Green thumb? Washington state looks for pot consultant

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Jake Dimmock, co-owner of the Northwest Patient Resource Center medical marijuana dispensary, waters medical marijuana plants in a grow room, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012, in?Seattle.

By Gene Johnson, Associated Press

Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013 | 1:19 p.m.

TACOMA, Wash. ? Wanted: A green thumb with extensive knowledge of the black, or at least gray, market.

As Washington state tries to figure out how to regulate its newly legal marijuana, officials are hiring an adviser on all things weed: how it's best grown, dried, tested, labeled, packaged and cooked into brownies.

Sporting a mix of flannel, ponytails and suits, dozens of those angling for the job turned out Wednesday for a forum in Tacoma, several of them from out of state. The Liquor Control Board, the agency charged with developing rules for the marijuana industry, reserved a convention center hall for a state bidding expert to take questions about the position and the hiring process.

"Since it's not unlikely with this audience, would a felony conviction preclude you from this contract?" asked Rose Habib, an analytical chemist from a marijuana testing lab in Missoula, Mont.

The answer: It depends. A pot-related conviction is probably fine, but a "heinous felony," not so much, responded John Farley, a procurement coordinator with the Liquor Control Board.

Washington and Colorado this fall became the first states to pass laws legalizing the recreational use of marijuana and setting up systems of state-licensed growers, processors and retail stores where adults over 21 can walk in and buy up to an ounce of heavily taxed cannabis.

Both states are working to develop rules for the emerging pot industry. Up in the air is everything from how many growers and stores there should be, to how the marijuana should be tested to ensure people don't get sick.

Sales are due to begin in Washington state in December.

Washington's Liquor Control Board has a long and "very good" history with licensing and regulation, spokesman Mikhail Carpenter said.

"But there are some technical aspects with marijuana we could use a consultant to help us with," Carpenter said.

The board has advertised for consulting services in four categories. The first is "product and industry knowledge" and requires "at least three years of consulting experience relating to the knowledge of the cannabis industry, including but not limited to product growth, harvesting, packaging, product infusion and product safety."

Other categories cover quality testing, including how to test for levels of THC, the compound that gets marijuana users high; statistical analysis of how much marijuana the state's licensed growers should produce; and the development of regulations, a category that requires a "strong understanding of state, local or federal government processes," with a law degree preferred.

Farley said the state hopes to award a single contract covering all four categories, but if no bidder or team of bidders has expertise in all fields? regulatory law, statistical analysis and pot growing ? multiple contracts could be awarded. Or bidders who are strong in one category could team up with those who are strong in another. Bids are due Feb. 15, with the contract awarded in March.

Habib, the chemist, said she's part of a team of marijuana and regulatory experts from Montana who are bidding for the contract. They're fed up with federal raids on medical dispensaries there.

"We want to move here and make it work. We want to be somewhere this is moving forward and being embraced socially," she said.

Khurshid Khoja, a corporate lawyer from San Francisco, wore a suit and sat beside a balding, ponytailed man in a gray sweatshirt ? Ed Rosenthal, a co-founder of High Times magazine and a recognized expert on marijuana cultivation. They're on a team bidding for the contract.

"I've seen the effect of regulation of marijuana all my life," Khoja said. "I'd like to see a more rational, scientific approach to it."

Several people asked whether winning the contract, or even subcontracting with the winning bidder, would preclude them from getting state licenses to grow, process or sell cannabis. Farley said yes: It would pose a conflict of interest to have the consultant helping develop the regulations being subject to those rules. But once the contract has expired, they could apply for state marijuana licenses, he said.

After the questions ended, the bidders mingled, exchanging business cards and talking about how they might team up. One Seattle-area marijuana grower, a college student who declined to give his name after noting that a dispensary he worked with had been raided by federal authorities in 2011, approached Rosenthal.

"It would be my dream to smoke a bowl with you after this," he said.

Source: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/jan/30/green-thumb-washington-state-looks-pot-consultant/

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South Korea launches first civilian rocket amid tensions with North

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The Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1, carrying a science satellite, blasts off at the Naro Space Center in Goheung on South Korea's south coast on Jan. 30, 2013.

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South Korean elementary schoolchildren celebrate as they watch TV news reporting the country's first rocket launch, at the National Science Museum in Gwacheon on Jan. 30, 2013.

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South Korea launched a rocket on Jan. 30, 2013 in its third bid to put a satellite in orbit -- a high-stakes challenge to national pride after rival North Korea succeeded in the same mission last month.

South Korea says it has successfully launched a satellite into space from its own soil for the first time, weeks after archrival North Korea accomplished a similar feat. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

Reuters reports ??South Korea launched its first space rocket carrying a science satellite on Wednesday amid heightened regional tensions, caused in part by North Korea's successful launch of its own rocket last month.

It was South Korea's third attempt to launch a civilian rocket to send a satellite in orbit in the past four years and came after two previous launches were aborted at the eleventh hour last year due to technical glitches.

South Korea's rocket program has angered neighbor North Korea, which says it is unjust for it to be singled out for U.N. sanctions for launching long-range rockets as part of its space program to put a satellite into orbit. Read the full story.

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School district returns sports, eliminates jobs

FONDA - The Fonda-Fultonville school board decided Tuesday to reinstate springs sports programs but eliminate two jobs, close the swimming pool and make other changes that will save $500,000.

One of the jobs is that of school psychologist Dr. Michael J. Fraser. Parents and students spoke out against the elimination of his position at a meeting Tuesday night.

"I'd have no idea where I'd be now if it wasn't for that man," said former student Seth Blowers. "The man's been here for 19 years and for you to just throw him out like that is disrespectful in my eyes."

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Former student Seth Blowers speaks out against the dismissal of school psychologist Dr. Michael Fraser at the Fonda-Fultonville Board of Education meeting Tuesday night.
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Fonda-Fultonville Interim Superintendent Ray Colucciello talks about the
dismissal of Fraser at the meeting.
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Resident Ron Smith speaks out against the
dismissal of school
psychologist Dr. Michael Fraser at the
Fonda-Fultonville Board of Education meeting
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The district also decided to refinance long-term debt, change retirees' health insurance plans and make changes in special-education placement.

The board, acting on recommendations from Interim Superintendent Ray Colucciello, voted to dismiss Fraser and the business education teacher position.

Colucciello said the reinstatement of spring sports - which the district previously decided to eliminate - will be possible because the teams' coaches and teachers' bargaining unit agreed to volunteer their services for this spring.

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The Fonda-Fultonville Central School District made budget reductions Tuesday. The changes, followed by the savings, include:

Close pool and revamp swimming program - $24,000.

Retiree health insurance changes (in progress) - $200,000.

Special-education transportation changes - $40,000.

Refinancing of long-term debt - $30,000.

Elimination of late bus run - $10,000.

