text: Cerebral Artery Aneurysm A cerebral aneurysm is an abnormally dilated segment of a blood vessel. In some cases, the entire blood vessel widens and expands to resemble a balloon-like structure. The exact cause of many cerebral aneurysms is not clear and they can occur in patients of any age, including some which may occur as a congenital ("you are born with it") defect in the lining of the blood vessels, which result in a continued enlargement of the aneurysm over time. Risk Factors Several factors can cause weakening of the blood vessel wall, including trauma, brain tumor and arteriovenous malformation (abnormal blood vessel development) from birth. Factors which have been shown to increase the risk of aneurysm rupture include smoking, high blood pressure, excessive alcohol consumption and atherosclerosis. Symptoms Occasionally an enlarging aneurysm can cause symptoms such as visual changes, seizures, facial pain and headache, due to the compression of the aneurysm on surrounding brain structures. CT or MRI imaging can be used to help diagnose a cerebral aneurysm as well as definitive diagnosis by a cerebral angiogram dye study, in the Interventional Radiology department. Unfortunately, the rupture of a cerebral aneurysm is usually sudden and occurs without warning. Symptoms of a ruptured aneurysm include: Loss of consciousness Severe headache with nausea or vomiting Numbness or decreased sensation in any part of the body Blurred vision Drooping eyelids Seizure Extreme lethargy Once an aneurysm ruptures, blood accumulates in the brain and can compress and damage surrounding tissue. The tissue injury can also cause a spasm in the vessel, resulting in constriction and decreased blood flow to the surrounding brain area. The effect of a ruptured cerebral aneurysm can be serious neurological impairment or death. Early treatment of a ruptured or "leaking" cerebral aneurysm will follow the patient care model for "acute hemorrhagic stroke" including evaluation by the Emergency Response System (paramedics), Emergency Room evaluation and Neurosurgery consultation, rapid CT scan and prompt Interventional Radiology treatment as indicated. Treatment Early identification of a cerebral aneurysm and treatment is the goal to prevent further "expansion" of the aneurysm and potential rupture. The final goal of the treatment is to remove or cut off the blood supply to the cerebral aneurysm. In collaboration with neurosurgery, a decision will be made to consider surgical intervention and or Interventional Radiological-assisted treatment options by embolization (blocking off the artery by placing small coils or particulate "glue-like" matter) through a catheter placed into the cerebral artery, which is feeding blood supply to the aneurysm. Often a combination of the two therapies is used, pre-surgical embolization to decrease the blood flow and surgical intervention to "clip" the cerebral artery aneurysm. Certain brain tumors are also treated in collaboration with our neurosurgery physician staff. This includes a pre-surgical Interventional Radiology embolization of the cerebral artery that feeds the brain tumor and subsequent surgical removal of the brain tumor mass, to decrease the risk of surgical intracranial bleeding. The procedure is most commonly performed in the Interventional Radiology department using general anesthesia, but has been performed with intravenous sedation, depending on the anatomical location of the aneurysm and neurological status of the patient. Outcomes Patients will have follow-up cerebral angiograms at six months and 1-year post-embolization and are followed by their neurosurgeon/neurologist/primary care physician for any changes in neurological status.


