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Friday, August 31, 2012
Lenovo ThinkPad T430 2342 - 14" - Core i5 3320M - Windows 7 Professional 64-bit - 4 GB RAM - 500 GB HDD $965.99
Regarding iPad 2,5 and iPad 2,6
Apple has model numbers for all their products. The original iPhone was iPhone 1,1. The iPhone 3G was iPhone 1,2. The current iPhone 4S is iPhone 4,1. The next iPhone will be iPhone 5,1. Likewise, the original iPad was iPad 1,1. The iPad 2 was iPad 2,1. And the new iPad is iPad 3,1. The Retina MacBook Pro is MacBookPro 10,1. Following pre-production code names, that's how Apple classifies things internally.
Within models, there are variants. The iPhone 3G was a radio variant of the original iPhone 1,1 but was fairly similar otherwise, hence iPhone 1,2. The iPhone 3GS got a whole new chipset, so also got a new, model bump to 2,1. Likewise, the iPad 2 was a leap ahead of the original, so it got iPad 2,1. At least the Wi-Fi version did. The GSM/AT&T version got iPad 2,2 and the CDMA/Verizon version got iPad 2,3. When Apple updated the internals again this spring for the newer, lower cost version, that variant was iPad 2,4.
iPad 2,5 has been showing up in developer logs for months and iPad 2,6 was noted yesterday by Marco Arment on Marco.org. So what are they?
Marco thinks they may be the iPad mini. Since we've already seen that Apple doesn't consider something like a boost in radio technology from 2G/EDGE (iPhone 1,1 -- the original iPhone) to 3G/HSPA (iPhone 1,2 -- the iPhone 3G) to be worth a full model number increment, but they do consider the switch from an Apple A4 chipset (iPhone 3,1 -- the iPhone 4) to an Apple A5 chipset (iPhone 4,1 -- the iPhone 4S) to be increment worthy. Marco's thinking seems to be, given the iPad mini will likely use all the components of the iPad 2, only shrunken down -- something iMore reported on back in May -- that Apple might just keep using the iPad 2 model series as well.
iPad 2,5 would then be the iPad mini Wi-Fi, with 2,6 being AT&T/GSM, and theoretically we'd also see 2,7 for Verizon/CDMA, and perhaps other models for other regional radios.
So where does that leave 4G LTE networking? The iPad 2 doesn't currently include a 4G LTE radio the way the iPad 3 does. Would Apple stick to the same HSPA+ and CDMA radios in the existing iPad 2? Not necessarily.
We've already seen that Apple doesn't increment models a full number just for radio changes. So, if Apple is shrinking down the iPad 2 internals and re-packaging them into the relatively narrower iPad mini case, they could easily include LTE for both AT&T/GSM and Verizon in their respective models. And they could likely do so using the same newer, better Qualcomm 28nm MDM9615 chip that's expected to hit the iPhone 5 this September, and perhaps more products soon thereafter.
Alternatives for iPad 2,5 and iPad 2,6 could include yet more tweaks for the existing iPad 2. iMore did learn Apple was planning to push the new, miniature Dock connector out across their complete iOS product line, but we didn't learn anything to specifically indicate older products like the iPad 2 and iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, and iPhone 4S would be getting them as well. A Dock connector alone might not be worth a new variant indicator anyway. (There's no precedent for that on iOS devices, so it's harder to predict.)
Would Apple really launch an entirely new product in the iPad mini as part of the year-old iPad 2 model line? Wouldn't an all new iPadmini 1,1, 1,2, 1,3, etc. be cleaner and less confusing? These are Apple internal designations that consumers can only find by clicking their way deep into product information inspectors. That means Apple will do whatever is cleaner and less confusing for them not for us.
And we'll find out what that is this fall...
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ACS Industrial Services Has Gone Mobile! | DGM Nexus ...
Posted by admin on Friday, August 31st, 2012
Before, it was super-easy to find ACS Industrial Services? website and online RMA/free evaluation form at your desktop computer. But now it?s even easier! You can find it anywhere, anytime on your cell phone or tablet with our new Mobile website. We are excited to announce that, as of this week, we have officially launched our mobile website so that no matterwhere you are you can quickly bring up the ACS Industrial website. We?ve simplified the mobile site so that it loads quickly and offers all of the key services and information. We haven?t bogged it down with too many graphics or slow-loading pages so that even if, say you are out on the shop floor because your CNC machine just stopped working, you can get to our site fast to get the repair information you need right now! AND, best of all, no need for a printer! When you fill in the online repair form, all of the data is automatically sent to our tech center and our customer service team so that we?ve got it all and we are just waiting to receive your item for evaluation and repair. Thought you?d appreciate that. Need Power Supply Repairs? Click the Power Supply Repairs link right here to find out what you need to know. Need repairs right now? Fill out a Repair Form right away by clicking this link! Let us know what you think of our new mobile site and how it?s working for you!