Elimination of special-education transfer - $30,000.

Elimination of alternative-education slots - $21,000.

Elimination of business education position (half-year) - $30,000.

Elimination of school psychologist (half-year) - $32,000.

At the meeting, parents and students said the decision to dismiss Fraser is rash and was done without input from teachers or students.

District resident Ron Smith said removing the school psychologist would leave students at risk without vital services.

"I'm appalled you put a price on life," said Ron Smith, a district resident. "You're doing a total injustice by getting rid of this man."

Some parents suggested Fraser may have saved their children's lives.

Colucciello defended the decision to remove Fraser, saying the school would fill the gap left by Fraser and the other teacher leaving.

Colucciello said the last workday for Fraser and the business education teacher will be Friday.

Dismissing the business teacher, whom the district did not name, and Fraser will save the district $62,000 for the remainder of the school year, according to the district.

Board of Education President Linda Wszolek said the board would not rule out the possibility of revisiting the decision to remove Fraser.

"Everything can be rethought," said Wszolek. "We do not take your comments and then throw them aside."

Robert Brown, owner of Brown Transportation, is donating his services for transportation to athletic games and competitions for spring sports.

The donations from Brown, the coaches and teachers would save $60,000, and the other changes would save $440,000, the school district said.

"We have been able to bring financial stability to the district for the remainder of this school year," Colucciello said. "Now we move to the next challenge of developing a 2013-14 budget. We will be working on providing our students with a program they need and deserve, and trust the community will support."

Colucciello said the decisions were tough to make. "It is not a personal thing," he said.

Arthur Cleveland covers Montgomery County. He can be reached at montco@leaderherald.com

Source: http://www.leaderherald.com/page/content.detail/id/553669.html

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Coast Guard still working to remove oil from leaking barge near Vicksburg

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JACKSON, Mississippi -- The Coast Guard is letting southbound vessels pass through a closed section of the Mississippi River at Vicksburg to test how they will affect efforts to remove oil from a leaking barge.

Chief Petty Officer Paul Roszkowski tells The Associated Press a 16-mile stretch of the river remains closed four days after two barges struck a railroad bridge.

The leaking barge is pushed against the Louisiana shore. Crews hope to start moving the oil to another barge Wednesday.

Roszkowski says southbound barges are being allowed to pass so crews can monitor the effects on cleanup operations. The Coast Guard could permit test runs with northbound barges on Wednesday afternoon.

The Guard said 7,000 gallons of crude oil were unaccounted for, but some could have seeped inside the barge.

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Coast Guard: Barge leaked 7,000 gallons of oil

Coast Guard: Barge leaked 7,000 gallons of oil

HOLBROOK MOHR and JANET McCONNAUGHEY
Associated Press

VICKSBURG, Miss. ? With more than 50 vessels idled on the water for a fourth day Wednesday, authorities said they still do not know when they will be able to reopen a 16-mile stretch of the Mississippi River that has been closed due to an oil spill.

A plan to pump oil from a leaking barge onto another barge ? a process known as lightering ? had been approved but it was unclear how long that would take, Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Lally said Tuesday. He said the other barge was en route.

Shannon Warnock, far right, a salvage hand with Big River Ship Builders & Salvage, secures his flotation device after loading a boat with MDEQ employees at Le Tourneau Landing to work on the damaged barge stalled on the west bank of the Mississippi River, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013 near Vicksburg, Miss. A barge carrying thousands of gallons of oil struck a railroad bridge and began leaking before dawn Sunday. The accident forced the closure of a 16-mile stretch of the lower Mississippi, a major inland corridor for vessels carrying oil, fuel, grain and other goods. (AP Photo/The Vicksburg Evening Post, Melanie Thortis ) MANDATORY CREDIT

Severe weather that was expected to sweep through the area could shut down cleanup operations for a time, prolonging the process further, authorities said.

Crews have been working around the clock to contain and remove oil since the barge, owned by Corpus Christi, Texas-based Third Coast Towing LLC, struck a railroad bridge and began leaking early Sunday. The company has refused to comment on the incident.

Lally also noted that about 7,000 gallons of crude oil were unaccounted for aboard the barge. He said it's not clear if all of it spilled into the river or if some seeped into empty spaces inside the barge.

At least 54 vessels, including towboats and barges, were idled on the river, one of the nation's vital commerce routes.

Shannon Warnock, far right, salvage hand with Big River Ship Builders & Salvage, leaves Le Tourneau Landing with MDEQ employees to work on the damaged barges stalled on the west bank of the Mississippi River, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013 near Vicksburg, Miss. A barge carrying thousands of gallons of oil struck a railroad bridge and began leaking before dawn Sunday. The accident forced the closure of a 16-mile stretch of the lower Mississippi, a major inland corridor for vessels carrying oil, fuel, grain and other goods. (AP Photo/The Vicksburg Evening Post, Melanie Thortis ) MANDATORY CREDIT

"The Coast Guard advised our hazardous materials unit that the river would be closed indefinitely to all traffic," Lt. Julie Lewis of the Louisiana State Police said Tuesday.

About 168.4 million tons of cargo a year move along the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge, La., and the mouth of the Ohio River, carried by nearly 22,300 cargo ships and 162,700 barges, according to the Army Corps of Engineers. About 3.6 million tons of cargo is handled annually by the port of Vicksburg.

When low water threatened to close the river earlier this month, the tow industry trade group American Waterways Operators estimated that 7.2 million tons of commodities worth $2.8 billion might be sidelined over the last three weeks of January.

Salt destined for Northern roads is moving upriver in January, said spokeswoman Ann McCulloch. "We're still moving corn, soybeans and grain, but also coal and petroleum ... stone, sand and gravel," she said Tuesday.

Barges carry 20 percent of the nation's coal and more than 60 percent of its grain exports, according to the group.

Ron Zornes, director of corporate operations for Canal Barge Co. of New Orleans, said each idled towboat could cost a company anywhere from $10,000 to $100,000 a day. The low end would be for a single boat with a couple of barges and the high end for one in "a system of towboats that acts sort of like a bus system."

"So if one bus is stopped it gums up the whole system," he said.

On the other hand, vessel traffic tends to be less in January than during peak harvest season, when grain from the U.S. heartland is shipped south to be loaded onto massive ships near New Orleans.

On Tuesday, tugs were pinning the ruptured barge to the bank on the Louisiana side of the river, across from Vicksburg's Riverwalk and Lady Luck casinos. Their engines churned the muddy water. A few workers could be seen walking on top of the stricken barge.

An orange boom bobbed in the water just downstream and another boom was set up as a second line of defense to contain leaking oil.

Environmental impact, Lally said, has been minimal because a boom is containing the leak around the barge and the leak is slow.

Lally said crews had skimmed 1,596 gallons of an oil-and-water mixture from the river. He said there was no evidence that oil was washing ashore.

