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Harwick travel kit
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For the guy who commutes, we created a collection of smart, water-repellent nylon bags packed with thoughtful details, like padded laptop sleeves and leather handles. This travel kit is the smallest of our Harwick collection but arguably the most useful. While it doesn't offer protection for your laptop, it does keep your toiletries and grooming materials together and unlike most other kits, it packs really well thanks to its soft body.
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- Exterior pocket, interior organizational pockets.
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25 U.S. Code § 306 - Expenditures for encouragement of industry and self-support; repayment
§ 306.
Expenditures for encouragement of industry and self-support; repayment
On and after May 9, 1938, the expenditures for the purpose of encouraging industry and self-support among the Indians and to aid them in the culture of fruits, grains, and other crops shall be under conditions to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior for repayment to the United States on or before the expiration of five years, except in the case of loans on irrigable lands for permanent improvement of said lands, in which the period for repayment may run for not exceeding twenty years, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior.
(May 9, 1938, ch. 187, § 1, 52 Stat. 302.)
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We at WhoWhatWearDaily attempt to be frugal. We stock up on wine at Trader Joe's, stretch our blowouts out with dry shampoo, and love H&M knock-offs. We do believe in treating ourselves though (if our accountant is reading this, we always use judicious restraint), and are currently salivating over metallic minis. If you buy one extravagant item this season, let it be a shimmering and small dress. You don't have to have be totally togged out in sequins, oh no. To embrace this holiday trend you can just look for a little metallic in the fabric of your frock. We like the glittery dresses over a pair of black tights, like how May Anderson and Sienna Miller accessorized their looks (above). The tights make the ensemble a wee mod, which is great if you fear any Showgirls-esque element of a sequined garment. However, if your weather and daring nature permit, bare leg it like Mischa, Alex Wek, and MK.


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February 06. 2013 9:02PM
Drug arrests follow hotel guest's call to city police
MANCHESTER - Two people were arrested early Wednesday morning on drug charges after police went to a Front Street hotel for a report of drug activity taking place.
A guest at La Quinta Hotel, 21 Front St., called 911 just after midnight when he overheard a conversation in a neighboring room, leading him to suspect drug activity was taking place.
Officers met with that hotel guest, who told them he heard people saying they couldn't wake up a woman and that she may have overdosed. Police went to the room where they could hear people talking inside the room before they knocked on the door and announced themselves. No one answered the door and, based on information suggesting there was an emergency medical issue inside, they forced the door open.
Inside were two men and a woman. Police said one of the men, identified as Christopher Adler, 27, of 1 Brandywine Drive, Hooksett, struggled with them when they tried to restrain him. Adler allegedly yelled at the officers, causing a general disturbance in the hotel, and they arrested him for resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.
The woman, identified as Amanda Montplaisir, 25, of 527 Wilson St., did not need medical assistance. However, police said she was found in possession of several Clonazepam and Seroquel pills and was arrested for possession of a narcotic and possession of a controlled drug.
The third man, whom police did not identify, was taken into protective custody because of his apparent impairment. Investigators said they collected evidence indicative of drug activity in the room including needles, spoons, baggies and a scale. Additional information gleaned from the investigation indicated Adler was involved in drug sales, according to a police news release of the incident.
Adler was searched when he was booked at the police station, and police said they found 9.5 grams of suspected heroin on him. He was then charged with possession of a narcotic with the intent to distribute and falsifying physical evidence.
At her arraignment later in the morning in 9th Circuit Court, Manchester District Division, Montplaisir sought personal recognizance bail, telling Judge Gregory Michael that she was supposed to enter a drug treatment program Wednesday.
Court documents show she told police who arrested her that the Clonazepam and Seroquel pills she had in her pocket were to help with expected withdrawal effects in the treatment program in the drug treatment program.
A police prosecutor requested $5,000 cash/surety bail, saying Montplaisir's criminal record includes shoplifting and welfare fraud, and October drug charges were bound over to the Hillsborough County North grand jury.
Michael said he was setting bail at the amount requested by the prosecutor, but would work with Montplaisir's lawyer on a bail that would transition her into an inpatient treatment program.
A probable cause hearing on the felony charge was set for Feb. 19, with status on the misdemeanor.
Adler could enter no plea to the felony charges in Circuit Court, so a probable cause hearing was set for Feb. 20. Trial on the misdemeanor charges was set for March 19.
A police prosecutor requested $10,000 cash/surety bail for Adler, saying he has two previous drug-related convictions. Adler protested, saying, "Two of them were marijuana possession."
The judge reminded Adler that marijuana is a drug and set bail at the amount requested by the prosecutor.


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ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — International observers endorsed Ghana's presidential and parliamentary polls despite delays at polling stations that pushed voting into a second day Saturday.
"All of Africa was looking at Ghana to make sure that they live up to their reputation and their name of being a mature democracy," said Ahmed Issak Hassan, head of an observer mission from the South Africa-based Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa. "I think so far the people of Ghana, the political leadership have lived up to that expectation.
"The people of Ghana and the leadership need to be commended," he said in a preliminary assessment of the election, which was still underway Saturday afternoon. Hassan is also the chairman of Kenya's electoral commission.
Polls show that a very tight race with voters almost evenly split between President John Dramani Mahama and his main challenger, Nana Akufo-Addo.
Final results are supposed to be announced within 72 hours of the end of voting according to Ghanaian law, although some constituencies have already declared who won in their precincts.
On Friday ballot materials arrived hours late to polling stations and many of the biometric voter verification machines broke down, causing long delays. At a polling station in Tesano, in northern Accra, voters said they waited in line all day Friday, only to return home because the biometric machine could not identify voters. They came back Saturday morning to try again.
"Yesterday I was here around 4 a.m. to vote. It was only in the evening they told us the computer is faulty," said George Anane, 33, a gospel musician, on Saturday. "But I came back today at 4 a.m. I am disappointed the machine did not work, but we are OK."
Ghana's Electoral Commission called on voters to be patient, as this year's presidential and parliamentary polls is the first time Ghana has used the biometric technology.
"Of course there were challenges, of course there were logistical problems," Hassan said. "An election is the biggest logistical event in any country. And so you will expect to have some challenges here and there, but these were not by design and I think the (electoral) commission has come forth and tried to rectify the problem.
Electoral chairman Kwadwo Afari-Gyan said no incidents of fraud or violence have been confirmed. Yet rumors of misconduct have been rife.
Police fired water cannons and tear gas on hundreds of opposition party supporters Saturday who were protesting outside a building in northern Accra where they suspected ballots from the presidential and parliamentary election were being counted by a private company.
"They had some young supporters of political parties demanding to know what was going on in a particular house," said Ghana police spokesman Arthur Cephas. "Police came in to restore order. We brought all our management to get youth off the facility, to calm them down."
An AP reporter at the scene heard warning shots fired by police at the crowd.
Cephas said no one was arrested and there were no injuries.
The accusations of improper vote counting were unfounded, said electoral commission spokesman Christian Owusu-Parry. "The electoral commission receives the results directly from the polling stations. The ballot boxes go from the regional offices to the headquarters; there are no intermediaries," said Owusu-Parry.
He said the private company is providing technical support to the electoral body. "The company provided technical support, but they are not transmitting results to us," he said. "(The protesters) should have contacted the commission so we could have explained to them, rather than doing what they did."
This nation of 25 million is deeply attached to its tradition of democracy, and voters were urging each other to remain calm while they waited their turn to choose from one of eight presidential contenders.
Ghana was once a troubled nation that suffered five coups and decades of stagnation, before turning a corner in the 1990s. It is now a pacesetter for the continent's efforts to become democratic. No other West African country has had so many elections deemed free and fair, a reputation that voters hold close to their hearts.
The incumbent Mahama, a former vice president, was catapulted into office in July after the unexpected death of President John Atta Mills. Before becoming vice president in 2009, the 54-year-old Mahama served as a minister and a member of parliament. He's also written an acclaimed biography, recalling Ghana's troubled past, called "My First Coup d'Etat."
Akufo-Addo is a former foreign minister and the son of one of Ghana's previous presidents. In 2008, Akufo-Addo lost the last presidential election to Mills by less than 1 percent during a runoff vote. Both candidates are trying to make the case that they will use the nation's oil riches to help the poor.
Besides being one of the few established democracies in the region, Ghana also has the fastest-growing economy. Oil was discovered in 2007 and the country began producing it in December 2010. But a deep divide still exists between those benefiting from the country's oil, cocoa and mineral wealth and those left behind financially.
Associated Press writer Francis Kokutse contributed to this report from Accra, Ghana.