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HOWARD (AP) - Police say they have a suspect in the case of goats that mysteriously went missing from a farm in central Pennsylvania.
Seventy-seven-year-old Liberty Township resident Sylvia Nyman says that, first, six goats went missing in December. Then, she says 20 disappeared.
This week, the Centre Daily Times reports (http://bit.ly/Zf3rRI) Pennsylvania State Police at Rockview said charges are pending against a suspect for the theft of six goats. The name of the person and the charges have not been released.
Neighbors have long complained about Nyman's goats. Since 2009, the newspaper reported she has been on the losing end of three separate lawsuits brought by neighbors and the township.
Court documents show a judge ruled in favor of the township in October, prompting Nyman to have fencing put up.
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Thursday, April 22.
From DDDB's co-founder, Daniel Goldstein:
As has been widely reported (see the invaluable NoLandGrab
for full coverage), I reached a financial settlement with the Empire State Development
Corporation (ESDC), tool of Atlantic Yards developer Forest City Ratner, to
move out of my homewhich the ESDC took ownership of on March 1stby May 7th.
I did not know, when Wednesday started, that a settlement was in store. It was
nothing that I expected to happen. I only knew that I had to defend myself against
eviction by New York State.
My day started at 9:30 in State Supreme Court where my attorney (not DDDB's)
argued against ESDC's effort to get Judge Abraham Gerges to evict my family
from our home on May 17th. I did not expect that this argument would then lead
to a settlement, so I did not have a press release prepared when an agreement
was reached around 3pm. I did not even think of the press implications because
I was thinking about my personal situation and my family, not the press. I should
have known better because clearly Forest City Ratner saw it as a big press event
and sent out a press release immediately. This has led to some misreporting.
I post this statement to clarify what has actually occurred. There is a lot
to say, so I hope you'll forgive the length, and my apologies for not getting
this statement out sooner.
Contrary to press reports I have not given up my First Amendment rights or
my involvement with Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn. (Ratner, though he tried
to hide it, did require this of nearly all those who sold their homes to him
years ago, and they agreed to it.) Ratner and ESDC tried very hard to force
me to agree to give up those rights and the work I do with the organization
I helped found. It wasn't enough, I guess, for Ratner to decimate my neighborhood,
take my home, and kick me out, they also felt they had to cut out my tongue.
For nearly 3 hours of talks mediated by Judge Gerges I refused to accept any
kind of gag order. I would not have taken any amount of money to do that, and
I did not.
I did agree to give up my title as "DDDB spokesman", but that's
just a title. And I did agree to remove my name from one outstanding lawsuit
which remains in court despite that. Otherwise I can do and say whatever else
I want, and my agreement explicitly states that I have maintained my First
Amendment rights. So they have not succeeded in silencing me and I am free
to criticize and speak about the project, the developer and the ESDC as much
as I want. I intend to do that whenever the need arises.
For seven years my wife Shabnam Merchant (who I met as a fellow activist against
Atlantic Yards) and I have worked and fought day after day—giving up an
income for many of those years—in an effort to help bring community-based,
democratic development to Central Brooklyn. This meant, obviously, opposing
Ratner's corrupt, developer-driven, undemocratic project.
As a co-founder of DDDB I will continue that work to the best of my ability
and as time allows. I've not been silenced, and I am not leaving DDDB as it
transitions into a new phase of fighting Atlantic Yards, exposing its corruption
and false promises, and advocating for changing the State's abusive eminent
domain laws and the way development is done in New York. And should Atlantic
Yards falter, and the land return to its contested state, DDDB will be prepared
to jump in.
Impact on the Fight Against Atlantic Yards
On March 1st, after years of litigation, ESDC took title ownership of my home.
From that day on, I no longer owned my apartment but instead became a tenant
of the State.
At that time, with that action on Ratner's behalf, there was nothing I could
any longer personally do with my home that would stop or impact the project.
Staying in my home until the sheriff came to evict my wife, child and I would
have accomplished nothing at all for the fight but would have severely harmed
After March 1st, it was inevitable that we would be forced out; it was just
a matter of when.
On April 9th ESDC filed papers requesting that the court evict me on May 17th.
Wednesday morning my attorney argued that the court should not grant that eviction.
After the argument, Judge Gerges made it crystal clear that he wanted resolution
between me and ESDC/Ratnerthat dayas to when I'd leave my home.
So instead of being evicted in about 27 days and then being forced to go to
court to hope to get close to fair market value for my home (as opposed to the
extremely lowball "just compensation" offered to me by New York State,
which was nowhere near fair market value), I agreed to leave in about 17 days.
That agreement to leave ten days sooner avoids further litigation over "just
compensation," which would have cost me more time and money while accomplishing
nothing for the fight against the project.
I did not sell my home today. I had no home to sell as the state took my home
on March 1st. Contrary to what Ratner and ESDC might want people to believe,
eminent domain was used on me and many others. My home was seized by the government
to give to a private developer.
What I did do was agree to leave my home rather quickly in return for
a payment. What I did do was what I needed to do as a responsible husband
and father to make sure that my family could make an orderly transition to a
new home in Brooklyn. I was left with no good choice by the ESDC or Judge Gerges.
I have always promised that once the legal options to save my home and the homes
and businesses of my neighbors were extinguished, I would have to turn my attention
to what was best for my family, after years of neglecting our interests. That
is what I did on Wednesday.
Speaking as the "former" spokesman of DDDB I have this to say.
The fight we have waged as a community has been heroic and crucially important
to literally millions around the City and the country. We have all exposed the
project and the process as fatally corrupt. We have convinced nearly all good
people of good will that the project is a sham and a poster child for the wrong
way to develop cities. We shined a bright light on the way eminent domain is
abused in New York State to the point where there is now a legislative effort
led by Senator Perkins to reform the state's laws.
We have fought every lie, exaggeration, fudge, false promise, abuse, and misinformation
campaign tooth and nail. The project that Ratner wanted to build will never
be built. And we know that his promises, many already broken, will continue
to be brokenespecially his promise to build 2,250 units of affordable housing
in ten years. It is shameful, and it is shameful that so many politicians remained
silent, and still do to this day.
And we, as a community, as DDDB and so many other community groups, will continue
to expose the project's problems and abuses.
Through the relationships and alliances amongst community groups and individuals
I am certain that it will be impossible for developers and their government
cronies to ram this kind of project down another community's throat ever again
in New York City.
They didn't ram it down ours.
While we didn't stop the groundbreaking, our voice of protest was heard loud
and clear for years before that day, and on that day. On Ratner's day of celebration,
the overwhelming media coverage (besides Beyonce and Jay-Z of course) was of
the protest of that travesty.
A legacy of this fight will be that we have proven that all that we have found
wrong with it has been shown to be legal in the view of the courts and most
legislators. The abusive laws, which favor the most powerful and entrenched
interests, must be changed.
Finally, please remember that DDDB, this community and the fight against Atlantic
Yards was never about a single person or a single apartment—or even about
a single borough. It has been, and still is, about one of the biggest failures
of government and democracy in this City's history, and its impact on the lives
of hundreds of thousands of people in the great borough of Brooklyn. Our fight
has—and this is one of the victories—given hope, inspiration and
encouragement to innumerable people that a community united can fight principled
fights worth fighting, regardless of the outcome. These are fights that have
to be fought if we are to find a way to become a working democracy, which treats
individuals and communities fairly, rather than disenfranchising and disempowering
See you at the next meeting (once I find a new Brooklyn home). And please
be in touch with DDDB.
With my great respect for all the civic minded people who have engaged in the
resistance to Atlantic Yards, to any degree at all, throughout the years. You
are heroes and YOU have the power.
Daniel Goldstein
Co-founder of Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn
PS. It will be interesting to see what Congressman
Pascrell accomplishes with his effort to get a Treasury Department investigation
into Mikhail Prokorov's business deallings in Zimbabwe.
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Romney proposes new sanctions on Iran, new help for Syrian rebels
LEXINGTON, Va. Republican nominee Mitt Romney on Monday accused President Obama of "passive" leadership in the Middle East in a foreign-policy speech at the Virginia Military Institute. "Hope is not a strategy," the Republican nominee said, attacking the president's 2008 campaign slogan of "hope and change."
Romney called for more direct intervention in Syria, including making sure anti-government opposition forces have weapons. And while he emphasized that the responsibility for the murder of U.S. ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans in Benghazi, Libya, lies solely with those who carried out the attack, Romney also criticized the Obama administration for its initial focus on an anti-Islamic video as the trigger for the attack.
The renewed focus on foreign policy comes after several weeks of unrest in the Middle East resulting in widespread protests, attacks on multiple American embassies, and the deadly attacks in Benghzai. Romney called the recent attacks "expressions of a larger struggle that is playing out across the broader Middle East" and argue for changing course in the region.
Romney, who has little foreign policy experience on his resume, has been criticized for some of his previous statements on international affairs. An overseas trip he took in July was largely overshadowed by negative reaction to comments he made about England's lack of preparation for the Olympics and a perceived slight of Palestinians, whom he implied were culturally inferior to their Jewish neighbors. He took heat for an inaccurate, premature attack on the Obama administration as events were unfolding in Libya. Most recently, he offended Spanish leaders when he said in the debate that he doesn't want the U.S. to "go down the path of Spain."
The VMI speech gave Romney an opportunity to make "voters comfortable with Romney as commander in chief," said Republican strategist and former McCain adviser Ford O'Connell. He pointed to a recent Gallup poll that shows Obama with higher foreign policy approval ratings than Romney and said the goal of the speech is also to "close that gap a little bit."
Here are some of the foreign policy areas Romney touched on during his speech:
Romney acknowledged that blame for the attacks on American embassies and the attack in Libya that killed the U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others "lies solely with those who carried them out -- no one else." But he criticized the administration for its immediately handling of the situation.
"The attack on our Consulate there on September 11th, 2012 was likely the work of forces affiliated with those that attacked our homeland on September 11th, 2001. This latest assault can't be blamed on a reprehensible video insulting Islam, despite the administration's attempts to convince us of that for so long. No, as the administration has finally conceded, these attacks were the deliberate work of terrorists who use violence to impose their dark ideology on others, especially women and girls; who are fighting to control much of the Middle East today; and who seek to wage perpetual war on the West."
Romney said that he will support "the Libyan people's efforts to forge a lasting government that represents all of them," while also pursuing those who attacked the consulate. This position is the same as Obama's.
On Syria, Romney called for the United States to help arm the Syrian opposition. "In Syria, I'll work with our partners to identify and organize those members of the opposition who share our values and then ensure they obtain the arms they need to defeat Assad's tanks, helicopters, and fighter jets," Romney said.
Romney has previously said the U.S. needs to "be ready to take whatever action is necessary to ensure that we do not have -- any kind of weapon of mass destruction falling into the hands of terrorists," but had not yet said so specifically that he would help the opposition fighters obtain weapons.
The Obama administration is providing non-lethal aid such as intelligence, and The New York Times reported that the CIA is helping allies make sure they are sending arms to fighters who are not terrorists.
"I will not hesitate to impose new sanctions on Iran, and will tighten the sanctions we currently have. I'll restore the permanent presence of aircraft carrier task forces in both the Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf --and I'll work with Israel to increase our military assistance and coordination," Romney said.
The Obama administration has imposed unilateral financial and energy sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, in addition to four sets of sanctions imposed by the United Nations since 2006. The sanctions are partially responsible for the Iranian currency dropping by almost 40 percent in value in the past week and are having "significant" effects on the Iranian people, according to United Nations chief Ban Ki Moon.
Romney, who just this week conceded that the Afghan surge, approved by Obama in 2009, was a success, called for "a real and successful transition to Afghan security forces by the end of 2014."
While Obama has already called for all American troops to be out of Afghanistan by the end of 2014, Romney has criticized the president for setting a public deadline and disregarding calls by some commanders to allow some troops to stay beyond that deadline.
"I'll evaluate conditions on the ground and weigh the best advice of our military commanders," Romney said. "And I will affirm that my duty is not to my political prospects, but to the security of the nation."
Romney said the relationship between the United States and Israel has "suffered great strains" under the Obama administration and argued that the president "explicitly stated that his goal was to put 'daylight' between the United States and Israel." Romney was referring to a meeting with Jewish leaders early on in Mr. Obama's presidency when he is reported to have said "When there is no daylight, Israel just sits on the sidelines, and that erodes our credibility with the Arab states."
Romney said that he will "recommit America to the goal of a democratic, prosperous Palestinian state living side by side in peace and security with the Jewish state of Israel."
In a video of remarks at a private fundraiser that was recently released by Mother Jones magazine, Romney says he is torn by two perspectives of the conflict. On one hand he describes a view that he's "had for some time, which is that the Palestinians have no interest whatsoever in establishing peace." Romney goes onto say that in this line of thinking you have to "sort of live with it, and we kick the ball down the field and hope that ultimately, somehow, something will happen and resolve it."
But he also tells the donors that he had heard from a former secretary of state who believes there is a prospect for a settlement between Israel and the Palestinians. "I always keep open the idea," he concluded in the taped remarks.
Romney argued at VMI that Obama has failed both Israel and the Palestinians, saying that "what should be a negotiation process has devolved into a series of heated disputes at the (United Nations). In this old conflict, as in every challenge we face in the Middle East, only a new president will bring the chance to begin anew."