CORRECTS DATE TO JAN. 28, NOT JAN. 18 - The towboat Natures Way Endeavor, background, banks a barge against the western bank of the Mississippi River, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. Cleanup crews with booms skimmed oily water from the Mississippi River Monday, a day after a barge with more than 80,000 gallons of oil struck a railroad bridge near Vicksburg, spreading a sheen of light crude that kept part of the waterway shut to ship traffic Monday, authorities said. (AP Photo/Eli Baylis)

Nature's Way Marine LLC of Theodore, Ala., has been named the responsible party for the oil spill, a designation that is assigned under the federal Oil Pollution Act.

The barges were being pushed by the company's tug Nature's Way Endeavor. The company has declined requests for information from The Associated Press.

CORRECTS DATE TO JAN. 28, NOT JAN. 18 - The towboat Natures Way Endeavor, background, banks a barge against the western bank of the Mississippi River, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013 as an 18-wheeler crosses the Interstate 20 bridge. Cleanup crews with booms skimmed oily water from the Mississippi River Monday, a day after a barge with more than 80,000 gallons of oil struck a railroad bridge near Vicksburg, spreading a sheen of light crude that kept part of the waterway shut to ship traffic Monday, authorities said. (AP Photo/Eli Baylis)

Companies found responsible for oil spills face civil penalties tied to the amount of oil that spilled into the environment. Lally said it's too early in the investigation to know whether the company could face penalties or fines.

The Nature's Way Endeavor was pushing two tank barges when the collision with the bridge happened about 1:30 a.m. Sunday, authorities said. Both barges were damaged, but only one leaked. Authorities declared the bridge safe after an inspection.

Map locates site of oil barge accident along the Mississippi River.

The leaking tank, which was pierced above the water line, was carrying 80,000 gallons of light crude, authorities said. The Coast Guard hasn't said how much oil was in the other tanks on the barge.

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Mohr reported from Vicksburg. Janet McConnaughey reported from New Orleans.

Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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Skin, soft tissue infections succumb to blue light

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Blue light can selectively eradicate Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections of the skin and soft tissues, while preserving the outermost layer of skin, according to a proof-of-principle study led by Michael R. Hamblin of the Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Harvard Medical School, Boston. The research is published online ahead of print in the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

"Blue light is a potential non-toxic, non-antibiotic approach for treating skin and soft tissue infections, especially those caused by antibiotic resistant pathogens," says Hamblin.

In the study, animal models were infected with P. aeruginosa. All of the animals in the group treated with blue light survived, while in the control, 82 percent (9 out of 11) of the animals died.

Skin and soft tissue infections are the second most common bacterial infections encountered in clinical practice, and represent the most common infection presentation?more than 3 percent?in patients visiting emergency departments, says Hamblin. The prevalence of skin and soft tissue infections among hospitalized patients is 10 percent, with approximately 14.2 million ambulatory care visits every year and an annual associated medical cost of almost $24 billion (equivalent to $76 for every American), says Hamblin.

Treatment of skin and soft tissue infections has been significantly complicated by the explosion of antibiotic resistance, which may bring an end to what medical scientists refer to as the antibiotic era, says Hamblin. "Microbes replicate very rapidly, and a mutation that helps a microbe survive in the presence of an antibiotic drug will quickly predominate throughout the microbial population. Recently, a dangerous new enzyme, NDM-1, that makes some bacteria resistant to almost all antibiotics available has been found in the United States. Many physicians are concerned that several infections soon may be untreatable."

Besides harming public health, antibiotic resistance boosts health care costs. "Treating resistant skin and soft tissue infections often requires the use of more expensive, or more toxic drugs, and can result in longer hospital stays for infected patients," says Hamblin.

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T. Dai, A. Gupta, Y.-Y. Huang, R. Yin, C.K. Murray, M.S. Vrahas, M. Sherwood, G.P. Tegos, and M.R. Hamblin, 2013. Blue light rescues mice from potentially fatal Pseudomonas aeruginosa burn infection: efficacy, safety, and mechanism of action. Antim. Agents Chemother. Published ahead of print 21 December 2012 ,doi:10.1128/AAC.01652-12http://www.asm.org/images/Communications/tips/2013/0113blue.pdf

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13 Tech Terms You Should Never Say Again

You?d never describe your USB Flash drive as a floppy disk, even though it serves the same purpose. You wouldn?t think of referring to the network admin who runs your servers as a "keypunch operator." So why did you tell your daughter that you are "filming" her dance recital on a digital camera?

Upgrade your thought-to-speech engine by avoiding these 13 confusing or outdated tech terms.

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Dial (verb)

Rotary phones were on their way out when Ronald Reagan took the oath of office for the first time. Today, landline phones with physical push buttons are all but dead too. Every time you say that you're dialing someone's number, Alexander Graham Bell turns over in his grave. Just say you're calling, inputting or entering a phone number any time you try to initiate a call.

More: Top 10 Most Stylish Smartphones

Tune In / Stay Tuned

Remember the last time you had to adjust the tuning on your TV? You knew there was a problem with the picture, because Tom Selleck had snow in his moustache and it never snows in Hawaii. You wanted to switch channels during the commercial break, but there was a chance you might come back too late and miss the exciting conclusion so you had to "stay tuned."

Today, most young adults have never even seen a rabbit ear. So please, I'm begging you. Don't tell online users to "tune in" to your live streaming video. And for Jobs' sake, don't tell people to "stay tuned" when you want them to wait for more information after a period of delay (ex: "Will Apple really release an iPhone 6 this year? Stay tuned.").

Tape (verb)

I haven?t owned a VCR in 10 years, but for some reason the verb " tape," referring to the act of capturing a TV show for later viewing, is stuck to my brain like a Wacky Wall Wacker. Don?t make my mistake. You?re either ?recording? a show or you?re "DVRing" it. Also, if you're using the word "TiVo" and you don?t own one, stop it.

More: 10 Future-Proof Gadgets You'll Still Love Next Year

Webcam

When you think about it, the word "webcam" has never made sense. Yes, you can conduct a video chat through your browser using tools like Google Talk, but for the most part, people have always conducted video chats through standalone applications such as Skype, ooVoo and FaceTime.

A camera that?s designed for chats should be called a "connected camera" or a "video-conferencing cam" but not a webcam. Or just call it camera. It?s not like the camera doesn?t work when you?re not online.

More: Action Cams Tested: What's the Best Outdoor Camera?

Blog (noun)

We need to stop using the term "blog" to refer to news sites. First the earth cooled and the dinosaurs came. Then personal web pages appeared on hosting sites like Geocities, but adding new content to them was a hassle. Then, in the early 2000s, blog platforms such as Blogger and Wordpress emerged and made it so easy to publish articles that both professional writers and amateur ranters started using them.

