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Hunt steward arrested after attacking saboteur
Violence erupted today at the Woodland Pytchley Hunt in Northamptonshire, resulting in the arrest of a steward employed by the hunt.
Stewards employed by the hunt had been trying to prevent hunt saboteurs from following the huntsman, but the saboteurs had ignored them. In the alleged attack, one of the stewards stole a CB radio from a saboteur. When the saboteur attempted to retrieve it he was punched and then kicked several times. The CB was dropped and another steward ran up to it and kicked it, breaking it with the impact. Saboteurs made an emergency phone call and one of the stewards was arrested and taken to Corby Police Station.
Local hunt saboteur Clive Richardson said "We have been subjected to abuse from this hunt for years, so it is nothing new, but we are glad that the police are taking this attack seriously. After the incident we successfully prevented a fox from being dug out of an earth and the hunt packed up at 2.15 pm - 2 hours earlier than usual."
Nathan Brown, spokesperson for the Hunt Saboteurs Association said: "This is an example of the depths to which the hunting fraternity will stoop to prevent hunt saboteurs from saving lives. It is testament to the fact that our tactics have a profound effect on hunts. It is not the first time that hunt stewards have attacked sabs, but we will not be deterred from taking action to save wildlife from being ripped to pieces for fun." In March 2000, 2 hunt stewards were arrested after hunt saboteurs were attacked at the Quorn Hunt, a favourite of Prince Charles.
As Master of the Woodland Pytchley Hunt, David Reynolds is responsible for what happens during a day's hunting and would have sanctioned or organised the use of stewards. He is also a Board member of the pro-hunt Countryside Alliance. Nathan Brown commented further "The Countryside Alliance tries to promote itself as a respectable body, but the behaviour at Mr Reynolds' hunt shows what sort of people the Alliance really are. The fact that violence against hunt saboteurs is tolerated at a hunt run by one of the Alliance Board members sets an example and gives a green light to other hunts to follow suit. They will stop at nothing in their pursuit of terrified wildlife."

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World Youth Assembly
First UN Global Road Safety Week (23 - 29 April 2007)
More than 400 young people from over 100 countries participated in the World Youth Assembly on Road Safety organized at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from 23-24 April 2007. It was the first time a conference on road safety had been organized for young people, and it formed an essential part of the First UN Global Road Safety Week held from 23-29 April.
The Week was targeted at young road users including young drivers because young people are over-represented in road crashes. Every day just over 1000 young people under the age of 25 years are killed in road traffic crashes around the world (WHO, Youth and Road Safety, Geneva, 2007). It seemed fitting, therefore, to involve young people in the issue.
Many participants were already involved in road safety issues in their home countries, through full-time work or volunteer work, and all of them will hopefully continue working towards safer traffic conditions upon their return home. The official delegates were appointed by their governments to attend, others came as observers from NGOs, government agencies, schools and institutions.
The Objectives
21-year old Nellie Ghusayni from Lebanon chaired the Assembly together with 5 vice-chairs from Australia, Guatemala, India, The Netherlands and Zambia.
During the opening ceremony, participants heard statements and opening addresses from the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Mr. Marek Belka, Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), as well as British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Moby and others (see the Programme for a full list).
Several youth delegates also made presentations about road safety work and organizations they are involved in. Austrian Formula 1 driver Alex Wurz talked about a high-speed crash he survived, and two victims of road traffic crashes gave accounts of the trauma they had experienced.
|Short films and public service announcements for road safety exemplified of how TV/Cinema can help reinforce road safety campaigns. Some of the films were entries in a Global Road Safety Film competition and the winners, along with the winner of a UNICEF Road Safety Essay competition, were recognized through an award ceremony.
During a press conference for the event, Mr. José Capel Ferrer, Director of the Transport Division, UNECE, explained that although much work has been done to formulate regulations for traffic conditions, rules are not enough. "We need campaigns and events to help implement [rules]," he said. "It is difficult to persuade people to follow the rules," he continued, "and for this reason we are grateful to these young people because they will be an important instrument in persuading young people and governments to enforce rules."
Mr. Etienne Krug, Director of Department of Injuries and Violence Prevention, WHO, talking on behalf of the WHO at the press conference, underlined the importance of working with youths saying "We want a strong network of young people who can act as ambassadors for road safety. WHO sees this as a beginning of a process and will support the implementation of the youth declaration and follow up on technical assistance programs."
When asked what she thought could be done to "tame young people's wild behaviour" on the roads, the chair of the Youth Assembly, Ms. Ghusayni emphasised the importance of involving them in issue. "It is a rebellious time and kids test boundaries. [We have to] channel that energy in a different direction. Kids don't want to listen to lectures but give them a voice to express themselves and they will be more interested," she stated.
Ms. Ghusayni further stressed the Youth Declaration on Road Safety as being the most important part of the conference, saying it was a tool to start implementing road safety.
The Youth Declaration for Road Safety
Mr. Floor Lieshout from the Netherlands, one of the vice-chairs, presented the concept of the Youth Declaration to the Assembly. Initially drafted by a small group of delegates in September 2006, the document was put on a share point website for all delegates to read and comment on. Although not binding by the world's governments, the Declaration provides some background on global road traffic injury prevention, a statement of commitment by the youth delegates to do their part to improve road safety, and a set of recommended actions to be taken by various groups: young people, parents and caregivers, educational institutions, communities, governments, NGOs, private companies, the media, and celebrities and the entertainment world.
"The significance of this Declaration is in our hands now", declared Mr. Lieshout. "Please don't let it be ink on paper, not just for ourselves, but for generations to come."
Outside the plenary sessions, delegates formed working groups (by language: Arabic, English, French, Russian and Spanish) to discuss how to implement the Youth Declaration. The wide range of suggestions put forth demonstrated the participants' high levels of enthusiasm, commitment and creativity as they proposed how the Declaration could be implemented locally, nationally and globally. (For more information on the Declaration, please choose from the menu on the left)
The World Youth Assembly officially adopted the Youth Declaration on Road Safety to a standing ovation, and subsequently closed amid statements of support from the President of the UN General Assembly Sheikha Haya Rashed Al Khalifa (by live video link from New York), UNECE and WHO.
The UN Economic Commission for Europe wishes to thank everyone who contributed to the events held in Geneva. Many people put in much time and effort to ensure its success and the bringing together of so many resourceful young people from around the world. The World Youth Assembly would not have been possible without generous donations by institutions like the European Commission and the World Bank, the Governments of the Netherlands, Norway and Italy, as well as organizations like the FIA Foundation.
Thanks for all your enthusiasm and continued commitment to road safety!


