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Moscow tries to break Iran nuke talks deadlock
(AP) MOSCOW - Russia launched a desperate bid Tuesday to save nuclear talks between six world powers and Iran from collapse and lessen the chances of a Middle East conflict that could draw in the United States.
Failure to reach an agreement that limits Iran's nuclear activities would increase the chances that Israel already skeptical of diplomatic efforts to prevent Iran from building a nuclear weapon could launch an attack, a scenario that potentially could pull in the U.S. and spread chaos throughout the Middle East.
Diplomats said the negotiations remained deadlocked as they went into a second and possibly final day, despite pleas from the presidents of the U.S. and Russia for Iran to agree to curb nuclear activities. Iran says sanctions crippling its oil industry must be lifted before it does anything.
A top Russian official reportedly met twice with Iran's chief envoy on the sidelines of the talks Tuesday, as the host nation tried to keep negotiations on track. Sergei Ryabkov, Russia's deputy foreign minister, conferred with top Iranian negotiator Saeed Jalili, said one of the diplomats.
The diplomat, like others who spoke to reporters, demanded anonymity because he was not authorized to comment publicly on the closed talks.
President Barack Obama could suffer at home if talks fail, even if Israel holds back from attack, because a derailed diplomatic track would give Mitt Romney, his Republican rival for office, additional leeway to criticize him for being too soft on Iran.
Diplomats from several nations meeting with Iran in Moscow depict the talks as significant and say they could be the last in a series. If negotiators fail to make headway in persuading Tehran to stop higher-grade uranium enrichment, it's unclear if or when new talks would occur.
Diplomats voice optimism as Iran nuclear talks resume in Moscow
Ahmadinejad limps towards last year in charge
6 world powers, Iran remain split on nuke issues
Expectations were restrained after Monday's meeting ended on a downbeat note, with diplomats saying Iran had toughened its conditions in exchange for considering six-power demands that it stop enriching from low levels to higher purities closer to the consistency needed to arm nuclear missiles.
Tehran insists it is enriching only to make reactor fuel and medical isotopes. But it has refused foreign offers of fuel and is stonewalling a U.N. probe into suspicions that it secretly worked on atomic arms allegations it strenuously denies. It dismisses U.N. and other international sanctions meant to pressure it into stopping enrichment, which can also turn uranium into the core of a nuclear weapon, saying it has a right to do so under international law,
Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin jointly urged Iran to show flexibility at the Moscow talks ahead of Tuesday's session.
"We agree that Iran must undertake serious efforts aimed at restoring international confidence in the exclusively peaceful nature of its nuclear program," they said on the sidelines of the meeting of G-20 nations in Mexico.
But Iran said the onus was on its six negotiating partners the U.S., Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany to make the first move and agree to Tehran's demands. A member of the Iranian delegation, who demanded anonymity because he was not the official spokesman for his side, said if the six accept Iran's conditions "there will be a big progress in a short period of time.
"But if they pursue the path they've been following, any progress in the talks will be stalled," he told reporters.
The talks are being hosted by the EU's top foreign policy official, Catherine Ashton. Her spokesman, Michael Mann, spoke of "pretty tough" going after Monday's session, with Iran presenting arguments and objections that went over ground already covered in two previous inconclusive meetings in April and May.
The six nations had asked the Iranians to respond concretely to their demand to curb higher-level enrichment. While Mann said that topic was "addressed," he refused to qualify whether the Iranian response met the expectations of the world powers.
While the Islamic Republic has previously mentioned lifting sanctions or postponing pending ones, one of the diplomats said Monday's request for "sanctions relief" was the most direct to date. That appeared to reflect the mounting pain caused by accumulating sanctions, particularly international embargoes on Iran's oil sales.
In addition to longer-term U.N. and other sanctions, Tehran is now being squeezed by the widening international embargo on its oil sales, which make up more than 90 percent of its foreign currency earnings.
Sanctions levied by the U.S. have already cut exports of Iranian crude from about 2.5 million barrels a day last year to between 1.2 and 1.8 million barrels now, according to estimates by U.S. officials. An EU embargo on Iranian crude that starts July 1 will tighten the squeeze.
Comments by Ali Bagheri, the No. 2 on the Iranian delegation, reflected the gap between the two sides' priorities.
"We elaborated in detail ... the illegality of referring Iran's nuclear issue to the U.N. Security Council and issuance of U.N. Security Council resolutions," he told reporters, referring to Security Council demands enforced by sanctions that Iran stop enriching.
The six nations formally are only prepared to ease restrictions on airplane parts for Iran's outmoded, mostly U.S.-produced, civilian fleet and are offering technical help with aspects of Iran's nuclear program that cannot be used for military purposes.
While not budging on lifting existing sanctions or those already decided upon, diplomats familiar with the talks told The Associated Press that the six are also prepared to guarantee that no new U.N. penalties will be enacted if Tehran compromises enough. The diplomats demanded anonymity because that possible offer has not yet been formally made.
For Iran, the main formal demand remains international recognition of its right to enrich and related issues with increasing emphasis on sanctions relief.
The six also want Fordo, the underground Iranian facility where most of the higher-level enrichment is taking place, shut down and for Iran to ship out its higher-grade stockpile. Fordo is of special concern because it might be impervious to air attacks, a possible last-resort response to any Iranian bomb in the making.


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And there are those who wonder how Sprott's PHYS could have traded at "ludicrous" NAV premium of over 20%. Coinupdate.com reports that prices at which the Greek Central Bank is selling one ounce gold equivalents are as high as $1,700 (40% over spot), and prices on the black markets are even higher. The punchline, as Athens slowly returns to a forced gold standard: " A popular spot for street vendors to sell their coins is near the Athens Stock Exchange. There the traders wait for citizens to bring payments received from unloading their paper assets like stocks and bonds." That's good - downtown Manhattan close to the NYSE has some free space for gold vendors to set up shop as well, they just need to push some of the frontrunning/collocation boxes off to the side. And in other rhetorical ruminations, is it safe to say that the last days of the fiat experiment are among us now that people themselves are bypassing the government and enforcing their own gold standard?
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The fear running through the Greek populace is that the nation's government may default on some of its debts.
Since 1965, the Greek government has imposed restrictions on trading British Sovereign gold coins (gold content .2354 oz). Despite those restrictions, the Bank of Greece reports that it is selling an average of more than 700 coins per day to worried Greeks.
In the first four months of 2010, the Greek central bank sold more than 50,000 sovereigns at its main downtown Athens office. Bank officials estimate that at least 100,000 other coins changed hands on the black market. The Bank of Greece has received as much as $409 per coin, which works out to a price of more than $1,700 per ounce of gold! Prices paid on the black market are reckoned to be even higher. A popular spot for street vendors to sell their coins is near the Athens Stock Exchange. There the traders wait for citizens to bring payments received from unloading their paper assets like stocks and bonds.
The US government and some state governments such as California are in financial straits as bad as or even worse than Greece. How long will it take before American buyers will have to wait in lines to pay outrageous premiums for what are now bullion-priced gold and silver coins? More than one analyst thinks those days will come within a few months or sooner.
The article then goes on to discuss the well-known gold price supression schemes developed over the past 30 years by JPM, Goldman and the LBMA, which should by now not be news to any readers.
What should, is that if one could found a way to legally transfer 10 or so ounces to Athens, anyone could make $5 grand on the spot. With some patience the same return will be achievable in our very own US of A.