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I realize that Cisco is probably one of the better companies as far as securing a back door like this from hackers, but theoretically, what if someone did manage to figure out how to exploit this to load their own custom firmware onto these devices? Given the possibilities, I can't imagine that there are not a lot of disreputable folks seeking to do just that.
BTW, thanks Cisco for increasing my workload on an already busy week. I also doubt that the MSP I work for is ever going to buy another Linksys/Cisco router for the four dozen small businesses we manage moving forward. Just a flash in the pan, I'm sure, but how many other IT management companies are going to feel the same way?


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Battle of the bands
Dokken vs. Whitesnake
I have never been huge on either band, but I will take Dokken. I probably like them more now then when I was teenager and other than Slide it in, I just think Whitesnake were okay. Both bands come across as trying to be a little too serious despite some really lame, sappy lyrics at time. Coverdale is a better singer than Don Dokken and there have been a lot of talented people in Whitesnake, but I think that Dokken generally rock a little more. I think at their best, Dokken were about having good tight songs.
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Here, NASA astronauts-in-training, men at absolutely peak mental and physical condition, undergo grueling tests in . . . oh, wait. Never mind. That's the self-described overweight and out-of-shape LIFE magazine Science Editor Warren R. Young, who flew with aviators during zero-gravity tests in 1959. The Soviets had, of course, launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik I, in 1957, and the race was on to see who would take the next big human step into space: zero-gravity training was a key part of the preparation for space travel.
Young had the rare opportunity to experience zero-G training with the aptly named Zero Gravity Experiment, in a modified transport plane dubbed How High the Moon. And how does it feel to literally float several feet above a solid surface? Young reported that potential astronauts should look forward to a blissful sensation, while preparing for confusion. What's up? What's down?
He was also "astonished to find that the world of weightlessness actually feels more natural than our customary gravity-controlled realm," while zero gravity "seems to give simultaneous buoyancy to both body and spirit." Even the old hands on board had wide smiles each time How High the Moon "zoomed up into a ballistic curve that counterbalanced gravity" (see video below). Each of the tough Air Force men, Young wrote, smiled like a child on a trike. They felt a kind of awe, and the experience never got old.
[WATCH: LIFE magazine's Warren Young revels in weightlessness]
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Second baseman Brian Roberts' wife, Diana, gave birth to the couple's first child Friday, a son named Jax Isaac, who weighed six pounds, seven ounces.
"Everything seems to be going well," Showalter said. "He was up for most of the night."
Roberts was still on paternity leave for Saturday night's game against the Seattle Mariners, with Alexi Casilla — who is starting his first game since July 8 — taking his place in the field. Showalter said Roberts could return for Sunday's season finale, but he wasn't sure yet. The current plan is for Roberts to return to the Orioles on Monday and fly with the team to San Diego.
The Orioles placed Roberts on paternity leave before Friday night's 11-8 win over Seattle. In his place, Ryan Flaherty started at second base and went 3-for-4 with a home run and a double. To take Roberts' roster spot, the Orioles activated right-hander Steve Johnson from the disabled list.
Roberts can remain on paternity leave through Sunday, but he also has the option to return sooner. He's batting .245 with two home runs and 15 RBIs this season.


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The deal involves exchanging an isolated tract of property on thePhillip W Schneider Wildlife Area for private lands adjacent to the wildlife area that provide easier public access to neighboring BLM and USFS lands. With the Commission's approval today, the exchange can proceed through the escrow process.
The Commission saw the winning artwork for the 2013 Oregon Upland Game Bird Art Contest. Sara Stack's painting of chukar was chosen from among 16 total entries by a panel of judges that included Commissioner Holly Akenson. Stack wins $3,000 and her artwork will be the 2013-14 upland game bird stamp.
Stack, of North Bend, Ore. is a talented artist and active outdoorswoman who won Oregon's first Habitat Conservation Stamp art contest last year for her painting of the western meadowlark. She also won the 2007 Minnesota Duck Stamp contest.
The Commission approved a fish passage priority list that includes 534 fish passage barriers in 16 different priority groups. Oregon state statute requires ODFW to complete and maintain a statewide inventory of fish passage barriers every five years, and to prioritize those barriers based on the needs of native fish. The last fish passage priority list was created in 2007. Fish passage barriers may be dams, road culverts, tide gates or other manmade structures that prevent native migratory fish from fully accessing a river or stream.
The Commission was also briefed on a similar priority list for unscreened diversions, such as irrigation ditches, that can harm native fish.
The Commission approved $327,738 in funding for 15 restoration and nine enhancement projects recommended by the Fish Restoration and Enhancement Board and $159,930 for three projects recommended by the Access and Habitat Board that open private land to hunting or improve wildlife habitat.
The Commission also heard a review of the status of each species listed under the Oregon Endangered Species Act, and an update on wolf populations in the state.
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Mitchell Craver was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted with the first degree murder of Alan Oliver.
Craver entered a no-contest plea, accepting the plea deal offered by the the district attorney's office.
In Oklahoma, a life sentence is equal to 45 years. Craver is eligible for parole after serving 38-and-a-half years.
Craver stabbed Alan Oliver back in August. He then drove Oliver's van behind the Atoka High School football field and set the van and body on fire.
Assistant District Attorney Greg Jenkins said he talked to Oliver's family before offering Craver the plea. He said they were satisfied with deal.
Jenkins said it's unusual for a first degree murder case to move this quickly.
"I think justice was done by this case, and it also gives closure to the family that this case isn't going to drag on for a while," he said. "And he is going to be in the penitentiary for at least the next 38 years at least."