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The X Factor pulled out all the stops as far as sappiness goes Wednesday evening, with each of the Top 10 finalists performing a song dedicated to someone they're thankful for. Awww. (Hey, you know what they probably aren't grateful about? Having to spend Thanksgiving evening on the X Factor stage tomorrow, when two additional contestants will get the boot.)
Most of the contestants chose to honor someone in their family, and in keeping with that theme, Kim Kardashian and her beau Kanye West were in the audience to support co-host Khloe Kardashian (who, as an aside, has done nothing to curb her nauseating flirting with Simon Cowell — something we're definitely not thankful for).
Anyway, to the singing! Here's a breakdown of Wednesday's performances.
The Over 25s, mentored by L.A. Reid
Tate Stevens: Stevens, the show's frontrunner for two weeks running, kicked off the evening with Lonestar's "I'm Already There," which he dedicated to his father. It's obvious that Stevens' No. 1 ranking has given him an extra boost of confidence, since he didn't look the least bit uncomfortable on stage. But both Cowell and Demi Lovato said they noticed his voice breaking in parts. "Maybe it's the emotion, maybe it's the nerves," Cowell speculated, but added that Stevens didn't have "a cat in hell's chance" of getting sent home this week. Still, will he be able to remain in the top spot?
Vino Alan: Alan fittingly dedicated an impassioned performance of Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA" to the US military, and earned a standing ovation from all the judges (even Simon!). Lovato, who admitted that she's been "really hard" on Alan throughout the competition, reversed her earlier criticisms. "I think that I've been wrong," she admitted. "There is something special in you, and I see it tonight."Spears also called Alan's performance "spot-on." But the highest praise came from Simon himself: "We could be seeing you at No. 1 tomorrow."
The Teens, mentored by Britney Spears
Diamond White: White dedicated Celine Dion's "Because You Loved Me" to her mother and took full advantage of the wow moments in the power ballad, earning a standing ovation from all of the judges (except for Simon) at the end of her performance. But Cowell's holdout was due to laziness rather than lack of enthusiasm. He told the 13-year-old White that she was "both fearless and incredible," and a better vocalist than many of the adults that have been or are currently on the show.
Arin Ray: Ray's spot-on, if slightly snoozy, rendition of Enrique Iglesias' "Hero" was dedicated to his older brother. The feedback he got from the judges was tepid at best, with Lovato not mincing any words as she told him flat out she was "so bored" and wouldn't sign him to a record label based on the performance. Reid and Cowell agreed, though Cowell said he'd blame Britney's mentorship over Arin's ability. "It's almost like you're being trapped in a cage with these songs," Cowell told him. Ray agreed, saying he'd like to go back to doing more upbeat, dance songs. His next conversation with Britney might be slightly awkward!
Beatrice Miller: Miller dedicated Snow Patrol's "Chasing Cars" to her younger sisters, twins who were adopted as babies from Vietnam. It was a strong showing, one that Miller's mentor Spears called her "best vocal performance so far." Lovato was the only dissenter, telling Miller she needed to show more progress. "I feel like it's kind of the same song every week," Lovato told her.
Carly Rose Sonenclar: After a slight misstep when Spears initially introduced her as Arin Ray (no, Brit! He already sang!), the 13-year-old Sonenclar once again proved that she's the best singer in this competition with "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," dedicated to her older brother. The judges agreed, giving her the second four-person standing ovation of the night. Reid called her "an absolute force of nature" and Simon recanted his earlier statement that Vino Alan would finish the night at the top of the standings. "I think you've just blown this competition wide open," Cowell told her.
The Groups, mentored by Simon Cowell
Emblem 3: The surfer dude trio showed their softer side Wednesday, using their performance of "Secrets" by OneRepublic to thank their youth leaders. The group's harmonies have become tighter throughout their time on the show, and though Reid said their performance "lacked emotion," Lovato, Spears and Cowell (who referred to Reid as "the Grinch on my right") agreed that the slower song was a nice change of pace from some of their previous outings.
Fifth Harmony: The quintet's harmonies once again shone during The Pretenders' "I'll Stand By You," but even with the personalized intro (dedicating it to each other and everyone who's supported them along the way), it's still impossible to distinguish any of these girls as individuals. Do we even know any of their names yet? Maybe the judges do (or at least Demi should), because they all had nothing but good things to say about the group's performance.
The Young Adults, mentored by Demi Lovato
CeCe Frey: Frey dedicated Bette Midler's "Wind Beneath My Wings" to her sister, who was born with cerebral palsy and died at age 7, and whom Frey now thinks of as her guardian angel. Unfortunately, the truly touching story did nothing for Frey's performance, which started out off-key and didn't get much better. But it apparently had an effect on the judges, who were all too nice to tell a sobbing Frey (she was too overcome with emotion to even properly finish the song) as much. Reid praised her "genuine emotion," Spears said it was "hard to critique someone when they're pouring their heart out like that," and Cowell told Frey little more than, "I like you." That's all well and good, and we've got nothing against Frey personally, but last we checked ... wasn't this a singing competition?
Paige Thomas: Thomas' take on Spears' "Everytime" was in honor of her adoptive mother, who took Thomas in after her mother was killed in a car accident. It was another genuinely moving story, but like Frey, Thomas also let her emotions get the best of her — and the judges told her so. Thomas had to sing to stay in the competition last week, and Reid told her the performance probably wasn't "good enough to get you out of the 10 spot." Spears said Thomas sang the song "beautifully," but even Lovato told her protégé the singing was "pitchy" and that she had done better in rehearsal. Thomas herself recognized her shortcomings. "I don't think this week was about what I can deliver vocally," she told Khloe. It isn't?
So, which contestants do you think will find themselves playing the role of turkey on the Thanksgiving Day chopping block? Sound off below!
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When the English naturalist Joseph Arnold smelt rotting flesh during an 1821 expedition to the steamy jungles of Sumatra, he must have feared the worst. Back then, this was cannibal country. Blood-thirsty local tribes were known to capture their most hated enemies, tie them to a stake, and start feasting on their roasted body parts. So imagine his surprise when he learnt that the stench was coming not from a dead explorer, but a plant that produces the world's biggest flower. Rafflesia arnoldii (named after Arnold and Sir Stamford Raffles, who led the expedition) can produce blooms up to one metre across – and they carry the stink of death.
No surprise then, that Arnold's find has been nicknamed the "corpse flower" by those who've caught a whiff of it. There aren't many who can say they have, though – this is one of Southeast Asia's most endangered species. And despite each flower weighing in at around 11kg, they're notoriously difficult to come across. They're parasitic, for one thing, and can only take root beneath the dark green tendrils of undisturbed grape vines. And even when a plant does begin to thrive, its meaty-red flower lasts just days. If you want to see one in bloom, you'll have to learn to follow your nose.
But why would a plant evolve to smell like rotting meat? Well here in Sumatra, where the race for survival is tough, it pays to be ingenious. Flies are lured into the corpse flower's spongy interior by the promise of somewhere to lay their eggs, only to find they've been deceived.
When they eventually get bored, they'll take off in search of somewhere better. And maybe, just maybe, they'll drop pollen from one plant onto another. When you consider how unlikely this is to happen, you'll realize that your chances of seeing the corpse flower are pretty slim. But what better excuse to go sniffing around one of the last great rainforests?
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On January 3rd I saw a post on the Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog, challenging the followers to create a layout and be a part of the first blog hop of the year.
The challenge was to create a project using the following ONLY (not including cardstock / pictures / adhesives):
3 patterned papers
3 embellishments
& 3-word title
Here's my take of the challenge:
I feel I repeat myself when I say it again and again but it's a great feeling to utilize the papers I chose - it's the 7th layout using the same papers - and there are still some scraps. Unbelievable!
Other layouts from the same kit: Nice To Meet, Kite, Twist Car Ready, Set, Go! Corn, 2 Years.
And now for the Blog Hop:
If you came from Lucinda Messman's blog - you're in the right place :-)
If you came here and want to start the blog hop from the start - go to the Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog
Anyway - the next blog you should "hop" to is Leslie Smith's
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North Africans are famous for their culture of boundless hospitality. Yet as a result of their traumatic history with European colonialism, they understand that in international politics, "There is no such thing as a free lunch."
With the capture of Sirte and the killing of Muammar Qaddafi provoking massive street celebrations, Libyans are constantly discussing how their victory over the colonel came about. Many believe that God alone is ultimately responsible for their liberation. While immensely grateful for the NATO-led alliance's intervention, some Libyans question the alliance's professed humanitarian motives. Common sense suggests that states do not spend hundreds of millions during a deep recession out of moral necessity.
From the perspective of the United States, Britain, France, Italy, Qatar, and other alliance members, now is the time to take stock of how the rebel victory may promote their national interests. Is it not fair for them to expect some sort of remuneration? Or looked at holistically, did the allied powers fight a moral war to protect a civilian movement seeking liberation from tyranny? Or did Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) surreptitiously hire the alliance as quasi-mercenaries on terms of open-ended credit with oil given as security – payable on a no-win/no-fee basis?
With the interim government due to be announced any day now, as a result of the capture of Sirte, Libyan politicians are seriously considering their moral obligations to their allies. Should the NTC openly repay all the nations that supported them with contracts at the expense of those that did not? If the NTC were to engage in this type of behavior, would it be upstanding or venal? Most Libyans expect that such behavior will be the political reality. Many passionately believe it is virtuous. We think not.
There is a strong case for saying that those nations that backed Libya's popular revolution will receive a good return on their investments simply by Mr. Qaddafi's ouster. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Western powers promised their publics a "peace dividend." The term was coined to refer to the worldwide "profit" that was anticipated as a result of the decline of wasteful arms spending and the concomitant transformation of the former communist countries into engines of economic growth and lucrative markets for Western goods and services.
Modern economics postulates that such "dividends" should be positive-sum in nature – i.e., helping the victor, vanquished, and third-party states alike. And in reality, the 1990s were a time of economic growth and global stability.
We believe that the rest of the international community will gain a similar, yet much smaller, "peace dividend" as a result of regime change. Previously, Qaddafi isolated Libya's economy behind walls of bureaucratic inefficiency and corrupt quasi-socialism. He spent on arms and terrorism, periodically inflicting grave loss of life (e.g., Lockerbie, UTA bombing, Chadian war, Abu Salim massacre).
Even when he renounced terrorism and his weapons of mass destruction program after 2003, he continued to dabble in other countries' internal politics, having a particular penchant for backing brutal African dictators and declaring jihad against the Swiss. The benefits of not having to deal with Qaddafi's erratic diplomacy are an incalculable positive for the world system. A stable regime in Libya also vastly increases the probability of the consolidation of the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions.
Economically, Libya boasts a stable currency, net foreign assets of over $150 billion, and is well-positioned to return to a perpetual budget surplus with the eventual full resumption of oil production. Libya, under a well-administered technocratic government committed to a market economy, is a foreign investor's dream. Its strong macroeconomic prospects emanate from its small population, large virgin land area, strategic location, and potential to produce far more than its pre-revolution 1.7 million barrels of oil per day.
Libya also confronts immediate pressure to invest in its huge underemployed youth population. Specifically, Libya has development deficits in almost every sector, including oil refining, infrastructure, transport, education, and health. Put simply, there will be plenty of business opportunities for all qualified nations as Libya begins its long overdue development drive. NTC Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril has cavalierly spoken of $450 billion in project spending over the next decade.
The world will benefit far more if Libya's leadership decides to award these contracts on a meritocratic basis promoting innovation and efficiency, rather than by venally rewarding those countries that assisted it during the revolution. Sadly, some Western political leaders are already harming Libya's transition to democracy and their national interests via their misunderstanding of the principle of the "peace dividend."
French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe told Germany's RTL radio on Sept. 1 that it would be "fair and logical" for French companies to benefit from France's prominent role in backing the rebels. Similarly, on Aug. 22 – the very day that Tripoli fell – Foreign Minister Franco Frattini of Italy crassly stated on RAI television that the Italian oil company Eni "will play a No. 1 role in the future" of Libya as a result of Italian support of the NATO campaign. These statements – and the political pressure that no doubt lies behind them – undermine Libyan attempts to defeat the endemic culture of corruption that characterized the Qaddafi era.
Now that Libya is officially "liberated" and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has returned from a well-timed visit to Tripoli, officials of the State Department will no doubt attend briefings about how to reap the strategic dividends of America's intervention. They must resist the temptation to publically, or even privately, ask the Libyans for payback in the form of preferential contracts. Surely no amount of oil, construction, infrastructure, or defense contracts can be better than a strong, moderate, and stable Libya that learns to select its business partners based on their merits rather than their nationality.
We believe the alliance powers should not ask the NTC to prostitute Libya's vast treasure. Doing so would only cheapen the tremendous value of what the NATO alliance has done for Libya. The only true way the Libyans can repay the rest of the world for liberating them from Qaddafi is not through kickbacks, but by making the tough choices required to lay the foundation of a democratic, meritocratic, and economically open future.
Jason Pack researches Libyan history at Cambridge University. He is president of Libya-Analysis.com. Sami Zaptia lives in Tripoli and is CEO of KnowLibya.
© 2011 Global Viewpoint Network/Tribune Media Services. Hosted online by The Christian Science Monitor.