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One More for the Road
By Carol Hyman
June 22, 2012
June 19, 2 p.m.; Maize, Kan.
It is common knowledge that cyclists eat more than "normal" people. A cyclist doing a 50-mile ride on the weekend will put away quite a few calories.
But how about four cyclists riding 3,000 miles in less than a week, and their 11 crew members who are navigating, driving vans, fixing bikes and doing a whole host of tasks to keep those four racers going. And now imagine them living out of a recreational vehicle that would be close quarters for a family of four. And remember the RV has only a microwave oven, three burners and a refrigerator that could only be described as "cute."
Since it is the team's second year of RAAM the crew has a much better grip on how to keep the races and crew well fed. Several pounds of rice and quinoa were cooked up ahead of time and frozen. The grains would be the basis for a racer favorite -- a stew-like meal made with canned chicken and canned lentil vegetable soup. Now while this is not something anyone would order in a restaurant or even make at home, it is number one with a bullet on the Team4HIVHope hit parade. It is easily digested and full of calories and protein.
Since crew and racers are often on the road, grab and go food is important. Sandwiches are made by the dozen. Another favorite is a banana and peanut butter wrapped in a tortilla. The team and crew eat enough bananas to support the economy of a Central American village.
Fast food is not shunned by the racers and crew, and again, while most of us avoid these places like the plague in "real" life, the salads and burgers provide a welcome change from the daily dose of stews and spaghetti.
Liquid is important to both racers and crew and the team will go through countless gallons of water during the race. And second to water are caffeinated drinks. Everyone is operating on little sleep, so each vehicle has a cooler with soft drinks as well as V8, big with the racers for its sodium content. And the only appliance brought on RAAM is a coffee maker.
While the racers will no doubt burn off every morsel of food, the same cannot be said for the crew. And no matter what good intentions we all have, hours behind the wheel or navigating leads to seeing what else is in that goody bag Lorraine packed for the shift. While crew members have the duty to get the bikes on and off vehicles and may have to occasionally chase after a racer with a water bottle, most of the work is done from a sitting position.
So while the week will bring back amazing memories for everyone, the crew may be taking home a little extra they would rather leave behind.
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The Race Across America is a bicycle race in which cyclists ride 3,000 miles/4,800km from Oceanside, Calif., to Annapolis, Md., in June each year. There is about 110,000 feet of climbing involved. This year for relay teams begins on June 18.
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|Magic 101
|Natural Magic, Caster, Caster link, Juice, Scroll, Magic Item, Spell, Grandiocosmic Strings, H-strings, Channels, Nodes, Dictums
Caster proficiency: Novice – Adept – Master
Proposed Canon
A Spell is a magical process that allows a Caster to alter the world. The Caster formulates a desire to achieve a result, using some combination of spoken words, materials, and hand gestures. The desired result then occurs.
This either expends a certain amount of the caster's limited amount of juice for that day, or can be cast for free from a scroll.
For example, consider the "Veil" Spell. The Caster desires one thing to look like another -- a dwagon may look like a doombatErf-b1-p115, a blimpErf-b1-p081, a parade balloonErf-b1-p089, or a treeErf-b1-p144. The Caster then speaks a word "Crypsis"Erf-b1-p114. The target then appears to look like another thing.
Spells belong to different Disciplines. For instance, a spell that involves rock golems would belong to the Dirtamancy Discipline. A spell that involves the mind would belong to Thinkamancy. There are 24 Disciplines, and each Discipline has a limited number of spells.
Casting Spells
Spells almost always require the Caster to speak a word or phrase,Erf-b1-p133 called a trigger wordErf-b1-p009.
Physical movements are often not necessary, except where the spell is a projected ray, or where a material component is necessary. In this case of a ray, the effect typically projects from an index finger pointed at the desired target.Erf-b1-p069 , For a material component, the act involves drawing the material from wherever it is stored appears necessary, and directing the material component toward the target may also be required.Erf-b1-p038
Material components have rarely appeared in the comic. Some spells manipulate matter (often from the Classes that use the Matter Element), which must be present because it is the target of the spell. These materials are not consumed in the casting of the spell. (Ie. A Crap Golem is made out of crap, which Sizemore obtains from the cesspit.Erf-b1-p053) Wanda Firebaugh casts a Thinkamancy spell on the Hobgobwin knight that utilizes both material and motive components (in the form of tossing a handful of sand into the knight's face): this spell also has no verbal component.Erf-b1-p038
Apparently, a caster can only cast spells when it is his or her side's turn. The exception to this rule is when units from an an enemy side are in the same hex as the caster. Thus, in Book 1 Parson notes that his dwagons cannot be veiled to hide from Jillian's force, because it is not Gobwin Nob's turn. On the other hand, in Book 2 Jack can veil his dwagons on Jetstone's turn, because they are in the same hex as the Spacerock garrison.
Known Spells
Main Article: Known spells
- Air defenses of Gobwin Knob
- Type of magic unknown (possibly Shockmancy)
- Fired with the words "ABACABB, GOURANGA, IDCLIP, XYZZY, UUDDLRLRBASS, AYBABTU, AGGRO."Erf-b1-p095
- Archon magic attack spell
- "Leverage", "Synergy", and "Paradigm" are used to designate what may be either three separate attacks or three versions of the same attack, or three components of the same attack (unlikely) Erf-b1-p069
- Archons are also capable of making firework-like displays (limited Natural Foolamancy)
- Displacement
- Golem healing spell
- Cast by a Dirtamancer
- Uses the key word "Pozzolana".Erf-b1-p112
- Mass Uncroaking
- Cast by a Croakamancer (Wanda Firebaugh)
- Uses the key word "Trioxin".Erf-b1-p116
- Message hat spell
- Useable by non-mancers
- "Hoffa" sends a message
- "Livingston" receives the messageErf-b1-p010
- Mind Control spell Erf-b1-p084
- different from Suggestion Spell
- Perfect Warlord summon
- Scroll created by Predictamancers and FindamancersErf-b1-p005
- Cast using a FindamancerErf-b1-p006 (or someone who can do Findamancy)
- Concluded using the word "Scruby"Erf-b1-p017
- Wanda later refers to it as a Findamancy/Lookamancy spellErf-b1-p036
- Shockamancy attack spell
- Shockamancy scroll, owned by Wanda but cast by Sizemore
- Uses the words "Lemonparty, Tubgirl, Meatspin, Goatse" and has the sound effect "NSFW"Erf-b1-p126
- Suggestion spell Erf-b1-p084
- Thinkamancy spell, cast using a scroll by WandaErf-b1-p30
- Made the caster's eyes glow gold
- A simpler, but weaker version may have been used on Mung after the interrogationErf-b1-p038
- Cure Tiredness spell
- Thinkamancy spell, cast by Maggie.
- Triggered by the word "Ephedra"Erf-b1-p104-p4
- Thinkagram (spell)
- A message passed by a Thinkamancer
- May be through a rectangle made by the Thinkamancer's fingersErf-b1-p091, or by touching the subject (in the case of contacting Charlescomm)Erf-b1-p090
- Hoboken
- A basic offensive spell known by most casters at the time they pop
- Cast by Maggie in the dungeon at a FoxMUD warlord and Wanda against a Haffaton scout.IPTSF Text 5
- Uses the key word "Hoboken".Erf-b1-p133
- Veil Units spell
- Cast by a Foolamancer.
- At least once uses the key word "Crypsis".Erf-b1-p114
- Baffle spell
- The Foghat spell creates fog to "baffle", probably intended to reduce chances of being hit/found by attackers/spotters LIAB 36:3.
- Force a side's Turn to (unwillingly) finish spell (a Turnamancy spell)
- Cast by turnamancer Vanna, apparently linked with thinkamancer Charlie of Charlescomm
- The key word is "Kingworld."
- The Cure spell
- Healomancy spell cast using a scroll by Jack Snipe.
- Uses the key words "Lol Tolhurst Michael Dempsey Robert Smith". LIAB 50:10


