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Originally called Cascade until legal conflicts forced them to change their name, Cascada is the slick, uplifting Euro-dance trio featuring producers DJ Manian and Yanou along with vocalist Natalie Horler, although Horler is sometimes presented as Cascada herself. Horler was born in Bonn, Germany, to English parents and grew up loving all sorts of music. At age 18 she was doing studio work for various producers when she met DJ Manian and Yanou, the latter of whom had worked with DJ Sammy on the worldwide dance hit "Heaven." The trio recorded the single "Miracle" in 2004 under the name Cascade, which was soon changed to Cascada -- Spanish for "Waterfall" -- for the second pressing. The single took off in German clubs and eventually caught the ear of the U.S.-based Robbins Entertainment label, which had previously turned Euro-dance acts DJ Sammy and D.H.T. into American chart-toppers. Robbins re-released "Miracle" along with follow-up singles "Bad Boy," "Everytime We Touch," and "How Do You Do!," which was a cover version of a Roxette song from 1992. The big hit came at the end of 2005, when DJ Sammy and Yanou encountered the song "Everytime We Touch" by Scottish vocalist Maggie Reilly. The trio re-recorded the tune and by mid-2006 their version was a worldwide smash, including in America, where it topped the dance charts and made it into the Top Ten of the pop charts. The album Everytime We Touch also arrived that year, and featured all the previous singles along with covers of Savage Garden's "Truly Madly Deeply" and Kim Wilde's "Kids in America." In 2008 Cascada returned with the single "What Hurts the Most plus the album Perfect Day. Two years later, "Evacuate the Dancefloor" became a worldwide hit and the title track to their 2009 album. Original Me followed in the summer of 2011, featuring a disc of new material and a bonus disc of all the singles the group had released internationally up until that point, while in 2012 Cascada released It's Christmas Time, featuring their take on well-known festive songs. ~ David Jeffries~ Rovi
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Burning body found in Beaumont Dumpster identified
Investigators know how a 58-year-old man found inside a gas station Dumpster on Tuesday died, but they aren't sure how or why he was in with the trash.
Neighbors reported a Dumpster fire at an Exxon station at 550 W. Cardinal Drive around 2 a.m.
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3 Ways Marketers Can Reach Facebook's Mobile Audience
Facebook recently revealed big plans for the mobile platform, for instance, that the new Timeline format for brands will be available on mobile. Facebook also revealed that more than 450 million people use Facebook Mobile on a monthly basis, and more importantly, that mobile is outgrowing desktop use on the social network 2:1.
For these reasons, Facebook has planned a variety of mobile-centric products, including last week's announcement that brands will now be able to advertise in mobile news feeds through Sponsored Stories.
These game-changing trends mean that marketers need to get serious about mobile in 2012. Here are three new ways you can build mobile into your Facebook marketing plan.
1. Mobile-Optimize All Your Content.
Timeline for brands is coming to the mobile platform in 2012. When you consider that brand pages on Facebook Mobile have had almost no functionality — custom apps haven't worked without a complicated hack-job, tabs haven't translated, etc. — it seems possible that Timeline for brands was launched specifically to enable brands' mobile Facebook capabilities.
And since users' Timelines function on Facebook Mobile, Timeline for brands should be equally versatile, giving brands the ability to provide engaging mobile experiences for the first time.
Since nearly half of Facebook users access the site through a mobile device, your brand's reach could effectively double if you mobile-optimize your social content. And because users will soon be able to experience the same workflow on their desktops as their smartphones, page managers will now be able to curate an identical experience for all users, regardless of viewing device.
Whether you're building engagement applications in-house or with a social marketing software vendor, make sure the applications are seamlessly viewable across all platforms and devices. Ideally, you'll be able to design once and deploy anywhere. That way, you'll avoid messy synchronization issues, duplication of effort between creative teams, and working around multiple content channels.
Applications that use a "responsive design" framework are gaining popularity. The framework employs specific HTML5, CSS and Javascript technologies to ensure that the same content displays well on devices of any screen size. In the context of Facebook mobile pages, apps built within this framework can morph Facebook page tabs — for mobile, tablets and desktops — with one build.
2. Integrate Sponsored Stories Into Your Marketing.
To date, there has been no way to advertise to Facebook users on mobile devices. This has been an enormous lost opportunity for marketers — until now.
Now, Sponsored Stories premium ad units will not only appear in users' news feeds (a huge announcement on its own), but also in mobile news feeds. Considering the many users who access Facebook from a mobile device, marketers now have a big opportunity to embed sponsored advertisements within mobile feeds. The challenge is how to make this work with your existing Facebook marketing program.
The most effective way to integrate Sponsored Stories into your marketing is to work them into an editorial calendar. Since Sponsored Stories stem from the activities of users on your brand's Page, create a calendar of activities that translate well to the Sponsored Story format. For example, a local retail store could plan its weekly status updates, featuring in-store specials and colorful coupons as Sponsored Stories. Just make sure to use eye-catching images to help your promoted posts attract attention.
3. Use Facebook Mobile to Fuel Offline Campaigns.
Mobile-optimized social campaign marketing can also be used to enhance consumers' in-store experiences. In fact, according to comScore, 36% of the U.S. smartphone population used their phones to perform retail research while inside a store in 2011. And Nielsen states that, by the end of 2011, nearly one in five smartphone users scanned product barcodes, and nearly one in eight compared prices while in a store.
There is a lot of room for creating social campaigns with seamless mobile components, such as unique codes for scanning, in addition to more traditional social campaign approaches like promotions and exclusive content.
When planning online and offline campaigns, include in-store signage. This is crucial to the success of a mobile campaign, and is a key driver of participation. Many brands will advertise promotions on their Pages, designed to drive activity in-store, but do not replicate this messaging in the store. Unfortunately, this misses the in-store consumers who haven't interacted on your fan page beforehand. Capture their interest socially first, then reinforce your message in-store to create a deeper, longer-term connection with the consumer.
The next thing to keep in mind is simplicity, which is the key to a successful social-to-in-store campaign. That multi-step scavenger hunt, which extends from your Page all the way into the shelves of your store may sound like a creative idea, but it will most certainly narrow engagement. Keep the proposition simple so users can easily get involved.