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Chief financial officer is just one of many hats Mary Cooper wears at ChartWise Medical Systems Inc. As executive vice president of the company – which provides Web-based medical documentation software systems to hospitals – Cooper does everything from overseeing ChartWise's financials to building sterling relationships within the industry.
"My overall business philosophy is I do what needs to get done," said Cooper. "We're a small company, and we don't have the staff to be doling out the bits and pieces."
So Cooper has taken on many of those bits and pieces herself – not only the company's financial management, but its human resources and overall business operations. Cooper manages the hiring process; supports the sales and marketing team; interacts with vendors, trade show organizers and investors; attends daily engineering team meetings; reviews contracts, and acts as building manager – all while conducting rigorous financial analyses and steering the company toward a strong growth path.
"She's a Jill of all trades," said Dr. Jon Elion, president and CEO of ChartWise. "She's not just keeping spreadsheets and books in the back room in isolation. She understands the day-to-day operations of the company."
This willingness to roll up her sleeves and do what needs to get done is a big reason Elion brought Cooper on as one of ChartWise's first employees. The two worked together at HeartLab Inc., a cardiovascular imaging software company that Elion co-founded in the 1990s and later sold to Agfa Healthcare in 2005. Cooper started as HeartLab's controller in 1997, eventually working her way up to global business unit controller and business process manager.
But in March 2009, she joined Elion at his new company, taking on the role of executive vice president. She worked for free until after the company was incorporated in May 2009.
"Mary is more than a CFO," said Henry Kates, ChartWise's general counsel. "She is Dr. Elion's most trusted business partner and confidante."
By all accounts, Cooper is a big reason the startup company has seen success. ChartWise has secured contracts with major hospitals and grown to a staff of 18 people under Cooper's financial leadership.
"We've gone from zero to 100 miles an hour," said Cooper. "These last six months, we've really crossed through that early-phase startup and we're in a really solid growth phase right now."
This type of success is impressive – not only because ChartWise is a startup company, but because it was launched during an economic recession.
"The fact that ChartWise made it through and is thriving doesn't happen by accident," said Anthony Rust, ChartWise's financial adviser. "It takes strong financial and business leadership, and Mary was an essential and integral figure in ChartWise's stability and success. She has a rare mix of financial acumen, business aptitude and intuitive people skills that you don't come across very often. Usually CFOs have strengths in one or two of these three key pillars, but not all three as Mary has."
Elion said, "Mary has set up a world-class accounting and finance system. When we were a small startup company, Mary's philosophy was 'Do it right while it's easy.' " He noted that a venture capital group working with ChartWise stated, "We have worked with and invested in over 80 early-stage and growth companies over the years. Mary is clearly one of the top three CFOs in terms of quality and timeliness of information along with relevant analysis."
Part of that financial acumen means making difficult decisions when it comes to the company's spending. Elion explained that a major consideration for tech startups is whether to buy or build – to spend money buying a service or particular technology from an outside vendor or to engineer it in-house from the ground up. Making buy-or-build decisions is a key part of developing a new technology, but it can also make or break a startup with limited finances.
In one case, ChartWise engineers needed to integrate a component from an external vendor into ChartWise's own system. However, the vendor's prices made it impossible for the company to purchase the component and still make a profit with its small-sized accounts.
"Mary took a collaborative approach with the vendor, creating a sliding scale pricing structure that restored our margins for the smaller accounts while preserving net payments to the vendor [which made up the margins on the larger accounts]," said Elion. "This was vital in getting us to a point where we could make a quantum leap forward in our product's functionality while maintaining profitability."
It wasn't the first time Cooper's financial wisdom and calm, congenial personality moved the business forward. Kates recalls a recent situation in which Cooper played a key role in earning a contract with a large hospital group. "She was absolutely unflappable in terms of her calmness," he said. "Sometimes these things can get testy and heated. She's got a really good sense of when to push and when not to push to make the deal happen."
Elion agrees that Cooper's business mind and people skills have won the favor of many trade show organizers and groups – which have helped build ChartWise's reputation in the medical field. "We'll be at a trade show and the head of an organization will come over not to greet the CEO, but to talk to Mary and thank her for her graciousness."
But while those affiliated with ChartWise sing Cooper's praises, she deflects the attention. For her, the focus is always doing what needs to get done for the good of the company. "I see myself completely in a support role," she said. "It's one of the great joys in building a company – seeing something you were a part of from the very beginning become successful and keep growing."
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Bowers leads No. 12 Missouri past SE Missouri St.
Laurence Bowers scored a career-high 26 points to help No. 12 Missouri rally from 10 points down at halftime and beat Southeast Missouri State 81-65 Tuesday night.
The Tigers trailed for 17 minutes before Bowers made a turnaround jumper to give Missouri a 57-56 lead with 10:56 remaining, then stretched the lead to 73-62 with 4:16 left on an alleyoop dunk by Keion Bell.
Phil Pressey added 17 points for the Tigers (7-1) after making only 3 of 14 shots from the field in the first half, including 1 of 6 from 3-point range.
Corey Wilford scored all of his 14 points in the first half to lead the Redhawks (6-5). Nino Johnson and Missouri transfer Tyler Stone both added 13.
After a missed jumper with 1:10 remaining in the first half, Missouri coach Frank Haith quickly turned his back to the court and slapped his hands in the first of many signs of frustration with his team.
Southeast Missouri was able to take the lead thanks to eight 3-pointers in the first half. The Redhawks entered the game having won three consecutive games while shooting 27 for 39 on 3-pointers during that stretch. However, they made 1 of 10 from beyond the arc in the second half against the Tigers.
Wilford's drive down the lane for a layup with 4:53 remaining in the first half capped an 8-0 run for the Redhawks, giving them a 38-27 advantage for the team's largest lead of the game. Missouri answered with six consecutive points, but Southeast Missouri rebounded to make take a 45-35 lead at halftime.
Keion Bell added 12 points and 11 rebounds for Missouri, which extended its non-conference home winning streak to 70 games. The Tigers moved to 7-0 all-time against Southeast Missouri two games after guard Michael Dixon announced his intention to transfer.
The Redhawks have played eight of 11 games on the road this season, but will play five of their next six at home.


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WHICH CELEBRATES ITS 30th ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR
The Stop-Motion Animated Classic Airs Tuesday, December 26 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on ABC
Red Skelton, Frank Gorshin and Morey Amsterdam Provide Voices
It�s Rudolph to the rescue when Happy, the Baby New Year, goes missing in �Rudolph�s Shiny New Year,� the classic Rankin/Bass stop-motion animated holiday special. Red Skelton narrates and voices Father Time, while Frank Gorshin and Morey Amsterdam also provide voices for characters. This year marks the special�s 30th anniversary, as it airs TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.
Father Time (voiced by narrator Red Skelton) asks the most famous reindeer of all, Rudolph, to find the next Baby New Year before midnight on New Year's Eve. The baby, named Happy, ran away because he was ridiculed by everyone he met due to his large ears. Unless Happy returns in time to take his position as the New Year, the date will perpetually be December 31st. Rudolph searches in the Archipelago of Last Years, a mystical group of islands; Father Time reveals that, when a year ends, the old year retires to the archipelago, and selects an island to keep. Then, time on that island remains frozen for eternity as the year in which the old year ruled. Rudolph subsequently visits the islands belonging to One Million B.C., �O.M.� for short (Morey Amsterdam), a caveman whose island is filled with dinosaurs. Then he meets Sir 1023 (Frank Gorshin), a knight whose island is filled with medieval trappings and fairy tale characters, and 1776, who resembles Benjamin Franklin and whose island reflected colonial-era United States. All of these former years join Rudolph on his quest.
