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just because they had done it for years, does not make it any less of a crime. if the owner did not give permission than the facts are the same as established by the CT code. so you might want to consider explaining it to the DA and see if the charge can be dismissed- otherwise the probation is probably the best he can hope for. have your son's lawyer discuss all the facts with the DA. the only affirmative defense to the burglary is if a building is abandoned - that means no one lives there
in perusing the burglary statutes, if your son did not enter the premises then i dont see how it could get a conviction on burglary as the law states "enters and remains with intent to committ a crime. criminal trespassing might be a better charge. have his lawyer work on that
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Has your child been diagnosed with dyslexia, dysgraphia, autism, or ADHD? Maybe he has an auditory or visual processing disorder. Or perhaps your child doesn't have special needs at all, but is simply a reluctant, resistant writer.
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I'm sorta worried that I'm getting hosed here, 28c.
sorry the family problems in the bk are getting to be a bit much, I still have not recieved the shifters or cassette you sent out. I did figure out that I swapped yours and coelcanth"s zips. I'll be back in town this friday and should be able to get your brakes and derailleur and coelcanth's m'bars back in the mail.
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When the government approved letting states experiment with new ways to deliver Medicaid services, it promised the innovations wouldn't cost taxpayers any extra money. Somebody in the bureaucracy, however, failed to keep track.
A new report by the chief watchdog for Congress finds that the so-called demonstration projects have cost taxpayers as much as $32 billion more than if the program has just been left alone over the last five years.
The overages include $21 billion in overpayments by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to individual states, and another $11 billion in extra spending by the states, the Government Accountability Office informed Congress this month.
Investigators said there were a range of problems that led to the excessive spending, such as the government using outdated information to set payment levels, or reimbursing states for expenses they never reported. The bad budget management has left Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, incredulous.
"That CMS turned a blind eye to their own budget-neutral policies and instead committed to doling out another $21 billion in taxpayer dollars only further demonstrates the urgency for this agency to take action to get its fiscal house in order," Hatch said. "American taxpayers deserve nothing less."
For allowing one of the government's largest spending programs to authorize billions in overpayments, the Health and Human Services Department and its CMS office win the Golden Hammer, a weekly distinction awarded by the Washington Guardian to examples of government waste and excessive spending.
HHS leaders disagree with the GAO's evaluation, saying that budget neutrality is a policy, not a law, and that there are many different ways to calculate its effect.
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The extra payments were "consistent with longstanding policy and was based on the most reasonable and documented cost assumptions available," the agency argued.
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The demonstration projects are a growing part of the Medicaid budget, taking up about one-fifth of all spending in 2011, investigators said.
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Meanwhile in Texas, the government allowed an extra $2.6 billion because it paid for hypothetical costs the state never incurred. Investigators said certain payment rates for Texas were set at what "the state could have paid rather than the actual amount of payments the state did make."
HHS officials stood by their calculations, saying decisions were made based on accurate information, the future needs of the states and a fluctuating financial market.
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HHS bases its payment rates in part from state reports. But investigators said the agency was allowing states to submit estimates for spending costs, rather than hard facts.
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Sophomore Marc Siegel is a true student-athlete and a fine representative of Tulane University.
Jan. 14, 2002
By John Sudsbury, Tulane Media Relations
He's six feet tall. He's an honors student. He takes his book-bag on the road, and at practice, is more likely to be found down on the floor than up near the rim. Just another typical Division I college basketball player? Not quite.
College basketball players don't cover themselves in floor burns and bruises at practice every day in order to......watch the game from the sideline. Do they?
If your name is Marc Siegel, you do.
A sophomore walk-on, Siegel knows that his greatest moment in life will probably not occur on the basketball court. He will probably never hit the game-winning shot for the Tulane Green Wave. It is unlikely that he will admire himself on the "Sportscenter" highlights. But do not bet against him becoming immensely successful in life.
After all, he is ready for anything. Generously listed at six feet and one inch tall, the Lake Forest, Ill., native routinely battles "the big boys" on the basketball court. He does not slow down. He does not hesitate. Be it a chance to drive to the basket, the possibility of snagging a loose ball with a flat-out, body-sacrificing dive, or the opportunity to travel the world, Siegel will seize it.
"Marc works as hard as any player on our team." Finney said. "As a coach, you wish you could have 15 players who played as hard and with as much dedication as Marc Siegel. But more than what he does on the basketball court, I have been impressed with Marc as a person. He is dedicated to being the best person he can be, and I respect him for that."
This hard-nosed student-athlete arrived in New Orleans without knowing a soul, and with a basketball r?sum? he could scribble in the palm of his hand. Basketball did not matter, he was here for a Tulane education.
"I am going to major in economics and I might minor in math," Siegel said. "I have always been interested in the business world and the stock market. This past summer, I served as a runner at the Chicago Board of Trade. That is something I would like to do when I get older, so I think economics would be a good place to start and a minor in math wouldn't hurt."
So how, then, did this serious Chicagoan work his way onto the roster of a Division I basketball program, finding himself matched against stars like Cincinnati's Kenny Satterfield at times last year?
"I was playing at the student gym, the Reily Center," Siegel remembers. "One of the guys I was playing with was Wade Mason, who was on the team the year before. One day he just said, 'You should try out.' I thought he was kidding, but he kept telling me that for the next couple of days. Finally, some of the coaches came over to watch me play and they said, 'We'd like to talk to you, come over to our office.' So, I went over there, talked to Coach Reynolds [Tulane assistant coach Jeff Reynolds] for a little bit, he got a little background on me, then he gave me a little tryout one day for about 45 minutes and the rest is history."
"After 25 minutes of watching Marc at Reily, I introduced myself and asked him if he would be interested in being part of the team," Reynolds said. "His reaction was, 'Are you serious?' After a few workouts, we invited him to join the team for one year. He made the other players on our team work harder, and his efforts made us fall in love with him as a person and a player, and we invited him to become a part of the team for his whole career at Tulane. He is an overachiever in the classroom and a very unique team player."
Siegel is a rarity in college basketball. He is a player who believes that playing basketball has made him a better student. In fact, he sacrifices his social life in order to keep up with his two priorities, academics and basketball. He is a player who truly is not concerned with playing time. He will dive for a loose ball in practice as quickly as in any game. Interestingly, he is also a player who would give up playing. Despite his love for the game, his desire to live a full life may be what takes him away from the game.