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Thursday, August 30, 2012
Armstrong says he's 7-time Tour de France champ
Lance Armstrong speaks to delegates at the World Cancer Congress in Montreal Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Graham Hughes)
Lance Armstrong speaks to delegates at the World Cancer Congress in Montreal Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Graham Hughes)
Lance Armstrong speaks to delegates at the World Cancer Congress in Montreal Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Graham Hughes)
Lance Armstrong speaks to delegates at the World Cancer Congress in Montreal Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Graham Hughes)
MONTREAL (AP) ? Lance Armstrong introduced himself as a seven-time Tour de France champion at a cancer conference on Wednesday.
"My name is Lance Armstrong. I am a cancer survivor," he said to open his speech to the World Cancer Congress. "I'm a father of five. And yes, I won the Tour de France seven times."
Armstrong announced last week he would no longer challenge the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency's drug charges against him. USADA threw out his competitive victories dating to 1998, which would include all seven Tour wins.
Armstrong, who has maintained his innocence, focused on his experience as a cancer survivor and the work of his charitable foundation.
He said he struggled to get enough information following his diagnosis in 1996.
"After I left the doctor's office, I was grabbing every pamphlet and flyer I could off the wall," he said. "You know what we did after that? We went to the bookstore ? remember those things."
Armstrong also announced his foundation would donate an additional $500,000 to a joint initiative aimed at increasing access to cancer care around the world.
Armstrong briefly returned to the doping scandal at the end of his remarks, vowing it wouldn't impact his charitable work.
"I think the real issue here is one of distraction," he said. "I'm going to tell this to you all as if you're friends and partners and allies. I'm not going to be distracted from this fight."
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Bookstores Join Writers and Readers ? All Things Fulfilling
?In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.? ~?Bill Cosby?
I am still feeling rather bouyed, bubbly and bright (as in radiant) after a fulfilling weekend.?
Last Friday night, I was one of three panelists/presenters at?a?Writers Workshop in Edwards, Colorado held?at the Bookworm, a superb Indie Bound bookstore. The subject of the?night was marketing independently published ?books. We had a much larger turn-out than expected; the space was filled to capacity!?A special thank you to events coordinator Kelli Kostroski for all she did to promote and organize the evening.
?Nicole Magistro, Co-owner of the bookstore,?advised how to best approach retail environments about selling your book, along with the importance of doing research for a ?good fit.??
Lindsay Eland, young adult fiction novelist, and author of Scones and Sensibility spoke about selling books at public speaking engagements and finding common interests with the book buying public.?
Bookselling through on-line marketing was my contribution to the discussion. Many in the crowd had thoughtful questions that allowed us to mention the various publishing platforms that are used in today?s digital world, and the valuable role?that active local bookstores play in bringing together communities of writers and readers.?
I?d like to say thank you to Nicole Magistro for hosting and participating in the event. It was a pleasure to share ?the stage? with both women. It is always a good time when I get to discuss my passion of the independent publishing industry with others.?
The?morning after the event, I made a decision to revisit a small town that used to be legendary for one thing ? its Saloon and their Mexican food. It had been about 37 years since I last frequented it. What an awakening! The village is now an example of what art can do?to revive?a small community. Come on back tomorrow, and I will tell you all about it.
Photos courtesy of Kelly Kostroski, Event Mgr. of the Book Worm
Lindsay Eland (left), Nicole Magistro (middle), Sue Leonard (right)
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Employment Opportunity / Society for the Blind / Point of Sale Clerk ...
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Job Title:??????????? ??????????? Point of Sale Clerk ? Bingo
Classification:??????????? Part-Time/Non-Exempt
Reports to:??????????? ??????????? Sr. Manager, Business Development
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Society for the Blind is currently seeking for a Point of Sale Clerk. Our mission is to empower individuals who are blind or have low vision to live productively and independently by building confidence through training, tools and mentorship. Society for the Blind is a 501c3 organization serving Northern California, with a focus on Sacramento, Placer and Yolo counties.
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General Description:? The essential function of the job is to act as clerk and cashier for the point of sale at Society for the Blind?s Bingo sessions. This position involves working days, nights and weekends.
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Duties:
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General Bingo Operations
- Actively participate in the preparation for, running of and closing out of all assigned Bingo sessions.
- Act as Point of Sale Clerk for all Bingo games as assigned.
- Train and supervise volunteer personnel.
Customer Service
- Handle customer service problems politely, quickly, effectively and decisively.
- Work closely with Society for the Blind assigned security personnel.
- Maintain, promote and constantly strive for customer satisfaction at the highest level.
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Cash Management
- Account for all monies received, prizes paid out and cash handling operations.
- Report on revenues and payouts as requested.
- Make bank deposits.
- Maintains cash accountability in the bingo cashier bank.
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Others
- Adhere to all Society policies and procedures.
- Adhere to all relevant governing laws, rules and ordinances regarding Bingo operations.
- Stay current in areas of responsibility.
- Other duties as required.
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Qualifications:
- Experience with operating in a highly regulated environment.
