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Court Programs at 4th District, Division 1
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Extern Program
Settlement Program
Court Speakers Program
The Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division One offers an extern program for law students. Externs are selected by the individual justices with whom they then work for 20 to 40 hours per week during a school trimester. The program, including an orientation and periodic group meetings, is administered by the Lead Appellate Court Attorney or designee acting as the Extern Coordinator. Students who participate as part of their school's extern program may earn course credit. The court's extern program is conducted during three trimesters: Spring (January-May), Summer (June-August) and Fall (September-December).
The extern program provides law students with a clinical educational experience at the intermediate appellate level. Each student works in chambers, under supervision, in a role similar to that of a judicial staff attorney. The program offers judicial and staff accessibility and the opportunity to hone research and writing skills. To complement the practical experience, lectures are given on opinion writing and various substantive topics.
Program Qualifications
Candidates for the extern program are selected from the top 20% of their class and must have completed first year law school coursework. Candidates with exceptional non-academic experience will also be considered. A minimum commitment of 20 hours per week is required. A total of 6 externs are usually chosen.
Application Process
Applications are due February 1st for the Summer session, March 15th for the Fall session, and October 1st for the Spring session. Adjustments will be made as needed to accommodate variations in individual school calendars.
Candidates must submit a cover letter, resume, official transcript, and writing sample (email is accepted) by the specified deadline to:
Sarah Weber, Extern Coordinator
Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division One
750 B Street, Suite 300
San Diego, California 92101
Qualified candidates will be chosen to participate in the interview phase and selections will then be made. Letters of recommendation are not required, but will be accepted.
The court has a voluntary settlement program. The form for the voluntary settlement program is sent out to all parties when the case is assigned a number. Settlement efforts will be commenced by filing with the Court of Appeal a written request for settlement conference on the court form executed by the parties to a pending appeal. If the appeal involves more than two parties, settlement procedures will be commenced upon the request of any two opposing parties.
Settlement procedures may be initiated prior to the filing of any briefs or up to 30 days following the filing of the final brief. The commencement of settlement procedures will ordinarily not permit the interruption or extension of the brief filing schedule.
Upon receipt of a stipulated settlement conference request, the Presiding Justice will appoint a Settlement Justice. The parties stipulating to settlement procedures may request the appointment of a specific justice as Settlement Justice. Selection of the Settlement Justice shall, however, be at the discretion of the Presiding Justice. The court also reserves the right to decline to initiate settlement procedures in any specific case.
If a Settlement Justice is appointed who is not presently sitting, any compensation required by that person shall be paid by the parties requesting the settlement procedures. No such appointment requiring compensation shall be made, however, without the agreement of the parties.
Settlement procedures following appointment of a Settlement Justice shall be at the discretion of the Settlement Justice, acting in consultation with the parties. The filing of settlement conference briefs may be required, in the discretion of the Settlement Justice, if the conference takes place before final briefing of the case for appellate review. The Settlement Justice may, and usually will, require the attendance at settlement conferences of the parties or their authorized agents.
The Court is available to provide speakers to schools and civic groups regarding court programs, procedures and the judicial system. The Court can not however comment on cases pending before the court. To request a speaker from the court, contact Kevin Lane, Clerk/Administrator at 619-744-0760.
Court Programs at 4th District, Division 2
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Backlog Reduction and Case Management
Tentative Opinion Program
Volunteer Attorney Mediator Civil Appellate Settlement Program
In January 1996, Division Two had a backlog of approximately 300 fully briefed cases that had not yet been assigned for preparation of an opinion, resulting in delays of up to an additional year beyond the norm in civil cases. The court had been expecting an increase in justices and/or legal staff to deal with the backlog since it began to grow in 1990--no additional justices, and only one attorney in 1991 and another for 1996, had been authorized since 1987 despite steady increases in filings. But when it became plain that the additional resources would not be forthcoming, the justices concurred in a commonsense plan developed by the presiding justice to reduce the backlog and resulting delays of up to an additional year beyond the norm in civil cases.
The first objective was to prevent the further growth of the backlog by estimating the actual number of fully briefed cases the court would receive monthly and assigning all of those cases to the chambers and staff.
The second objective was to reduce the backlog by additional case assignments beyond what was necessary to prevent backlog growth. The court looked at several different levels of case assignments, balanced the need for backlog reduction against the impact of the additional work on the justices and legal staff, and determined that the backlog could be reasonably reduced over a two-year period. The appropriate assignments were planned, the justices agreed on the work increase, and the plan was presented to court personnel.
Led by the united justices and supported by a determined staff, the court met the monthly goals and increased the number of opinions filed each month by an average of almost 50 percent becoming one of the most productive courts of appeal in the state. Almost all cases are now assigned to chambers within a month after they have been fully briefed with little, if any, backlog in the chambers. The court continues to set case assignments according to an estimate of the number of cases coming fully briefed and to monitor its caseload to insure against the development of a new backlog.
Every court of appeal in California, and most intermediate appellate courts throughout the country, prepare a "bench memorandum" prior to oral argument. These memoranda often take the form of draft opinions and often become the final opinion of the court with little, if any, modifications. The great majority of appellate courts do not send the draft opinion to counsel prior to oral argument, and, as a result, counsel are completely unaware of the court's initial response to the arguments in their briefs and do not know how to focus their oral argument. Consequently, oral argument is often a dry, meaningless ritual in which counsel merely review the arguments set forth in their briefs.
To improve the quality and relevance of the oral argument experience, the justices of this court in October 1990 started mailing the preliminary draft of the opinion, which they called the "tentative opinion," to counsel seven to ten days before oral argument. As a result, the justices of this court have found oral argument more useful in assisting the court to reach a decision. The justices do not sense that their deliberations are any less objective than before the tentative opinion program began. Counsel almost unanimously praise the program.
Issuance of the tentative opinion before oral argument has significantly reduced the time spent on oral argument in two ways. First, argument has become more focused and taken less time as counsel can concentrate on the issues found significant by the court. Second, counsel often decide to waive oral argument once they see the court's tentative opinion. Thus, the program has increased both the quality and efficiency of the court resulting in a savings to taxpayers.
After a four-month trial run in 1991, this court commenced its civil appellate settlement program using volunteer attorney mediators. Eighty mediators were selected from among the most respected attorneys in the Riverside and Riverside County bar. The court focused the program on fully briefed appeals that had not yet been assigned to a chambers. The volunteer mediators removed approximately 300 civil appeals from this court's backlog over a period of five years saving taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars. In recognition of that success and the program's efficiency, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and Judicial Council honored the program in 1996 with a Kleps Award for innovative judicial programs.
As the court became current in the assignment of civil appeals for preparation of an opinion, the court shifted the settlement program focus to pre-briefing cases. The Presiding Justice now screens cases when the docketing statement is filed, and assigns about 30 percent of the cases selected to the settlement program. Once selected, participation is mandatory. Mediators specializing in the area of law involved in the appeal are matched with the case. The mediators often spend several hours prior to the first settlement conference reviewing the settlement statement provided by the parties and the record when necessary. The conferences are held at the court, and the mediators often require the parties to return for additional negotiations after the initial meeting. The percentage of cases settled has risen over the life of the program from 30 percent of the cases in which one or more settlement conferences are held to 40 percent .
Court Programs at 4th District, Division 3
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Extern Program
Judicial Settlement Program
Electronic Briefs (E-Briefs)
The Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three offers an extern program for law students.
Candidates should check with their law schools to determine the procedures and timing for submitting applications for judicial externships with any particular appellate court justice in Division Three. Externships are available during the school year and the summer. The program is administered by the individual justices and staffs, and typically involves intense, supervised work in legal writing, legal research and exploration of various areas of substantive law. Students may earn course credit depending on the policies of their law schools.
The individual justices establish the criteria for selecting extern candidates. Candidates must have completed the first year of law school coursework, and usually commit a minimum of 20 hours per week to the program, although the hours may vary according to the needs of the justice and the time of the year. The program is highly competitive, and there are many qualified applicants. Standards for selection include: (a) legal, professional and intellectual skills to do the work required, (b) dependability, reliability and interpersonal skills, (c) commitment, and (d) integrity.
In light of the budget shortfall for the judicial branch in the state budget. Division Three's Judicial Settlement Program has been discontinued, effective July 1, 2011. Parties who settle a case that is pending on appeal should immediately file a Notice of Settlement with the clerk's office and serve it upon opposing counsel. (See Calif. Rules of Court, Rule 8.244(a).)