"I don't know where my basketball career will lead me, not to the NBA, that's pretty clear," Siegel laughs. "If there are other things that I want to do in the future and they come in conflict with basketball, then it will be a very difficult decision for me. It is a very important thing for me, playing college basketball, but at the same time, I know if I get an opportunity to study in Rome or somewhere like that, I need to seize that opportunity."
Just as he seized the opportunity to be a member of the Green Wave. That decision has seen him competing at the highest level of college basketball, matching up against some of those NBA Draft picks. He played 19 minutes against perennial power Cincinnati last year and he gained some national television time when he saw action against UAB in an ESPN2 game.
"Marc is a true member of this team." Finney said. "He may not get as much playing time as most of the players, and he may not get his name in the newspaper, but he truly understands what it means to be a student-athlete. Marc has proven himself to be deserving of being a Division I basketball player."
A little more than a year ago, Siegel had a hard time convincing even his closest friends and relatives of the truth of those words.
"I'll tell you, nobody believed me until our first exhibition game when they looked on the web site and they saw my name on the box score," Siegel said. "Nobody believed me because I didn't play very much in high school either. So when I came here and started playing Division I basketball, that's a pretty big step up from JV high school basketball.
Just how does Siegel explain his transition from mild-mannered, traditional Tulane student to that ball-hawking, diving, give-it-all-you've got player who has become an example to his teammates and a fan favorite? It goes back to a simple guiding principle.
"I had an opportunity to play basketball, I took it," Siegel said. "If I have an opportunity to go study somewhere special, such as a good university in Europe, I'm going to take it. If I have a chance for a good job, I'm going to go for it. That's how I want to live my life. I want to make the best of what I have."
From the Reily intramural courts to Fogelman Arena and across Conference USA, Marc Siegel has made the most of his Tulane opportunities, to the benefit of the Green Wave basketball program, the athletic department, and the university.


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Valentine's Day was special for one local couple this year. Schad and Melissa Mayden celebrated 15 years of marriage Tuesday on the Nation's day of love.
"You can't go wrong with that date," Schad said. "You better not forget your anniversary that way."
This Holyoke couple hasn't done things the conventional way by any means and it doesn't bother them one bit. They have been together for 17 years and married for the last 15.
It all began a long, long time ago. Schad Mayden and Melissa Redmon were just two young kids growing up in the Holyoke school system. They were classmates beginning in second grade. In the beginning, the future lovers didn't quite see eye to eye.
It wasn't until junior high their individual "clicks" began to hang out. "We began to tolerate each other," the couple laughed.
Their first official date was Oct. 7, 1994 at a homecoming game. "It was the first time he kissed me," Melissa said. Schad and Melissa joined two other couples for a triple date that evening.
Schad and Melissa Mayden were united in marriage Friday, Feb. 14,
"We just knew that we had to be together," Melissa said. Schad knew it too and presented Melissa with a promise ring in the fall of their senior year.
After graduating in 1996, Schad ventured to Goodland, Kan. while Melissa studied at NJC in Sterling. They saw each other nearly every weekend in Holyoke.
"We'd both been talking about it knowing that we kind of wanted to be together forever," Schad said. So one day in the fall of 1996, Schad entered JC Penney, where Melissa was employed, and walked up to the jewelry counter.
Melissa's coworkers asked her to head over to the counter where she ran into Schad, who kindly asked her to become his bride.
Schad knew he wanted to do the right thing so he went and asked Melissa's father for her hand—something he noted was a little nerve racking. "Needless to say, the rest is history, because he said it's OK," Schad said.
The newly engaged couple was planning a wedding for Nov. 7, 1997 (7/7/97). After a few months of planning, they came to the decision to scrap the plans and head on down to the courthouse to say the I dos. Things were getting a bit overwhelming and they didn't really have the money, so the Monday before Valentine's Day, they decided to get it over with on Lovers Day. They knew they wanted to be married, so why wait?
They invited their parents to join them at 2:30 p.m. on the 14th and the deed was done. Their honeymoon was spent in Sterling and capped off with a Wendy's drive-through dinner. The next day, they went to the toy show in Sterling.
"It hasn't been easy," Melissa said of the last 15 years. "But we have learned to communicate and I think that we both can honestly say we love each other more today than we ever have."
"Most definitely," Schad added. He said they keep looking toward the future. "I think the hardest part is getting through that first seven years. Somebody said that to me a long time ago—that seven-year stretch."
Schad and Melissa Mayden have been married for 15 years and just celebrated their anniversary Tuesday, Feb. 14 on Valentine's Day. The couple has known each other ever since the days they were walking the halls of Holyoke's schools. —Enterprise photo
Even though they haven't had a true wedding or honeymoon, it isn't something they have thrown out the window. Renewing vows is something they might look forward to in the future.
They both became Christians in 2004 and would love to have a wedding in front of their friends at Church of Christ.
But right now, they are enjoying life with their two boys, Taylor, an eighth-grader and Brendan, a seventh-grader. The Mayden clan is a close-knit one. They enjoy their family time and follow the boys to numerous sporting events. The duo can be found supporting Dragons of all ages in all areas of life.
Melissa is currently the clinic manager of Family Practice of Holyoke and Schad works for the City of Holyoke.
Schad and Melissa enjoy celebrating their anniversary on Cupid's Day. And even though they aren't the only couple in town with the special date, they enjoy it anyway. "She gets double the anniversary stuff that way," Schad said.
"I'd do it all over again," Melissa said.
As of Monday, Feb. 13, Schad hadn't told Melissa what he had in store for their anniversary. "I like to keep it a surprise," he noted.
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Many families have been forced to review their budgets over the past 18 months, carving out excess expenditures and tightening their financial belts. Unfortunately some unforeseen side effects to budget cuts have ramifications to our health and fitness.
Reuters recently reported that the price of fruits and vegetables is actually climbing faster than inflation, while junk food continues to get cheaper. Exacerbating this issue is the fact many gym memberships found themselves excused from recent budgets overhauls as well.
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A subscription DVD service, Netflix is about the least expensive way to get movies at home. There are thousands of exercise, aerobic, and yoga videos with free exercise videos for women and men you can do in your living room. A membership runs about $9 a month; and if you stick with your program you can throw in a new release too. I won't tell. See PT's review of Neflix.
Make Your Own Healthy Drinks
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Hershel Walker was a fantastic running back in the NFL for 12 years. I rode a bike alongside him a few years back for 75 miles and I can tell you he still looks awesome. His workout secret – there wasn't one. He never lifted a weight but had an incredible routine of push ups, chin ups, and sit ups; that's it. Sometimes the simplest exercises are the best. Check out the hundred push ups challenge.