For example, Sprinkles Cupcakes consistently posts messages to its Page, encouraging fans to check in daily for a "secret word." Fans who discover the secret word on Sprinkles' Facebook Timeline can whisper it, in-store, to get a free cupcake. Sprinkles' approach yields continuous check-ins on its Page, where other marketing messages appear alongside the secret word.
Marketers cannot ignore the staggering growth of users who access the Internet and social networks via mobile. Get mobile right and you've effectively doubled your social network reach. Start by mobile-optimizing your content, testing mobile Sponsored Stories, and linking mobile to your in-store campaigns. And please share more mobile marketing strategies in the comments below.
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New products introduced over the last week include a frontier markets fund from Wasatch and a short-duration, high-yield fund from Westwood.
In addition, Russell introduced a series of indices aimed at volatility control and Nasdaq OMX and Axioma brought out a series of equity-commodity indices.
Here are the latest developments of interest to advisors:
1) Wasatch Introduces a Frontier Markets Fund
Wasatch Funds announced the launch on Jan. 31 of the Wasatch Frontier Emerging Small Countries Fund (WAFMX), a no-load open-end mutual fund focused exclusively on frontier and smaller emerging market countries. The fund was scheduled for broader rollout March 5 on the Schwab, Fidelity and TD Ameritrade platforms. It is managed by Laura Geritz, who is also a portfolio manager of the Wasatch Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund with Roger Edgley, director of international research.
Wasatch considers a "small emerging market country" to be any country that individually constitutes no more than 7% of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index or the S&P Emerging Markets Broad Market Index.
2) Westwood Introduces Short-Duration, High-Yield Fund
Westwood Holdings Group Inc. announced March 1 the availability of the Westwood Short Duration High Yield Fund (WHGHX), which is designed to provide investors the opportunity to potentially capture high current income by investing principally in non-investment grade debt with expected maturities of three years or less. The primary goal of the strategy is to generate a high level of current income while also experiencing lower volatility than the broader high-yield market. The fund is subadvised by Greenwich, Conn.-based SKY Harbor Capital Management.
The fund will be offered in an institutional share class with a total expense ratio capped at 0.90%. Fee waivers are contractual through Feb. 28, 2013. The total annual operating expense would otherwise be 2.07%. The fund may be purchased directly from the fund or through third-party mutual fund platforms.
3) Russell Investments Introduces New Russell Volatility Control Index Series
Russell Investments introduced on March 5 a series of equity indexes to help investors more effectively measure volatility. The new Russell Volatility Control Index Series is designed to help investors replicate a targeted volatility investment strategy by representing equity market returns with a dynamic allocation between an underlying Russell index and a cash investment.
The result is an index designed to limit risk in times of heightened market volatility and allow maximum investment in the market during periods of low volatility. The index can be fully customized, so clients can target a precise level of desired risk exposure for any Russell global or U.S. equity index.
4) NASDAQ OMX and Axioma Introduce Equity-Based Indexes to Track Commodity Prices
The NASDAQ OMX Group Inc. and Axioma Inc. announced March 5 a new family of indexes that use equities to provide exposure to the spot prices of commodities. The NASDAQ Axioma indexes offer a way for portfolio managers to match their returns with those of the overall oil, gold and agricultural markets. The indexes are rebalanced monthly and holdings information is available every business day.
The NASDAQ Axioma Equity-Commodity Index Series consists of three price and total return indexes–the NASDAQ Axioma Equity-Commodity Oil Index, the NASDAQ Axioma Equity-Commodity Gold Index and the NASDAQ Axioma Equity-Commodity Agriculture Index.
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Bernardo Anor's early goal helped the Columbus Crew defeat Portland 1-0 on Sunday to end the Timbers' 15-game unbeaten streak.
Portland (7-2-9) had gone 7-0-8 since March 9 while the Crew (6-8-5) ended a three-game losing streak.
Anor scored in the fourth minute off a restart from Federico Higuain for the second straight match with a snap header from 6 yards to the inside of the left post.
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Mark frequently stirs up controversy from his commentaries, protests, and boycotts, and has repeatedly been featured in major media outlets around the world.
Several of Mark's YouTube videos have gone viral, earning him a mention on ABC's The View, Fox News' O'Reilly Factor, TMZ.com, and other mainstream media outlets. Mark has also been featured in (or attacked in) the New York Post's Page Six, Rolling Stone Magazine, USA Today, The New York Daily News, and in major papers in Pakistan and Iran.
Mark Dice appears in several documentary films including Invisible Empire, and The 9/11 Chronicles, and was featured on the History Channel's Decoded and the Sundance Channel's Love/Lust: Secret Societies. He enjoys enlightening zombies, as he calls them, (ignorant people) about the mass media's effect on our culture, pointing out Big Brother's prying eyes, and exposing elite secret societies along with scumbag politicians and their corrupt political agendas.
He also habitually calls into several top-rated talk shows, including the Sean Hannity Show, Glenn Beck, and Michael Savage, and verbally battles with the hosts on various issues since he has never been asked to be a guest on them as of yet. Audio of some of these calls are then posted online.
The term "fighting the New World Order" is used by Mark to describe some of his activities, and refers to his and others' resistance and opposition (The Resistance) to the overall system of political corruption, illegal wars, elite secret societies, mainstream media, Big Brother and privacy issues; as well as various economic and social issues.
Dice and his supporters sometimes refer to being "awake" or "enlightened" and see their knowledge of these topics as part of their own personal Resistance to the corrupt New World Order. This Resistance involves self-improvement, self-sufficiency, personal responsibility and spiritual growth.
Mark Dice is the author of several books on current events, secret societies and conspiracies, including his newest book, Big Brother: The Orwellian Nightmare Come True. He lives in San Diego, California.
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SMU's Meadows Museum will present a major exhibition of works from one of the oldest and most significant private art collections in Europe.
Treasures from the House of Alba: 500 Years of Art and Collecting will feature more than 100 European works – from paintings by Goya and Rubens to 16th-century tapestries by Willem de Pannemaker and 19th-century furniture created for Napoleon III – most of which have never been on public display or seen outside of Spain, as well as illuminated manuscripts, books, historic documents, miniatures, antiquities, prints, sculpture, drawings, and other objects.
Curated by Fernando Checa Cremades, former director of the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid, Treasures from the House of Alba will be on view at the Meadows from April 18 through August 16, 2015, and will serve as the cornerstone to the Museum's 50th anniversary celebration, which will continue throughout 2015.