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An irate man trashed a T-Mobile store in Manchester, England after he was denied a refund, reports Natalie Evans at The Mirror.
He ripped phone displays off the wall and even sprayed a fire extinguisher. Five police officers eventually came in to handcuff and arrest him.
Here's the statement T-Mobile gave The Mirror:
"The customer's dispute was in relation to a refund that we were not able to give - as it was clearly outside of the stated terms and conditions.
"There were seven members of staff and a number of customers in store at the time - and we are very pleased to say that none were injured during the incident.
"We are currently assessing the damage, and will be re-opening the store as soon as possible.
"We will of course continue to work to ensure the safety - of both our staff and our customers - is of paramount importance at all times."
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Alexanderia Elizabeth Honeycutt-Saltsman and John Bruce "Chip" Saltsman Jr. were married on Feb. 17 in Scarritt-Bennett Center, Nashville.
Father Joseph McMahon of Nashville's Christ the King Church officiated the small ceremony, consisting of only immediate family members.
The bride is the daughter of Ralph and Betty Honeycutt of Kingston. Her grandparents are Edward L. Johnson of Kingston and the late Margaret Johnson.
The groom is the son of Bruce and Elaine Saltsman of Nashville.
Skylar Roxanne Bruneel was born on May 21 in the U.S. Naval Hospital Bremerton in Bremerton, Wash.
She weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces, and was 19.5 inches long.
She is the daughter of Scott and Tausha Bruneel.
Grandparents are Jackie and Jan Hill, Joni Haley and Bob Bruneel.
Great-grandparents are Hazel McCullough and John and Ruth Birgy.
Jerry and Brenda Isham of Rockwood will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on July 12.
They were married on July 12, 1963, in South Harriman, with the Rev. Jim Jenkins officiating.
She graduated from South Harriman High School in 1963, and he attended Roane County High School.
He worked at the paper mill in Harriman, and the couple owned Jerry's Boat Sales in Midtown.
They have three children, seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Courtney Helton and Bryce Harris, both of Harriman, announce their forthcoming marriage.
The ceremony will be at 6 p.m. Aug. 10 at the Helton family creek.
The bride-elect is the daughter of Dale and Joyce Helton of Rockwood.
Her grandparents are Helen Willis and the late Ernest Willis, the late, Mary Cordts, the late Donald Grant, and Tony Helton.
She is employed with The Eye Center.
The prospective groom is the son of Rick and Kim Harris of Kingston.
Keith and Penelope Uselton of Kingston announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Anna Lauren, to James Robert Dearman.
He is the son of Jim and Carol Dearman of Madison, Ala.
The ceremony will be July 14 at Ruby Nashville.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of the late Edward and Laura Uselton, and Bobby Hickman of Lynnville and the late Mary Ann Hickman.
She is a 2009 graduate of Roane County High School and a 2013 graduate of Lipscomb University with a major in English.
Ashley Elizabeth Austin and Matthew Craig Parsons, both of Harriman, announce their forthcoming marriage.
The ceremony will be at 7 p.m. Aug. 8 on the beach in Destin, Fla.
The bride-elect's parents are Tommy Austin (father), Deni Milburn (mother), Jennifer Austin (stepmother) and Bill Milburn (stepfather).
Her grandparents are the late Carl and Alva Austin and the late Ruby Smythe. Her stepgrandparents are Jane and Frank Venable.
The prospective groom is the son of Steve and Connie Parsons of Kingston.
Brayden Andrew Burney turned 5 years old on June 9.
He celebrated on June 8 with a Woody and Buzz "Toy Story" party with relatives and friends.
He is the son of Melissa and Scott Burney of Harriman.
Grandparents are Linda Utley Banks of Harriman, and Troy and Annette Burney of Oliver Springs.
Great-grandparents are the late Melvin and Lola Utley, the late Sarah and Junior Burney, and the late Etoy and O.T. McDaniel.
Brayden has a 3-year-old brother, Shawn Alexander Burney.
Larry and Sue Kelly will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on June 29.
They will be honored with a reception from 3 to 5 p.m. June 29 in Union Chapel Baptist Church at 2734 Lawnville Road, Kingston.
The couple requests no gifts.
The Kellys were married on June 29, 1963, in Union Chapel Baptist Church, Kingston, with the Rev. L.D. Noland officiating.
They have a daughter and son-in-law, Kim Kelly Crowder and Jeff Crowder.
There are four granddaughters, Alyson, Emily, Anna and Ella Crowder.
Marriage licenses granted at the Roane County Courthouse from Dec. 5-31:
• Gerald Wayne Boatwright to Chasity Lynn Hill Herrell
• Richard Anthony Simpkins Jr., to Amy Marie Thorburn Spiker
• Joshua Paul Gibbs to Katrina Luanne Moser
• David Roger Jordan to Melissa Lynn Hensley
• Mark Franklin Gibson to Crystle Renee Clark Rodriguez
• Travis Justin Moore to Christina Nichole Cox Moore
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Court reinstates 'animal crush videos' charges
A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a law banning "animal crush videos," reversing a district judge's ruling that involved a Houston couple who filmed the torture and maiming of animals for the sexual gratification of others.
With the decision, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated federal criminal charges against Ashley Nicole Richards and Brent Justice.
Richards, 23, and Justice, 52, were the first to be prosecuted under the federal Animal Crush Video Prohibition Act of 2010, passed by Congress and signed by President Obama.
The videos were designed to satisfy the sexual urges of people who buy and watch them. The scantily clad Richards can be seen stabbing and chopping off the limbs of animals and urinating on them while making obscene comments to the camera. In one of the videos also seized by authorities, Richards punctured a cat's eye with a shoe heel.
The ruling reverses a decision by U.S. District Judge Sim Lake, who said the videotapes were a protected form of free speech. He dismissed the five charges against Richards and Justice, concluding the measure was too broad.
Federal prosecutors disagreed and filed an appeal.
On Friday, the appeals court noted the First Amendment does allow limited restrictions on some speech, including obscenity. But, the federal measure passes constitutional muster because it is not focused on the content of the material but the "secondary effects" of the videos.
"The other element that occurs in animal crush videos and which warrants a higher punishment than simple obscenity is that it involved the intentional torture or pain to a living animal. Congress finds this combination deplorable and worthy of special punishment," Judge Stephen Higginson wrote for the three-judge panel.
Friday's decision deals only with the federal charges. In May, Richards was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty in state court to three counts of animal cruelty. Justice also is charged with animal cruelty and remains in the Harris County Jail in lieu of $50,000 bail.