Getting involved in a fitness routine creates a virtuous cycle. You start looking good, eating better, and that motivates you to find more ways to stay healthy. Some of the best fitness activities are free so grab some sunshine and make living healthy a top priority.
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Below are step by step instructions on how to setup Windows Live Mail to be the ultimate Gmail IMAP client.
There are 15 steps in total and shouldn't take more than 10 minutes to complete.
Using these settings in Windows Live Mail (WLM) will give you an amazing IMAP configuration that's fast, reliable and easy to use.
Windows live mail is free and can be downloaded here.
Once you have installed the programme and run it for the first time work through this setup list in order:
Step 1. In the top right corner of the application you will see an icon of a small arrow on a white and blue drop down menu. Click it and then select the bottom option, 'Show Menu Bar'
Step 2. In the top menu click View > Layout. A nice view to work with is:
Reading Pane: Show the reading pane; to the right of the message list
Message List: One-Line view
Folder Pane: Only check the Use Companct Shortcuts option
Message header (Mail): Check the show message header box
Click Apply then OK.
Step 3. In the top menu click Tools > Options. Now work through the various tabs:
General & Read
All of the options here are just down to your own preferences and won't effect your IMAP experience.
Under the 'Returning Read Receipts' section, check 'Never send a read receipt'.
MAKE SURE you UNCHECK the 'Save copy of sent messages in the' Sent Items' folder'. Gmail automatically saves a copy of sent mail anyway meaning you end up with 2 copies if you leave this checked.
Click Font Settings and pick your font, font style and font size of choice.
If you would like to use a signature then click New and then click Rename then enter a name for your signature. Check the 'add signatures to all outgoing messages' box at the top and leave the 'Don't add signatures to Replies and Forwards' checked.
Either enter some text for your signature or check the File button and the browse your local machine and select your signature file if you have prepared one.
Choose your language and click 'Set Default'
Connection & Advanced
The default settings are fine on both
Step 4. Now we need to configure Gmail. Login to your Gmail account online.
Once you are logged in go to Settings > Labs and then click enable beside Advanced IMAP Controls.
Step 5. Now jump to the 'Forwarding and POP/IMAP' tab.
Alongside IMAP Access click the enable IMAP option.
Step 6. Jump to the 'Labels' tab.
In the System labels section make sure the following boxes are unchecked: All Mail, Spam and Trash.
Step 7. Now you can set up your account in WLM. Go to Tools > Accounts > Add.
On the next screen choose Email Account.
Step 8. Enter your email address, password and display name and then check the manually configure box.
Step 9. Select IMAP as your incoming server, type imap.gmail.com into the incoming server box and then check 'This server requires a secure conneciton' box.
The incoming port should default to 993. If it doesn't then set this manually.
Log on using clear authentication. Your Login ID is your full email address rather than just the part before the @ which will appear by default in the box.
Enter smtp.gmail.com into the outgoing server box and check both boxes underneath; 'This server requires a secure conneciton' and 'My outgoing server requires authentication'.
Now change the outgoing port to 587. Click Next
Step 10. You will get a message saying you have successfully entered your account information and you will see your new account in the accouns window. Click Close
Step 11. Your IMAP folder list will be automatically downloaded and you will see them appear in the Show/Hide IMAP Folders window which appears. Click OK.#
Step 12. Right click on your account name which will have appeared in the left hand side of the screen and then choose properties from the menu. If you prefer you can access the same details by going to Tools > Accounts > Select the account you created > Click Properties.
Click on the IMAP tab at the very right and enter the following information:
The root folder path is: [Gmail] including the square brackets
Check the box for 'Check for new messages in all folders'
Check the box for 'Store special folders on IMAP server'
The Sent Items path is: Sent Mail
The Drafts path is: Drafts
The Deleted Items path is: Deleted Items
The Junk Path is: Spam
Click Apply and then OK.
Step 13. You will see a message telling you that your account has changed and would you like to update the folders list. Click yes.
Step 14. You will now see your Gmail 'labels' listed underneath your account on the left hand side without being contained in a [Gmail] drop down menu. If for any reason your list of labels is not as you expected it to be then right click on your account name on the left of the screen, choose IMAP Folders and then click the Reset List button in the window which appears.
Step 15. If you want to add additional columns into the message pane area, such as email size which doesn't appear in the default column view then simply right click on the columns bar and choose Columns from the menu which appears.
You can then decide which columns you want to keep or appear by checking and unchecking the relevant boxes and rearrange the order using the move up and down buttons.
And you're done!
When you first go into your deleted items or sent mail folders there will be a lot of mail to download if you've been using your account for a while. WLM will only download the message headers for you though and not the attachements so it won't take long.
If you want to add new folders for storing and organising your mail then just right click on your account name on the left of the screen and choose New Folder from the menu which appears.
Enter a name for your new folder and click ok. You might need to update your folder list to force the new folder to appear. The effect this will have in your actual gmail account will be to create a new label and any mail you place into that folder on your client will be tagged with that label in your Gmail account.
Adding a flag to a message in Windows Live Mail will add a star to it in your gmail account.
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The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services designated the Family Youth Services Training Academy (FYSTA) of the University of Alaska to lead the development of a curriculum on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect (FAS/FAE). FYSTA developed a FAS 101 curriculum for State of Alaska workers such as Department of Corrections, Probation Officers, and Division of Family and Youth Services staff. FYSTA also developed a curriculum for web-based training and "training of trainers" components.
The Alaska Center for Rural Health (ACRH) worked collaboratively with the Family Youth Services Training Academy (FYSTA) to evaluate FAS/FAE curriculum implemented between November 2002 and February 2003. ACRH also developed simple assessment tools for ongoing self-evaluations of the Web-Based 101 FAS/FAE curriculum and the Training of Trainers materials being developed by the FYST.


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I was in the Manchester area for a Job interview with Thomas cook (which I did not get ). I got to the airport about 10, so I had a hour and half of looking around before I had to be at the SAS Hotel for the interview, as I had not eaten, I went to Burger King in T1 and sat looking out over the Parking area.
I forgot how good the viewing was at Manchester, having only been there once before for the Concorde Tour.
While enjoying some expensive grub, I saw a Turbo prop come in, and park right next to the window where I was, nice experience. Did laugh when I got home and saw it was the FLYMO Express which Alex, MYT332 had flown to Southampton
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Armenia: Officials, opposition take tentative steps toward conciliation
|Radio Free Asia
|Publication Date
|13 March 2008
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Under intense outside pressure to enter into a political dialogue, government officials and their opponents in Armenia have started making cautious moves to repair the damage done by the March 1 violence in Yerevan.