The court encourages parties to an appeal to cooperate in filing electronic briefs ("e-briefs"). E briefs are contained on a single CD-ROM and combine the record on appeal with the appellate briefs. E-briefs supplement the paper record and briefs, but do not replace them.
The court's voluntary E-Briefs program should not be confused with electronic service (E-Filing) of briefs to the California Supreme Court (Calif. Rules of Court, Rule 8.212.) Click here for an explanation of e-filing.
Counsel who believe that an e-brief is appropriate for an appeal should confer as early as possible with opposing counsel and should cooperate in preparing it. Ideally, the parties will file a single e-brief - a single CD-ROM containing (1) the reporter's transcript (searchable), (2) the clerk's transcript or a joint appendix in lieu thereof, including images of all exhibits (searchable), (3) copies of all cited authorities, and (d) all briefs, hyperlinked to each other, to the record, and to the full text of all cited authorities. The court encourages counsel to cooperate in filing an e-brief and to agree to share the cost.
If opposing counsel does not wish to participate, any one party may prepare the e-brief, provided the filing contains all parties' briefs hyperlinked as described above. As a courtesy to the Court, non-participating parties shall provide electronic copies of their briefs to the party preparing the e-brief.
E-briefs should be filed as early as possible, and in any event no later than 15 days after the last paper brief is filed.
Counsel must submit a written notification to the clerk's office informing the court of the intention to participate in e-briefing. The court will work with counsel to minimize delay and maximize the effectiveness of the e-briefing.
Counsel should not assume that the cost of preparation will be recoverable.
E-briefs are in addition to the normal paper copies and must meet the following requirements.
The Court will accept any format for electronic briefs as long as it meets the minimum requirements stated above. Counsel should recognize that the usefulness of e-briefs to the Court will depend heavily on their completeness and ease of use, and how early the e-brief is filed.


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Kenyatta Declared Kenya's Next President
NAIROBI—Kenya's election commission on Saturday declared Uhuru Kenyatta the country's next president, handing control of East Africa's biggest economy to a man charged with crimes against humanity.
Final results showed Mr. Kenyatta triumphed with 50.07% of 12.3 million votes cast, a whisker above the 50% margin he needed to avoid a runoff. Some 86% of Kenya's more than 14 million registered voters turned out for Monday's elections, a record in the country's five decades of independence.
Mr. Kenyatta's main challenger, Prime Minister Raila Odinga, had 43.31% of votes cast. He said he would challenge the outcome in Kenya's Supreme Court, even as he appealed to his supporters to remain calm.
"The constitutionally sanctioned process of electing a new set of leader to take us to the next level has been thwarted by another tainted election," Mr. Odinga said, adding that his team would outline instances of vote manipulation and miscounting in court.
Meanwhile, he said, "we want to appeal to all Kenyans to respect the rule of law and the constitution of which they are so proud."
Mr. Kenyatta's supporters poured into the streets of Nairobi and stronghold towns across the country on Saturday, blowing whistles and vuvuzelas and waving red and white flags, the colors ofMr. Kenyatta's party. So far there have been no reports of the kind of violence that erupted after the last elections in 2007. That year a disputed victory for President Mwai Kibaki sent Kenyans from rival tribes hurtling at each other across the country.
Ahmed Issack Hassan, Kenya's commission chairman, appealed to Kenyans to accept Mr. Kenyatta's victory peacefully. "We urge all of you to recall our commitment to the rule of law and accountability for our actions, to remember very carefully the words of our national anthem: let us accept responsibility for our future and do the right thing. There can be victory without victims," Mr. Hassan said.
Victory for Mr. Kenyatta, 51, put him in the footsteps of his father, Jomo Kenyatta, the first president of independent Kenya, extending the sway of a family and tribe that has dominated government and business since British colonial times. Among Kenya's richest families, the Kenyattas own huge tracts of rich agricultural land and stakes in major Kenyan banks and media companies.
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One worry here is that Western governments may pull back from a country run by Mr. Kenyatta because he is set to go on trial at the International Criminal Court for stoking violence after the 2007 elections.
British diplomats have cited U.K. policy of maintaining only "essential" contact with ICC indictees. The U.S., which has more diplomats in Kenya than anywhere else in Africa, also could face hard choices. At a media briefing last month, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson warned that "choices have consequences," but didn't say what repercussions there might be for a Kenyatta victory.
Speaking at a Catholic University in Nairobi after his victory was announced, Mr. Kenyatta suggested that he would cooperate with the ICC.
"We recognize and accept our international obligations, and we will continue to cooperate with all nations and international institutions, in line with those obligations," he said. "However, we also expect that the international community will respect our sovereignty and the democratic will of the people of Kenya."
He, too, appealed for peace from both Mr. Odinga's supporters and his own.
"For those that are celebrating, let us be modest in our victory," Mr. Kenyatta said. "To those who voted for my opponents, let us keep in mind the broader victory of Kenya and continue to uphold peace."
The vote showed how deep Kenya's ethnic divides remain even a half-century after the end of British rule. Mr. Kenyatta and Mr. Odinga each claimed more than 90% of the vote in many of their respective Kikuyu and Luo strongholds, according to the partial results available Friday evening.
Election observers praised Monday's vote as free and fair, but there were widespread snafus. Laptops deployed to identify voters by their fingerprints ran out of batteries. A much-hyped system for transmitting preliminary results from polling stations broke down, prompting the commission to shift gears on Wednesday, airlifting officials from far-flung districts to bring their local results to a national tallying center.
Some fear the tension that sparked violence following the 2007 victory for Mwai Kibaki, a Kikuyu whom Mr. Kenyatta backed, never truly dissipated.
After Mr. Kibaki's win was announced, members of tribes that had supported other candidates—including Mr. Odinga's—attacked Kikuyus. Kikuyus retaliated by attacking members of Mr. Odinga's Luo and other tribes. More than 1,000 people were killed in a few weeks, and hundreds of thousands were chased from their homes.
Last year, the ICC indicted Mr. Kenyatta for allegedly inciting gangs to bully, murder and rape Mr. Odinga's supporters. He denies the charges. The court on Thursday delayed the start of his trial to July from April, after his lawyers cited delayed disclosure of evidence and late changes to the prosecution's case.
As much as the violence following the last vote tarnished his international reputation, Mr. Kenyatta retains fervent support among his fellow Kikuyu.
"The ICC is not a big issue. We the people believe in him," said Isaac Mwaura, a Nairobi taxi driver who attended a massive election rally for Mr. Kenyatta last weekend.