The House of Alba – for centuries the most illustrious household in Spain, with close ties to the monarchy – remains one of the foremost noble families in Europe, with roots dating back to the mid-15th century when Fernando Álvarez de Toledo was named Count of the town of Alba de Tormes. The Albas have since forged connections with members of some of the most prominent dynasties in European history, including the House of Stuart; the Count-Dukes of Olivares; the Duchy of Veragua, (descendants of Christopher Columbus); Napoleon III and his wife, Eugenia de Montijo; and the Churchill family.
Over the past five centuries, the Alba family's patronage, connoisseurship, and ties to Western royalty have shaped the growth and trajectory of the Alba collection, which is now one of the greatest private collections in the world. The current head of the Alba family is Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, the 18th Duchess of Alba, who bears more recognized titles than any other noble living today.
"Our will is to share the works and pieces that make up the collection of the Foundation House of Alba with an increasing public, each time more knowledgeable and more interested in culture and history. This sample allows us to present different works and documents that have survived the vicissitudes of history and that make the greatest treasure of the legacy of our family. It is also an extraordinary opportunity for making visible the steady and silent work of preservation and upkeep that the house of Alba has developed for centuries," said Carlos Fitz-James Stuart y Martínez de Irujo, Duke of Huescar.
"The Meadows Museum is incredibly grateful for the generosity of the Duchess of Alba and the entire Alba family, who have so graciously agreed to lend a range of preeminent works from their collection for this groundbreaking exhibition. These extraordinary works of art, many of which have never left the Alba family's personal estates, are a treasure trove and a fount of new art historical knowledge," said Mark Roglán, Linda P. and William A. Custard Director of the Meadows Museum and Centennial Chair in the Meadows School of the Arts.
"We are honored to present the first exhibition of this outstanding collection in the United States, sharing these works of art that tell the story of a remarkable family and provide an unprecedented opportunity to explore the panoply of cultural achievement and European history. We are honored that Fernando Checa Cremades will be curating Treasures from the House of Alba and working with the Museum to present the collection in a way no one has experienced before."
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An almost constant presence within Markus Schulz's livesets; fewer producers have had a bigger breakout year than Colombia's Khomha. The Medellin native has gathered quite a following since his track Rainy in the Night lit up the opening foray of Prague '11; and his remix of Dakota's Sinners is still held in popular esteem. Not resting on his laurels, he's back and presenting a huge three track E.P. on Coldharbour Red.
Leading the way is 507 – packed with the typical energetic buildup of a Khomha production, it makes way for a beautiful and hypnotic break that slowly gathers energy before a crescendo of booming pads guarantees plenty of hands in the air moments on the dancefloor. The track was exclusively featured on Markus' Be at Space Ibiza mix compilation, and has been a prominent appearance maker in his summer season festival sets.
Next up is Magnetik; f using a cool and groovy bassline with another emotionally-driven break, the track went over massively during Markus' performance at Electric Zoo in New York over Labor Day weekend, as well as his headlining performance at Space in Ibiza at the end of August. At the End is a tough and electro-influenced affair which will appeal to those who enjoy their club nights going well into the morning.
507 will lead the way due to its now anthem status on the Global DJ Broadcast World Tour, but it is only a matter of time before Magnetik and At the End follow suit. All three tracks prove that Khomha is a talent rapidly on the rise
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LITTLE ROCK, AR – 31 Jul, 2017 – Pharmacology University is an international educational institution which inspires education as a catalyst of the development in the progress of Medical Cannabis. Our primary function in the State of Arkansas is to educate the general public & professionals about the recently approved Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment known as Issue 6.
As part of our educational mission, we will offer a seminar aimed at pharmacists, lawyers, & the general public to promote the use of this medical alternative in a safe & legal manner while ensuring high quality standards. These seminars will count as continuing education credits for lawyers. In regard to the legal field, certification credits are available for Board Certified Lawyers & Legal Professionals. The Arkansas State Bar has approved six & a half (6.5) credits in CLE continuing education credits.
"After successful Medical Cannabis courses in Texas, Florida, and Puerto Rico, we are very excited about bringing our educational programs to the state of Arkansas," as stated by Henry Levinski, National Director of Operations at Pharmacology University.
According to the Arkansas Medical Amendment, the qualifying conditions for Medical Cannabis are as follows:
- Cancer
- Glaucoma
- Hepatitis C
- Tourette's Syndrome
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Crohn's Disease
- Ulcerative Colitis
- Severe Arthritis
- Fibromyalgia
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Intractable pain
- Severe Nausea
- Seizures
The full health plan of cannabis includes the sixteen serious diseases listed above. Currently, there are 1,004,782 people suffering in the State of Arkansas from just six of these sixteen diseases, or 35% of the total population. If we use the national average for a patient of Medical Cannabis in the United States, which spends $388 a month for 12 months of the year, & multiply that by one million people, medicinal revenues would be a little more than $4.6 billion annually.
Using 100 thousand patients spending $388/month in the 1st year only, dispensaries in Arkansas will receive an average attendance of 3,125 patients per month with an annual expenditure of $4,656. Dispensaries would gain sales of $14,500,000 annually, which would provide the 32 Dispensaries with total sales of $465,600,000 in the first year of the program. In perspective, it would not be difficult to obtain about 30% of profit or $4,350,000 dollars a year per Dispensary. Arkansas would need to grow a minimum of 150,000 pounds annually.
Based on all this information, the Arkansas Department of Health is only permitting 5 wholesale cultivation centers. However, the dispensaries are allowed to grow 50 plants each with a proper license. Based on the average yield of 12 oz. of flower per plant, this would require 200,000 plants per year to achieve the 150,000 pounds required. Therefore, each cultivation center would have to grow 10,000 plants per cultivation cycle. This is an industry that promises to reward Arkansas in its first year with $300 million in sales.
A collective effort is required in what this emerging industry represents, which is a stimulus to the economy with the development of businesses, new jobs & substantial economic benefits for the State's budget. Knowledge is necessary to assess this issue objectively without bias & using critical thinking. As part of the process, it is also necessary to meet the training & licensing required to be responsibly prepared. Presently, Pharmacology University is working to educate people of all walks of life regarding the medical cannabis industry in the following states and countries: Texas, Arkansas, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia and soon to be in South Africa.