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All of the pictures here were taken at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge today. Please leave your guesses as to what species are depicted in the first two shots in the comments. For the third picture I am just asking for the total number of species in the picture but if you want to list them, well, knock yourself out! Good luck! An answer post will be up by the end of the week.
Quiz Picture 1
Quiz Picture 2
Quiz Picture 3
1. Great Blue Heron
2. Great Egret
3. 5 Species (Herring Gull,Ring-billed Gull, Common Tern, Gull-billed Tern, Short-billed Dowitcher)
Agree with Great Blue on #1. I'm leaning towards Least Bittern on #2. Also get 5 on #3 but I see Laughing Gulls, Common Terns, Forster's Terns, Least Tern and Short-billed Dowitcher.
Forgot about Laughing Gulls, since they don't occur where I am… They are easy to forget, but they are common there.
I am guessing the following species:
#1: Little Blue Heron
#2: Black-crowned Night-heron
#3: really difficult!
I can see
Laughing Gull
Least Tern
Forster's Tern
Dowitchers (presumably Short-billed)
and then there may be a few Common Terns and a single Sandwich Tern but both calls are hard to make at that resolution.
Aaand, there is one tern I presume is a Gull-billed Tern, but I am really not sure if there are any Common Terns on the pic.
Okay, 6 species on pic # 3:
Laughing Gull
(Short-billed) Dowitcher
Least Tern
Forster's Tern
Sandwich Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Aaaah, this is so mean: there's half a gull head in the foreground that might be an American Herring Gull.
I suppose I give up now…
Well, I will say that so far that one of the first two ahve been answered correctly and no one has correctly guessed the number of species…so I'll wait a bit for an answer post…
1. Great Blue Heron
2. Black-crowned Night Heron
3. 6 species (Laughing Gull, Forster's Tern, Least Term, Gull-billed Tern, Short Dowitchers, Ring-billed Gull, and there may or may not be a Great Kiskadee in the bottom middle)
Wait, change the first one to Tricolored Heron, but only if you have them up there.
#2 Black-crowned night heron for sure, Laughing Gull, and that Herring? Gull in the foreground that's blurry, as well as Least, Forsters and Gull-billed Terns. I don't think I see any commons… and the SB dowitchers.
So no-one shares my thought of there being a Sandwich Tern just to the left and behind the Least?
Additionally, a few of these small blobs on the sand look a lot like some woodpecker.
Furthest back bird a Bonaparte's Gull or similar and 2nd dowitcher from the left a Long-billed for 7? Probably should stop guessing unless there's a better shot available.
I also though there might be a Long Dowitcher in there, especially the second from the left since it looks a little hunch-backed, but I think it's just the angle.
I see a couple darker-billed terns in there, perhaps the ones Jochen says may be Sandwich, but the head doesn't look flat enough for SATE, so they could be Commons. I'm thinking specifically of one in the bottom left behind two Forster's.
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U.S., allies may drop demand that Iran completely halt uranium enrichment
The United States and five other major powers exchanged extensive proposals with Iran on Wednesday over that country's nuclear program amid signs that the U.S. and its negotiating partners were dropping demands that Iran completely halt the enrichment of uranium.
Instead, the six powers formally asked Iran to halt enrichment of uranium to 20 percent purity, a proposal that would allow it to continue enriching uranium to the 5 percent level Iran says it needs for electrical power generation.
The six powers have accused Iran of using its nuclear program to development a weapons capability. Nuclear weapons require a purity level of 90 percent or better.
The proposals also contained incentives for Iran, but it wasn't clear whether the six powers had offered to ease far-reaching sanctions that have sharply hurt Iran's economy or to suspend a cutoff of purchases of Iranian oil that's due to go into effect July 1.
Iran, which says that its uranium enrichment program is for peaceful purposes, cautiously welcomed the six-power proposal.
"The ideas fielded to us speak of the fact that the other side would like to make Baghdad a success," Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said in Tehran. "We hope that in a day or two we can bring good news."
But Iran's state news agency was critical of the six-power plan. "The problem with the package is that there is no balance, and there is nothing to get in return for what they give," the agency said.
An easing of sanctions appeared to be the principal sticking point. An unnamed member of the Iranian delegation, who left the meeting early, said that Iran's five-point proposal, which covered nuclear and non-nuclear issues, was aimed at reaching a "more balanced" agreement with the international powers.
He said Iran was willing to address international concerns regarding its nuclear program and was willing to allow United Nations nuclear inspectors to examine its nuclear facilities in order to ease the effects of "harsh sanctions" on the Iranian people.
Although there was no breakthrough, the talks extended into the evening, and chief Iranian negotiator Saeed Jalili later met separately with Catherine Ashton, the European Union's chief negotiator. Negotiations will continue Thursday.
The detailed proposal laid down by the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany was for Iran to put a stop to its uranium enrichment program to a concentration of 20 percent and to be content with 5 percent, Ashton's spokesman, Michael Mann, said before the talks began.
Israel's threats to bomb Iran if it didn't halt its nuclear enrichment program have injected urgency, and tension, into the negotiations. Fears of a broader war in the region that provides much of the world's oil supplies had driven oil prices up earlier this year.
But signals of possible progress after the first round of Iran nuclear talks in Turkey in mid-April now may be helping to bring prices down. Oil prices fell below $90 a barrel Wednesday, a good 10 percent below the levels when the current round began.
The most significant signal was a tentative accord announced Tuesday between Iran and the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency that could provide U.N. inspectors access to facilities and key officials that have long been closed to them.
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiar Zebari said Iraq hoped that the talks at the very least would be a step toward reaching a formula that was agreeable to all sides.
"It is true that Iraq is not party to the negotiations and is but hosting the talks, but it is a priority to us that positive conclusions are reached, because if anything bad were to happen in the future, God forbid, Iraq will be the first to suffer."