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Published in September 1990, this Manhattan Poster map is part of the "Special Places of the World" series. Half of a two-map set, it accompanied a map and three articles focused on New York City. Attention is paid to the neighborhoods in Manhattan on this map, particularly their character and points of interest.
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Tools for writing daemons/server processes
Written by John Goerzen, email@example.com
Please note: Most of this module is not compatible with Hugs.
Messages from this module are logged under System.Daemon. See Logger for details.
Based on background from http://www.erlenstar.demon.co.uk/unix/faq_2.html#SEC16 and http://www.haskell.org/hawiki/HaskellUnixDaemon.
This module is not available on Windows.
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Detach the process from a controlling terminal and run it in the background, handling it with standard Unix deamon semantics.
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GenGAME writes: Nintendo dropped a bombshell on us today during their Wii U Direct presentation. Not only did we get our first hints about what we can expect from a new Zelda game on the Wii U, but Nintendo also unveiled an HD remake of Wind Waker for the system as well.
Initial response to the game have been largely positive, but I can't help but shake the feeling that this revelation is a mirror of the game's original debut. Wind Waker has, over time, earned its spot among the top Zelda titles, but the game wasn't so well-received at first. Can it find new life on the Wii U, or will it suffer the same criticisms?
Most of the anger came from the fact that when we first introduced to Wind Waker we assumed that it wouldn't be the sort of Zelda experienced we would enjoy but it turned out Wind Waker was one of the best experiences Zelda has to offer. The Art style also allowed for a new type of expression and interactive world. Most Nintendo Fans regard the game as legendary in quality.
"Wind Waker Wii U: Will Nintendo Anger Zelda Fans…Again?"
Not at all, the game is a master piece and the art style is consider to have contributed greatly to that. Windwaker HD remake for the Wii U, can't come soon enough IMO.
The Wind Waker is and AMAZING game. I was disappointed at first seeing the direction Nintendo went with the the graphics, but I Zelda is one of my favorites so I bought it anyway. After an hour into the game I understood why Nintendo went the direction they did. It was a fantastic game, and I for one can not wait to play it on Wii U. The remake looks GREAT.
What are they talking about Wind Waker is one of the best. if not, the best Zelda game in my opinion
I was so cautious of this game when it first came out. Totally loved playing it though when I picked it up. Will be getting the HD version without hesitation.