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NFL unveils new Pro Bowl uniforms NFL unveils new Pro Bowl uniforms Close Tweet0 Share0 Comment0 Share0 Share0 Stumble It0 Print0 More Audibles Marc Trestman carries impressive CFL resume to Chicago by Chris Burke Add Favorite Favorite Added Twitter Email Posted: Wed Jan. 16, 2013 Marc Trestman had an overall record of 64-34, with two Grey Cups, in five seasons with the Alouettes. (Todd Korol/Reuters)Former South Florida wide receiver S.J. Green had 62 catches during his entire four-year collegiate career. He had 61 just this season alone for the CFL's Montreal Alouettes, after hauling in 87 receptions in 2011.So Green, for one, is plenty convinced that his former Alouettes coach Marc Trestman is ready for his new role as head coach of the Chicago Bears."I feel like he'll do very well," Green said early Wednesday morning, speaking with SI.com right after the Bears announced they had tabbed Trestman to replace Lovie Smith. "He entered the West Coast offense into what we did. It was a hard transition ... (but) the offense we ran is pretty much what you see in an NFL game."I can watch NFL teams and call out plays that we run. The offense we run, I'm sure, will be successful in the NFL. By choosing Chicago, (Trestman) feels like he has the personnel he needs."Trestman's game plans certainly paid off with the Alouettes. In 2008, Trestman inherited a team that had gone 8-10 the year prior and promptly led them to an 11-7 mark. That season ended with a trip to the Grey Cup (the CFL's Super Bowl equivalent), the first of three straight Alouettes appearances in the game. They won the title in both 2009 and '10."What he's done as a head coach in the CFL has been really impressive," Andrew Bucholtz of Yahoo's CFL blog, the 55-Yard Line, told SI.com via email. "He's helped the Alouettes take a jump from a good team to a great one."General manager Jim Popp, who's drawing NFL interest of his own, is also a part of that, but the Alouettes, and quarterback Anthony Calvillo in particular, have gone to a new level during Trestman's tenure."News of Calvillo's improvement ought to be music to Bears' fans ears. No doubt, Chicago's hiring of Trestman has a lot to do with the belief that he can push Jay Cutler to the next level.Trestman was an NFL assistant coach, for various teams, from 1985-2004. During that run he worked with the likes of Bernie Kosar, Steve Young, Scott Mitchell, Jake Plummer and Rich Gannon -- all of whom thrived, with Trestman's help.Calvillo threw for an average of 5,089 yards during Trestman's five seasons with Montreal. And while the CFL and NFL games have their differences, Trestman's offense could help Cutler and the Bears reach a high ceiling offensively."One thing he does is he uses his talent to his advantage," Green said. "If he has a good receiver, he's going to scheme his offense there -- he builds around what he has, from the quarterback on down."From a personality standpoint, Trestman may remind Bears fans of Smith -- "I think there would certainly be some similarities to Lovie Smith," Bucholtz said, "but they're not completely identical" -- though the most noticeable changes could come on the field, where the Bears have turned from the defense-first thinking of Smith to Trestman's offensive-minded background.As such, the trick for Trestman will be to catapult the Chicago offense forward without ruining the team's identity as an opportunistic defensive outfit."This is a fair concern, and the Alouettes' defense hasn't been all that great lately," Bucholtz said. "However, their defense has shone at times during Trestman's tenure, and it was the primary reason for their 2010 Grey Cup victory."I think the key there is finding the right guy as defensive coordinator. This past year, Jeff Reinebold didn't seem like the ideal fit (and the Alouettes parted ways with him after the season). If Trestman can find a talented defense coordinator whom he can work with, I wouldn't worry about the defense too much."Bucholtz also pointed out that Trestman has been an "excellent motivator" while with the Alouettes, an aspect of Trestman's coaching style that Green spoke highly of, as well.Green played his college ball under the fiery, in-your-face Jim Leavitt. Trestman, he said, is a 180 from that approach."Two totally different coaches -- both effective coaches, but Trestman is more of a laid-back coach," Green said. "He's not going to get in your face, he's not going to cuss you out ... if he needs to get his point across, he can and will."Even with all of Trestman's CFL accolades, though, this constitutes a major roll of the dice for the Bears. Trestman has not coached in the NFL since 2004 and he has not called plays for an NFL team in more than a decade.There is past evidence of the CFL-to-NFL jump working -- former Bills coach Marv Levy went that route, as did ex-Vikings head man Bud Grant (who brought Trestman to the NFL as Minnesota's running backs coach in 1985). This is a leap of faith from the Bears, nonetheless."There's no dispute that the CFL and NFL are different games and that the NFL would be an adjustment for Trestman," Bucholtz said. "But in some ways, I think it may be less of an adjustment than it would be for an NFL offensive coordinator or defensive coordinator to take over as a head coach."The game's different, but the head coach's responsibilities are very similar: put together a solid game plan, hire a good staff, get the most out of your staff and your players and get all the pieces to fit together."Trestman has done that, and then some, while with the Alouettes.This gamble may backfire on the Bears down the road. You'll have a hard time finding anyone who's worked with Trestman predicting a flop, though. "If you pay attention to what Trestman's saying, he's always saying something you can learn from," Green said. "He's been around the block a couple of times -- he has his methods of doing things and making things work in his favor." More Audibles


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Is it considered "secure" to send a password in a skype message and delete the message after the recipient remembered the password?
Questions I would ask myself before using skype for sending sensitive information:
Before satisfying these questions my own answer would have to be no.
"A password" is not enough information to determine how it needs to be protected. What resources does the password grant access to, and what level of access?
Skype uses reasonably strong encryption on voice communication--we think. It's closed-source, so what we know comes from documentation and protocol reversing. You can't look at their source code to make sure they're not, say, using a flawed AES implementation that leaks key data.
Even if the protocol is completely secure, it's still operated by Skype Limited, a Luxembourg-based company, and owned by Silver Lake Investments, a Menlo Park-based tech investment firm.
So, to return to the beginning, what are you trying to protect? If it's the nuclear launch codes, over $10k worth of financial data, or Luxembourg state secrets, don't use Skype. If it's a user account on a domain that wouldn't interest a capital investment firm, a small European country, or a crime syndicate with the resources to sniff internet backbone traffic, Skype's probably ok.
Skype sends information among 3rd party client nodes with a closed protocol. It makes no warranties about the security of its connection. I would suggest using something like OTR on top of your instant messaging medium.
Beyond that, the usual, "is there enough risk to warrant concern" rule applies. Maybe it just isn't worth addressing in your case.
The other question is whether you really need to send a password (i.e. a shared secret) directly, or whether it would make more sense to establish an encrypted channel using a method that does not require a secure channel.
For example, if you can get positive confirmation that you are talking to the right person (e.g. by recognizing their voice on the phone), then having them generate an asymmetric keypair and read out the fingerprint of the key to you would be a sufficient trust path to initiate an encrypted communication afterwards, while an eavesdropper would not gain anything.
Seems I'm a little late but I just want to share my opinion.
Nothing is secure enough to transfer passwords.
Passwords as a concept are meant to be memorized only. Storing/transmitting/telling someone a password instantly lowers the security of whatever it is protecting.
Generally you shouldn't need to give anyone a password he should create an account for himself or you should create an account for him.


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TRIPOLI, Libya (CNN) -- A party headed by a former interim premier led early results from Libya's weekend parliamentary elections, the country's first vote in decades.
Mahmoud Jibril's National Forces Alliance had about 52% of the vote across four of the 13 districts where results were released late Monday. The NFA led in three of those -- Janzour, Tarhuna and Zlitan. But it trailed the field in Misrata, where the Union for the Homeland -- led by a prominent Misrata figure Abdurrahman Sewehli -- led the pack.
Jibril served as prime minister in the interim government that declared Libya a free nation after the 2011 revolt that toppled longtime ruler Moammar Gadhafi in October. The mercurial Gadhafi dismantled many of the civic institutions common to democratic states during his 42 years in power, leaving Libya struggling to emerge from his shadow.
About 3,500 candidates were running for 200 seats in a new parliament, and turnout was about 60% of the country's 2.8 million registered voters, election commission Chairman Nuri Khalifa Al-Abbar said.
The results out Monday are less than 10% of the estimated 1.7 million votes cast in the North African country's first elections in more than four decades.
Final results are not likely to be announced before the end of the week at the earliest, the state-run LANA news agency reported. And it will take weeks or even months for the winners to form an effective coalition government, said Fadel Lamen, president of the American-Libyan Council.
"The election is providing one thing only, legitimacy," said Lamen, who just returned from a visit to Libya. "Everything else, all the problems, all the challenges, will still be there the morning after."
Observers say a new Libyan state is slowly starting to take shape, but it still could be years -- generations even -- before the revolution will bear fruit. Dartmouth University professor Dirk Vandewalle said signs that Libya is beginning to turn the corner abound.
"Schools and businesses are reopening. Ministries are being reorganized and are starting to make and implement policy," said Vandewalle, author of "A History of Modern Libya."
"Most importantly, the power of the militias is very slowly but inexorably being eroded," he said.
The nation's judiciary is even starting to flex its muscle, Vandewalle said, noting it recently overturned a law that seemed aimed at restricting free expression.
The parliamentary vote is a litmus test for Libya in the post-Gadhafi era. Balloting was held 17 months after political demonstrations against Gadhafi broke out in two Libyan cities. Those demonstrations spread, leading to a civil war, NATO airstrikes and Gadhafi's death by a bullet to the head in October.
While Gadhafi's death ended much of the violence, unrest continues in parts of the country, particularly the south and the west, and the government has not been able to completely contain the militias that helped overthrow the former leader.
But the government has proved capable of responding to such crises, Vandewalle said: Authorities were able to disarm the militia that took over Tripoli's airport on June 4, forced attackers out of the prime minister's office and removed protesters who had blocked access to a state-owned oil company.
Whether the government will be able to forge a long-term solution to the country's regionally based militias is another matter, Lamen said.
"Having a central solution to a local problem most of the time doesn't work," he said.
Libyan leaders will instead have to work with local councils, who have the power to rein in the militias.