Unfortunately, even though it?s nothing more than a type of CMS, the term "blog" has developed a very negative connotation. Google ranks sites it thinks are "blogs" lower in search and if you tell people you work for a blog as opposed to a website, they may wrongly assume that there?s no real journalism going on.

More: 10 Best Apps for Your New Tablet

Desktop Computer

Back when I was in grade school, every computer was horizontal and sat on top of a table. Then, at around the same time that Vanilla Ice topped the charts, manufacturers started producing tower cases that you put on the floor. In the quarter century since, the term "desktop computer" has come to define any PC that isn?t portable, no matter where it stands.

Whether it?s an All-in-One with the screen built-in, a tiny ITX case that sits on a flat surface or a mid-tower that lives on the floor, it?s a "stationary PC" not a desktop.

More: 20 Sexist Laptops of All Time

Film (verb)

Unless you?re an old-school Hollywood director who insists on using 65mm reels to shoot his next blockbuster, you capture all your videos and photos digitally. So don?t say you?re going to "film" anything, unless you?re taking the reels or cartridges to Fotomat for processing. Instead say that you are "shooting," "recording" or "capturing video."

Smartphone

You wouldn't call your car a mobile air conditioner. You'd never refer to your microwave oven as a digital clock with heating ability or your PC as a Skype box. So why on earth do you still call your pocket computer a "smartphone?"

According to a recent study by UK Carrier O2, typical smartphone users spend 128 minutes a day actively interacting with their devices, but only 12 of those minutes involve voice calls, with the rest of the time split between emailing, text messaging, social networking and consuming on-device content apps. So you need to call that item in your hand a "pocket computer," "a communicator" or something else that reflects its primary purpose.

More: Top 10 Smartphones

Surf the Web

In the mid-nineties, when the web was new, people thought of browsing through sites as a lightweight pastime with little practical value. I'm sure this conversation happened a lot back then:

"What were you doing this afternoon?"
"Oh, I was just surfing the web, killing time."

Today, we use web sites for shopping, banking and doing serious productivity through web tools. You can "use" the web, "browse" the web or "navigate" to a website, but please don't say that you "surfed" the web.

More: In-Flight Wi-Fi: 5 Essential Tips

Desktop Publishing

In the days of yore, magazines and newspapers were laid out on giant lightboxes with glue and exacto knives used to move stories around on the page. Then, in the 1990s, better computers with programs like QuarkXpress and Adobe PageMaker allowed anyone to design printed works with the click of a mouse. This new, computerized form of production was named "desktop publishing" because you could do all the work, right from your desk, without whipping out the wax.

In 2013, however, all layout occurs on computers. There's no more "non-desktop pufblishing" so it's time to call this process simply "publishing."

More: Top 25 Windows Apps

Personal Cloud

GE couldn't get away with calling its refrigerators "personal supermarkets" just as Honda could never refer to its minivans as "personal MTA buses." So how can storage vendors such as Iomega and Seagate call their network-attached hard drives "Personal Cloud" devices?

When it comes to Cloud storage and services, the hardware and software aren't the responsibility of the user. Somewhere a team of network engineers is burning the midnight oil to keep the server with your Dropbox account on it running, but as far as you know, it all just works. A hard drive that's plugged in to your router is not a Cloud unto itself; it's a connected storage device.

More: 26 Ultimate Facebook Tips

Super Phone

It's a bird. It's a plane. No, it's an HTC Droid DNA! As if the term Smart Phone weren't bad enough, some say that high-end handsets are "Super Phones." Don't even think of writing those two words next to each other.

It's presumptuous to roll out the big superlatives for an entire class of gadgets, based on their specs alone. I'll decide whether your handset is super or not; thank you very much.

And when today's $299 quad-core iPhone killer becomes next month's "free with contract" budget special, how will you explain the change to your children? Will you tell them that the Super Phone was hit with Kryptonite?

More: The 7 Worst Smartphone Injustices and How to Fight Them

Set-Top Box

When I was growing up, our old Zenith TV was deep enough to double as dining room table for a family of four, with room to spare for a cable box. Today, you'd be lucky if you could balance a USB stick on top of most peoples' flat-panels. It's time you stopped calling peripherals like the Roku and Apple TV set-top boxes.

Call them "TV peripherals," "Streaming Media Boxes" or even "Set-Bottom Boxes," but don't pretend they can fix on top of the tube when they can't. Heck, the Roku Streaming Stick is the size of a thumb drive and plugs right into your big screen.

More: 8 Essential Cloud Services to Sync Your Life

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On Tuesday, an ordinarily media-shy Randy Moss made a bold proclamation:? Moss said he?s the best receiver to ever play football.

On Wednesday, Moss reiterated the claim.

?Everybody is going to have their opinion,? Moss said, via Matt Maiocco of CSNBayArea.com. ?I do not live on numbers.? I really do not.? If you sit here and just said, ?Who is the greatest running back??? Statistically it is Emmitt Smith.? People would say Barry Sanders, Gale Sayers or Jim Brown. [But] their numbers do not match Emmitt Smith.?

Basically, then, Moss thinks that in the end it?s a subjective assessment.

?You make your own judgment,? Moss said.? ?You really do.? I know what I think.? I am not going to sit up here and tell you how to look at it and how to judge it.? I think when it comes to going out there, making plays and helping the team do the things that they are able to do to win the game, I think I am the greatest receiver ever.? Point blank.? Next question.?

But he continued, pointing to the impact his comments made as proof of his claim.

?I think that it speaks of the impact that I have made on this NFL football league,? Moss said.? ?If Joe Blow would have said it, I do not know if it would have been in USA Today. ?

?Since Randy Moss said it, it is front of the sports page.? Like I said, I just try to stay humble and do my job.? That is what I am able to do.? I am able to come out and try to say these things, but I do believe in my heart and my mind I am the greatest to ever do it.?

In our (or at least my) view, Moss could have been the greatest to ever do it, if he had given his all, all the time.? But it was Moss himself who said, ?I play when I wanna play.?? All too often, he chose not to play, quitting on his team for a drive, a game, or (in 2006 with the Raiders) a whole season.

The only argument in his favor comes from the fact that Rice played with better quarterbacks.? Rarely if ever did Rice ever have to do anything that catch a ball that hit him in the numbers while running in stride.

Still, even with lesser quarterbacks, Moss could have been the better player ? if he had approached his profession with the same professionalism as Rice.

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Lindsay Lohan Claims She?s Too Sick To Make It To Court

Lindsay Lohan Claims She’s Too Sick To Make It To Court

Lindsay Lohan may not be appearing in court on Wednesday after claiming she is too sick to make it. The “Liz & Dick” star was ordered to appear for a pre-trial hearing in Los Angeles after her probation was revoked last month over lying to police. Lindsay was scheduled to appear in person before Superior ...