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Thoda Sa Aasman written by Umera Ahmed is very famous novel. As Umera Ahmed has wrote many novels but this is the masterpiece written by her. Thoda Sa Aasman is the story of our society about which some of the time we came to know but sometimes it is far from us. Umera Ahmed very beautifully expressed the feeling, emotions, and tragedies in the story. The drama is about money, values, relationships, status and most important the lust of human being which never breaks down. The main characters in this serial are Haroon Kamal, Mansoor Ahmed, Ambar, Sibga, Shaheer and others. Haroon Kamal was a business tycoon who married to his cousin but both families were different and due to this they got court marriage. Relationship of man and woman freely acceptable by the society but it is true that it is not in such modern era to have these kinds of relationships and relations without marriages.
Cast: Yasra Rizvi, Zeba Bukhtiyar, Ushna Shah, Babar Ali and others
Written by: Umera Ahmed
Directed by: Nadeem Siddiqui
Produced by: Mastermind


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The annual Middletown Christmas Parade kicked off the holiday season Saturday, with a special encore appearance by Santa Clause!
It may still only be mid-November, but that didn't stop Middletown from ringing in the Christmas cheer Saturday.
Hundreds of marchers participated in the parade, which ran for more than an hour.
The Girl Scouts alone had more than 200 girls from 28 troops walk together in the parade.
The parade kicked off at 10 a.m. at the Everett Meredith Middle School, with floats, performances, marchers, and a variety of animals making their ways up Broad Street and onto Main Street.
Broad and Main Streets were lined with spectators, and as Santa Clause bought up the rear of the parade, children could be heard yelling, "It's Santa!"
Parade winners, who were chosen by a group of judges and announced by D.J. Jammin' Jeff, included the Appoquinimink High School marching band, Encore Dance Academy, Jazzercise kids, and Victoria's Dance Company.
The M.O.T. Big Ball Marathon Committee won first place for their float as well.
Be sure to check out the photos from Saturday's parade on our website!


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Total futures and options on CME Globex traded 1,598,891 contracts, topping the 1,486,255 contracts traded on March 17.
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Crude oil futures traded on CME Globex totaled 983,988 contracts, exceeding the 809,048 contracts traded on May 22.
NYMEX launched its physically settled futures contracts for trading on CME Globex during regular open outcry trading hours on September 5, 2006, following its initial offering of financially settled, standard-sized and NYMEX miNY energy futures contracts for trading on CME Globex on June 12, 2006. On December 4, 2006, NYMEX introduced full-sized and COMEX miNY metals futures contracts for side by side trading. Options trading launched on CME Globex on June 25.
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(AP) Redskins beat Raiders 24-14 for 1st win
By JOSH DUBOW
AP Sports Writer
OAKLAND, Calif.
After three straight losses to open the season, Robert Griffin III and the Washington Redskins aren't worried about the aesthetics of their first win.
Griffin threw a go-ahead touchdown pass late in the third quarter and David Amerson returned an interception for another score to help the Washington Redskins overcome an early 14-point deficit to beat the banged-up Oakland Raiders 24-14 Sunday for their first win of the season.
The Redskins (1-3) looked ready to extend the worst start for the franchise since 2001 when they fell behind 14-0 after the first quarter on a blocked punt touchdown and a scoring pass from Matt Flynn.
But the much-maligned Washington defense allowed the Raiders (1-3) no more points, taking advantage of an offense that was without starting quarterback Terrelle Pryor the entire game and starting running backs Darren McFadden and Marcel Reece for most of it.
Amerson started the comeback when he stepped in front of Flynn's pass to Denarius Moore and raced in for the touchdown that cut Oakland's lead to 14-10.
The Oakland offense struggled to generate much of anything without its entire starting backfield and the Raiders lost a game they led by at least 14 points after the first quarter for the first time since 1998 against Kansas City.
Flynn was sacked seven times, losing a fumble that set up Roy Helu Jr.'s 14-yard run that gave Washington a 24-14 lead midway through the fourth quarter.
Ryan Kerrigan forced the fumble on his second sack and Brian Orakpo and Barry Cofield also brought down Flynn twice.
It was a rare good day for a Washington defense that allowed 1,464 yards of offense through three games _ the most through a team's first three games since the 1951 New York Yanks gave up 1,494, according to STATS LLC. The Yanks folded after that season.
Even the usually reliable Sebastian Janikowski was off his game for the Raiders, missing a 52-yard field goal attempt wide left midway through the third quarter after Logan Paulsen lost a fumble.
Alfred Morris, bottled up most of the game, had three carries for 29 yards on the ensuing drive before leaving with bruised ribs. Griffin capped it with a 5-yard slant to Pierre Garcon that gave the Redskins their first second-half lead of the season.
The Raiders didn't settle on a starting quarterback until Saturday night when it was determined Pryor could not go after sustaining a concussion last Monday in Denver.
Flynn got off to an early lead in his third career start with help from Oakland's special teams which came up with a blocked punt for a touchdown early in the first quarter.
Rashad Jennings burst through the middle and blocked Sav Rocca's punt in the end zone and Jeremy Stewart scooped it up for the score.
Flynn got into the act as well with an impressive 81-yard drive that featured a 34-yard pass to Denarius Moore and was capped by the 18-yard TD to rookie Mychal Rivera.
Washington's defense took over after that.


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Are you being asked to prove the value of social media for your business?
Do you struggle to accurately measure the return on investment (ROI) of your social media marketing?
You're not alone. Several new research studies reveal that marketing managers are under increased pressure to show measurable results from their social media efforts.
But these same managers indicate that measuring the returns is one of their top two challenges for 2012.
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Customized flat mirrors from FLABEG are used as so-called heliostats in concentrating solar power towers, with maximum dimensions of up to 2040 mm x 2000 mm in thicknesses of 2 mm to 4 mm.
With a steam power plant using a solar tower, the combustion chamber is fired by concentrated solar radiation. This involves the use of hundreds or thousands of flat mirrors, each individually tracked to the sun with fractional degree precision. These heliostats direct and concentrate the sun's rays onto a central heat exchanger on the tower (receiver). Thanks to the concentrated rays combined with the high energy reflection of the FLABEG mirrors, high-temperature heat of up to 1100°C can be provided in the absorber. Molten salt or air serves as the initial transport medium. The heat energy is converted into electrical energy via a steam or gas turbine which drives a generator.
FLABEG mirrors boast tried-and-tested durability, while also being non-corrosive and desert sand-resistant. The essential difference between the various technical concepts for solar tower power plants has to do with the receiver technologies used: open volumetric and pressurized receivers.