The most significant gesture made by the government was President Robert Kocharian's announcement that mass media restrictions, imposed under a state of emergency, would be lifted no later than March 14. In effect, the emergency regulations enabled the government to control the dissemination of information. "Now, under the state of emergency, we are telling you what you can do regarding the internal political situation. After signing the decree we will tell you what you can not do," Kocharian stated in comments broadcast on state television.
Earlier, president-elect Serzh Sarkisian indicated that the government intended to soften its hardline treatment of opposition leaders. In the days following the March 1 clashes, in which at least eight people died, officials insisted that the opposition bore sole responsibility for violence. They specifically accused opposition leaders – who organized a permanent protest in Yerevan to denounce fraud in the in February 19 presidential election – of attempting a coup d'etat. [For background see the Eurasia Insight archive]. More than 80 opposition activists have been detained since March 1 and face conspiracy charges. [For background see the Eurasia Insight archive].
Sarkisian, during a March 12 public appearance, seemed to present a face-saving formula that would serve as a starting point for conciliation efforts. He said the alleged plotters would still be prosecuted, but, apparently assuming guilty verdicts to be a foregone conclusion, he emphasized that the accused could expect leniency. "The court verdict might be mild, and a president can always grant a pardon, but people should know who plotted and perpetrated the crimes," Sarkisian said.
During a March 13 meeting with Thomas Hammarberg, the Council of Europe's commissioner for human rights, Kocharian insisted that the mood in Yerevan was returning to normal. "Unfortunately we failed to avoid an undesirable course of events and authorities had to take action," the PanArmenian news website quoted Kocharian as saying. "However, the situation is stabilizing."
Opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian, speaking to journalists on March 11, appeared to grudgingly accept the fact that Sarkisian would end up as Armenia's president, and that he had no choice but to enter into a political dialogue with him as such. At the same time, Ter-Petrosian insisted that he would not recognize the official results of the presidential election. Ter-Petrosian has claimed he actually won a plurality of votes, yet the official tally shows him to have finished a distant second to Sarkisian. [For background see the Eurasia Insight archive].
"The world did not recognize Yasir Arafat's legitimacy for a long time, but it negotiated with him," Ter-Petrosian said. "I do not recognize the legitimacy of Serzh Sarkisian, but I cannot ignore him and he cannot ignore me."
Fearing that prolonged political rancor in Yerevan could have severe consequences not only for Armenia, but also for regional stability, the United States, European Union and Russia, in a rare act of geopolitical unity, have pressed for the opening of political dialogue aimed at restoring a semblance of normalcy in the Armenian capital. [For background see the Eurasia Insight archive]. Although the way for such discussions between the Kocharian/Sarkisian team and the Ter-Petrosian camp now seems to be open, it remains uncertain whether talks can be productive, or whether they might simply fuel mutual animosity.
A key to whether a dialogue can yield potential results may well be connected to the question of culpability for the bloodshed. The government remains adamant that it is not responsible for the loss of life, even though eyewitnesses say security forces used lethal force on demonstrators with little or no advance warning. [For background see the Eurasia Insight archive]. Armenia's ombudsman, Armen Harutiunian, likewise, has asserted that the use of deadly force was initiated by the government side. [For background see the Eurasia Insight archive].
Kocharian administration officials continue to denounce in shrill terms all those who publicly criticize the government's handling of the election-related protests. For example, the Armenian Foreign Ministry expressed outrage over a statement made by US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Bryza, who characterized the actions of Armenian security forces on March 1 as "harsh and brutal." The Foreign Ministry on March 12 termed Bryza's comments "groundless," "useless" and "arbitrary."
The president has also heaped scorn on Harutiunian, inferring that the ombudsman's public criticism of security forces was unpatriotic. Harutiunian, speaking at a March 12 news conference, shrugged off Kocharian's attempt at character assassination, saying the president's opinion did not matter to him. "I believe that in my work I am guided by the constitution and the country's legislation, as well as by the European Convention for Human Rights, and it is the people [not the president] who should assess my work," Harutiunian said.
During his March 11 news conference, Ter-Petrosian alleged that government agents provoked the unrest. "Not even one car had been scratched [during protests and marches] prior to March 1. So what happened?" Ter-Petrosian said, according to a report distributed by the Regnum news agency. "Provocateurs went after the protesters with clubs.... That was the reason the situation spiraled out of control, although it was brilliantly managed by authorities."
Officials have not backed away from portraying events purely as an attempted coup. On March 12, one Armenian prosecutor was quoted by the RIA-Novosti news agency as alleging that protesters used various means, including "psychotropic substances," to induce aggressive behavior toward security forces.
Rather than confront issues related to the security forces' actions, the government is trying to focus popular attention of the economy. In recent days, the Kocharian/Sarkisian team has sketched ambitious plans to raise living standards. For example, the government has expressed a desire to eliminate the need for Armenia to import grain by 2010. To do so, the country would have to more than double current output within just a few years – a task that many experts believe the country would be hard pressed to accomplish.


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My '89 Trek 1500 has been in the shop all week to have some modifications done. Turns out they haven't even started but still believe they will finish by tomorrow (Monday) afternoon as promised.
They're going to raise the handlebar, retape it, and morph the downtube shifters into bar-end shifters, using some part they had to order.
All week I've been having "modification remorse" because I'm thinking I should keep the downtube shifters the way they are, the way Trek intended them to be, and the way 1,000's of riders have ridden 1,000,000's of miles.
The LBS said bar-end shifting is a little easier and a little safer, and I figure they know what they're talking about. BUT -- part of me says for the full "retro" experience, I should leave the bike, as much as possible, the way it was when it left the factory. (Okay, the saddle's not original, but you get the point.)
I have until tomorrow morning to debate this (you know me!). I'm really tempted to call them and ask them just to raise the bars and retape 'em, but leave the shifters alone.
I'd love any ideas, pros or cons.
It's a cheap bike ($125) and the mods aren't much either, so it's not about the money. It's about whether to just get the handlebars where I need 'em and ride it like that. I don't even shift that much in my urban environment. Hills? What hills?


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After a long wait, the first Metro service in the bustling metropolis was rolled out today with the Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan flagging off the service even as over 1,00,000 passengers enjoyed the train ride within six hours of its operations.
"Mumbai Metro passes one lakh ridership within six hours of its first day operations," a Mumbai Metro One Pvt Limited (MMOPL) spokesperson said here.
During this period, it operated 14 services.