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N.C. bus driver and teacher assistant named 'ESP of the Year'
Education Support Professional Ernest D. Williams recognized by NEA
WASHINGTON - March 14, 2011 -
Ernest "Jameel" Williams, a bus driver and teacher assistant for Vance County Schools in Henderson, N.C., has received the National Education Association's (NEA) 2011 Education Support Professional (ESP) the Year Award—the organization's highest honor recognizing outstanding leadership in the school, community and education profession.
America's nearly 3 million education support professionals—more commonly known as ESPs or school support staff—make up 43 percent of the public school workforce. ESPs comprise nine staff groups who work to support the nation's public schools and higher education institutions. From food service workers to para-educators to bus drivers and custodians, ESPs are the foundation that keeps schools and colleges clean, safe and healthy.
"E. Jameel Williams is an outstanding leader, and he demonstrates the commitment that ESPs bring to help students succeed in school," said NEA President Dennis Van Roekel. "He also exemplifies the strong bridges that ESPs create between their schools and their community."
A bus driver and teacher assistant from Henderson, N.C., Williams has taught at L.B. Yancey Elementary School for all 23 years of his education career. At Yancey, he has served as a teacher assistant with at-risk youth and in the art and music department. Aside from his work in the classroom, Williams, who has served as a local Association president, is a strong advocate for ESPs to become certified teachers. He has also served as the North Carolina ESP president and sits on several state and national boards of directors.
"Jameel believes every child has the right to learn," said North Carolina Association of Educators President Sheri Strickland, in her nomination of Williams for the award. "He is a champion for the rights of ESPs and is committed to having his students believe in their full potential."
The ESP of the Year award is one of the highlights of NEA's annual ESP Conference, which is designed to provide professional development opportunities for participants to sharpen their leadership skills. As part of his honor, Williams receives a monetary award, a portion of which he plans to donate to the Celebrity of the Year Scholarship to help young people continue their education at a college or university of their choice.
For more information on ESPs and their role in America's public schools, visit www.nea.org/esp.
The National Education Association is the nation's largest professional employee organization, representing 3.2 million elementary and secondary teachers, higher education faculty, education support professionals, school administrators, retired educators and students preparing to become teachers.