- Experience with large cash amounts, cash controls, cash operations and loss prevention.
- Excellent verbal communication skills.
- Excellent customer service skills.
- Ability to provide correct cash change without relying on a calculator or computer
- Solid computer and technical skills.
- Ability to understand Electronic Bingo operations.
- Ability to maintain strict confidentiality.
- Ability to sit or stand for up to 8 hours.
10. Ability to work in a high stress environment.
11. Ability to effectively work independently and as part of a team.
12. Ability and willingness to lift up to 25 pounds.
13. Ability to create and maintain a customer oriented, exciting and fun environment.
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To Apply
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Please submit your resume and cover letter via email to Debbie Richter, Senior Manager, Business Development at drichter@societyfortheblind.org.
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No phone calls please!
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Application?s deadline: Until the position is filled.
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Wednesday, August 29, 2012
CRT consensus set to standardize and improve care for patients worldwide
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European Society of Cardiology
Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) has risen in popularity, with more than 200,000 devices implanted worldwide last year and more than one million over the last 10 years
Munich, Germany August 28 2012: Recommendations for the practical management of CRT patients have been set out for the first time in an international consensus statement on cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in heart failure.
The 2012 Expert Consensus Statement on Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT) in Heart Failure: Implant and Follow-up Recommendations and Management was developed by the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), a registered branch of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), and the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) in the US, and will be published in their respective journals, EP Europace and HeartRhythm.
CRT was developed 20 years ago in Europe and the United States and has reached maturity as a major heart failure therapy. The therapy has risen in popularity, with more than 200,000 devices implanted worldwide last year and more than one million over the last 10 years.
The clinical indications for CRT are clearly outlined in the 2007 ESC guidelines, which were updated in 2010, and US guidelines from 2008. These guidelines are supported by robust evidence from randomised clinical trials.
This consensus statement is particularly unique because it incorporates expert consensus from Europe and North America.
"We have very strong recommendations regarding clinical indications based on the clinical evidence and these are covered in multiple guidelines," said Professor Jean-Claude Daubert, joint task force co-chair and Professor of Cardiology and Vascular Diseases, University of Rennes 1, France. "CRT therapy improves symptoms, cardiac function, hospitalization rates and mortality in a broad range of patients with heart failure."
He added: "On the contrary, until now we did not have a consensual document on the practical aspects of this therapy. Our goal was to establish a consensus statement on how to manage CRT patients before, during and after the implantation procedure. We do not discuss clinical indications."
"In this document we attempted to fill in the gaps in clinical evidence and provide practical recommendations for the evaluation and management of the CRT patient that could be applied to patients implanted anywhere in the world," said Dr Leslie Saxon, US joint task force co-chair and Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Southern California.
While there are some randomised trials on specific practical aspects of CRT, there was a lack of solid clinical evidence for all aspects of management. For this reason, experts from both sides of the Atlantic teamed up to establish a clinical consensus on how to manage the CRT patient.
The document is in six sections:
Pre-implant evaluation
Includes recommendations on how to manage patients just before CRT implantation. This section focuses on potential temporary contraindications to the intervention, and how to manage medications, particularly anticoagulants and antibiotics, just before and during the implantation procedure. Professor Daubert said: "There was no consensus before on these very particular aspects."
CRT implantation
How to implant the CRT device. This section describes all steps of the procedure such as anaesthesia, lead implant sequence, left ventricular lead placement and defibrillation testing. "This is, to my knowledge, the first attempt to write a consensus definition of the optimal way to implant a CRT device," said Professor Daubert. "We make recommendations on all the technical aspects of the implantation procedure."
Pre-discharge evaluation and device programming
Includes how to recognise and handle acute complications, initial programming of the device just after the operation and before hospital discharge, and atrioventricular (AV) and ventriculoventricular (VV) optimization. "This is the first time we have a consensus on the optimal programming of the CRT device just after the operation," said Professor Daubert.
CRT follow-up
This section outlines how follow-up should be organised and what assessments should be made. The complementary role of remote monitoring is discussed, with a special focus on how remote hemodynamic monitoring can be used. The need for strong cooperation between the heart failure specialist and the electrophysiologist (EP) is stressed. "We have to keep in mind that the CRT patient is primarily a heart failure patient," said Professor Daubert. "Follow-up has to concern not only the technical follow-up of the device, but also and primarily the heart failure status of the patient. It is essential to optimise the heart failure management of the patient."
Response to CRT management of the non-responder
Discusses how to assess the response to CRT and how to manage non-responders. The document recommends that a systematic assessment should be conducted to identify and treat reversible causes of non-response.
Special considerations
Includes recommendations for the management of CRT in particular situations such as patients with atrial fibrillation and patients on renal dialysis. Also discussed are how to choose between the two types of device resynchronization alone or resynchronization plus defibrillation and the relative advantages and disadvantages of each. And finally, issues related to end of life, patient education and engagement, and cost effectiveness are considered.