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Iran Launches Monkey Into Space: Reports

Iranian space officials announced Monday (Jan. 28) that they have successfully launched a live monkey into orbit, inching closer to the Islamic republic's goal of a manned mission, according to news reports.

The space capsule, called Pishgam, which means "pioneer" in Farsi, reportedly returned the monkey alive after a suborbital flight to space and back, according to Iranian news agencies.

"The Islamic Republic of Iran has sent a monkey into space aboard an indigenous bio-capsule as a prelude to sending humans into space," the the Islamic Republic News Agency reported.

Space officials in the country have previously said that they hope to send a human into space by 2020 and put an astronaut on the moon by 2025.

Iran's defense minister, Ahmad Vahidi, told state TV that the success "paves the way for other moves," according to Agence-France Presse.

"The monkey which was sent in this launch landed safely and alive and this is a big step for our experts and scientists," Vahidi said.

Iran failed in a 2011 effort to launch a live monkey into space. News reports out of the country at the time did not explain what went wrong, but the plan had been to send a rhesus monkey into orbit atop a Kavoshgar-5 rocket.

Iran has made progress in spaceflight technology in recent years. The country sent its first domestically built satellite into space in February 2009 and launched a Kavoshagar-3 rocket in 2010 that delivered a rat, two turtles and a worm into space. Iran also sent Earth-observing satellites into orbit in 2011 and 2012.

Western critics have expressed concern over the potential military applications of Iran's rocket program, since boosters developed to reach space could also be used as long-range ballistic missiles. The Islamic republic has denied such ambitions for its space program.

In the early days of spaceflight for the United States and the Soviet Union, animals were used to test the safety and feasibility of launching a living being into space and bringing it back unharmed.

A rhesus monkey named Albert I was the first?monkey astronaut. He was launched aboard a U.S. military V-2 rocket from White Sands, New Mexico, in June 1948, but suffocated and died during the flight. A monkey named Yorick was the first monkey to live through a spaceflight. Yorick and 11 mice were recovered after an Aerobee missile flight of 236,000 feet from Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, in September 1951.

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Study Bolsters Quantum Vibration Scent Theory

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How does the sense of smell work? Today two competing camps of scientists are at war over this very question. And the more controversial theory has just received important new experimental confirmation.

At issue is whether our noses use delicate quantum mechanisms for sensing the vibrations of odor molecules (aka odorants). Does the nose, in other words, read off the chemical makeup of a mystery odorant?say, a waft of perfume or the aroma of wilted lettuce?by ?ringing? it like a bell? Chemistry and forensics labs do this all the time with spectrometers?machines that bounce infrared light off mystery materials to reveal the telltale vibrations that the light provokes. Olfaction might, according to the vibration theory of smell, do the same using tiny currents of electrons instead of infrared photons (see previous coverage of the vibration theory here).

The predominant theory of smell today says: No way. The millions of different odorants in the world are a little more like puzzle pieces, it suggests. And our noses contain scores of different kinds of receptors that each prefer to bind with specific types of pieces. So a receptor that is set to bind to a molecule called limonene sends a signal to our brains when it finds that compound, and that's one of the cues behind the smell of citrus. Likewise that same receptor wouldn't bind to hydrogen sulfide?which smells of rotten eggs.

So, the promoters of the standard theory say, the familiar chemical interactions between receptor and odorant are all that's needed to explain olfaction. No fancy quantum vibration theory is necessary.

Yet here's a twist: odorant molecules typically contain many hydrogen atoms. And hydrogen comes in multiple forms, each very chemically similar to the others. But those different isotopes of hydrogen do strongly affect how a molecule vibrates. So deuterium, containing a hydrogen nucleus that has both a proton and a neutron (as opposed to plain-old-hydrogen that has just a proton), might help scientists discriminate between the proposed vibration and standard chemical binding theories of olfaction.

According to new research published today in PLoS ONE, human noses can sniff out the presence of at least some kinds of deuterium. Specifically, experimenters found regular musk molecules smelled different from ones that contain deuterium. "Deuterated" musks, says researcher Luca Turin of the Alexander Fleming Biomedical Sciences Research Center in Greece, lose much of their musky odor and instead contain overtones of burnt candle wax.

The finding represents a victory for the vibration theory, Turin says. And, he adds, it makes some sense, when you consider the purpose of our olfactory ability?whatever its mechanism is. The natural world contains millions of types of molecules. Some are good for us, and some are bad. The nose helps to distinguish one from the other. "Olfaction is trying to be like an analytical chemist," Turin says. "It's trying to identify unknowns." Chemists identify unknowns using spectrometers. Olfactory receptors, according to the vibration theory, act like little wetware spectrometers.

Adding to Turin's quiver is a 2011 finding in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences indicating that drosophila flies, too, can smell the difference between a molecule called acetophenone (which to humans smells sweet) and its deuterated cousin.

That?s all well and good, says Eric Block, professor of chemistry at the University at Albany in New York State. But, he says, it hardly proves the vibration theory, which faces some contrary evidence. For one, he points out that Turin once claimed humans, like drosophilia, could sniff out a deuterated version of the molecule acetophenone from the regular stuff, yet in 2004 Nature Neuroscience published a contrary claim, that human noses can't smell the presence of deuterium in acetophenone (Scientific American is part of Nature Publishing Group). And, Turin himself says in his new paper that he has confirmed the negative 2004 finding, although he thinks he has an explanation for the failure: deuterated acetophenone has relatively few deuteriums in it and thus may generate a weak vibrational signal that is too weak for humans to detect. Block says Turin can't have it both ways: either noses can smell deuterium or they can't.

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Alberta brings in policy to allow Sikhs to wear kirpan religious knives in court

EDMONTON - Alberta has come up with a policy to allow Sikhs to wear a ceremonial religious dagger called a kirpan in courthouses.

Under the Justice Department policy, a person must tell security officers they have a kirpan and wear it in a sheath, under clothing.

The blade of the kirpan can be no longer than 10 centimetres.

The World Sikh Organization says Alberta is the first province to bring in such a policy, which is partly based on rules developed for courts in Toronto.

The organization says Ontario is now working on a provincewide policy.

The Alberta rules stem from a human rights complaint filed in 2008 where a man wasn't allowed inside a Calgary court because he was wearing a kirpan.

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Several catalysts making U.S. stocks attractive | Trading Desk ...

The U.S. Federal Reserve?s accommodative monetary policy is one reason to consider increasing exposure to U.S. equities, but it?s not the only catalyst making the trade attractive, says Charles Marleau, portfolio manager at Palos Management Inc. in Montreal.

?While we recognize that recent stock market performance has a lot to do with the application of easy money in terms of cost and availability, it remains that the US economy is doing fairly well when compared to other developed economies,? Mr. Marleau said in his latest weekly commentary.

?Corporate profits are beating expectations, confidence about the future has improved and the housing sector is on a significant uptick.?