As Rudolph and his friends search for the baby, they also repeatedly deal with the villain of the story, a buzzard named Aeon. Aeon is destined to only live until he is one aeon old, after which he turns into ice and snow; however, his aeon is finally up on December 31st. Aeon thus is also looking for Happy, so he can prevent his predestined death on December 31st and live forever. Rudolph and his friends succeed in rescuing Happy from Aeon (as well as preventing Aeon's death in the process), and return Happy to Father Time's castle in time to begin the new year.
�Rudolph�s Shiny New Year� was directed and produced by Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin, Jr. It was written by Romeo Muller. Original music is by Johnny Marks.


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Jōnin (上忍, Jōnin, Literally meaning: High Ninja, Meaning (Viz): Elite Ninja) are generally highly-experienced shinobi with great individual skill who serve as military captains. They are often sent on A-rank missions, and experienced jōnin may even be sent on S-rank missions (which are considered to be the greatest difficulty). It is not unusual for jōnin to go on missions alone. Jōnin are generally able to use at least two types of elemental chakra,[1] some genjutsu, and above average taijutsu skills.
The villagers may send their recommendations for a jōnin appointment. The Kage reads said recommendations and may consider appointing an individual a jōnin if his or her qualities are recognised as adequate by enough people and himself. [2] [3] however there was mention of a Jōnin Exam in the anime's Kurama Clan Arc.[4] When a ninja becomes a jōnin, they may be assigned a three-man genin team to supervise. One part of their duties is to help instruct and train these genin to become competent ninja. In Konohagakure, it is up to the jōnin to decide whether a candidate Hokage would be given the position permanently. They also have a special rank known as Jōnin Commander. Shinobi who have jōnin-level skills only in a specialised area are classified as Tokubetsu Jōnin.
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- 4 pound chicken
- 1/4 cup paprika
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 heaping teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1/2 can beer (recommended Sam Adams White Ale)
- 1 tablespoon honey
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Soak the wood chips in water for at least 2 hours.
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When ready to grill, preheat 1 of the burners to 350 degrees F.
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Make sure the chicken is clean and innards are removed; pat dry with a paper towel and set aside. In a small mixing bowl, add paprika, brown sugar, kosher salt, cayenne pepper, onion powder, garlic salt, chili powder and mix well. Take the chicken and separate the skin from the breast taking care not to tear or remove skin. Apply the spice rub directly to the chicken breast, under the skin. Apply rub to the entire chicken, inside and out, reserving at least 2 tablespoons. Punch 2 holes at the top of the can, with a manual hand-held can opener. In a new bowl, mix butter and remaining spice rub. Add this mixture to the half-full can of beer. Place chicken over beer can and insert into the cavity of the chicken, keeping beer can standing up.
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Place the wood chips in a foil smoker pouch over the active burner on the grill and set the chicken, on a pie plate, over the in-active burner. Close the lid. Rotate the chicken every 20 minutes. 5 minutes before cooking is complete, drizzle the honey over the chicken. The chicken should take about 1 hour and 20 minutes to cook, or until an instant-read thermometer registers 155 degrees F. Slice and serve.


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Jim Jefferies, hailing from Australia, headlines around the globe this year with his most recent tour self-titled simply JIM JEFFERIES. In keeping with his reputation for being brutally honest, Jim cleverly subverts our expectation as he takes on topics such as fatherhood, love and education as well as his favourites: religion, porn and politics.
On the heels of his third one hour wildly successful comedy special, FULLY FUNCTIONAL (EPIX, Fall 2012), he is currently starring in his own sitcom LEGIT with each episode centered around stories from his stand up. He stars in, writes and produces the show which premieres on FX January 17, 2013.
One of the most sought after comedians, Jim returned this past summer to sold-out performances at Montreal's Just For Laughs and Edinburgh's Fringe Comedy Festival. Previously, Jim was seen in his Showtime one-hour comedy special ALCOHOLOCAUST and his debut JIM JEFFERIES: I SWEAR TO GOD on HBO. Jim's bold and painfully honest commentary captivated all who tuned in. Jim has also been seen on HBO's "Down and Dirty with Jim Norton" and he hosted "Live at Gotham" for Comedy Central.
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From Scorpion Death Lock to Spiritual Life
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From world champion wrestler to champion for Christ
Life was all one big act for Sting, wrestling super star Steve Borden, A.K.A. Sting, who held the World title ten times in World Championship Wrestling including two wins over the wrestling superstar, Hulk Hogan. He created the most outrageous and bizarre personas he could imagine for his career in the ring. The first was marked by fluorescent face paint and buzz-cut blond hair.
In a later phase, he was a black-and-white Sting who descended on the ring from rafters hundreds of feet overhead. He once entered the ring by dropping from a helicopter. His trademark wrestling moves included the Stinger Splash and the Scorpion Death Lock. Stings ingenious re-invention of his character in the ring took him to the peak of the pro wrestling world.
On the home front, however, his marriage faltered on the brink of failure while he took the fast track in his wrestling career and to a radical entertainer lifestyle. This eventually led to an addiction to prescription drugs. Because he often saw his wife, Sue, for only a day or two a month his world began crashing down.
Frustrated and confused, Sue confronted her superstar husband. They had everything the world had to offer, and they were building their dream house. But their family life was in shambles
What's happened to us? Sue asked. What's wrong with you? I don't know you any more. Steve, are you taking drugs or something?
I couldn't lie to her, Steve answered. He admitted he was taking muscle relaxants and pain killers regularly. And he was drinking every day. That confession was the beginning of a process that brought the prideful, self-sufficient wrestling champion to his knees. It was to be the greatest wrestling match of his life and God was taking him to the mat.
God had been planting seeds in Borden's life from the time he entered professional wrestling his brother's conversion and witness, his sister's conversion, his family's prayers, the witness of wrestler Ted Dibiasi, and the peace and joy he saw in the lives of others who had been transformed by Christ.
Now, the confrontation by his wife he didn't want to lose, plus the fear of life without Garrett and Steven, his two young sons, made his fame and fortune worthless. He was humbled to the point of godly remorse, the kind of remorse reflected in 1 Corinthians 7:10 Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation... (NIV).
That was in August 1998. Sting became a new man in Christ and his marriage was restored. Today, he drops Scriptures into conversation as easily and naturally as he once dropped opponents in the ring. He still loves a challenge. But where he once relied on a fluorescent face and shocking stunts, he now tackles each challenge with a firm faith in Christ alone.


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Editor's note: Letitia Baldrige, who served from 1961 to 1963 as Jackie Kennedy's social secretary and chief of staff in the White House, has written more than 20 books on etiquette and related subjects, including "Taste: Acquiring What Money Can't Buy." She's an adviser to the Mitchell Organization, a corporate training firm.
Letitia Baldrige says there are polite ways to greet people without spreading illness.
(CNN) -- Writers on etiquette receive a continuous flow of questions on subjects such as "When is it too early in the season to wear white accessories?" and "What is the proper gift to send to a family in mourning?"
