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- Washington Post: Pakistan approved drone program, helped pick at least one target
- White House says two nations routinely have intelligence conversations
- Pakistan reiterates position that drone strikes must stop
Pakistani officials have for years secretly endorsed the U.S. drone program, even picking out at least one target for such an attack, according to a Washington Post report.
Neither the White House, the U.S. State Department nor the Pakistani Foreign Ministry would comment on the story, which said top secret CIA documents and Pakistani memos obtained by the Post described at least 65 such strikes between late 2007 and late 2011.
The story comes as Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif visited President Obama in Washington. Sharif told reporters he brought up the issue of drone strikes with Obama, "emphasizing the need for an end to such strikes."
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney was asked Thursday about the report.
"I can't speak to specific operational issues," he said. "What I can tell you is that on matters of bilateral cooperation and counterterrorism, we have regular conversations with Pakistan."
For years Pakistani officials have denounced any drone attacks, but the Post story says not only did they know about the strikes but they also actively participated in selecting some targets. One document from 2010 contains an entry about striking a site "at the request of your government," the Post said.
CNN Chief National Security Correspondent Jim Sciutto said his sources have told him there has long been good cooperation between intelligence agencies in the two nations.
The Post report echoes what former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said in April. But he said Pakistan's government signed off on strikes "only on a few occasions, when a target was absolutely isolated and no chance of collateral damage." Still, it was the first time a top past or present Pakistani official had admitted publicly to such a deal.
Unmanned U.S. drones began launching attacks in Pakistan in 2004, by which time Musharraf had led the country for five years after taking power in a bloodless coup.
He said Pakistani leaders would OK U.S. drone strikes after discussions involving military and intelligence units and only if "there was no time for our own ... military to act."
Musharraf left office in 2008.
In a statement Thursday, Musharraf's office stressed that "during nine years of his rule, there were less than 10 drone strikes, all of which targeted militants, and a few of them were joint operations between [the] United States and Pakistan in locations that were not accessible to the ground forces of Pakistan."
The statement also noted that the former military ruler said in 2009 that "these drone strikes had become indiscriminate and were losing their impact due to claims of collateral damage to the civilian population."
It said that Musharraf "consistently demanded [that the] United States transfer drone technology to the Pakistan military, so Pakistan could take ownership in effectively targeting terrorists and also remedy the violation of Pakistan's sovereignty by [the] United States."
The Post report said the Pakistan government routinely received classified briefings, including before and after photographs, on the strikes.
Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry, a spokesman for the Pakistan Foreign Ministry, said Thursday that Islamabad doesn't "comment on specific media reports citing unnamed sources."
Chaudhry reiterated Pakistan's public position on strikes in a written statement.
"Whatever understandings there may or may not have been in the past, the present government has been very clear regarding its policy on the issue. We regard such strikes as violations of our sovereignty as well as international law," it said.
The number of drone attacks has been decreasing sharply in the past three years because of tighter rules imposed by the Obama administration and the success of the program in killing its targets.
In August, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on a visit to Islamabad told a Pakistani television station that the United States hoped to end drone strikes there "very, very soon."
President Obama has a "very real timeline" for ending the strikes, he said.
This week, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch released highly critical reports on U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen. The groups said some of the attacks may have violated international law, a charge the White House denied.


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I know who to call when I need help. In an emergency, I dial 911. When I need the number to my favorite Greek restaurant, I try 411. When I'm navigating the challenges in life that fall somewhere in between, I can call United Way's 211.
I know who to call when I need help. In an emergency, I dial 911. When I need the number to my favorite Greek restaurant, I try 411. When I'm navigating the challenges in life that fall somewhere in between, I can call United Way's 211.
211 is help when you need it most. Today (2-11) we celebrate National 211 Awareness Day and the vital role this service plays in our community. Across the nation, 90 percent of residents have access to 211, which fields more than 16 million calls each year.
211 is United Way's free community service information line that links people to health and human services in our community 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The service is confidential, and calls are answered by professional referral specialists who assist callers in prioritizing their needs and exploring their options of services that can help.
Anyone can call 211, regardless of the language he or she speaks, and receive information on thousands of services, including food, housing, utilities, child-care services, financial education, health care, job training, counseling, mental health and substance abuse, senior services, volunteer opportunities and many others.
Henderson County residents are among the more than 87 percent of North Carolinians who live in the 211 service area. Calls to 211 from Henderson County land lines and cellphones are answered locally by referral specialists who know about services available in our community. Last year alone, there were almost 3,400 calls placed to 211 from Henderson County residents. These calls were for help with needs such as utility service payment assistance, housing expense assistance, food pantries, homeless shelters, legal aid, health care and transportation.
Another important thing to know is that 211 can also be accessed online through its comprehensive database at www.nc211.org. Last year, this website was visited by almost 2,000 people in Henderson County.
211 was certainly important to Brent. Although Brent enjoys his work in retail, he doesn't make a lot of money and had to discontinue his insurance to afford his rent and utilities. Following back surgery, Brent made a full recovery physically, but financially he fell behind in his payments.
When he called 211, he only needed about $100 more to be able to pay his rent without damaging his credit. Mindy, a referral specialist, connected him to a resource that helped him pay his rent. He was so happy when he wrote Mindy an email to let her know everything worked out and to thank her for her support.
That's the moment when "help when you need it most" becomes "hope when you need it most." I'm glad 211 is there for Brent. And for me. And for you.

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Resource Library
The Career Resource Library is available in the Career Center, Student Services Building (SSB) 3.300. The collection includes books and periodicals on a variety of career-related topics, including the following:
- Choosing a major
- Career information
- Job search techniques
- Resume writing
- Letter writing
- Interviewing
- Employment opportunities
- Internships
- Study abroad
- Graduate and professional school programs
- Employer information
In addition to printed and video materials, there are also computers available for career search and career development activities. Programs such as Choices Planner, Vault Campus, Going Global and CometCareers are easily accessible from any of these computers.
All computers and reference materials are available during our regular hours of operation. We encourage you to make use of them.


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Even though Morsi has only been in power for a few months, there are already strong signs a partnership with Turkey is forming, evidenced by a common effort to end Syria's civil war by urging the exit of President Bashar Assad from power.
Earlier this month, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu visited the Egyptian capital Cairo and pledged $2 billion in aid to boost confidence in an economy badly battered by a tourism slump, strikes and ongoing protests since the fall of authoritarian leader Hosni Mubarak in an uprising last year.
During the 12-hour visit, Morsi will try to strengthen economic ties with Turkey -- a country his Muslim Brotherhood group views as an Islamist success story, mixing a strong economy with Western ties and Islamic piety.
Turkey, a NATO member with a mostly Muslim, but not Arab, population, has been touted as a democratic model for Egypt and other Arab countries swept up in popular revolts over the past two years.