We invite you to be part of the first of many seminars we will offer in Arkansas. We will cover topics such as legal aspects, the history of cannabis, chemistry & science of cannabis, the process of oil extraction, licensing & investment, good cultivation practices, regulations & legal aspects, as well as concepts of dispensary & "dispensary technician". This seminar will provide useful & relevant information for professionals, patients, caregivers, families, & community members to understand different aspects of the medical cannabis use.
The seminar will be held on Saturday, August 12th, 2017. We will begin at 10:00 am & conclude at 6:00 pm. It will be located at The Little Rock Marriott, 3 Statehouse Plaza Little Rock, AR 72201
- Basic registration is $300.00, which includes course & certificate.
- VIP registration is $400.00, which includes the same benefits as the basic registration plus lunch & a book with the material to take home.
- Lawyers registration is $425.00, which includes the same benefits as the VIP registration, plus the continuing education credits.
For more information, please call (817) 528-2475 or (214) 673-4354. You can also register online at www.pharmacologyuniversity.com
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text: In May 2017 Geert received the Francisco Goya Art-price in Barcelona and on the 16 th. of December 2017 he received the award "VISUAL ART MASTER" OF THE ACCADEMIA ITALIA IN ARTE NEL MONDO ASSOCAZIONE CULTURALEAn unreal world. Philosophy and "making art" are in the artwork of Geert Lemmers two units of the same kind. That is why all his projects start with a philosophical analyse, in reading and thinking. Particularly he is interested in our unknown world, the world that is strange or sometimes weird to us. His works show us more often this unknown, weird world in theatrical situations we never see in our "real" life. His works are sort of visual analysis of his thoughts about an other and (maybe) better world. It shows this unknown world as a mindset of what "could be" . As a matter of fact, and that's a shortcoming item, we only can think or act from out of our own cultural luggage we are familiar with. Similarly these facts count for an artist too and that's his or her limitation. That's why Geert tries to bring the different cultures together and mixes them in his work.Geert says "The world of people is about men and women behind often beautiful looking facades in the middle of the chaotic universe we live in. I research the raw site of our lives represented as fairytales in a wonderland as a enlargement of our life. Enlarged characters in chaos, beauty, and imperfection. In every new project I vary on this basic - entities".Projects and Process. Composing artworks for me almost is a philosophical question in transfering my thoughts in a sort of metaphor representations. These developments help me to transfer my thoughts into strong and compassing images. Life and education. Geert was born in the land of Maas and Waal in the Netherlands, a really mysterious part of the country in where telling stories about whitches and fellowships were normal items. After I graduated in photogaphic art education I worked for magazins making portraits and f.i. fashion photo's. I always wanted to make my own art and after the digital revolution when photoshop came out, I felt comfortable to step in. In 2008 I won the professional artprice in my country and after that I really was succesfull. In no time my work accompanied the work of Corneille, Appel and so on.Expositions and representation In selected countries he is represented by galleries and of course he also has his exhibitions. In The Netherlands there are three galleries who show his work and abroad for instance Saatchi Art USA, Lemon Frame Tel Aviv and Singulart Paris.


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This was one of Joe Flacco's worst days as a pro. His passes in the flat had no zip, and he even had trouble completing swing passes. He held onto the ball too long at times, and never had any timing with his receivers. Flacco, who threw two interceptions, finished with a quarterback rating of 51.2.
Offensive line:
The Titans had three sacks, but they put constant pressure on Flacco. Right tackle Michael Oher returned to old form, and had two false start penalties. Left tackle Bryant McKinnie was slow off the ball. Like Flacco, the offensive line had no continuity. This looked like a group that had not practiced for a long period of time.
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Ray Rice finished with 43 yards on 13 carries, and appeared to be close to breaking a long one. Rice did a nice job of picking up blitzes in the pass rush. Backup running back Ricky Williams played, but wasn't a factor. Rice led the Ravens in receiving with five catches for 53 yards.
Anquan Boldin finished with three catches for 46 yards. He worked the middle of the field well. But the Ravens didn't get the rest of the receivers into the game plan until late. Lee Evans had two catches for 45 yards, but Flacco overthrew him on one bomb. Tight end Ed Dickson rebounded after a slow start. The Ravens need to find a tight end that can consistently run block.
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Defensive tackle Terrence Cody had only two tackles, but gave little ground while being double teamed most of the game. In the first half, fellow defensive tackle Haloti Ngata was the best player on the field and finished with six tackles. He also knocked down two passes. Defensive end Cory Redding doesn't get a lot of credit, but he always turns in a strong effort. As a group, the Ravens need more of a pass rush.
Inside linebacker Ray Lewis had a slow start, but was dominant in the second half. Outside linebacker Terrell Suggs played well despite being constantly double teamed. Strongside linebacker Jarret Johson also had a strong game, but it's time for the Ravens to replace Jameel McClain with Dannell Ellerbe. McClain can't tackle in the open field.
The Ravens should just burn the tape of this game.
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Billy Cundiff converted on field goals of 41 and 29 yards. The Ravens also controlled Tennessee's Marc Mariani, one of the better return specialist's in the NFL. David Reed returned a kickoff 77 yards and punter Sam Koch did a great job of handling a bad snap on a field-goal attempt. Now if Lardarius Webb can only make up his mind about when to return punts ...
The Ravens weren't ready to play this game, and some of that has to fall on the coach. They wasted a timeout in the second quarter when they didn't need to, and they showed no sense of urgency in the fourth quarter after falling behind. When the Ravens should have stepped up the tempo and possibly went to a no-huddle, they acted as if they were up by 10 instead of down by 10. Few things in the offensive and defensive game plans seemed to succeed against the Titans. Ravens also should have gone for it instead of kicking a field goal on fourth down late in game.