But now, questions often apply to serious discussions of good manners and etiquette involving sickness, even if the H1N1 flu turns out to be limited in scope and relatively mild. The following are a few of my answers to recent questions on the subject:
1) If you're a naturally affectionate-hugger-and-kisser kind of person, in the present environment, restrain yourself when greeting friends and family. Cool down! Others may adore your effusiveness under normal circumstances, but these are not normal. Someone who has just seen a grid on TV of the transmission of thousands of flu germs may not want any contact of a close nature for a long time to come.
2) Replacement for your usual friendly handshake: When greeting people on the street or at an event, raise your right hand in a quick salute and put it back down to your side again. Accompany this gesture with a wide, friendly grin and a cheerful spoken greeting: "Hello, George. Great to see you!" Your voice and your smile will compensate for any rejected handshake. Even if George had already put his hand out, ready to grasp yours in the old familiar warm greeting, he will understand your new gesture and will not suffer from emotional rejection.
3) If, when she sees you, Jennifer is quick on the draw and delivers her habitual big moist kiss to the side of your face, wait a few minutes before departing for the nearest restroom and wiping off the kissed side of your face with a soapy wet paper towel or a shot of hand sanitizer. (I have a friend who used up a half bottle of Listerine on her face in an airport bathroom after having been slobbered over by an overly enthusiastic greeter who had just been diagnosed with the detested flu.)
4) You can wisely advise a friend who has serious symptoms, but who insists on coming to work today or attending the party tonight, that he or she would be wise to return home to bed. Do something nice for this person. Call (and pay for that person's cab ride home, or drive that person's car home and then call yourself a cab back to the job or the party.) When a person is feeling low, a little kindness from someone who has just accused that person of carrying horrific germs should go a long way toward forgiveness.
5) If the flu situation in your town is serious, cancel a large long-awaited party you had scheduled, but promise the guests in an e-mail that you will reschedule the party as soon as possible. Explain to your guests in the e-mail that the ceremony, such as a wedding, bar mitzvah, anniversary dinner, baptism, etc., will take place as a small family event but that the "party-after party" will take place as quickly as possible, and you promise it will be more festive and lively than ever.
The important part of the whole cancellation process is to carefully note who was originally invited and remember to invite them to the party on the new date before the list gets filled up with new people you might rather invite.
If you don't remember to do that, later you may feel as though you don't have a friend left in the world of that community. I know this from experience. In my social secretary-to-the-White-House days, on three separate re-scheduled social situations, I forgot to re-invite certain guests, and today, decades later, they have not let me forget it!
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Letitia Baldrige.
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Child Soldiers and Transitional JusticePublication date: March 21, 2016
In a political climate that holds limited promise for addressing the issue of child recruitment, Child Soldiers and Transitional Justice: Protecting the Rights of Children Involved in Armed Conflicts challenges the trend towards a narrow focus on recruitment and use of the child, and seeks to contribute to more effective prevention and responses that offer the child a chance of recovery, reconciliation and reintegration.Hardback€70.-
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States that are in transition after a dictatorship or a violent conflict face formidable challenges concerning accountability for human rights violations. This edited collection considers criminal justice as a method of addressing state violence committed by non-democratic regimes. Its main objectives concern a fresh, contemporary, and critical analysis of transitional criminal justice as a concept and its related measures, beginning with the ...Hardback€85.-
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You've seen the ghostly outline of the 2013 Ford Fusion, now behold two clearer angles of the next generation of the blue oval brand's mid-size sedan ahead of its impending Detroit Auto Show debut. Malibu what?
These photos show how influential the Ford Evos Concept was on the next-gen Fusion, which moves off its old platform and onto a new global one shared with the Mondeo (the debate over what to call it continues. I like Fusiondeo).
There's the Aston-ish kinetic grille, aggressive nose, and angry thin eyes all on display in these clearer shots from Czech website Auto Forum.
Other details still remain to be revealed, including drivetrains (ahem, Ecoboost?), but it already looks like it does what the Fusion needs to do to be competitive: upstage the aging Camry/Accord/Altima triplets, offer a viable alternative to the Optima/Sonata, and absolutely crush the underwhelming Malibu and Chrysler 200 refreshes.
For Americans it's a revelation. A huge leap from the boring Fusion. Europeans will just see it as a nicer, newer Mondeo. And that is — in the words of ex-con Martha Stewart — a good thing.


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In mechanical engineering, the torque due to a couple is given by $\tau = P\times d$, where $\tau$ is the resulting couple, $P~$ is one of the force vectors in the couple and $d$ is the arm of the couple. A couple is made up of two forces of the same magnitude.
On the other hand, a moment is also given by $M = P\times d$. However, there is only one force involved! How can the resulting torque be of the same magnitude if in one case two, in the other case only one force is involved?


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New York Never Sleeps - to the Joy of Global Travelers
13 Dec, 2012, 08:00 GMT
LONDON, December 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
27,000 travelers from around the world vote New York as best city for nightlife
Suffering insomnia or just fancy a big night out: New York City is the city to visit for matchless nightlife, according to a recent survey by the hotels expert Hotels.com®. The survey, which questioned 27,000 travelers from around the world, shows that the Big Apple is the world's best city when it comes to night time entertainment. Gamblers' paradise Las Vegas is the globetrotters' second favorite choice while London comes in at number three.
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The survey also reveals that, although the gold and silver medals go to the U.S., six out of the Top Ten cities are in Europe. As well as London, Paris, Barcelona, Berlin, Amsterdam and Madrid all make it into the world's favorite list while Los Angeles and Bangkok, as the only Asian city, complete the Top Ten.
"New York always provides an incredible travel adventure especially at this time of year with holiday decorations and New Year's celebrations," said Taylor L. Cole, director of public relations and social media, North America at Hotels.com. "Not only is Las Vegas non-stop fun, but it also offers a peek at European culture with all of its diverse hotels and clubs for those that want to stay closer to home."
Wondering where to go when you venture to one of these top ranked cities? PartyEarth.com ranks nightlife hotspots by your interests. According to the party experts you can have a great time right at your hotel in New York City by staying at the Empire Hotel, Hotel le Bristol in Paris and Sunset Tower Hotel in Los Angeles.
The world's Top Ten for a big night out
Position City 1 New York 2 Las Vegas 3 London 4 Paris 5 Barcelona 6 Berlin 7 Amsterdam 8 Madrid 9 Los Angeles 10 Bangkok
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Hotels.com is a leading online accommodation booking brand. Through its global network of websites, Hotels.com, LP connects travelers with over 160,000 properties around the world, ranging from international chains and all-inclusive resorts to local favorites and bed & breakfasts, together with all the information needed to book the perfect stay. Hotels.com, LP benefits from one of the largest hotel contracting teams in the industry, obtaining the best rates for its customers, and offers frequent sales, special deals and promotions. There are more than 7 million Guest Reviews on the websites from users who have actually stayed in the hotels to ensure customers can make an informed choice when booking. Through Hotels.com, LP's industry-leading loyalty program Welcome Rewards®, customers can earn a free night for every 10 nights stayed at more than 85,000 hotels. Under its Price Match Guarantee, if a customer can find the same deal for less on a prepaid hotel, Hotels.com, LP will refund the difference. Travelers can book online or by contacting one of the multilingual call centers. Special apps for mobile phones and tablets can also be downloaded at http://www.hotels.com/deals/mobile_app/ enabling customers to book on the go with access to 20,000 last minute deals. Hotels.com publishes an award-winning twice-yearly review of international hotel room price trends called the Hotels.com Hotel Price Index™, which is now produced in 31 individual country editions, with North American data available at http://www.hotel-price-index.com. Follow Hotels.com on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/Hotels.comUS, on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/hotelsdotcom and on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/user/hotelsdotcom. Hotels.com. LP is part of Expedia, Inc., the largest online travel company in the world with an extensive portfolio that includes some of the world's best-known brands.