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OWASP Hacking Lab
OWASP Hacking Lab is providing free remote security (web) challenges and riddles (OWASP TOP 10, OWASP WebGoat, OWASP Hackademics). It differs from other damn vulnerable applications and sites with it's unique teacher application. Every challenge is asking for the vulnerability, exploit and mitigation. Send in your solution and other OWASP volunteers will grade your submission. A system where you can interact with human beings.
Currently, there is one challenge, the OWASP TopTen with currently 1164 registered users and +500 solutions send in and verified by the OWASP teachers! The goal is to provide an open and transparent process about the challenges, the teachers and continuously working on extending the available challenges.
Available challenges
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OWASP Hacking Lab is free to use. It is licensed under the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license], so you can copy, distribute and transmit the work, and you can adapt it, and use it commercially, but all provided that you attribute the work and if you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one.
What is Hacking Lab
OWASP Hacking Lab provides:
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This project can be purchased as a print on demand book from Lulu.com
Solution Grading & Evaluation Guidelines for Teachers
- Always be polite
- Never ever be unpolite. No matter what comment or question you receive!
- You are OWASP's interface, behave mature and polite.
- Comment in positive phrasing
- E.g. if partially scored has been achieved, congratulate them
- If the solution contains a good write-up, let them know you appreciate!
- If they thank you for the event, return the favor e.g. thanks for contributing
- Teaching and mentoring
- If a previous suggestion is not understand, try to rephrase
- No abusive language is permitted
- If you receive any in a solution, don't 'hit back'
- See what is causing the frustration, see if you can help is, let Ivan or Martin know
- Understanding the vulnerability is essential
- If a solution describes the vulnerability, this does scores points.
- Mitigation scores higher than hacking:
- We are training security awareness! If mitigation is asked as part of the solution, this scores higher then exploitation
- Exploiting is essential
- The exploit has to be proven, but a solution that describes the exploit detailed, this is fine too!
- Give points when possible
- If not the complete answer has been supplied, give partial points when possible.
- Only reject if:
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- Rating example:
- If you have 10 points to give this is how to divide them:
- 3 Points for vulnerability description
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XXX is developed by a worldwide team of volunteers. The primary contributors to date have been:
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Involvement in the development and promotion of Hack Lab is actively encouraged! You do not have to be a security expert in order to contribute.
Some of the ways you can help:
- Register to a free OWASP Hands-On Training (see tab "Available Challenges")
- Sign-Up a Hacking-Lab account
- Prepare your client infrastructure (recommended LiveCD from http://media.hacking-lab.com/)
- Setup VPN from within your LiveCD
- Read the challenge description (once registered in the first step)
- Submit your solution into the HL portal
- OWASP volunteers will grade your submission
Become an OWASP teacher
- Solve the challenges as participant/student first
- Make yourself familiar with the OWASP TOP 10, Hackademics and WebGoat challenges
- Ask for becoming a teacher to email@example.com
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can any1 help me in coding this following applet question:
Write a windowed application to fulfill the following requirements. This applet will be built upon the topics we have studied in lectures: Java Applications, Methods, Classes Arrays, AWT Components plus methods in the Java Math class, e.g., square root, compound interest, etc.
User interface:
Your program should prompt the user to enter the price of a house, the number of years for which they would like to make payments towards re-paying the mortgage for the house, the interest rate charged for mortgage, and the down-payment amount.
Your program should use check-buttons to allow the user to select one of two types of loans the SIMPLE INTEREST LOAN or the COMPOUND INTEREST LOAN
Your program should then use all the information provided in the above two bullet-points to calculate the following:
1.Total amount the borrower will pay at the end of the borrowing period in Dirham
2.Monthly loan payment amount in Dirham
3.Amount to be saved if complete loan is paid in half the re-payment period indicated by borrower.
4.Amount to be saved if complete loan is paid in ¾ of the time indicated by the borrower.
The above four pieces f information should be displayed as labels inside a results panel. The results panel should not overlap the data-input panel but both panels should be included in the same window.
Technical requirements:
Your program should perform the following.
1.Obtain user inputs using AWT components.
2.Create two separate classes to determine the simple interest loans results, and the compound interest loans results
3.Group all outputs into the same CLASS. This class should be different from the one in which user inputs are captured.


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The season will be a bit brighter at a local food bank thanks to a partnership by the Lower Valley Credit Union and the Sunnyside Noon Rotary Club.
Yesterday, Monday, the credit union contributed more than 100 lbs. of non-perishable food items to Sunrise Outreach. At the same time, the Rotary club presented a check of $500 to the food bank.
Both presentations took place at the credit union's Sunnyside branch.
The food items were donated by employees from all three Lower Valley Credit Union branches as part of its "Beans for Jeans" campaign.
The effort went from mid-September to mid-December, in which credit union employees were able to wear jeans to work on Friday if they brought in five cans of food.
"Needless to say, employees enthusiastically supported this opportunity!," said Ellane Jepson, director of operations for Lower Valley Credit Union.
She noted that new and existing members of the credit union became involved as well. By donating five cans of food or other non-perishables they could qualify for a special "IMAGINE IT. DO IT." t-shirt commemorating the upcoming construction of the newest credit union branch office in Sunnyside.
"There is such a great need in our area and we all should do what we can to help out, especially during this record-cold Christmas season," said Suzy Fonseca, Noon Rotary president and president/CEO of the credit union. "Everyone needs something warm to eat!"
Fonseca notes that every week since October, Rotarians have donated funds for the food bank effort, resulting in the donation of $500.
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Bethesda and Zenimax Online Studios have released a new video highlighting the mechanics of player progression in The Elder Scrolls Online. Just like in a solo Elder Scrolls adventure, the MMO version offers up a great deal of flexibility.Players will choose a race and class to establish their character's basic template, but following any skill path allows you to mold your character however you want. Players gain an attribute and skill point with each level. Attribute points boost health, magicka, or stamina. Skill points can be used to learn a new skill or ability.
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Shallow talent pool takes edge off players' motivation to be the best in the world.
When a player was approached to contribute to a story on New Zealand Cricket's high-performance set-up, his answer while politely declining proved instructive.
"What high-performance set-up?"
If you measure the health of a sport by the performance of the flagship team, and you grade the success of the flagship team by the high-performance mechanisms that service it, then by any measure NZC is failing abysmally.
You need only to look at the comings and goings to realise this is a body that has been unable to set a course and follow it.
Ric Charlesworth was touted as a redeemer but left having stopped well short of saviour status.
Roger Mortimer was brought in to try to tailor programmes to the needs of individuals instead of a cookie-cutter approach, but was jettisoned early because of small minds who felt his lack of cricket expertise was holding the organisation up to ridicule.
There has been a carousel of curious appointments and the search for coaches - four since John Bracewell left in 2008 - has proved one thing only: New Zealand is an unattractive destination for the game's top minds.
If you listen to notable critics, particularly Martin Crowe, the seeds of New Zealand's decline were planted in an emphasis on biomechanics. For others it was the creation of a centralised academy at Lincoln. Most acknowledge a poor domestic scene is a key problem.
Put another way: the only thing everyone agrees is that it is broken.
In the latest survey by the players' association, one figure stands out in flashing neon. A staggering 64 per cent of the country's professional and semi-professional players "are not aware of, and do not understand, how the NZC high-performance programme works".
For former test player Dion Nash, the equation is simple. "We've taken our focus away from the importance of winning. We've lost sight of the fact that winning ugly is fine. In every game there is a juncture where you have to hold on a bit longer, fight a bit longer. Somewhere along the line we've gone from being gritty, determined cricketers to flashy, quite talented cricketers. Now we've got to somehow join the two up."
Part of the problem, one that can't be fixed easily, is a shallow talent pool. That has the effect of magnifying good young players before they've earned it. Crowe and Kane Williamson are cases in point.
They were barely out of shorts when they were touted as the future of New Zealand batting and, not surprisingly, both struggled early to fulfil those expectations.
Crowe turned into a magnificent player; Williamson, 22 and with three test centuries to his name, may yet.
"We get to the top really easily if we've got some talent," Nash said.
"The best motivation in the world is competition from beneath or within. We don't have enough of that. That's a fact of life in New Zealand.
"When you haven't got loads of talent pushing through, it's really hard to keep guys focused on becoming the best in the world. They become the best in the team and feel there's not a lot more they need to do."
Nash said he always liked to pit himself against Shaun Pollock when New Zealand played South Africa, given they were fulfilling similar roles. "I had great games against him, there were others I didn't.
"Then I remember looking at the statistics at the end of his career and he'd taken 400 test wickets [431] and 4000 test runs [3781] in 100-odd tests [108]. I was like, 'Holy shit!' They're phenomenal numbers.
"Now, did he become a champion because he set out to become one, because of the external environment he was given or because of internal competition to hold his place in the side? It's probably a combination, but I suspect the third point is the most crucial.
"During his time he had Jacques Kallis, Lance Klusener, Andrew Hall, Brian McMillan all trying to be the team's allrounders. To be in the team you did need to average 30 with the bat and 25 with the ball. And it didn't necessarily mean you were the best."
Nash said Taylor and McCullum of the current team were best placed to become genuinely world class, but both had to lift their averages by between five to 10 runs first.
"They will go down as fantastic New Zealand cricketers, regardless of what happens from here, but if that team is to win regularly, those guys need to step up another gear."
Warren Lees, a former coach and player, said a poor first-class scene was the principal factor behind the precipitous fall from the late-1980s, when some of the greats started moving on. "Our cricket wasn't strong enough to produce the next players."
Whether it was a generational/ societal shift or merely the awkward move into professionalism, players had also lost the ability to be self-reliant.
"They don't take responsibility for decisions," Lees said. "If the milk is not the right temperature on their Weet-Bix they'll have a bad day; or if the bus is eight minutes late someone is going to react. They can't take things on board and say 'the world is not perfect and we've got to make most of what we've got'."
Players' association boss Heath Mills has a slightly different take. When you look at the comings and goings, he says, is it really a huge surprise that players often look confused about what their role is and how they're meant to go about it.
He would love to see the likes of Crowe used more within a genuine high-performance set-up.
"There are three fundamental building blocks to running a successful high-performance programme.
"One, athletes being able to commit fulltime through professional contracts. Two, athletes are supported by fulltime coaching and support staff. Three, having the facilities and resources to improve your performance. Without any one of these three pillars, the whole thing collapses."
Mills said they were close to ticking box one, although major association contracts still ran for only half the year.
And the others?
"New Zealand remains the most under-resourced team in world cricket. Teams like Australia, England, South Africa and India have twice the staff... yet New Zealand lose a couple of games and you hear the same old people complaining about too many people hanging around the team.
"The third box we're not even close to ticking. We don't provide our coaches and players with the facilities to get better. Auckland went to the Champions League without practising on grass in their own city.
"For six months of the year, our cricket bosses put the sport down to sleep. In terms of high-performance at domestic level, that's where we lose. I talk to people in Auckland Cricket and Otago Cricket about this and they stare at me like I'm talking a different language. There are still people here, even at the highest level, who think cricket begins on Labour Weekend."
"As long as that continues, every other team in the world will continue to get better than us."
Preparing for mid-winter tours a soggy struggle
When New Zealand headed for the Caribbean in July, they'd had no preparation time together.
The result was a single ODI win out of nine internationals against the West Indies.
Being ill-prepared for overseas tours out of New Zealand's winter has long been an issue. So what chance of groundsmen preparing a decent outdoor pitch for preparatory purposes in June-July? According to two of the country's leading turf experts, slim.
"It would be a struggle," Seddon Park's turf boss Karl Johnson said yesterday. Part of the problem in Hamilton is the Waikari clay on which the pitch block is based. "It is a swelling clay so it does take a lot longer to dry than other clays. There is an off-chance you could do it, but in my view it would be pretty slim."
Johnson remembered preparing a pitch during winter at Lincoln, where New Zealand Cricket's high-performance operation is based, "many moons ago. But it wasn't easy and they don't play as well as what you'd get in February or March".
Eden Park turf manager Mark Perham concurred with Johnson's assessment.
"If you got lucky it could happen. But there's massive risks trying to do it in winter here. It could turn into a shambles and there's no security in doing it here."
Perham estimated it would take about 25 days to prepare a winter pitch, but "why bring a whole team to Auckland in the middle of winter to train, when it could rain for three days and you don't get any training at all?"
He has explored building a covered facility with more than 20 pitches, with the ability to change climates to mirror, for example, the humidity before a tour to Sri Lanka.
But a top line setup would cost about $6 million, which poses the first problem in any future plans to build what would be an ideal facility.
The series
Monday: The Herald series began with exploring the "disconnect" between New Zealand Cricket and the fans, and asked if this is the worst period in New Zealand's test history
Tuesday: New Zealand cricket and the media, the brand NZC Inc and the Black Caps moniker.
Yesterday: The game at grassroots level, and exploring the minimal impact of Maori and Pacific Island players.
Tomorrow: The issue of franchising domestic teams, and could a transtasman league work?