Professor Daubert concluded: "This is the first consensus statement on all of the practical aspects involved in managing CRT patients throughout their entire journey on CRT therapy. We hope it will be useful in the clinical practice of physicians all over the world who use this type of therapy, including heart failure specialists who refer and follow patients and EP specialists who implant the device and follow patients."
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Share ] Contact: Jacqueline Partarrieu
press@escardio.org
49-176-105-72407
European Society of Cardiology
Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) has risen in popularity, with more than 200,000 devices implanted worldwide last year and more than one million over the last 10 years
Munich, Germany August 28 2012: Recommendations for the practical management of CRT patients have been set out for the first time in an international consensus statement on cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in heart failure.
The 2012 Expert Consensus Statement on Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT) in Heart Failure: Implant and Follow-up Recommendations and Management was developed by the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), a registered branch of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), and the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) in the US, and will be published in their respective journals, EP Europace and HeartRhythm.
CRT was developed 20 years ago in Europe and the United States and has reached maturity as a major heart failure therapy. The therapy has risen in popularity, with more than 200,000 devices implanted worldwide last year and more than one million over the last 10 years.
The clinical indications for CRT are clearly outlined in the 2007 ESC guidelines, which were updated in 2010, and US guidelines from 2008. These guidelines are supported by robust evidence from randomised clinical trials.
This consensus statement is particularly unique because it incorporates expert consensus from Europe and North America.
"We have very strong recommendations regarding clinical indications based on the clinical evidence and these are covered in multiple guidelines," said Professor Jean-Claude Daubert, joint task force co-chair and Professor of Cardiology and Vascular Diseases, University of Rennes 1, France. "CRT therapy improves symptoms, cardiac function, hospitalization rates and mortality in a broad range of patients with heart failure."
He added: "On the contrary, until now we did not have a consensual document on the practical aspects of this therapy. Our goal was to establish a consensus statement on how to manage CRT patients before, during and after the implantation procedure. We do not discuss clinical indications."
"In this document we attempted to fill in the gaps in clinical evidence and provide practical recommendations for the evaluation and management of the CRT patient that could be applied to patients implanted anywhere in the world," said Dr Leslie Saxon, US joint task force co-chair and Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Southern California.
While there are some randomised trials on specific practical aspects of CRT, there was a lack of solid clinical evidence for all aspects of management. For this reason, experts from both sides of the Atlantic teamed up to establish a clinical consensus on how to manage the CRT patient.
The document is in six sections:
Pre-implant evaluation
Includes recommendations on how to manage patients just before CRT implantation. This section focuses on potential temporary contraindications to the intervention, and how to manage medications, particularly anticoagulants and antibiotics, just before and during the implantation procedure. Professor Daubert said: "There was no consensus before on these very particular aspects."
CRT implantation
How to implant the CRT device. This section describes all steps of the procedure such as anaesthesia, lead implant sequence, left ventricular lead placement and defibrillation testing. "This is, to my knowledge, the first attempt to write a consensus definition of the optimal way to implant a CRT device," said Professor Daubert. "We make recommendations on all the technical aspects of the implantation procedure."
Pre-discharge evaluation and device programming
Includes how to recognise and handle acute complications, initial programming of the device just after the operation and before hospital discharge, and atrioventricular (AV) and ventriculoventricular (VV) optimization. "This is the first time we have a consensus on the optimal programming of the CRT device just after the operation," said Professor Daubert.
CRT follow-up
This section outlines how follow-up should be organised and what assessments should be made. The complementary role of remote monitoring is discussed, with a special focus on how remote hemodynamic monitoring can be used. The need for strong cooperation between the heart failure specialist and the electrophysiologist (EP) is stressed. "We have to keep in mind that the CRT patient is primarily a heart failure patient," said Professor Daubert. "Follow-up has to concern not only the technical follow-up of the device, but also and primarily the heart failure status of the patient. It is essential to optimise the heart failure management of the patient."
Response to CRT management of the non-responder
Discusses how to assess the response to CRT and how to manage non-responders. The document recommends that a systematic assessment should be conducted to identify and treat reversible causes of non-response.
Special considerations
Includes recommendations for the management of CRT in particular situations such as patients with atrial fibrillation and patients on renal dialysis. Also discussed are how to choose between the two types of device resynchronization alone or resynchronization plus defibrillation and the relative advantages and disadvantages of each. And finally, issues related to end of life, patient education and engagement, and cost effectiveness are considered.
Professor Daubert concluded: "This is the first consensus statement on all of the practical aspects involved in managing CRT patients throughout their entire journey on CRT therapy. We hope it will be useful in the clinical practice of physicians all over the world who use this type of therapy, including heart failure specialists who refer and follow patients and EP specialists who implant the device and follow patients."
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1 dead in Kenya riot over Muslim cleric's killing
MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) ? Rioting in Kenya's second-largest city over the killing of a radical Islamic cleric extended into a second day Tuesday as police fought running battles with youths and one man died when a grenade was hurled into a truck carrying security forces.