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Cossack colonel. Ukraine, 17 century King of Rzeczpospolita (Polish-Lithuanian state) Sigismund II Augustus in 1572 issued a decree to establish the Ukrainian registered Cossacks troops. Initially, the registry consisted of only 300 of Zaporizhzhya Cossacks, led by the leader. In 1578 the registry has been increased up to 600 people and the Cossacks were in possession of the city Trakhtemyriv in Kiev province. Housed here Cossack arsenal and hospital. In 1630-ies the number of registered Cossacks Zaporozhye or grass-roots army reached 6 - 8 thousand people. Under the terms of the contract Zborowski in 1649 their number had risen to 40,000, divided into 16 regiments of resettlement sites (Chigirinsky, Cherkassky, Kanevsky, Korsun, Belotserkovsky, Pereyaslavsky, Umansky, Bratslav, Vinnitsa, Kropivyansky, Mirgorodskii, Poltava, Prilutsky, Pavolochsky) . At the head of each regiment was Colonel, assisted by captain and regimental clerk. The regiment was divided into ten hundred, commanded by captains. Hundreds were divided into kurenni headed kurenny leader. Hetman of all the army was appointed by the king and received from him the dignity of the signs: banners, horsetail, mace and seal. Hetman helped troop sergeant, consisting of a notation clerk, esaul, cornet, colonels, captains and atamans. The Government of the Commonwealth Cossack leaders bestowed the rights of Polish gentry. Cossack colonel dressed in a Polish style. Cap of crimson velvet with fur edging decorated with feathers. Steel Breastplate put on Uhocha of patterned satin material. Red silk sash woven in gold. Dark blue trousers tucked into yellow morocco boots. On the shoulders draped with green velvet kuntush folding sleeves and fur collar. On the chest hangs bandolier of red leather with gilt cover. In the right hand mark the commander's rank - a gilded mace-pernach.


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How does a good manager become a leader? Managing and leading have virtually nothing to do with one another. Managing implies supervision and providing direction, both which are of course necessary activities in any organization. Leading is all about creating a vision that is so compelling people will follow you without the exercise of any formal authority. We assume that it is a natural progression for managers to become leaders, but this is often not the case. Many of the most extraordinary acts of leadership I have witnessed have come from people who had no management responsibility whatsoever.
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II. HIGHLIGHTSThe SSI program is a nationwide Federal assistance program administered by SSA that guarantees a minimum level of income for needy aged, blind, or disabled individuals. This section presents highlights of recent SSI program experience, a summary of important changes to the program in the last year, a discussion of current issues facing the SSI program, and a summary of the key results from the 25-year projections.
• During calendar year 2012, 2.3 million individuals applied for SSI benefits based on blindness or disability, a decrease of 5 percent from 2011. Additionally, 147 thousand individuals applied for SSI benefits based on age, a decrease of 4 percent from 2011. In 2012, 973 thousand applicants were awarded SSI benefits, a decrease of 7 percent as compared to the 1.0 million awarded benefits in 2011.
• Each month on average during calendar year 2012, 8.0 million individuals received Federal SSI benefits. This group was composed of 1.1 million aged recipients, 6.8 million disabled recipients, and 65 thousand blind recipients. Of the 6.9 million blind or disabled recipients, 1.3 million were under age 18, and 0.9 million were aged 65 or older. During the year, 9.0 million aged, blind, or disabled individuals received at least 1 month's Federal SSI benefit.
• Each month on average during calendar year 2012, 2.3 million individuals received Federally-administered State supplementation payments. This group was composed of 0.5 million aged recipients, 1.7 million disabled recipients, and fewer than 50 thousand blind recipients. During calendar year 2012, 2.7 million individuals received at least 1 month's Federally-administered State supplementation payment.
• The percentage of SSI recipients receiving their benefits electronically increased from 70 percent in fiscal year 2011 to 83 percent in fiscal year 2012. SSI recipient participation in direct deposit increased gradually in the 2000's after experiencing a period of sharp growth when it more than doubled from 24 percent in 1995 to 49 percent in 2000. Electronic receipt of benefits increased significantly in 2012 and is expected to continue to increase significantly in the next year as most SSI recipients must receive their benefit payments by direct deposit, the Direct Express® debit card, or an electronic transfer account, effective March 2013.
• Since we submitted the 2012 SSI Annual Report to the President and Congress on May 30, 2012, the following legislative changes have been made to the SSI program:Makes permanent the exclusion from income of all refundable, Federal, and advance tax credits. The law also makes permanent the 12-month resource exclusion of all refundable Federal and advanced tax credits.For nearly 40 years, the SSI program has been a crucial lifeline for the most vulnerable among us. Every month, it helps over 8 million aged, blind, and disabled Americans meet their basic need for food, clothing, and shelter. We strive to improve our administration of this vital program by reaching those in need, helping those able to work to transition to self-support, and being good stewards of the Nation's tax dollars.The SSI benefit, which is means tested, is designed to reflect even small fluctuations in a beneficiary's income, resources, and living arrangements. To pay benefits accurately, we must consider the many changes that can occur in individuals' lives every month. Over the years, adjusting SSI benefits to reflect current circumstances has grown more challenging: our other workloads have increased, our funding has decreased and is not predictable, and society and SSI law have become more complex.We have embraced our responsibility to both determine SSI eligibility in a timely manner and pay benefits accurately. Our goal is to pay the right person the right benefit at the right time, and we use many tools to ensure that SSI benefits are accurate. One of our most valuable tools is the SSI redetermination process. During a redetermination, we review the non-medical aspects of a beneficiary's case to ensure that the benefit is accurate and based on up-to-date information. In fiscal year 2012, we completed about 2.6 million redeterminations and limited issues, a type of targeted redetermination. This represents an increase of about 170,000, or roughly 7 percent, from fiscal year 2011.A leading cause of improper payments is beneficiaries holding money in excess of the SSI resource limits ($2,000 for an individual, $3,000 for a couple) in financial institution accounts. Access to Financial Institutions (AFI)—an innovative partnership between SSA and the financial community—now provides timely access to bank account information. Using AFI, we are able to electronically verify the accounts that beneficiaries disclose to us and search for other non-disclosed bank accounts. Before implementation of AFI, we relied primarily on beneficiary self-reporting and, to a lesser degree, information from the Internal Revenue Service to detect large bank accounts.AFI has proven to be a successful and powerful tool in preventing and detecting SSI improper payments. For example, a claimant stated that he had a bank account under the $2,000 resource limit, but AFI found that the actual balance was $200,000. Another claimant said he had only one bank account, but AFI uncovered six with balances of nearly $25,000 each. While not routine, these cases demonstrate the potential of AFI to improve accuracy and generate savings for the SSI and Medicaid programs.Wages are the second leading cause of SSI improper payments. To help address this issue, we continue to expand the use of the SSI Telephone Wage Reporting System (SSITWR). SSITWR is an automated, toll free service that allows beneficiaries, deemors, and representative payees to send us wage information by phone. This process is convenient and saves time for both our beneficiaries and our field offices because successful SSITWR reports automatically update our records. 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Street Fighter 1966 Ford Mustang, Part 15
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Project Street Fighter Chassisworks Rollcage Kit - Cage Dance
Project Street Fighter Gets A Strength Booster With Chassisworks' Rollcage Kit.