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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A factory complex that is North Korea's last major economic link with the South was a virtual ghost town Tuesday after Pyongyang suspended its operations and recalled all 53,000 of its workers, cutting off jobs and a source of hard currency in its war of words and provocations against Seoul and Washington.
Only a few hundred South Korean managers remain at the Kaesong industrial complex, which has been run with cheap North Korean labor and South Korean capital and know-how for the past decade. The managers have not been forced to leave the facility just north of the Demilitarized Zone.
One manager said Tuesday that he and his colleagues are subsisting on ramen but planned to stay and watch over the company's equipment as long as their food lasted.
New South Korean President Park Geun-hye, who has sought to re-engage North Korea with dialogue and aid, expressed exasperation with what she called the "endless vicious cycle" of answering hostile behavior with compromise, only to get more hostility.
Pyongyang said Monday it would recall all North Korean workers from the complex and would decide later whether to shut it down for good.
The work stoppage at the biggest employer in the North's third-biggest city shows that Pyongyang is willing to hurt its own shaky economy in order to display its anger with South Korea and the United States. North Korea has a per capita GDP of $1,800 per year, far below that of its neighbors in Northeast Asia, according to the U.S. State Department.
Pyongyang has unleashed a torrent of threats at Seoul and Washington following U.N. sanctions punishing the North for its third nuclear test, on Feb. 12, and joint military exercises between the U.S. and South Korea that allies call routine but that Pyongyang sees as invasion preparation.
U.S. and South Korean defense officials have said they've seen nothing to indicate that Pyongyang is preparing for a major military action in which it would be heavily outgunned. But they have raised their defense postures, and so has Japan, which deployed PAC-3 missile interceptors in key locations around Tokyo as a precaution Tuesday against possible North Korean ballistic missile tests.
Analysts say North Korea's rhetoric and actions are intended to force Pyongyang-friendly policies in South Korea and Washington and to boost domestic loyalty for Kim Jong Un, the country's young, still relatively untested leader.
Park, who took office in February, said she is "very disappointed" by the suspension of operations at Kaesong, and that it would only scare away any opportunity for North Korea to bring in foreign investment.
"North Korea should stop doing wrong behavior and make a right choice for the future of the Korean nation," Park said at the start of a regular Cabinet Council meeting, according to a South Korean media pool report posted on the website of her office.
The Kaesong complex is the last symbol of inter-Korean rapprochement projects from previous eras of cooperation. Other projects such as reunions of families separated by war and tours to a scenic North Korean mountain became stalled in recent years.
Kim Yang Gon, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, announced Monday on a visit to Kaesong that operations at the complex would be suspended. He said the facility has been "has been reduced to a theater of confrontation."
Kim said in a statement released by state media that North Korea will now consider whether to close the complex permanently. "How the situation will develop in the days ahead will entirely depend on the attitude" of South Korean authorities, it said. The message did not say what would happen to the about 400 South Korean managers still at Kaesong.
Some North Koreans who worked overnight shifts at Kaesong were still there Tuesday morning, but South Koreans said those scheduled for day shifts didn't show. A North Korean woman at Kaesong said in a telephone call that her night shift was done and she was headed home.
One of the South Koreans who remained at Kaesong on Tuesday said he planned to stay there until food runs out. He said he and four other colleagues had been living on instant noodles.
"We haven't had any rice since last night. I miss rice," he said Tuesday morning. "We are running out of food. We will stay here until we run out of ramen."
The more than 120 South Korean companies operating at Kaesong urged North Korea to quickly normalize operations. "If this situation continues, companies will face the risk of going bankrupt," said Yoo Chang-geun, a vice president of the Corporate Association of Gaesong Industrial Complex.
After an emergency meeting Tuesday in Seoul, representatives of the companies said in a joint statement that they hope to send a delegation of small- and medium-sized companies to North Korea in hopes of reopening the complex. The statement also appealed to South Korea to take a "mature, embracing posture" and work out all available measures to help normalize Kaesong's operations.
In noting the shutdown, the U.S. referred to a Central Committee of the North's ruling Worker's Party statement a little more than a week ago, in which it described the economy as one of the nation's top two priorities. The other is building nuclear weapons.
State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell said closing the complex "would be regrettable, given that more than 50,000 North Korean people are employed there, and it would not help them achieve their stated desire to improve their economy and better the lives of their people."
South Korea's Unification Ministry, which is responsible for relations with the North, issued a statement saying South Korea will act "calmly and firmly" and will make its best efforts to secure the safety of South Koreans at Kaesong.
North Korea has threatened to fire nuclear missiles at the U.S. and claimed it had scrapped the 1953 armistice that ended fighting in the Korean War. Last week it told foreign diplomats based in Pyongyang that it will not be able to guarantee their safety as of Wednesday. Embassy workers appeared to be staying put. There have also been worries in Seoul of an even larger provocation from Pyongyang, including another possible nuclear test or rocket launch.
The barrage of North Korean threats has made North Korea increasingly isolated. China, its most important ally, expressed unusual disappointment when Pyongyang announced last week that it was restarting a plutonium reactor to produce more nuclear-bomb fuel.
Even before Monday's announcement, Pyongyang had been allowing operations at the Kaesong complex to wither. Last month it cut the communications with South Korea that had helped regulate border crossings at Kaesong, and last week it barred South Korean workers and cargo from entering North Korea.
Operations had continued and South Koreans already at Kaesong were allowed to stay, but dwindling personnel and supplies had forced about a dozen companies operating at Kaesong before North Koreans were told to stop working there.
North Korea briefly restricted the heavily fortified border crossing at Kaesong in 2009, but manufacturers fear the current closure could last longer.
South Korea's Unification Ministry estimates 53,000 North Korean workers in Kaesong received $80 million in salary in 2012, an average of $127 a month, paid in U.S. dollars. The Unification Ministry says Kaesong accounted for nearly all two-way trade between the Koreas. Cross-border trade, including supplies entering Kaesong and finished products coming out, approached $2 billion annually.
North Korea objects to portrayals in the South of the zone being crucial to the impoverished country's finances. Kim said North Korea "gets few economic benefits from the zone while the south side largely benefits from it." North Korea has also expressed outrage over South Korean discussion of military rescue plans in the event Pyongyang held the managers hostage.
AP writer Eric Talmadge in Tokyo contributed to this report.


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Paul McCartney Visits Whitney Houston Memorial
On Monday, Paul McCartney visited a memorial to singer Whitney Houston outside of the Beverly Hills hotel that she was found dead in on Saturday night (Feb. 11). The singer and his wife Nancy Shevell laid flowers and shared a quiet moment before quickly departing the scene at the Beverly Hilton.
TMZ reports that the 69-year-old deflected compliments stemming from his performances during Sunday night's Grammy Awards. "This is about Whitney, not me," he said while shaking hands with a few fans and ignoring media requests for further comment. The entire visit -- seen below -- lasted less than one minute.
Houston died on Saturday at the age of 48. Investigators recently confirmed that she was found unconscious in a bathtub by a member of her entourage. While the cause of death remains under investigation, prescription drugs were found in her hotel room.
McCartney performed twice at the Grammys on Sunday night, first singing his new song 'My Valentine' with Joe Walsh, and later closing the show in an all-star jam with Walsh, Bruce Springsteen and Dave Grohl. The group did a medley of songs from 'Abbey Road.'


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Message from the Broward CountyBoard of County CommissionersWe live in a diverse multi-ethnic and urban County of 1.8 million people. Just look around and you will see the rich diversity that has made our County a home for those seeking economic opportunity, individual freedom and a superior quality of life. According to the 2010 census, the County, for the first time, has become a "minority-majority" county. The Non-Hispanic white population accounted for less than 42 percent, more than 28 percent of the population is African-American, nearly 32 percent of residents are foreign born and 79 percent of foreign-born residents are from Latin America. By 2030, Broward County's Office of Urban Planning and Redevelopment projects that the County's population will reach 2.5 million people from many diverse ethnic backgrounds. More information about our changing demographics is at "Broward-By- The-Numbers."
With a large population reflecting widely diverse religious, cultural and ethnic backgrounds, it is important that we understand and respect each other. The diversity of our community is an asset that we must value and celebrate.
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The 7 Landing Pages Every Casino Affiliate Needs
2. Contact
This page has a very similar purpose to the About page. When you give your readers a way of reaching you, you immediately seem like a real person or business. Not like someone sitting in a shed and trying to scam people.
If you're comfortable with this, you can even provide your business's physical address and phone number. A simple contact form is the bare minimum.


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Reviewed by Victor H. (age 9)
When I read this book, my favorite part was when Molly didn't give up trying to jump. Molly's friends wanted to go but Molly asked them just one more try please. Her friend said yes and gave her one more try. At last she did it. She really did it. Then her foot got caught in the rope and she couldn't recover. I liked the book because it showed that Molly didn't give up. She kept on trying and the last time she tried to jump, she did it.
I recommend this book to people that don't give up. Also people that try to raise enough money to camp or other places. I think this book was really good.


