me on meteorology, and I never looked back.
The evolution of chasing spiked when the movie Twister was released. In 1996 Hollywood came about with their own interpretation of storm chasing. Instead of researchers, you had Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, and Philip Seymour Hoffman explaining where to place Dorothy in the path of the F5 monster. Twister changed the landscape of chasing, and it only has evolved from there.
After the movie was released, meteorology programs were filled with students wanting to learn more about storms. Unfortunately, many of those students changed their major after learning calculus, physics, and differential equations were involved, but the passion for storms never left.
Now that brings us to today. Smart phones and youtube accounts have made the average person low budget movie producers. For many young inexperienced chasers today it's about who can get the closest and most daring video. Let's be honest storm chasing is sexy. Violent unpredictable winds that spin with reckless abandonment captivate all of our senses. The drama of a close call gets the heart racing for more. Who can be the first to survive inside and record it for all to see?
Over the weekend three veteran storm chasers lost their lives in the El Reno, OK tornado. Their vehicle was consumed by the violent 150 mph plus winds. The remnants of their work are pictured above. It's been reported that two of the chasers were sucked out of the vehicle while one was left belted in. My heart is heavy for their families, but it will hurt even more if we don't learn from this.
These weren't glory seekers going out to try to get in the middle. This was a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, and they weren't the only ones. Speculation still remains on whether the roads were too clogged with chasers for an escape route. So if these highly experienced conservative chasers could get into that spot, who is to say this can't happen again?
The deaths of these chasers must serve as a reminder that these storms are dangerous. In reality you are not in control, no matter how safe you think you really are.
At 40/29 we have storm chasers who regularly help our coverage. These are professionals who first and foremost are spotting storms to help our viewers. These individuals go out and put themselves in dangerous situations to help alert you. These are not thrill seekers trying to make a name for themselves. These are dedicated folks with a minimum of 5 years chasing experience. Without the work of these chasers we don't have the ground truth needed to confirm if the tornado is actually reaching the ground.
I believe in storm chasers and I believe in my team. I have picked a crew of experienced folks to deliver the best coverage possible. I believe in them because they are first responders. They dedicate themselves to not only chasing, but helping people out if they come across damage.
Please keep yourself safe from these storms. Please take every tornado warning seriously, and remember the selfless work of these dedicated individuals who lost their lives to the storm.


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The Transportation Division provides public transportation for the citizens of Modesto. Our Modesto Area Express (MAX) system carries over 3.6 million customers per year, and has over 800 stops in and around Modesto.
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Who is Your Favorite Teen Couple?Matt Richenthal at .
It's time for another poll, TV Fanatics. And this one is gonna be a toughie.
Following challenging battles over television's Sexiest Male and Female Sidekicks, along with the scariest character around, we now want to know: Who is your favorite teen couple?
The field is wide open, from a teacher/student relationship on Pretty Little Liars to forbidden love between a human and an immortal on The Vampire Diaries. With so many potential nominees, we need your help:
- Hit up the Comments section and recommend a couple for the final round of voting.
- The only requirements? At least one half of the pairing must be a teenager, and the two characters must have kissed at least once.
- Feel free to state your couple's case below, but please begin all Comments with the names of your nominees. This will make it a lot easier for us to keep track.
We'll post the official poll on Monday. What teen couples will be featured in it? That's up to you, readers. State your opinions now!
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Expanding on the leadership development methods offered in the 2009 bestseller, Leaders as Teachers, authors Ed Betof, Lisa Owens, and Sue Todd discuss how to harness the power of the leaders in one's organization to grow its learning culture in their new book, Leaders as Teachers Action Guide.
The authors will present success stories to inspire your leadership development program, offer tools to determine the best leadership development approach for your organization, and provide templates to design learning programs that work for your leader-teachers. Learn from the companies where "leaders as teachers" is a major driving principle for leadership development.
Who Should Attend: human capital professionals with responsibilities or interests in leadership development and talent management
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The idea of pricking your body with needles in order to relieve pain seems nothing if not counter intuitive, but thousands of acupuncture patients swear the treatments are effective in addressing pain of all kinds.
But how does it work? How much of the relief is due to the placebo effect — the mere perception that the needles are actually dulling pain — as opposed to a real biological change in the way nerves signal the brain to pain?
A new study lends support to the notion that acupuncture may actually modulate the brain's perception of pain. In a study that used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to track brain activity both before and during acupuncture, researchers led by Dr. Nina Theysohn at the University Hospital in Essen, Germany, and colleagues at University of Duisburg-Essen documented a specific pattern of brain activation during acupuncture that may represent an accessible pathway for addressing pain.
In the small trial, which involved 18 volunteers, each volunteer was placed in the fMRI scanner and then given a small electrical stimulus in the left ankle to generate pain. Acupuncture needles were then inserted at three places on the right side corresponding to regions known to modulate the ankle pain, and the fMRI was repeated. Comparing the brain scans before and after acupuncture, the scientists found that areas of the brain that were active during the pain stimulus were dampened during acupuncture, suggesting that the needles actually do cause a change in the way that the brain perceives and processes pain.