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About 120 survivors will join Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, military leaders and civilians to observe a moment of silence in Pearl Harbor... the moment the attack began seven decades ago....One survivor's story:
President Barack Obama hailed veterans of the bombing in a statement proclaiming Wednesday "National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day."
"Their tenacity helped define the Greatest Generation and their valor fortified all who served during World War II. As a nation, we look to December 7, 1941, to draw strength from the example set by these patriots and to honor all who have sacrificed for our freedoms," he said.
"As quiet a day as you've ever seen... Beautiful sunshine, nothing going on."The survivors who remain are now very old:
Suddenly, not far from his seat in the dining hall: bang, bang, bang.
"Somebody says, 'It's the Chinese New Year,' " he said.
But then, a bullet broke through the glass window of the dining hall. Another flew just past [Army Private Francis ] Stueve and knocked the butter dish off the table.
For more than half a century, members of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association gathered here every Dec. 7 to commemorate the attack by the Japanese that drew the United States into World War II. Others stayed closer to home for more intimate regional chapter ceremonies...
But no more. The 70th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack will be the last one marked by the survivors' association....
"We had no choice," said William H. Eckel, 89....
"We just ran out of gas, that's what it amounted to," [said Harry R. Kerr.] "We felt we ran a good course for 70 years. Fought a good fight. We have no place to recruit people anymore: Dec. 7 only happened on one day in 1941."


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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers signed nine players during the first five days of unrestricted free agency, pumping up the offense with the likes of quarterback
The newest Buccaneer is long-snapper Jeremy Cain, who has played in 83 NFL games for the Chicago Bears, Tennessee Titans and Jacksonville Jaguars. After four full seasons as as the Jaguars' snapper (2009-12), Cain played in two games for the Bears last fall, filling in for an injured Patrick Mannelly.
The 6-1, 238-pound Cain first played in an NFL game with the Bears in 2004, Lovie Smith's first year at the helm in Chicago. He saw action in eight games during the '04-05 campaigns in Chicago and then played in eight contests for Tennessee in 2007 before catching on in Jacksonville in '09.
A native of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Cain played linebacker at the University of Massachusetts, where he was a three-year starter and a two-time All-American (2002, 2003). He finished his career with 363 tackles.


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Surprise! Wichita Falls is More Affordable Than You Thought!
Wichita Falls has certainly had its famous moments from time to time. Some great, some tragic, some funny and some that leave us scratching our heads.
We have a $100,000 Sugarman Crepe myrtle sculpture in a downtown park, the source of much head scratching and cussing. We've suffered an F4 and F5 tornado in the last 75 years (in 1964 and 1979, respectively). We're home to several notable people such as Eddie Hill and the late Lloyd Ruby. This is the place where a little jewelry company called Zale's began.
And it turns out we're a pretty economical place to call home too.
Kiplinger.com published the "10 Cheapest US Cities to Live In" last year and lo and behold Wichita Falls made the list!
With a cost of living nearly 14 percent below the national average, median household income of $42,559 and an average home price of $90,500, Wichita Falls landed in the number six spot.
Home price has to be one of most attractive features. Compared to some parts of the nation, the Wichita Falls market never really got out of control where prices are concerned. And it is a pretty good place to raise a family, with a relatively low crime rate and plenty of schools to choose from.
Here's the full list of the 10 Cheapest Cities to Live in:
10. Idaho Falls, Idaho
9. Conway, Arkansas
8. Springfield, Illinois
7. Pueblo, Colorado
6. Wichita Falls, Texas
5. Fayettville, Arkansas
4. Memphis, Tennessee
3. Norman, Oklahoma
2. McAllen, Texas
1. Harlingen, Texas


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Experimental Treatments Effective?
Aug 27, 1996
The article at http://www.electriciti.com/explore/Articles/Beck/HIV_Article.htmldescribes an experimental electrical treatment method for HIV and other viruses.Are the studies cited therein with respect to neutralization of HIV in a petri dish by small electrical currents accurately characterized? Have any controlled studies been performed with respect to the described treatment method or similar methods?I recently read that the Chinese have been effective in treating HIV with herbal medicine,and have achieved a reduction of the virus to undetectable levels in some patients. Do you know any details regarding the recent Chinese herbal treatment studies? The failed baboon marrow transplant attempt on Jeff Goetz has been widely reported. Reports indicated that his condition nonetheless improved, possibly due to the effects of low-level radiation treatments intended to stop his immune system from rejecting the transplant. I heard that studies were proposed with respect to treatment of HIV with radiation as a result. Have such studies been conducted? If so, what are the results?
Response from Dr. Cohen
I'd put off answering your question because you've raised so many questions, but I think I'll answer it with a single point. The short answer to all of your questions is "I don't know." Now it may sound bad for an AIDS specialist to be "ignorant" of so many potential therapies. If so, I'm guilty. But I read the AIDS and infectious disease journals and the reputable AIDS newsletters, and I attend God knows how many AIDS conferences and meetings every year, and I am in constant communication with other experts in my field. After all that, I figure if I haven't heard of something, there's a reason for it.
I'm not saying that something useful couldn't arise outside of the mainstream of scientific research. It's happened before. . . but not very often. Frankly, when it comes to AIDS, I can't think of any formerly "alternative" therapy that has withstood the test of time and become proven and widely used; everything we use today came out of the "mainstream." Common sense tells me that electricity and radiation and herbs are probably not going to do much for AIDS. There has been an "herb-of-the-month" since the beginning of the epidemic, and except for boosting the profits of health food stores, I'm not sure that much has been gained. Now that protease inhibitors are lowering people's viral loads by up to 99.9%, it's going to be hard for alternative therapies to compete.
They WILL compete, however, only because many people who are very skeptical when it comes to "mainstream" therapy will accept alternative therapies with open arms, not demanding the same evidence from their herbalist that they would demand from their physician. We need to be skeptical of everything we use to treat HIV infection; we need to demand that a benefit be demonstrated. The NIH has funding for research into alternative therapies for AIDS, and that's how we should approach this issue.
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text: We're planning on attending the meet & greet at Hot Springs on Saturday. I'm hoping some folks will want to do some group caching afterwords. We went down there a few weeks ago and spent most of our time on the Earthcache there. We skipped a lot of caches and hunted a few we didn't find. I almost always find caching in a group to be a lot of fun. Hope to see some of you on Saturday!