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Stocks flop: Dow hits lowest level since May 20
Stocks fell Thursday as investors continued to worry about rising global tensions despite reports of an improving U.S. economy.
The Dow Jones industrial average ended down 75 points, or 0.5%, to 16,368.27. The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 0.6% to 1909.57 and the Nasdaq composite index closed down 0.5% to 4334.97.
For the Dow, it's the lowest level for the blue-chip index since May 20. And the index is now a steep 4.5% off its July 16 peak of 17,138.20.
In another sign of investors' rising risk aversion, the yield on the 10-year Treasury, now at 2.42%, hit its lowest point in more than a year -- since June 19, 2013, to be exact. That means that prices on the benchmark bonds -- which move in the opposite direction of yields -- have climbed considerably.
The small-company Russell 2000 index is in worse shape than the Dow and the S&P 500 as well, off 7.4% from its record close on March 4. A 10% decline puts an index in official correction territory
The latest global crisis came as the U.S. said it is considering possible airstrikes to assist trapped minorities on a mountain surrounded by Islamic militants in Iraq.
The drop came even after another report showed strength in labor market as weekly applications for unemployment benefits fell 14,000 to a seasonally adjusted 289,000.
But as the economy picks up steam, many investors are worried the Federal Reserve will begin raising interest rates sooner than anticipated.
The situation between Russia and Ukraine continues to weigh on market sentiment as Russia announced it is imposing a food import ban in retaliation for U.S. and European sanctions.
Overseas, European stocks were lower. Earlier, Europe's main two central banks decided to keep interest rates on hold despite ongoing tensions over the crisis in Ukraine and fresh Russian sanctions on the West.
Britain's FTSE 100 index was down 0.6% to 6597.37 and Germany's DAX dropped 1% to 9038.97.
"The situation in Russia remains a real concern for the ECB and with the eurozone economy in its current state of stagnation, it may only be a matter of time before further monetary stimulus is introduced," said Dennis de Jong, managing director of UFX.com.
Japan's Nikkei 225 index rose 0.5% to 15,232.37 but other major benchmarks in the region declined with Hong Kong's Hang Seng index falling 0.8% to 24,387.56.
Wednesday, stocks cut early losses to finish a tad above the break-even point as Wall Street tentatively shook off global worries about Russia-Ukraine tensions and halted the recent market sell-off.
Contributing: Adam Shell, The Associated Press


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The Envisat mission was launched in March 2002 for 5-year nominal lifetime. Consequently the on-board hydrazine capacity was designed for a 5-year duration operation. Careful management of the satellite orbital manoeuvres allowed saving enough hydrazine for operating nominally Envisat for an additional 3.5 years, i.e. until end 2010.
The operations of the Envisat satellite beyond end 2010 require modifying the orbital characteristics of the mission. Careful trading between all possible options led to the selection a new orbit, called the "Envisat Extension Orbit", which allows:
1) operating the mission for an additional 3 years, with a minimum amount of hydrazine,
2) ensuring the continuity of the maximum number of Envisat applications, with the exception of ASAR interferometry which will be degraded.
The Envisat extension orbit will be implemented through an altitude decrease of 17.4 km which will be reached through different orbital manoeuvres starting on 22 October 2010.
Consequently, the Envisat data flow will be suspended during the period 22 October to 01 November 2010. The data flow will resume on 02 November 2010.
The Envisat mission represents an important goal in the field of Earth Observation. Chelys will follow the entire operation attentively, as we are also the real time image generation software (Miravi) provider for the Meris sensor. This post will be updated in the next few days in order to provide a preview of the Envisat images at the end of the maneuver as soon as its sensors are reactivated.
The last OCM (Orbit Control Manoeuvre) finished in time without problems on October 26th. The satellite instruments are gradually resuming their nominal condition and the dissemination to the users is started. However the ESA disclaimer is clear: users are invited to discard such data until November 2nd, 2010 as they are destined only for the ESA internal verification.
We started generating the first images using the "new" data, and the results, despite some geolocation problems, are very promising. Here below are some images generated after the completion of the manoeuvre.