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Paper Menagerie
The library's books, photographs, and printed ephemera capture mammals and birds on paper. Indeed, the rise of interest in the portrayal of animals, whether in the home or from exotic lands, in the 18th and 19th centuries coincides with the library's periods of greatest concentration. Many mid to late 19th-century works document pets as part of the "cult of domesticity" and animals as design material for the rapidly expanding world of consumer goods. Several related themes, such as natural history, hunting, and breeding, are not explored in this exhibit due to lack of space, not for paucity of material--viewers are invited to "hunt" on their own for their favorite species in the library.
Learning about Animals
Books and games conveyed much of the knowledge about animals as urbanization gradually decreased the amount of direct contact with wild and domesticated species. Recreational games and activities taught adults and children the appearance and factual information about foreign and native animals. Drawing manuals often invited nascent painters to watercolor the outlined figures of birds, insects, and mammals. Charming examples of marginalia show children themselves drawing the forms.
Genre painter John Lewis Krimmel (1786-1821), in his sketchbooks (now in the Joseph Downs Collection) manifested his curiosity in animals with quick pencil sketches and more detailed studies in watercolor. Krimmel, apparently to conserve space, sketched multiple vignettes on a notebook page; hence the striking juxtaposition of the kangaroo and the group of people. He may well have seen a live kangaroo in a traveling exhibit, as other Australian imports such as emus were advertised as attractions. The elephant in this sketch may have been one of two that toured the northeast in the early 1800s.
Animals as Pets
Although pets had been kept in the 18th century, they became cherished as family members in the 19th. As part of their upbringing, children were expected to be caring and responsible pet owners. The many pictures of children and pets together signify their shared innocence and purity. A variety of wild animals such as squirrels, mockingbirds, and cardinals lived in households, but dogs and cats dominate the imagery. Dogs are deemed the most loyal and faithful of pets. Cats, in contrast, are shown as sometimes docile, sometimes mischievous. The intense interest in dogs and cats manifested itself through modifications of the animals' own forms. The library's encyclopedias from the first half of the 19th century show some varieties such as the greyhound and the poodle or "barbet." The many breeds we recognize today, however, emerged later in the century and even appear in trade catalogues as weathervanes and outdoor sculptures. These pets entered the commercial arena as firms specialized in their sale, and products such as collars, feed, and traveling cages were designed specifically for their use.
Photographs by Mary Harrod Northend show the affectionate relationship between pets and their owners in the early 20th century. Northend, best known for her books on the colonial revival, also recorded her friends and their animals, including cockatoos, cats, and several breeds of dogs.
The Decorative Animal
Animals grace artworks of most cultures, and the widespread appreciation in the United States assured their presence on ceramics, textiles, and jewelry. Naturalistic forms are prevalent in American metalwork, such as the commercially produced weathervanes. More stylized creatures appear in that special form of 19th-century penmanship--calligraphic drawing. In the next century, art nouveau and art deco designs would celebrate the animal in conventionalized and abstracted forms.
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Chances are most of you have checked out already for the long weekend so I kind of feel like I can say anything I want in the news today and no one will notice. Even if you actually showed up to work and are looking at this copy you're not really reading it. You're thinking of dry humping your best gal on the beach somewhere or whatever the hell it is you'll be doing this weekend. So here it goes... I've never understood why people like "Lord Of the Rings" and I've never found Angelina Jolie attractive. Alright let's do this.
The Spy Kid himself Mason Cook has signed on to play the role of young Eddie Munster in NBC's new series "Mockingbird Lane". For those of you not familiar with the show "Mockingbird Lane" is an updated and much darker retelling of the classic sitcom "The Munsters". One time when I was in middle school I tried to make it with a butter churn.
New Jersey's own Zoe Saldana has been added to the cast of "Machete Kills" and Danny Trejo himself has confirmed that he gets to put his mouth on her. How's that for news? I watched 3 seasons of "Glee" before I realized it was awful.
If there's one complaint I always hear about the classic film "The Exorcist" it's that the film is just too darn scary and needs to be watered down. Well good news for all those who hate awesome things the flick is being remade and for television. The show will be a ten part series and in all fairness with "Martha Marcy May Marlene" director Sean Durkin onboard I don't hate this idea as much as I thought I would. I illegally downloaded 3 Linkin Park songs that I have on my iPod when I run.
Derek Mears, who's been in every horror movie made in the last 15 years, only covered in make up... and Caroline Williams, who played Stretch in "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2", have been added to the cast of the much anticipated "Hatchet 3". My first time was with a girl I met on the internet and never spoke to again after that night.
Sometimes you've got to get the skid marks out and the only way to do that is to break into your neighbor's house and do your laundry. Sometimes that is.
In case you were wondering, Ted Kaczynski, better known as the Unabomber, will not be able to attend his 50th college reunion at Harvard. Ya know, cause of all the bombs and stuff he makes.