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sciencehabit writes: Sharks are one of many marine creatures that can sense electrical fields emanating from other animals, and they use this sixth sense to find prey. Brown-banded bamboo sharks can sense these fields even before they've hatched from their egg cases, researchers report. Scientists hung 11 egg cases containing shark embryos 3 to 4 months old in a water tank in front of a bright light, exposing the developing sharks' silhouettes. Normally, an embryo pulses its gills actively. But when researchers turned on electrodes to produce an electric field near the egg cases, the unhatched sharks froze and stilled their gills for several seconds. The researchers suggest that freezing is a response to the presence of possible predators, such as other sharks. By freezing, the embryo may reduce its heart rate, which in turn may also reduce its own electric field, making it harder for predators to notice it.


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Please give Kate Walker a warm welcome! Kate's here to chat about her latest release, A Throne for the Taking, and she has a copy for one of you to win after the interview!
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Describe yourself in 140 characters or less.
[Kate Walker] One of a family of five girls. I'm happily married with one grown up son. I live in Lincolnshire UK. I love books – reading and writing, embroidery and cats.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Can you tell us a little about A Throne for the Taking?
[Kate Walker] My working title for this book was The Black Sheep Prince. Alexei Sarova, is an exiled, rebellious prince of Mecjoria , living with a scandalous reputation, who has to face up to a new and unexpected destiny when he finds he is now the heir to the throne of the country he thought he had left behind. The person who brings him this news is Honoria Escalona (Ria) who was once his friend before he was banished from the country, but his life since them has changed him from the young man she once knew. And she has grown up into a beautiful woman
Here is the blurb for the book:
A kingdom's safety…
Betrayed by those she loves, Honoria Escalona must now face the only man capable of bringing stability to the Mediterranean kingdom of Mecjoria. A cold, hard man who once called her his friend… Alexei Sarova-the true King of Mecjoria.
In exchange for her happiness
But Alexei's tortuous past has changed him into someone she hardly knows. He blames Ria's family for his bitterness, and his help-when he offers it-comes with a price: he'll take his rightful place as King with Ria as his wife, until she produces a true-blood heir…
A Throne For the Taking will be published in the Royal and Ruthless miniseries in June.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] How did you come up with the concept and the characters for the story?
[Kate Walker] The recent marriage of Prince William and Catherine Middleton has created a lot of interest in the royal family and royal romances are always fascinating with the idea of a fairytale marriage and an ordinary girl becoming a princess. I'd never written a royal romance, but I ran a workshop of writing one in 2011 and thinking about the ideas and emotions involved in such a story intrigued me. I'd read several books where the hero came to find the heroine to tell her that she was really a princess and that started me thinking about turning that idea on its head, with the hero discovering he was a prince. Because of this, Alexei is off balance as the new king, while Ria is the one who knows the ritual and ceremony of the royal family because she has been brought up inside the palace, with her father being Lord Chancellor. But she is the one who has so much to lose personally if Alexei doesn't agree to take the throne. It's only later that she realises she could have even more to lose if he does.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What three words best describe Ria?
[Kate Walker] Strong loyal loving
[Manga Maniac Cafe] If Alexi had a theme song, what would it be?
[Kate Walker] There's a wonderful song called The Rose by Bette Midler, which is all about love lying dormant in the cold earth until the sunlight wakes it. Because of his past, Alexei has come to feel like that. And there are a couple of lines that say
It's the heart afraid of breaking
That never learns to dance
There is an important scene in the book where Alexei and Ria dance together and this changes their relationship in a very dramatic way – so those lines fit that scene particularly.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Name one thing Ria is never without.
[Kate Walker] Her dignity! She has been brought up in the formal atmosphere of the court and taught to keep control over her emotions – in public at least. She is always aware of the fact that she is expected to behave in a particular way – until she meets up with Alexei again and finds that her feelings for him challenge everything she has been taught.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What three things will you never find in Alexi's bedroom?
[Kate Walker] It's easier to say what things would always be in his bedroom – they would be an old camera (a present from his father) and a photograph in his wallet of the only other female in his life before Ria (you'd have to read the book to find out who that is.) And of course, from the moment they realise how attracted to each other, the you will always find Ria in his room!
But the things you wouldn't find – are the formal 'trappings' of the royal life he's now had to accept. He may have to attend formal receptions, ceremonies etc and so wear a tux or – as on the cover of the book – a uniform and a decorative sash. But in the privacy of his room he discards those, choosing comfort over formality anytime (unlike in the picture on the cover!) His bedroom is a private retreat where he can be himself – a man rather than a Prince. And he always makes sure that his bodyguard stays well outside the room.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What is Ria's greatest regret?
[Kate Walker] That she didn't really understand how difficult Alexei found it trying to fit in with the formality and restrictions of court behaviour when he was much younger. And that she accepted her father's interpretation of everything that happened, never believing he would lie to her.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] You are so prolific! What's your secret to keeping your stories so fresh?
[Kate Walker] I'm not really as prolific as some authors – some writers create books in a very short time. But my 'secret' is simple – it's my characters. Each book is the story of two different people – the hero and heroine – with their different pasts, different conflicts, different emotional journeys. There are only a few real romance plots and most are variations on a theme. It's those variations that intrigue me – like making my black sheep prince the one out of his depth in the royal family. And I love putting my characters into situations that will take them a lot of effort and emotional struggles to get out of. Those sorts of problems are what make a tense and page-turning read.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What has changed the most in publishing since you started your career as an author?
[Kate Walker] It's scary to reckon up that as my first USA title was published in 1986, I've been writing for over 25 years! So a lot has changed in that time.
The divisions of the books into so many lines each with their own specific tones, sensuality, plot types etc have developed over the years I've been writing., When I first started there was only a 'Mills & Boon Romance' in the UK so some of my earliest books came out in Harlequin Romance and some in Harlequin Presents. Then when the lines became more focused, writers had to choose which type of story they most wanted to write. That's when I concentrated on writing for Presents..
Obviously, romance writing and publishing is always changing and developing – nothing stands still. And one of the great challenges of being a writer is that you have to keep up with the new developments, recognize new themes, abandon old ones that no longer work. That way you keep your writing fresh and up to date
So, what sorts of things have changed? The obvious ones are the way that the books have become more explicit and sensual. Readers no longer expect to have the bedroom door shut in their faces so to speak! Today it's much more likely that they will be right there with the characters.
Another one is the introduction of the hero's point of view. One of the biggest changes in writing romance has to be the fact that the readers usually expect that. When I wrote my first book (The Chalk Line ) there was only ever the heroine's POV and the hero remained a mysterious, distant figure. These days he's still a mysterious distant figure – to the heroine -but the reader knows much more about him. Now the hero gets equal space with the heroine – or the whole book can be written from his point of view. As a writer, I like the challenge of this. You can study two characters in depth and give insights into both, their feelings and their motivation.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What three things do you need in order to write?
[Kate Walker] A pen, paper and somewhere quiet!
Because I started out so long ago when I didn't have a computer or even a desk of my own – I literally started writing at the kitchen table! – I find that I can work well the old-fashioned way with a pen and paper – or on a keyboard, whatever's available. In fact now I can often turn to using a pencil and paper if I'm trying to work out a knotty plot point. I find I can scribble things down fast with a pencil and get my ideas flowing to work things through. But I can write almost anywhere and in any way, I've even been known to note down ideas/snatches of dialogue/phrases on my phone as I go for my daily walk so I get my exercise and start work at the same time!
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What is the last book that you read that knocked your socks off?
[Kate Walker] I've been enjoying reading some books that are not romances recently. Reading in another genre feeds my imagination and keeps me interested I n writing in a different way to the one I usually follow in my own work. So two great books that really impressed me were:
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn – a chilling story of the disappearance of Amy Dunne, and what happens to the husband- Nick – she left behind. The story is told from the two different points of view – Amy's and Nick's – and you soon realise that you don't really know who to believe, or which one to trust – if any.
And then there's The Good Father by Noah Hawley – Dr Paul Allen is a well-respected man. He lives a happy, comfortable life with his second wife and their family. Until the night when a knock at the door blows his world apart: a hugely popular presidential candidate has been shot, and they say the young man who pulled the trigger is Paul's son. What follows is a powerfully emotional and suspense-filled quest that keeps you guessing to the very end.
I galloped through both of these, not wanting to put them down.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What do you like to do when you aren't writing?
[Kate Walker] I do a lot of teaching – writing romance – on courses for weekends and a week- long course. These are in Fishguard in Wales and at Caerleon Writers' Holidays every year. Sometimes I'm asked to do more but any courses I run are always up on the Events page on my web site.
Obviously I love reading – anything and everything. I always have a book beside my bed and another one beside my chair downstairs. My husband and I love to travel, both abroad and to visit places we've never been to in the UK. We're both fascinated by history so visiting stately homes or historical site – or looking round antique shops ore junk stalls. I collect Victorian embroideries and I like to see if I can add to my collection. I really enjoy going to the theatre whenever I can, walking and swimming when I get the chance. Sometimes it's hard to fit everything in but at least I'm never bored!
[Manga Maniac Cafe] How can readers connect with you?
[Kate Walker] My web site is at: http://www.kate-walker.blogspot.co.uk/
My blog : http://kate-walker.blogspot.co.uk/
I'm on Facebook and I run a newsletter to keep readers up to date:
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Thank you!
[Kate Walker] Thank you for inviting me to Manga Maniac Café.
I'd love to give away one signed copy of my new book – A Throne for The Taking to someone who leaves a comment
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A kingdom's safety
Betrayed by those she loves, Honoria Escalona must now face the only man capable of bringing stability to the Mediterranean kingdom of Mecjoria. A cold, hard man who once called her his friend… Alexei Sarova—the true King of Mecjoria.
In exchange for her happiness
But Alexei's tortuous past has changed him into someone she hardly knows. He blames Ria's family for his bitterness, and his help—when he offers it—comes with a price: he'll take his rightful place as King with Ria as his wife, until she produces a true-blood heir….