At the same time, those leaders are likely to face difficulties from mid-level bureaucrats in their own government agencies, many of whom are holdovers from Gadhafi's rule. Work stoppages have not been uncommon, Lamen said.
Many Libyans seem ready to put the revolution behind them, Vandewalle said, noting an encounter he had with a man whitewashing graffiti on the walls of Tripoli's old city.
"Enough," Vandewalle quoted the man as saying when asked why he was going to the trouble. "Libya is moving on."
The last time Libya held an election was almost half a century ago and, for many people, the act of casting a ballot was novel after 42 years of Gadhafi's rule. Ruling has proved similarly unfamiliar, Vandewalle said.
"It would be utterly impossible to construct in only a few months all the institutions of a modern, properly functioning state Gadhafi destroyed in his pursuit of statelessness for 42 years," he said.
"Building a state and a nation takes time, ideas, compromise and leadership -- particularly difficult if, as in Libya, the social and political landscape after the civil war was essentially a tabula rasa, and none of those qualities now needed to construct a modern state were in demand during the Gadhafi period," Vandewalle said.
Once seated, the new national assembly will be tasked with appointing a transitional government and crafting a constitution. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon congratulated the Libyan people on the election and hailed the electoral staff for "well-conducted and transparent" polling.


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Living on the kindness, and kidneys, of donors
|David Trujillo, 29, center, has already received three kidney transplants, all from family members. One of the donor is his 57-year-old aunt Yolanda Trujillo, right. Now he's waiting for his fourth surgery, a kidney from his younger brother, 25-year-old Dustin Trujillo, and hopes it will be his last. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
In reality, his body tells the tale of multiple bouts of kidney failure. David recently received yet another transplant. No. 4. He is 29 years old.
According to the United Network for Organ Sharing, only about 150 people since 1988 have received four kidney donations. That's out of more than 326,000 total kidney transplants.
In the year leading up to his latest surgery, David would visit a San Dimas, Calif., dialysis center to have toxins removed from his blood. Four hours a day. Three times a week. The treatments left him weak and drained. He lost 40 pounds.
His operation Sept. 26 took eight hours - twice as long as normal because of extensive scar tissue left from previous surgeries. A full recovery is not expected for three more months. For the time being, David is fatigued, his body is sore, and it's difficult to walk.
Still, he knows he is fortunate. His fourth kidney came by way of a brother. His father, an uncle and an aunt have each donated kidneys in the past.
"David's unlucky," his surgeon said. "But he's also lucky."
At just one month old, David was diagnosed with renal dysplasia. His kidneys were too small to function and the doctor told Danny and Maria Trujillo to call their pastor.
But a different physician suggested the two look into UCLA's division of pediatric nephrology, which had started a program for infants. Soon David was undergoing dialysis every night via a machine next to his crib at home.
As a toddler, he hated being pricked with needles and put up a fight whenever it came to doctor's visits, pushing and screaming as his parents dragged him to the car.
"He would cry, I would cry, my husband would cry," Maria, 52, recalled. "David would ask, 'Why, why, why?'"
Then David started saying in a small voice that he'd rather not live anymore.
"That still hurts," said Danny, 54. "I told the doctor, 'My son's telling me he wants to die. We need to do something different.'"
Nearly 4 by then, David was old enough for a transplant, but the wait time was up to 10 years in California. And he was O blood type, which meant finding a match could be even more difficult.
His father offered his own.
Doctors had to crack Danny's ribs to remove the organ, but the surgery went well. When the kidney began to shut down after 10 years, Danny talked futilely of donating his other one.
David's uncle, Art Trujillo, was 26 at the time. He usually saw David only on holidays, but he didn't hesitate to take a blood and tissue compatibility test.
"It seemed like a small thing - just, 'Here you go, get it done, give him a chance,'" said Art, now a 44-year-old phone technician living in Apple Valley, Calif.
Art's donated kidney lasted for eight years.
In 2003, it was Yolanda Trujillo who asked to donate. An aunt by marriage, something told her she held David's third kidney. My heart says it's me, she insisted.
The La Puente, Calif., resident was on vacation in Mexico when she got the call. She was a match. Excited, she spread the news.
"Everybody looked at me like, 'Are you crazy? A kidney's a big part of your body,'" recalled Yolanda, now 57. "I'm like, 'We just need one.' "
By the time David needed a fourth transplant, most of his family members and friends had taken the required tests.
His 25-year-old brother Dustin, too young in the past, would donate this time.
But a month before the surgery, doctors deemed the brothers incompatible. David's body had developed antibodies to Dustin that drugs wouldn't knock down. The downside of transplants is that for every one received, the body makes it more difficult to find a match for the next.
Instead, Dustin took part in UCLA's kidney exchange program, donating to a stranger. In turn, one was given to David. Both surgeries were performed the same day.
The younger brother, who works at a motorcycle repair shop, shrugs when people ask him about such sacrifice. "For us, family is always first."
Anyway, the Trujillos said, kidney donation is not as scary as one might think. So far, those who have donated have experienced easy recoveries and feel just as healthy as before.
It is David who appears the most burdened by the gifts. This fourth one comes at a time when he finds himself changed - pensive and reflective.
"What do you give somebody," he asked, "who has given you a piece of him?"
Half of David's life has been spent in hospitals.
He only grew to 5 feet 4 inches. His brothers towered above him.
Kids made fun of his puffy cheeks and premature facial hair - the result of medication - and small stature. The taunts and names stung. He left seventh grade to be home-schooled for a year.
At 18, David tried to enlist in the Marines but didn't get past the medical exam. An attempt to take business courses at Citrus College in Glendora, Calif., was short-lived as doctor's appointments caused him to miss too many days. His health also kept him from a steady job.
The perpetual illness began to make him bitter. Other people his age seemed so carefree.
He lashed out, began hanging with a crew concerned only with parties and raves and clubs. He dabbled in drugs, drank with his new friends, blew off doctor's appointments, missed taking medications. If he came home at all, he'd soon head back out again. None of it made him feel better about himself. And he was still sick.
Then one night he found himself at his parents' church. A Christian metal band performed. The members all looked like him - young with piercings and skin inked with tattoos.
"They looked like bad kids but were preaching the gospel. I was just looking at them like, man, I want to be like that," David said. "These guys found the peace and love that I wanted."
He called his mother, his words masked in tears, barely intelligible, and said he regretted shutting them out and he was done with his old life.
"After that, I never looked back."
He stays around the house now, mows the lawn, sketches in his room, tries to keep busy.
It's been a few years since that dark period, and David is thankful his family never reproached him, never made him feel unworthy of their donations.
He wishes he didn't require so much from them.
It helps that his girlfriend began driving him to dialysis and reminds him about his daily medications. Brittany Vis, 22, takes his condition in stride: "They say in sickness and in health," she said.
When being sick is a way of life, time becomes a peculiar thing. It can be slow and cruel, like a sentence that seems infinite.
But it can also race at a terrifying speed where a young man feels old, feels the pressure to take chances. It's why David once dived off a 90-foot cliff into a lake while visiting a friend in Tennessee. It's why he talks about attempting bungee jumping and sky diving once he's feeling up to it.
Mostly, though, David is eager to get married, have kids, create a family that echoes his own. But he worries about his girlfriend becoming a caretaker.
He hopes this kidney will hold out even longer than the last, keep him far from the dialysis room so he can spend time inspiring others to donate. He'd like to reach out to young donor recipients, tell them his story, hope they learn from his mistakes. He knows how chronically ill children can feel alone.
Although diagnosed with stage five renal failure, which means a total dependency on organ donation or dialysis, David sees a rich future.
His family has given him yet another chance at life. He is anxious to live it well.
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Welcome to the Healthy eating module for children aged 8-11 years. This module supports primary school children learning about healthy eating, as depicted by the eatwell plate and is comprised of a comprehensive Teachers' Guide and five Key Facts:
Key Fact 1 - Around the world people choose and combine different foods to make meals and snacks. The total amount and range of foods eaten is called the diet;
Key fact 2 - A healthy diet is made up from a variety and balance of different foods and drinks, as depicted in the eatwell plate.
Key Fact 3 - To be active and healthy, food is needed to provide energy for the body;
Key Fact 4 - A variety of food is needed in the diet because different foods contain different substances that are needed for health. These are nutrients, water and fibre;
Key Fact 5 - Being active and looking after yourself are important for health.