Several people were seriously injured in Tuesday's clashes in Mombasa, police and human rights officials said.
The rioting was in response to the killing Monday of Aboud Rogo Mohammed, a man linked to a terrorist group by Washington who was shot to death as he drove in his car with his family. Human rights groups say the killing fits a pattern of extrajudicial killings and forced disappearances of suspected terrorists that are allegedly being orchestrated by Kenyan police. But police Commissioner Mathew Iteere said that no police officers were involved in Mohammed' death.
It has brought to the surface tensions in this port city established centuries ago by Muslim traders from the Arabian peninsula, now home to hundreds of thousands of people of Arab descent and a large Somali population.
A prison guard was killed when a hand grenade was hurled into a truck carrying security forces sent to quell the riots, said regional police chief Aggrey Adoli. At least 13 police and security officials were seriously wounded, he said.
Adoli said police were forced to keep violent protests from spreading after they led on Monday to the death of one person and the vandalism of two Christian churches and businesses.
"We are trying to contain them so that we don't create more deaths. Deaths and destruction of property will not help with anything," Adoli said.
Hussein Khalid of the Muslim for Human Rights group said police were using tear gas against stone-throwing protesters. Khalid said one person was stabbed and hospitalized on Tuesday. Police have asked Muslim elders and religious leaders to urge the young protesters to stop the violence, Adoli said.
The violence prompted Australia to issue an advisory asking its citizens in Mombasa to avoid public gatherings and monitor the media, saying the civil unrest is likely to continue: "We continue to advise Australians to exercise a high degree of caution in Kenya overall at this time due to the high risk of terrorist attack, civil unrest and high crime levels in the country."
Keriako Tobiko, Kenya's Director of Public Prosecutions, has formed a team to investigate the murder of Mohammed made up of members of the police, the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, the Lawyers Society of Kenya and the Independent Policing Oversight Authority.
The team is expected to "conduct, comprehensive, independent and expeditious investigation into the murder with a view of apprehending and bringing to justice the perpetrators of the crime," said Keriako. It is expected to finish its work in 14 days.
Mohammed was recently sanctioned by the U.S. government and the U.N. for his alleged connection to an al-Qaida-linked Somali militant group, al-Shabab. He is the fifth alleged Muslim extremist who has been killed or who disappeared in the last four months, according to human rights campaigners. One corpse was found mutilated and the other four men vanished
Mohammed was shot dead as he drove with his family in Mombasa. His wife was wounded in the leg, said Mohammed's father, who was also in the car along with Mohammed's 5-year-old daughter. He said he and the girl weren't injured.
Police charge that Mohammed had ties to al-Qaida and was part of a terror cell with links to al-Shabab militants that was planning to carry out bomb attacks in Kenya during Christmas. Other members of cell allegedly include Briton Samantha Lewthwaite, who police say is on the run. She is the widow of Jermaine Lindsay, one of the suicide bombers who killed 52 commuters in multiple bombings of London's transport system on July 7, 2005.
Another reported cell member is Briton Jermaine Grant, sentenced to three years in prison for immigration offenses and lying to a government official about his identity. Grant is also charged with conspiring to commit a felony and possessing explosive materials
In January, Mohammed was charged with possession of a cache of guns, ammunition and detonators. He also faced charges of membership in al-Shabab
Al-Shabab has vowed to carry out a large-scale attack in Nairobi in retaliation for Kenya sending troops into neighboring Somalia to fight al-Shabab. The Kenyan government blames al-Shabab for several kidnappings on Kenyan soil, including those of four Europeans. The kidnappings greatly harmed the Kenya's coastal tourism industry.
Mohammed was acquitted in 2005 of murder charges for the 2002 bombing of an Israeli-owned tourist hotel near Mombasa which killed more than 12 people. In conjunction with that attack, two surface-to-air missiles were fired at an Israeli-owned airliner packed with Israeli tourists as it took off from Mombasa. The missiles narrowly missed.
Prosecutors at the trial said Mohammed had been in contact with Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, al-Qaida's East Africa head, who the U.S. said masterminded the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania which killed 231 people, including 12 Americans. A Somali soldier shot the al-Qaida leader dead at a checkpoint in Mogadishu, Somalia, last year.
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Isaac nears hurricane strength, forecast for landfall Tuesday night
Isaac remains a tropical storm with a chance of becoming a weak Category 1 hurricane before it makes landfall, but forecasters say the biggest threat will be rainfall and the storm surge.
Forecasters have projected landfall as early as Tuesday night, a day short of the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. On Monday, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu said Isaac's similar path as Katrina and the anniversary was leaving much of the Gulf Coast on "a high level of anxiety."
Winds will be an issue initially when Isaac makes landfall with gusts up to 75 mph. Forecasters say the big threat with Isaac will be the storm surge around New Orleans and Biloxi, Miss., where water might rise six to nine feet. The slow moving storm could punish coastal areas with up to 20 inches of rain, which was one of Louisiana's Gov. Bobby Jindal's main concerns on Monday.