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Comic: New Year's Resolutions of the Tech Stars
By now, you've probably narrowed down your New Year's resolutions. Perhaps you've chosen one of our favorite WTF resolutions, such as "Stop using my cat as an excuse for a boyfriend."
Our friends Nitrozac and Snaggy at The Joy of Tech did some eavesdropping during the recent holiday celebration, and discovered the New Year's resolutions of tech celebrities such as Tim Cook, Mark Zuckerberg, Jony Ive, Steve Ballmer and even Apple's stock:
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On Sunday, March 6, 2011, I had the privilege of preaching at Sovereign Grace Community Church in Sarnia, Ontario. The message, "When God Delivers His People," was preached from Psalm 14:1-7:
The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is none who does good. The LORD looks down from heaven on the children of man, to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God. They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one.
Have they no knowledge, all the evildoers who eat up my people as they eat bread and do not call upon the LORD? There they are in great terror, for God is with the generation of the righteous. You would shame the plans of the poor, but the LORD is his refuge.
Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When the LORD restores the fortunes of his people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.
The complete audio is available here: [audio: http://mp3.sa-media.com/media/3611111391/3611111391.mp3 | autostart=no]
You can also download to listen later.
My original sermon notes are available for download here.
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Sunshine Week Is An Important Reminder
Democracy functions best when the public has access to detailed information about what government officials do and why they do it.
Iowa and most other states have what are called "sunshine" laws. They require most public business to be conducted in meetings open to the public. There are also statutory requirements that most records are to be available for scrutiny by the press and any other interested party.
The week that ended Saturday was designated Sunshine Week. It is a national initiative to promote a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information. Participants include news media, civic groups, libraries, nonprofits, schools and others interested in the publics right to know.
So what happens when business is done outside the rules or records that should be open are kept secret?
Statutory mechanisms exist to ensure that if governmental bodies dont live by the rules they can be called to account.
In 2012, the Legislature approved and Gov. Terry Branstad signed into law an overhaul of Iowas open meetings and records law. The goal was to guarantee greater access by the public to information about government proceedings and decisions.
The Iowa Public Information Board was created. It oversees the enforcement of open meetings and open records laws. Board members and staff evaluate claims that violations of these laws have taken place and initiate corrective action as needed.
It is important to the preservation of democratic government that the exceptions to doing business in the open should be few and carefully justified.
By serving as an investigative focal point for complaints that can be easily accessed by the public this new board is an important step forward.
The best guarantee of openness, however, is for voters to support candidates for office who have a strong personal commitment to governmental openness. The Messenger urges citizens to pay close attention to the views those who seek their votes hold on this important matter.
When government officials find it inconvenient to do business and keep records in an open manner, we all have good reason to be alarmed.
Only people with questionable motives have anything to fear from public scrutiny. That's why strong sunshine laws are absolutely vital.


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The Law of attraction
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THE Universe is governed by Law - one great Law. Its manifestations are multiform, but viewed from the Ultimate there is but one Law. We are familiar with some of its manifestations, but are almost totally ignorant of certain others. Still we are learning a little more every day - the veil is being gradually lifted.
We speak learnedly of the Law of Gravitation, but ignore that equally wonderful manifestation, THE LAW OF ATTRACTION IN THE THOUGHT WORLD. We are familiar with that wonderful manifestation of Law which draws and holds together the atoms of which matter is composed - we recognize the power of the law that attracts bodies to the earth, that holds the circling worlds in their places, but we close our eyes to the mighty law that draws to us the things we desire or fear, that makes or mars our lives.
When we come to see that Thought is a force - a manifestation of energy - having a magnet-like power of attraction, we will begin to understand the why and wherefore of many things that have heretofore seemed dark to us. There is no study that will so well repay the student for his time and trouble as the study of the workings of this mighty law of the world of Thought - the Law of Attraction.


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Around the world, ethical issues in medicine and the life sciences are addressed in different ways, reflecting different cultural traditions and social systems. Gaining an appreciation for this international diversity is critical to students of bioethics around the world, and can be an illuminating intellectual experience.
To help address this need, the Department of Bioethics at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio (USA) has developed study abroad partnerships with a number of academic institutions in other countries.
These 3-credit courses are open to all undergraduate and graduate students from Case Western Reserve University and other universities that will allow the CWRU credits to transfer. They have particular relevance for those who are in pre-health programs. No prerequisite courses are required.
Stuart Youngner, M.D., Professor of Bioethics, summarized the value of these courses: "The International Short-Term Bioethics Courses offered by the Department of Bioethics are a tremendous opportunity for pre-health students at CWRU. These courses offer a window into critical Bioethics questions such as end-of-life decisions, reproductive rights, and health care justice. Moreover, they do so in another country, comparing how similar issues are handled by different cultures. This gives students not only a broader perspective, but also an opportunity to reflect on how culture has helped shape their own individual views about issues central to the delivery of health care."
Insoo Hyun, Ph.D., Professor of Bioethics, added: "There is no better way to understand any major Bioethical issue affecting the U.S. -- for example, the delivery of health care, issues at the end of life, or public health, than to compare how these problems are framed and addressed in other cultural settings. Every pre-health student at CWRU has a unique opportunity to gain valuable new insights by studying abroad with our Department's many international colleagues on their own home turf. If you are eager to bring fresh new perspectives into your budding career as a health professional, this is your chance."
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The Purpose
By endorsing and supporting quality education, the members of the Kansas Association of Broadcasters (KAB) believe they are helping to guarantee the future quality of broadcasting in Kansas. Toward that goal, the KAB has established a scholarship fund to aid in the higher education of promising students.
The purpose of the scholarship fund is:
To support potential and commitment in promising future broadcasters.
To encourage a high standard of professionalism in the industry.
To foster a strong relationship between higher education and the profession.
To promote a greater understanding of journalistic ethics and societal responsibility of broadcasters.
The Scholarship
The KAB will make available up to $16,000 annually in scholarship awards (for tuition and books).
Applicants determined to be the best candidates will receive a scholarship award without regard to their enrollment in a four-year or two-year college.
Awards will be paid in two installments to the college registrar - prior to fall and spring enrollment. The spring installment is contingent on the student continuing to meet the scholarship criteria.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must meet these criteria:
*Kansas resident;
*Attending or planning to attend (next fall semester) a Kansas post-secondary institution (two-year or four-year college or vo-tech/trade school). If attending a four-year college, applicant must be entering their junior year or above; if attending a two-year school, applicant must be entering their sophomore year;
*Enrolled or planning to enroll in a broadcast or related curriculum;
*Enrolled in at least 12 hours each semester the scholarship is in effect;
*Grade point average of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale or equivalent;
*Completing an application signed by college broadcast department head certifying the applicant meets the eligibility criteria.
*Previous KAB scholarship winners are eligible.
Selection Criteria
Financial need may be considered; applicants are asked to indicate how their college education is being funded.
Judges will consider depth of thought, clarity of expression and commitment to broadcasting as primary. Extracurricular activities, community involvement and legibility also will be considered.
Submit one letter of recommendation from a college professor, broadcaster and/or other business person.
Application Procedure
Complete the application form (see below for link), attaching additional sheets as necessary and send to:
Scholarship Committee
Kansas Association of Broadcasters
214 SW 6th St., Suite 300
Topeka KS 66603
The application must be postmarked by May 1.
Judges will screen the applications to determine who will receive a personal interview. The Scholarship Committee will personally interview up to ten applicants in late May and make their selections in early June.
The Sponsor
The Kansas Association of Broadcasters and the Kansas Association of Broadcasters Foundation have a keen interest in the excellence of broadcast education. Consistent with this interest and to lend tangible support, the KAB has established this scholarship program to encourage students of the highest caliber to enter broadcasting as a career and to seek the highest quality education in the field. We sincerely want to see broadcasting as a profession passed on to qualified, outstanding men and women. The scholarship program reflects the KAB's commitment to equal opportunities in education and employment.