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THE LITTLE PRINCEPrice: - €
Opera in 2 acts for children based upon the book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Libretto by Nicholas Wright,
translated into Lithuanian by Violeta Palčinskaitė
Music Director and Conductor Modestas Pitrėnas
Director Francesca Zambello (USA)
Stage Director Sarah Meyers (USA)
Set and Costume Designer Maria Bjornson (UK)
Lighting Designer Rick Fisher (USA)
Associate Lighting Designer Christopher D. Sprague (USA)
Original Choreographer Denni Sayers (UK)
Premiere: 25 May, 2007
"There are so many beautiful messages in "The Little Prince", for adults as much as for children," – says director Francesca Zambello.
Director Francesca Zambello is well known for her unique works in the greatest theatres of the world. In 2004, LNOBT welcomed her spectacular production of "Der Fliegende Hollander" by Richard Wagner. LNOBT is proud to present the European premiere of "The Little Prince", composed by Rachel Portman. This opera was first staged in 2003 by Francesca Zambello and premiered at Houston Grand Opera.
"Because it's so much about letting go, that our souls live on, that it's what's inside us that's truly beautiful, how we treat nature and animals, that we see clearly only with out hearts. There are so many beautiful messages in "The Little Prince", for adults as much as for children. I remember, the first time we did it, several of the chorus children came to me one day and said, "This is really about dying, isn't it?" But what a wonderful way of understanding it – that the Prince lives on because he becomes a "star". All of this, but we still have the amazing humor of the book – in the end, this opera is funny, witty, and charming, as well as touching".
~ Francesca Zambello


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Last year, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited SeaWorld following the death of a killer whale trainer. If a Florida court rules in favor of OSHA, employees of SeaWorld and other parks like it will no longer be able to come into direct contact with whales unless there is a barrier between them. Guy Raz speaks to Tim Zimmermann, a correspondent for Outside Magazine, about the ongoing legal dispute.
Court Ruling Could Alter Marine Parks Permanently
By editor • Nov 25, 2011