As of 2 a.m. ET, the center of the storm was 145 miles southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River and moving northwest at 12 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center.
FEMA director Craig Fugate and the National Hurricane Center's Dr. Rick Knabb say there has been too much focus on New Orleans bracing for Isaac on the anniversary of Katrina.
"I think people need to understand this is not a New Orleans storm. This is a Gulf Coast storm," Fugate said today. Despite hurricane warnings extended across more than 330 miles from Louisiana to western Florida, all eyes are still on New Orleans as this will be its first big test since Katrina. Louisiana has set up shelters and stockpiled more than a million packaged meals, 1.4 million bottles of water and 17,000 tarps.
Since the levees failed seven years ago over $14 billion have been spent on the 133-mile long floodwalls, spillways, gates and pumps surrounding New Orleans. While officials say the city is more prepared now than they were in 2005, they're still taking no chances when it comes to evacuations.
Fugate and Jindal warned people in low lying areas to get out of Isaac's way.
"Today is the day," Jindal said Monday. "Today is the final day you should be taking any final precautions. If you want to evacuate, today is the day to do that."
Early Monday, 50,000 people had already evacuated from southeast Louisiana's St. Charles parish. In addition, 2,000 jail inmates have been moved out of Isaac's expected path.
Jindal said over 4,000 National Guardsmen will be mobilized in case of emergency, but said he does not anticipate having to activate contraflow highway rules for evacuation purposes.
Jindal said that President Obama called him Monday to say that the governor's request for a pre-landfall federal disaster declaration had been approved. The approval opens up federal funding to potentially help Louisiana cope with any damage.
"We are going to need help after the storm as well," Jindal said. "This is not going to be done just after the storm makes landfall or even just after the storm leaves Louisiana."
Isaac's slow pace means it "could actually cause more damage," the governor said.
He said the storm could batter areas with tropical winds for up to 36 hours and could dump more than a foot of rain while lingering over some areas.
Jindal said he is skipping the Republican National Convention in Florida where he was expected to speak because of Isaac. "I will not be speaking or attending the Republican National Convention in Florida. There is no time for politics here in Louisiana," he said.
Fugate warned that Isaac's biggest punch may land in Alabama or Mississippi. The National Hurricane Center said to expect a storm surge of at least six feet with the possibility it could reach up to 12 feet.
FEMA activated its command center in Atlanta Monday. Division Director Ginger Edwards says past disasters are driving prep for this storm.
"After every disaster we learn new lessons but you know we're constantly exercising with the states. We're planning with the states and just becoming more and more, more and more involved and more prepared," said Edwards.
Alabama and Mississippi have already joined Louisiana in declaring states of emergency.
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport said there are no flights scheduled for Tuesday and the airport will not be used as an evacuation shelter. People will not be allowed to stay in the terminal during the storm, the airport said in a statement on Monday.
ABC News' Max Golembo, ABC News Radio and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Riots test new French President Hollande
Riots in the northern city of Amiens have revived concerns about minority grievances and unrest in France.
A local resident walks past a burnt bus stop in the north of Amiens on Wednesday, a day after French riot police clashed with gangs of youths.
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EnlargeAfter a decade of tensions and rioting in French ghettos under a right-wing government, Socialist Fran?ois Hollande got a taste of social unrest this week as well.
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As has happened many times before, local anger over the French police practice of spot-checking youths' driver?s licenses and other forms of identification helped sparked the rioting. This time, it resulted in two days of car burnings and 17 injured police in the city of Amiens north of Paris.
President Hollande vowed last night to restore order, and there was a relative calm in the neighborhood today, following police reinforcements. But when Interior Minister Manuel Valls visited yesterday and condemned the violence, he was met with a testy standoff, jostling, and booing.
Amiens is Hollande's first urban crisis test. The question here is whether Hollande can ? in a time of austerity ? aid the ghettos and make progress at reforming the much-hated get-tough police policies of his predecessor.
Amiens is an officially designated ?urban sensitive zone? in France. The zones are mostly comprised of minority black and Arab residents facing economic problems. In Amiens, the jobless rate is nearly 45 percent, and according to town officials, two in three young persons are unemployed.
Five years ago, former president Nicolas Sarkozy promised a ?Marshall Plan? of relief and aid to them, but under his minister Fadela Amara, the plan never materialized.
Police consider the gang behavior and hostility in the zones bad enough to label many of them, including Amiens, ?no go? areas, though the phrase is used loosely.
In riots two days ago, dumpsters and cars were torched, plate glass windows were smashed, and a restaurant was destroyed. Police reported that buckshot was fired, though another report called it machine gun fire.?
The police ID check that sparked the riots took place near the funeral ceremony on Aug. 12 of a young man who died in an unrelated traffic mishap.
Mr. Valls, the interior minister, visited the mother of the deceased yesterday. She complained to him of insensitive and provocative police behavior and said local residents felt they were treated like ?animals? by local law enforcement, according to local French newspaper Le Courrier Picard.