Mr. Marleau said there is also a positive trend in U.S. companies repatriating their manufacturing, noting a recent survey by Boston Consulting Group that showed 44% of U.S.-based manufacturing companies are planning or considering bringing back production to the U.S.

He said the U.S. is gaining comparative advantage due to low interest rates and the backing of the Fed, both of which lead to business confidence.

North American energy input costs are lower than anywhere else in the world, he added, while five years of corporate and personal deleveraging which has led to a very strong financial foundation.

?Moreover, given that it appears that the Fed will likely make changes to monetary policy before Canada, more exposure to U.S.-denominated securities may prove to be a good move in that U.S. dollar could make gains against the Canadian dollar,? he wrote.

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Study Bolsters Quantum Vibration Scent Theory

Girl Smelling Marigolds Image: Flickr/moodboardphotography

How does the sense of smell work? Today two competing camps of scientists are at war over this very question. And the more controversial theory has just received important new experimental confirmation.

At issue is whether our noses use delicate quantum mechanisms for sensing the vibrations of odor molecules (aka odorants). Does the nose, in other words, read off the chemical makeup of a mystery odorant?say, a waft of perfume or the aroma of wilted lettuce?by ?ringing? it like a bell? Chemistry and forensics labs do this all the time with spectrometers?machines that bounce infrared light off mystery materials to reveal the telltale vibrations that the light provokes. Olfaction might, according to the vibration theory of smell, do the same using tiny currents of electrons instead of infrared photons (see previous coverage of the vibration theory here).

The predominant theory of smell today says: No way. The millions of different odorants in the world are a little more like puzzle pieces, it suggests. And our noses contain scores of different kinds of receptors that each prefer to bind with specific types of piecesSo a receptor that is set to bind to a molecule called limonene sends a signal to our brains when it finds that compound, and that's one of the cues behind the smell of citrus. Likewise that same receptor wouldn't bind to hydrogen sulfide?which smells of rotten eggs.

So, the promoters of the standard theory say, the familiar chemical interactions between receptor and odorant are all that's needed to explain olfaction. No fancy quantum vibration theory is necessary.

Yet here's a twist: odorant molecules typically contain many hydrogen atoms. And hydrogen comes in multiple forms, each very chemically similar to the others. But those different isotopes of hydrogen do strongly affect how a molecule vibrates. So deuterium, containing a hydrogen nucleus that has both a proton and a neutron (as opposed to plain-old-hydrogen that has just a proton), might help scientists discriminate between the proposed vibration and standard chemical binding theories of olfaction.

According to new research published today in PLoS ONE, human noses can sniff out the presence of at least some kinds of deuterium. Specifically, experimenters found regular musk molecules smelled different from ones that contain deuterium. "Deuterated" musks, says researcher Luca Turin of the Alexander Fleming Biomedical Sciences Research Center in Greece, lose much of their musky odor and instead contain overtones of burnt candle wax.

The finding represents a victory for the vibration theory, Turin says. And, he adds, it makes some sense, when you consider the purpose of our olfactory ability?whatever its mechanism is. The natural world contains thousands of types of molecules. Some are good for us, and some are bad. The nose helps to distinguish one from the other. "Olfaction is trying to be like an analytical chemist," Turin says. "It's trying to identify unknowns." Chemists identify unknowns using spectrometers. Olfactory receptors, according to the vibration theory, act like little wetware spectrometers.

Adding to Turin's quiver is a 2011 finding in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences indicating that drosophila flies, too, can smell the difference between a molecule called acetophenone (which to humans smells sweet) and its deuterated cousin.

That?s all well and good, says Eric Block, professor of chemistry at the University at Albany in New York State. But, he says, it hardly proves the vibration theory. For one, he points out that Turin once claimed humans, like drosophilia, could sniff out a deuterated version of the molecule acetophenone from the regular stuff. But in 2004 Nature Neuroscience published a contrary claim, that human noses can't smell the presence of deuterium in acetophenone (Scientific American is part of Nature Publishing Group). In Turin?s new paper, he says he's confirmed the 2004 finding, but Block remains unconvinced.

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Police push for background checks on gun purchases

President Barack Obama pauses as the press leaves the room as he meets with representatives from Major Cities Chiefs Association and Major County Sheriffs Association in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, in Washington, to discuss policies put forward by President Obama to reduce gun violence. From left are Minneapolis Police Chief Janee Harteau and Hennepin County Minnesota Sheriff Richard W. Stanek . (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

President Barack Obama pauses as the press leaves the room as he meets with representatives from Major Cities Chiefs Association and Major County Sheriffs Association in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, in Washington, to discuss policies put forward by President Obama to reduce gun violence. From left are Minneapolis Police Chief Janee Harteau and Hennepin County Minnesota Sheriff Richard W. Stanek . (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

President Barack Obama meets with representatives from Major Cities Chiefs Association and Major County Sheriffs Association in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, in Washington, to discuss policies put forward by President Obama to reduce gun violence. Hennepin County Minnesota Sheriff Richard W. Stanek, President Obama, is left, and Charles H. Ramsey Police Commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department is right. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

President Barack Obama speaks to media as he meets with representatives from Major Cities Chiefs Association and Major County Sheriffs Association in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, in Washington, to discuss policies put forward by President Obama to reduce gun violence. From left are U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Minneapolis Police Chief Janee Harteau and Hennepin County Minnesota Sheriff Richard W. Stanek, President Obama, and Charles H. Ramsey Police Commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Law enforcement leaders who met with President Barack Obama Monday urged him to focus on strengthening gun purchase background checks and mental health systems, but did not unify behind his more controversial gun control efforts.

The message from sheriffs and police chiefs gathered at the White House reflected the political reality in Congress that the assault weapons ban in particular is likely to have a hard time winning broad support. The president appeared to recognize the challenge of getting everything he wants from Congress as well, participants in the meeting said.

"We're very supportive of the assault weapons ban," as police chiefs, said Montgomery County, Md., Police Chief J. Thomas Manger in an interview with The Associated Press. "But I think everybody understands that may be a real tough battle to win. And one of the things that the president did say is that we can't look at it like we have to get all of these things or we haven't won."

Opinions over an assault weapons ban and limits on high capacity magazines ? two measures the president supports ? were divided in the room. While Manger said the police chiefs from the large cities support that kind of gun control, some of the elected sheriffs who were in the meeting may not.

"I think what was made clear was that gun control in itself is not the salvation to this issue," said Sheriff Paul Fitzgerald of Story County, Iowa, one of 13 law enforcement leaders who met with the president, vice president and Cabinet members for more than an hour, seated around a conference table in the Roosevelt Room.

Among the participants included three chiefs that responded to the worst shootings of 2012, including Aurora, Colo., where 12 were killed in July; Oak Creek, Wis., where six died in an assault on a Sikh temple, and Newtown, Conn., scene of the most recent mass tragedy that left 20 first-graders dead.