This module features differentiated information for different aged children, including worksheets, PowerPoint presentations, food cards and photographs and interactive whiteboard activities.
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This module is supported by five exciting activities. These are:
Make a balanced plate (The eatwell plate and its food groups.)
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Unmuddle the meals (Investiagte a range of meals and food groups from The eatwell plate.)
Alisha and Ronnie (Help Alisha or Ronnie make smart choices throughout the day, linked to The eatwell plate.)
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6 Strength Training Moves You Can Do with a Park Bench
No gym membership, no problem: All you need is a simple park bench to get great arms, abs, and legs -- aka the perfect bikini body for summer -- fast
1. "I barely have time to squeeze in a run in the park; I couldn't possibly add weights to the mix."
2. "I can't afford a gym membership, so I don't have access to all the weights and fancy machines."
3. "When I go to the gym, the weight room is full of 'serious' weight lifters (aka intimidating meat-heads)."
4. "I don't want to look like a bulky female body builder."
While we'd like to cut ourselves some slack for these (understandable! ubiquitous!) excuses, they're all a load of BS.
For starters, strength training has way too many benefits for you to not do it. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says strength training increases bone density, boosts your metabolism, improves sleep, and can even help prevent and manage a number of diseases. In essence, it's one of the simplest things you can do to get healthier, faster.
And those fears that strength training will give you quads like Arnold Schwarzenegger's in his body building days? A total myth. Experts agree very few women have the hormone balance (mainly enough testosterone) necessary to bulk up, so your chances of looking like an American Gladiator are pretty slim -- no matter how many bench presses and leg curls you do.
As for that lack of time and a gym membership, here's the deal: We talked to experts who say you don't need either to strength train. In fact, they helped us create a full-body program that you can do using a simple park bench -- and that's all.
So head to a park and start working on your bikini bod. This workout is quick, easy, and free -- the ultimate buzz kill for all of those "I can't strength train" excuses.
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I think I'm going to start doing "Step Ups" on my flight of steps I have right here in my house! No equipment needed!
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Definitely plan to try some of these at home!
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Great article. Good incentive to get up and do something.
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i like these! they are good ideas that seem like they will actually work!
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great ideas, it made me want to get up and work out right now!
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for workouts at home you should really check out sparkspeople
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great tips, and plus I can do these at home...kudos
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I tell people this all the time. I even have workouts on my blog that you can do in the park or at home with or without weights.
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I have this and it works well enough even though it should be fairly obvious it should be noted that it's a tad flimsy and I wouldn't recommend it for use in any kind of wind.
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How should one deal with chapped lips on shabbos? Is it considered refuah?
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These do pose problems of refuah on Shabbos, see the Rema, Orach Chaim 327:1, MB 327:4. I do not believe we could consider it common for healthy people to apply olive oil to their skin/lips so doing so would be forbidden. Vaseline and chapstick have the additional problem of ממרח
1)Focus on not licking you lips. We know this but do it out of habit since it gives momentary relief at the expense of exasperating the problem. If you wait it out in most cases you lips will naturally moisten and wont bother you so much as your body naturally moistens the lips 2)Stay hydrated. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/chapped-lips/an01440
Peeling skin from one's lips is a Torah prohibition (on Shabbos, Biur Halachah 340:2). In cases on distress ask your Rav whether it can be done with a shinui (and what would constitute a shinui/change), although it seems to methis could cause more harm than good.
Chapstick/vaseline or the like are thick enough to present a serious problem of "memareyach" (spreading/resurfacing thick gels). This would be irrespective of their medicinal use. (And this isn't life-threatening enough to warrant any exceptions.)
Using liquid oil there's no problem of memareyach, but there's still potentially the prohibition on medicinal practices (and chapped lips are usually the type of "maychush b'alma" -- "minor affliction" -- that's subject to the prohibition). The way out of this is if the practice is "normal", not "medicinal."
In Talmudic times, it was normal for healthy people to rub olive oil into their skin (see Mishna Shabbos 14:4), so it would be no problem. But the Ramah (OC 328) observes that in times/places when oil is only applied medicinally, it would be a problem. Thus the Shemiras Shabbos KeHilchasa prohibits applying oil on your chapped lips.
I'm still searching if anyone has any other ways out of this, e.g. can we apply the Mishna's workaround of dipping your bread in oil and getting some on your lips that way?
According to many poskim clear liquid lip-glosses are not a problem of Tzoveah on Shabbos since there is no color. It would need to be liquid enough that it is nozel, it flows, and there is debate regarding how viscous it can be and still be considered nozel. This would be a possible solution for women. For men, since lip gloss is not normally used for anything, there would be two problems, one midrabanan: refuah - using the gloss for medicinal purposes, and the other possibly midioraisa, of Lo yilbosh gever simlas ishah, wearing womens' accoutrements. (Of course since it is not for an accoutrement this may not be a problem but then it is obviously for refuah so it would not be able to be used!)
Since there are differing opinions among current poskim regarding:
A. whether clear lip gloss is tzoveah
B. what level of viscousity determines if something may not be spread on the skin on Shabbos
therefore a posek should be consulted.
Regarding a man or boy, a poseik should be consulted as well. I remember when a student of mine had horribly chapped/sore lips he did (with my intervention) get a heter to dab on blistex. But he was in terrible pain, more than just Maihush B'alma.
Sorry I have not brought written sources, but I have discussed the clear lip gloss for make-up question with various poskim and have heard differing opinions on the matter. Igros Moshe talks about viscousity and mimareah and is very mahmir. I will, b'li neder, try to track down the sources pertaining to a clear liquid lip gloss solution for chapped lips on Shabbos over the next week.


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An example of a HUGE hosts file is from this french website.
I would like to create some scripts and use these hosts files in an automated manner, but I was afraid of some security issues: imagine that someone hacked the server from where I get the hosts file, and now is pointing gmail.com to a scam site for example.
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More than $150,000 a year in room tax revenue from Bowling Green's Sloan Convention Center may soon be diverted back into local tourism projects.
The room taxes from all of the other hotels in town currently go into the budget of the Bowling Green Area Visitor's Bureau, but the Convention Center money goes back into the Convention Center Corporation's fund.
But an ordinance passed on a first reading vote of 3-2 by the City Commission on Tuesday will divert the Convention Center's room tax income into a fund for tourism-related "special projects."
Gary West, the tourism bureau's director, says those projects could include land acquisition for the Lost River Cave, a new African-American history-related tour of downtown, purchasing the historic Jones House on State St., an indoor soccer complex, or more parking for the Convention Center.
The City Commission and Warren County Fiscal Court would have final say over what the funding is used for.
Mayor Sandy Jones voted against the measure, saying she didn't have enough hard numbers to make an informed decision.
Commission Jim Bullington, the main proponent of the ordinance, said new city projections show the CCC with a $4 million surplus over the next seven years, and says the $150k a year this ordinance would divert will not be needed by the Convention Center.
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A railway to transport phosphate and bauxite ore that would serve a project Saudi Arabian Mining Co. is developing is expected to be in operation by the end of this year. The mineral line would link the phosphate mine at Al-Jalamid and the bauxite mine at Az-Zabirah to the processing facilities at Ras Azzour, on the Gulf coast.
Rumaih Al-Rumaih, deputy chief executive of Saudi Railyway Company reported that that 800 kilometers of the 1,486 km railway has been completed.


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Fireplace face and mosaic hearth
When we bought our house we didn't know that the chimney leaked. I had the fireplace insert taken out, repaired the roof and put in an electric fireplace. The mantel was already part of the wall so I decided to put a wood face on the wall. I like a lot of color so I made the mosaic mantel from a sketch I drew up myselft. I cut close to 3000 pieces of glass and put them in a curly maple frame. I epoxy sealed the mantel so my grandchildren wouldn't cut themselfs on the glass. It was a fun project and it gives lots of warmth and color to our living room. The frame around the fireplace is put on with an industrial velcro to ease in removal when we roll the fireplace out for vacuuming and cleaning. I used my Ryobi drill, 13 in planner, Ryobi palm sander, drill press and table router. Cutting the glass was very labor intensive but the results were very satisfying. Thank Ryobi for helping make this project a success in our home.
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ST. CLAIRSVILLE - The Belmont County commissioners served as host Wednesday for the second annual Ohio Valley Oil and Gas Expo at the James Carnes Center.