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This version has been released for community evaluation and further testing. The remaining task to be done are listed in Goal section. Though this version is still undergoing further enhancement, the codebase is workable. The librarian can already make use of this versions' Holdings Management, Patron Management, and Circulation Management.
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Alicia Keys, Carmelo Anthony, Rick Ross & More Attend Swizz Beatz and Bronx Charter School Art Auction
Wednesday evening (May 2), Grammy Award-Winning producer Swizz Beatz and Bronx Charter School for the Arts held its fourth annual art auction event. Held at NYC hotspot the Marquee, VIPs, notables and celebrities stepped out to support the children.
The event included silent and live auctions featuring original art work by Bronx Arts elementary students. Guests enjoyed hors d'oeuvres by Certé, cocktails provided by Ciroc, and live entertainment by Swizz Beatz and G.O.O.D. music recording artist Big Sean.
Alicia Keys, Carmelo Anthony, Rick Ross and more were among attendees at the event.
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Polar Plunge swimmers urged to use extra caution this year
Frigid temperatures, lake ice make for difficult conditions
Cold lake water and even colder air temperatures will make for a very chilly polar plunge this year.
The annual dip into Lake Michigan on New Year's Day has had some good weather in recent years.
VIDEO: Lake ice could make polar plunges difficult
"Fortunately for us, it really hasn't been below zero in the past eight years," said Mike Szhor, who will likely take the plunge on Wednesday. "My friends and I have this pact that if the temperature is below zero, we don't do it," he said.
But with a noontime high of 18 degrees, Szhor and his friends will likely get wet, and the Milwaukee Fire Department's dive team will be ready to assist those taking the icy swim.
Christopher Schutte with the fire department said an ice shelf could cause some difficulties this year.
"I foresee people getting injured as they're getting into the water," he said. "And coming out once the effects of the cold water has settled in on their bodies."
Schutte suggests swimmers wear water shoes to help protect feet against the jagged edges of the ice.
Divers and paramedics are on present both on the shore and in the lake to help keep the hundreds of swimmers safe. But Schutte said swimmers can take a few extra precautions to stay safe.
"Don't wander out there all by yourself," he said. "Stay with a partner. That way if one of you runs into trouble, you've got somebody there to assist you."
He also suggests keeping your face dry to help cut down on the shock to the body, and cautioned that alcohol does not warm your body but can instead impair your reactions and balance.
Several different Polar Bear Plunges will be held across Wisconsin on Wednesday.
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FBI arrests Manchester lawyer accused of manufacturing child pornographyBy JAMES A. KIMBLE
Union Leader Correspondent
November 16. 2012 5:47PM
MANCHESTER - A city lawyer arrested in October for allegedly possessing child pornography was indicted on new federal charges this week for driving a teenage girl to Ontario, Canada, where she was recorded having sexual relations with another person, prosecutors said.
Lisa Biron, 43, of Manchester, was arrested by the FBI on Friday afternoon on a seven-count indictment alleging sexual exploitation of children and possession of child pornography.
She was ordered held without bail following her arraignment before Magistrate Judge Landya McCafferty in U.S. District Court, according to U.S. Attorney John Kacavas.
A grand jury handed down the indictment on Wednesday, but prosecutors asked to keep the charges under seal until Biron was arrested and brought to the federal courthouse on Friday afternoon.
Police began investigating Biron, a Manchester lawyer since 2008, on Sept. 29 after receiving a tip that there was child pornography on her computer.
She was arrested at her home - located at 42 Pratt Court in Manchester -- on Oct. 9 on seven counts of possession of child sex abuse images.
But the FBI apparently continued investigating the origin of the digital videos and photo allegedly found on Biron's laptop.
Federal prosecutors say that Biron transported the girl on May 25 from New Hampshire to Ontario, Canada, and coerced her into performing sexual acts with another person so that they could be recorded.
The four digital videos and a digital photograph were made over a four day period between May 25 and May 28, according to prosecutors.
Indictments say the pornography was found Sept. 29 on Biron's HP laptop.
Biron is facing charges of possession of child pornography, transportation with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, and four counts of sexual exploitation of children.
On Friday, it was unclear whether Biron would still face state charges that led to her initial arrest.
The FBI, Customs and Border Patrol, and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement investigated the case with the help of Manchester police.
Biron is scheduled for trial in U.S. District Court on the week of Jan. 8, 2013.


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A snapshot of the electrical-distribution business as it is today - and a look at where it may go. Part 2 Many of the basics for electrical distributors remain the same as when this type of business evolved at the beginning of the 20th century. Although much remains the same, there have been and will be changes as well. This two-part industry analysis gives a glimpse of the business as it is today and looks at where it may head in the future. Last month's article looked at the structure of the electrical distributor's business, additional roles of distributors and sales forecasts. This month's article looks at the markets, customers and the products.
Channels to market for electrical products. Although electrical distributors may represent the traditional channel to market for electrical apparatus and supplies for much of the 20th century, the final decades saw the development of a profusion of alternative routes to market.
* Full-line distributors of electrical products.
* Specialized and hybrid distributors.
* Service businesses that get into the sale of electrical products - like energy service (ESCO) or demand-side management (DSM) companies, motor repair shops and lighting maintenance companies.
* Retail or consumer-based channels, like home centers, super stores, catalog sellers and retail lighting showrooms.
* Distributors from other wholesale distribution trades, like plumbing or industrial supplies, that deal in electrical products as well.
* Manufacturer-based channels, including direct sales and buy/sell reps.
* Web-based alternatives, such as auction sites, virtual distributors and MRO- or construction-oriented virtual communities built around a purchasing function.
* Other channels, like the gray market.
The common thread among the alternate channels can be summed up in one word: specialization, according to a study on alternate channels, Facing the Forces of Change 2000, which was published by the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors (NAW), Washington, D.C. The alternate channels against which traditional electrical distributors compete all specialize either in a product area - like lamps, telecom products, industrial controls, or motors; in customer segments - like utilities or home improvement; or in marketing techniques - such as catalog sellers.
The products that distributors sell. The main purpose of an electrical-distribution business is to make hundreds of products from various manufacturers available in one place. Those products from different manufacturers must go together to deliver the end result the customer wants, whether it be a well-lighted kitchen or a fully automated factory floor. The average electrical distributor stocks 245 product lines from 162 different manufacturers.
According to Electrical Wholesaling's 1998 Profile Study conducted by Intertec Publishing's research department, on 50% of the orders that distributors write, customers request products by generic item descriptions; about 49% of the time one or more brands is specified. A third of the time customers request a single brand.
Distributors also report that when customers request brands not stocked by the distributorship, 66% of the time they can convince the customer to accept a substitute brand. Two key reasons that distributors add new lines are to fill out gaps in existing product lines (43%) and to take advantage of situations when a current supplier is adding a line to its product offering (28%).
The Customers. Electrical distributors sell across a broad range of business and industry, government and to the public. Given the widespread use of electricity, that's no surprise. The customers to whom the electrical distributor sells remain much the same as they were for the last quarter of the century, with some shift in emphasis. The electrical contractor remains the predominant customer, year in, year out. Industrial MRO and factory automation has grown in importance, while sales to the general public have scaled back.
The markets. Electrical distributors sell products for use across a broad cross section of U.S. business and industry. New construction - residential, commercial, industrial and nonbuilding types - represents a third of the market for electrical products. Industrial MRO accounts for close to 20% of their business; various industrial uses represent more than 45% of the market. Other uses range from utility products to export.
Although the ebb and flow of construction contracts and factory output affect their sales, electrical distributors as a whole find their fortunes more closely tied to the state of the economy than to any one segment. In the past, electrical distributors' sales tended to lag the economy up or down by about six months. This relationship may or may not hold in the new economic model now playing out.
Some electrical distributors make strategic decisions to change the markets they serve - for example, to go after industrial business to counterbalance weak construction markets or to add the utility market to take advantage of a perceived opportunity. Such moves rarely affect the market mix overall.
Sometimes distributors move in a direction en masse. In the 1990s many moved away from the small-contractor market for which they were hard-pressed to compete against the home centers, especially The Home Depot. Many added a "high-tech" aura to their businesses to differentiate themselves from their home center competition. This shift shows up as an increasing market mix percent in factory automation and various industrial-type business.
The market mix turns out to be heavily influenced by the market that's hot the year the survey goes out to electrical distributors. During the late '90s, construction was very strong. Commercial construction had revived, and distributors latched on in a big way.