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I'm Allegory from {sew}Allegorical and I'm so very excited to share my first Moda Bake Shop project with you!
Growing up I often placed building blocks and Legos on my Christmas list to Santa but every year he brought me Barbies instead. As soon as I was grown up I started to buy them for myself! 😉
Today I've used that love to design a quilt that would make a fabulous baby play mat or work just as well as a wall hanging. To keep things classic, I've used colors from the Bella Solid line but I think the quilt could be just as dazzling in prints.
This 36″ square quilt uses two block designs (with a third optional) that can be arranged however you please to make your top. I'll show you my configuration but please feel free to play with your blocks and make your own layout!
While it may look complicated, I put together my quilt in one day; which includes all the time I spent playing with the blocks to see how I wanted them laid out. 😉
1 Charm Pack Red Bella Solid (9900PP-16)
2 Charm Packs 1930s Colors Bella Solids (9900PP-23)
1 yard background fabric (Bella Solid Porcelain 9900-182)
1/2 yard for Border One (Bella Solid Leaf 9900-192)
1/2 yard for Border Two (Bella Solid Coastal 9900-137)
1/2 yard for binding (Bella Solid Black 9900-99)
1 1/4 yards for backing fabric (Bella Solid Yellow 9900-24)
*If making this quilt out of different prints you'll be able to make it with a single Charm Pack of your choice. For an all solids quilt you'll need multiple charm packs or a layer cake to ensure you have 5-6 squares of the same color.
For Blockhead Face:
Scrap pieces of Black Bella Solid
Scrap piece of fusible web
Black embroidery thread
All seams are 1/4″ wide.
WOF = width of fabric
For background fabric (White Solid):
Your background fabric will be used in 1.5″ and 2.5″ strips to build your quilt.
You'll need one 1.5″ strip and two 2.5″ strips per row.
Plus an additional three 2.5″ strips for sashing between rows.
My total strip cuts for the whole top were (4) 1.5″ strips and (11) 2.5″ strips.
You'll need the following pieces cut to create a stacked block:
Background Fabric – Two 2.5″ x 5″ strips and five 1.5″ squares.
Charm Fabric One – One 2.5″ x 5″ strip and two 1.5″ squares
Charm Fabric Two – One 2.5″ x 5″ strip and one 1.5″ square
Optional Face Block:
The entire quilt can be constructed with the single and the stacked blocks but I thought it'd be fun to have the oh-so-recognizable face block included too!
To make this block you'll need a 3.5″ square and a 1.5″ square of solid yellow fabric plus all the garnishes.
Form your strip of 1.5″ squares just as if you were making a stacked block.
It should go: background fabric – yellow – background fabric.
Attach this piece to the top of your 3.5″ square and trim.
Following manufacturer directions, attach fusible web to your scrap of black fabric. Cut out two 1/4″ squares and iron onto your block. Then embellish by adding a mouth with black embroidery thread.
One fabulous 36″ square play mat and/or wall hanging.
Ready to make your own? Please do! You can always share your projects in the Moda Bake Shop Group on Flickr. I'll be checking in there to see if any Blockhead Quilts appear.
I'd love to see what other block arrangements y'all come up with! I know I'm planning to make a mini quilt for a friend and a larger lap quilt using the two block designs.
Thank you so much for checking out my recipe. If you have any questions, you can find a number of different ways to get ahold of me over at {sew}Allegorical.
Who knew that I'd be able to grow up and turn fabric into my own set of building blocks. 😉
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Very nicely put. I would add that it is because of their feelings of impotence they believe naturally that they are indebted to that organization. This self imposed indebtedness is what leads them to do anything in service of that organization.


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The overriding consideration in dealing with applications for work permits is whether the employment or task to be undertaken cannot be performed by a South African citizen or an approved immigrant already residing in South Africa. It therefore follows that work permits are only granted in instances where South African citizens or other legal permanent residents are not available for appointment or cannot be trained for the position.
Employment opportunities are as a result of the prevailing economic climate in South Africa extremely limited and there is at present no special drive or project to attract foreign workers to South Africa. Even as far as the so-called scarce employment categories are concerned the position has worsened to the extent where professionally and technically qualified persons are being laid off and are finding it extremely difficult to secure alternative employment. It is for this reason currently a prerequisite that foreigners wishing to take up employment in South Africa, be in possession of firm and acceptable offers of employment commensurate with their training, qualifications and experience before an application for a work permit can be considered.
Employers wishing to introduce foreign workers to South Africa must obtain the permission of the Department of Home Affairs and be able to satisfy the department that they were unable to obtain the required personnel locally. Aspects which are in this regard taken into account are, inter alia, the following:
- Date on which the position (s) became available or vacant.
- Whether the vacancies were advertised and if so, in which papers or other suitable media and the number of insertions.
- Reasons why applicants from the South African labour market who may have responded to the advertisements could not be appointed.
- Whether the Department of Manpower, private employment bureaus or agencies or the relevant trade union or industrial council had been approached with regard to filling the vacancies.
- Whether a local unit can be trained to fill a specific position, even if a foreign specialist has to undertake the training for a limited period on contract.
- Whether the applicant appointed or to be appointed is in possession of any special qualifications, training and experience not obtainable in South Africa.
- In the case of senior positions, whether the proper filling of the vacancy or position by the promotion of existing personnel has received due consideration.
Section 26(2)(a) of the said act provides that an application for a work permit may only be made while the appointment is outside the Republic and such applicant shall not be allowed to enter the Republic until a valid permit has been issued to him or her. Applications must be submitted to the South African foreign office in or the nearest such office to the country of which the applicant is a valid passport holder or the country in which he normally resides and await the outcome prior to making arrangements for departure to South Africa.
Applications are subject to the payment of a non-refundable fee which is presently fixed at USD132 or the equivalent thereof in the monetary unit of the country where the application is submitted. Permits are valid for twelve (12) months and renewals thereof may be applied for in South Africa at a cost of R 520. (as at 01/6/02)
The department is also not averse to granting permits to key personnel seconded by corporate businesses to take up temporary employment in their local branches and to this end all South African foreign offices have been authorized to approve such applicants without referral to Head Office. These transfers should, however, be kept to the minimum required for the effective and smooth running of the business.
The Sub-directorate Temporary Residence of the Department deals with applications for work permits and may be contacted at telephone number (01... or facsimile numbers (012) 321 9890 should further information be required.
The department regularly liaises with the Department of Labour, the relevant trade unions, industrial councils, employers' and employees' organisations and various professional bodies regarding the availability of suitably qualified personnel on the local labour market, in order to fulfill a controlling function in the above regard.


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- Viteritti named Co-Player of the Week -
New York, N.Y. - The Skyline Conference released the Fall weekly report #1 on Tuesday, September 3, including Player of the Week, Rookie of the Week, Honor Roll and Conference statistics for men's and women's cross country, men's and women's soccer, women's tennis and women's volleyball.
Men's Soccer Update (1-0, 0-0 Skyline) - Full Report
The Rams opened the 2013 season with a 2-0 non-conference victory over Albertus Magnus on Saturday. Senior goalkeeper Angelo Viteritti (Huntington, N.Y.) was named Co-Skyline Player of the Week after tallying six saves and recording his first shutout of the year.
Women's Soccer Update (1-1, 0-0 Skyline) - Full Report
Farmingdale State hosted their annual Rams Classic and the team posted a 1-1 record. On Friday, the Rams earned a 1-0 victory over SUNY Geneseo and then fell 3-0 to Skidmore on Saturday.
Sophomore forward Ashlee Thompson (Ronkonkoma, N.Y.) was named to the Player of the Week Honor Roll after scoring the game-winning goal in the 76th minute versus Geneseo.
Women's Volleyball Update (0-3, 0-0 Skyline) - Full Report
The Rams started the season 0-3 after losses vs. CCNY, Wentworth and Merchant Marine at the Kings Point Invitational.
Junior outside Sarah Palladino (Lindenhurst, N.Y.) and freshman middle blocker Maia Calde-Hinton (Huntington, N.Y.) were each named to the Honor Roll. Palladino was named to the All-Tournament Team after averaging 2.55 kills while adding 29 digs over 11 sets and Calde-Hinton compiled 23 kills and 11 blocks on the week.
Cross Country Update - Full Report
The men's and women's cross country teams kick of the 2013 season at the St. John's Invitational held at the Oakdale Campus on Saturday, September 7th.
Women's Tennis Update (0-0, 0-0 Skyline)
The women's tennis team will open the season with a home non-conference match against John Jay on Wednesday, September 4th at 4:30 p.m. The Rams will travel to York (NY) on Saturday for another non-conference match at 1:00 p.m.
Men's Golf Update
The men's golf team opens the year at the Tim Brown Invitational hosted by Skidmore College on Saturday, September 7th and Sunday, September 8th at Airway Meadows Golf Course in Gansevoort, N.Y.