The White House recognizes that police are a credible and important voice in the debate over guns that has developed following last month's elementary school shooting in Connecticut. Obama opened the meeting before media cameras and declared no group more important to listen to in the debate.

"Hopefully if law enforcement officials who are dealing with this stuff every single day can come to some basic consensus in terms of steps that we need to take, Congress is going to be paying attention to them, and we'll be able to make progress," Obama said.

Obama urged Congress to pass an assault weapons ban, limit high capacity magazines and require universal background checks for would-be gun owners in a brief statement to the reporters. But participants said after the media was escorted from the room, the focus was not on the assault weapons ban.

"He did not ask us if we do or do not support an assault weapons ban," said Hennepin County, Minn., Sheriff Richard Stanek, president of the Major County Sheriffs' Association. "He did not ask us if we do or do not support high capacity magazines."

"I told him very candidly that this isn't just about gun control alone," Stanek said. He said the bigger issue is that the Justice Department's system for background checks is incomplete since many states don't report mental health data or felony convictions. He mentioned how in his home state of Minnesota, a 14-year-old shot and killed his mother with a shot gun, but was later able legally to buy additional handguns and automatic weapons because the background check did not reveal his history. "There's example after example after example like that across the country," Stanek said.

Fitzgerald said the mental health system needs to be better funded because jails across the country are becoming "dumping grounds for the mentally ill."

"I was not the only sheriff that spoke up on that issue," Fitzgerald said. "To me, that is the No. 1 thing if we are going to impact that kind of violence that's happening in America."

All the law enforcement participants interviewed said they appreciated the president's attention to the issue and found the meeting constructive. Manger said the president did a lot more listening than talking and heard about the need to fund more police officers to protect school safety and a proposal to restrict the sale of ammunition on the Internet besides the broad calls for stronger mental health and background check systems.

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey, president of the Major Cities Chiefs Association, said he's never been more encouraged about the prospect of gun control legislation of some sort, even if the assault weapons ban his group supports is an uphill battle.

"You're not going to get 100 percent of people to agree on anything as it relates to gun control, and we're no different, but a majority of people in the room recognize that something needs to be done," he said. "This was not just a passing thing as far as the president and vice president are concerned. This is something that they are determined to keep in front of the American people until they get something passed."

While the assault weapons ban was not a major focus of the White House meeting, participants say it was discussed at length at a later meeting with Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., who sponsored a ban in 1994 that lasted for a decade and last week introduced a renewal of the ban in Congress.

"I would say her message was not well received overall by the group," Stanek said. "Everyone has an opinion on it one way or another."

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Nikon's Ridiculous 800mm Lens Only Costs $18,000

Nikon has been teasing development of the new absurdly long, fixed AF-S Nikkor 800mm, f/5.6 aperture lens since last year. Now it's here, and you'll be happy to know that this lens' crazy and inflexible magnification potential is coupled with the absolutely ludicrous price of $18,000. But don't worry, cheapskates, because there's an actually affordable new lens coming out, too. More »

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Land Based and Web Casinos Share Some Features

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Internet casino gambling and the classical casino games that are able to be enjoyed on brick and mortar casinos are known as two different things that can carry a selection of forms of entertainment. Internet casino gambling is considered by a lot of as much better when it comes to jackpots and convenience. With online casino gaming, it?s easier to play the game. In fact, games can be played even on mobile. While there are a number of differences that members and enthusiasts are able to discover when they play and win the two choices to casino gambling, still there are a variety of similarities that must be necessary and played. Some of those leading features that are present on-line and can be present in live games include top animations, availability of bonus games, excellent sound effects and use of movie shots.

When it comes to enjoying on-line casino games and the liver variations, you can be sure that there are top-notch animations that would be available. Animations are able to be considered as an important ingredient of on-line casino and brick and mortar casino gambling. Animations are generally the important source of enjoyment, thus dozens of game designers are always incorporating the best and top-rated animations in on-line casino games. If you examine this out, you might discover that online scratch cards and even slot machines should come with main animations just like the live games that are able to be played on brick and mortar casinos. It is additionally a preferred practice to include bonus games for the games that might be played live and online. This feature is basically well-liked in slots and poker machines where games bring free spins.

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Flood Insurance Delay Paints Bleak Picture For Sandy Victims

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In New Jersey, thousands of families are still displaced with little indication of when and if they?ll be able to return to their pre-Sandy lives. They are hoping their insurance can make them whole again by providing the funding necessary to make repairs and raise their homes, but the process is proving to be a slow one. As the winter creeps on, the future of many of those who?ve lost their homes to Sandy remains uncertain.

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Tips To Consider While Starting An Online Business ? Weblink India ...

For small-time entrepreneurs, starting an online business makes a lot of sense, especially with many buyers indulging in online shopping today.? Online stores are fast emerging as the preferred option among the new age buyers, who prefer shopping while sitting in the comfort of their homes. To make a success out of the online business venture, one can consider the many tips suggested below.

Tips To Consider While Starting An Online Business

• Before starting an online business, it is essential to decide upon a target audience. Questions like ? who are the target group, what are their needs, etc. are relevant to a business & should be duly considered.
• A well designed website is a very important aspect of online business. Since for an online business the website is going to be the point of contact between the sellers & customers, it is essential that the website is an appealing one & makes a positive impression on the visitors? minds.? A well designed website with good content can also attract word-of-mouth publicity for the business which will lead to increased visibility and more sales.
• An SEO optimized website is a must, if one wants to attract more of web traffic. There are other ways to increase the flow of visitors to a website too, like listing the business on Online Business Directories. This is a foolproof way of providing more exposure to the online business.
• The special offers, discounts and deals should be displayed in a prominent manner on the website, so that visitors can easily spot the offers & respond if they want to. For this, providing up to date contact information (of the company) on the website is also essential. Another important point that needs to be ensured is to keep the navigation part (while browsing the website) easy and hassle-free for the visitors.
• Building contacts is very essential for the online business in the long run. For this, an online business can make use of networking tools like blogging, twitter, Facebook, etc. to build up a network of useful contacts.

The best thing about Online Business is that it is easy to measure the results & to determine whether the strategies being implemented are having the desired effect or not. Implementing the tips mentioned above will ensure that the Online Business turns out to be a successful venture.

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Rights Groups Launch Palestine Solidarity Legal Support Intake ...

January 28, 2013, New York ? The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), in collaboration with the National Lawyers Guild (NLG), the Student Speech Working Group and other organizations, today announced the launch of the Palestine Solidarity Legal Support Initiative, which will help ensure that Palestinian rights activists have the legal support they need to exercise their First Amendment rights and continue speaking and organizing.?