From the July, 2010 issue of Popular Hot Rodding
By Liz Miles
Photography by Liz Miles
A rollbar or rollcage serves two purposes: One is to accommodate the safety rules of a sanctioning body, and the second is to increase the car's rigidity. Both of these are important reasons to add the tubing, but because our '66 Mustang's primary function is a street car, improving the car is a higher priority than satisfying the tech inspection for a race. This '66 will see the track, but in an open-track non-competitive situation where a 'cage isn't required, let alone measured or inspected.
All Mustangs are of a unibody construction, meaning there isn't a separate frame assembly, but rather it's formed into the sheetmetal structure of the body. This makes it cheaper to produce and lighter overall. This also makes it susceptible to body twist, which is inherently bad for performance and for the car.
Step one is to fit the plates that the tubing will connect to the floor with. The front plates are a simple fit that sits flat on the floor up to the edge where the firewall connects.
To make this project an easier pill to swallow, we wanted something that was pre-bent, so that we'd be responsible for just cutting, fitting, and welding. We found our kit in Chris Alston's Chassisworks' catalog: It's pre-bent to fit '64-68 Mustangs and '67-68 Cougars. It's made from 1 5/8-inch HREW (hot rolled, electric welded) steel, but it is also available in DOM (drawn over mandrel) for a higher price. For our purposes, it made more sense to go with the first option. The main hoop, windshield bar, and front bars were pre-bent. The rest of the tubes needed to complete the 'cage are straight, and were provided in extra-long length with the kit. This way we've got a little freedom on how we would like it to fit. When you don't need to follow a rule book, you can tailor the fitment to your own needs. In our case, we wanted to retain the back seat unmodified, and have the front driver and passenger seats easily accessible, since above all it's a street car. To do this we would use Chassisworks' swing-out kit that allows the door bars between the main hoop and front bars to swing out.
As far as the installation goes, this is not your mom's arts and crafts project. This was an intense project that required a lot of work and patience. Since the Mustang's move to Northern California, it resides at Dominator Street Rods in Tracy. Here, the youngest of Dominator's staff, Tyler Jones, helped us out a lot. Much of this project is a two-person job; you'll need to have one person hold a couple of bars in place while the other tacks it in with a welder. The end result was much nicer than we had braced ourselves for. One thing we were concerned about was discovering how well a "pre-bent" kit would fit, and it fit pretty darn well; the problems we had were self-produced. You can expect to spend about three eight-hour days on this to get it from the shop floor, to painted and in the car, with a difficulty level of seven out of 10.
When cleaning the metal to prepare a fit for the main hoop's plates, we discovered some rust damage. Before going any further, we repaired the floor by MIG welding in a patch panel.
The place where the main hoop meets the body isn't flat, so we formed the plate to match its contours. First, we marked where the bends were in the floor onto the plate, and then bent them in a hydraulic press.
The main hoop's shape was spot-on. The only thing we had to do was fit it to the plates we just bent. The main hoop lands right on the bend on the plate, so we shaped the bottom of the tube to match it with a grinder.
The front bars go from the main hoop to the windshield along the A-pillar, and to the floor along the kick panel. These were pre-bent and only needed to be shortened and notched. The most crucial part is where the tube bends at the dash. Make sure the door closes and the dash pad doesn't get pinched.
We used a 1 5/8-inch hole saw (the same diameter as our tubing) in a mill, but you could easily use a jig with a drill press to achieve the same cut. This is called fishmouthing because the shape of the cut tube resembles a fish's open mouth.
It takes years of practice to get the notching right the first time every time, so when you're a little bit off, a sanding disc or die grinder is your best friend. Once we finished fitting the front bars, we tackwelded them onto the main hoop and the front plates.
This is our last pre-bent piece that goes between the front bars at the top bend. This tube has two slight bends in it to follow the roofline. The important thing to keep in mind for this fit is that the two ends need to be cut at exactly the same angle. For the next step, we need them liberally tacked in; we welded it about 3/4-inch on two opposing sides of the tube.
In order to weld the top of the windshield bar, we cut the tacks on the main hoop and front plates and dropped the whole assembly down.
This is what a perfect fit looks like. It may not happen every time, but the closer you can get it, the easier welding will be, and the nicer it will turn out.
Take your time for all of the welding on this project. Putting too much heat into the metal can warp it dramatically. We used a Lincoln Electric Precision TIG 375 at Dominator's shop, but a more affordable 185 would have done the trick. If you don't have access to a TIG machine or welder, a MIG welder can be used in its place.
The back bar location was totally up to us. Since being NHRA legal wasn't a big concern for this project, we decided to aim them to where the wheelhousing and package tray support meet-the strongest place short of the suspension mounting points. We made cardboard templates first, and then cut them out of metal. We shaped the bottom portion by clamping it in a vice and beating it with a hammer.
First, we fit the rear of the back bars to the plates we just tacked in and determined the angle it would sit, then set it up in the mill at that same angle since the main hoop sits exactly 90 degrees to the floor.
With the plates welded into place, it's time to weld up the rest of the 'cage. Because heat can move the bars, only weld a small part of each joint at a time. It will take hours to complete this step if you do it right. Be extremely careful with your heat where the bars are close to the headliner. Most of the time we could shield it with a piece of scrap aluminum, but we still managed to burn a couple holes in the headliner, oops. Gorilla tape anyone?
The idea is to have the rear bar look as if it were an extension of the front bar joining the main hoop at the same place. When we were happy with the fit, we tacked it in place and repeated the steps on the other side.
While the 'cage is still only tacked, we welded in all of the plates. About 90 percent of the welds were TIG, but we used a MIG welder for some of the areas where the metal was extra thin. Don't expect these welds to be the most beautiful you've done. They were the most difficult parts to weld on this 'cage because mating thin metal to thicker stock is tricky.
We left the harness bar tube for this point because it makes climbing into the back seat area a lot more difficult once it's in place. This was the only tubing piece that was 1 1/4-inch diameter. Using the same 1 5/8-inch hole saw, we cut it to fit inside the main hoop where the first bend from the base started. The ground clamp made a good holder for tack welding
The Chassisworks swing-out kit includes all of the hardware you will need to make your swing-out door bar's pin and hinge. Since the door bar should meet the main hoop someplace between your elbow and shoulder, it will make climbing over it really difficult unless you use these.