Earlier in the day, the services on the 11.4 km Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar section, connecting western suburbs with eastern suburbs, were launched by Chavan along with ADAG Chairman Anil Ambani and his wife Tina Ambani at 10.10 AM.
State Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and local MPs Kirit Somaiya, Poonam Mahajan and Gajanan Kirtikar were also present at the launch.
With the launch, Mumbai becomes the fourth city in the country to have Metro rail operations, besides Kolkata, Delhi and Bangalore.
The new mode of transport is expected to provide much-needed relief to the commuters in the bustling metropolis where the overburdened suburban railways ferries 70 lakh people every day.
The company said it will operate 200-250 services a day, carrying around 11 lakh passengers. Every coach can carry 375 passengers, while the entire train can transport 1,500 commuters.
The introduction of Metro services will revolutionise the commuting of Mumbaikars, Chavan said after the launch, which came after a delay of three-and-a-half years from the scheduled time.
"This project was conceptualised in 2006. It had faced several challenges during execution mainly because it is an elevated corridor. It definitely has taken time, but finally we have launched the services. This project is important for a populated city like Mumbai," he said.
The government has been insisting that all safety measures should be met and that there is no compromise on safety of passengers, Chavan said.
"The launch of monorail (in February this year) and now Metro shows we have really entered the 21st century," the chief minister said adding this is the country's first Metro BOOT project.
Earlier, when the bids were invited, Mumbai Metro was under the Indian Tramways Act. But, later the Central government introduced the Metro Act, bringing the Metro under the new Act, which allows the operator to fix fares.
With this service, the journey on the 11.4 km stretch will reduce to 20 minutes which otherwise takes around 90 minutes at present by road.


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RE: Value of certifications
- From: "Craig Wright" <Craig.Wright@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 07:25:26 +1000
I am a nerd and have never been out of university(1). I finish one course and than start another. Basically distance ed and work at the same time. I am also on the Faculty Board of one Uni. So having 19 years in 5 uni's I have some knowledge of them. So I have to ask where the idea that Universities are not economically driven came from? In my experiance there is a lot of economic focus on underpreforming courses these days.
If you want to make certifications more cost effective, than you have to offer something that will add a greater utility value than the existing offering. As they currently stand, people see value. The percieved va;ue is due to the story/myth of the person who does a few courses and gets a 6 figure job. The reality is that this person would have been in the industry a long time and also have other skills/training, but this is a perception issue.
Next, employers do not wish to discover everything to do with IT and security. This is likely why they are hiring. A certification is something to match people. Most people going for a job who are currently employed do not use their existing employer as a reference. Thus you have to base the decision on something.
James, there is as a result a simple answer to this issue. Start your own. Make it more effective and add more value. I have stated this to be an economic issue in a prior post. The solution is an economic one. If you feel that there is a solution to this that will offer more value - do it.
What I would suggest:
1. Setup a training and education program that could be tied to a professional association (eg as accountants, engineers and lawyers have).
2. Make at least a national framework and add enough utility/value such that you have the majority or people in the industry who have skills join.
3. Convince government of the value and have them implement a compulsary requirement to be a member (ei bar exams for lawyers, CA/CPA exams etc). Draft legistlation. Add PI insurance etc.
4. Make this entire process economically cost effective.
Number 4 is maybe the most difficult. You feel that certifications are expensive, try looking at the real cost of a CA/CPA exam or the costs in becoming a solicitor/bassing the bar. I would for a Chartered Accountancy and am finishing my LLM this year. I can tell you that the CISSP and CISA and CISM ...and about who knows how many other certs I have all together cost less than the law degree and they cost way less than a CA and I would assume less than a CPA.
Are you looking to make IT a profession like law or accountancy? Will the majority or people work for professional services firms? I work with one now, but I do not believe that most IT people should be employed this way. Having people with IT security skills in commercial firms is a good thing.
It is easy to focus on the negative, it is difficult to do something. CA's have been arround for several hundred years (sorry I have no idea about CPA's). Laywers have been charters since the 11th C. So maybe the time means something, but look at their mistakes and evolution and found an equivilant organisation for IT. Unfortunately this is not as easy as it seems and I would also venture not what most IT people want.
(1) Physically out yes, but enrolled. I am also not counting vacations.
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From: listbounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Yousef Syed
Sent: Sat 28/04/2007 2:41 AM
To: Simmons, James
Cc: security-basics@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Value of certifications
On the matter of Vendor certs I would definitely have to disagree.
I've met plenty of MCSE people that just happened to study hard for
the exam and passed it, but haven't the first clue about setting up an
enterprise Windows system.
For a previous consultancy that I worked at, I was forced to take the
Sun Java Certification (despite the fact that I already had 8years
Java/J2EE real world experience). It is the the most worthless
certification that I've ever come accross and it actually teaches you
things that you'll NEVER do in the real world! I'd gone so long in my
career without it, in-part, due to the fact that so many
"Java-Certified" types that I'd meet, were useless developers.
The vendors care just as little about the student's knowledge as
anyone else - they are also in it for the money. Anytime they change
the OS, you need a new Cert. Anytime a new version of Java comes out,
they want a new Cert... KER-CHING!
What I like about the CISSP is that you are expected to have atleast 4
years prior experience before you take the exam. It covers ten
different security domains. It isn't a technical paper where you
memories a bunch or procedures; rather, you really have to know what
you are security, why it needs security. It isn't at such a high-level
to make it irrelevant, and nor is it at such a low-level as to make it
too technically demanding for people that might never have used a
firewall before.
Are you going to get Fakers picking a CISSP; ofcourse you are (just as
is the case with any qualification); but such persons will be weeded
out swiftly once they are in the workforce and can't produce.
Is it a substitute for experience, no. But it does complement your
experience and if all your experience is only in one particular
security domain, it shows you that there are other security domains
and they all need to be considired together.
Yes, I would prefer to have externally audited orgs performing such
certifications that aren't profit driven; but outside of Universities,
they don't exist - and accademic knowledge and real world knowledge
are two very different things.
On 26/04/07, Simmons, James <jsimmons@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Yes, I agree about determining the pecking order, but what is a better
way of proving that you know something? Actually going out there and
demonstrating that you know it. Or taking some cheaply made test, that
no one knows how it was formed, as your validation?
I am not saying that certifications do not serve a purpose, but I have
found very few that are actually good enough to live up to that purpose.
My example differs between vendor certs (CCNA, MCSE, etc.) and general
knowledge certs (CISSP, security+, etc.) The vendor certs are by far
superior (though expensive for no reason) because who would know the
subject matter better then vendor. The general knowledge certs are a
joke. What designates these people as experts? Both in the field that
the cert is focusing on, and in creating a meaningful cert?