Booths were lined up into rows and even packed into a tent outside, sporting items on everything from clothing to equipment that is geared towards the oil and gas industry.
"For the past three years, we have been working with the oil and gas industry, and we have put a lot of effort into trying to maximize what we can capitalize off of the industry for Belmont County beyond the land leases," said Commissioner Ginny Favede.
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"How do we benefit the county by benefiting the businesses, and this is a perfect example - it's a networking event, a business-to-business event. It's an opportunity for businesses and business owners and people to come out and network and figure out how they fit into the industry, figure out how to make capital as a business or individual," she said.
The commissioners opened the event and allowed for businesses to chose whether or not they would like to participate in this event.
"We have everything, we have a lot of businesses that sell products that are utilized in the (oil and gas) business, we have banking, we have real estate," said Favede. "It's one of those things that touches all levels of business."
It was pointed out that many of the real estate agencies are selling more homes to out-of-state people.
"This is our second (Oil and Gas Expo), and we had over 2,000 people come through last year 's (expo) and we had a little bit more than that this year," Favede said.
She indicated that more importantly at Tuesday night's reception were the success stories that people shared about people who made contacts and met other individuals or passed along contacts from networking last year and how this expo changed their existing businesses in the past year from having that contact.
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Why is Kabbolas Shabbos shortened on Shabbos Chol HaMoed / Shabbos Yom Tov?
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The first five chapters of Tehillim (95-99) that we say at the beginning of Kabbalas Shabbos correspond to the first five days of the week. So when Yom Tov or Chol Hamoed coincides with Shabbos, it is inappropriate to say these "weekday-ish" chapters.
(Mizmor Ledavid, on the other hand, also represents a weekday, Friday - but that is a day of preparation for Shabbos, and so it is always suitable.)
(From a talk of the Lubavitcher Rebbe zt"l, Shabbos Parshas Bo 5741)
Edited-Semi Transcript of this Shmuz By Rabbi Reisman:
(דוֹדִי לְכָה) is not a song about Shabbos alone. As a matter of fact, only the first 2 stanzas and the last stanza talk about Shabbos.The stanza of (אֶחָד בְּדִבּוּר וְזָכוֹר שָׁמוֹר) talks about Shabbos. (וְנֵלְֿכָה לְכוּ שַׁבָּת לִקְרַאת) talks about Shabbos, so we say them. The next stanzas talk about the Churban Beis Hamikdash and a desire for Mashiach to come. For example (מְלוּכָה עִיר מֶֽלֶךְ מִקְדַּשׁ) speaks about, you dwelled long enough in the valley of weeping. In other words we are talking about the fact that we want Mashiach to come. (קֽוּמִי מֵעָפָר יהִתְנַעֲרִ), Arise get up from your dust which is also talking about the desire of Klal Yisrael to come to its redemption (גְּאָלָהּ נַפְשִׁי אֶל קָרְבָה הַלַּחְמִי בֵּית יִשַׁי בֶּן יַד עַל). So too (הִתְעוֹרְֿרִי הִתְעוֹרְֿרִי) and (תֵבֽוֹשִׁי לאֹ) and (ךְשׁאֹסָֽיִ מְשִׁסָּהלִ וְהָיוּ). All of these talk about the Churban. Since they talk about a desire for the Geulah to come after the Churban so then when it is Yom Tov, a day of great Simcha we skip them. We say (וּשְׂמאֹל יָמִין) because that stanza envisions Mashiach coming and it doesn't talk about the Tzaros of the Shibbud. However, the 5 that we do skip talk about the difficulties and therefore it is appropriate that we skip them on Yom Tov and that is the reason that we skip them. You may ask, indeed what is it doing here in (דוֹדִי לְכָה) in the first place? What are stanzas that talk about Churban and Geulah doing in (דוֹדִי לְכָה)? The answer to that is (דוֹדִי לְכָה) was written by the Mikubalim in Tzfas who came to Tzfas after the expulsion in Spain and they focused a lot on the hope and prayer that the expulsion from Spain would lead to Mashiach coming. When they sang (דוֹדִי לְכָה), you have all heard of the idea that they used to go out into the fields and greet Shabbos, greet the setting sun in the mountain tops which heralded the arrival of Shabbos. That greeting of Shabbos Malkisa was a M'ain of Mashiach's times called the true Geulah. The real time of Yom Shekulo Shabbos was a day of a complete Shabbos. Therefore as they sang a song wishing and hoping for Mashiach to come, they mixed that with the song in which they mentioned their desire for the Kallah of Shabbos to arrive and the Tefilla that Mashiach would come.


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The sexual abuse of young boys by Jerry Sandusky at Penn State captured the attention of the country for months. Reports covered the pain of the victims, the responsibility of those who did not report allegations and the shock that rocked the entire community. And with this attention, there is emerging research on working with youth serving organizations and lessons learned from Penn State to focus attention on child sexual abuse prevention. This webinar will provide an overview of the research and lessons learned and describe efforts underway to advance efforts to end child sexual abuse. HostsJoan Tabachnick & Cordelia AndersonGuestsKaren Baker, Director, National Sexual Violence Resource CenterKeith kaufman, Ph.D., Portland State UniversityJanet Saul, Ph.D., Research Psychologist and Chief of the Prevention Development and Evaluation Barnch of the Division of Violence, Centers for Disease Control and PreventionCost is FreeLearning Objectives:
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There are three ways to access your GMail account on iPhone or iPad devices: 1. Use safari browser 2. Use Apple's default mail app 3. Use Google's Gmail app
What is the safest way to access gmail account? How about stored (downloaded) emails in case of app usage? Is there anything user can do in order to increase email safety (use SSL for example)?


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I have to mark C code and part of that involves running and timing their submissions. The problem is that their code then runs as me and they can in principle do whatever they like using my permission settings. For example, they could copy my ssh private key.
I could set up a virtual machine and run their code within it (although I am not entirely sure of the best way to lock this down either). A problem with this is that the speed performance will now not be realistic. I could provide the same virtual machine to all the users to test their code on beforehand so at least they have the same set up to test with.
Is there a good way to set up an environment where you can run code written by others but limit the damage it can do?


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5 Reasons Women Are As Shallow As Men (According to Science)
#2. Money (but Not... Actually Yes it's Just Money)
The term "gold digger" has probably been around longer than people have actually been digging gold out of the ground, so again, it's not a surprise to anyone to say women can be attracted to the rich. Let me make it clear, I am in no way on board with those who say that all bitches be gold diggers. Many shawtys care about a lot more things before wealth. But we're not talking about ladies as a whole, just the shallow ones, and even the majority of us are a little shallow sometimes.
Which is how "The Bachelor" can exist.
That's why we apparently prefer men in nice cars. Women preferred a man photographed in a Bentley to the same man photographed in a battered Ford Fiesta. Men, on the other hand, didn't give a shit what car a woman was driving because they were staring at her chassis if you know what I mean.
These were the only two cars they tested, apparently, which leaves open the question of whether the woman was judging him on wealth or taste. I would be dismayed by a date showing up in a beat-up Euro-car in the same way that I would be dismayed by him showing up in golf pants. I don't care how much they cost. And if she's considering dating him, she's probably imagining getting in the car, which again, is a more disappointing prospect when it seems likely to be full of cheeseburger wrappers than if it appears to have been cleaned by a manservant.
I don't care how much that car cost, I wouldn't get in.
It's not necessarily a wealth question, it's like a woman being given a choice between going to a guy's basement and watching him play Xbox or going for a walk in the park. It's free either way, one is just really lame. They should have compared a minivan to a Civic Si to see how much lameness came into it if the cost was equal.
Chicks always want to get all up in my hot ride but unfortunately I am not gay.
Questionable experimental practices aside, another study shows that women tend to have more orgasms with wealthy men. Note that most of the data for that comes from China, though, where "wealthy" often doesn't mean "able to buy nice cars" but "able to buy A car."
Like the "Chery QQ."
Part of the effect probably comes from the fact you can enjoy sex more when you're not worried about your family starving, but put together with studies done in Germany and the U.S., there seems to be a definite trend showing money is sexy to many women.
I assume the curve flattens out eventually, and women aren't rushing to leave men worth $40 billion to hook up with a guy worth $50 billion. I mean, how many orgasms can one person handle?