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Skip to comments.[San Antonio Mayor Julian] Castro to pen autobiography
Posted on 11/14/2012 1:07:30 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
By the midterm elections in 2014, Julián Castro's memoir will be on bookshelves nationwide.
New York-based Little, Brown and Co. will announce today that it has acquired the rights to publish Castro's yet-to-be-written book in English and Spanish as well as an audio version. The memoir will be published in 2014, the publishing house says.
Since delivering the keynote address on the opening night of the Democratic National Convention, Castro has become a national figure, and widely discussed as a future president.
We think Julián has a very universal story, filled with drama, struggle and achievement and it will appeal to a wide range of readers across the country, Little, Brown spokeswoman Nicole Dewey said in an email. We have plans for a major national marketing and publicity campaign.
(Excerpt) Read more at mysanantonio.com ...
Dreams of his mother - Rosie "I hate the Alamo" Castro.
"......Expect there to be plenty about growing up with twin brother Joaquin on San Antonios west side, the Harvard-educated sons of well-known La Raza leader Rosie Castro, a firebrand matriarch of the political family. Joaquin, a Texas legislator, was elected this month to a seat in Congress. As for Julian, he says he intends to run for reelection as mayor. But some Democrats see him as a future star of the party a future candidate for governor and, possibly, president some day.
Castros speech to the national convention inevitably attracted comparisons with Barack Obama, whose national profile was launched with a speech to the 2004 Democratic National Convention. Obama wrote an autobiography, Dreams From My Father, when he was 33. Thirteen years later, he was president.
As for Julian Castro, political junkies in Texas are looking forward to the prospects that he could run for governor in 2018 or 2022. The dream matchup would be Castro against George P. Bush, son of former Gov. Jeb Bush and nephew of President George W. Bush. (George P has filed papers in Austin in preparation to run for office, probably state land commissioner in two years) Whatever happens, it looks like Bush and Castro are in Texas political future. How about this: an all-Texas showdown between the two as the Republican and Democratic nominees for president 2024?"
Has he contacted Bill Ayers yet?
So he's going to name his book "My Struggle", then?
Here we go again. Another minority politician emerging out of nowhere, with scant life or political experience, "pens" an autobiography as a prelude to a run for President.
Anyone who dares oppose him will be considered a racist/bigot/whatever.
Once the Dems hit on a formula, they tend to stick with it.
His twin brother has already announced that he[not mayor] will run against Ted Cruz in 2018.
His mother Rosie ran in the "right" circles so her sons would have the right Marxist exposure and Ivy League credentials.
This guy is going to be the next multicultural firebrand to unify all the special interests.
First, we will probably get Corey booker from NJ, who politics aside seems like a pretty decent guy.
".......Castro said he received an advance for the book and has a contract with the publisher but declined to discuss the details. Little, Brown and Co. does not disclose the details of its contracts.
Castro will work with Little, Brown editor Geoff Shandler, who will help the mayor with direction and revision, through conversation, suggestion and pencil work, he said in an email. My job is to read closely, offer constructive commentary.
Shandler said his editing at times would be broad, focusing on structure, and at times would be concentrated on detail such as the best wording for a particular sentence.
I plan to work with Mayor Castro directly throughout his crafting of the text to my great fortune, since I will be among the first to read what promises to be a remarkable book.
I'm telling yuh this guy is running in 2020...
OK notice the pattern. This is the way RAT politicians get huge money exchanges (such as from unions). Books sale were never so so good.
Yes! Indeed!
The most ignorant electorate on the planet will no doubt want a Brown Communist next time, since the Black Communist is working out so well. Just keep working so the IRS can churn out the cash for the Dems to buy votes with and they can prove once again how inclusive they are....to everyone but White, middle class conservative Christians, that is.
She has man hands!
Easily the most depressing news I've heard since the cataclysm 9 days ago. You can count on the MSM to double and triple down on an extended Obama-esque orgy of reportage about this latest Obama clone. I just KNEW his appearance at the Dem convention was a trial balloon, but I hoped it would prove to be a lead one , because I assumed Obama would be defeated on Nov. 6. If this guy's star starts rising it will be merely because the MSM wants it to be so: his policies will prove to be Obama's in microcosm,and technically there will be NO way ANY of Zero's policies will be successful over the next four years.Which is why OBAMA SHOULD NEVER
HAVE BEEN ELECTED IN THE FIRST PLACE. Just look what it ushered in: a SECOND TERM for Obama, AND a dynamic where a guy like this can now legitimately looked at as a "feasible"
prospect for even higher office. They are REALLY counting on the Hispanic vote being decisive again-—meanwhile, the de-balled Establishment GOP keeps fretting about Hispanic "outreach". The ongoing career of Mr. Castro will provide
a good barometer of just what a lost cause Hispanic outreach is for anyone but the Dems.
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The Blaxican truck brings the best of both worlds
My jaw hit the pavement the first time I saw the truck. Outside Atlanta's CNN Center was parked a FedEx-sized delivery automobile, painted with the colors of the Mexican flag and the portrait of an African-American man wearing a sombrero right smack in the middle. It bore a tagline, "The Blaxican Mexican Soul Food."
I knew I had to find this Blaxican.
Before he was known as The Blaxican, William Turner was a Boston, Massachusetts-raised father of two who came to Atlanta in 1992 and today, like many Americans, found himself unemployed. Turner was laid off from his job as the marketing director for a non-profit religious organization a year ago.
So with that background, where did the food come in?
"My father, he was a cook on a submarine in World War II," Turner told me. "It was one of those escapes in the home where when things were rough everybody started cooking something."
After losing his job, Turner read an article that Atlanta had issued its first food truck permit. He confessed that he'd never heard of food trucks, but after some research he knew it was something he wanted to do as part of his life-long dream to start a restaurant.
Though he calls, "The Blaxican," name a "God-given epiphany," he first heard it over in L.A. while visiting a friend.
"He said, 'Hey man you look like one of those Blaxicans," Turner recalls. "I said, 'What is a Blaxican?!'"
Turner learned "Blaxican" was term people on the West Coast used to describe the children born from having African-American and Mexican parents. Turner did his own hunting around town and noticed two things that inspired his concept; the South's rich history of soul food and Mexican restaurants. Once Turner knew what he wanted to do, which was fuse soul food and Mexican cuisine, the name was an easy fit.
With a menu of about eight items (scaled down from 30), that include collard green quesadillas (Turner's personal favorite), jalapeno macaroni and cheese and BBQ steak tacos, The Blaxican is quickly becoming a favorite of Atlanta's burgeoning food truck scene.
But for Turner, it goes beyond that – starting with the initial skepticism some folks might have about the branding.
"As far as the image on the side, that's my picture with a sombrero on it, so if anyone should feel like they're being made fun of it's me." Turner told me before adding, "And I don't!"
Turner has plans for a Mrs. Blaxican truck that will serve desserts and a Blaxican Junior, which will serve tapas. On top of the new business ventures, Turner uses the tip money collected by the truck to feed the homeless, something he says like his love of cooking, started in the home.
"My grandmother told me years ago when I was young that charity is the rent you owe God for your blessings. It's not an option, it's not a tagline, it's not a mission statement, it is as much a part of my business as selling food is. The least I can do is pay my rent to God."
And the means to that end taste pretty darned good.
By Gavin Godfrey
CNN Radio


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Phil Holden chosen as new Rugby League CEO
Press Release – New Zealand Rugby League
New Zealand Rugby League chairman Scott Carter today announced the appointment of Phil Holden as the national body's new chief executive officer.
Carter said that following remarkable progress in recent years the NZRL is keen to ensure continuity of the game's reforms and the further development of marketing initiatives to fund grass-roots growth.
"The board has been impressed with the quality of applicants for this CEO role and we're delighted to have Phil joining us," said Carter.
"Our next strategic cycle will focus on sustainable structures that embed recent gains and exciting new initiatives that include our bid to co-host the 2017 Rugby League World Cup. Phil has the experience and skill set required in both of these areas."
"Phil understands sport and communities from many angles. Through his various roles he has been sponsored and a sponsor, and both funded and a funder."
Described as a charismatic values-based leader, Holden comes with a reputation of being able to build good relationships at all levels and delivering solid results.
He has an extensive executive background, holding chief executive officer and general marketing roles with a number of blue chip New Zealand companies.
He has considerable commercial experience in international markets and the hospitality, food and beverage, entertainment, sports and gaming sectors.
Holden also has a keen interest in sport, having played representative hockey for Southland, Otago, Wellington and Hawkes Bay, and is a former chairman of the Auckland Diamonds netball franchise.
He has the added advantage of established relationships in Wellington, and notably Sport New Zealand, through his current role as CEO of The Lion Foundation.
Holden said he was really excited to be joining the NZRL as CEO in what is a dynamic time for the sport.
"The challenges rugby league faces and the family/community-based proposition of the NZRL were compelling reasons for me wanting this role."
"I feel privileged to be given this opportunity and I look forward to working closely with the board to build on the fantastic work delivered to date."
Carter also paid tribute to outgoing chief executive Jim Doyle for his outstanding work over the past three years, saying he had helped bring belief and respect back to the national body.
Holden will start in the NZRL CEO's role fulltime from February 2013.
Phil Holden
Employment History
Oct 2006–Nov 2012 CEO The Lion Foundation
Feb 2004–Oct 2006 CEO Coffee Connection Ltd
Nov 2002–Feb 2004 Head of Marketing, Cerebos Gregg's NZ Ltd
Jul 2002–Nov 2002 NPD Project Manager, Tip Top Ice Cream Co.
Dec 1999–Aug 2001 Marketing Manager, Auckland Rugby Football Union
Nov 1995–Sep 1999 Marketing Manager, Lion Breweries
Apr 1994–Oct 1995 Marketing Development Manager, J. Watties Foods (Heinz)
Mar 1993–Apr 1994 Marketing Manager, Carter Holt Harvey (Plix Packaging)
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Improv Marathon featuring Richmond Comedy Coalition, Local Legends and Gentleman's Falcon
Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 9pm
Richmond Comedy Coalition
Richmond Comedy Coalition TourCo is a cast of all-star improvisers from the RCC - Virginia's top improv theater company. They've been seen at festivals all along the East Coast and Canada performing their brand of smart and playful longform improv comedy, and can be seen regularly in their hometown of Richmond, VA.
Local Legends
Local Legends is made up of the founding members of the Alchemy Comedy Theater in Greenville, SC. Performing every Friday night with a different special guest storyteller, this fully improvised show is brand new every time. The personal stories told by local celebrities inspire a world of fast-paced scenic hilarity.
Gentleman's Falcon
Gentleman's Falcon is a 5 man comedy team from Chicago, IL that hits the ground running with high energy, interconnected pattern, and a penchant for whimsy. Gentleman's Falcon is Matt Barats, James Dugan, Drew Eiden, Mike Kauffman, and Henry Riggs. Between the 5 of them they have one Blue Man, one Jeff Award, 5 Master Comedy Degrees from iO Chicago, one Victory over the famed Improv Gladiators, and over a century of life experience.