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Published in October 1993 as half of a two-map set, this map of Atlantic Canada is part of the "Making of Canada" series. With a collection of maps detailing periods of the region's exploration and settlement as well as information about its dwindling fishing industry and burgeoning tourism industry, this work provides a wonderful historical overview as well as a compelling look at the changing face of Atlantic Canada.
Coverage Area: Newfoundland, Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, eastern Quebec


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Since last October when Google noted in their FAQ that Rich Snippet testimonials might flow into a Place Page, many webmasters took the time to mark up their client's sites in hReview.
As Andrew Shotland has recently noted and my observations have confirmed, these marked up reviews have slowly been making their way onto Places Pages from 3rd party review sites.
However none had been seen from SMB sites until very recently. Since the first of May, 3 examples of SMB website's testimonial pages having finally shown up on their Places Page. While there are likely to be more in the wild, three examples (from myself, Andy Kuiper & Tyler Robertson) seem to indicate that going forward more are likely to occur:
|Testimonial & Place Page
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|Sweet Carolina Cupcakes
|Barbara Oliver Jewelry
|Electra Hair Laser Removal
Disclosure: Barbara Oliver and Co Jewelry is a current client. Although I must say she is one of the best jewlers in Buffalo and if you need any jewelry you should give her a call – (716) 204-1297hReview Testimonials from SMB Sites Starting to Show in Places by Mike Blumenthal


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Cubs players give Bryant special welcome to Wrigley
CHICAGO -- Kris Bryant not only got to take a few swings at Wrigley Field on Friday, but the current roster of Cubs players took some swings at him, in a friendly way.
Bryant, the Cubs' first-round Draft pick, officially signed his contract on Friday, and before his first round of batting practice, he had to address the players.
"You want him to feel comfortable, but you want to make him feel as uncomfortable as possible in a fun way," Cubs second baseman Darwin Barney said Saturday. "You have him introduce himself, and tell how much he signed for, just to hear it come out of his mouth.
"He's a great kid, very humble," Barney said of the third baseman, who won the Dick Howser trophy as the top college player in the country. "He had a good time yesterday and he's excited to get going. I was surprised at how big he was. I guess I'll just be shorter and shorter to everybody else."
Bryant, by the way, signed for $6.7 million, and he's 6-foot-5, while Barney is 5-foot-10.
When Bryant was introduced at his news conference, he was given a Cubs jersey with a No. 1 on the back. That's Cody Ransom's number. During the players' session, Ransom told the story about how actor Billy Crystal signed a one-day contract with the Yankees, and was given No. 1. Ransom was on the team, and gave up his number for the day. Crystal paid Ransom back with some nice gifts.
Naturally, Ransom expected Bryant to come through, and asked for a Rolex watch.
"Cody's like, 'Hey, he's wearing my number, he signed for a lot of money, he better give me something,'" Barney said.


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(Pocket-lint) - Archos has announced a new line of tablets aiming to take on the Asus Transformer models and Apple iPad. Launching a new XS line of tablets, the first device launched will be the Archos 101 XS.
We saw the Archos 101 XS teased all the way back in March 2012, and now the French company has delivered on what was previously known as the Archos G10 XS, its gen 10 tablet.
As the name suggests, the Archos 101 XS has a 10.1-inch 1280 x 800 pixel resolution display and there will be 8 and 9.7-inch XS tablets arriving before the end of 2012 to join the family.
The body is a fusion of plastic and steel, giving a surprisingly good quality finish, but in true Archos fashion, you'll find the gen 10 tablet is well connected too. There's a microSD card slot (up to 64GB), mini HDMI and USB.
Internally you'll find a Texas Instruments OMAP 4470 dual-core processor, supported by 1GB of RAM. There's 16GB of internal memory too, so Archos hasn't scrimped on the basics.
The tablet is just 8mm thin, making it one of the slimmest tablets out there, with Archos boasting that it beats the iPad by a whole 1.4mm; the actual measurements are 273 x 170 x 8mm. It weighs 600g.
The Archos 101 XS lands running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, with Archos telling us that an upgrade to Jelly Bean would definitely be rolling out OTA around November, if not before.
Philippe Geldard, web content manager at Archos, pointed out that the there are "no dodgy skins to slow it down or make it look staggeringly ugly", which we're sure will be a welcome relief. Few tablets do get skinned, the big exception being Samsung.
Of course, this being Archos, multimedia performance is key, and the tablet will play just about every video format you can throw at it. We'll be testing out the media credentials when we review the new tablet very shortly, but we expect it to be a strong point.
Archos has doctored the media players, so you get cover art for videos, as well as integrated network support, letting you stream from your home network or share to a compatible devices.
There is also a free Android app to turn your phone into a remote control for your Archos tablet, so if it's hooked up to your TV, you'll be able to control the tablet and save the need to walk back and forth every time you want to pause.
But wait, there's more.
The Archos XS line wants to challenge the Asus Transformer and will do so by shipping with a keyboard in the box. The Magnetic Coverboard offers a full keyboard, designed for Android, as well as doubling (or tripling) as a screen cover and keyboard dock.
Using magnets, the Coverboard will stick to the screen with surprising strength. It's only 5mm thick, so in place it swells the XS to an acceptable 13mm. You can then slip it off, dock your tablet and type away.
Thanks to the X-pin connector on the base of the tablet, you'll also be able to dock with the optional Boombox - a 32 Watt speaker dock - or the Cradle, designed to let you hook up the tablet to an audio set-up using the RCA connections.
Both accessories are yet to be finally priced, but we were told around £30 for the Cradle and £100 for the Boombox.
The Archos 101 XS will cost £299 at launch in the UK ($399 US) and will be hitting stores soon.
Of course, we've been playing with the new tablet, so check out our first impressions and lots of glorious photos of the Archos 10 XS right here.