In my rant off my link I make reference to the ASE certs for Automotive
technicians. ASE was formed by the major automakers of the day to
maintain a acceptable skill level. They employed psychologists,
professors, and other education experts to research and ensure that
their testing methods give an accurate portrayal of the skill level of
the individual. Do you honestly think that any of these companies have
put that much time and effort into their tests? These are start-up
companies that believe they can make some money off of trying to
sudo-train individuals to do a complicated job. And companies are
trusting these "certified" professionals to protect them and conduct
business critical work on their systems.
And I am not saying that this is the case for everyone. Some very
intelligent, and capable individuals are getting the certs because that
is what will attract customers. They are not getting the certs to learn
anything new. They are getting them to prove that they know. And at that
point I question why these certs have to cost so much?
While every other question I see in this forum about certs is "I want to
learn about security, what is the cert I should go after?".
It is just a messed up system that really needs an overhaul.
Yousef Syed
"To ask a question is to show ignorance; not to ask a question, means
you remain ignorant" - Japanese Proverb
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I am a theory buff. While I grant that the ultimate point of ethics is to be a good person, I view the peculiar task, and pleasure, of the ethicist to be the formulation and assessment of theories. Theories about what? Why, precisely what it means to be a good person (or to live the good life, or to do the right thing, etc). After all, one's conception of ethics can vary over a wide range, from being effective in a certain sort of way (finding happiness, helping others, etc.), as so-called consequentialist theorists maintain, to being motivated in a certain sort of way (fearing God, caring about others, etc.
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Discussion in 'Non Sci-fi Debates' started by Shadowhyde, Sep 13, 2012.
Hey what can I say, they had the best augmentations. I'd have joined Aspari but I hear their agents don't live very long, and EuroCorp only recruits kids, so...
We're at least a hundred years ahead of schedule.
I'd still rather work for Aspari, even if just as a nightclub guard. They hire the best DJs.
The British Empire will return in full force, wiping the Irish off the face of the Earth before bombing the French into submission. The European Union will be subjugated into the British Commonwealth, with tea and crumpets for all.
America will spontaneously combust. Mexico and Canada will attempt to seize vast swaths of land, except it'll be on fire, so that'll fall through.
Latin America finally expels the last vestiges of colonialism. And then explodes into a great big war from sheer lack of having anyone else to rally against.
Japan unveils giant robots and conquers Korea. China unveils giant robots made of people and takes the peninsula back. India says fuck all y'all and busts out a genetically engineered Shivabot Infinity which breakdances its way into the heart of China before suddenly stopping. And with this end, China ceases to be.
Australia gets conquered by dingos.
Dingostralia gets conquered by koalas.
Koalastralia gets conquered by scorpions.
Scorpionstralia gets conquered by wallabies.
Somebody gets to Mars.
Russia invades Ukraine with an army of bear-riding bikini models.
Belarus continues to be insane.
Sheep from New Zealand conquer Wallabiestralia.
I've collected several, at the time well regarded, books from the 1980s predicting what the globe's geopolitical situation would be like today.
I think you all can guess how close any of them came to reality.
Theres also the Diesel style Fusion reactor: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Fusion
Fusion powered piston engine you say?
I'd be interested in seeing what those predictions were.
The West will probably still be a pretty good place to live and, while it may lose out in relative terms, in absolute terms Western power won't decline too much.
The Middle East will still be a shithole.
Russia will get worse, as it always does.
Futurists will still be making retarded predictions.
Sheepstralia gets 'conquered' by Wales and this happens...
US Democratic Party wins many elections - marking a significant increase in overall diversity of the voting population. US economy soldiers on, slowly growing, trembly, as now. Democrats drawn into ever-widening low intensity general warfare in the Middle East, against terrorist groups allied with potentially-democratic rebel groups, and of course Iran's proxies and influence. Iran gets the bomb. Iraq, Saudi Arabia, maybe Turkey and Libya, and Afghanistan prove staunch US allies in these conflicts. More American clients in the region are established, and their governments and societies strengthened - as with Taiwan, South Korea, and Israel and even arguably West Germany and Japan were.
Russian and China cooperate with increasing economic sophistication. Large colonies of Chinese farmers and perhaps miners established through joint action with Russia in Siberia. Perhaps this cooperation spreads into diplomatic and military spheres. China establishes clients in Central Africa. Africa's general condition improves very slowly. Odd forms of pseudo-colonialism based on fighting AIDS appear. Russia and China continue to disapprove of/vote against US expansion in the Middle East without actually becoming involved - or maybe Syria and Iran could become clients or even allies.
Basically, continued odd prosper-ish-ing of capitalism and the decisive success of regime change. This is still an early stage in the very long arc of capitalism's dissolution though this is not generally apparent. In the US George W. Bush may win significant retrospective acclaim as we approach 2050. Obama is associated with a skilled continuance of the project, marked by tact and pragmatism and frugality.
India and Pakistan . . . I just don't know. Pakistan might become a better ally. India and Pakistan do not have a nuclear exchange. No nuclear weapon is used in anger anywhere in this period. India and probably Pakistan grow and strengthen themselves. Brazil prospers.
Perhaps economic confusion and difficulty continue in Europe. Social unrest related to immigration. But Europe from Portugal from the Russia remains at peace.


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Elisabetta Canalis Hoping Dancing With The Stars Will Help Her Get Over George Clooney
September 11, 2011 10:00 AM by Lisa Princ
Dancing With The Stars on ABC's new season is almost here, and as all the celebrities gear up to the hit dance floor, Elisabetta Canalis reveals that she is hoping the show will help her get over her breakup with George Clooney. Read on for more!
Breaking up is never easy, and apparently for Elisabetta Canalis, she is hoping her time on Dancing With The Stars will help her get through her recent breakup. Elisabetta, who recently broke up with her longtime boyfriend, George Clooney, recently told People Magazine that she is embracing her stint on the show, part of which is to help her get over George!
Elisabetta Canalis told People Magazine of her breakup with Georg Clooney: "It was a difficult time for me. When I lose something I always find a good reason to go forward … I throw myself into my work. It's the only thing I can cling to." Elisabetta goes on to say that she does not believe in "Prince Charming," as she added: "I'm a bit of a tomboy, but when it comes to love I am a doormat. I'm looking for men who can give me security."