?This legal support initiative comes at a crucial time and responds to growing efforts to obstruct advocacy in support of Palestinian rights and brand it as anti-Semitic,? said CCR Legal Director Baher Azmy.??We are pleased to be working with cooperating attorneys Dima Khalidi and Liz Jackson and colleagues at the National Lawyers Guild to help protect activists? First Amendment rights.?

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The initiative will track incidents of repression and provide legal support to advocates facing legal and other challenges to their activism.?Attorneys familiar with the issues that activists face will respond to questions related to Palestine solidarity organizing and to requests for advice and legal assistance.?The initiative also provides advocacy support, as well as trainings and other resource materials.

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CCR and NLG stand with advocates for Palestinian rights as part of their mission to fight for human rights accountability more broadly.?Both organizations are dedicated to supporting activists and movements engaged in efforts to achieve social justice.?The Student Speech Working Group is a coalition dedicated to supporting the free speech of students advocating for Palestinian rights, and other Muslim and Arab student activists. ?The coalition includes the Asian Law Caucus, the Center for Constitutional Rights, the National Lawyers Guild, the Council on American-Islamic Relations ? San Francisco Bay Area, American Muslims for Palestine, Jewish Voice for Peace, and other individual lawyers and students.

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Activists who have questions or need support can request help and resources by going to palestinelegalsupport.org, calling (312) 212-0448, or emailing [email?protected].?Attorneys cautioned that confidential facts about a situation should not be shared on the webform or via email. Attorneys working with CCR, NLG and other partners will respond to inquiries.?

The Center for Constitutional Rights is dedicated to advancing and protecting the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Founded in 1966 by attorneys who represented civil rights movements in the South, CCR is a non-profit legal and educational organization committed to the creative use of law as a positive force for social change.

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Clashes in Egypt despite state of emergency

CAIRO (AP) ? Riot police fired tear gas at rock-throwing protesters in central Cairo on Monday as clashes continued a day after Egypt's president declared a state of emergency in three provinces and vowed to deal "firmly and forcefully" with a wave of political violence roiling the country.

The violence, which began around Friday's second anniversary of the uprising that toppled longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak, has plunged Egypt once again into political turmoil and exposed the deep fault lines running through the country. More than 50 people have been killed in the unrest, which is fueled by anger over the policies of the country's new Islamist leader and the slow pace of change.

In Cairo, hundreds of young protesters fought pitched battles Monday with riot police outside two landmark Nile-side hotels and near the eastern entrance of another Cairo monument, Qasr el-Nil bridge. White clouds of tear gas hung over the area from early on Monday morning and at times whiffed across the river to the upscale island of Zamalek and the leafy district of Garden City.

Monday's violence fell on the second anniversary of the deadliest day of the 18-day uprising against Mubarak, when thousands of protesters battled police on Qasr el-Nil bridge, fighting back against water cannons, tear gas and gunshots. Police melted away later that day and have yet to fully take back the streets two years later.

President Mohammed Morsi, who has struggled to address the country's daunting social and economic problems since taking power in June, declared in a televised speech late Sunday a 30-day state of emergency in the cities of Port Said, Ismailiya and Suez and their surrounding provinces in an attempt to quell the unrest.

The military was deployed in Suez on Friday and in Port Said the next day. The two cities have been hit the hardest by the violence.

Morsi's government was taking moves to give the military an even greater role. The Cabinet on Monday approved draft legislation that would authorize the armed forces to work alongside police in keeping security, the state news agency MENA said. The military would have that role until the end of parliamentary elections, expected in April.

The legislation, which now goes to the Islamist-dominated parliament for approval, means soldiers would be maintaining law and order on the streets alongside the police at a time when many Egyptians are increasingly distrustful of both.

Anger over Morsi's latest measures was evident at the site of Monday's clashes near Tahrir square.

"People died to gain their freedom, social justice, bread. Now after 29 years of the despotic Mubarak, we're ruled by a worse regime: religious fascist, more dangerous," said Mohammed Saber, a 65-year old engineer who came to watch the clashes with his wife and children.

For the second time in as many days, thousands of Port Said residents poured out onto the streets Monday for the funeral of six of the seven people killed in violence the previous day. They offered prayers on the dead at the city's Mariam mosque and were readying to march with the bodies to the city's cemetery about a mile away. Two army helicopters hovered above the funeral. There were no reports of violence.

Rioting in Port Said over the weekend killed 44 people. The unrest was sparked by a court conviction and death sentence for 21 defendants involved in a mass soccer riot in the city's main stadium on Feb. 1, 2012 that left 74 dead. Most of those sentenced to death were local Port Said soccer fans, deepening a sense of persecution that Port Said's residents have felt since the stadium disaster, the worst soccer violence ever in Egypt.

Stores were shuttered for the second successive day in the city and merchants were complaining that the curfew, which goes into effect Monday, would hurt their business. Already, some hotels asked guests to leave, fearing renewed violence and supplies of fresh farm produce that normally come from the Nile Delta were running low, according to the head of the local chamber of commerce, Mohammed Hassanein.

Clashes around the country Friday left another 11 dead, most of them in Suez, during rallies marking the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled Mubarak nearly two years ago. Protesters used the occasion to denounce Morsi and the Brotherhood, which emerged as the country's most dominant political force after Mubarak's ouster.

After Morsi's speech late Sunday, protesters in all three cities along the Suez Canal poured into the streets to reject both him and his state of emergency, which includes a curfew from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. In Port Said, at least 2,000 protesters chanted against Morsi and the Brotherhood, from which he hails.

In his televised address, Morsi also warned that he would not hesitate to take more action to stem the violence.

Angry and at times screaming and wagging his finger, the Egyptian leader also invited the nation's political forces for talks to resolve the nation's crisis, saying "a dialogue between the sons of the nation is indispensable and is the only way to shepherd Egypt to security and stability."

Among those invited to Monday's talks is pro-reform leader and Nobel peace laureate Mohammed ElBaradei and other leaders of the National Salvation Front, an umbrella group of opposition parties.

The invitation, however, was met with little enthusiasm from the opposition leaders.

"Any dialogue is a waste of time unless the president acknowledges his responsibility for the bloody events, pledges to form a national salvation government and a balance commission to amend the constitution," ElBaradei wrote on Twitter early on Monday.

Another Salvation Front leader, the leftist Hamdeen Sabahi, set conditions on his participation: "Halt the bloodletting, respect for the popular will and placing political solutions ahead of security measures are conditions for a serious dialogue."

ElBaradei, Sabahi and other opposition leaders have boycotted Morsi's previous calls for dialogue, saying he did not have the political will to effect change.

Salvation Front leaders are meeting later on Monday, when they are expected to decide whether to participate in the dialogue.

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Associated Press writers Maggie Michael and Amir Makar contributed to this report.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/clashes-egypt-despite-state-emergency-084636581.html

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