It?s a sentiment that is widely felt throughout the area. Zone residents claim they live separate and unequal lives that include frequent ID checks that they say are humiliating and do not take place in Paris or other large cities.?
In a recent Monitor report on the sensitive Paris suburb zone of Clichy-sois-Bois ahead of this year?s French election, nearly every young male interviewed said that they had been stopped and questioned or searched more than once in the previous year.
Clichy was the epicenter of the 2005 riots that started when two youth going home from playing soccer on the eve of Ramadan ran away from a police ID check and were electrocuted when they tried to take refuge in a power station. Within a week, the riots spread across France.?
Ten years ago, France?s police strategy changed from "community" policing to a more confrontational and forceful style.?
In 2005, as interior minister, Sarkozy, vowed to bring a Karcher into the riot zones, referring to the nozzle on water cannons used by French police. This week, Valls, speaking in Amiens, told locals he was not there to bring a Karcher, another potential signal of a policy change to come.
This spring, a grassroots effort in the form of a public lawsuit was filed in French courts for the first time against the practice of police ID checks, financed in part by an NGO supported by the philanthropist George Soros.
Hollande, who just completed his first 100 days in office, was elected largely because of his policies claiming to unify the people. Observers say he?ll likely try to respond to Amiens on that basis, though it?s too early to say exactly what that will look like.
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Is Your Relationship Headed for Divorce? | ABC Marriage
Breaking up is painful, both emotionally and financially. When everything seems to be working well, there is no need take into consideration ending the marriage. Things are changing and you feel helpless. This is specifically true when your partner refuses to speak about the problem.
Starting a relationship seriously means committing for the long term. You could have wanted to wallow in a fairytale kind of love that could last forever. But there are always bumps along the way. There may be things that you have done that were not well-received. Boredom could have incited an affair. If you are feeling bad about something in your relationship, this is the time to fix it.
If you wish to know survive an affair, so do most people in fully committed relationships. There are millions of couples out there with the same problem. If romance has been waning for a time because of daily life, then you have a problem. But you know you can?t live your life daily with your head up in the clouds. Matter-of-fact options may replace romantically inclined ones. When this happens, some of the romance may fade.
You must first mull over what?s causing the burnout anyway. It could be a white lie that had disastrous consequences. Maybe trust never existed in your relationship. Your love could have suffered under all the possessiveness or clingy attitude. This is the best time to deal with your mistakes.
The next step is to show your assurance. Your spouse may be feeling gloomy. If your goal is to save the relationship and not end it, prove that you are still fully committed. Trusting your partner can make him feel more appreciated and forgiven.
It?s time to show your real personality. If your partner is under the impression that you are judgmental when you know you are not, this is your chance to show him. This is a good chance to show that you, too, can discover ways to forgive. Being true to yourself and to your partner will encourage him to be honest with you, too.
Speaking of honesty, you should be open about your purpose to learn survive an affair. You both can move on if you really need to. Your relationship means a great deal to both of you.
Give every single other enough space take into consideration your separate realizations about what happened. You both must breathe and deal with troubled feelings. But always plan to spending quality time. As long as it is apparent to both of you that you want to make the relationship work, you can do this.
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The Latest on Radio's Digital Music Storage Patent Issue ...
Radio stations are once again hearing about the?Mission Abstract Data patents, as a firm representing them has been seeking a royalty for the use of the patent for certain digital music storage and retrieval systems.?We?ve written about that patent before.?When we last wrote on the subject , the patent was subject to review by the Patent Office, which had raised issues appearing to question the underlying validity of that patent.?Since then, the Patent Office reversed itself, finding that the patent (as clarified and narrowed by the holder) was in fact valid.?But that determination was itself challenged by certain companies that have interests in digital music storage systems for radio stations and, in an order released last?week, the Patent Office has once again suggested that there may be issues with the patent that could undermine its validity. While this development appears promising for broadcasters concerned about the patent, broadcasters need to take this news with a grain of salt.? The?Patent Office letter is at best preliminary, and the?patent owner can file comments addressing the concerns raised by the Patent Office in the next?60 days, and then the challengers to the patent can reply 60 days after that.?As we have seen in the past, a preliminary indication from the Patent Office that the patent may not be valid does not always withstand scrutiny when the final evaluation is completed, after presentations from both sides are received.??So what is a broadcaster to do?? ? We have urged stations to seek their own counsel on this issue from an attorney who knows patent law. We are not patent lawyers, and there is a significant amount of technical information in the patent law process that needs to be reviewed by anyone who gets this letter from representatives of the patent holder. As we suggested, broadcasters need to carefully evaluate these patent claims, determine if they in fact cover the way that the station is operating, and then make a determination on how to deal with the issues that are raised by the company?s representatives. ? Broadcasters are not the first group to receive this kind of claim. In the Internet radio world, several patent claims have been brought against webcasting operators based on claimed patents that cover many functions that most operators thought were quite obvious. And claims can be brought against the users of digital equipment, as well as against their manufacturers.? The business section of any major newspaper is full of stories of other significant patent disputes that rage in virtually every sector of the electronics industry ? including last week?s ruling on patent issues in the smartphone industry. In many cases, the most valuable asset of many economically troubled technology and electronics companies are their patent portfolios ? to be used for both offensive and defensive purposes. While that may not make broadcasters feel better, at least they know that they are not alone in facing these issues. They are serious, and must be carefully evaluated.? Welcome to the digital world!