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On the HowTo Forge website, there's a new tutorial all set to walk you through hardening your PHP5 setup on Debian Etch/Ubuntu with the help of the Suhosin patch.
This tutorial shows how to harden PHP5 with Suhosin on Debian Etch and Ubuntu servers. [...] This document comes without warranty of any kind! I want to say that this is not the only way of setting up such a system. There are many ways of achieving this goal but this is the way I take. I do not issue any guarantee that this will work for you!
They start with the initial install of Apache2 and PHP5 (via apt-get) to get the stage set. Building on that is simple - making another apt-get call to pull in the PHP binaries, a wget to grab the latest Suhosin patch, and you're just a few dpkg-buildpackage commands away from having a working setup. Check out the project's configuration page to get more details on tweaking the setup.


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LONDON, March 28 (UPI) -- Efforts to green up the U.K. economy don't relegate the oil and natural gas sector to the sidelines, British Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey said.
The British government pledged to maintain economic policies that would encourage investments and address skilled-labor shortages in the oil and gas sector through research investments.
Davey said the strategy would provide a boost for conventional resources while ensuring energy independence in the country.
"Even as we move to a low carbon economy, oil and gas will remain an integral part of the U.K. energy mix for decades to come," he said in a statement.
The government said the oil and gas industry needs at least 15,000 new employees over the next five years. More than $10 million was given to Newcastle University through an education fund to help train the next generation of offshore engineers.
British Business Secretary Vince Cable said part of the strategy is to ensure that "future decades of investment and growth can be maintained in the North Sea."
Davey this month said the government wants to give project developers the confidence they need to invest in the country's low-carbon economy.
British officials have set a goal of getting 30 percent of the country's electricity generated by renewable resources by 2020.


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chocolate-caramel sauce
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/4 cup light corn syrup
- 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 2 tablespoons (1/4 stick) unsalted butter
- 1/2 teaspoon coarse kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate (preferably 60% cocoa), chopped
ice cream
- 3 cups reduced-fat (2%) milk
- 12 tablespoons cocoa nibs,* divided
- 6 tablespoons sugar
- 6 tablespoons light corn syrup
- 3 large egg yolks
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 1/2 cups chilled heavy whipping cream
- 1/8 teaspoon coarse kosher salt
- Chili-Lime Peanuts
Recipe Preparation
chocolate-caramel sauce
Stir first 4 ingredients in heavy medium saucepan over medium heat until sugar dissolves, occasionally brushing down pan sides with wet pastry brush. Increase heat and boil until syrup is deep amber, swirling pan occasionally, about 10 minutes. Turn off heat. Add cream and butter (mixture will bubble up). Stir until any caramel bits dissolve. Stir in salt and vanilla. Add chocolate; stir until melted and smooth. DO AHEAD Can be made 1 week ahead. Transfer sauce to medium bowl; cover and chill. Rewarm before using.
Bring milk, 6 tablespoons cocoa nibs, sugar, and corn syrup just to boil in heavy medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat; cover. Steep 20 minutes.
Whisk egg yolks and cornstarch in medium bowl until blended; gradually whisk in warm milk mixture. Return custard to same saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until custard thickens and just begins to boil, 2 to 3 minutes. Strain custard into large bowl; discard nibs. Whisk in cream and coarse salt. Chill custard until cold.
Process custard in ice cream maker according to manufacturer's instructions. Transfer to container; mix in remaining 6 tablespoons cocoa nibs. Cover and freeze at least 6 hours and up to 2 days.
For each sundae, place 2 scoops ice cream in short tumbler; spoon warm sauce over. Sprinkle with Chili-Lime Peanuts.
*Bits of shell-roasted cocoa beans; available at many specialty foods stores and from chocosphere.com.


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Helping people identify and understand the behavioral biases and emotional drivers that influence their financial and investment decisions is an approach all financial advisors should be taking today. But Denise Shull, an internationally recognized decision theorist and founder of risk and performance advisory consulting firm The ReThink Group, believes that the next step many advisors may be taking—trying to get their clients to overcome those emotions so that they don't make the same mistakes again—is a futile endeavor.
"We're taught that by thinking harder about the mistakes that we make, we won't make them again," Shull says, "but that, actually, isn't going to accomplish anything, because thinking harder aims to overpower the psyche and that's something that just isn't possible."
Because the human brain is working all the time, Shull says, and no matter how much people may think they may have got the better of their mind, it just isn't so. As such, individuals would be far better off just trying to understand the various emotions and biases their brains produce, and then, actually working with them as opposed to trying to fight them or conquer them, she says. An individual's "psychological capital" can actually help them out more in the long term, she says, and in so far as people can figure out what theirs is and go with, it rather than try to get the better of it, the end result for them will be a lot more positive than it would be if they try to adopt a behavior pattern that is not theirs naturally.
"Most of us believe that if we set our emotions aside, we will do better, but instead, we should be thinking about the social and emotional context we take our decisions in so we can better understand why we take those decisions," Shull says. "We need to be able to analyze those decisions and figure out where they are coming from."
Shull points to the 2008 financial crisis: As it unfolded with seemingly no end in sight, most people continued to sit tight, either because they had been advised to not let their fear guide their decision, or because they felt this was the more rational thing to do. Finally, "when they couldn't take things any longer, they ended up quitting, but by then, they had already lost half their savings," Shull says.
What those folks should have done instead is listened to the inklings of fear they had at the outset and gotten out earlier in the cycle, she says. They should have followed their early emotional signals of fear and anxiety—natural emotions that their brain will always produce—because not doing so ultimately resulted in greater trauma, and that in turn served to hold people back even more from the markets as they returned to normalcy.
"Yes, we all have biases and fears, but in the midst of uncertainty, the brain searches for context. Part of that context comes from the external, and part of it comes from your internal beliefs, your own emotional states," Shull says.
She believes that every individual is somewhere on a simple spectrum that includes various states of mind like the fear of losing, the fear of being wrong, the fear of missing out on something and the fear of future regret. Calm confidence is the pivot point in the middle.
"Financial advisors can help their clients figure out where they are on the spectrum and then analyze the particular social emotional context they take their decisions in," she says. "Knowing your beliefs is the very important first step that needs to be taken because people must be able to analyze the emotions they act on and know where those emotions are coming from."
Knowing the context of the feelings that guide their thought processes and their actions can help individuals make decisions that are best suited to them and that are a function of who they are. Rather than seeking to change behavior, simply knowing where an individual is situated on the spectrum between fear and confidence can bring a great deal more from the unconscious to the conscious, Shull says, because it forms the backdrop to every decision a particular individual will make.
Shull authored the 2011 book "Market Mind Games: A Radical New Psychology of Investing, Trading and Risk." She belongs to the Association for Psychological Science, the Society for Neuroeconomics, and the Social and Affective Neuroscience Society.