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Want the people who play your game/program to be able to set what keys they can use? Use this Button Configuration form in your project, and module, for the set keys! You want to put in your main Form1_Load() what all the variables by default would equal, or at the beginning have them set them. In the code you would write, you would just the the variable in the (). Like if you want the a button to set off something, u would write:
its that easy! there is the possible of all the letter keys, number pad numbers, home row numbers, space bar, enter, shift, tab, and the up, down, left and right arrow keys. I wanted to leave the others open in case of someone wanted the keys for menu items. Well, here it is!Code:If GetAsyncKeyState(A) <> 0 then ' do whatever End If
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Sutton, Daerr named to sports posts at WISN 12
Sutton, Daerr named to sports posts at WISN 12
He will begin at WISN 12 in early May.
WISN 12 announced Tuesday that Stephanie Sutton has been named weekend sports anchor, and Trey Daerr has been named as sports journalist.
Sutton, a Brookfield native, has a decade of experience at WISN. She joined WISN 12 News in April 2003 as sports reporter.
Prior to WISN 12, Sutton worked at KNTV in San Francisco, WAPT-TV and WJTV in Jackson Mississippi.
Sutton is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Sutton is currently on maternity leave and will return in mid-May.
Daerr is currently a weekend sports anchor/reporter at KARK-KNWA in Arkansas.He also worked at KOAM-TV in Joplin, Missouri.
Daerr is a graduate of Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Penn.
He will begin at WISN 12 in early May.


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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A 5-year-old girl abducted from her Philadelphia classroom suffered severe physical injuries from a sexual assault that required surgery, a doctor testified Tuesday.
Former day care worker Christina Regusters, 21, is the only person charged in the case, although her lawyer before trial suggested that others were involved.
The child was blindfolded during the 19-hour ordeal and believes that a man assaulted her. However, prosecutors said Regusters merely told her that, and sodomized the girl herself with an unknown object.
"She was in a significant amount of pain," said Dr. Cindy Christian, a child sexual-assault expert at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, who treated the girl later that week. She was found on a playground the morning after she went missing, clad in only a T-shirt on the cold January day. The T-shirt contained Regusters' DNA, according to prosecutors.
The victim, now 7, is expected to testify this week. Much of Tuesday's testimony focused on the unfolding realization at the school's 3 p.m. dismissal that the kindergartner was missing. A substitute teacher had allowed her to leave at about 8:45 a.m. with a woman posing as the girl's mother.
"It was just chaos because nobody knew what to say," after-care teacher Sherrell Carter testified.
Carter worked at a child care center a block away, and had gone to Bryant Elementary School to pick up the girl and several other charges. At first, she found school officials "nonchalant" about the missing child.
"Nobody seemed to care," Carter said. "The assumption was she's just somewhere in (the building)."
She ran through the school crying out the girl's name, and then called the girl's mother, she said. The mother had dropped the girl and her older brother off that morning, minutes before the impostor lured her from the classroom, a school security videotape showed.
Bryant, located in a low-income neighborhood in west Philadelphia, had two visitor checkpoints inside, and a policy to check parent identification and only dismiss children from the front office. The abductor, wearing a long Muslim dress and face-covering veil like the attire worn by the girl's mother, scrawled a name in the visitor log, then brushed off the substitute teacher's request to sign the child out of her kindergarten classroom, according to testimony.
"It's brazen, isn't it? Who does that?" defense lawyer W. Fred Harrison Jr. said in openings Monday, suggesting the answer was not his client.
The girl's family has a civil lawsuit filed against the city. The city's bid for immunity is pending before a federal judge.
Regusters had worked with Carter at the child care center for about a year, but had only limited interaction there with the victim. The owner said Regusters was good with children, but was suspended on the day of the crime because of chronic lateness.


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Gasoline is at $3.50 per gallon for the first time this summer after a sharp run-up in July.
The price of gas gained 17 cents per gallon, or 5.1 percent this month. It was the first monthly increase since March. The nationwide average was last at $3.50 per gallon on June 19.
South Carolina continued to have the nation's cheapest gas, at $3.20 per gallon on average, AAA said. In the Charleston-North Charleston market, the going rate also was about $3.20, up from $2.97 a month ago.
Drivers had enjoyed a long stretch of declining prices at the pump as oil fell from more than $100 per barrel in March to below $78 by late June. The average price at the pump fell by 60 cents per gallon in about three months. But oil rose 13 percent from its June low on renewed concerns of supply disruptions in the Middle East and the usual increase in demand in the warmer months. Oil ended July at $88.05 per barrel.
The rising cost of ethanol also boosted gas prices, AAA said. Ethanol prices have jumped because of record high corn prices. Most fuel sold for passenger cars and pickups today is 10 percent ethanol and 90 percent gas.
AAA said Tuesday that the gain in July was the biggest for the month since the auto club started keeping records in 2000. Drivers likely remember gas hitting an all-time high of $4.11 in July of 2008, but the price was back to $3.90 per gallon by the end of that month as the global economic slowdown became more ominous.
AAA predicted that gas prices likely will remain flat or climb slightly in August and then fall when the summer driving season comes to a close after Labor Day.
The high price for gas this year was $3.936 per gallon on April 6 when oil topped $100 per barrel. As the global economy weakened in the spring, oil fell nearly 30 percent. Gas eventually dropped to $3.326 per gallon on July 2.
Demand for gas is still weaker than a year ago as consumers watch their spending. Growth in the U.S. economy slowed to 1.5 in the second quarter and the unemployment rates remains stuck above 8 percent. Better fuel economy in the nation's auto fleet has also cut gas usage.


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LOS ANGELES _ The Flyers have been given permission to talk with the agent for San Jose goalie Evgeni Nabokov and try to make a deal before the free-agency period starts on Thursday.
But a soucre close to the situation said he was "not optimistic" that a deal could be reached prior to Thursday.
In other words, Nabokov is expected to test the free-agent waters, and the Flyers will be among a handful of suitors.
If the Flyers do sign Nabokov before Thursday, they would probably have to give San Jose a late pick in the 2011 draft. The source said no compensation has been decided upon, and he denied an Internet report that the Flyers would give a seventh-round pick if they signed Nabokov prior to Thursday.