Okay all you single guys out there, Elisabetta Canalis is still looking for Mr. right! While Elisabetta hopes her time on Dancing With The Stars will take her mind of George Clooney, we are dying to see how she does on the dance floor! Elisabetta Canalis is paired up with newbie, Val Chmerkovskiy – should be fun to watch these two! Are you looking forward to the premiere of Dancing With The Stars on ABC? Comment and share your thoughts with us!
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You're obviously nothing like the character. But is there an aspect of you they wrote into the character as a result of your interpretation of her?
That's such an interesting question -- I've never thought about that. But I think that when you're a regular on a show, they do sort of probably glean-- they hear your voice, and start to write a little bit in that direction, that they feel your voice is. I'm sure that's true, that they did that for all of the characters.
Her reaction to Gene Parmesan, for example, almost seems out of character for her. But is that something you came up with?
I remember that. It's funny because I've had a lot of scripts and things in the past where it says, "so-and-so screams." And to me, if you've got to scream, you've got to really scream. So I think the first thing they wrote was "Lucille squeals with delight" or something, and to me that was like a scream.
And in the pilot, when George Sr. is talking "I'm going to give my company to the most sexy, the most wonderful..." and everybody thinks it's Michael. And he says to Lucille, and there was no scream in there, and I screamed. And from that they did a whole thing with flowers, and I don't know -- it says scream, I scream! Or squeal, I squeal.
But the Gene Parmesan thing -- Lucille is multi-faceted, and I think that's good about the writers, they realize you can be silly and still be Lucille, or you can be serious if you're Tobias. Multi-layered, our writers wrote us multi-layered.
Do you interact with Jeffrey Tambor's character differently as Oscar than you do with him as George?
Yes, yes, because Oscar in Lucille's mind is just a pathetic loser.
Who she's sort of in love with.
Well, yeah – but I think she really loves George, or they could not have stayed together all these years. There's a lot of hanky-panky going on for the two elders of the group.
How does that distinction manifest itself in terms of your collaboration with Jeffrey?
When he comes on as Oscar, he's so different that that's what I react to. I'm reacting to Jeffrey playing that sad-sack Oscar who's so crazy about me. When he comes on as George, I react to him as George Sr. The funny thing is sometimes Lucille doesn't know which one it is, and you'll see that coming up too. I may never work again because I'm giving away these little things.
Did you have any concerns that they would be integrating guest stars like Kristen Wiig and Seth Rogen into the show, since they might take away from the screen time the original family might have?
I never thought about that. No no no, and obviously when you get someone like Kristen Wiig to play you as a young woman, I mean, I was blown away -- I was thrilled. It never occurred to me to think of them like "the guest star of the moment." It's all such an ensemble piece, and the thought that we could attract such good people, like John Slattery. I never thought about it. Honestly, they were just part of the cast that week.
Changing gears a little bit, you did a TV movie in the late '70s, a Dr. Strange movie.
Oh my God! You have done your homework! "Dr. Strange."
People want to see a movie about him, but that occurred when those adaptations were in their inception. Did you have any idea these would become the phenomenon they are?
Never. Never. I think that was like 1978, but never could I have foreseen it. That has a big cult following, that little Dr. Strange movie.
Have you revisited it?
No, but somebody – there was a clip of it on the internet, me being 180 years old, standing on a cliff where they do the old age face with the cast of your face, and it's scary because it's kind of what I've started to look like. So I was like, quick, turn it off! Yeah, I haven't seen it in years and years and years.
Would you come back for a Dr. Strange movie now?
First of all, I'm about 500 years too old for that part, because she was in her early thirties, that character. But I could do a cameo as her great-grandma.
Why do you think it is that we like watching these people that we don't like?
Or people that you love to hate. Well, I know I do -- I love watching movies with people that I hate. I love those old movies with Bette Davis where she's the evil one. Because we all have that in us, and we can't really act on it as the audience, but we can watch the actor act on it and it sort of releases those feelings in us. You know, everybody has those feelings of rage and murder and manipulation, and we can't really do them in real life. So watching someone else do them, I think, is a release.
Do you feel like that's a timeless idea? Because it seems like that's the focus of a lot of shows now -- "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia," "Archer"...
"Dallas"! J.R. -- everybody loved hating him, and he had his vulnerable spot. He was like a real person -- he did everything for his son, and he wasn't a cliché villain at all. I think if you can find the vulnerability in your villains... Lucille, for instance, she really loves Buster, and the idea that Buster might walk away is so horrifying. I remember some early episode, in the old days, and Buster said something about her, and she goes, "My Buster? My Buster said that?" I don't know.
How has this and "Archer" introduced you to a different kind of fan -- animation, sci-fi, as opposed to fans of your older work?
"Archer" fans are wild -- they're wild. I did a couple of those "Archer" live shows, and honestly, I didn't know about half of what they were talking about. I really didn't. But you know, I am just so lucky because people are so nice. Maybe it's because I'm old or something, but they're so polite and nice. I haven't had any bad experiences with fans. It's not like I'm Rock Hudson and they're like, "Oh my God!" and you can't walk anywhere.
My fun experiences are when I'm walking around just like me in New York where I live, no makeup, no hair, with a dog, and people say, "You know, you look just like that woman who plays Lucille Bluth." And then they walk away! [laughs] They walk away. So it's fine by me.


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Beyonce's Grown Woman Commercial Features Favorite Beyonces From The Past
April 05, 2013 10:00 AM by Stephanie Gustafson
Which Beyonce do you like best? The Bootylicious youngster? Or the grown-up diva we witnessed at this year's Super Bowl? Well, in Pepsi's latest commercial, you get to see both versions of the former American Idol guest star, along with several others! As Pepsi proves, there's no such thing as too much Beyonce!
Beyonce has several new songs coming out in the near future, and super fans are lucky enough to hear a short snippet of one of them in a brand new Pepsi commercial. The ad features the upcoming single Grown Woman, which reps claim will be on the diva's next album but is not set to be the first single. So, yes, there's a bit of a wait until we can hear the entire song, but at least we get a preview!
But what's even more interesting than the brief song clip featured in the commercial is the portrayal of multiple Beyonces, including our favorites from the past and the current fierce singer that we know and love today. Dressed up in the distinctive garb from past videos such as Single Ladies, Beyonce shows off all her signature dances in front of a huge set of mirrors — and then adds several new moves to the mix! The commercial ends with the singer advising viewers to "embrace your past, but live for now."
As much fun as we've had viewing the new commercial, Beyonce found the filming process even more enjoyable. In a recent statement, she explained, "I had so much fun collaborating on this campaign with Pepsi…It was the first time I saw those costumes in years and it was very emotional. I'm proud of those moments and they all connect in some way and have helped me evolve into who I am today."