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NEW YORK (Reuters) – The father of New York Yankees Manager Joe Girardi died on Saturday and Girardi kept the news from the team until Thursday to avoid distracting them from their playoff series with the Baltimore Orioles.
Jerry Girardi, 81, died at a healthcare residence in Metamora, Illinois, the Yankees said in a statement. He had suffered from Alzheimer's disease, his son said.
Jerry Girardi served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War and later worked in construction sales for National Gypsum Company, the Yankees said. He also worked as a bricklayer.
"One of the reasons I didn't say anything, I knew talking about it would make it probably even harder," Girardi told reporters.
"I only told a couple of people…I didn't tell any players…I didn't want the team to have to deal with it," he said.
Girardi said he received the news while on the team bus on Saturday.
"I had tears in my eyes on the bus so I put sunglasses on," he said.
Since receiving the news, Girardi has managed three games in the playoffs, including Wednesday night's thriller when he made the bold decision to pinch hit for Alex Rodriguez, the game's highest-paid player, with Raul Ibanez.
The move paid off as Ibanez homered to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth inning then homered again in his next at-bat in the 12th inning to give the Yankees a 3-2 victory and a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five American League Divisional Series.
Girardi said he had planned to tell the team after the Orioles series, but did not explain what led the team to announce the death on Thursday.
Girardi's mother died in 1984 and he has three brothers and a sister.
Visitation and prayer service have been scheduled for Sunday in Illinois, with an additional visitation on Monday ahead of a funeral Mass and burial.
Should the Yankees advance to the American League Championship Series, they would be scheduled to play on Sunday but not Monday.
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CAIRO — Egypt's military officers removed the country's first democratically elected president, Mohammed Morsi, on Wednesday, suspended the constitution, and installed an interim government presided over by a senior jurist.
Tahrir Square, where tens of thousands of opponents of the government had gathered each night since Sunday to demand Morsi's removal, erupted in fireworks and jubilation at news of the ouster. At a square near the presidential palace where Morsi's Islamist supporters had gathered, men broke into tears and vowed to stay until Morsi was reinstated or they were forcibly removed.
"The dogs have done it and made a coup against us," they chanted. "Dying for the sake of God is more sublime than anything," a speaker declared. Morsi rejected the generals' actions as a "complete military coup."
Military vehicles and soldiers in riot gear had surrounded the rally in the hours before the takeover, and tensions escalated through the night. Within hours, at least seven people had died and more than 300 were injured in clashes in 17 provinces between Morsi's supporters and either civilian opponents or security forces.
By the end of the night, Morsi was in military custody and blocked from all communications, one of his advisers said, and many of his senior aides were under house arrest. Egyptian security forces had arrested at least 38 senior leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood, including Saad el-Katatni, the chief of the group's political party, and others were being rounded up, security officials said. No immediate reasons were given for the detentions.
For Morsi, it was a bitter and ignominious end to a tumultuous year of bruising political battles that ultimately alienated millions of Egyptians. Having won a narrow victory, his critics say, he broke his promises of an inclusive government and repeatedly demonized his opposition as traitors. With the economy crumbling, and with shortages of electricity and fuel, anger at the government mounted.
The generals built their case for intervention in a carefully orchestrated series of maneuvers, calling their actions an effort at a national reconciliation and refusing to call the takeover a coup. At a televised news conference Wednesday, General Abdul-Fattah el-Sissi said the military had no interest in politics and was ousting Morsi because he had failed to fulfill the hope for a national consensus.
The general stood on a broad stage, flanked by Egypt's top Muslim and Christian clerics and a spectrum of political leaders, including Mohamed ElBaradei, the Nobel laureate and liberal icon, and Galal Morra, a prominent Islamist ultraconservative, all of whom endorsed the takeover.
The move plunged the generals back to the center of political power for the second time in less than three years, following their ouster of former president Hosni Mubarak in 2011. Their return threatened to cast a long shadow over future efforts to fulfill that revolution's promise of a credible civilian democracy. But Sissi sought to present a different image from the anonymous numbered communiqués from the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces that were solemnly read over state television to announce Mubarak's exit, and the general emphasized that the military had no desire to rule.
"The armed forces was the one to first announce that it is out of politics," Sissi said at the start. "It still is, and it will remain away from politics."
Under a "road map" for a post-Morsi government devised by a meeting of civilian political and religious leaders, the general said, the constitution would be suspended, the chief justice of the Supreme Constitutional Court, Adli Mansour, would become acting president and plans would be expedited for new parliamentary and presidential elections under an interim government.
At the White House, President Obama urged the Egyptian military to move quickly to return the nation to a democratically elected government.
"We are deeply concerned by the decision of the Egyptian armed forces to remove President Morsi and suspend the Egyptian constitution," he said.
The president did not refer to the military's takeover as a coup, a phrase that would have implications for the $1.3 billion a year in US military aid to Egypt. Still, there was no mistaking the threat of force and signs of a crackdown. Armored military vehicles rolled through the capital, surrounded the presidential palace, and ringed in the Islamists. The intelligence services put travel bans on Morsi and Muslim Brotherhood leaders.
And in a sign of how little Morsi managed to control the Mubarak bureaucracy he took over, the officers of the Presidential Guard who had been assigned to protect him burst into celebration, waving flags from the roof of the palace.
Although the tacit control of the generals over Egyptian politics is now unmistakable, Sissi laid out a more detailed and faster plan for a return to civilian governance than the now-retired generals who deposed Mubarak did two years ago. Sissi made no mention of any period of military rule and granted the acting president, Mansour, the power to issue constitutional decrees during the transition.
Mansour was named to the bench by Mubarak two decades ago, before Mubarak sought to pack the court with more overtly political loyalists or anti-Islamists. Mansour ascended to the post of chief only a few days ago and, while he is said to be highly regarded, not much is known of his views or how much authority he will truly wield.
Sissi called for the formation of a "technocratic government" to administer affairs during the transition and also a politically diverse committee of experts to draft constitutional amendments. It was not clear who would form the government or the committee. The general said that the constitutional court would set the rules for the parliamentary and presidential elections, and that the court would also "put forward a code of ethics to guarantee freedom of the press and achieve professionalism and credibility" in the news media.
The general's plan bore a close resemblance to one proposed by the ultraconservative Islamist Nour Party and suggested that he was seeking to bring in at least some Islamists as well as liberals and leftists to support the overthrow of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Muslim Brotherhood leaders urged Islamists to resist.
"The people will not surrender,'' said Essam el-Erian, a senior Muslim Brotherhood political leader on the group's satellite channel before it disappeared from the air.