#1. Penis Size (but Not Length)
Penis length is a much, much bigger deal to men than it is to women. The idea that women will do anything to get their hands (or other parts) on a long penis is a myth most likely perpetuated by the big penis industry. They just want you to come back to the penis store year after year and buy longer penises. (They never really explained this clearly in health class, I assume that's where you get them.)
Studies say 66% of women do not care very much at all about penis length. Many women even complain about them being too big.
Where something is going is at least as important as how big it is.
Many women do care about penis girth however. Which just seems logical. I mean, unless the lady is very weirdly shaped, extra penis inches longer than the average just kind of goes to waste. Whereas, uh... expansion... within the effective area... would have an impact. So to speak.
But whatever your configuration, your lady is probably fine with it. 85% of ladies are fine with their man's penis size whereas only 55% of their men are happy with it. Which makes it about the reverse situation from a lady complaining about how fat she is and the man constantly having to tell her she looks fine.
And then she doesn't believe you, just like you don't believe her about the penis.
Where do guys get the idea that length is the key, though? According to that article, the boys' locker room (63%) or porn (37%). If you're trying to get a longer penis, you're not trying to please shallow women. You're trying to please shallow men. Think about that.
"Wow, did you see Justin's? You really must."
So yeah, while your average shallow frat boy is ogling boobs and butts, your average shallow strumpet is eyeing guys that wear red, flash some green, work out, and, uh, have wide penises. Don't take notes. Neither group is worth catering to. Don't get me wrong -- we probably all care about that stuff to some degree, but for most of us, it's lower down on our lists.
Normal people care about more important things. Like whether they can cook.


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For someone who is interested in learning about the discovery of epigenetics, which are the foundational defining papers in the area?
I understand that Robin Holliday was the first to discuss the possible role of DNA methylation in the control of Gene expression. In his paper "The inheritance of epigenetic defects" he presents what is one of the first modern formulations of what we now regard as epigenetics. The term "epigenetics" itself was coined by Conrad Waddington although this predated our modern understanding of heredity.
Holliday, R., The inheritance of epigenetic defects, 1987, Science, 238, 4824
There are few single papers that really drive the field by themselves, epigenetics has been a long slow progression (although more recently the definition has been muddied and started to include non-epigenetic modes of gene regulation). A pretty good review of a lot of research, including a more circumspect discussion about what epigenetics is can be found in Youngson and Whitelaw's Annual Review (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18767965).
I found two nice review papers focused of epigenetics and human disease, one from 2004, and one from 2006. But perhaps you are looking more for something like this?
I also found this article in the BBC news: The Ghost in Your Genes


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The third seat on the Otoe Village Board remains undecided after a recount Thursday because there were no candidates to draw cards and break a tie.
Otoe has three vacancies on the board, but no declared candidates. Voters cast 121 votes for board members in the Nov. 6 general election and wrote in 37 different names.
The top vote getters, Ralph Edwards and Peggy Boldt, will receive certificate of election, but Election Commissioner Janene Bennett said they still may decline election.
The third seat ended in a tie with Mike Cardinal and Ron Stachura each receiving 10 votes.
Bennett had invited Cardinal and Stachura to attend a recount Thursday.
Election workers visually inspected the ballots, including three ballots that were rejected because had names written-in but the ovals were not filled. There were 15 ballots where no vote was made.
After the recount, Cardinal and Stachura remain tied.
Bennett had planned to draw cards, with the high card winning the election. Since neither candidate attended, Bennett said she will try to determine if either intends to deny election.
If both deny election, the village board will have authority to appoint someone to fill the third seat.
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Delcam to show latest in feature-based programming at Northwest Machine Tool show
Delcam will demonstrate the latest version of its FeatureCAM feature-based CAM software at the Northwest Machine Tool show to be held on 27th and 28th March at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon. FeatureCAM was the world's first feature-based programming software when it was launched in 1995. Constant development since then has ensured that the system has retained its leadership in programming speed and ease of use, while an increased range of strategies has been added to provide more efficient toolpaths giving greater productivity on a wider range of machines.
The new release incorporates a number of new stock model options that allow users to increase productivity, improve surface finish and reduce tool wear. Other enhancements in the 2013 R2 release include new methods for the generation of html set-up sheets, and improvements to turning and turn-mill programming.
For full details, including video demonstrations of the new functionality, please go to www.delcam.tv/fc2013/lz/en/whats-new-videos-r2.html.
The first addition to the stock model functionality eliminates excessive tool engagement and limits the maximum depth of any cut into un-machined material. Both these controls reduce tool wear and improve surface finish by avoiding any overloading of the tool. They can be used on both stock models imported into FeatureCAM, such as castings that need some finish machining, or on the stock models generated by FeatureCAM after each machining operation. The same functionality also removes toolpath segments that machine very little or no material.
Rest machining has been made more efficient in two ways. Firstly, a new "detect metal thicker" command ensures that rest material thinner than the specified limit is ignored. This prevents toolpaths being generated in any areas where the benefit of the extra cut is negligible, such as cusps left by the previous toolpath.
Secondly, toolpath fragmentation and the resultant air moves between fragments can be reduced by specifying a minimum gap length between cutting moves. Any gaps shorter than the specified distance will be linked with a tangential move between the segments, rather than having the tool retract fully from the surface for a very short air move.
FeatureCAM 2013 R2 also incorporates a new method for generating html set-up sheets. Information can be extracted from the FeatureCAM project to provide a detailed list of the tooling to be used, with an illustration of each tool, together with the dimensions of the initial stock and an image of the finished part.
A number of turning improvements have also been implemented, including smoother lead-in and lead-out moves that reduce any witness marks when finishing larger turned parts in a number of sections, and the ability to specify the optimum retract angle for turn-grooving operations and so leave a better surface finish on the part.
Turn-mill operations have been made more efficient by offering an alternative method for calculating the index limits. This calculates the limits based on the size of a solid revolve of the part, rather than creating a cylinder around the corner limits of a rectangular bounding box around the part stock. The new method can give an index distance closer to the part shape and so produce more efficient toolpaths.
Finally, a new add-in has been made available for easier programming of barrel-cam features. This uses the slot centreline and follower diameter to create a four-axis milling feature and produces a toolpath with a tool of the chosen diameter that may be smaller than the follower. When the feature is wrapped around the X-axis of the part, small moves in the Y-axis can be used in conjunction with adjustments to the A-axis to ensure that the walls of the slot are machined correctly.
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11 Jun 2012 3:56 AM #1
Ext.load.setConfig doesn't seem to work
Hi all,
I'm trying to use the new MCV scheme using the new IBM XWork server (ex-Domino) as a backend.
The HTML file that launches my app is hosted within a Domino Database on this address :
This triggers authentication for later database access (the database is Demo.nsf)
But the root for my js files & resources is this one :
From this root, every resources follow the proposed MVC scheme :
- app
--- controller
--- model
--- view
So http://192.168.1.2/myApp/app/ is where the app.js file is hosted, and so on...
So, as the start URL of my application will be http://192.168.1.2/Demo.nsf/index
... I'll need to use the setConfig.paths properties to tell the dynamic loader where to find the classes resources.
Here is an example of config :
Ext.Loader.setConfig({ enabled: true, // I've used various syntaxes here but always with the same result anyway. // I even tried stupid things like absolute paths, with slashes or backslaches ! paths: {'Ext': '.', 'myApp':'../../myApp'} }); Ext.create('Ext.app.Application', { name: 'myApp', appFolder: 'app', //autoCreateViewport: false, controllers: [ 'ControllerFormField' ], launch: function() { Ext.create('Ext.container.Viewport', { layout: 'fit', html: 'hello world' }); console.log('End of process'); } });
Is it a bug, or ?
11 Jun 2012 4:07 AM #2
Isn't it just because you're setting an appFolder on your application?
11 Jun 2012 4:44 AM #3
Unfortunately not
Sorry, no.
I've tried various tests, even moving the app.js in an out of the app folder, using the "appFolder" param or not.
In fact, the problem is that whatever the config I'm using, Ext is always requesting the resource from the Domino database root URL "/Demo.nsf"
It's a bit like if I could not go further than this point when trying to go backward mentionning "../../" relative paths
11 Jun 2012 4:57 AM #4
I'm pretty sure it's your appFolder:
If you don't set it then it'll just default to 'app', which will give exactly the behaviour you're describing. If you set it explicitly to 'app' (as in your posted code) it'll also give the behaviour you're describing. Just set it to the correct path and everything should work fine.