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Nathan and his mother
Here's Robert Sheehan aka ex-Nathan on Misfits with his mother in Dublin the other day which is my excuse to talk about Misfits now that it's been confirmed that Lauren Socha will not be returning (because she assaulted a cab driver and yelled racist insults at him - click here for a refresher - even though show producers deny it).
Lauren's Kelly is the emotional centre of the show. The other departures were not problems. But this...
I mean, does that mean Seth won't be around either?
Then again, introducing 3 new Misfits at once does have its advantages. At least there's no risk of getting stale? It's not like Kelly was Tami Taylor, right? Once upon a time we moved to East Dillon and we met all these new students and it was awesome. If your showrunner knows what he/she's doing, good things can happen. This is me being positive. Because in my mind, worrying about it negates my support for Lauren having to eat these consequences as a result of her behaviour. She f-cked up. This is what happens when you f-ck up.


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Jones Lang LaSalle Appoints Hugo Bague and Martin H. Nesbitt to its Board of Directors
Feb 23, 2011, 08:30 ET
CHICAGO, Feb. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (NYSE: JLL) today announced that Hugo Bague and Martin H. Nesbitt have been appointed as independent, non-executive members of its Board of Directors, effective March 1, 2011. Messrs. Bague and Nesbitt will both serve on the Board's Nominating and Governance Committee. In addition, Mr. Bague will join the Board's Compensation Committee and Mr. Nesbitt will join the Board's Audit Committee.
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Hugo Bague. Mr. Bague is the Group Executive for Rio Tinto with overall responsibility for Human Resources, Health & Safety, Communities and Corporate Communications. Rio Tinto is a leading international mining and metals group headquartered in the United Kingdom, combining Rio Tinto plc, a London and NYSE-listed company, and Rio Tinto Limited, which is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. Rio Tinto employs 76,000 people worldwide in over forty countries.
Before Rio Tinto, Mr. Bague was the global vice president of Human Resources for the Technology Solutions Group of Hewlett-Packard Corporation, based in Palo Alto, California. Prior to this he worked for Compaq Computer, Nortel Networks and Abbott Laboratories based out of Switzerland, France and Germany.
Mr. Bague is a member of the Advisory Council of United Business Institutes in Brussels, Belgium. He received a degree in linguistics and post graduate qualifications in Human Resources & Marketing from the University of Ghent in Belgium.
Martin H. Nesbitt. Mr. Nesbitt serves as President and CEO of PRG Parking Management (known as the Parking Spot), a Chicago-based owner and operator of off-airport parking facilities which he conceived and co-founded.
Prior to launching the Parking Spot, Mr. Nesbitt was an officer of the Pritzker Realty Group, L.P., the real estate group for Pritzker family interests. Before that, Mr. Nesbitt was a Vice President and Investment Manager at LaSalle Partners, one of the predecessor corporations to Jones Lang LaSalle, with responsibilities including investment management for regional retail properties and management and leasing for office projects and parking.
Mr. Nesbitt is a Trustee of Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art and a member of The University of Chicago Laboratory School Board. He is the former Chairman of the Board of the Chicago Housing Authority and a former member of Chicago 2016, the board that led Chicago's pursuit of the 2016 Olympics.
Mr. Nesbitt has a Masters of Business Administration degree from the University of Chicago and a Bachelor of Science degree and honorary doctorate from Albion College, Albion, Michigan.
"We look forward to these experienced and talented individuals joining our Board," said Sheila Penrose, Chairman of the Jones Lang LaSalle Board of Directors. "The addition of two operating executives of the calibre of Marty and Hugo will bring additional perspectives and subject matter expertise to our Board's oversight and deliberations."
Colin Dyer, President and Chief Executive Officer of Jones Lang LaSalle, added, "Marty is an alumnus of LaSalle Investment Management whose entrepreneurial success in the real estate business will deepen the pursuit of our business development strategies. Hugo's experience in overseeing significant global human resources functions will be valuable to our company, where people are our most important asset."
Messrs. Bague and Nesbitt each will initially serve a term that will expire at the Company's 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. In addition to Ms. Penrose and Mr. Dyer, the other current members of the Board are Darryl Hartley-Leonard, DeAnne Julius, Ming Lu, Lauralee E. Martin, David B. Rickard, Roger T. Staubach and Thomas C. Theobald.
About Jones Lang LaSalle
Jones Lang LaSalle (NYSE: JLL) is a financial and professional services firm specializing in real estate. The firm offers integrated services delivered by expert teams worldwide to clients seeking increased value by owning, occupying or investing in real estate. With 2010 global revenue of more than $2.9 billion, Jones Lang LaSalle serves clients in 60 countries from 750 locations worldwide, including 180 corporate offices. The firm is an industry leader in property and corporate facility management services, with a portfolio of approximately 1.8 billion square feet worldwide. LaSalle Investment Management, the company's investment management business, is one of the world's largest and most diverse in real estate with more than $41 billion of assets under management. For further information, please visit the company's website, www.joneslanglasalle.com.
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#133 Top 10 Tips for Securing Your Smartphone or Tablet
November 01, 2012
Our mobile devices are steadily taking over many functions that we were once only able to do on a computer. With all the great power and convenience they bring, it is important to keep them safe and secure. Take a look at Penn's top 10 tips for securing your device.


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There seems to be two constants in my sons life: legos and Star Wars. Other toys come and go, but he always returns to those two. So I wasn't totally shocked when C told me he wanted to be Luke Skywalker for Halloween.
We always try to make our costumes from stuff around the house. And if we do need to buy something, I try to make it something that will go in our dress up box after Halloween. The boot covers gave me a little trouble, but all in all, this was a pretty easy costume. We borrowed a karate shirt from a friend (a few sizes too big so it hangs down like Luke's), grabbed some tan cords we already had, and made some boot covers and a belt out of some tan felt.
The poses C came up with are awesome, I think he's been practicing these for a while.
My daughter Bee had specific instructions for her costume. "Princess Leia, but not when she's wearing a dress... like when she's a fighter." I can't recall Princess Leia actually wearing this outfit, but Bee thought it was perfect.
We found some cream colored long underwear for $8 at Target, we made a cape out of some cream fleece and boot covers from brown felt, and I happened to have a white yoga belt that we wrapped around her a few times. We put her hair in buns, and handed her a Nerf gun.
Baby M joined the group as Yoda, wisest of the Jedi's. We already had a light green onesie and pants, and a brown wooly cardigan. I cut some ears out of green felt and sewed them to a light green pilots cap (a hand me down from Bee). I wish I had a photo I could show you.. the serious little faces Baby M makes were perfect for a wise Jedi master.
Just your average brother and sister team taking on the Empire. Happy Halloween!


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For the past two days, on both FC-1 and FC-2 data warehouses, some points are not being logged. During the passes the dashboard will show "error," then recover to show all OK, but the missing points never are posted. Reloading the data file with a seemingly error-free run does not change the numbers in the warehouse.
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Paper Love Cards is based in London, UK with a production facility in Central Europe.
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Having historic molding recreated can be expensive...although there is certainly a time and place to spend that kind of money, you can usually make a very similar look from off-the-shelf molding!
Make sure to use the right kind of sander when refinishing your floors! It takes a little bit of practice, but a large belt sander works much better than a random orbital!