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A region of plateaus, Goias boasts natural wonders aplenty. Book your flights to Goiânia (GYN) and enjoy diverse attractions, including both nature and city life. Don't forget to visit the zoo, Estádio Serra Dourada, and Goiânia's local markets before taking trips to nearby waterfalls, canyons, and national parks.
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An event every month that begins at 10:00am on day Fourth of the month, repeating indefinitely
These walks will be on the second Wednesday of each month from High Barnet Station (upper exit) and on the fourth Wednesday from the café at Trent Park. All walks start at 10.00. The walks will be at a comfortable leisurely pace with a coffee stop. The total time taken will be about two hours including the stop for a drink.
All are welcome to come and try these walks. For more information please consult website.


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Haiti: Flash Appeal 2008
Striking between 15 August and 2 September, Hurricanes Fay and Gustav and Tropical Storm Hanna caused escalating devastation and human suffering throughout the ten departments of Haiti. Initial estimates reveal some 800 000 people to be in critical need of assistance and tens of thousands of homes severely damaged or destroyed. With the hurricane season yet to pass, many affected areas remain cut off from initial humanitarian efforts as major roads and bridges have been blocked or demolished.
The force of tropical winds, landslides and severe flooding, reaching 3 metres in Gonaives, caused extensive damage to all sectors and wiped out the scarce asset base of vulnerable communities already affected by chronic food insecurity, malnutritiion and the impact of soaring food prices. The rapid succession of storms inundated nearly all agricultural land and coincided with the peak time of growth of summer crops, leaving an entire harvest either damaged or destroyed. The 2008 Haiti Flash Appeal was launched on 10 September and seeks USD 107.7 million to provide immediate and early recovery assistance to victims of Hurricane Gustav and Tropical Storm Hanna.
The Appeal will be regularly updated in line with the further assessment of needs and newly arising disasters. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is the lead agency for agriculture and aims to assist Government efforts and the people of Haiti to rehabilitate the sector, enabling the resumption of livelihoods and food production – identified among priority actions under the Appeal.
Challenges facing food security and livelihoods
Approximately two-thirds of Haiti's population depends on agriculture for its livelihood and for many as a means to meet basic household food requirements. The flooding, landslides and erosion caused by the recent hurricanes have devastated some 900 hectares of standing maize, bean, potato and sweet potato crops and 350 hectares of banana plantations. More than 50 000 farming households require immediate assistance – a number which may soar to 150 000 as the evaluation of damages and needs progresses.
With severe losses to standing crops and food reserves, much importance will fall on the performance of the upcoming planting season, beginning in October, for which farmers lack the seeds and tools necessary to return to their fields. The impairment of major irrigation and drainage systems will require urgent repair to ensure that farmers in irrigated plains can effectively resume crop production. The rehabilitation work would also provide much-needed income to vulnerable families through cash-for-work schemes.
Cattle, goats, pigs and poultry have died by the thousands, devastating the livelihoods of families who depend on livestock raising activities to generate income and as a source of household nutrition. Further, surviving animals are severely weakened and more prone to disease. Efforts to restore agricultural production and income generation will be paramount to increasing the food security of Haiti's most vulnerable hurricane victims.
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Within the framework of the 2008 Haiti Flash Appeal, FAO has requested USD 10.5 millionto support Government efforts to restore the agricultural production and self-reliance of rural families in Haiti most affected by Hurricanes Gustav and Fay and Tropical Storm Hanna. FAO activities aim to:
- rebuild the livelihoods of farmers through the provision of key farming inputs and small livestock;
- rehabilitate the irrigation system by replacing and cleaning damaged or destroyed infrastructure through cash-for-work schemes; and
- prevent the spread of animal disease and mortality among surviving livestock through vaccination campaigns and provision of animal feed.
FAO will adjust its activities and funding requirements, in tandem with Appeal revisions, to meet the increasing needs of disaster-affected communities in Haiti as the hurricane season progresses, and in response to further devastation caused by Hurricane Ike on 7 September.


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Cali and her boyfriend go to different colleges, which means she doesn"t get to have sex very often. She"s masturbating round the clock to stay faithful, but it"s not easy being a hot and horny college co-ed. She returns to her dorm room from the showers one day to find her roommate"s boyfriend Jessy waiting for his girlfriend. Cali needs to get off NOW, so plays with her pussy in her bunk while trying to stay quiet as possible. It"s not long until Jessy hears her moans, and Cali seduces him with her perfect tits.
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It's your 17th birthday.
You were once small enough to fit on my forearm, and I remember it but I don't believe it. Not now, not when I look at you, the age of 17 and on the brink of being your own man. I'm ok with it though. I really love watching you grow.
I hope you remain compassionate like you are now. You've always been that way, so I think it will stay with you. Remember that even though the world around you may look like we're all very different, fundamentally we're pretty much the same. We hurt the same way when the world doesn't unfold like we think; we bleed when we're cut and we cry when we're sad. We all struggle, some of us more than others. Be aware of that, and tread kindly with those who come in to your life. Everyone is just trying to do the best they can with what they're given. Including you.
It's not always easy to listen to the adults around you, or to think you need to pay attention to what they say. I know that you feel like you know everything because I was 17 once too. But I hope that when we talk that you'll take my words and file them away in a place you can always go to, so that somewhere, when you're ready, you can remember what I suggest. By no means do I think you should do anything I tell you. I raised you to make up your own mind about your life and you will do that, I have no doubt. But please, just try to remember what I tell you, and what we talk about. I've seen things in my lifetime that I pray will never happen in yours.
Use kindness in your words, and in your voice. I know that we all have the right to say what we want, but once those words leave your mouth, you can never, ever take them back. Learn to use a filter between your brain and your tongue. Sometimes it's hard but when you learn how to really use it the right way, it leaves you much happier. I know. Trust me, I know.
I never reached far from home to find out what it was like. I hope you find a spark inside you that leads you away to explore, to visit, perhaps even to live. I'm ok if you go. I want you to go when you're young enough to boldly explore the wild places, to climb the mountains or forge the streams that cause others to balk. I want you to be the one to answer a call, or a yearning. I want you to stand up and go when something needs to get done. I want you to know that when that voice inside you says 'Let's lend a hand' that you jump up and do it. That voice inside you always means something. I hope you will listen. And trust it. Explore the world, go to places far away, share your smile and laughter with people of other cultures. We all laugh when we're happy, it's a universal language. Spread your beautiful smile, and amazing laugh around the world, if you dare. I know it will change you for the better, and take you to places of staggering beauty, that which you can see with your eyes but more importantly, beauty which will dwell inside you forever.
No matter where you go though, how far you move or reach or dream, my door will always be open to you. You are my only child, my only blood. I will be your landing pad no matter how old you are, or how far you go. You can always call me, regardless of the hour, or the need. Even if you just want to talk. Or not talk. I'm happy to just hear you breathing on the other end of the line. I hope you remember that.