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April 14th, 2013 at 10:26 am
I am not understanding why Pepsi would pay Beyonce all that money to make a Pepsi commercial.
People who buy pepsi will continue to buy pepsi this commercial will not make people go out and by pepsi. Advertising should be to make money off a product the company is selling. Not to pay a artist to perform that will not cause your product or merchandise to bring in more of a profit than you are paying the artist. This is like giving away money. Pepsi could had gotten a hip hop decent group and made a Pepsi commercial that young people would cling to the beat and actually pick up some Pepsi. Beyonce is old and there was nothing new in that commmerical just old video makeup.


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9/11 | The aftermath of the attack on the Pentagon
At the Pentagon, evacuated employees-officials in full military dress mixed with civilians and janitors and chefs-stood by the hundreds around the edges of the parking lot watching the blaze engulf the western side of their massive office building.
Several people assisted an elderly female employee who had to leave the building without her walker. Hundreds discovered they could not contact their friends or loved ones on their wireless phones. Fire trucks from every local jurisdiction in northern Virginia were parked in a long row. Police and military personnel ushered employees out of the parking lot and onto the grassy hills surrounding the Pentagon as they placed yellow tape around the parking lot that read, "this is a crime scene."
Drivers of emergency vehicles quickly lost patience with the people milling around. "Get out of the way, you idiots," roared one voice out of a loudspeaker. Military personnel and men in FBI jackets pressed evacuees into the nearby shopping areas in Pentagon City and Crystal City. Yelled one FBI agent: "There is another hijacked airplane. This is not a safe area!" The announcement provoked some panicked individuals to climb fences lining the nearby exit of Interstate 395. Evacuators pressed others south across and under the interstate exit.
Outside the Macy's department store at the Pentagon City mall, Defense Department employees wondered what they would do next. One woman complained: "I left my purse back there, my ID, my keys, my car. How am I going to get home? At least we're alive."
Major highways and minor streets leading away from the Pentagon were so jammed that clusters of evacuees walked away. Yelling out of the window of a van, one woman noticed friends on the street: "Nice to see you." One friend asked, "You're amused we're walking?" The woman replied, "No, it's nice to see you made it out here."
Tourists were also among the refugees pounding the pavement. Paul Lamb, who worked in Crystal City for the Navy for 20 years ending in 1993 before retiring to Bisbee, Ariz., was about to fly home when "they told us to get off the plane and get out of the airport." Mr. Lamb took a five-mile hike south to Alexandria's Old Town section to meet his son late in the afternoon. "My son said, 'Can you get to Alexandria by 4:30,' and I said, 'I can get anywhere in the next five hours.'" He joked, "I haven't seen a car pass me yet."


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3 large eggs, beaten
¼ cup water
¼ tsp salt
¼ tsp cayenne powder
1½ cups bread crumbs
1½ cups grated Parmesan cheese
1 20-oz bag frozen tortellini, thawed
¾ cup flour
marinara sauce (or spaghetti sauce of your choice)
Preheat oven to 400F. Line a baking sheet with parchment and spray with nonstick cooking spray.
Beat eggs with water in a shallow bowl. Set aside. Combine salt, cayenne, bread crumbs, and Parmesan cheese in gallon-sized plastic zip bag.
Put flour in a shallow dish. Rinse thawed tortellini in a colander. Shake to drain well. Toss tortellini with flour, shaking off excess flour. Add tortellini to egg mixture and swirl to coat pasta. Using slotted spoon, transfer tortellini to zip bag with bread crumb mixture and shake until pasta is coated with crumb mixture.
Place tortellini on baking sheet. Bake for 15 to 18 minutes until crispy and golden. Serve with marinara as a dipping sauce.
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Burlington Police Department and handle any case a sworn officer would work on.
"They do everything," Schirling said. "Because they're under law enforcement supervision and they're in law enforcement space, there are no restrictions on the kinds of things they can work on. All the analysis is done here in government space."
Far-Ranging Cases
The cases investigated by the Champlain College faculty members vary from homicide, financial crimes and larceny to child pornography and child exploitation, two major areas of concern for investigators.
Kessler carved out a niche for himself as one of the few investigators in the state who can analyze a cell phone for its contents. Most of the cases that come through the Burlington Police Department involving cell phones wind up in Kessler's lap.
Few courses exist on cell-phone data analysis, and Kessler took one of the first - offered last year by SEARCH, the National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics. The lack of training and the difficulty in analyzing cell phones combine to make the work a dicey proposition.
"The interfaces from the phones to the computer are all different," Kessler explained. "All of the phone models are different so you need different software. It's a little more of an art than a science, and you can't always get the stuff to work. It's like rolling dice when you're examining phones."
Sometimes investigators get a search warrant first before opening up the phone, then go through the phone's various menus and collect information that way. It's not necessarily the best way to get information out of a phone, Kessler said.
"In fact, you miss information that way," he explained. "There is a fair amount of information you [can] get off a phone if you're going through the data port that you can't get if you just open it up, press the keys and go through the menu."
Dissecting a computer for evidence may be more straightforward than analyzing a phone, but there are still many nuances to learn, Schirling said, which is why it's helpful to assemble intelligent minds.
"If somebody does a [Macintosh] exam specific to a fraud case and they learn a few nuances from doing that case, they can bring that knowledge to the table for other investigators the next time there's one of those exams. Not everybody has to become a specialist in every kind of computer application."
Not everybody could become a specialist because there's so much to learn, Schirling added. "There are myriad hardware and software combinations, potentially millions of combinations, and just having a couple of people working on [forensics] makes it difficult to get that broad base of knowledge. We're building a bigger base of knowledge and experience by having more people involved."
A Critical Need
That knowledge is also being fed online to future forensics examiners. All CDF program courses are offered online, and it's becoming a popular way to get the degree. Kessler said of the estimated 160 undergraduate students involved in the major, 90 take the courses online.
Kessler said he's hard pressed to say that the online course works better or worse for the student than being present in a classroom.
"Online works well for an adult, motivated, disciplined learner," he said, noting that online students log on, download a PDF file for lecture notes, then use other links to see slides and hear an instructor.
"There's homework, where we have them using a lot of demo software and freeware, shareware, which is the exact same thing we're doing in our live classes," Kessler said, "and we give them assignments based on those demos."
Students get an education that, it is hoped, will alleviate a growing national problem. "We could [confiscate] a computer from every crime scene, but we don't have anywhere near the capacity to deal with it," he said. "It's a critical national need that needs to be filled."