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Danny Riffle from Summersville, WV, was honored as the 2013 West Virginia Challenged Athlete of the Year at the Challenged Sports annual awards ceremony at the Charleston Marriott on Nov. 12. Riffle was selected for his outstanding accomplishments in challenged sports. He is a five-time winner of the Grand Champion Track and Field award for the best all-around athlete, this year taking first in his class in the 100 meter, 200 meter, 400 meter, 800 meter (state record), 1,500 meter, 2nd in shotput, 1st in discus, and 1st in javelin (state record). At the 2013 Marksman Championships, he placed 2nd in the SH1-MM division, 3rd overall in rifle, and broke the state record in standing position and pistol. He was also part of the West Virginia Challenged Sports shooting team, which also broke the state record.
CAMC's Medical Rehabilitation Center sponsors statewide sporting competitions for athletes of all ages with physical disabilities through its challenged sports program, which is the only organized, sanctioned sporting program for the physically challenged in West Virginia. The program offers year round competitions in track and field, marksman, swimming, basketball, tennis, archery and golf. For more information visit camc.org/challengedsports.


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The Arkansas Razorbacks are picked sixth in the SEC Western Division and ranked 49th nationally.
The defending Class 4A champion Stuttgart Ricebirds are voted by 2-4A conference coaches to finish fourth in the league in the 21st annual Hooten's Arkansas Football magazine.
The Arkansas Razorbacks are picked sixth in the SEC Western Division and ranked 49th nationally.
The book retails for $17.99 and can be purchased at Mayflower Foods and Wal-Mart. The book can be purchased statewide at Kroger, Walgreens, Hastings, Books-A-Million, Barnes and Noble, Harp's Food Stores, Price Cutters, Big Red Stores, Hays Food, Brookshire's, Buy Rite, Flash Market and PDQ.
The 440-page book offers the most comprehensive preseason football coverage in Arkansas. Arkansas Razorback first-year coach Bret Bielema is featured on the cover.
In addition to providing extensive coverage of every high school team in the state, the book offers an in-depth preview on the Razorbacks and coverage on each Southeastern Conference school. Arkansas State and every state college are previewed as well as all 126 Division I college teams in America.
The book features coaches' polls for each high school conference, statewide rankings for every team, super teams for each classification, a national college poll and complete college and high school schedules.
Alabama is tabbed to win the SEC West, followed by LSU, Texas A&M, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Arkansas and Auburn. Georgia is picked to win the SEC Eastern Division, followed by South Carolina, Florida, Vanderbilt, Missouri, Tennessee and Kentucky.
The Alabama Crimson Tide are Hooten's preseason No. 1 team, followed by Ohio State, Stanford, Oregon and Louisville.
Hooten's high school favorites to win it all in 2013 are North Little Rock in Class 7A, Pine Bluff in Class 6A, Camden Fairview in Class 5A, Warren in Class 4A, Harding Academy in Class 3A and Junction City in Class 2A.


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WASHINGTON – Scott Brown, defeated last November in a marquee election battle for a Massachusetts Senate seat by Elizabeth Warren, has opted against seeking a return to Congress this June in the special election to replace John F. Kerry.
The Republican revealed his decision in a text message to a Boston Herald reporter Friday, the same day Kerry officially resigns from the Senate to become secretary of State.
Brown shocked the political world with his 2010 upset victory to claim the seat that had been held by the late Edward M. Kennedy. But, while Brown remains popular in the Bay State, a comeback bid would have been no sure thing.
Democrats, both in the state and nationally, have vowed not to be caught off guard again as they were when Brown defeated state Atty. Gen. Martha Coakley. And if Brown were to win, he would face yet another election in November 2014 to win a full six-year term, which would have been his fourth statewide run in as many years.


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SALT LAKE CITY -- With only a month to go before the 2012 election, the results (from the presidential election to down ballot Congressional races) are far from certain. To address these various uncertainties, Brendan Williams, AFPMs vice president for advocacy, shared his inside the Beltway perspective during Tuesday mornings general session.
Mr. Williams cited a RealClearPolitics general election poll that shows President Obama leading Governor Romney, 48.9% to 44.9%. Meanwhile, polling data regarding the direction of the country shows that 37.6% of respondents believe the US is moving in the right direction, while 56.3% say things are going in the wrong direction. And in news that shocked no one, Mr. Williams shared a poll that indicated only 17% of Americans have a favorable impression of Congress.
I think Ahmadinejad might have a higher rating than Congress, Mr. Williams quipped.
The electoral college. Moving on to electoral college mathematics, the current electoral map shows Mr. Obama at 265 electoral votes and Mr. Romney at 191. 270 is magic number required to win the presidency. Within this context, key swing states include Florida, Nevada, Colorado, Virginia and North Carolina, while former swing state Ohio appears to be strongly trending toward Obama.
Karl Rove. In order for Mr. Romney to win, Karl Rove has proposed a 3, 2, 1 strategy. Mr. Rove says that for Mr. Romney to tally 270 in the electoral college, he will need to not only win all the states that Senator McCain won in 2008, but also pick up Indiana, Virginia and North Carolina. He also needs to grab the large swings states former President Bush won in 2000 and 2004: Ohio and Florida. Finally, in Mr. Roves scenario, Romney needs to win either New Hampshire or New Mexico to push him over the 270 threshold.
Other keys to the election. Mr. Williams said that voter intensity will be crucial. Whichever side can most energize their base is likely to win the election, he said.
Demographic turnout is going to be big, according to Mr. Williams. The key demographics both sides are seeking include white women, Latinos and the young people vote. Latinos are important this election cycle because of the changing demographics of the US. In 1980, the electorate was 12% non-white. In 2008 the countrys electorate was 27% non-white and this trend is expected to continue to grow in 2012.
The Senate. Mr. Williams said that this is a really weird year as far as Senate campaigns go. Historically Senate races track Presidential races, he said. This year it really isnt the case.
Polling projections show the Senate with 48 sure Democrats, 43 sure Republicans and nine tossup races.
Out of the nine tossups, it looks like an uphill climb for the Republicans , Mr. Williams said. You could see another 50-50 Senate when all is said and done. What this also tells you, though, is that nothing is going to happen [legislatively] in the Senate. Since you need 60 votes to make anything happen, the Senate is going to be a difficult environment to get any legislation moving.
House races. House Republicans are projected to lose seats but still maintain control. Overall, things do not look good for congressman and senators.
Historically, people used to hate Congress but love their congressman, Mr. Williams said. But now, 56% of Americans say they would defeat and replace all of Congress, meaning that constituents love of their particular congressman has faded.
One other interesting polling item that Mr. Williams shared is that middle class voters appear to be breaking big for Mr. Romney. The latest polls show him with a 13 point margin among middle class voters.
How will the election affect the HPI? There are many challenges on the regulatory front that will drastically alter look of industry. Will the so called regulatory train wreck continue? Mr. Williams says there are a blizzard of stationary source regulations that threaten refining operations. These include:
· Clean Air Act greenhouse gas regulations: New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) and Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD)· Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) are coming in 2013· The final rule on Particulate matter (PM) 2.5 NAAQS is slated for December 2012· Refinery residual risk rule is coming in late fall 2012· Environmental justice issues.
The combination of these factors will make already lengthy permitting delays even longer and more costly. Plus, stationary source regulations exacerbate burdensome requirements on fuels and chemicals.
AFPM is also concerned that current chemical policies are hampering growth and security. A few hot button issues on this subject:
· The EPA is eroding chemical information protection through the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)· Bipartisan TSCA modernization talks are ongoing, with the non-governmental organization (NGO) community and some legislators looking to advance a REACH-like program (REACH is the European Communitys regulation on chemicals and their safe use) legislatively· The Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program is under attack, as a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) internal report raised questions about the integrity of the program, which has led to extensive Congressional oversight.
The fuel policy debates are also heating up. These are some items to watch:
· The EPA is set to advance Tier 3 gas standards in the near future· An independent study predicts four to six potential refinery closures and a 9-25% gallon cost increase· Loud calls are emerging for Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS) reform· The recent drought has led eight states to request or support waivers for the RFS· Restaurant, environmental and food groups are also calling for the RFS repeal


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The Maryland Jockey Club, which owns both Pimlico and Laurel Park, submitted its plan for capital improvements to the state Friday.
The plan has not yet become public but likely will early next week when it has been reviewed by the Maryland Racing Commission and the state's Department of Budget & Management. The document was due Feb. 1 in order for the track to be eligible for slots revenue set aside for racetrack redevelopment. In recent years, some of the redevelopment money has been diverted to cover track expense. But a new revenue-sharing deal between the tracks, horseman and breeders that begins in 2014 should allow the tracks to begin using the funds to renovate the dilapidated facilities, as was intended in 2007 legislation legalizing slots in Maryland.
In a statement, jockey club president Tom Chuckas acknowledged the part of the plan that has been common knowledge since the 10-year deal was struck: 300 new stalls will be built at Laurel and another 200 will be constructed at Pimlico, which will re-open for year-round training because the Bowie training center is being shuttered. It was widely accepted that Laurel would require expansion, while Chuckas said jockey club parent company The Stronach Group needed to asses the backstretch at Pimlico before deciding how to move forward.
The statement did not otherwise reveal what the jockey club and Stronach planned to do. The jockey club could receive as much as $9 million in funding; the state will match its spending $1 for $1.
"In the weeks ahead, MJC looks forward to engaging with our colleagues in the racing industry, the Maryland Racing Commission, state and local officials, and our community partners to finalize the capital improvement plan and strengthen Maryland's proud thoroughbred horse racing tradition," Chuckas said, according to the statement.
A representative of the state's thoroughbred horsemen said he had not seen the plan and could not comment.