I hope that you never resist doing something out of fear that you'll fail. We all fail. I failed. I failed many, many times and yet I still got up and kept moving because I had no other choice. Even when it was hard, and it was hard more times than I will ever tell you. This life that you're growing in to can be terribly hard and difficult. And imperfect. And unforgiving. And you will fail, but don't ever turn your back on this life. Someday it will all make sense and you will find the path that's right for you. It's ok if it takes a long time. Mine did. Just know that every experience you have, those that deeply move you and the ones that bring you tears of sorrow, they will shape and mold you in ways you can never imagine. Don't ever wish a bad season of your life away, because when you rise up out of the fog and the view becomes easier, you'll find a deeper appreciation of that beauty when it's placed next to life's ugliest moments.
Remember when you were little, and I used to tell you that I would never punish you for telling me the truth but that if you lied and I found out, there would be consequences? Do always tell the truth. It's far easier, even when it's hard. Lies are dark and ugly, and they become absorbed by your soul and live inside you, telling you all sorts of awful things. We really mean it when we say 'The truth will set you free.' Because it does.
I hope you learn to trust your gut instinct; there's a reason why some things just feel wrong to us. Don't disrespect that instinct, or brush aside that uneasy feeling if it comes. Pay attention to your conscience, we all have one. And it's the real deal. That voice inside you is the voice of your God, your Creator and He speaks to you through your heart. When you listen and pay attention, it becomes this glorious guide you simply can't ignore. If you don't listen, you may head down roads that take you to places no man should ever tread. Listen. Respect. Trust. You know that your God would never steer you wrong, but this world will try hard to drag you down, to immobilize you and close your eyes to His beauty and Grace. Many times you may not feel God's love in you, but it never, ever leaves. Remember that.
You have a story, Griffin. It's just beginning to unfold and it will be at times exciting and full of promise, but also will have moments of darkness and self-doubt. But it's your story, and no one else's. You build it and shape it according to the path that God has set you on, and no one has any right to push you off that road. Listen to your story, learn from it, but at the same time, pay attention to the stories unfolding of those around you. Care for their stories too. Never discount anyone's life experience, never try to tell them their story is wrong. Every moment matters, even if it seems trivial and common. We're all searching for the same thing; a place to belong, a life to call our own. Carve your path and allow others to carve theirs too. There will never be another You in all of time. In the thin vapor that is your life on this earth, make it shine farther than the deepest galaxy, trickling into the people around you. Others may forget what you've said; they may not remember everything you've done, but they will never forget how you've made them feel or the way you touched their hearts.
Find you, your dream, your path and your heart, and make your life remarkable. Make it extraordinary. It's my hope that your 17th year on this earth is full of the bottomless joy of discovering more of who you are and where you are to go in this world. I've been blessed, amazed, humbled and honored to be your guide and I look forward to your adulthood with joy and wonder.
My truly thought-provoking friend Heather, who writes at The Extraordinary Ordinary, penned a letter to her two sons recently that inspired this post to my young man in honor of his birthday. This isn't the first time, nor will it be the last that her words have stirred a response in me. Love your heart, Heather. xoxo


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The Giordano Bruno GlobalShift University will be launched with a free seminar by Barbara Marx Hubbard, Jane Goodall, Dr. Ervin Laszlo.
The Giordano Bruno GlobalShift University is devoted to empowering students by developing their skillset, mindset and heartset. Responding to the need for an "evolved sense of responsibility about what we can do to create a better world," a group of renowned international scholars and thought leaders have launched a truly global online learning institution, the Giordano Bruno GlobalShift University featuring an innovative curriculum, famed faculty.
The free online seminar will bring you:
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I have spent several hours trying to resolve this problem, so I wanted to share my findings in case someone else might have the same problem.
I had a web part which was calling out to a WCF service on another server to get some data. The code I had was essentially
using System.ServiceModel;
using System.ServiceModel.Channels;
var binding = new CustomBinding( new HttpTransportBindingElement { AuthenticationScheme = System.Net.AuthenticationSchemes.Negotiate } );
var endpoint = new EndpointAddress(new Uri("http://someotherserver/someotherservice.svc"));
var someOtherService = new SomeOtherServiceClient(binding, endpoint);
string result = someOtherService.SomeServiceMethod();
This code would run fine on my local instance of SharePoint 2010 (Windows 7 64-bit). However, when I would deploy it to the testing environment, I would get a yellow screen of death with the following message:
The HTTP request is unauthorized with client authentication scheme 'Negotiate'. The authentication header received from the server was 'Negotiate,NTLM'.
I then went through the usual checklist of Windows Authentication problems:
I then spend lot of time digging into really obscure IIS, machine.config, and trust settings (as well of lots of time on Google and StackOverflow). Eventually I stumbled upon a blog post by Todd Bleeker describing how to run code under the application pool identity.
Wait, what? The code is not already running under application pool identity?
Another quick Google search led me to an MSDN page that imply that SharePoint indeed does not run under the app pool credentials by default. Instead SPSecurity.RunWithElevatedPrivileges is needed to run code under the app pool identity. Therefore, changing my code to the following worked seamlessly
using Microsoft.SharePoint;
string result;
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Using Sencha Touch's data classes, I have set up a Model and a Store. I have retrieved a collection into the store from a REST service. Next thing I want to do is sync changes back to the service, but the Sencha Touch Writer class and Field class don't seem to support this very well. For example, given the following model:
When I sync the store to the service, I get something like this on the wire (using json writer):Code:Ext.regModel('News', { fields: [ {name: 'id', type: 'int'}, {name: 'newsId', mapping: 'iid', type: 'string'}, {name: 'source', mapping: 'source', type:'string'}, {name: 'title', mapping: 'stitle', type: 'string'}, {name: 'dateModified', mapping: 'tmodified', type: 'date', convert: toDateFromJSON} ] });
The service doesn't know anything about "newsId", "source", etc.; so it will fail to accept the request. Notice when I defined my model I mapped the service field names to model field names (e.g. "iid" gets mapped to "newsId").Code:{"d.results": [ { "id":0, "newsId":"40224", "source":"TWITTER", "title":"People will do as they are told by someone who outranks them, but...", "dateModified": "2010-09-28T12:28:38.323Z" }] }
So I went looking for a way to tell the writer to use the mapped names. Nothing. And I went looking for a way to indicate which fields on my model should be excluded from being persisted. Nothing.
BUT... Interestingly, ExtJS 4's data package does support these concepts. So I know I'm not crazy and someone at Sencha knows these are important. I.e. See ExtJS Writer nameProperty. And see ExtJS Field persist property.
These seem like pretty hefty pieces of missing functionality from Sencha Touch. I.e. Try to go beyond anything very simple with respect to syncing a store and you're screwed. What are my options?


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This week we take a look at a pretty amazing episode of the Regular Show, check out parodies of Glee and Dolphin Tale on Mad, and see the finale of the Obi-Wan bounty hunter story arc on Clone Wars. Minor spoilers ahead!
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Crisis on Naboo"
The winners of last week's deadly "Box" contest set out to to kidnap cuddly 'ol Chancellor Palpatine on the planet of Naboo (just in time for Phantom Menace in 3D!). Ahsoka and Padmé get some time to converse when the Jedi support squad arrives on Naboo, and I swear I saw a Tron light cycle in the beginning of this episode.
The second clip shows the assault on Palpatine during a celebration of the anniversary of Naboo's entrance into the Republic, with Anakin attacked by Derrown, everyone's new favorite bounty hunter with a mushroom head. The episode ends with a duel between Anakin and Dooku (setting the stage for Revenge of the Sith?) and Anakin pledging his eternal allegiance to Palpatine.