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Russia: No backing for any plan that calls for Syria's Assad to step down
(CBS/AP) MOSCOW - Russia on Thursday said it would not endorse a call for Syrian President Bashar Assad to give up power and criticized as inappropriate claims that it had agreed to plans by international envoy Kofi Annan for a new national unity government in Syria that could include the opposition.
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov insisted that major powers meeting Saturday in Geneva for talks on Syria must concentrate on convincing opposition groups to soften their demands. He also denied a claim by a senior U.S. official that Annan said Russia was among the backers of a plan for a new government to oversee the drafting of a new constitution and eventual elections.
"We are not supporting and will not support any external meddling," he said. "External players must not dictate ... to Syrians, but, first of all, must commit to influencing all the sides in Syria to stop the violence."
Turkey sends heavy weapons to Syria border
World leaders to talk Syria without Iran, Saudis
U.N.: Syria violence as bad, if not worse, than before ceasefire agreed
Diplomatic hopes have rested on Russia Syria's most important ally, protector and supplier of arms to agree to a plan that would end the Assad family dynasty, which has ruled Syria for more than four decades. But the country one of the five permanent U.N. Security Council members along with Britain, China, France and the U.S. has warned it would firmly oppose any document urging Assad to step down.
Moscow also has rejected efforts by outside forces to end the country's bloody conflict or any plan to force regime change in Damascus, insisting that any plans for the future rest entirely with Syria.
Syrian National Council spokesman George Sabra said Thursday that the SNC - the largest Syrian opposition group - "has not yet received the details of Annan's proposal about the transitional government and therefore it cannot respond to that proposal," but the SNC has flatly rejected any plan that fails to call for Assad's immediate removal from office.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, speaking at a press conference in Riga, Latvia, during a European tour that will take her to Russia, said Thursday that "it was very clear from the invitations that were extended ... that people were coming on the basis of the transition plan that (Annan) had presented."
"I will discuss these issues with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in St. Petersburg tomorrow and then I look forward to participating in a meeting organized by Joint Special Envoy Annan in Geneva on Saturday," she said.
"We want this meeting in Geneva... to provide an opportunity to make real progress in supporting and implementing (Annan's) six-point plan and the roadmap for transition that he has laid down," she said.
It was not clear if Moscow has rejected Annan's plan altogether or has simply not agreed to its final form yet.
"First of all, no agreed-upon projects exist, the work on the possible final document is going on, including a meeting of experts in Geneva," Lavrov told reporters. "I think that the fact that certain formulas, certain ideas proposed for the possible final document by certain countries are leaked to the media manifests an improper approach to diplomacy."
Lavrov said that diplomatic efforts should focus on urging the opposition groups to "refuse from their uncompromising approaches and, in accordance with the Kofi Annan plan, sit down for negotiations with the government."
Lavrov also criticized the exclusion of major regional player Iran from Saturday's high-level meeting.
"Iran is undoubtedly a powerful player in the whole situation," Lavrov said. "Leaving it out of the loop of the Geneva meeting is a mistake."
A senior U.S. diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to discuss diplomatic negotiations, had said Annan assured the United States that world powers gathering in Geneva had endorsed the plan and that Russia was among its backers.
Also Thursday, a Russian defense official reportedly said that three Syrian attack helicopters that have been refurbished in Russia will be sent to Syria. Last week, a cargo ship carrying the helicopters to Syria was forced to turn back after its British insurer removed the coverage for the vessel.
Alexander Fomin, the Russian defense official, was quoted by the Ria Novosti news agency as saying that Russia plans to deliver the helicopters, without specifying how or when. "Syria is our friend," he was quoted as saying. "And we fulfill all obligations we make to our friends."
Russia has said that the helicopters had been supplied to Syria during Soviet times and refurbished under a 2008 contract.
Russia has been a key source of weapons for Syria in the past four decades, and Damascus has acquired billions of dollars' worth of combat jets, helicopters, missiles, armored vehicles and other military gear from Moscow. Moscow has continued to provide Damascus with arms, despite Western calls for a halt in supplies.
In recent weeks, Syria started using its helicopter gunships to besiege opposition areas something it had appeared reluctant to do before.