The lower part of the door bar needed an extension so that the hinged part would clear the kick panel. To find the angle we needed to fishmouth this tube, we added the front bar and door bar angle, then cut the extensions.
The door bars need to be fit and welded last because it's crucial they fit perfectly-welding the 'cage can move things around enough for them to bind. We ground down the lower inner edge of the tabs that weld to the main hoop at an angle, so it would have a nicer fit for welding. Then we tacked and welded all of the pieces together with exception to the tube on the hinged middle piece, as shown in the photos. Once that was complete, we welded the middle bar together.
It's all done! Here's our six-point rollcage that has dramatically strengthened the body. Sorry rear seat passengers-you'll need to do some climbing!
The plan was to paint the 'cage in Dupli-Color's trim black after using their gray primer. After the primer was on, we fell in love with the contrast between it and the interior and exterior colors, and decided to make the final coat Dupli-Color's medium gray general-purpose spray.
The car $3,800
Battery replace and relocation (11/08) $299
Radiator and fans (12/08) $1,398.12
Spindles, front brakes, wheels tires (1/09) $3,067.04
Trunk rehab and toolbox (2/09) $40.48
Rack-and-pinion steering, column, and wheel (4/09) $3,012
9-inch rear and brakes (5/09) $4,631.02
Rear suspension (6/09) $2,918
Front suspension (7/09) $3,034
Engine bay cleanup with engine sale (8/09) -$394.75
Smeding 427 Windsor (9/09) $9,995
Keisler five-speed swap (10/09) $4,181.55
Paint & body supplies (3/10) $1,607.85
Engine brace (6/10) $459
Rollcage (7/10) $628.95
Total: $38,677.26
Chassisworks HREW six-point 'cage kit $359
Chassisworks swing-out kit PN7030 (2) $238
Misc. welding supplies (gas/filler rod) $15
Dupli-Color primer and paint $16.95
Total: $628.95
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Naira Marley Trends For Holding Fully Packed Concert In Abuja
Fast rising rapper, Naira Marley is currently trending on social media after he held a packed concert on Saturday in Abuja despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
The indigenous rapper arrived at the capital city of Nigeria along with former Big Brother Naija 'Pepper Dem' housemate, Kim Oprah who was billed to host the concert.
The concert, which was supposed to be a drive-in, was packed to its fullest with eager fans, who defied the social distancing rule to show off their dancing skills and have fun.
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Ronke Oshodi Oke Cries Uncontrollably As She Regrets Campaigning For Buhari
A video circulating on social media captured the moment actress, Ronke Oshodi Oke wept bitterly for campaigning for the president of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari and Kwara state governor in 2015.
While speaking in her Yoruba dialect, the actress said she regrets her actions as she held herself responsible for the current state of the country.
The actress apologized for misleading her fans into voting for Buhari.
This comes after the president addressed the nation on Thursday.
Information Nigeria recalls the Buhari failed to speak on the violence unleashed on #EndSARS protesters at Lekki tollgate on Tuesday and this didn't sit well with many Nigerians.
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Ronke Oshodi Oke breaks down in tears, says she regrets her actions : 'Modé campaign fun awon oloriburuku yii ooo'
These celebrities that forced APC down our throats are gradually coming back to their senses ooo. pic.twitter.com/rwL6pZuhfs
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Omotola Apologizes For Her Insensitive Tweet About The Lekki Tollgate Shooting
Popular Nigerian actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde has apologized for her insensitive remark about the Lekki Tollgate shooting.
Information Nigeria recalls the actress drew backlash after she warned people against sensationalising the unfortunate incident via Twitter.
The actress tweeted;
"If People died during the Lekki Toll Assault , let their people speak out please and if there were No deaths then enough with the sensationalization because it does not remove from the Crime that happened. PEACEFUL PROTESTERS WERE ATTACKED. WHY? BY WHOM ! #EndImpunityinNigeria."
Nigerians slammed the actress over the tweet which she has now deleted.
Reacting to the backlash, the film star tendered an apology to those who were offended by her words and she also tried to make amends.
The actress mentioned that her tweet was "misunderstood" as she owned up to her mistake.
"I hope you know I don't doubt people died ! I hope you understand that we need to collate these now and not continue with the I'm dissapointed I'm leaving talks. Get Angry again. We Can't stop", she added.
The mother of four also re-shared a video released by one of the eyewitness of the massacre, DJ Switch in which she recalled the tragic incident.
Taking to Instagram, Omotola posted a video released by a doctor at Doren hospital who said multiple victims of the Lekki shootings were brought in and one died from a gunshot wound to the heart.
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Drama as Nigerian actress, Doris Ogala has accused her colleague, Uche Elendu of lying to the public that her store was looted and vandalized by hoodlums.
Information Nigeria recalls Elendu took to her Instagram page on Wednesday, where she shared a couple of photos of the shop that was vandalized and ransacked.
Reacting to the post, Ogala called out her colleague and she advised her to speak the truth unless she would be exposed.
According to the actress, the shops do not belong to Elendu.
In her words;
This is not nice.. I know the owners of those shops.. this is pure deceit.. people should stop taking advantage of the situation.. ah ah.. we lost a lot of people.. kindly mention the shop owners.. if not I'll repost and expose it.."
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Where sound meets space! Imagine being in a dark rectangular room with speakers in the four corners and only you as an object, absorbing the sound.
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This is the basic principle of Music For Installations. Life is a stream of sounds. Most people don't hear it and let it pass. Music For Installations has always been observing the soundworld where he lives in, wether it is out in the outback or in the center of downtown. The studio is ideal to sit back in your own therapeutic space and reflect on things going by or the feelings you have experienced in your weird interaction with the rest of the world.
But actually, any good room or any place in the world you can call home, would fit the requirements.
When you ask why, this is the reply: "The first things I remember are sounds. When I listen to people I don't hear words but melodies. When I stand in a room, I enjoy the way the music makes her way in the empty space around me. This collission of vibrations that meet each other can be used in empty spaces, dark rooms, to accompany installations. It's an impression sent out to catch a listeners ear." ... and maybe in the future indeed on installations themselves.
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Drones and Soundscapes recorded live at the Museum.