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Kuala Lumpur is a bustling city in a country full of majestic jungles, tea plantations and tropical beaches. Book flights to Kuala Lumpur and discover the lush parks and modern architecture at the heart of Malaysia's capital city. Try delicious local specialties at the Central Market or see the remnants of the colonial age on Merdeka Square. Or venture outside the city and visit the verdant Langkawi. On this idyllic island surrounded by turquoise sea, the weather is almost always sunny.
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The Technical Services Division (TSD), Library Operations, National Library of Medicine, is responsible for the selection, acquisition and cataloging of all material formats for the NLM modern collection. TSD coordinates technical services programs and projects with the library community, including other national and research libraries in the U.S. and abroad, several library associations, and other Government and non-Government organizations. A fact sheet has just been released describing the recent TSD reorganization into a new structure consisting of the Office of the Chief and three sections; Collection Development and Acquisitions, Cataloging and Metadata Management, and Library Technology Services.
The TSD Office of the Chief (OC) focuses on Division-wide planning and administration, strategic efforts, and collaborations. The OC is responsible for the periodic review and revision of the Collection Development Manual of the National Library of Medicine which is updated to reflect shifting emphases in health care, advances in medical research, and new formats. To monitor the effectiveness of NLM's acquisitions program TSD oversees an ongoing program of collection assessment and evaluation. The Chief represents NLM as a standing member of two American Library Association Interest Groups; Technical Services Directors of Large Research Libraries and Chief Collection Development Officers of Large Research Libraries.
The Collection Development and Acquisitions Section builds the NLM modern biomedical literature collection, including print and electronic resources and other digital content according to the guidelines of the Manual. NLM selection librarians annually review thousands of titles and select serials, monographs, audiovisuals and other materials published world-wide in more than 55 languages. Selection staff also assist in the selection of materials to digitize from the NLM collection, content for PubMed Central and the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Bookshelf, foreign language support for MedlinePlus, and the Literature Selection Technical Review Committee (LSTRC). NLM subscribes to approximately 18,500 unique serial titles, of which over 5,600 are indexed for MEDLINE. The Section provides initial bibliographic control for selected resources. Materials are acquired through firm order and approval plan arrangements with domestic and foreign publishers and vendors, subscription vendors, the Library of Congress Overseas Offices, and gifts. The Section licenses and manages access to electronic resources.
The Cataloging and Metadata Management Section is responsible for review and development of cataloging policies for descriptive and subject cataloging and classification of modern print, audiovisual, and electronic resources acquired for the NLM collection. The Section creates and maintains the bibliographic records resident in NLM's public access catalogs, LocatorPlus and the NLM Catalog. LocatorPlus contains records in the MARC 21 format and displays holdings and item availability. The NLM Catalog uses the NCBI Entrez retrieval system and records are structured in a locally defined XML format. The Section maintains and develops the NLM Classification, a scheme for the shelf arrangement of medical literature in libraries. The Section also maintains NLM's internal authority file used in the creation of bibliographic records, including over 1.2 million name, title, and subject heading records, and assigns the NLM title abbreviations for indexed serials.
The Library Technology Services Section manages the bibliographic and digital library systems used to support the Division's collection development, acquisitions, licensing, electronic resources management and cataloging operations. These systems also support a broad range of NLM services including collection management, circulation, preservation, indexing, and access to the NLM collection. The Section coordinates the maintenance, development, testing, training and documentation for numerous systems, including the NLM integrated library system, online public access catalog LocatorPlus, electronic resources management systems and systems to support NLM indexing and citation creation activities. The Section leads the development of NLM's repository, Digital Collections. Section staff evaluate and test NLM desktop software applications and provide first-level hardware and software desktop support for the Division.
The Technical Services Division coordinates its collection development policies and retention practices with the Library of Congress (LC) and the National Agricultural Library (NAL). These national libraries occasionally issue joint collecting policy statements which NLM makes available on the Collection Development and Acquisitions web page. TSD staff participate in the Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC), a coalition of libraries organized to promote effective cooperative cataloging by increasing the availability of standard bibliographic records. Under the PCC umbrella, TSD:


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"Zlatan was calling us fishermen. Yes, we are fishermen, for fishing belongs to our culture. What he earns per minute or per day, we barely make in a year. We finish our jobs at around 4pm and practise in the evening; he is a professional. We are already a small enough country. Why he feels the need to put us down even further, it's just weird. Zlatan likes to point out how much money he earns. He's also on a level that everyone else can only dream of – he's among the best three players in the world. He should be very happy. Why is he so angry? Why does he need to trash-talk? Why does he need to behave the way he does?"
Simun Samuelsen on Zlatan Ibrahimovic following the Faroe Islands' 2-0 loss away to Sweden
"If Argentina beat Brazil in the World Cup Final, I'll kill myself! They have Messi and the pope – they can't have everything!"
Eduardo Paes, the Mayor of Rio de Janeiro
"I damaged Spanish football by being the coach who ended Barcelona's dominance. Real Madrid won in Barcelona, Real Madrid won the Copa del Rey, Real Madrid won the championship – a historical championship as it was the one of 100 points and 121 goals. I hurt them."
Jose Mourinho
"Pep has been as always – obsessive. Four hours every day, like a madman. Only a stubborn dog does this. It is absurd! As you meet your brother for lunch, the guy is talking German continuously with his teacher!"
Pere Guardiola on his brother learning German
"I have never seen a team play with such precision at such pace. Spain are even better than Pele's Brazil."
Giovanni Trapattoni
"I already apologised and said I'll pay for the camera. However, it's not right to ambush people. My reaction might be criticised, but the violence I suffered was worse. I won't accept someone filming me in secret and then ambushing me. In that context, I would indeed do it again."
Enrico Preziosi, Genoa's president, on kicking a journalist who was filming him and smashing his camera off the ground
"Unbelievable. The best crowd I've played in in the United States, without a doubt. From all the players, a big thank you to everybody who was here, to everybody in the city who makes this a special night for us, because people don't know what a difference it makes when you play in an atmosphere like this."
Michael Bradley after USA's 2-0 win over Panamna at CenturyLink Field in Seattle
"Juventus have the strongest midfield in Europe. Pogba is an extraordinary talent. And then there's Vidal, who is already a real champion. He can become even better though and develop into a phenomenon. I hope that one day Vidal will be mentioned among other Juventus legends, because he certainly has the ability to achive that."
Edgar Davids
"Les Bleus? I prefer watching a western."
Louis Nicollin, Montpellier president
"I can promise the fans discipline. The players must understand they should work hard in every single training session. What matters to me is to fight to win, to do everything to win. I want to teach the players to constantly strive for excellence. That's why I want to see less talk and more work. We must be focused when we're working, so the players don't need to use their phones and Facebook so often."
Hristo Stoichkov after his appointment as CSKA Sofia coach
"English football must change. We do not know how to play football. We just boot the ball up the pitch and it gets us nowhere. We don't have the kids coached the same way – the right way – from a young age. As a result we have a senior team that is greatly underachieving. Look at the so-called 'golden generation' of Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, John Terry, Wayne Rooney, Ashley Cole etc. Man for man, there wasn't a country on Earth that could match that on paper. But together they never produced because we just hoofed the ball forwards and hoped for the best. In international football, you can't just hit and hope because you give the ball away. It's all about possession, retaining the ball, controlling the game. We need coaches who believe in that ideal."
Harry Redknapp