text: Of all the facts in a New York Times article focusing on incoming Chrysler fearless leader Robert Nardelli, there was one that caught our eye. Mr. Nardelli's first car out of high school was a 1966 Dodge Dart. As Mr. Nardelli's love for the company dates back to this car, it seems only fitting that he spearhead the campaign to resurrect the mighty Dodge Dart. Whether the new Dodge Dart will feature a hybrid fusion slant six drive that runs on orange peels and coffee grinds will only be told by the future. Vote on which Dart Dodge should build after the jump.


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Eric's Morning Forecast February 15
Welcome to the weekend!
This Friday is a bit of a chore to deal with, the northwest winds have some bite to them and it takes more than a hoodie, we're practically back in the hat and gloves range if you have to spend more than 10 minutes outside.
A few flurries and snow showers could clip the northeast corner of the state; otherwise it looks like sunshine will be the story.
It does get better this weekend, a transition to more western flow aloft will bring in the mild Pacific air, and skies should stay sunny with the winds staying on the lighter side.
Saturday will bring about a 5-10 degree bump over today, and Sunday will bring another 5-10 degree temperature jump.
A weather system approaching for Monday gets close enough Sunday to kick up some afternoon breezes, so know that by the end of the weekend things may blow around a little bit.
Monday's weather system will be a dry one, but we will deal with breezy to windy conditions around the state, and temperatures will cool off 5-10 degrees.
Tuesday will bring a brief break from the winds, but another storm system will be moving back in from the west for Wednesday and Thursday.
This storm will bring accumulating snow, strong winds and a pretty significant cool down our way – we're definitely not done with winter yet!
In the meantime…enjoy this weekend :)


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This site is the archived OWASP Foundation Wiki and is no longer accepting Account Requests.
To view the new OWASP Foundation website, please visit https://owasp.org
OWASP AppSec Conference Sponsors
From OWASP
OWASP Conference Sponsorship
Donation of a venue location or financial sponsorship or will help defray the non-profit OWASP Foundation's expenses to prepare for and hold these global conferences.
There are several different sponsorship options for conferences.
Two options are:
Option #1: Standard Sponsorship Plan (same as previous conferences)
- Sponsor information will be presented on the main conference web page
- A Sponsor information sheet will be included in handouts to all attendees
- Sponsors can include a poster (no larger than 6 ft. x 4 ft. [can be oriented either way]) at the conference in the main hallway. This can be freestanding, or be hung from the wall.
- Includes 2 Free admissions to the conference
Option #2: Exhibitor Expo
- Product vendors can demonstrate their application security products to conference attendees. The intended focus of this expo is to be prepared to discuss the technical details of the technologies they are offering in the market to help organizations deal with their application security issues. This expo should be light on sales push and very technical. OWASP attendees are very familiar with the application security market!
- At this time, we are not working with a provider of rental equipment. Please make arrangements independently if you need to rent equipment for the show.
Technical exhibit at your vendor booth:
- We want to provide you an opportunity to meet technical consumers and allow them to interact and provide feedback for your product.
- As such, each vendor should plan on using the table space to host two (2) workstations with running product. If you have more than one product you'd like to make available to the attendees, it's your choice as to whether both stations host the full spectrum or each one serves a unique purpose.
- Attendees should be able to walk up with code/binaries on a USB stick, plug it in to the workstation, and get to the nitty-gritty of deploying a WAF, scanning code, pen testing the binaries, etc., etc.
- For practical purposes, your workstations can certainly just be laptop machines. If your product is appliance/SaaS based, please ensure there are two workstations that hook up to your appliance/back-end so that attendees can still interface with you like everyone else.
Staffing your vendor booth:
- Plan on bringing two sales engineers/technical employees to help attendees get a feel for the product(s) with which they're interacting. OWASP attendees tend to be on the very technical side of the spectrum, so there might be a few pointed questions thrown at your folks in the course of the event.
- Attendance to the vendor area is basically free, so you're allowed to bring extra people to rotate folks out, etc., but please keep the vendor booths themselves populated by, at most, three folks at a time.
Communications with attendees in the vendor area:
- OWASP will not provide an attendee list to anyone, nor will we be creating a mailing list for pre-conference announcements from sponsors.
- Contact information for attendees should be exchanged as you and the respective attendee see fit.
- Holding giveaway contests (drop your business card in the bowl to win an iPod, etc.) are allowed as long as they don't go way over the top in terms of detracting from the core purpose of the vendor expo.
The sponsorship fees vary for each conference.