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St Kitts And Nevis
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St Kitts Travel Guide
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Officially known as St Christopher, the island was named by Christopher Columbus on landing there in 1493, but it wasn't until it became an English colony in 1623 that its name was shortened to St Kitts, by which the island is known today.
A lush, verdant island, St Kitts is the larger of the twin-islands that make up the country and is more developed than Nevis. However, neither island has succumbed to the usual tourist trappings, and St Kitts remains a naturally unassuming, uncrowded destination that is a true gem in the Caribbean crown. Dominated by an extinct 3,792ft (1,156m) volcano, the island is covered in green vegetation and sugar cane fields, and is ringed by sandy coves, coral reefs and clear waters. Most beaches to the north are black sandy beaches due to the volcanic nature of the island, but the beaches at the southern end, including Frigate Bay, Banana Bay, Sand Bank Bay and Cockleshell Bay, are what beach-gurus dream of: deserted stretches of fine white sand. Those yearning for waves will find Atlantic surf along the east coast.
There is more to St Kitts than splendid natural surroundings and beaches. An explosive history of slave revolutions and colonial contention during the 18th century has left the island with a rich heritage of architecture, as well as sites such as the impressive fortress at Brimstone Hill, which was constructed to defend the wealth, and to protect the wealthy, of the island. During the prosperous days of the sugar industry, St Kitts, as the oldest and richest colony in the Caribbean, boasted 68 sugar plantations in total. With the abolition of slavery, and the production of beet sugar in Europe, the surge of wealth finally came to an end, and today the once-prolific factories and windmills lie in ruins among the abandoned sugar plantations. St Kitts was the last island in the Caribbean to persist in the production of sugar cane, but the industry has now been discontinued due to the high costs involved.
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1. Re: AS7 PicketLink ejbContext propagationPedro Igor Mar 19, 2012 9:17 AM (in response to Michael Harper)1 of 1 people found this helpful
Hi Micheal,
To achieve this you must use the PicketLink STS. Take a look at this article https://community.jboss.org/wiki/SAMLEJBIntegrationWithPicketLinkSTS.
The article is using JBoss AS 5, but I think it can help you with AS 7, too.
Pedro Igor
2. Re: AS7 PicketLink ejbContext propagationMichael Harper Mar 19, 2012 8:18 PM (in response to Pedro Igor)
Thank you Pedro, this looks like a weekend job!
A comment though. Ive found picketlink documentation difficult to follow and often out of date.
It would be really good to see an improvement in this area. I saw a post saying 'what does picketlink do' and completely understand why someone would ask that.
3. Re: AS7 PicketLink ejbContext propagationAnil Saldanha Mar 20, 2012 9:43 AM (in response to Michael Harper)
Michael, at this time we have not finished our AS7 integration testing for PicketLink. We are making progress. Once we have done our testing, we are going to provide new documentation specific to AS71.
PicketLink is a large project that means many things to *many* people. It is difficult for us to maintain people's expectations.
4. Re: AS7 PicketLink ejbContext propagationMichael Harper Mar 20, 2012 11:13 AM (in response to Anil Saldanha)
Hi Anil,
Thanks for coming back to me. The source of the frustration above comes from spending a lot of time trawling for insights/instructions on picketlink, both official and otherwise. I've been looking at this for both sso and ACL's. I gave up on ACL's eventually because I simply couldn't find enough information to get started. I've spent a lot of time on sso already and I question the clarity of the documentation and if there is more that can be done to make the projects you have more accessible to 'end users'.
For example, here's my requirement. On JBoss 7 I wan't to be able to deploy several wars and ejb projects in the same ear file. The business beans are to be shared and can be accessed by all wars and a single sign on enables access on a single security realm to all war and ejb resources. (I'm familiar with jee in relation to dependencies so that can be taken for granted)
What I would expect is a simple sequence of steps.
a) a summary of what the product does in terms of sso, what the different authentication mechanisms relate to and when they are used.
b) exact steps to configure picket link module for jboss 7 (with alternatives)
c) exact steps to configure each war for participation in authentication for jboss 7 both outside and inside of an ear (jboss-deployment-structure.xml is ignored in sub-projects on jboss 7) (how and why it works)
d) configure each war/ear for authenticating with the ejbContext for jboss 7 and activating both web and ejbContexts at a single login (how, and why it works)
Some of the above is covered in cheat sheets but some aren't which leaves me not really understanding how it works.
Currently I have (by default) the ability to invoke business logic from any of the web applications in my archive but have to login to each . When I add picketlink I can get shared authentication but I can't get the ejbContext so my web applications don't work. I've disabled picket link currently but within the next couple of weeks I'm either going to have to solve this problem or provide my own hacks and get by without sso.
Rant over, thanks for you time!
5. Re: AS7 PicketLink ejbContext propagationMartin Vecera Mar 20, 2012 4:50 PM (in response to Michael Harper)
Hello guys,
I must totally agree with Mike. I read through the documentation, and wiki and I still do not get the idea how to configure scenarios Mike mentioned. Soon, I'm about to have something very similar. I would like to have a SSO with my web app. and EJBs. What confuses me most now is the usage of various login modules. My ideal scenario would be like this:
1) A client acesses my web app for the first time. The app. is secured by a security domain configured.
2) A login form appears and the client must log in. The credentials are verified through PicketLinkIDM and SAMLv2 token is issues by PicketLinkSTS.
3) The web app. now validates the token with STS and returns a welcome page.
4) The client clicks on some "action" button which invokes a session EJB. There is a method with @RolesAllowed annotation. The EJB container confirms the token and loads the roles from PicketLinkIDM (the same as before).
How should I configure my security domains and login modules to work like this?
6. Re: AS7 PicketLink ejbContext propagationPedro Igor Mar 22, 2012 9:33 AM (in response to Michael Harper)
Hi Micheal,
I have an example application that shows some of the features you are looking for.
1) An EAR project configured with a WAR and EJB modules and running in JBoss AS 7.1.1.Final.
2) The WAR is configured as a Service Provider;
3) The EJB is configured with a security-domain that validates a SAML Assertion using the PicketLink STS;
4) When an user logs in the Service Provider, his SAML Assertion (returned by the IDP) is used to call the EJB;
I was thinking in writing an article to describe in more details how things work. Is this example enough for you ?
Pedro Igor
7. Re: AS7 PicketLink ejbContext propagationMichael Harper Mar 22, 2012 3:03 PM (in response to Pedro Igor)
Thank you Pedro!
I wasn't expecting this but I'll take it :-) Your example sounds good enough for me. Cheers
8. Re: AS7 PicketLink ejbContext propagationMichael Harper Mar 26, 2012 7:01 PM (in response to Pedro Igor)
Hi Pedro,
Did you get anywhere with this?
9. Re: AS7 PicketLink ejbContext propagationPedro Igor Mar 26, 2012 8:32 PM (in response to Michael Harper)
Hi Michael,
I did not forget you. Tomorrow I'll send you the sources.
Pedro Igor
10. Re: AS7 PicketLink ejbContext propagationPedro Igor Mar 27, 2012 8:35 PM (in response to Michael Harper)
Hi Michael,
I have attached a compressed file with the example application. Please read a file named README.txt and follow the instructions.
Both STS and IDP applications are shipped. Please use them to run the example, as described in the README.txt.
Make sure you have a running JBoss AS 7.1.1.Final installation. Read this article and follow the instructions to correctly configure the PicketLink module with this AS version: https://community.jboss.org/wiki/HowToConfigurePicketLink202WithJBossAS711.
As I told you before, the STS configuration is all described here https://community.jboss.org/wiki/SAMLEJBIntegrationWithPicketLinkSTS.
Pedro Igor
picketlink-ejb-example.tar.gz 47.8 KB
11. Re: AS7 PicketLink ejbContext propagationMichael Harper Mar 27, 2012 5:56 PM (in response to Pedro Igor)
Hi Pedro,
Thanks for this, I'm sure your help is genuine and it's appreciated, but after another 3 hours I can't get this working (there are basic errors).
To whom ever is running this project I have the following message. Please, please get your instructions sorted out properly! I have seen instructions which include jars that no longer exist. The downloads for picketlink now only refer to 2.0.3 for jboss 7.1.* releases where notes on exact configuration actually talk about 2.0.2 only! BTW, I've downloaded 3 versions JBoss to try to get this working so far and the latest still needs patching!
We do have day jobs which are fairly involved and we simply don't have time to waste hour upon hour following misleading information.
My apologies for being negative but I'm tired of going round and round in circles, and this had raised some questions in my mind about JBoss itself if it affiliates itself with communtiy projects that seem to be so immature and I won't be pursuing picketlink further.
12. Re: AS7 PicketLink ejbContext propagationAnil Saldanha Mar 27, 2012 8:22 PM (in response to Michael Harper)
Michael, you want something for free. I am not forcing you to use PicketLink. It is your choice.
After working for 3 hours, you give up. Imagine the number of hours we have worked to give this software for free. After that, you complain that it is immature.
I make the statement that "Picketlink is immature for immature/ungrateful people".
We have a day job too. We have many priorities. Inspite of that, we try hard to help the community. It is a mutual respectful two way street.
You are free to use anything else.
13. Re: AS7 PicketLink ejbContext propagationMichael Harper Mar 28, 2012 2:14 AM (in response to Anil Saldanha)
Your right of course about the content and tone of my email and you and your team have my apologies. This actually was the latest 3 hours after weeks of downloads, reading and researching and actually the point at which I realised it was dangerous to continue.
The only thing I would say is software, free or not (free is not my major concern, I just don't see a lot of other alternatives) becomes heavily relied upon very quickly and though it's not as much fun as writing software, documenting it, along with a rigid release process is just as important for those who use it. This is what I poorly commented on and meant by 'immature', a process which leaves people struggling. Actually I'm sure your software is very good!
Picketlink is one of those elements that when working and integrated would be fantastic but also a major risk so there lies my concern.
That said I admire anybody that dedicates their own time to develop software and so again thank you for your efforts (and taking it on the chin from bad tempered losers :-)) and good luck in the future.
14. Re: AS7 PicketLink ejbContext propagationAnil Saldanha Mar 29, 2012 1:00 PM (in response to Michael Harper)
Michael, my last post was made before I took Nyquil.
For any IDM project to stabilize to do everything on the planet, it takes a decade.
Given PicketLink's timeline, it does quite well what it intends to do. But everything changes as you know. JBoss AS 5/6 have a different architecture than AS7 and Tomcat 5/6 have different things compared to Tomcat 7. So if PicketLink has to satisfy all these servers, it has to endure a lot of customization and testing. Now if we release things once every year to cater to all of these servers, it does not match our user's expectations.
So we try to have frequent releases to give the latest and greatest to our users. The hope is that users catch our errors sooner. The other challenge is the documentation. We have a fair number of how-to articles that can go to out-of-date status with frequent releases. We have to draw a line.
PL started to provide SSO capabilities. Then we started getting demands for EJB, WS integration which is very server specific. Now, we are doing as much as possible with QA.
This is an open source project. We value community interaction. Users are free to provide patches and have frequent outbursts (like you did). But we are going to shoot back if you are being unfair.
What we request from users is to tell us where the bugs are and where our documentation is hard/out of date etc. The community should not be just TAKERS. They have to be GIVERS also. That is the spirit of open source.