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Retired Pope Benedict XVI joined Pope Francis at a ceremony Saturday creating the cardinals who will elect their successor in an unprecedented blending of papacies past, present and future.
Benedict discreetly entered St. Peter's Basilica from a side entrance surrounded by a small entourage and was greeted with applause and tears from the stunned people in the pews. He smiled, waved and seemed genuinely happy to be there, taking his seat in the front row, off to the side, alongside the red-draped cardinals.
It was the first time Benedict and Francis have appeared together at a public liturgical ceremony since Benedict retired a year ago and became the first pope to step down in more than 600 years.
The significance of his presence was multifold, signaling both continuity and even a sign of Benedict's approval of the 19 men Francis had chosen to join the College of Cardinals, the elite group of churchmen whose primary job is to elect a pope.
Francis' choices largely reflected his view that the church must minister to the peripheries and not be a closed institution of rules but rather a place of welcome and mercy. He named cardinals from some of the world's poorest countries, Haiti, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast among them, tapping many pastors like him.
In a sign that Benedict still commands the honor and respect owed a pope, each of the 19 new cardinals — after receiving his red hat from Francis at the altar — went directly to Benedict's seat to greet him before then exchanging a sign of peace with the other cardinals.
Over the summer, Francis and Benedict appeared together in the Vatican gardens to unveil a statue, but Saturday's event marked one of the most important liturgical ceremonies a pope can preside over: the formal installation of new cardinals.
Saturday's ceremony was thus the latest step in the evolving reality of having two popes living side-by-side inside the Vatican: Benedict's presence marked the a new phase of reintegrating him back into the public life of the church after a period of being hidden away that began almost exactly a year ago with his Feb. 28, 2013 resignation.
With Saturday's precedent, chances grew that Benedict would also appear at the April 27 canonization of his pope, John Paul II, and Pope John XXIII.
After processing down the central aisle at the start of the service, Francis went directly to Benedict, clasped him by his shoulders and they embraced. Francis greeted him in the same way at the end of the service, and Benedict removed his white skullcap in a sign of respect as Francis approached.
The crowd erupted in polite applause when one of the new cardinals, Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, greeted Benedict in his introductory remarks at the start of the service, saying "We are grateful for your presence here among us."
Benedict, dressed in his white cassock with a long double-breasted overcoat, again smiled and waved.
Some people reached out to try to touch Benedict as he passed by, others tried to approach him to take his photo but were restrained by ushers.
The occasion for this historic first was Francis' first cardinal-making ceremony to formally welcome 19 new "princes of the church" into the College of Cardinals.
"The church needs us also to be peacemakers, building peace by our works, our hopes and our prayers," he said.
Two of the new cardinals hail from Africa, two from Asia and six from Francis' native Latin America, which is home to nearly half the world's Catholics but is grossly underrepresented in the church's hierarchy.
There's Cardinal Chibly Langlois, who isn't even an archbishop but rather the 55-year-old bishop of Les Cayes and now Haiti's first-ever cardinal.
The archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua, Leopoldo Jose Brenes Solorzano, is an old friend who worked alongside the former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio in preparing the seminal document of the pope's vision of a missionary church — the so-called Aparecida Document produced by the 2007 summit of Latin American bishops.
Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, archbishop of Seoul, South Korea, has serious Catholic chops: His ancestors were among the lay people who brought Christianity to the Korean peninsula in the 19th century, and his great-great grandfather and his wife were executed as part of the Joseon Dynasty's persecution of Christians, the Asian Catholic news agency UCANews reported. Of the six children in his immediate family, three became priests.
Though he hails from Burkina Faso, Cardinal Philippe Nakellentuba Ouedraogo sounded an awful lot like the Argentine Francis in his 2013 Christmas homily. He denounced the "inequality, injustice, poverty and misery" of today's society where employers exploit their workers and the powerful few have most of the money while the poor masses suffer.
One cardinal sat out the ceremony even as he made history by living to see it: Cardinal Loris Francesco Capovilla, aged 98, became the oldest member of the College of Cardinals, but due to his age couldn't make the trip from northern Italy. His was a sentimental choice for Francis: For over a decade, Capovilla was the private secretary to Pope John XXIII, whom Francis will make a saint alongside Pope John Paul II in a sign of his admiration for the pope who convened the Second Vatican Council.
Capovilla, Felix and the emeritus archbishop of Pamplona, Spain are all over age 80 and thus ineligible to vote in a conclave to elect Francis' successor.


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What Americans Don't Know About Health-Care Rollout
Uncertainty plagues Tuesday's roll out of President Obama's healthcare reform act as millions of Americans become eligible for coverage. Shelby George, a benefits marketing strategist at Manning & Napier Partners, joins MoneyBeat.
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