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Manage Interactive Experiences
The Cisco Interactive Experience Manager (IEM) enables robust and remote management of the Cisco Interactive Services Solution. This management console through which all the services and applications are deployed, administered, and updated helps reduce costs and improves overall efficiency.
The Cisco Interactive Experience Manager provides administrators in enterprises and public agencies with a user-friendly interface to centrally configure, control, and monitor Cisco Interactive Experience Client (IEC) devices. It supports user- and device-management, as well as advanced device configuration, through use of policies and groups. The Cisco Interactive Experience Manager is accessed through a web portal with a menu-driven GUI.
Cisco Interactive Experience Manager integrates management functions such as communications with the kiosks, template management, and oversees operations and maintenance of the kiosks centrally. It manages by groups, provides intelligent workflow and scheduling, and allows for integration with third-party applications and interactive multimedia.
Feature and Capabilities
With Cisco IEM, an administrator can perform the following functions:
- Configuration- Configure Cisco IEC4600 Series devices, including startup URLs, network settings, peripherals, etc.
- Policy management- Easily and flexibly apply settings to a group of users or devices
- Session management- Apply session time limits to control kiosk usage
- Remote control- Control the behavior of a kiosk in real time, including muting the audio, locking out a user, or sending a user a message
- Logs- Log traffic from Cisco IEC4600 Series devices to analyze data


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Sean Young Ejected From DGA Awards For Being Overserved?
Stories like the one that you are about to read are the reason we REALLY missed watching The Golden Globes this year. While we weren't at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza for last night's DGA Awards, one of our loose-lipped Defamer informants just sent us the following tip regarding an incident involving an the one of Hollywood's most unpredictable actresses, Sean Young. Yes, the same Sean Young who once appeared on The Joan Rivers Show decked out in full Catwoman gear in hopes of landing the role that would go to Michelle Pfieffer. Anyway, after taking time to hurl insults towards both Marion Cotillard and Julian Schnabel (the former en français, no less!), the scourge of James Woods' life was (allegedly) booted from the premises by a security cop. Our tipster's highly amusing recollection of the incident follows after the jump.
as a faithful reader of your blog, I just wanted to tell you about the AWESOME drama at the DGA Awards Saturday night at the Century City Hotel. Things were pretty calm for the dinner, but once the award portion of the evening began, has-been actress Sean Young started to get rowdy. She started talking loudly through out the show...at times screaming in French at the stage when that French actress from La Vie en Rose [Ed. Note - That'd be Marion Cotillard] took the stage..at other times breaking into song. She yelled at a video clip of George Clooney from Michael Clayton and then would start nuzzling the neck of her date (who seemed oblivious) but it was when Julian Schnabel took the stage toward the end of the evening that she really went kook...yelling at him to "get on with it" and to "move it on" (The DGA Awards are unique, they let all of the film nominees say something about their films and thank their crews before naming the winner at the end of the night). Julian yelled back at her to "Have another drink, Honey" and started to leave the stage before the crowd yelled at him to stay. He continued to talk and Sean stood up and mad a big production of putting on her white fur coat, walking around in a circle and then taking her seat again. Finally a security guard came over and grabbed her arm and yanked her through the tables to the side door and tossed her out. Still can't figure out who her date was (he looked like a lawyer type..an ohhhh he's going to get it at work come Monday).
Oh yes, there's other thing that we just remembered that gives this tale even a bit more creedence. Sean Young told Entertainment Weekly back in September about her unsuccessful attempts to crash Vanity Fair's annual Oscar party back in 2006. We find that to be very Interesting Spice.
UPDATE: Looks like Var's Kris Tapley may have been the first one to break this story. Check out his recap, posted earlier this afternoon at 12:02pm.