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Monday, August 27, 2012
Assad's forces accused of massacre near Syrian capital
ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - Syrian opposition activists accused President Bashar al-Assad's army of massacring hundreds of people in a town close to the capital that government forces recaptured from rebels.
About 320 bodies, including women and children, were found in houses and basements in the town of Daraya, southwest of Damascus, according to activists who said on Sunday most had been killed "execution-style" by troops.
Activists uploaded several videos to the Internet showing rows of bloodied bodies wrapped in sheets. Most of the dead appeared to be young men of fighting age, but at least one video showed several children who appeared to have been shot in the head. The body of one toddler was soaked in blood.
Due to restrictions on non-state media in Syria, it was impossible to verify the accounts independently.
Clashes are raging across Syria as the 17-month-old rebellion grows increasingly bloody, particularly in the northern city of Aleppo, where the army and rebels appear stuck in a war of attrition.
Fighting in Aleppo on Sunday was the heaviest in the past week, according to Reuters journalists on the ground.
Fighter jets dropped bombs and fired missiles on rebel-held districts in the south of Aleppo, Syria's largest city, as residents fled in panic. Reuters journalists there heard heavy explosions as clouds of black smoke rose a mile into the air.
Rebels say they control at least half the city of 2.5 million, but their hold is fragile as long as Assad's forces can unleash their air power against fighters who are comparatively lightly armed.
The uprising, which began as peaceful protests, has become a brutal civil war. United Nations investigators have accused both sides of war crimes but laid more blame on government troops and pro-government militia than on the rebels.
The killings in Daraya, a working class Sunni Muslim town that sustained three days of bombardment before being overrun by the army on Friday, raised the daily death toll to 440 people on Saturday, one of the highest since the uprising began, an activist network called the Local Coordination Committees said.
The official state news agency said: "Our heroic armed forces cleansed Daraya from remnants of armed terrorist groups who committed crimes against the sons of the town."
The death toll for the following day, Sunday, was more than 90, including civilians and fighters, according to another activist network, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
It said at least eight people were killed and dozens wounded on Sunday night when security forces shelled the southern town of Basra al-Sham in Deraa province, with the death toll likely to rise as many of the wounds were severe.
In Damascus, government helicopters hovered near the main Abbaside Square on Sunday and fired rockets and machineguns at eastern residential neighborhoods where rebels continued guerrilla attacks against loyalists, residents said.
Haitham, an activist in Damascus, said troops were also firing machineguns from roadblocks that encircle the suburbs.
"Ninety percent of the time they fire randomly at bystanders and homes. Rarely they hit rebels," he said.
"REGIONAL PLOT"
Assad, who met an Iranian parliamentary delegation in the capital on Sunday, said the crisis was the result of Western and regional states trying to crush Syria's role in the "resistance" against Western and Israeli domination in the region.
"What is happening right now is not just a plot directed against Syria but the region as a whole, of which Syria is a foundational stone," he was cited as saying by state news agency SANA.
The United Nations estimates that more than 18,000 people have been killed in the conflict that pits a mainly Sunni Muslim opposition against a ruling system dominated by the Assad family - members of the Alawite faith, an offshoot of Shi'ite Islam.
Diplomatic efforts to stop the violence in Syria are stalled by a stalemate between Western countries, Gulf Arab states and Turkey - who all support the opposition - and Iran, Russia and China - who support Assad.
With veto-wielding Russia leading resistance to action against Assad, the U.N. Security Council remains deadlocked.
Egypt is seeking to arrange a four-way meeting with Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Iran, the main regional players in the conflict. Iran, a Shi'ite power, is Assad's main backer, while Saudi Arabia is believed to be supplying weapons to the rebels.
Iran accuses its foes in the West and the Arab world of fuelling the conflict by arming the opposition. Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian welcomed Egypt's initiative.
"Iran has its own views about the political process in Syria and will put forth these views upon the formation of this committee," he said. "We see any foreign intervention, terrorist actions and armed movements against the wishes of the people of Syria."
The Iranian parliamentary delegation that met with Assad also visited Vice-President Farouq al-Sharaa. It was Sharaa's first public appearance in weeks, quashing activist rumors that he had defected to the opposition.
(Additional reporting by Marwan Makdesi in Damascus, Yeganeh Torbati in Dubai and Tamim Elyan in Cairo; Writing by Erika Solomon; Editing by Peter Graff and Andrew Heavens)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/assads-forces-accused-massacre-near-syrian-capital-004732012.html
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