MAD - "Dolphineas and Ferb Tale/VICTORious"
Why have I not been watching a show that features the mecha-dolphin from Dolphin Tale battling Cyborg from the Teen Titans (or New 52 Justice League...)??? Only if this show existed if I was a kid - I might have skipped out on staying up late and watching Mr. Show re-runs on HBO.
The episode also featured a short clip with R2D2 function as a DVR, but the clip got the book for this bit of awesomeness - Dr. Doom entering a mime and yodel festival and hangout out with Justin Timberlake. Two thumps up for Dr. Doom showing up to the contest in the flesh and not sending a Doombot to do his bidding.
Regular Show – "Skips vs. Technology"
How can you not love a cartoon that starts with a montage set to I Get Around by the Beach Boys? Master voice actor and man with the uber deep voice Steven Blum (Halo 3, Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo) makes a guest appearance as the voice of Techmo and the Doomagedden Virus in this episode.
Skips is the star of the week, with the fix-it man battling computer illiteracy as he tries to fix an Error 220. Skip seeks out the help of stereotypical computer help desk gentlemen, but Techmo steps in to repay a 200 year old debt. Skip gets to ride in Techmo's DeLorean too.
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic - "Read it and Weep"
What is sadder than a bed-ridden pony? I'm not sure, that's pretty far down the list. Bed-ridden seahorses? Rainbow Dash is in the hospital, and to pass the time, starts reading Daring Do and the Quest for the Sapphire Stone, a pony version of Indiana Jones. Rainbow Dash is embarrassed, because she thinks reading isn't cool.
The second clip is a great little tribute to the Indiana Jones franchise, putting Dairing Do in several scenarios from the movie series. I'm gonna send the rest of the ponies copies of Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections to get them on the reading bandwagon.
Marvel Anime: Blade – "That Was Then, This Is Now"
This episode, like last week's, is full of flashbacks to Blade's childhood in London, England. In the first clip, Young Blade is running around the streets of England under the protection of women a less than savory lifestyle (think Alan Moore's From Hell set in the late 20th/early 21st Century), and we get a glimpse of Blade's mother in an old picture.
Blade's mother returns in the form of a vampire, and kills the women protecting Blade - forcing a tearful young Blade to stab his vampiric mother in the heart to free her from an eternity of blood lust.
The Regular Show and Mad air Monday nights on the Cartoon Network. Blade airs Friday nights on G4TV. Star Wars: The Clone Wars airs Friday nights on the Cartoon Network. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic airs Saturday Mornings on The Hub, when cartoons should air.


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A teenager has been arrested in Saskatoon, Canada, after he was caught giving a murder confession. How was he caught? The cops bugged an Xbox 360 game.
The boy, who can't be named because he's under the age of 18, is accused of murdering 16 year-old Charlotte Jolly in 2009, who was shot with a stolen rifle after an altercation in an alley.
To catch the teenager, local police asked the accused's uncle to help them out. In exchange for dropping an outstanding drunk-driving charge, he agreed to let police bug an Xbox 360 game and plant it in his house.
The uncle then invited the accused over and, after a marathon Guitar Hero session, the boy confessed to the shooting. He's since been arrested and charged with second-degree murder.
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(CNN) -- "Gee whiz! Look at that horizon. It's curved a little bit and the clouds are way down there. I wonder what the picture's going to look like?" recalls famed astronaut Buzz Aldrin.
He's perhaps best known for becoming the second person to walk on the moon, as part of the 1969 Apollo moon landing, but Aldrin unknowingly made history when in 1966, he snapped the "first space selfie." Taken while on the 10th and final Gemini mission -- Gemini 12 -- Aldrin revealed the story behind the selfie to CNN.
WATCH: Buzz Aldrin's space selfie
"I didn't realize I was pioneering the selfies," he says with his usual wide-eyed enthusiasm.
"We were docked to the other spacecraft, Agena. There was an experimenter from Northwestern University and he wanted pictures taken of ultraviolet stars. So we could only take pictures at night."
He adds: "During the day pass, I'm looking down at the Astrodome, some of the lakes around Houston, so what am I going to do during the daytime? Look at the camera and hit the button."
And that was that. Aldrin had just snapped what he claims is the "first selfie in space."
Today it's the norm and NASA has gotten incredibly good at sharing the best shots with the world on social media.
But it's not just astronauts. Scientists and engineers are getting in on the action, too, by having the robots and orbiters out and about the galaxy take happy snaps of their alien surroundings. Scroll through the gallery above to see more.
Meanwhile, almost 50 years on, Aldrin reflects on his other "first" and concedes he took the pioneering pic out of boredom.
"What for? I don't know. I wondered what I looked like. Another claim to fame for Buzz," he says leaning forward with a cheeky grin on his face.
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Mark Teixeira homers twice for Yankees in win over Athletics
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Mark Teixeira paused ever so briefly from describing his dynamite day to cough and clear his throat.
It's no longer the debilitating, bothersome coughing and bronchial illness he experienced early in the season -- and his increased strength of late sure shows in his power swing.
Three home runs and seven RBIs in two games.
Teixeira hit a two-run homer and a solo shot among his career high-tying four hits to back CC Sabathia's sixth win of the year, and the New York Yankees beat the Oakland Athletics 9-2 on Saturday for their fourth straight win to match a season best.
"I'm glad I'm seeing some results. Just being real aggressive with my swings and trying to let it go, which I've done my whole career," said Teixeira, whose five RBIs were a career high. "I am who I am. I wouldn't know how to explain what kind of hitter I am. I just go up and try to see the ball and hit it really hard. You're clearing your head, swinging hard and hoping for the best. That's what I've always done."
Teixeira and Robinson Cano each homered for a second straight day as the Yankees added three more longballs to give them nine homers in the last three games.
What a change for Teixeira, whose physical limitations kept him from clearing the fences even when he felt he was swinging as hard as he could.
Teixeira hit a solo home run in the fourth, added a two-run single in the fifth when New York broke it open and had a two-run homer in the ninth, almost single handily sending Oakland to its season-worst fourth straight defeat. Manager Joe Girardi said before the game he believes Teixeira is getting back to his former slugging self.
Derek Jeter hit a go-ahead RBI single in the third to give him 3,153 career hits for 15th on baseball's career list, then Jeter beat out a bunt single in the fifth to tie George Brett for 14th place with 3,154. Alex Rodriguez added a sacrifice fly in New York's three-run fifth.
Oakland's Josh Reddick connected leading off the third for his 13th home run and second in as many games, but the A's lost their eighth in a row at home to the Yankees in the Coliseum.
"After the home run he threw more sliders and curves and that made his fastball look even faster coming in," Reddick said. "I'm happy I'm swinging the bat but unfortunately we're not winning games. We have a team full of power and they know we'll turn it around.
Sabathia (6-2), back in his native Bay Area with 200 friends and family in the stands, outpitched former Yankee Bartolo Colon and drew cheers when introduced before the game. Former A's six-time Gold Glove third baseman Eric Chavez also received a warm welcome when he came to the plate leading off the third, and again after he doubled.
"They scored runs and kind of took the pressure off," Sabathia said. "I think we have one of the best offenses in the league."
Jonny Gomes hit a two-out RBI single off Sabathia in the first to put Oakland ahead, then New York quickly tied it on Cano's drive into the right field bleachers to start the second.