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iWatch Production Could Start in July for October Release
Another day, another iWatch rumor. The latest news comes courtesy of Reuters, which reports that Taiwan's Quanta Computer Inc. will be mass producing Apple's long-rumored smartwatch this July.
According to Reuters, the smartwatch will have a 2.5-inch display and will be "slightly rectangular." The Reuters source says that the face will "protrude slightly from the band," have a touch screen (natch) and charge wirelessly.
The source says Apple is expecting to ship 50 million of these devices in the product's first year of release. Obviously, these kinds of estimates can fluctuate and change, and we remain skeptical of any sources tying down specific sales estimates.
The reports states that Quanta is already doing trial production runs of the device and that it will be the main manufacturer and responsible for at least 70 percent of the final assembly.
A July production start date could mean that the watch could make its commercial debut as early as October. Traditionally, Apple has launched accessories, including the iPod and now iPad, at that time.
A third source told Reuters that LG is the exclusive supplier of the screen for the initial production batch. LG was also responsible for all iPad screens (iPad displays are now dispersed amongst a few suppliers).
The iWatch is expected to have built-in sensors to monitor health. This would match nicely with the Health app and HealthKit SDK coming to iOS 8.
If this information is true and production does start next month, it will be interesting to see if any images of the device or its material leak ahead of release.


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EARTH PHOTO GALLERY: Photos of Earth since 1960s
President John F. Kennedy spelled out the mission clearly in his 1961 speech committing the United States to send humans to the moon and back by the end of the decade. He left no doubt about the definition of success and laid out a clear vision.
Now, five decades after his challenge, a panel of space, science and engineering experts said in a stinging report that NASA does not have a goal.
While the future of the space agency may be unclear, its past missions produced some iconic images that gave us all a view of the world that makes it seems not quite so big, including newly released photos that include city lights at night.
Here's an Associated Press photo gallery with some of those images.


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Seasonal Part Time Sales Consultant
RETAIL SALES CONSULTANT | Part-Time
Are you driven to succeed? We are looking for positive, upbeat, passionate, and determined people who want to thrive in a rapidly changing and competitive environment. If you crave the opportunity to grow and maximize your earning potential within a leading retailer then Victra might be a good fit for you. Victra is Verizon's largest retail partner in the United States. We are a collaborative team that celebrates success while bringing the most innovative products and services to our guests in the most fun and trusting way!
We have developed a Safety Pledge focused on keeping our guests and essential workers safe:
- Both employees and guests receive face coverings
- We limit the number of guests in the store to reinforce social distancing.
- Sanitize touch points prior to each use
- Learn more on our Covid-19 Page.
Retail Sales Consultants are responsible for selling a full range of telecommunications products and services to our guests in a professional and guest-friendly approach. You will multitask, display basic math skills, have the flexibility to work retail hours, display excellent sales skills, and analytical skills. In addition, you are a highly-motivated individual who is eager and ready to accept additional responsibilities when needed.
As a Retail Sales Consultant, you will also:
- Achieve personal sales goals as set by Store Manager and monthly commission plan
- Represent the store in a positive manner while providing excellent customer service
- Diligently learn all Victra/Verizon products and promotions and ensure your knowledge of these programs is current
- Inspire customers to buy
- Prepare sales contracts and accept and process payments from customers
- Answer customers' queries or concerns
- Provide advice to customers regarding all Victra/Verizon products and services
- Advise customers on use and care of merchandise and products.
- Maintain sales records for inventory control
- Assist in display of merchandise and overall store presentation.
- Handle all returns courteously and professionally
- Adhere to loss prevention and inventory control standards and all Victra policies and procedures
This is not an exhaustive list of duties or functions and may not necessarily comprise all of the "essential functions" for purposes of the ADA.
YOUR BACKGROUND (Requirements)
Along with having excellent communication skills and ability to read various reports, we are looking for the Sales Consultant to bring the following:
- High School diploma, AA preferred
- 1-2 years of experience in a retail sales environment preferred
- Ability to lift up to 10 pounds
- Ability to sit for long periods of time
- (unless accommodations are required/requested for an employee under the ADA)
- All new Sales Consultants are required to attend and successfully complete a 4-day New Hire University (NHU) training program within 2 weeks of their official start date. This class may include overnight travel at the company expense
- Various online and computer-based training will be required throughout your tenure with Victra
- Up to 10%
We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer - and celebrate our employees' differences, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or Veteran status. Different makes us better.
**The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this position. They are not intended to be a comprehensive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required of employees so classified.


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It looks like Sony may leave a hard drive out of the standard shipping configuration for the PS3. Sony Computer Entertainment's STO Masayuki Chatani told Japanese magazine Famitsu that the company had not yet made a decision on whether or not to ship a HD with the PS3, which leads some to wonder if Sony won't be forgoing a bundled hard drive altogether.
While it's pretty early to get into dirt dog speculation, Sony doesn't really need to ship a hard drive to make the PS3 a success. If the media centerish functionality turns out to be something truly compelling, I could easily see people preferring to buy hard drives according to their capacity needs. At the same time, Sony can keep the MSRP down, and users who don't want large drives won't feel like they're paying for something they don't need.


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Clerk's Office
|Posey County Clerk's Office
300 Main Street
Mt. Vernon, IN 47620
Telephone : (812) 838-1306
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Current Clerk :
Kay Kilgore
Circuit Court Clerk
Superior Court Clerk
From the 2007 Guide to Indiana County Government
(Published by the Association of Indiana Counties)
The office of the County Clerk is an elected position and is to serve a four year term. The County Clerk's office is responsible for : keep all the court records file, record and enter all orders from the civil, juvenile and criminal courts probate wills and testaments receive filings from individuals running for public office issue marriage licenses receive and pay out money collected from support payments administer "oath of office" to appointed officers control the registration of voters serve as secretary for the County Election Board issue Certificates of Election to successful candidates.