By sculpting existing sounds recorded on this planet, this recording results in a very direct sonic landscape. They are a result of continuous refining and polishing, just like you do with a statue.
Music is to heal... even when you visit the dark side. This album of soundscapes and drones is a profound musical study of a mental and physical condition called 'depression'. Experience this dark ambient world.


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(Reuters) – Syria mediator Lakhdar Brahimi will step down on May 31, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday, blaming an international deadlock over how to end the country's three-year civil war for hampering a bid to broker peace.
International and regional powers have backed opposing sides in the civil war that has so far killed at least 150,000 people, withRussia and Iran supporting President Bashar al-Assad and Western powers and Gulf Arab states largely backing the rebels.
Brahimi had long threatened to quit, just as his predecessor – former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan – did in 2012. Annan resigned after six months as the U.N. and Arab League joint special representative on Syria, slamming the U.N. Security Council for failing to unite behind efforts to end the fighting.
Brahimi, a veteran Algerian diplomat, briefed the 15-member Security Council for the final time on Tuesday.
"I go with a heavy heart because so little was achieved," he told the closed-door session of the council, according to the his statement which was obtained by Reuters. "I once again, humbly apologize to the Syrian people."
He left "a few ideas" with Ban and the Security Council – focus on getting more aid into Syria, reduce and end the violence, end the flow of arms into Syria and help form an executive to lead Syria's transition by organizing a national dialogue, conference, constitutional review and elections.
Ban said he would work on finding someone to replace Brahimi. There are several possible candidates, diplomatic sources have said, among them former Tunisian Foreign Minister Kamel Morjane.
"At this time, I have to think who should be the right person and at what time," Ban said.
Ban praised Brahimi's perseverance in the face of "impossible odds, a Syrian nation, Middle Eastern region and wider international community that have been hopelessly divided in their approaches to ending the conflict."
"That his efforts have not received effective support from the United Nations body that is charged with upholding peace and security, and from countries with influence on the Syrian situation, is a failure of all of us," Ban told reporters.
The 15-member U.N. Security Council has been split on how to deal with the war in Syria. Syrian ally Russia, supported by China, has blocked three resolutions that would have condemned President Bashar al-Assad's government, threatened sanctions and called for war crimes accountability.
That deadlock is set to be exposed again when the council votes on a French-drafted resolution to refer Syria's civil war to the International Criminal Court. French U.N. Ambassador Gerard Araud said he hoped a vote could happen early next week.
But Russian U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said on Tuesday of the bid to send Syria to The Hague-based court: "We don't think it's a good idea." He added that the move "definitely will have the effect of exacerbating those (council) differences."
In announcing Brahimi's departure, Ban said: "There must be accountability for the terrible crimes that have been – and are being – committed. Such crimes include the deliberate starvation of communities by preventing humanitarian access."
Australia, Luxembourg and Jordan are also drafting a second resolution to impose "measures," said Australian U.N. Ambassador Gary Quinlan, after the warring parties effectively ignored a resolution adopted by the Security Council in February that demanded greater humanitarian access, including across borders.
The Security Council could impose targeted sanctions on individuals violating international humanitarian law, although Russia is again unlikely to support such a move, diplomats say.
Russia proposed its own brief draft resolution on Tuesday on the humanitarian situation in Syria, which diplomats said urged the warring parties to replicate around the country a deal made in Homs that allowed rebels and civilians to be evacuated.
"Lakhdar Brahimi has worked so hard to try to accomplish a breakthrough in a political settlement in Syria, unfortunately it hasn't happened so far, but we believe that the show must go on … to find a political solution to Syrian crisis," Churkin told reporters.
Syrian U.N. Ambassador Bashar Ja'afari said the Syrian government noted Brahimi's resignation, adding that he should not be blamed for "all of the mistakes."
"The American administration made mistakes, the French government, the British, the European Union, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey – all of them made mistakes," he said. "The main mistake was the interference by these foreign powers into the domestic affairs of the Syrian people."
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Brahimi did not fail. "It is the fault of a party, Assad, who will not negotiate, who absolutely refused to negotiate at every single session," he told reporters in Washington.
Brahimi said a political settlement would be impossible without the involvement of all countries in the region. In January Ban withdrew an invitation to Iran to attend the first round of Syria peace talks under pressure from the United States and boycott threats by the Syrian opposition.
Brahimi told the Security Council about a four point plan proposed by Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif – a ceasefire, a national unity government, a constitutional review that would limit the powers of the president, and elections.
"Their ideas are interesting and I think probably will be considered," Brahimi told reporters after the council briefing.
Brahimi organized two rounds of negotiations in Switzerland between Assad's government and members of the opposition.
While there were no breakthroughs at those talks, diplomats and U.N. officials said Brahimi had wanted to continue the process to find a negotiated solution to end the fighting.
But Syria's announcement that it would hold presidential elections on June 3 dealt a severe blow to Brahimi's efforts.
"The announcement by the Syrian government that it intends to hold presidential elections next month, with the serving president as the only serious candidate, puts additional pressure on the prospect for a settlement," he told the Security Council.
The election is widely seen as a bid by Assad to defy widespread opposition and to extend his grip on power.
By Reuters
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Symantec today said its new cloud-based single sign-on (SSO) service called O3 is available to enterprise customers to test.
The O3 security-as-a-service for identity management is available for corporate customers to trial as part of an "early program," according to Dave Elliott, Symantec senior product marketing manager responsible for global cloud at Symantec. The O3 security-as-a-service allows enterprise IT managers to manage and control their end users' access to corporate and third-party cloud-based services through Symantec's O3 gateway, the control point where single sign-on for users can be centrally provisioned and de-provisioned. Competing offerings include those from Symplified, Okta and Ping Identity.
BACKGROUND: VMware, Symantec work up cloud-based single sign-on services
Through Symantec's O3 customers can establish SSO controls for Active Directory, Google Docs and Salesforce.com, among others. Symantec also expects to integrate encryption and data-loss prevention into the O3 security framework, but this isn't occurring in the initial rollout. Pricing for O3 isn't being announced during this early program stage.
The initial O3 service is being provided directly by Symantec. But Elliott said Symantec is also in discussion with potential partners with an eye toward the O3 technology playing a role for cloud providers.
In other news, Symantec said it's now supporting data-loss prevention on the Apple iPad through the Symantec mobile-data management application. Support for Android is expected to be ready in early 2012.
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