Teixeira followed up a two-hit night with a two-run homer in Friday's 6-3 win by adding four more hits for a season high and his 22nd career four-hit game. He singled leading off the eighth before getting caught off the bag on an unassisted double play by A's first baseman Adam Rosales, who first fielded Raul Ibanez's liner.
"It's what we've always known he's capable of doing in Texas," Girardi said. "Another guy who can carry your club for a while. That's how hot he can get. He swung the bat great today. Going back to a few days ago he took the walks, got some knocks, yesterday he swung the bat as well. It's good to see."
New York then loaded the bases against A's reliever Graham Godfrey, who hit Jeter with a pitch in the back of his left shoulder to force in a run. Godfrey had been slated to start Monday at Minnesota but now that will be Travis Blackley.
Sabathia allowed two runs on seven hits, struck out four and walked two in seven innings.
The Yankees' winning streak in Oakland dates to July 5, 2010 -- their longest unbeaten run in this venue since it opened in 1968 and Oakland's longest skid in the series. New York has won 12 of 13 here overall and is 23-9 since the start of the 2004 season.
Colon (4-5) allowed six runs on nine hits in six innings and didn't walk a batter for the fifth time in his 11 starts and third in the last four outings.
The right-hander got through a 1-2-3 first on eight pitches, then surrendered Cano's seventh home run.
Chavez and Nick Swisher each had a double and single against their former club for New York, which is two games into a stretch 18 of 27 away from Yankee Stadium.
NOTES: Yankees LF Brett Gardner, on the DL since April 19 with a strained right elbow, is set to take swings Monday at the team's facility in Tampa, Fla. "Will it take a little bit longer than last time? Maybe," Girardi said. "I think you've got to turn it up a notch before you really know." Girardi said New York hopes to avoid another setback, which would likely put Gardner's return around the All-Star break. ... "Frio," Jeter said when he emerged to warm up before the game on a day first-pitch temperature was a cool 59 degrees. ... Tommy Milone (6-3) pitches for the A's on Sunday in his first appearance vs. New York, which counters with Hiroki Kuroda (3-6) in his first outing against Oakland since June 17, 2009, with the Dodgers. He is trying for his first road win after an 0-4 start.


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New Ukrainian rebel leader gives Moscow distance
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) -- A Ukrainian has replaced a Russian at the helm of the insurgency in eastern Ukraine and declared that he wants "only moral support" from Moscow, as the Kremlin apparently tries to rebut Western claims that it is calling the shots among the rebels.
Many in the rebel ranks decry what they call Russia's betrayal of their cause, but most vow to keep on fighting even as Ukrainian government troops close in on the main rebel stronghold, the eastern city of Donetsk.
In an ominous sign that the fighting may escalate further, the new leader of the insurgency has boasted of hundreds of new recruits and says a lot of rocket launchers and tanks have been seized from a Ukrainian unit.
Alexander Zakharchenko, a native of mostly Russian-speaking eastern Ukraine, took over late Thursday as prime minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, which has declared independence from the central government in Kiev.
He succeeded Alexander Borodai, a Moscow political consultant who reportedly played a role in Russia's annexation of Crimea in March before moving into eastern Ukraine. Borodai has worked for a nationalist tycoon with alleged connections to the Kremlin.
Ukraine's eastern regions have strong ties to Russia, and much of its population was alarmed when a new pro-Western government came to power in Kiev with support from Ukrainian nationalists. The change of government was the result of months of street protests that ousted the pro-Moscow president in February.
In another sign that the rebellion may be losing steam, several other rebel leaders with links to Russia have quietly left the region in the past few weeks.
The Russian commanders "are fleeing like rats," said Andrei, a 27-year-old rebel in Donetsk. Like other locals who have joined the separatist cause, he gave only his first name out of fear of retribution either from the rebel leadership for speaking freely or from the Ukrainian authorities for taking up arms.
"We had hoped for help from Moscow, we had expected Russian troops, but Russia betrayed us," Andrei said. "Many fighters are beginning to think about their future and also are escaping to Russia."
Oleg, a 34-year-old member of a different rebel battalion, said his unit is running out of food, clothes and medicine.
"But we are ready to fight to the end and to die," he said. "Russia left us here to die and we are ready. They simply used us and abandoned us."
The new leader of the insurgency vowed to continue the fight but refrained from urging Moscow to send troops, a call issued by many rebel leaders in the past.
"Only moral support," Zakharchenko said Friday when asked what assistance the rebels expect from Vladimir Putin's government.
The Russian president has faced a storm of criticism from nationalist quarters at home for not sending the Russian army into Ukraine.
Another Moscow resident high up in the rebel hierarchy, Igor Girkin, a former Russian special services officer better known by his assumed name of Strelkov, has become an iconic figure in Russian nationalist circles. Some speak of him as a possible future leader of Russia, a depiction certain to irk Putin.
Ukraine and the West have accused Moscow of beefing up its military on the border, dispatching what NATO estimates is 20,000 troops to the border of Ukraine. The deployment has fueled fears of a Russian invasion under the guise of restoring stability to eastern Ukraine.
The Russian Defense Ministry announced late Friday that it has wrapped up military exercises in southern Russia that the U.S. had decried as a provocative step. The exercises involving fighter jets and bombers were held this week in the Astrakhan region, about 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) from Donetsk.
Speaking Friday at a U.N. Security Council meeting, U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power warned Russia that any further intervention in Ukraine, including under the pretense of delivering humanitarian aid, "would be completely unacceptable and deeply alarming, and it would be viewed as an invasion of Ukraine."
The Russian government has denied Western accusations of backing the Ukrainian mutiny with weapons and soldiers. It also has dismissed Western suspicions that it gave the rebels the surface-to-air missiles used to shoot down a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet over rebel-held territory on July 17, killing all 298 people on board. The rebels have publicly denied shooting down the plane, but one rebel leader told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity that the rebels were involved in the downing.
Ukrainian troops routed the insurgents from smaller towns in the region earlier this month and have now encircled Donetsk, where fighting has crept closer to the city center. An estimated 300,000 of the city's 1 million residents have fled.
The Donetsk city council said four apartment buildings in the city were damaged by artillery barrages overnight, killing at least three civilians and wounding 10 others. Shocked residents gathered at the site in the morning, with some leaving flowers on the pavement to commemorate the victims.
"Nina, my godmother, was blown into pieces right in front of the apartment. They only were able to identify her by her dressing gown," 55-year-old Yevgeny Isayev said as he pointed to a crater next to the building's entrance.
Another resident, Marina Barsuk, 53, said the shelling came a few days after rebels had positioned a Grad multiple-rocket launcher near the apartment building and fired at Ukrainian positions. She and other residents believed the latest shelling came from Ukrainian government troops.
The government has adamantly denied, however, that its forces are shelling populated areas.
"We are not shooting on Donetsk, we are liberating it," Andriy Lysenko, a spokesman for Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, said Friday. "The residential areas are being shot at by the terrorists from their positions."
Zakharchenko said the shelling has swelled the rebel ranks, with more than 700 men showing up to volunteer in recent days. He also said his forces have seized 18 Grad systems from Ukrainian troops.
His statements could not be independently confirmed. The Ukrainian and Russian armies both use the Soviet-made Grad launchers and now the rebels do too. The Grads fire unguided rockets up to 20 kilometers (12 miles) and their accuracy is very poor, making collateral damage from the shelling of populated areas almost inevitable.
Vladimir Isachenkov in Moscow contributed to this report.