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Daytona crash drives concerns as NASCAR comes to PIRPosted: Updated:
PHOENIX -- This weekend NASCAR is coming to Phoenix International Raceway amid safety concerns raised by the horrific crash in the last lap of NASCAR's Nationwide Series race at Daytona injured at least 28 fans on Saturday.
The cars were racing at 175 mph when they got tangled up and pieces of one car flew right up over the protective catch-fence separating fans from the racetrack. More than a dozen of those fans had to be taken to the hospital.
On Monday there were already hundreds of fans camped out at the track in anticipation of the Subway Fresh Fit 500 weekend. None were too concerned about safety at the race.
"I think they do more than enough and they never stop. They're always safety-conscience minded and I think they always will be," said NASCAR fan Geno Drury, who said he's been camping at PIR for races ever since NASCAR came to the Valley.
Wrecks that go into the stands are rare and Valley NASCAR writer Becca Gladden said the risk is even lower at PIR due to lower speeds than those at super speedways like Daytona.
"So where they're going 200 [mph], maybe even a little over 200 at Daytona, they're probably going 135-145 at PIR; somewhere at that range. So if you do have an accident it's not as high a rate of speed," Gladden, a feature writer for Motorsport Illustrated News, explained.
However, Gladden said any shocking wreck like the Daytona debacle could eventually lead to changes at all tracks.
"Of course all of these modifications also cost money so in some ways it's a bit of a step-by-step process," Gladden said. "And every time an incident happens and the engineers say, 'We have to make this adjustment or this improvement,' then that has to be done across all the tracks."
Valley IndyCar driver Paul Tracy said he thinks it's time auto racing looks at updating the catch fencing at high-speed tracks. Catch fences are designed to slow out-of-control cars.
"All the series' and the governing bodies have done a great job of making the cars safer, making the drivers' protection better; they have safer walls," Tracy told 3TV on Monday. "[But] the fencing systems have been the same for a long period of time and, like I said, it's time maybe to look at that and revamp that safety net system for all the tracks."
Tracy was racing at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway last year when he was caught in a fiery crash that took the life of driver Dan Wheldon. During the pileup, several cars went airborne and Tracy said if the crash had happened near the grandstand debris would easily have gone into the crowd.
"The way the fencing is, you've got big square holes in the fencing and it really acts and grabs the car, starts ripping it around in the fencing. It's almost like a fish stuck in a net," Tracy explained. "It just starts to shred the car apart and all those pieces are still moving and some of it inherently is going to get through the fence and into the crowd."
Tracy said one possible answer is a clear Lexan barrier to separate the track from the stands. He also said, however, that it would be tremendously expensive for tracks to install and likely receive push-back from fans who like to feel close to the action.
"They want to see and smell and hear the action, smell the rubber, feel the dust and debris come off the cars. That's part of the experience of going to the racetrack," Tracy said. "But what happened at Daytona - that's worst case scenario."
Fans know there are inherent risks to watching high-speed autosports close-up.
"Yeah, there is a chance [debris can hurt someone]. I try not to think about it, ya know," Drury said.
The Valley isn't immune to auto tragedies. In 2010 a woman was killed when a drag-car tire flew into the crowd during a wreck at Firebird International Raceway in Chandler.


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PHILADELPHIA -- Swarm. That's what it was, a swarm. A swarm of defenders and boos and emotions. And there on Wednesday stood Andre Iguodala, engulfed.
"It was taxing," he said. "Just thinking too much."
Iguodala's first game as a Nugget was where he played his last game -- and his entire NBA career. Here in Philadelphia, where they'll boo basically anyone except Rocky Balboa, the locals spewed boos every time he touched the ball; inevitably, there were some boos back in Denver after he shot the ball.
In Denver's 84-75 loss, Iguodala was just 5-for-13 from the field, missing all four 3-point attempts, finishing with 11 points and a trio of fours -- four rebounds, four assists and four turnovers.
"There was a degree of him searching for an identity on the court," said Nuggets coach George Karl, whose team plays Friday at Orlando. "I think he wanted to play great. And early in the game, thought he might have been trying to hard.


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Thaiday's put in a shift tonight. Made the yards every time he's taken it up.
Faintly disturibing our best back has been an Aussie too. Reed's looked class.
EDIT: Stick a fork in her.
Thaiday's put in a shift tonight. Made the yards every time he's taken it up.
Faintly disturibing our best back has been an Aussie too. Reed's looked class.
EDIT: Stick a fork in her.
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Final try for Lockyer. Fitting.
Better side has won, can't say much more.
Oh, bugger. The great man Don Fox's the conv.
22 points; stedly take a boo.
I should have put money on that.
He does look a bit special. Not impressed with Widdop, though. Don't really get to see any NRL, but I've seen nothing at all from him in, what is it now, 8/9 games (?) for England.
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NRL back on Sky for 2012 tho, so hopefully see more of him.
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Originally Posted by Jeffrey TuckerOriginally Posted by Babar Hayat
When are we going to learn that Sinfield is not a international No.6, time and time again he's been found wanting and tonight was no different. His kicking was really poor to say the least and he never managed to split the full back and winger on the last tackle, always kicking straight to the oppo is just ****e. Ball in hand he offers nothing and his control of the game just isn't up to it at this level.
Chase, why oh why did we pick him, he just goes missing too often and is crap in defense, just because he had a decent year with Cas doesn't mean we should have gone down this root, especially when he was wanting to play for the Kiwi's up to very recently. We should have picked Brough imo a much better player at srum half and who can actually defend, with a brilliant kicking game and imo with Widdop at stand off, they would have made England a far more dangerous outfit.
Definitely some positives to take from this tournament but tonight our big name players just didn't show up at all. Before the next comp we need to sort out our half back pairing and Yeaman and Briscoe are just not good enough, as well as the likes of Peacock and Morley have come to the end of their careers.
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Great to see Lockyer go out a winner (and a try scorer). Definitely wasn't his best game in the Green & Gold, but he still played very well. He will be sorely missed at all levels of football,mostly by his club
He has said he won't go into coaching, but I wouldn't be surprised if he does. Definitely doesn't have the voice for commentary.
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RIP Craig
From what I understand he is having an Op to have have his voice fixed. Just didn't do it while playing as a decent knock would mean the surgery pointless.
On reflection, this was one of the better 4 nations of the past few seasons. Most probably because I knew some of the English players because they play NRL or are going to play NRL. England were a lot better this time around, and New Zealand were hampered by key injuries. Australia never had the feeling of dominance to me, but they never really looked out of games. I enjoyed that most games were competitive until the 60th minute, which is all you can ask for in an International game.
Oi Brumbles - This Tomkins fella who's playing for the Barbarians against the Wobs this weekend - what's his dealio? Crossing codes or just having a run for the fun of it?
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Widdops worth persevering with for the Poms IMO. He's been awesome at times (carved us up at Penrith Park this year) and he's learning from the best players in the game. Needs a dominant playmaker alongside him at this point (dropped off noticeably when Cronk got injured this year) as he's still learning but he's got the brain and the instincts to dominate games himself in time.
Very odd that a player would be pulled into a team that has so much history and staure behind it for a one off - It is normal practice to always include an uncapped test player and one from the team they are playing - Odd they have gone with Tompkins. Wish him well though, be interesting to see where he lines up.
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