11 Jun 2012 5:43 AM #5
OK, one point !
OK ! I've tried to use an asbolute path in the appFolder param and now Ext is getting the resource at the right place.
Now, paths problems seems to have moved somewhere else :-)
Like in the MVC tutorial, I'm using a view which uses an alias (widget.wizard) and when I'm using this alias in the app.js, I'm getting the error "Cannot call method 'substring' of undefined"
So I guess that the dynamic Loader didn't find where I've declared my view & alias.
I'll try to play again with absolute paths in the Loader.config to see if I can solve the problem.
Thank you for your time, you have helped to jump to the 2nd step :-)
11 Jun 2012 6:02 AM #6
That error simply means that the class isn't being loaded before it's being used. You just need to include a requires block on the class that needs it.
As aliases are totally arbitrary the loader won't know which files need loading based purely on alias. While it is possible to generate a manifest that provides that information it's not something commonly done in real applications - much easier just to include the requires block.
11 Jun 2012 6:43 AM #7
Great !
This advice solves all.
Thanks a lot.


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General Education Requirements for Students Using the 2013-2014 Catalog
Click on the categories to see what courses are certified as meeting the GE requirements for students using the 2013-2014 catalog.
Basic Requirements
- GF. Composition: A GE-certified semester course.
- GL. Language Arts: A GE-certified semester cours.
- GQ. Quantitative Reasoning: A GE-certified one-semester lower-division course in Mathematics and a second GE-certified course in Mathematics or another field.
- GW. World Cultures: Two GE-certified semester courses.
Area Requirements
- GH. Humanities: Two GE-certified courses in two different Humanities areas.
- GS. Social Science: Two GE-certified courses in two different Social Sciences areas
- GN. Natural Science: Two GE-certified lecture courses in two different Natural Sciences areas, and the lab course associated with one of those lecture courses.
Integrative Requirements
- WI. Writing Intensive: Three WI-certified courses, at least one at the 300/400 level.
- HPP. Hawaiʻi Pan-Pacific: One GE-certified course.
- GCC. Global and Community Citizenship: One GE-certified course.


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If you follow this blog you know that I have made BBQ tofu before. So, what makes this "ultimate?" Good question! It's all about the method. I noticed that freezing tofu makes it rather like a sponge; much more able to soak up sauces. So, I thought I would try freezing the tofu in BBQ sauce, thawing it, then throwing it on the grill. The experiment was a success--full of flavour and with a great texture. It does takes some planning to make this dish, so consider throwing a few batches in the freezer at the beginning of the week.
4. Grill tofu on a hot grill 3-4 mins per side, then rotating 90 degrees and repeating. Baste regulalry with the BBQ sauce. If you like, set aside some sauce and thicken in a saucepan on the stove, then slather over the grilled tofu.


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6 Badass Jobs That You're Probably Already Qualified to Do
#3. Hazmat Worker
The Badass Job:
Hazmat workers, also known as decontamination specialists, are in the business of handling and disposing of the world's most dangerous substances. You've seen them in virtually every science fiction thriller that has ever been produced. They're usually in the background, picking up debris at an alien crash site, mopping up zombie guts or scrubbing the radiation off of Indiana Jones' penis.
The Staff of Ra seems a little sm -- Spear of destiny? More like -- dick jokes -- GAHHRRHHG.
They get called in when something in the environment is so dangerous it simply can't be dealt with by Will Smith alone. The hazmat crew then physically removes said danger and decontaminates the area, both to contain the damage that has already been done and to keep any additional bystanders from getting melted. It doesn't matter whether the hazardous substance in question is a sheet of asbestos, a deadly chemical spill or the Cloverfield monster ...
... they're the ones who have to deal with it. And they get to wear those badass suits in the process.
So surely they are a select, carefully trained few.
But in Reality ...
"Carefully trained" is a phrase which here means "40 hours of on-the-job training and a high school diploma."
There are other requirements, too, but they're not exactly impossible to meet. Some of the listed skills are the ability to follow orders, the ability to deal with loud noises and bad smells and the ability to speak English.
We find the "Arrgh my face is melting off" scream is a universal language.
That doesn't exactly sound like the elite level we were expecting from the guys who drag Lizzy Caplan away to explode behind a curtain in Cloverfield. It reads more like a Craigslist ad for a position at McDonald's -- although, at 40k a year, the pay is significantly better and medical benefits are included, if only to make sure there are no gremlins mutating in your cranium as you leave work for the day.
"I bet a master's in biology would better prepare me for this experience."
#2. Ice Road Trucker
The Badass Job:
Ice roads are exactly what they sound like -- temporary roads made on the ice covering bodies of water, when the temperature is thought to be low enough to start the sensible practice of driving trucks across them.
"This is the last thing I expected to happen!"
The good news is, it's not quite as insane as it sounds -- they're only made in places where it gets so cold that the ice can easily carry cars, and the plowing process necessary to make the road further thickens and hardens the ice. The bad news is there's still water underneath the road, and as such your vehicle can be ruined beyond repair by the simplest pressure ridge or other hiccup in fluid dynamics that may be coming your way. There are places, such as the northwestern mining areas of Canada, which can only be reached by ice roads, requiring massive amounts of supplies and quarry that have to be hauled back and forth across the frozen water. With trucks. That people drive.
Actually, we think this is some kind of Canadian spy submarine.
Said people are called ice road truckers, and theirs is arguably one of the most harrowing jobs in existence. In addition to the constant risk of sinking if they drive even one mile per hour too fast, they must be wary of the weather conditions, because it's a son of a bitch trying to drive a loaded semi that is struggling to keep its traction on the ice with a wild Arctic storm rampaging around you like an angry Inuit spirit.
One would think only the most seasoned, carefully skilled truck drivers could even attempt to do something like that.
But in Reality ...
Yes, one would think, and one would be wrong.
Meth: Now everything's a good idea!
See, while it is absolutely a very dangerous profession, the supplies that these remote places require have to get there no matter what. This means that the trucking companies are constantly on the lookout for new drivers, and are in fact so desperate that they will literally hire anyone.
Not only do you not need to have a rig of your own, you don't even need to be a licensed truck driver. They will train you for free and set you up with a truck. Hell, they'll even pay your travel expenses. All they ask for in return is that you drive a multi-ton truck across endless fields of unfeeling, remorseless ice.
Really, any pants-wetting ice sheet collapse would be a welcome distraction to the tedium.
#1. Bodyguard
The Badass Job:
Any job that puts someone else's life in your hands requires both serious commitment and laser-like focus. Apart from medical professionals, nowhere is this as true as with bodyguards.
Countless explosion-tastic movies have been made about bodyguards, and for good reason: The "saving the client's life" part of their jobs (which, incidentally, is every single part of their jobs) is done by looking badass, vigilantly scanning every situation for potential threats, fighting for the client's safety when necessary and, if all else fails, taking a bullet for them.
Some life-saving decisions are easier than others.
A bodyguard gets no doughnut breaks. He or she is an ever-present entity who needs to be perpetually alert, ready to spring into action at a moment's notice to defend the client by any means necessary, be it fighting off a band of ninjas with a broken table leg or shielding the client's escape with his or her own body. It stands to reason that you'd need to be halfway to the goddamn Batman before you could even think of offering your services as a bodyguard. Right?
But in Reality ...
Well, you do need special certification to become a bodyguard. However, getting said certification takes about a couple of weeks.
All it takes to become a certified, professional, only-you-stand-between-your-client-and-certain-death bodyguard is a few weeks of lectures. Admittedly, these seem like totally awesome lectures, with course names like "Anti Ambush Driving (two days)" and "Firearms (two days)." We actually want to sign up for those two, just because.
They even have an "Interpersonal Skills" lesson, because clearly that's a well-used skill.
One school raises the stakes by condensing the training to a mere 28 days and flat-out states on its site that you don't need any previous security training. They even go so far as to specifically instruct potential students to quit their burger-flipping jobs to enroll and become a fully qualified bodyguard, which suggests either that the two fields are somehow related or that the talent pool the bodyguard industry is drawing from isn't quite as discriminating as we'd imagined.
Pauli Poisuo is an Internet comedy writer, the most badass job of them all. Visit him at the Unpronounceable.
For more badass sounding jobs that are actually awful, check out 6 Dream Jobs That Would Actually Suck. Or learn about 5 People Who Are Way Too Good At Crappy Jobs.