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Tourist sites shut but you can hear lawmakers talk
Oct. 02, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tourists are pretty much locked out of Washington's monuments and museums, but those who want to hear lawmakers argue some more about the government shutdown are welcome to do it.
The partial shutdown has closed many attractions across the nation's capital and furloughed hundreds of thousands workers. But Senate and House rules dictate that their gallery seats remain open to visitors whenever either legislative body is in session.
"Wonderful," said tourist Mary Avanti of Woodbridge, Calif., who wished that she wasn't forbidden from standing up in the chambers' galleries and speaking her mind.
"I'd like to get up and say 'I AM the people ... and I'm really disappointed,'" Avanti said as she sat near the foot of the Capitol steps with tourist map in hand. "Back in the day, government worked and was not split like this — good against bad, white against black, the rich against the poor, the North against the South. I wish it would stop and we could all just come together."
Avanti and her granddaughter Galina Avanti, 15, had wanted to see the Smithsonian museums, monuments and historical sites. Mary Avanti joked that they'd "make the best of it" by seeing what they could and photographing themselves in front of shuttered buildings to prove later that they'd witnessed the first closing of the government in 17 years.
"It's a really historic moment and I'm right here, seeing this happen with my own eyes," Galina agreed. "It's amazingly bad and kind of awesome at the same time."
After days of sometimes angry debate and late-night sessions, House members were back Wednesday making the same arguments.
"One party wanted one thing and the other party wanted another," Runzhi Song from the Chinese seaside city of Qingdao said after watching the debate from the House visitors' gallery. Her English was good and though she didn't understand all the legislative vocabulary, she got the drift. "I think they should work it out," said Song, who was in town for only a day and already had seen the Statue of Liberty from a boat in New York Harbor but had been locked of out a tour there.
Karen and Burke Bradley of Fremont, Calif., watched the Senate proceedings for about a half-hour. They heard Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California talk about national security and thought she was interesting; and they heard Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah talk about jobs, but disagreed with at least some of what he said.
"It was very interesting, it was good to hear their perspective," Burke Bradley said.
"I think you have to keep talking — at least they are not doing nothing," he said, apologizing for the double negative.
Others seemed less interested in hearing more talk. Ten high school seniors in matching red blazers came from towns across Colorado to ask for something — continued money for their education program. They were members of the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America, which promotes leadership through family and consumer science education.
They met briefly with congressional staffers whom they described as frazzled by the shutdown, but didn't get the tour they wanted.
"Adults make everything so complicated," said Letha Plecker. "They just need to work as a team."
Sixteen other teenagers from a history/government class at Union Springs Academy in upstate New York stood outside the Capitol as their two teacher-chaperones tried to find other sites to visit as an alternative to the canceled public tours of the Capitol.
"I talked to the students about it, that we're going to see leaders who are not being responsible about doing their jobs, so now you can't even get to see what you wanted to see," said teacher Timothy Raymond, who'd been planning the trip for a year.
Others were so angry with Congress they lost their cool.
A woman paced briskly back and forth near the rotunda, screaming shrilly to anyone and everyone: "Don't pay them!"
A man with three children in tow approached a shiny black SUV and shouted loudly through the tinted window: "Are you a U.S. representative? Please explain to my children why they can't have their educational tour!"


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PORTSMOUTH — A city resident accused of selling heroin to a 22-year-old woman who fatally overdosed in November could face life in prison.
At her arraignment Monday, bail was set at $50,000 cash only for Jennifer Landry, 41, formerly of 309 Oriental Gardens, who police allege sold heroin to Sveltlana Filippenko, 22, on Nov. 20. Filippenko, who was out on bail conditions for the sale of a controlled drug, was found dead the following day by her brother after either ingesting or injecting the heroin she allegedly got from Landry.
According to an affidavit by Detective Matt Hester, police were aware of Filippenko's drug use and on June 4, 2012, she had been arrested and charged with sale of a controlled drug after making a sale to a confidential informant. Fileppenko had told a detective at that time she had been clean from using heroin for a week but was having a "tough time" refraining from heroin use.
At the time of the Nov. 20 sale, Landry, who told presiding Judge Sawako Gardner she was not employed due to being disabled, was out on bail from a July drug charge.
Filippenko's brother found his sister laying on her bedroom floor when he entered the room on Wednesday, Nov. 21 to shut off an alarm clock that was sounding at approximately 9:30 a.m., according to the affidavit. He reported the death a short time after at 9:42 a.m.
Documents also indicate Detective Aaron Goodwin collected evidence from the woman's bedroom including a Victoria's Secret shopping bag found in her closet containing five syringes, a spoon with brown residue, and four "baggie corners" with white residue. Another baggie with white residue was found in her purse. Ten empty wrappers for suboxone along with two unopened wrappers of the drug, used to treat opiate addiction, were also found.
Hester's affidavit states that on Nov. 23 during the booking process of a Robert Chase, 26, who was involved in a theft at BJ's Wholesale Club in Portsmouth, was told Chase wanted to speak with him regarding Landry, who happened to be present at the time of Chase's arrest.
Chase alleged he witnessed Landry sell Fileppenko heroin on Nov. 20, the day before her death, behind a business on Woodbury Avenue. He also said he had previously introduced the two women.
Should Landry post bail, she is to undergo random drug testing on a weekly basis. Prosecutor David Colby said Landry is considered both a flight risk and a danger to society based on her lengthy criminal record.
Deputy Police Chief Corey MacDonald said the message of this incident is two-fold.
He said for the addicts living in the Seacoast community, this all shows what that lifestyle can lead to and should be an impetus to get help. And for those who profit from drug sales, he hopes it is clear that the Portsmouth Police Department will expend the resources and power necessary resolve these cases, calling the city a "bad place to be" for dealers.
MacDonald also praised the work of detectives involved in this case who pieced a lot of "moving parts" including interviews, phone messages and text messages.
"The detectives did a good job on this case and put it together," he said.
Landry, who declined to speak in response to her bail conditions, faces a probable cause hearing Jan. 15.